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GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY 
STATE OF MAINE 



COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF 

GEORGE THOMAS LITTLE, A. M., Litt. D. 

Vice-President Maine Genealogical Society 
Librarian of Bowdom College Honorary Member Minnesota Historical Society 

^rier i::rtrHir Isociation Member of Council, American Library Association 

Author "Little Genealogy 



AND INCLUDING AMONG OTHER LOCAL CONTRIBUTORS 

REV. HENRY S. BURRAGE, D.D. 

State Historian 



Chaplain of National Home, Togus 



ALBERT ROSCOE STUBBS 

Librarian Maine Genealogical Society 



VOLUME III 



ILLUSTRATED 

LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 

NEW YORK 
1909 



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Copyright, 1909, 

LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. 

New York. 



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The records of Essex county, iMas- 
AYER sachusetts, have this name under 

many forms, such as : Aars, Aers, 
Aier, Aiere, Aiers, Air, Aires, Ares, Ayeres, 
Aver. Eayer, Eayre, Eyer, Eyers, Eyre. 

(I) The ancestors of most of the name in 
New England, and the earHest in Essex 
county was John Ayer. It is supposed that 
he came from England, and was living in 
Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1640, removed to 
Ipswich in 1646. next year to Haverhill, and 
died there March 31, 1657. His wife Hannah 
died October 8, 1688. Children: John, Re- 
becca, Robert, Thomas, Peter, JMary, Obadiah, 
Nathaniel and Hannah. The eldest received 
the homestead by will. 

(II) Cornet Peter, fourth son of John and 
Hannah Ayer, was born about 1633, perhaps 
in England, and was a freeman in Haverhill 
in May, i666. He was a farmer, member of 
general court 1683-85-89-90, and active in 
town aiifairs and in the Indian wars. He mar- 
ried, November i, 1659, Hannah, born June, 
1642, in Salisbury, daughter of William and 
Hannah (Goodale) Allen. She died De- 
cember 22, 1729. He died in Boston in Jan- 
uary, 1689. Children, born in Haverhill : 
Ruth, Hannah, Abigail, Mary, Martha, Sam- 
uel, William, Rachel, Ebenezer. 

(III) Captain Samuel, eldest son of Cornet 
Peter and Hannah (Allen) Ayer, was born 
September 28, 1669, in Haverhill. He was a 
man of property, and owned a negro slave 
named Lot. He succeeded his father as mem- 
ber of committee for control of common lands 
of Haverhill. His efficient leadership in the 
Indian v.-ars did much to prevent savage out- 
rages. He died January 2, 1744. He mar- 
ried, November 21, 1693. Elizabeth Tuttle, 
of Ipswich, who died November 29, 1752. 
Children : Hannah, Peter, Samuel, William, 
Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Simon and Sarah. 

(IV) Lieutenant Ebenezer, fourth son of 
Captain Samuel and Elizabeth (Tuttle) Ayer, 
was born in Haverhill, February 18, 1705, 
and settled in Methuen, Massachusetts. Upon 
the establishment of the province line in 
1 741 his homestead became a part of Sa- 
lem. New Hampshire, and the following 



inscription is found on his tombstone in that 
town ; "Here lies ye body of Lieutenant Ebe- 
nezer Ayr; he departed this life JMarch 3, 1763, 
aged 57 years." He married (first), March 
29, 1726, Susanna, daughter of Robert and 
Susanna (Atwood) Kimball, of Bradford, 
Massachusetts. She was born I\Iay 25, 1707, 
and died September 26, 1749 ; five children died 
young, the others being : Ebenezer, Peter, 
Timothy, Joseph and Isaiah. Lieutenant Ebe- 
nezer married (second) Elizabeth , 

born 1715, died January 2, 1786; children: 
William, Elizabeth, Samuel, Philip and John. 

(V) Peter (2), second son of Lieutenant 
Ebenezer and Susanna (Kimball) Ayer, was 
born in Methuen, Massachusetts, May 12, 
1737. He lived in that part of Methuen set 
aside as Salem, New Hampshire, in 1741, re- 
moving to Buxton, Maine, about 1776. He 
was a soldier of the revolution. He married 

(first) Rebecca , who died October 28, 

1795; children: Benjamin, Jonathan, Benja- 
min, Sarah, Ebenezer, Elizabeth and Philip. 
He married (second) January 19, 1796, Widow 
Sarah Jenkins, of Pepperellboro (Saco). 

(\T) Benjamin, third son of Peter (2) and 
Rebecca Ayer, was born in Salem. New- 
Hampshire, November 23, 1763, and died in 
L'nity, Maine, July 29, 1844. Besides culti- 
vating a farm, he was an itinerant Methodist 
preacher and resided in Falmouth, now Port- 
land, and Freedom, Maine. He enlisted in the 
war of the revolution at the age of sixteen, and 
served with bravery. He married, April 2, 
1785, Rachel, daughter of Abner and Rachel 
(Shaw) Sanborn, a direct descendant of Rev. 
Stephen Bacheler, one of the founders of 
Hampton, New Hampshire. She was born 
in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, July 19, 
1762, and died at the home of her son Peter, 
in Freedom, Maine. Children : Annis M., 
Lydia S.. Peter, Benjamin, Rachel, John, San- 
born, Rachel and Thomas Burnham. 

(\TI) Thomas Burnham. youngest child of 
Rev. Benjamin and Rachel (Sanborn) Ayer, 
was born in Portland, Maine, June i, 1800, 
and died in West Waterville, April, 1864. 
Owing to the frequent change of residence of 
the family, rendered necessary by the preach- 



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ing of Rev. Benjamin, the e<lncation obtained 
by the children was chiefly dependent upon the 
teaching of the fatlier, with short intervals in 
local schools. These terms were mainly ob- 
tained in Freedom, Maine, where Thomas 
Burnham worked upon the farm of his father 
and subsequent!}- became its proprietor. Later 
he removed to West Waterville, now Oakland, 
Maine. He married, April, 1823, Sybil, daugh- 
ter of Job and Jane (Potter) Chase, and a 
cousin of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, the noted 
Abolitionist. She was born in I'nity, Maine, 
September 10, 1801, and died in Oakland, Sep- 
tember 21, 1884. Children: i. Benjamin, 
born in Unity, 1824, became a New York tea 
merchant. 2. John, see forward. 3. Mary 
Jane, 1827, married Dr. Francis Manson, of 
McDonough,^and died in Atlanta, Georgia, 
1873. 4. Parrish L., 1829, died in Astoria, 
Oregon, 1891. 5. Elsie P., 1832, married Joel 
Whitney, and died in Atlanta. Georgia, 1876. 
6. Betsey Ellen, 1834, died in Oakland. 7. 
Sarah C, 1836, died in Unity, 1850. 8. Au- 
gustus, 1841. 9. Augusta, 1844. 

(\Tn) John, second son and child of Thom- 
as Burnham and Sybil (Chase) Ayer, was 
born in Freedom. Maine, November i. 1825. 
His preparatory education was obtained in the 
district school of Unity and at the Maine Wes- 
leyan Seminary at Kents Hill, following which 
he matriculated at Bowdoin College. He did 
not complete the classical course, preferring to 
talce up mathematics and civil engineering, and 
subsequently made the latter his profession for 
many years. He was the civil engineer and 
superintendent in charge of the construction of 
the Portland & Kenneljec and the Penobscot & 
Kennebec railroads, 1851-56; was employed in 
railroad surveys in Wisconsin and Minnesota, 
1857-59; in the employ of the Dunn Edge Tool 
Company, manufacturers of scythes, Oakland, 
Maine, first as traveling salesman, then as 
treasurer and general manager of the corpora- 
tion, since i860; director of the Somerset Rail- 
road Company since 1858, and president since 
1872 ; trustee of the I\Iaine Wesleyan Seminary 
since 1869 ; trustee and first president of the 
Cascade Savings Bank from 1869 ; built the 
Cascade Woolen Mills in 1883, w-as made di- 
rector of the corporation at the time of its 
organization and became treasurer in 1889. 
He continued in the offices of treasurer and 
manager of the Dunn Edge Tool Company and 
president of the Somerset Railroad Company 
until the time of his death. His most marked 
characteristics were strong individuality, incor- 
ruptible integrity and tenacity of opinion ; he 
was reserved and reticent in manner, forbear- 



ing toward his enemies and charitable almost 
to a fault. His political affiliations were with 
the Repulilican party, but he was neither an 
office seeker or holder. Mr. Ayer married 
(first), April, 1855, Olive A., born March 22, 
1836, daughter of B, F. and Dolly (Lancy) 
I'^urber; children: 1. William Madison, see 
forward. 2. Mary F., born in Oakland, Maine, 
September 4, 1868, whose education was ac- 
quired in the best schools of Massachusetts and 
completed in Paris, France ; she married David 
K. Phillips, of Phillips Beach, Swampscott, 
Massachusetts, presiclent of the National 
Grand Bank of Marblehead, Massachusetts. 
1892. Mr. Ayer married (second), Septem- 
ber 12, 1880, Annabel, daughter of A. F. and 
Lizzie Holt, of New Sharon, Maine ; children : 
I. John Jr., born April 30, 1883. 2. Benjamin, 
November 17, 1885. 3. Paul, November 8, 
1887. 

(IX) William Madison, eldest child and 
only son of John and Olive A. (Furber) Ayer, 
was born in Bangor, Maine, March 22, 1856. 
He was less than a year old when his family 
removed to West Waterville, and his education 
was acquired in the public schools of that 
tow'u, the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, West- 
brook Seminary, Dean Academy at Franklin, 
Massachusetts, and Tufts College. He pur- 
sued a course of study which fitted him for 
the same profession followed by his father, 
civil engineering, and was engaged along these 
lines for many years. He was a member of 
the engineering corps employed in the survey 
for the construction of the Somerset railway ; 
from January, 1876, until December, 1879, he 
was a general' ticket agent and since that time 
has been manager of the Somerset Railroad 
Company, and extended the line from Bing- 
ham to Kineo. He is senior member of the 
firm of Ayer & Greeley, dealers in coal and 
wood, of Oakland ; superintendent of the Dunn 
Edge Tool Company, manager and treasurer 
of the Dedlin Granite Company, president of 
the Oakland W^oolen Company, of wdiich he 
was one of the organizers and first president, 
director of the Madison Woolen Company, has 
been president of the Cascade Savings Bank 
of Oakland since 1901, and is connected with 
a number of other business enterprises of im- 
portance. He was appointed a member of the 
staff of Governor Hill in 1902, served four 
years and has the rank of lieutenant-colonel. 
He was a member of the house of representa- 
tives, 1891-92, and in November of the latter 
year was a delegate from the third Maine con- 
gressional district to the convention at Min- 
neapolis which nominated Benjamin Harrison. 





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Member of Maine senate, 1904 to 1909, serv- 
ing as chairman of interior waters, labor, 
towns, federal relations, and member of mili- 
tary affairs both terms and on various other 
committees. He is a member of Messalonskee 
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; 
Drummond Chapter. Royal Arch ]\Iasons; 
Mount Lebanon Council, Scottish Rites ; St. 
Omar Commandery, Knights Templar. He 
served as grand representative from Maine 
to the General Grand Chapter, held in Atlanta, 
Georgia, in 1889, and in 1904 was appointed 
grand representative of the Grand Chapter of 
Minnesota to the Grand Chapter of Maine. He 
is widely known by reason of his business con- 
nections and his activity in the Republican 
party. Mr. Ayer married, October 3, 1883, 
Lizzie E., daughter of Benjamin F. Otis, late 
of Oakland. 



(For early generations see John Ayer I.) 

(V) Major Ebenezer (2), eldest 
AYER son of Lieutenant Ebenezer ( i ) 
and Susanna (Kimball) Ayer, was 
born March 22, 1727, in that part of Methuen 
which is now Salem. He settled in Pepperell- 
borough, now Saco, Maine. In early life he 
was one of Captain John Lovewell's men in 
the memorable Indian fight at Pequaket, and 
was engaged in other expeditions. He was 
in the ill-fated excursion of Benedict Arnold, 
through the wilds of Maine, in the winter of 
1775-76. After the revolution he did not re- 
turn to Saco. He was married July 4, 1754, 
to Hannah (Plaisted) Scammon, widow of 
James Scammon. They were undoubtedly the 
parents of the next mentioned. 

(VI) John Ayer. of Standish, Maine, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Pike, of Salisbury, IMassachu- 
setts, she being a descendant of John Pike, 
who came to America from England in 1630. 
John and Elizabeth were admitted into mem- 
bership of the Congregational church in Stand- 
ish, ]\Iay II, 1777. Some time after 1777 they 
settled in Hiram, Oxford county, Maine, as in 
volume one. Eastern deeds, etc., of Massachu- 
setts, it appears that Nathanial Wells deeded 
(in 1791) to John Ayer and Joseph Bean, 
"settlers within Cutler's grant, so-called, in 
the county of York, husbandmen, who settled 
within said Cutler's grant and made separate 
improvements thereon before the first day of 
January, 1784." John Ayer was evidently of 
strong religious convictions, for he is spoken 
of by historians of the period as an exhorter 
and itinerant preacher, and the first religious 
services of which we have any account in the 
town of Hiram were held by him. He was in- 



dustrious and enterprising, and is said to have 
built the first saw and grist mill in the town 
of Hiram, which was located on his property 
"on the thirteen mile brook, so-called, just 
above the 'red mill.' " He and Captain Charles 
Wadsworth built the first bridge across the 
Saco river in Hiram, about 1805. The names 
of his twelve children were : Timothy ; Hum- 
phrey, mentioned below; John Pike; Betsey, 
married Joseph Chadbourne; Sally, married 
Thomas Barker ; Nancy, married David Mor- 
rill ; Susan, married Thaddeus Morrill, of Ber- 
wick, Maine ; Lydia, married a Jackson ; Jacob 
and Mary, died in youth ; Hannah, married 
Nathan Hilton, of Bridgton, Maine. They 
conveyed all of their property in Hiram to 
their son Humphrey, in June, 1797. It would 
appear that they remained in Hiram for a 
time thereafter and then removed to Cornish, 
Maine, in 1798 or 1799, for the name of John 
Ayer appears on the Cornish tax list for the 
years 1801-1802-1810-1811, and the name of 
Humphrey Ayer appears on said list from 
1799 to 1813, inclusive, subsequent records 
having been burned. The date of the deaths of 
John Ayer and his wife is unknown. They 
were buried in the old burial lot in what is 
now the pasture of W. W. & F. B. Pike, on 
Towle's Hill, so-called, in Cornish, nearly op- 
posite the Wedgewood place, so-called, but 
there is nothing left to mark their resting 
place. 

(VH) Humphrey Ayer was born in Stand- 
ish, Maine, in 1775, second son of John and 
Elizabeth Ayer. and died in Cornish in 1828. 
He married Patience Chadbourne, who died 
January 7, 1864, aged eighty-six years ten 
months. She was the daughter of Francis 
Chadbourne, of Berwick, Maine, and was a 
direct descendant of William Chadbourne, 
from whom the Chadbourne family of America 
descended, and who came to this country in 
1634 and settled in what is now South Ber- 
wick, Maine. (Detailed information of the 
Chadbourne line may be gleaned from the 
Chadbourne genealogy published by William 
M. Emery. A. M.. of Fall River, Massachu- 
setts.) Humphrey's family consisted of eight 
children, as follows : Isaiah, married Hannah 
Eastman, of Cornish; Jacob, married Abbie 
Sargent, of Cornish ; Humphrey, married Bet- 
sey ]\IcLucas, of Brownfield, Maine; Patience, 
married Wyer Pike, of Cornish ; Asenath, mar- 
ried Simeon Pike, second husband, Joshua D. 
Small ; Olive, married Wells Larrabee, of Se- 
bago, Maine; Francis, married Lucinda Lib- 
bey, of Porter, JMaine ; James Monroe, men- 
tioned below. 



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(VIII) James Monroe Aver was born in 
Cornish, Maine. Tanuary 9, 1819, wliere he re- 
sided until his death, May 23, 1886. He mar- 
ried AdeHne Hubbard Thompson, daughter of 
Deacon Isaac Thompson, who was one of the 
first settlers of Cornish, and a brother of Jo- 
seph M. Thompson, also one of the first set- 
tlers of Cornish. James Monroe was a car- 
penter by trade, but later in life took up the 
occupation of farming and was a successful 
business man. The children born to James 
Monroe and Adehne Hubbard Ayer were : 
Tames Curtis, mentioned below ; Mary Ella, 
and Emma, who died in infancy. Mary Ella 
married Howard Brackett, of Cornish, and 
they have two children : Marcia E., wife of 
Fred Robinson, of Dorchester, Massachusetts ; 
and Ardelle Genevieve, wife of William H. 
Hatch, of Cornish. 

(IX) James Curtis Ayer, born in Cornish, 
I\Iaine, December 4, 1846, was educated in the 
public schools of his native town, where he 
has always resided. He worked on his father's 
farm in his youth and has followed the occu- 
pation of farming all his life. He is one of the 
leading citizens of his town. In politics he is 
a Republican and has been a deputy sherif? of 
York county since 1886, excepting the year 
1893-94, when he was a member of the Maine 
legislature. He was for many years town 
clerk, and is now chairman of the board of 
selectmen, which position he has held twelve 
years, and has held many other offices of pub- 
lic confitjence too numerous to mention. He 
is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, being 
a past master of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 117, a 
member of Aurora Chapter, No. 22 ; of Aurora 
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, all of 
Cornish; of Maine Council, Royal and Select 
Masters of Saco ; of Bradford Commandery, 
Knights Templar, of Biddeford; and of Kora 
Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewis- 
ton. He is a past district deputy grand mas- 
ter of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Maine, a 
past junior grand warden of said Masonic 
Grand Lodge, and grand representative of the 
Grand Lodge of Quebec, near the Grand 
Lodge of Maine. Being greatly interested in 
all that pertains to farming, he is on the roll 
of Cornish Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. 
His wife, Mary Armine (Bennett) Ayer, was 
born in Parsonsfield, Maine, April 22, 1845, 
and was the daughter of John P. and Armine 
Bennett. Their family consists of Harry B., 
mentioned below. Fred J., born December 25, 
187;, merchant at Cornish. Frank Percy, 
NovvTiber 2, 1878, an attorney at law. Leon 



Malcolm, November 26, 1881, residing on 
home farm. Lester Curtis, April 8, 1888, stu- 
dent. 

(X) Harry B. Ayer, born in Cornish, April 
14, 1871, was graduated from the Cornish 
high school. He worked on his father's farm 
in summer and taught school in winter for sev- 
eral years. He began the study of law in the 
office of George F. Clifford, of Cornish, and 
was admitted to the York County bar in 1895. 
He opened an office in Westbrook, Maine, and 
engaged in the practice of his profession about 
one year, when he formed a partnership with 
the Hon. Abner Oakes, of South Berwick, 
Maine. He continued in practice until Jan- 
uary I, 1901, when he assumed the duties of 
register of probate for York county, to which 
office he has since given his entire time and 
attention. He is a past master of Greenleaf 
Lodge, No. 117, and a member of Aurora 
Chapter, No. 22, both of Cornish ; a member 
of Maine Council ; of Bradford Commandery, 
No. 4; of Kora Temple, Order of the Mystic 
Shrine ; also a member of Patrons of Hus- 
bandry, No. 22, of Alfred; and of Portland 
Lodge, No. 188, Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks. On April 5, 1899, he married 
Susan E. Bacon, granddaughter of the late 
Dr. Horace Bacon, of Biddeford, Maine, and 
since 1903 has made his residence in the city 
of Biddeford. 



(For early generations see John Ayer I.) 

(VIII) Jacob Ayer, son of Hum- 
AYER phrey Ayer, was born in Cornish, 
Maine. He settled in Westbrook, 
Maine. He was a carpenter by trade and 
throughout his active life followed that trade. 
Children : Wyer P. ; Edwin W., mentioned 
below ; Albion, Patience, Abbie A. 

(IX) Edwin W., son of Jacob Ayer, was 
born in Cornish in 1840 and died at Westbrook 
in 1890. He was educated in the public schools 
of Westbrook. He began to work in his youth 
in the paper mill at Cumberland Mills, Maine, 
and won his way by successive promotions to 
the position of superintendent of the S. D. 
Warren Company's mills at the town of Cum- 
berland Mills and elsewhere. He filled this re- 
sponsible and trying position with credit all 
the remainder of his life. He was a member 
of Warren Philips Lodge of Free ?iIasons ; 
Eagle Chapter. Royal Arch IMasons ; Ammon- 
congin Lodge of Odd Fellows, all of West- 
brook. He was a Congregationalist in reli- 
gion. He married Maria Bacon, born in 1839 
at South Windham, ]\Iaine, and died in 1892, 



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daughter of John and Eunice Bacon, of South 
Windham. Their only child is Wilham Edwin, 
mentioned below. 

(X) ^^'illiam Edwin, son of Edwin W. 
Ayer, was born in Westbrook, December 2, 
1S63. He attended the public schools of his 
native town and the State Normal school at 
Gorham, Maine, where he was graduated in 
1883. During the next four years he taught 
school in Westbrook. He then became the 
purchasing agent of the S. D. Warren Paper 
Company at Cumberland Mills and continued 
in that position for a period of twelve years. 
He embarked in Imsiness on his own account 
in 1900 as a manufacturer of basswood veneer 
for electrical work, and for carriages and 
sleighs, at Foxcroft, in the firm of Ranger & 
Ayer. He bought out his partner's interest in 
1905 and incorporated the business under the 
name of the Ranger & Ayer Manufacturing 
Company, of which he is the principal stock- 
holder, treasurer and manager. In a few years 
the business has increased from a plant using 
eighteen hundred feet of lumber a day to its 
present capacity of ten thousand feet made 
into veneer daily. In politics Mr. Ayer is a 
Republican and he has been a member of the 
school committees of Westbrook and of Fox- 
croft. He was at one time his party's candi- 
date for mayor of the city of Westbrook. He 
is a member of Warren Phillips Lodge of Free 
Masons, Westbrook ; Eagle Chapter, Royal 
Arch ]Masons, Westbrook; St. John Com- 
mandery. Knights Templar, of Bangor. In re- 
ligion he is a Congregationalist. He married, 
January 25, 1889, Louise, daughter of Free- 
man Brown, of Raymond, Maine. Children : 
I. Florence Erminie. born in \A'estbrook, May 
14, 1891. 2. Doris N., April 11, 1896. 



This old Scotch name was very 
BLACK early represented by immigrants 

from northern Ireland, who set- 
tled at various points in New England, soon 
after the opening of the eighteenth century. 
It was planted in southwestern Maine, at Kit- 
tery and other points in York county, but the 
exact time of coming seems impossible of dis- 
covery. There were settlers bearing the name 
in York before 1 700. 

(I) ^^'illiam Black's will was proved in 
York count}-, January i, 1727-28. It names: 
Wife Sarah, and sons William and Joshua. 
William Black, at the time of making his fa- 
ther's will, had children, William and Eliza- 
beth, and soon after he and his family re- 
moved to Bailey's Island, Harpswell, Maine. 

(II) Joshua, son of William and Sarah 



Black, made his will in 1753, and this was 
proved April 6, 1756. His wife Mary was 
probably not then living, as she is not men- 
tioned in the will. Their descendants are still 
living in Kittery and some have changed their 
names to Blake. The children recorded were : 
Benjamin, Jonathan, Mary, Joshua, Henry 
(died young), Henry, Thomas (died young), 
Sarah, Almy, Catherine, Thomas and Mar- 
gery. Of these only two sons survived the 
period of childhood. 

(III) Jonathan, son of Joshua and Mary 
Black, was born February 15, 1720, and Hen- 
ry, December i, 1726. There can be little 
doubt that one or the other of these was the 
father of Josiah next mentioned. 

(IV) Josiah, a blacksmith by trade, prob- 
ably a son of the above mentioned, was born 
in 1750, settled in Limington, Maine, before 
the revolution, and served as a soldier in the 
continental army. He is on record as being 
at Hubbardstown, Vermont, and also under 
General Stark, at the surrender of Burgoyne, 
October 7, 1777. He died in Limington, July 
4, 1840. He married Martha Cookson, of 
Standish ; children : Mary, John, Joab, Josiah, 
Mercy, Aaron and Elizabeth. 

(V) John, eldest son of Josiah and Martha 
(Cookson) Black, was born August 31, 1777, 
in Limington, where he passed his life and 
was probably engaged in agriculture. No 
public record appears of his death or of his 
children. His wife, Abigail (Small) Black, 
was probably a granddaughter of Joshua and 
Susannah (Kennard) Small, of Limington, 
a descendant of Francis Small, an immigrant 
from England, who purchased from the In- 
dians lands lying between Big and Little Os- 
sipee rivers, included in the present towns of 
Cornish, Limerick and Parsonsfield, and who 
settled in Kittery, Maine, whence he went in 
1700 to Truro, ^lassachusetts, and there died 

1714-15- 

(VI) Jacob, son of John and Abigail 
(Small) Black, was born in Limington, 
Maine, September 16, 1812, died in Limerick, 
August 2, 1 88 1. He attended the district 
schools of his native town, and while still very 
young showed signs of the energy and activity 
which later were prominent features in his 
character. He learned shoemaking at the age 
of eighteen years and followed this occupation 
for twelve years in Alfred, Maine. L^pon his 
return to Limington he purchased a farm of 
sixty acres adjoining the farm of his father, 
and resided upon it for many years. He re- 
moved to Lebanon in 1869, where he bought 
a fruit farm which he cultivated for two years, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



then sold the jji-operty to Ole Bull, the famous 
violinist, whose widow still owns the farm 
and resides on it during the summer months. 
He was a candidate for "the ofifice of high sher- 
iff of York county while residing in Lehanon, 
and removed from thence to Limerick, where 
he bought a farm located on the border of the 
Little Ossipee river. He was a progressive 
and successful farmer, a thoroughly self-made 
man and one who made the best use of every 
opportunity for advancement which presented 
itself. In politics he was an active supporter 
of the principles of the Republican party, and 
during the war of the rebellion gave his ear- 
nest support to the Union cause. He was 
keeper of the York county jail at Alfred for 
four years, and rendered most valuable service 
to the Republican party as chairman of the 
county committee. Although he never aspired 
to local offices, he wielded a strong influence 
in the public affairs of the county. Mr. Black 
married, in 1842, at Hollis, Maine, Charlotte 
Butters, daughter of Moses and Deborah 
(Drake) Swett, of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, 
the former a son of Thomas R. Swett, and a 
descendant of Sir Francis Drake. Children : 
I. George E., born 1843, resided in West Rox- 
bury, Massachusetts, and enlisted in 1862 as 
a private in Company H, Twenty-seventh Reg- 
iment, Maine Volunteers, served nine months 
and rose to the rank of second sergeant: upon 
his return to his home he was for some time 
engaged in teaching school in Limerick and 
South Waterboro, and was finally appointed 
depot master for the Boston & Providence 
Railroad Company in Boston ; later he became 
general freight agent, a position he filled for 
some years. 2. Lucius A. 3. Moses S. 4. 
Almena C. married Sherman E. Piper, of 
Parsonsfield, ]\laine. 5. Georgia E., married 
Charles Stimpson, a prosperous farmer of 
Limerick. 6. Frank S., see forward. 7. Rod- 
ney. 8. Edwin. 9. Lillian D., married Arthur 
P. Merrow, of Freedom, New Flampshire, 
formerly a merchant and now agent of the 
Phoenix Insurance Company for Carroll coun- 
ty. 10. Kate M. 11. Infant, unnamed. 

(VII) Frank Swett, fourth son and sixth 
child of Jacob and Charlotte B. (Swett) Black, 
was born in Limington, York county, Maine, 
March 8, 1853, and was brought up on his fa- 
ther's farm, on which he became accustomed 
to manual labor while very young, his work 
on the farm beiwg confined to the summer 
months, and in the winter he attended the dis- 
trict schools. When his father removed to 
Alfred, to take charge of the county jail, he 
attended the Alfred high school. Determined 



to gain a college education, he saved his small 
earnings and was thus enabled to attend the 
Lebanon Academy, and in his preparation for 
college he was later assisted by private in- 
structors connected with the Limerick Acad- 
emy. He increased his tuition fund by teach- 
ing school, and when eighteen years of age he 
entered Dartmouth, but his college attendance, 
like that of so many of Dartmouth's students 
at the time, was interrupted by periodical ab- 
sence each winter in order to teach school to 
replenish his slender purse. His editorial abil- 
ity was first recognized at Dartmouth, where 
he was successively editor of the three col- 
lege papers. He was graduated one of the 
honor men of the class of 1875, and given the 
degree of A. B. on Commencement Day. 
After graduation he peddled chromos in cen- 
tral New York, and this experience brought 
him in contact with the publisher of the 
Johnstoivn Journal, a weekly newspaper pub- 
lished at Johnstown, New York, and he be- 
came editor of that paper. His short editorial 
career fully justified the prophesy made while 
in college that he would make a brilliant jour- 
nalist. His own ambition, however, was to 
become a lawyer, and to this end he secured 
a place as law clerk and law student in the 
office of Robertson & Forster in Troy, New 
York. To gain the money to bear the ex- 
penses without interfering with his studies, he 
worked nights as a reporter on the Troy 
Whig, and part of each day as registry clerk 
in the Troy postoffice. He was admitted to 
the bar in 1879, and his first independent posi- 
tion as lawyer was a member of the firm of 
Smith, Wellington & Black. He withdrew 
from the firm in 1880, and put out his "shin- 
gle" as "Frank S. Black, Attorney and Coun- 
cilor at Law," and he has ever since done 
business alone. His knowledge of the law 
was sufficient for any branch, and his thorough 
preparation and mastery of every detail of 
the cause he undertook to handle won him 
immediate success and he became a recognized 
leader of the bar in Rensselaer county. He 
was frequently consulted and employed by 
other lawyers in the preparation of cases that 
needed expert professional service ; in this 
wav he gained the good will of the bar and 
was ready with sound advice to both the office 
lawyer and the advocate before the bar. He 
had inherited from his father sound Repub- 
lican principles, founded upon those of the old- 
line ^^'hig party, and yet the political field of- 
fered him no great allurement for many years. 
In 1888 and 1892 he made occasional cam- 
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Benjamin Harrison. In 1893, when he was 
chairman of the Rcpubhcan county committee 
for Rensselaer county, the practice of "repeat- 
ing" and the adoption of other methods for 
sweUing the vote of the Democratic party in 
the county, but principally in the city of Troy, 
came before the county committee. Through 
Mr. Black's initiative, the committee made a 
vigorous and successful movement to overcome 
the unlawful practices. On i\Iarch 7, 1893, a 
Republican worker at the polls, Robert Ross, 
was murdered and Chairman Black took both 
a professional and a personal part in bringing 
the assassin before the courts and securing his 
conviction. This prosecution, so largely di- 
rected by him as special counsel for the in- 
vestigation committee, won for him not only 
the applause of the Republican party, but that 
of the entire order-loving and law-abiding cit- 
izens of the state, as the assassin was defended 
by the best legal talent of the opposing politi- 
cal party and thus hedged about by barriers 
hard to surmount or overcome. This achieve- 
ment brought Mr. Black before the political 
leaders of the Republican party of the state 
and v^'ise politicians saw in the young and al- 
most unknown "Coimsellor Black of Troy" 
the sound timber for successful public achieve- 
ment, and the next year he was made the can- 
didate by his party for representative for the 
Troy district in the fifty-fourth United States 
congress. He carried the election in Novem- 
ber, 1894, by a large plurality, defeating the 
skilled politician and political leader of the 
Democratic party of the district, Edward Mur- 
phy Jr., who was supposed up to this time to 
be invulnerable either as a candidate or friend 
of a candidate. In the fifty-fourth congress, 
Black was given a place on the private land 
claims committee and on that of the Pacific 
railways. While the first term of any repre- 
sentative in the United States congress is 
bound to be uneventful, the eyes of the Re- 
publican party leaders were upon Representa- 
tive Black, and at the meeting of the Repub- 
lican state convention, assembled at Saratoga 
in August, 1896, he received the nomination 
of his party as their most available candidate 
for the highest office in the gift of the people 
of the state, that of governor, to succeed Levi 
P. Morton. Mr. Black received 187,576 votes 
to 174,524 for Wilbur F. Porter, and 26,698 
for D. G. Griffin, in the convention, and he 
was triumphantly elected in November, 1896, 
and served his adopted state acceptably, and 
with credit to himself, the party by whose 
votes he was elected, and the people of the 
great Empire State, In 1898 Dartmouth Col- 



lege conferred on him the honorary degree of 
LL. D, At the meeting of the Republican 
state convention in i8g8, he was a candidate 
for renomination, his opponent in the conven- 
tion being Theodore Roosevelt ; the first ballot 
gave Black two hundred and eighteen votes 
and the hero just returned from the Spanish- 
American war seven hundred and fifty-three 
votes, and the delegates in the convention sup- 
porting Governor Black made the vote for 
Colonel Roosevelt unanimous. Under the ad- 
ministration of Governor Black the birth of 
Greater New York occurred, due to the pas- 
sage of the act on March 23, 1897, by a vote 
of one hundred and eighteen to twenty-eight, 
vetoed by Mayor Strong and passed again by 
the assembly by a vote of one hundred and 
sixty to thirty-two, April 12, 1897, which bill 
as then passed received the signature of Gov- 
ernor Black, May 5. 1879, and went into effect 
January i, 1898. He also signed the bill al- 
lowing the expenditure of $2,500,000 for the 
improvement of Bryant Park and the building 
of a free library building to be occupied by 
the New York Public Library and the Astor, 
Lenox and Tilden foundations ; one to au- 
thorize the city to contract with the Grant 
Memorial Association for the preservation of 
the tomb of General Grant and to provide for 
the completion of the State Capitol building 
at Albany, He secured appropriation for the 
purchase and reclamation of Adirondack lands, 
and during his administration several thousand 
acres were added to the state's domain. In 
1898 he called an extra session of the legis- 
lature for July II, to take action upon "an 
appropriation to meet the expense of providing 
New York's share of troops required for the 
war with Spain ; a plan to enable voters ab- 
sent from their homes in the military service 
of the United States to vote at the coming 
elections, and a provision to better protect citi- 
zens who would vote according to law and 
more certainly prevent and punish those who 
would vote otherwise." The result of the state 
election, November 8, 1898, was 661,707 votes 
for Theodore Roosevelt, including 4,503 bal- 
lots cast by the military, the preponderance 
of which vote was in favor of Theodore 
Roosevelt, but it stands upon record that Gov- 
ernor Black in November, 1896, received 125 - 
869 votes more than did Roosevelt in 1898; 
while the fact of 1896 being a presidential 
year did not cause the total vote for governor 
to exceed that of 1898 by more than 43,000 
votes. 

On retiring from the governorship of New 
York, he resumed the practice of law by re- 



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moving his office from Troy to JManhattan 
Borough, New 'i'ork City, establishing him- 
self in law offices at 170 Broadway, where he 
carries on a general practice. His most nota- 
ble case in the criminal courts was his defense 
of Roland B. Molineaux. who had been con- 
victed of murder in the first degree and sen- 
tenced to electrocution. He took up the des- 
perate case at this crisis and obtained for the 
accused a new trial; and in this trial he satis- 
fied the jury of the innocence of his client, 
despite his former conviction and sentence ; 
convinced by his reasoning and the logic of 
his argument the jury brought the verdict of 
"not guilty," and young Molineaux walked 
out of the courtroom a free man. While do- 
ing business in New York City, Governor 
Black has continued to retain his residence at 
Troy, where he spends his Sundays. He has 
a summer home at Freedom. New Hampshire, 
and passes about five months of the year in 
that charming spot. He is a member of the 
Unitarian church of Troy, and is associated 
with the following organizations : The Repub- 
lican clubs of Troy and New York, Lawyers' 
Club of New York, and New England, Maine 
and New Hampshire societies. He married, 
November 27, 1879, Lois B. Hamlin, of Prov- 
incetown, Massachusetts, and their only child, 
Arthur Black, resides in Boston, Massachu- 
setts : lie was graduated at Harvard, A. B., 
1903, LL. B. 1906. He married Frances G. 
Purdy, of \\'akefield,. Massachusetts, and has 
one child, Frank Swett Black, born July 19, 
1907. 



This family is doubtless of Scotch 
BLACK ancestry. Samuel Black, a ship 

owner of considerable property, 
died in Boston in 1749. His will, dated Feb- 
ruary II, 1749, bequeathed to his friends 
George Glenn and wife, to a negro boy to 
whom he gave his freedom and some property, 
to brothers Aaron, Alexander and John Black ; 
to the sons of his brother, Moses Black ; to 
sisters Elizabeth and j\Iargaret ; "to two broth- 
ers by my father's side," James and Robert. 
Just what this means we have not learned, 
probably James and Robert were by a difi:er- 
ent wife than Samuel's mother. But the will 
states that "his brothers and sisters are in 
Ireland," affording proof of the Scotch-Irish 
origin of his family. Some of them appear to 
have come to Boston soon afterward. A 
James Black died there in 1770^ leaving a 
widow Susanna. 

(I) John Black, immigrant ancestor of this 



family, may have been brother of Samuel men- 
tioned above. If so, he was in Boston but a 
short time before his death. We know noth- 
ing about him except from the probate of his 
estate and that of his widow. He was a 
mariner. His widow Elizabeth was appointed 
administratrix of his estate April g, 1751. She 
died January 17, 1775, making a nuncupative 
will drawn by Dr. John Stedman and signed 
also by her daughter. Mary Fullerton, proved 
and allowed February, 1775, in Suffolk, be- 
queathing to her children: i. Elizabeth, who 
was given the largest share and the residue. 

2. Mary, married Fullerton. 3. Jane, 

married Brewer. 4. Henry, mentioned 

below. 5. John Jr. 

(II) Henry, son of John Black, was born in 
Boston, October 6, 1739, from old family Bi- 
ble, and died in Prospect, Maine, June 15, 
18 1 7, and is buried at Sandy Point, Stockton. 
He received by his mother's will the great 
family Bible, a sight of which would be great- 
ly appreciated by the family historian. He 
married, August 16. 1764, Sarah Stowers, who 
was born in Chelsea (Rumney Marsh, Bos- 
ton), January 25, 1744, and died in Prospect, 
Maine, October 5, 1816. He and his wife were 
admitted to the Chelsea Church, owning the 
covenant, July 25, 1765. He was a soldier 
in the revolution in Captain Samuel Sprague's 
company, 1775. Children, born in Boston in 
what is now Chelsea and baptized in the Chel- 
sea Church: i. Henry Jr., November 10, 
1765, baptized November 17; mentioned below. 
2. Sarah. June 17, 1767, baptized June 28; 
married Josiah Ames. 3. John, June 25, 1769, 
baptized October 15, 1769; married Rebecca 
Stimpson. 4. James, November 5, 1770, bap- 
tized June 30, 1771 ; married Rebecca Brown. 
5. Elizabeth, January 2, 1775, married Joseph 
Matthews. 6. Jane, April 20, 1776, married 
Field. 7. Mary, March 23, 1778, mar- 
ried Jonathan Dow. 8. Alexander, March 20. 
1780. He was a saddler by trade. He re- 
moved to Prospect, Waldo county, Maine, dur- 
ing the revolution. His house was burned by 
the British when their fleet sailed up the 
river. He used to do leather work for the 
revolutionary soldiers at Fort Pownal, Cape 
Jellerson. He was once placed under arrest 
for criticizing the bravery of Commander 
Saltonstall. He represented his town in the 
Massachusetts general court in 1806-07-08-09- 
lo-ii. He was one of the leading citizens of 
the town. 

(III) Henry Jr. (2). son of Henry Black, 
was born in Boston, November 10. 1765. and 



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baptized in the Chelsea Church November 17, 
1765. He hved at Prospect, Maine, and died 
there September 11, 1828. He was a farmer 
and prominent citizen. He married, August 
25, 17S9, Annie Brown, born in Belfast, Maine, 
March 18. 1766, and died at Searsport, Maine, 
July 21, 1857. Children: i. Ann, born June 
6, 1790, married James Leach. 2. Sally, 
March 3, 1792, married Andrew Leach. 3. 
Mary, January 18, 1794, married James 
Greely. 4. Henry, February 3, 1796. 5. John, 
May 2, 1799, married (first) Mary Pierce, and 
(second) Mrs. Tyler. 6. Clarissa, February 
17, 1802, married Isaac Carver. 7. Joshua T., 
June 6, 1805, mentioned below. 8. Hannah, 
April 24, 1807, married Alexander Nichols. 
9. Otis P. D., February 4, 1810, married (first) 
Hannah C. Nichols; (second) Maria R. Mari- 
thew. 

{ly ) Joshua T., son of Henry (2) Black, 
was born in Prospect, IMaine, June 6, 1805, 
died in Searsport, July 12, 1873. He was 
educated in the public schools of his native 
town. After he left school he was a teamster 
for a number of years, and then in trade at 
Searsport, where he owned a market and pro- 
vision store. He sold his business and be- 
came a farmer at Searsport, and followed that 
occupation the remainder of his active life. In 
politics he was a Republican. He was a mem- 
ber of the state militia in his younger days. 
He was a member of the First Congregational 
Church of Searsport. Lie married (first), 
January 28, 1838, Eleanor M., born in Bel- 
fast, December 20, 1807, died in Searsport, 
June 18, 1850, daughter of Robert and Han- 
nah (Mitchell) Houston, and granddaughter 
of Captain Samuel and Esther (Rogers) 
Houston. Children: i. Robert, died in in-- 
fancy. 2. Joshua \V., born August 16, 1842, 
mentioned below. 3. Edward Dayton, May 
16, 1844, a grocer at Melrose: married (first) 
Emma Wood, (second) Georgianna Crofts; 
children of second wife : Charles, James, John, 
Elizabeth. 4. Charles Bently, July 16, 1845, 
died August 30, 1845. He married (second) 
Jane R. Houston, a sister of his first wife, 
July 17, 1853; she was born in Belfast, June 
12, 1800, died IMarch 20, 1884, in Searsport. 
The following was taken from the IVatervillc 
Sentuicl of July 17, 1908: "While George W. 
Frisbee was with a picnic party on Vaughan's 
shore in East Belfast he discovered an old 
tombstone that had been thrown into the 
bushes on the bank. It was made from com- 
mon field rock, the base pointed and the top 
arched and bordered with leaves, and was evi- 



dently homemade. It bore the following in- 
scription : 'Erected in memory of Mrs. Esther 
Houston the wife of Captain Samuel Houston 
who died Nov. 8th, 1794 in the bist year ot 
her age. Retire my friends dry up your tears, 
here I must lie till Christ appears.' Almost 
every trace of Belfast's first cemetery has been 
obliterated, and it is believed that the above- 
mentioned stone is practically the only one 
that has withstood time and weather. Mrs. 
Houston was the daughter of Major Robert 
Rogers, an officer in the French war. Her 
husband, Samuel Houston, was one of the 
original proprietors, drawing lots number 6 
and 13, and settling on the latter in 1771, 
where he built a log hut. The house and barn 
he built later were burned by the British dur- 
ing the Revolution. He was the second town 
clerk, a member of the first committee of safe- 
ty, and captain of the first militia company. 
His son, Samuel Jr., enlisted in the army a 
week after the battle of Bunker Hill, and 
was a member of Washington's life guard." 

(V) Joshua Wilson, son of Joshua T. Black, 
was born in Searsport, Maine, August 16, 
1842, and was educated in the public schools 
of that town. He enlisted in April, 1861, 
among the first in Company I, Fourth Maine 
Regiment of Volunteers, and w-ent to Rock- 
land with the regiment. He returned home on 
account of not being of suitable age. He re- 
enlisted September 10, 1862, in Company K, 
Twenty-sixth Regiment. (See history of 
Twenty-sixth Maine Regiment, p. 313.) He 
took part in the expedition under General 
Banks and was at the siege of Port Hudson 
and at the battle of Springfield Landing. He 
was mustered out August 16, 1863. He re- 
turned to Searsport and opened a meat and 
provision market in that town, conducting it 
until 1866, when he removed to Marlborough, 
Massachusetts, where he conducted a meat 
market for two years. He was then in the 
same line of business for two years and a half 
in Boston. After spending a year of travel 
through the western states he returned to 
Searsport. He was census enumerator for the 
federal census of 1870 and 1880 in Searsport. 
He was appointed deputy sheriff of the county 
in 1872 and served until 1878. He was agent 
for the American Express Company at Sears- 
port for nine years. From 1884 to 1887 he 
was deputy collector of customs at Searsport. 
He was appointed postmaster by President 
Harrison in 1889 and again in 1898 by Presi- 
dent McKinley, and has been reappointed 
twice since then and is now serving a fourth 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



four-\-ear term. He lias given the utmost sat- 
isfactVin to the public and the department as 
postmaster. At the present time he is also 
judge of the municipal court. He was appoint- 
ed trial justice by Governor Plaisted in 1882. 
He was appointed justice of the peace by Gov- 
ernors Robie and Burleigh and reappointed 
by Governor Cobb. He is a Republican of 
much influence and activity, and after twenty- 
five consecutive years of service on the Re- 
publican congressional district committee was 
re-elected April 29. 1908, for another term. 
He is president of the Searsport Water Com- 
pany. He is a member and past master of 
Mariners Lodge of Free iMasons of Searsport ; 
of Searsport Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of 
King Solomon Council. Royal and Select blas- 
ters, Belfast; of Anchor Chapter, Eastern 
Star, of Searsport; and past grand of Sears 
Lodge of Odd Fellows. He belongs to Free- 
man McGilvery Post, No. 30, Grand Army, 
and was on the staff of Commander Adams 
of the Maine department. He is an attendant 
of the Congregational church. He married, 
August 12, 1874. Eliza E., born June 13, 1843, 
daughter of josiah Bickmore, of Montville. 
Children: i. Frederick Frasier, born Sep- 
tember 26, 1876, mentioned below. 2. Jessie 
Mildred, April 6, 1884, married, February 23, 
1908, John H. Montgomery, of Bucksport, a 
druggist. 3. Edna Eleanor, July 4, 1886, was 
associated with her father in the postoffice 
from 1903 until her sudden death, June 15, 
igo8. 

(\T) Frederick Frasier, son of Joshua Wil- 
son Black, was born September 26, 1876, in 
Searsport, and educated there in the public 
schools, attending the University of Maine for 
two years. He began his career as freight 
clerk on a Boston steamship. In September, 
1898, he entered the L^nited States Military 
Academy at West Point and was graduated 
in 1902. He entered the army and was sent 
to the Philippines, where for two years he was 
stationed at the headquarters of General Sum- 
ner at Zamboanga, and he had charge of the 
yellow fever camps. He was transferred to 
San Francisco after the earthquake disaster 
and had charge of a camp of fifteen thousand 
homeless people. Afterward he was stationed 
at Seattle and then at Fort Liscomb, Alaska, 
in charge of a target camp. In 1908 was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant of Eleventh Infantry, 
and is on duty in Cuba. He is a member of 
Mariners' Lodge of Free Masons, Searsport ; 
of Searsport Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; 
and of Palestine Commandery, Knights Tem- 
plar, Belfast. 



The Black family of York and: 
BLACK Kittery, Maine, was of Scotch 
ancestry. Daniel Black settled in 
York. Maine, before 1700. He was a son of 
Daniel Black, of Rowley and Boxford, Mas- 
sachusetts. (See history of Boxford, Massa- 
chusetts.) He bought land of Samuel Web- 
ber, February 29, 1703-04, located on the north 
side of Sentry hill. He deeded two acres on 
the north side of Hull's creek in York to 
Peter Nowell. August 24, 1709. (York Deeds 
Book viii fol. 30.) He died before 17 12, 
when his widow bought land of Peter Nowell, 
twenty acres on the northeast side of the 
highway by the market place in York. His 
first deed on record was dated September 24, 
1698, when he bought eleven acres at Burnt 
Plain in York of Thomas Wise. He bought 
two acres at Dummers Cove of Thomas 
Moore, and September 5, 1700, mortgaged to 
James Gooch three acres of land and build- 
ings on the highway and Meeting House 
creek, York. But still earlier Daniel Black 
had a town grant of twenty acres, which was 
sold by his. widow and son Samuel to John 
Harmon, December 5, 1717. Sarah and Sam- 
uel deeded to Jonathan Young Jr. teri acres 
near Cape Neddick pond, York. Later they 
deeded other parcels of land. Children of 
Daniel and Sarah Black : Samuel, Elizabeth, 
Mehitable. 

The history of Kittery, !Maine, says that 
Josiah Black was in York before 1700. If so, 
he left no traces before 1700 on the land rec- 
ords, but the name is preserved in the family 
in later generations. In a deed dated April 6, 
1719, Lewis Bane, Job Banks and Benjamin 
Preble conveyed land to him. These were 
Scotch settlers, and Bane was ancestor of a 
large family, the later generations spelling the 
name Bean. The consideration of the deed 
being love and affection, there was doubtless 
some relationship between them. Peter Nowell, 
mentioned above, w^as also a relative. Ridlon 
thinks this Josiah was among the Scotch-Irish 
pioneers of 1718. Further trace of him is not 
found. 

(II) William Black was son of one of the 
earlv settlers, doubtless Josiah, for Daniel left 
but one son, Samuel, as shown by the settle- 
ment of his estate. The will of William Black 
was proved at Kittery, January i, 1727-28, 
bequeathing to wife Sarah and to sons Will- 
iam and Joshua. Children: i. William, had 
children William and Elizabeth ; removed to 
Harpswell, Maine, and lived on Bailey's Is- 
land. 2. Joshua, mentioned below. 

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at York about 1695, died in 1753. His will 
was proved April 6, 1756. He married Mary 

. Descendants are still living in Kit- 

tery, some having changed their names to 
Blake. Children recorded at Kittery : i. 
Benjamin, born April 19, 1719, not named in 
father's will but was in grandfather's. 2. 
Jonathan, February 15, 1720, mentioned below. 
3. Mary, January 2, 1722. 4. Joshua Jr. 
(twin), December 27, 1724, died May 3, 1742. 
5. Henry (twin), December 27, 1724, died 
February following. 6. Henry, December i, 
1726. 7. Thomas, August, 1728, died in 1729. 
8. Sarah, May 12, 1730, married Nicholas Col- 
lins. 9. Almy or Amy, March 8. 1731. 10. 
Catherine, May 15, 1734. 11. Thomas. Oc- 
tober, 1738, died about 1756, unmarried, in 
his majesty's service in the French war; will 
dated April 30, 1756; brother Henry' a lega- 
tee. 12. Margery, August 19, 1739. 

(TV) Jonathan, son of Joshua Black, was 
born February 15, 1720. He probably settled 
in Limington. 

(V) Josiah, son or nephew of Jonathan 
Black, was born in 1750, died at Limington, 
July 4, 1840. According to the Saco history 
he W'as of the family given above. The above 
records, in fact, include all that is known 
of this family down to Josiah Black, of Lim- 
ington. He married Martha Cookson and set- 
tled in Limington before the revolution. He 
was a soldier in the continental army, and 
served in the campaign in Vermont ending 
with Burgoyne's surrender, October 7, 1777. 
Children: i. Mary, born May 10, 1775, mar- 
ried Jacob Small. 2. John, August 31, 1777, 
mentioned below. 3. Joab, November 4, 1780, 
married Hannah Hamlin ; children born at 
Limington: i. Josiah, born October 31, 1802; 
ii. Olive, August 14, 1804; iii. Hannah, Decem- 
ber 18, 1809; iv. Ira, September 8, 181 1; v. 
Lovina, October 20, 1814. 4. Josiah, August 
31, 1784, married Mary Libby, of Scarbor- 
ough, where he died July, 1864; children: i. 
Zebulon, born December 12, 1808, married El- 
mira Emerson; ii. John, December 24. 1810, 
married, July 17, 1837, Roxanna Andrews, of 
Bethel, and has two daughters, , Olive and 
Hannah; iii. Josiah S., November 29, 1812, 
married Eunice B. Smith and had son David 
T., born , December 27, 1838; iv. Jilercy, Jan- 
uary 21, 1815, died young; v. Martha, March 
29, 1817, married John J. Plaisted ; vi. David 
I.. September 28. 1819; vii. Joab, had son Al- 
vah, father of Charles A. Black, teacher in 
Paris Hill Academy and Norway Liberal In- 
stitute ; viii. Aimer, April 13. 1824, married 
Betsey Bailey; ix. Mary L., May 6, 1827, mar- 



ried Lorenzo Goodwin. 5. IMercy, January 8, 
1789, married Amos Libby. 6. Aaron, Sep- 
tember ID, 1791, married Lydia Libby. 7. 
Betsey, February 22, 1798. 

( \'I ) John, son of Josiah Black, was born, 
in Limington, Maine, August 31, 1777. He 
married Hannah Hamlin. Children born ini 
Limington: i. John, mentioned below. 2.- 
Samuel. 

(VII) John (2), son of John (i) Black, 
born in Limington in 1807, died in 1879. He' 
married Mary Anderson, of Limington. Chil- 
dren, born in Porter, Maine: Frank Melville, 
Alary, Marcia, Abbie, Henry, James Anderson, 
mentioned below. 

(VIII) James Anderson, son of John (2)' 
Black, was born February 3, 1851, in Porter,. 
Maine. He was educated in the public schools- 
of his native town. When he was fifteen years- 
old he removed to Lynn and went to work in. 
a boot and shoe factory, attending the night 
school for two years. He then returned tO' 
Porter and engaged in farming for a time. He 
removed to Moultonborough, New Hampshire, . 
and established himself in the wood and lum- 
ber business. He continued in business for 
about sixteen years. He was a Republican in: 
politics and served on the board of selectmen! 
of the town of Moultonborough. He was a 
member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at 
Kezar Falls, Alaine. He married, October 
25, 1876, Dora Lizzie Fox, of Porter, born 
April 24, 1858. Children:' i. James Orion. 
2. Laura May, mentioned below. 3. Nina 
Marcella. 

(IN) Dr. Laura May, daughter of James 
Anderson Black, was born in Porter, Septem- 
ber 8, 1879. She attended the public schools 
of Aloultonborough and Brewster Academy 
at Wolf borough, New Hampshire, graduating 
in i8g8. After teaching school two years, she 
began the study of her profession in the Col- 
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, 
where she graduated in 1904 with the degree 
of M. D. Since January, 1906, she has been 
practicing medicine at Saco, Maine. 



Thomas Plenry Black was born 
BLACK in Ireland in 1798. He came to 

St. Alartins, New Brunswick, 
about 1820, and having received an excellent 
education in Ireland, he engaged as a school- 
teacher in New Brunswick, and later in life 
served as lumber merchant, ship-builder and 
general merchandise storekeeper. He married 
Alary Fownes, who was a native of St. Alar- 
tins, New Brunswick. Children, all born in 
St. Alartins : Alelissa, Sarah Jane, William T., 



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Mary, Louise, Henry Allen, a successful con- 
tractor and builder in Boston, Massachusetts ; 
Grace. Judson Burpee, a physician and mem- 
ber of the parliament of the Dominion of Can- 
ada, and in 1908 was returned with the largest 
majority in Nova Scotia. Thomas Henry 
Black died at St. Martins, New Brunswick, 
i860. 

(H) W'illiam T., eldest son and third child 
of Thomas Henry and Mary (Fownes) Black, 
was born in St. Martins, New Brunswick, Oc- 
tober 20, 1830. He was a pupil in the public 
' schools of St. Martins and at Mount Allison 
Academy, Sackville, New Brunswick, and was 
graduated from the Provincial Normal school. 
Saint John, New Brunswick. He gained his 
first knowledge of medicine in the office of 
James Hunter, M. D., of St. John, New 
Brunswick, where he read medicine under the 
direction of Dr. Hunter, one of the most 
learned physicians and surgeons of his time 
in the province. He then took the regular 
course in medicine and surgery in the Pennsyl- 
vania I\Iedical College, under such noted 
teachers as the elder Stille, Francis G. Smith, 
etc., graduating Doctor of Medicine in 1857. 
He began practice in Moncton, New Bruns- 
wick, and his skill was soon recognized by the 
public and by the officers of the European and 
North American railway (now the Interco- 
lonial), then under construction, which gave 
him unusual opportunities in the practice of 
surgery. In i860 he removed to Calais, Maine, 
where he practiced medicine and surgery up 
to the advent of the southern rebellion, wdien 
he volunteered his service in the Union army 
and was commissioned assistant surgeon in 
the Twelfth i\Iaine Volunteer Infantry and 
mustered in December 28, 1861, and his regi- 
ment was assigned to the southern division 
under General Butler, and with his regiment 
was among the first of the army to occupy 
New Orleans. Fie was appointed medical 
examiner for the first Union volunteer regi- 
ments raised in New Orleans, and was ap- 
pointed surgeon of First Louisiana Volunteers. 
He remained in the United States volunteer 
service up to May 29, 1863, when he was 
granted leave of absence on account of the 
condition of his health, impaired by service in 
the sickly camp occupied by the Union army 
on the Mississippi river. He was granted a 
leave of absence and returned to Maine hoping 
that a northern climate would restore his 
health : in this he was disappointed, and at the 
expiration of his leave of absence tendered his 
resignation, and was honorably discharged on 



July 23, 1863. He resumed the practice of 
medicine at Calais, Maine. In the latter part 
of 1869 and until August, 1870, he spent in 
Europe visiting the medical schools in Great 
Britain and the Continent. In 1885 he was 
forced by ill health to relinquish his practice 
and retire to a farm in Nova Scotia which he 
purchased and cultivated for nearly five years. 
This treatment of his body and mind served 
to reinstate his health, and he resumed his 
practice and was still so engaged in 1908, 
although seventy-eight years of age. He had 
hoped for years to retire from active practice, 
but the old friends who relied on him for 
medical advice and help would not allow him 
to entirely discontinue practice, but he took 
no new business and gradually obtained the 
ease he had so well earned, through the con- 
sideration of these friends. He found his best 
comfort and ease in his beautiful home below 
the city of Calais on the bank of the river 
Ste. Croix, and from there he kept in touch 
and continued his membership in the Wash- 
ington County jMedical Society and the Coun- 
cil of Physicians and Surgeons of New Bruns- 
wick. He has been a member of the United 
States Pension Examining Board at Calais for 
many years, and since July, 1908, the presi- 
dent of the board. He is a member of the 
Masonic fraternity, being a Blue Lodge and 
Royal Arch Mason. 

Dr. Black married, December 9, 1857, 
Frances E. Cutts, of Eastport, Maine. They 
never had their lives made glad by the birth 
of children, but this deprivation was the gain 
of the children of others who came within the 
larger circle of their lives, giving them the 
unstinted love and care that they were de- 
prived of showering on their own. 



The name of Lewis was formerly 
LEWIS Lewes and originated in the 

county of Kent, England. It has 
been stated by some authorities that George 
Lewes, of Barnstable, the emigrant ancestor 
of the Bridgton Lewises, was the father of the 
George Lewis who was of Casco in 1640, but 
this has been proved erroneous by Mr. Sav- 
age, and they were probably not related to 
each other. The Goodman George Lewes, 
Senior, and Goodman George Lewes, Junior, 
of Scituate, Massachusetts, mentioned by the 
Rev. John Lothrop, were undoubtedly father 
and son. Goodman George, Senior, wrote his 
name Lewes, and his descendants retained that 
form of spelling until about the year 1700, 
since which time the present orthography has 



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been in general use. Many men of marked 
ability have brought honor and distinction to 
the name in America. 

(I) George Lewes, of East Greenwich, in 
Kent, was a clothier and probably followed 
his trade in London before coming to New 
England. It is quite probable that he was a 
member of Mr. Lothrop's church in London 
at the time of its disruption in 1632, and he 
evidently emigrated shortly afterward as he 
was in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1633, and 
two years later he rejoined his former pastor 
in Scituate, where he was admitted a freeman 
in 1636-37. His home in Scituate was located 
on Kent street, the residents of which were 
mostly from that county in the mother coun- 
try and known as "the men of Kent." In 
1639 he sold his property in order to remove 
with Mr. Lothrop and the other church mem- 
bers to Barnstable, and in common with the 
rest he received land grants in the latter place. 
He served as surveyor of highways in 1648 
and 1650, rendered jury duty in 1649 ^'^d 
was constable in 1651. tie was an honest man 
and a sincere Christian, whose chief desire 
was to live in peace with his fellowmen, to 
avoid actions at law and to yield rather than 
contend with his neighbors. He died in Barn- 
stable in 1662 or 1663. His first wife, whom 
he married in England about 1626, was Sarah 
Jenkins, a sister of Edward Jenkins, who was 
subsequently a resident of Scituate. She ac- 
companied him to America and died in Barn- 
stable. The maiden surname of his second 
wife is unknown, but her given name was 
Mary, and she was living in 1670. He was the 
father of eight children, five of whom were 
probably born in England. Their names were : 
Mary, Thomas, George, James, Edward, John, 
Ephraim and Sarah. (N. B. These children 
are not given in the order of their birth.) 

(II) Lieutenant James, son of George and 
Sarah (Jenkins) Lewes, was born in Eng- 
land in 1631. Although compelled to work 
hard from daylight to dark he nevertheless 
found the means of gratifying a desire for 
the acquisition of knowledge by devoting the 
long winter evenings to study under the direc- 
tion of the pastor, and at his majority he was 
well prepared for the business of life. Like 
his father he was both honest and industrious, 
but unlike his progenitor he possessed the fac- 
ulty of acquiring property and he became 
wealthy. He was made a freeman in 1658; 
rendered the customary jury service; was for 
many years an officer in the local militia com- 
pany and probably served in King Philip's 
war; was a selectman for the years 1679-81- 



89-90; but did not unite with the church until 
1699, when he was si.xty-eight years old. He 
died October 4, 1713. His will was dated 
May 8, 1713, and proved October 17 of that 
year. October 31, 1655, he married Sarah, 
daughter of George Lane, of Hingham. Their 
children, all born in Barnstable, were ; John, 
Samuel, Sarah, James, Ebenezer, George, Jo- 
seph, Susannah, Mary and Hannah. 

(III) Ebenezer, fourth son and fifth child 
of Lieutenant James and Sarah (Lane) Lewes, 
was born in Barnstable, December 20, 1666. 
He acquired both wealth and prominence ; 
was one of the most able business men of 
Barnstable in his day ; held various town offices 
and was judge of the court of common pleas. 
The date of his death does not appear in the 
records at hand. In 1691 he married Anna, 
daughter of Hon. Barnabas Lothrop, and on 
February 28, 1728. he married for his second 
wife Rebecca Sturgis, of Yarmouth. The lat- 
ter died April 10, 1734, aged sixty-five years. 
His children, all of his first union, were: 
Sarah, Susannah, James, Ebenezer, Hannah, 
Lothrop, George, Nathaniel, John, David and 
Abigail. 

(IV) George (2), fourth son and seventh 
child of Ebenezer and Anna (Lothrop) Lewes, 
was born in Barnstable, April 5, 1704. He 
occupied the homestead and was an industrious 
and useful citizen who refrained from partici- 
pating in public affairs. Being contemporary 
with his Uncle George, he is designated in the 
Barnstable town records as George Lewes, 
Junior, and he died about the year 1757. His 
will, which was dated July 19, of that year, 
disposed of property inventoried at two hun- 
dred and eighty-four pounds. September 12, 
1737, he married Sarah Thacher, of Yar- 
mouth, and her death occurred April 30, 1762. 
Their children were : "Annah," Thankful 
(who died in infancy), John, Thankful, Sarah, 
Temperance (who also died in infancy), 
George, Temperance (who died aged about 
seven months), Josiah, another Temperance, 
Susannah and James. 

(V) Major George (3) Lewis, second son 
and seventh child of George (2) and Sarah 
(Thacher) Lewes, was born in Barnstable, 
April 9, 1741. He was one of the most dis- 
tinguished members of the family, acquiring 
prominence both in civil and militarv life, and 
he settled in Gorham, Maine, where his death 
occurred July 24, 1819. October 12, 1760, he 
married for his first wife Mary, daughter of 
Hon. Daniel Davis, a revolutionary soldier of 
distinction, and she died in February, 1782, 
aged forty-one years. His second wife was 



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Desire, daughter of Samuel Parker, of West 
Barnstable. His first wife bore him eleven 
.children: Mehitable, Colonel Lothrop, Sarah, 
"Annah," James, Ansel, George, Daniel Davis, 
Mary, Robert and Abigail, the last two of 
whom were twins. Colonel Lothrop Lewis 
was a prominent resident of Gorham; a sur- 
veyor of recognized ability and at one time 
state land agent. Abigail married Captain 
William Prentiss and became the mother of 
the distinguished American lawyer and orator, 
Sargent S. Prentiss ; also of Rev. George Lew- 
is Prentiss, D. D., the eminent theologian. 

(VI) Major George (4), fourth son and 
seventh child of Major George (3) and Mary 
(Davis) Lewis, was born in Barnstable, 
March 28, 1775. Locating in Bridgton, Maine, 
he turned his attention to agriculture and be- 
came one of the prominent farmers of that 
locality. For many years he was connected 
with the militia and held the rank of major. 
His death occurred in Bridgton, September 
19, 1857. He married Ruthy Lincoln, and 
their children were: Ruth, Lincoln, Royal, 
Harriet, Tabitha, Lothrop, Jerusha and Sarah. 

(VII) Lothrop, third son and sixth child 
of Major George (4) and Ruthy (Lincoln) 
Lewis, was born in Bridgton, September 4, 
1805. He was reared and educated in his 
native town, where in early manhood he en- 
gaged in tilling the soil, and the active period 
of his life was devoted to that calling. During 
the anti-slavery agitation he earnestly support- 
ed the cause of Abolition, and in 1847 repre- 
sented his district in the lower branch of the 
state legislature. He also supported with vigor 
the cause of total abstinence from intoxicating 
liquors and belonged to the Sons of Temper- 
ance. He was very active in religious work 
and a leading member of the Congregational 
church at Bridgton Center. He died in that 
town, October 25, 1879. December 25, 1832, 
he married Mary Jones, of Waterford. She 
became the mother of five children : Caroline 
Peabody, Mary Elizabeth, George, Lothrop 
Lincoln and Edward Lyman. 

(VIII) Rev. George, D. D. (5), third child 
and eldest son of Lothrop and Mary (Jones) 
Lewis, was born in Bridgton, January 21, 
1839. From the North Bridgton Academy he 
entered Bowdoin College, receiving his bach- 
elor's degree and later entering the Bangor 
Theological Seminary, was graduated in 1865. 
He was ordained a Congregational minister 
the same year and installed pastor of a church 
in Bedford, Massachusetts, but owing to im- 
paired health was later obliged to suspend his 
labors and seek a warmer climate. After 



spending some time in Florida with beneficial 
results he resumed pastoral work in Jersey 
City, remaining there three years, and from 
1874 to the present time he has been located 
in South Berwick. Bowdoin College conferred 
upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of 
Divinity in 1 904. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican. On November 28, 1865, Dr. Lewis was 
united in marriage with Katharine B., daugh- 
ter of Colonel Hugh D. and Elizabeth (Lewis) 
McLellan, of Gorham. The McLellans are of 
Scotch-Irish ancestry, and are said to be the 
descendants of Sir Hugh McLellan, of Argyle- 
shire, Scotland. They took refuge in the 
North of Ireland during the seventeenth cen- 
tury. The Gorham family was founded in 
America by Hugh and Elizabeth McLellan. 
of county Antrim, Ireland, who came from 
Londonderry to Boston in 1733, and proceed- 
ing to Alaine they settled as pioneers in Gor- 
ham. Their children were : William, born 
in Ireland ; Abigail, Mary, Alexander, Cary. 
Jane, Martha, Thomas and Martha. Dr. 
George and Katharine B. (McLellan) Lewis 
are the parents of three sons : Hugh Mc- 
Lellan, born October 26, 1868; Philip Prescott, 
September 26, 1870, and George Lothrop, 
June 10, 1878. All were fitted for college at 
the South Berwick Academy. Hugh j\l., who 
is a graduate of the L'niversity of Maine, is 
married and resides in Brunswick, Maine. 
Philip P. is a graduate of the Maine Medical 
school of Bowdoin College, and is now a phy- 
sician in Gorham. George L., a graduate of 
Bowdoin, is now librarian of the Westfield 
(Mass.) Atheneum. 



This surname, identical with 
MOOR More, Moore, Muir, ]\Iure and 

Moir in Scotland, is credited with 
various derivations, the most obvious being 
the taking of the name from the race of 
Moors, in the same way that we find such 
names as Scott, English, French, etc. The 
Scotch family of this name was established 
before 1263, in Ayrshire. Lanarkshire and 
Renfrewshire. When King James planted the 
English Presbyterians in the north of Ireland, 
the history of the Scotch-Irish there began. 
In the precinct of Orier, county Armagh, one 
thousand acres were granted to Sir Gerald 
Aloore, knight, privy councillor. In the pre- 
cinct of Tullagharvy, county Cavan, fifteen 
hundred acres were granted to Brent Moore, 
and Archibald (Arthur) Moore. In the pre- 
cinct of Portlough, county Donegal, Hugh and 
William ^loore were settlers as early as 1613. 
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kernan, county Fermanagh, among the lessees 
of John Archdale, occur the names of Thom- 
as and Wilham Edward Moore. Sir Gerald 
Moore built a stone "bawn" (sic) and a small 
house "inhabited by an Irishman," on his thou- 
sand acres. Before 1630 Archibald Moor had 
a grant in Clonmahone, county Cavan, and 
there erected a strong sod "bawn" and an Irish 
house. From 1610 to the present time the 
Moor family of the north of Ireland have been 
practically all of pure Scotch ancestry, and 
Presbyterian in religion. In the three coun- 
ties of Antrim, Londonderry and Tyrone one 
hundred and eighty-five of this surname were 
born in 1890, indicating a population in those 
■counties alone of upward of eight thousand 
by the name of Moore or Moor. 

(I) Deacon James Moor, immigrant ances- 
tor of the family in America, was born in 
1702, in county Tyrone, Ulster province, Ire- 
land, descended doubtless from one of the 
Scotch pioneers mentioned above. He died in 
Pembroke, formerl}' Suncook, New Hamp- 
shire, March 11, 1773. He came to America 
in 1725, and was one of the first settlers of 
New Hampshire at what was called Suncook 
by the Indians. He went to Londonderry on 
a tour of inspection, and secured the refusal 
of the rights of Joseph Farrar, June 5, 1729, 
bought tlie property by deed dated November 
24, 1729. and used to say that his family was 
the second to settle in the township, where 
■he built the first frame dwelling, which, al- 
tered from time to time, is yet standing on 
the old farm, and was lately occupied by Sam- 
uel Emery, grandson of the pioneer. Moor 
was deacon of the Presbyterian church, and a 
man of prominence. He married, in Ireland, 
Agnes Colbreth ( family name also Colbath, 
Colbreath, and Galbraith). Vice-President 
Henry Wilson was a Colbath by birth, having 
had his name changed after he was an adult. 
His ancestors came from the same section of 
Ireland as Agnes Colbreth — Londonderry or 
Tyrone. Children of James Moor: i. James. 
2. William, married Hannah . 3. Han- 
nah, born August 5, 1732. 4. Ephraim, mar- 
ried (first) Hannah Rogers; (second) Febru- 
ary 27, 1783, Jennie Moore. 5. John, had sev- 
en children at Pembroke. 6. Daniel, men- 
tioned below. 7. Robert, born May i, 1741, 
married Ruhamah Mitchell. 8. Daughter, 
married Robert Kelsea. 9. Daughter, married 
Ephraim Foster. 10. Eunice, married, Sep- 
tember 24, 1781, James Merrill, of Chichester. 
(II) Captain Daniel, son of Deacon James 
Moor, was born in Pembroke, New Hamp- 
shire, June 21, 1735. He settled in Deerfield, 



adjacent to Pembroke, and became a promi- 
nent citizen and soldier. He was friendly with 
the Indians until the French and Indian war, 
when the Indians left the vicinity of Pem- 
broke, and went to Canada, committing out- 
rages and taking prisoners on the way. Moor 
was in service against them. When the revo- 
lution broke out he was one of the first on 
his way to Lexington at the head of a com- 
pany, and fought under Colonel John Stark at 
Bunker Hill, and stood at the side of Major 
McClary when he was struck with a cannon 
ball, and was one of those who opened a 
grave and buried him on the spot. He was 
also in the service in 1776-77, and at the bat- 
tle of Saratoga. Later in life he was a pen- 
sioner on account of his revolutionary serv- 
ice. He kept the first tavern in Pembroke. 
Some of his children spelled their name Moor, 
others Moore, and their descendants are sim- 
ilarly divided. Captain Moor married (first) 
Margaret White; (second) Elizabeth White, 
not a sister of his first wife, born March, 1738. 
died November 29, 1828, daughter of William 
White. Some of the children were born at 
Deerfield, others at Pembroke. By first wife : 
I. Jane White, born October, 1761, married 
Theophilus Stevens. 2. Isaac, drummer boy 
at Bunker Hill, in his father's company. 3. 
James, married, June 21, 1787, Elizabeth For- 
rest, of Pembroke; was in his father's com- 
pany as waiter or servant at battle of Bunker 
Hill. 4. Agnes, married David Robinson, of 
Deerfield. 5. Betsey. 6. Daughter, died young. 
Children of second wife : 7. Daniel, mentioned 
below. 8. Peggy, married Hunt ; set- 
tled at Cayuga Lake, New York. 9. Polly, 
married Joseph Prescott, of Deerfield ; died at 
Garland, Maine, ilarch 26, 1841. 10. Joseph, 
lost at sea. 11. Abigail, married (first) Gil- 
man Fellows; (second) John Philbrick ; lived 
in Waterville, Maine ; she died at Skowhegan, 
Maine, ninety-eight years old, and is buried 
at Waterville. 12. Nancy, born November 19, 
1781, married Captain James Moore, of Pem- 
broke. 

(Ill) Daniel (2), son of Captain Daniel 
(i) Moor, was born in Pembroke, February 
17, 1771, died at Waterville, Alaine, August 
30, 1 85 1. He was a soldier in the revolution. 
He removed to Winslow, now Waterville, 
Maine, in 1798. He was a farmer. His three 
eldest sons were engaged in boating and lum- 
bering, and kept a general store. They built 
river steamers by the score, sold five in Cali- 
fornia, two of their steam vessels were bought 
by Cornelius \'anderbilt Sr. for use in the 
South American trade, and several went to 



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STATl': OF MAINE. 



Nova Scotia. A large mimber plied the Ken- 
nebec, and it was a common sight to see half 
a dozen at a time at the wharf in Waterville, 
where the Lockwood mills now stand. In 
1848 there were five steamboats plying daily 
between Waterville and Augusta. Daniel 
Moor married Rebecca Spring, born Septem- 
ber 19, 1771, died August 14, 1831, daughter 
of Daniel and Sarah (Norcross) Spring. Chil- 
dren : 1. Joseph March, born 1798, married 
Caroline Barnerville. 2. Agnes, 1800. 3. 
Julia, 1803. 4. William, see forward. 5. 
Henry, 1807, graduate of Waterville College, 
entered United States navy, died in Cuba. 
March 21, 1853; married Ann Nora Lyon, of 
New York city. 6. Daniel, i8og, died Feb- 
ruary 14, 1890; married Mary Ann Moore. 7. 
W\man Bradbury Sevey, 181 1, died March 
10, 1869; was a well-equipped lawyer; became 
prominent in politics; was for a time United 
States senator from Maine; afterward consul- 
general to Canada, residing in Montreal ; held 
important government position in Washington 
City, where his death occurred from eiifects of 
impure water ; married Clara Ann Cook. 8. 
Rebecca Elizabeth, 1814, died March 30, 1902; 
married Rev. Freeman Tilton ; (second) Rev. 
Arthur Drinkwater. 

(IV) William, son of Daniel (2) Moor, 
was born March i, 1805. died in Minneapolis, 
1872. He was in partnership with his broth- 
ers in the ship-building business, as described 
above. In the forties he and his brother Dan- 
iel built a long four-story building in which 
they manufactured gang-saws, iron and steel 
shovels, and operated a plaster mill and grist 
mill. Part of the building was also used by 
the firm for storage for their extensive grain 
and feed business and merchandise. This 
building was lost by fire July 15, 1849, was 
rebuilt, and burned down again in 1859. After 
the Maine Central railroad came to Water- 
ville from Portland, ship-building and trading 
on the river collapsed, and the vessels were 
sent to other ports. Mr. Moor married, Sep- 
tember ID, 1832, Cornelia Ann Dunbar, born 
January 9, 1809, died October 13, 1883. daugh- 
ter of Lemuel, born May 3, 1781, died August 
16, 1865, and Cordana (Fobes) Dunbar, of 
Bridgewater, born October i, 1783, died April 
18, 1869. Her father was son of Peter and 
Alice (Alger) Dunbar, grandson of Samuel 
and Mary (Hay ward) Dunbar, and great- 
grandson of James and Jane (Harris) Dun- 
bar. James Dunbar was a son of Robert and 
Rose Dunbar, who came from Dunbar. Scot- 
land, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, 
in 1650. (Hingham History.) Jane Dimbar 



was daui;hter of Isaac and Mercy (Latham) 
Harris, granddaughter of Robert and Susan- 
na (Winslow) Latham, and great-grand- 
daughter of John and Mary (Chilton) Win- 
slow. Mary Chilton came to Plymouth in the 
"Mayflower" with her parents, and was the 
first woman to step ashore at the landing of the 
Pilgrims; she died in Boston, in 1679. Chil- 
dren of William Moor: i. Daniel Webster, 
born June 27, 1833, killed in California by the 
explosion of a steamboat, 1853. 2. Ann Cor- 
nelia, February 16, 1835, married, October 24, 
1855. Dr. Nathan G. H. Pulsifer (see sketch). 
3. William Alonzo, born November 24, 1838, 
died in Minnesota; married (first) Clara Day; 

(second) Estella ; had three children 

by first and one by second wife. 4. Edwin B., 
born June 28, 1842, died 1892; married Clara 
Watson; (second) Estella Parker. 5. Andrew 
J., born December 22, 1846, died in 1895. Chil- 
dren of Lemuel and Cordana (Fobes) Dun- 
bar : Otis, married Mary Talbot. Cornelia 
Ann, married William Moor. Olivia S., born 
September 3, 181 1, died April 30, 1836. Mary 
Haywood, born August 27, 1816, died Febru- 
ary 27, 1885; married a Mr. Coffin. Peter, 
born Rlay 12, 1821, died March 3, 1861 ;■ for a 
second wife married a Garcelon. Edwin, mar- 
ried Eliza Joy. Alice Alger, born October 3, 
1818, died September 16, 1900. Armenia 
Fobes, born November 28, 1823, died Novem- 
ber 17, 1887. Lemuel, born April 17, 1826, 
died March 3, 1908. 



This surname is of French 
PULSIFER origin, and the progenitor 
was of French Huguenot 
stock. The name is spelled Pulsever, Pulcifer, 
and in various other ways, in the early rec- 
ords. The name is not recognized by the 
authorities as an English surname, though t'-e 
first settler may have been from Guernsey, or 
elsewhere on or near the English char ae\, 
where many French Protestants took rcf ge. 
The nearest French resemblance to the name 
is Pulosevits, the pronunciation of which 
might give rise to the spellings in vogue dur- 
ing the life of the pioneer. The coat-of-arms 
is given in Rietstap : De gu. a'une aigle de 
profil d"or le vol leve perchee sur un serpent 
de sin. ondoant en forme de S pose en bends la 
tete en haut. Crest : Un lion ramp, patti d'or 
et de gu. tenant de ses pattes un demi-vol 
de gu. 

(I) John Pulsifer, immigrant ancestor, born 
about 1650-60. in France, found a Huguenot 
place of refuge in England. He settled in 
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to tradition, on the spot still occupied by a 
descendant on the old road leading to Coffin's 
Beach. In 1688 he had a parcel of land grant- 
ed by the town, "given to the house where he 
then lived." He married, in Gloucester, De- 
cember 31, 1684, Joanna Kent. The only 
other early settler named Pulsifer was Bene- 
dict Pulsifer, of Ipswich, who was probably 
father or near relative of John. The "His- 
tory of Gloucester" says : "A tradition was 
current some years that a man of this family 
was one of a number of fishermen who were 
taken from two schooners by Indians at 
Sheepscot river, Maine, in the early part of 
last (eighteenth) century. The Indians fas- 
tened the men to stakes and then barbarously 
tomahawked them all except Pulsifer, who 
was suffered to live, and after three months 
confinement among the savages made his es- 
cape and returned to Gloucester. His mind 
was so much affected by the awful sight of 
the murder of his companions and his own suf- 
ferings that the mention of the word Indian 
would throw him into a paroxysm of fright. 
It is said that in one of these paroxysms he 
wandered about in the woods a week, having 
fled thither upon being told that some sav- 
ages were near in a boat." Children of John 
Pulsifer: i. John, born November 17, 1685, 
died August 27, 1707. 2. Joanna, October 7, 
1688. 3. Mary, April 8, 1691. 3. Thomas, 
February 10, 1693, had homestead at Glouces- 
ter; married (first) Sarah Grover, January 6, 
1726; (second) October 29, 1730, Hannah 
Woodward ; had sons Thomas, Nathaniel and 
Samuel, and three daughters ; Nathaniel, born 
May 29, 1736, was a soldier in the French and 
Indian war; married, 1765, Abigail Proctor; 
had five daughters in succession, then four 
sons — Nathan, Samuel, Epes and Isaac ; th-e 
last named Nathan died December 25, 1765, 
aged eighty-six ; Thomas, the father, died Sep- 
tember 27, 1778. 4. Ebenezer, July 20, 1695, 
married, February 11, 1720, Huldah Silley, 
and had several children. 5. Mary, April 2"], 
1697. 6. David, January 9, 1701, see for- 
ward. 7. Jonathan, July 30, 1704, married. 
December 11, 1729, Susanna Hadley ; children: 
Susanna, Jonathan, Samuel. 

(II) David (i), son of John Pulsifer, was 
born in Gloucester, January 9, 1701. He re- 
sided there, and married Mary . He 

doubtless followed the sea. Children : David, 
and three daughters. 

(III) David (2), son of David Pulsifer, was 
born in Gloucester, September 29, 1731. He 
married a cousin, Flannah Pulsifer, of Brent- 
wood, New Hampshire, and settled in Poland, 



Maine. He was a soldier in the revolution, 
from Gloucester, a private in Captain Charles 
Smith's company, also matross in Captain 
William Ellery's company. First Artillery, 
1776. Children: Jonathan, and probably 
others. 

(IV) Jonathan, son of David (2) Pulsifer, 
was born in Gloucester about 1770. He mar- 
ried, August 30, 1789, Polly Rust, born Sep- 
tember I, 1769, died 1862. He settled in 
Poland, Maine, with his father. Two chil- 
dren grew to maturity : Moses Rust, men- 
tioned below, and Benjamin. 

(V) Moses Rust, M. D., son of Jonathan 
Pulsifer, born in Poland, Maine, September 
10, 1799, died January 2"], 1877. He was ed- 
ucated in the district schools, and studied the 
profession of medicine. He practiced at Eden, 
Sullivan and Ellsworth, Hancock county, 
Maine. He married, 1819, Mary Strout Dunn, 
born May 30, 1801, died March 11, 1850, 
daughter of Hon. Josiah and Sally (Barnes) 
Dunn. Her father was born September 8, 
1779, and died February 3, 1843. Her mother 
was born January 11, 1783, and died Decem- 
ber 29, 1858, daughter of Rev. Thomas 
Barnes, who was a representative to the gen- 
eral court of Massachusetts ; a monument to 
his memory was erected in Norway, Maine, by 
the Universalists. Children of Dr. Moses Rust 
Pulsifer; I. Josiah Dunn, born 1822, was the 
first stenographer employed in the courts of 
Maine for reporting, and held that office a 
number of years ; he compiled a "Digest of 
Maine" during this period. 2. Nathan Gold- 
smith Howard, January 24, 1824, see for- 
ward. 3. Reuben, 1826. a farmer. 4. Caro- 
line, married B. F. Crocker, of Hyannis, Mas- 
sachusetts. 5. Augustus Moses, June 15, 1834, 
see forward. 6. Horatio, became a medical 
practitioner. 7. Thomas Benton, became a 
physician ; practiced at Yarmouth, Massachu- 
setts. 8. Ella Dunn, married Joseph Bassett, 
of Yarmouthport, Massachusetts. Children of 
second wife : 9. Georgia, married Dr. Charles 
Byron Porter, of Old Town, Maine. 10. 
Charles Leslie, a farmer at Corinna, Maine. 

(VI) Nathan Goldsmith Howard, M. D., 
son of Dr. Moses Rust Pulsifer, was born Jan- 
uary 24, 1824, in Eden, Mount Desert, Han- 
cock county, Maine, and died in Waterville, 
Maine, December 3, 1893. He attended the 
common schools of Eden and Minot, Maine, 
and studied for his profession at the Dart- 
mouth Medical School, from which he grad- 
uated with the class of 1847. He had previ- 
ously studied in the offices of his father and 
Dr. N. C. Harris, and assisted them in prac- 



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tice. Immediately after receiving his degree 
he began to practice at Fox Island, Maine. 
In 1849, when the gold fever broke out, he 
went to California as doctor in the barkentine 
"Belgrade," around Cape Horn, the voyage 
lasting six months. He remained in California 
two years, returning in 185 1 to Ellsworth, 
where he practiced a short time, then spent a 
year in study in medical schools and hospitals 
in New York and Philadelphia, and from 1852 
to the time of his death practiced in Water- 
ville, Maine. He had a very large practice, 
and ranked among the leaders in his profes- 
sion for many years. He was held in the 
highest esteem by his fellow practitioners as 
well as by the families whom he served. His 
judgment was sound, his ability and fidelity 
remarkable. He was a director and vice-presi- 
dent of the People's National Bank of Water- 
ville, and was president for ten years imme- 
diately preceding his death. In politics he 
was a Republican, and in religion a Unitarian. 
He was a member of the American Homoe- 
opathic Association, and the Maine State 
Homoeopathic Society. During the last twen- 
ty years of his life he devoted much attention 
to his real estate investments in Waterville, 
and was prominent in financial circles. He 
married, October 24, 1855, Ann Cornelia 
Moor, born February 16, 1835, in Waterville, 
daughter of William and Cornelia Ann (Dun- 
bar) Moor. (See Moor family.) Children: 
I. Nora, born January 24, 1856, married 
Frank Lorenzo Thayer, son of Lorenzo Eu- 
gene and Sarah (Chase) Thayer; children: 
Nathan Piilsifer, born December 20, 1878; 
Lorenzo Eugene, born March 8, 1883 ; Frank 
L. Jr., born December 5, 1895. 2. Cornelia 
Ann, August 8, i860, married Herbert L. Kel- 
ley, son of Herbert L. and Mary(Crie) Kel- 
ley ; child : Cornelia Pulsif er, born February 
17, 1897. 3. William ]\Ioor, August 18, 1863, 
see forward. 4. Ralph H., August 19, 1865, 
see forward. 

(VH) William Moor, M. D., son of Dr. 
Nathan G. H. Pulsifer, was born in Water- 
ville, August 18, 1863. He attended the pub- 
lic schools, graduated from Coburn Classical 
Institute in 1878, from Colby University in 
1882, and from the Harvard Medical School 
in 1887. He took a post-graduate course in 
the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 
in 1890. He opened an office and practiced for 
a time in Skowhegan, removed in 1892 to 
W'ater\^ille. where he practiced until 1900, 
when he again located in Skowhegan. and has 
since been engaged in practice there. He 
married, October 2, 1896, Helen G. Libby, 



daughter of Isaac C. and Helen Libby. They 
have one child, Libby William Moor, born 
March 27, 1899. 

(VH) Ralph H., M. D., son of Dr. Nathan 
G. H. Pulsifer, was born in Waterville, Au- 
gust 19, 1865. He attended the public schools; 
prepared for college in the Coburn Classical 
Institute, where he was graduated in 1882. 
He graduated from Colby University in the 
class of 1886. He studied for his profession 
at the Boston University Medical School, 
where he received his degree of M. D. in 
1889. He also graduated from Hahnemann 
Medical College of Philadelphia in 1890. He 
practiced for two years in Waterville, for five 
years in Vassalborough, then at Skowhegan 
until 1897, when he returned to Waterville, 
where he is now permanently located. He 
married, February 23, 1893, Grace Goodridge 
Yeaton, born May 23, 1871, daughter of Free- 
man G. and Ellen (Page) Yeaton, of Bel- 
grade. Child, Page Moor, born August 20, 
1896. 

(VT) Augustus Moses, son of Dr. Moses 
Rust Pulsifer, was born in Sullivan, Hancock 
county, Maine, June 15, 1834. He received 
his early education at Hebron Academy 
(Alaine), the IMaine Wesleyan Seminary at 
Kent's Hill and 'J^V'aterville Academy (Maine), 
and after attending Waterville College, now 
Colby University, one year, entered Bowdoin 
College, where he was graduated in 1858. He 
taught in the public schools of Maine, Massa- 
chusetts and New Hampshire and in 1858-59 
was principal of the Lewiston Falls Academy 
in Auburn, Maine. He read law in the offices 
of Record, Walton & Luce at Auburn, iMaine, 
and was admitted to the Androscoggin county 
bar in September, i860. From that time he 
has practiced law in Auburn. From 1870 to 
1873 he was county attorney of Androscoggin 
county. He has also been chairman of the 
school board of Auburn and president of the 
common council. He is president of the water 
commissioners, organized in 1895, and was 
one of the projectors arid prime movers in 
forming the Auburn Aqueduct Company. He 
w'as interested in building Roak Block, Au- 
burn, and in other real estate investments in 
that city. He has been exceedingly active in 
business, especially in promoting various cor- 
porate and public enterprises. In 1870 he 
organized the Androscoggin Water Pow'er 
Company and has been treasurer to the pres- 
ent time. This corporation owns and operates 
the Barker Cotton Alill in Auburn, of wdiich 
]Mr. Pulsifer is treasurer and managing di- 
rector. He is one of the founders of the Au- 



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burn public library and has been trustee from 
the first ; was one of the incorporators of the 
Auburn Young Men's Christian Association; 
also one of the founders of the Sixth Street 
Congregational Church of Auburn, of which 
he is a member. He has been prominent in 
the temperance movement. In politics he has 
always been a Republican. He is a member of 
the Maine Historical Society and of the Maine 
Genealogical Society ; also of the Home Mar- 
ket Club of Boston. He married, July 2, 
1863, Harriet, daughter of Hon. George W. 
Chase, of Auburn. Children: i. Jennie 
Deane, who is at the head of the art depart- 
ment of the Ohio Wesleyan University. 2. 
James Augustus, attorney at law at Auburn. 
3. Dr. Tappan Chase, graduate of Columbia 
Medical College. 4. Mary Helen, graduate of 
Mount Holyoke College. 5. Chase, graduate 
of Bowdoin College, class of 1897. 6. Nathan, 
graduate of Bates College. 7. Harriet Chase, 
graduate of the Auburn high school. 



(For early generations see John Pulslter I.) 

(\') Benjamin, son of Jon- 
PULSIFER athan Pulsifer, was born in 
Poland, Maine, about 1810, 
and was educated in the public schools. He 
learned the trade of harness maker and fol- 
lowed it during his active life. He lived at 
what is called Minot's Corner in the town of 
Poland. He married (first) Miss Ford; (sec- 
ond) ]\Iiss Chandler, and (third) Mrs. Bur- 
nett. Children: i. Fobes F., mentioned be- 
low. 2. Angelina, widow of Timothy Down- 
ing, of Auburn, Maine. 

(VI) Fobes P., son of Benjamin Pulsifer, 
was born in Poland, Maine (now Minot), died 
1877 in Minot. He attended the common 
schools and learned the trade of his father — 
harness making. Later he took up shoema- 
king, which he followed most of his active 
years. He married Adelaide Bucknam, born 
in Massachusetts ; they lived in Auburn and 
Minot, Maine. Children: i. Orpha E., un- 
married. 2. James Brown, mentioned below. 
(\TI) James Brown, son of Fobes F. Pulsi- 
fer, was born in Auburn, October 7, 1875. 
He was brought up in the family of an uncle, 
Aldin C. Pulsifer, where his mother also 
made her home, and from early youth worked 
at farming. After receiving a common school 
education in Auburn and three years in Heb- 
ron Academy, he worked for a time in a shoe 
factory. He then engaged in the retail milk 
business on his own account and was very suc- 
cessful. After eight years of prosperous busi- 
ness he and Calvin C. Young bought the coal 



and wood business of Hastings & Smith and 
have since conducted it under the firm name of 
Pulsifer & Young. Mr. Pulsifer is a member 
of Tranquil Lodge, Free Masons; of Bradford 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Lewiston 
Commandery, Knights Templar, and of Kora 
Temple, Mystic Shrine, Lewiston. In politics 
an Independent. He married, October 29, 
1900, Maidee Parsons, born at Turner, Maine, 
January 6, 1877, daughter of Edward and 
Mary (Allen) Parsons, of Auburn. Child, 
Pauline Rebecca, born March 22, 1907. 



This old Scotch name has 
MITCHELL long been conspicuous in 
the history of New England, 
and its bearers have been noted for those 
Scotch qualities of industry, grit and stern ad- 
herence to principles which are proverbial. 
Many immigrants have come to these shores 
directly from Scotland and others from Eng- 
land, but the name is of noted Scotch origin 
in the early ages of Great Britain. In the 
early settlement of Maine and the development 
of its industries, past and present, it has borne 
no mean part, and is now known honorably 
throughout the United States, many of its rep- 
resentatives being descendants of those stern 
old Maine pioneers. 

(I) Experience Mitchell was one of the 
forefathers of Pilgrims, as those immigrants 
were called who came to New England in the 
first three vessels ; he arrived at Plymouth, 
Massachusetts, in the ship "Ann" in 1623 and 
had a share in the first division of lots in 
that year and of the live stock in 1627. He 
sold this place in 163 1 and removed to Ducks- 
bury, where he purchased another in 1650. 
He was an original proprietor of Bridgewa- 
ter, Massachusetts, but did not remove thither 
until late in life. He died there in 1689, aged 
about eighty. His will was made at Leyden 
with the Pilgrims and he left a brother Thom- 
as, who lived and died in Holland. His first 
wife was Jane, a daughter of Frances Cook, 
who arrived in the "Mayflower" in 1620. His 
second wife bore the same baptismal name, 
but her family name is unknown. His will 
and other documents show the names of the 
following children : Thomas. John, Jacob, Ed- 
ward. Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah and Hannah. 

(II) Jacob, son of Experience and J\lary 
Mitchell, was probably born in the old world 
and resided at Dartmouth, now Fairhaven, 
Massachusetts, where he died in 1675. He 
was a carpenter by trade, was ensign of the 
military company, and was killed with his wife 
by the Indians while they were on their way 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



in the early morning to the garrison. Their 
children had been placed in the garrison the 
night before, and thus escaped the massacre. 
Thev were Jacob, Thomas and Mary. Edward 
Mitchell, a younger brother of John, who was 
then childless, took and reared these children 
in Dridgewalcr. The daughter was married 
in 1696 "to Samuel Kingman. Jacob Mitchell's 
wife, to whom lie was married in 1666, was 
Susanna, daughter of Thomas Pope, of Plym- 
outh. 

(III) Jacob (2), eldest child of Jacob (i) 
and Susanna (Pope) Mitchell, was born about 
1668 and resided in Bridgewater. He mar- 
ried Deliverance, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth Kingman, of West Bridgewater, and 
granddaughter of Henry Kingman, of Wey- 
mouth, where he was made a freeman in 1636. 
She was born in 1676 and lived but a short 
time after her marriage. Soon after her death 
Jacob Mitchell removed to Kingston, Rhode 
Island, where he married (second) Rebecca, 
daughter of Isaac Cushman. He was a black- 
smith and sold out his establishment in Kings- 
ton in 1728 and removed to North Yarmouth, 
Maine, where he died about 1744. One child, 
Jacob, was born in Bridgewater. Others in 
Kingston. 

(IV) Jacob (3), eldest child of Jacob (2) 
and Deliverance (Kingman) Mitchell, was 
born January 10, 1697, in Bridgewater, fol- 
lowed his father to North Yarmouth in 1743, 
and died there December i, 1784. He was 
elected a deacon at the church at North Yar- 
mouth, July 10, 1745. He was married (first) 
in 1 72 1 to Mary Howland, and they were the 
parents of Mary and John. He married (sec- 
ond) Rachel (Lewis) Gushing, who was born 
June 19, 1694, and died March 15, 1768, a 
daughter of John Lewis. The records of North 
Yarmouth give the following children : David, 
Rachel, Jacob and Sarah. The family records 
give the birth of the next mentioned as Yar- 
mouth, Massachusetts. He was undoubtedly 
the son of Jacob and Rachel (Lewis) Mitchell, 
born during a temporary residence in Yar- 
mouth, which was then, of course, a part of 
Massachusetts. 

(V) John, undoubtedly son of Jacob (3) 
and Rachel (Lewis) (Gushing) Mitchell, was 
born in 1733 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and 
settled in Unity, Maine, when it was a wilder- 
ness. He was a farmer, merchant and local 
magistrate and took an active interest in the 
development of the town and the advancexnent 
of church work and education. He erected 
a saw and grist mill and operated them until 
he turned them over to his son, Isaac, who 



succeeded him in business. He was religiously 
trained, maintained a high character and at- 
tained an honorable position in that part of the 
state where he resided. He was so set in his 
religious belief that he would not allow food 
to be cooked in his house on Sunday. He 
held an office in the revolutionary army. He 
married Mary Vickery Weston, a native of 
England, who came to America a short time 
before her marriage. No record appears of 
their children, but the family account makes 
the next mentioned their son. 

(VI) Isaac, fourth son of John and Mary 
Vickery (Weston) Mitchell, was born, lived 
and died in Unity. He followed his father's 
line of occupation, belonged to the same 
church and maintained a similar interest in 
municipal and educational matters. He re- 
built and enlarged the Mitchell mills as they 
were called, and filled every elective office in 
the town, being for many years chairman of 
the board of selectmen. He built the house 
now occupied by Silas Either near L'nity Pond 
at Bither's Mills and his children were born 
there. While breaking a colt he was thrown 
against a rail of the bridge near his home and 
was so seriously injured as to cause his death. 
He married Hannah Vickery, of Unity, and 
their children were : Isaac, Reuben, Happy, 
Sybil, Lydia, Susan, Solomon Stuart. James 
Madison, Rufus B. and Eliza W. 

(VII) Solomon Stuart, third son of Isaac 
and Hannah (Vickery) Mitchell, was born in 
Unity, 1807, and died at Troy, 1850. He fol- 
lowed the occupation of his father and grand- 
father and was a farmer and millman in 
Unity. His education was what was acquired 
at home and in the town and in high or graded 
schools. He lost his life by exposure in run- 
ning his mills, dying before he was thirty years 
of age. He was a member of the local military 
company, and in politics was a Whig, but he 
held no public offices. He married Lucinda 
Tyler, who was born in Dixmont, and died at 
Unity in 1846, daughter of Major Roland and 
Sallie Tyler, of Hampden. Roland Tyler was 
a son of General Ebenezer Tyler, of Attleboro, 
Massachusetts, who took part in the battle of 
Lexington ; was an officer in the ]\Iassachusetts 
military forces during the revolution : attained 
the rank of major general in the military es- 
tablishment of Massachusetts ; was a member 
of the general court of that state for several 
terms, and always took a leading part in the 
public aflfairs, educational, political and mili- 
tary. The children of Solomon Stuart and 
Lucinda (Tyler) Mitchell were: ^^'ilfred A., 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



1071 



the civil war ; Roland T., who resides in Sac- 
ramento, California ; and Henry L., who is 
next mentioned. 

(VIII) Henry Lyman, youngest child of 
Solomon Stuart and Lucinda (Tyler) Mitch- 
ell, was born in Unity, February 6, 1845. He 
attended the town schools, private schools and 
high schools in several different towns, Corin- 
na Academy for several years, and was a pri- 
vate student under the instruction of Pro- 
fessors E. E. Small, Isaac W. Gates and J. 
H. Sawyer, all graduates from Bowdoin Col- 
lege, and of the best teachers turned out by 
that college. He was left alone in the world 
when under five years old, without money or 
friends to assist him, and had early knowledge 
of the many trials and disappointments that 
fall to a boy in those circumstances, yet he 
made the acquisition of the best education pos- 
sible his sole aim, and constructed a foundation 
upon which he could stand and defend him- 
self, for he had to defend himself, as he had 
no one to rely on, no one to care for or en- 
courage him, and very many who sought to 
push him back or drag him down. But in 
spite of misfortune and opposition, and 
strengthened by the efforts he was compelled 
to make, he succeeded and acquired in youth 
a training that has served him well through 
life. For two years he was assistant under 
Professor Sawyer at Corinna. In 1865 he 
began the study of law and was admitted to 
the ;\Iaine bar in 1870, United States circuit 
court in 1880, and United States court of ap- 
peals, 1891. Since his admission to the bar of 
Maine he has been engaged in the practice of 
his profession in Bangor, where he has at- 
tained a leading position as a lawyer. In poli- 
tics he is a Republican, and began to march 
for Republican candidates four years before 
he became a voter. He never aspired to public 
offices other than in the line of his profession 
as a lawyer. He was elected ten consecutive 
years to the office of attorney for the city of 
Bangor, without canvassing for office, and 
while he held that position the Piscataquis rail- 
road, running from Bangor to Greenville, in 
which the city of Bangor had a two-million- 
dollar interest, was disposed of. The railroad 
excise tax on the European North American 
railway, in which the people of Bangor held 
$i,goo.ooo in securities which had not been 
taxed for several years, was restored b_v his 
efforts : the celebrated case relating to the use 
of the "Hersey Trust Fund," so called for 
the erection of a new city hall, was disposed 
of in favor of the city, requiring a special act ; 
a new law was passed by the legislature, pla- 



cing the police force upon permanent basis ; 
the fire department was reorganized ; as well 
as many other matters of importance to the 
people of the city. In military affairs Mr. 
Mitchell has long been active. He was a mem- 
ber of the First Maine Cavalry Volunteers; 
adjutant of the Second Maine Volunteers; 
colonel of the Second Maine Regiment, M. V. 
M. ; and for several years brigadier general, 
commanding the First Brigade, M. V. M. In 
religious faith he is an Independent Congrega- 
tionalist (Unitarian). He was a member of 
the standing committee fifteen years, and 
chairman of the committee ten years. In 1895 
General Mitchell organized the Penobscot 
Loan and Building Association, which has 
done a large and flourishing business. He is 
secretary and director of the company. He is 
a past chancellor of Norembega Lodge, No. 5, 
now Condeskeag, No. 53, Knights of Pythias ; 
past master workman of Bangor Lodge, No. 
7, Ancient Order United Workmen ; and past 
post commander of Hannibal Hamlin Post, 
No. 65, Grand Army of the Republic. 

Henry L. Mitchell married, September 22, 
1880, in Albion, ]\Iaine, Emma L. Ryder, who 
was born in Washington, Maine, and educated 
in the town and private schools and in the La- 
dies' Boarding School at Brunswick. Her 
father, Robert E. Ryder, a practicing physician 
and surgeon, held every municipal office he 
could be induced to accept, was twice a mem- 
ber of the house of representatives, and twice 
elected to the senate. He rendered no militarj' 
service, but took a very active part in looking 
after the welfare of the Union soldiers in 
the war of the rebellion. Many of Mrs. 
Mitchell's ancestors were celebrated in the line 
of their calling as editors, doctors and law- 
yers. Her mother was Emily E. (Rust) Ry- 
der, a descendant of Henry Rust, the progeni- 
tor of the Rust family in America, who came 
from Hingham, Norfolk county, England, in 
1623, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. 
Mrs. Mitchell met with a very serious acci- 
dent six months prior to her marriage, which 
left her an invalid for life, but she has borne 
up under her sufferings, bright and cheerful, 
and looked on the fair side of life with patient 
resignation, and with the assurance that her 
trials and sufferings in this life will fit her 
for the hereafter. 



The name of Mitchell was 
AIITCHELL well known in this country 

in the early part of the sev- 
enteenth century. Paul Mitchell came dver 
with John Winter, and died in 1654. Captain 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



John Mitchell married the widow of Hugh 
Gunnison and died in 1664. He was of Smut- 
tynose Island in 1660. 

(I) Christopher Mitchell is mentioned in 
the court records May 21, 1660. His house 
at the head of Braveboat Harbor is mentioned 
in the deed of April 22, 1665. He married 
Sarah, daughter of John and Joan Andrews, 
who was bo'rn about 1641, as shown by a depo- 
sition. He administered the estate of his 
brother-in-law, John Searle, in 1675. Widow 
Sarah was administratrix of his estate March 
13, 1686. Incidental statements in deeds and 
town records assign him the following fam- 
ily: I. William, married (first) Honor ; 

(second) Elizabeth Tenney. 2. Christopher, 
thrice married. 3. Richard, see forward. 4. 
Joseph, married Joanna Couch. 5. Robert, 
married Sarah Deering. 6. Elizabeth, married 
(first) John Tenney; (second) Samuel John- 
son. 

(II) Richard, third son and child of Chris- 
topher and Sarah (Andrews) Mitchell, mar- 
ried Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Joanna 
(Deering) Couch. Their children were: i. 
John, born May 14, 1701. 2. Sarah, July 9, 
1702, married, April 4, 1723, Thomas Adams, 
of York. 3. Joanna, February 19, 1704. 4. 
Joseph, "oldest son" in 1756, was made admin- 
istrator of his father's estate July 12 of that 
year; married Isabella Bragdon. 5. William, 
see forward. 6. Richard, married (first) Hul- 
dahWeare; (second) Mary (Deering) Jones. 
7. Hannah, married Captain Robert Oram. 8. 
Mary, married, January 29. 1729-30, Captain 
Solomon Mitchell. 9. Temperance, married 
William Rackliff. Published June 16, 1739. 

(III) William, third son and fifth child of 
Richard and Sarah (Couch) Mitchell, married 
(first), published February 27, 1741, Sarah, 
daughter of Peter Weare, of North Yarmouth. 
She renewed the covenant July 15, 1751, and 
had daughter Lucy baptized. He married 
(second). May 9, 1756, Sarah Sellers, of 
York. October 3, 1759, Jacob Brown, of 
North Yarmouth, was made guardian of Dan- 
iel, Sarah and Lucy Mitchell, children of Sarah 
Mitchell, deceased, who was the daughter of 
Peter Weare. William Mitchell's will, dated 
June 18, 1784, probated September 13, 1788, 
mentions wife Sarah and children : Daniel ; 
Sarah, unmarried in 1790; Lucy, baptized July 
15, 1751, married, February 27, 1772, Reuben 
Brown, of North Yarmouth ; Mary, unmarried 
in 1790; Lydia, unmarried in 1790; William. 

aV) William (2), youngest child of Will- 
iam (1) and Sarah Mitchell, was born about 
1753. He was the executor of his father's will, 



and was a revolutionary soldier. He lived at 
Braveboat Harbor and died March 19, 1827. 
He married, January i, 1776, Susanna Foy, 
born 1753, died November 20, 1836. His chil- 
dren in 1838 were: i. Joseph, married Han- 
nah Nelson ; died without issue, January 6, 
1837. 2. Charles, see forward. 3. Susanna, 
married Andrew W. Black. 4. Martha, mar- 
ried, about 1812. Henry Black or Blake. 5. 
Richard, married Esther Williams. 

(Y) Charles, second son and child of Will- 
iam (2) and Susanna (Foy) Mitchell, was 
born about 1783, died July 23, 1850. Fie mar- 
ried Olive Ingersoll, born November 14, 1780, 
died February 13, 1864. Their children: i. 
Captain Charles, born 1812, drowned off Rye, 
New Hampshire, August 31, 1855. He mar- 
ried Sarah , and had children : i. 

Charles, married Sarah Moggrage ; ii. Frances, 
married, November 27, 1853, Elias Bowdy. 2. 
Captain Horace, born 182 1, died July 11, 1889; 
married Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah Tobey, 
and had children : i. Miriam, married, Sep- 
tember 8, 1861, Robert Billings; ii. Jane, mar- 
ried Charles Mills, of Kittery. 3. Reuben, see 
forward. 4. Hannah, married John Parrott. 
5. Sally, married Benning More. 6. Olive, 

married (first) More; (second) 

Tendel. 

(VI) Reuben, third son and child of Charles 
and Olive (Ingersoll) Mitchell, was born in 
Kittery Point, June 13, 1824. His earlier 
years were spent in the calling of a fisherman, 
having had at one time a number of fishing 
vessels in his charge. Later he worked in the 
navy yard as a riveter, and in this occupation 
he contracted a cold which developed into 
pneumonia and resulted in his death, August 
30, 1893. He was a stanch supporter of Re- 
publican principles, a member of the Free Bap- 
tist church, and of the Order of the Golden 
Cross. He married, June 27, 1846, Hannah, 
daughter of Samuel and Olive ( Eaton ) Say- 
ward, of Wells. Their children were: i. 
George W., born March 12, 1849, married, 
1873, Abbie Getchell, of Kittery. 2. Horace, 
see forward. 3. Arabella, September 7, 1859, 
married, April 6, 1885, Herbert C. Baker. 4. 
Phila, March 22, 1862, died July 26, 1872. 

(VII) Hon. Horace, second son and child 
of Reuben and Hannah (Say ward) Mitchell, 
was born in Kittery, March 13, 1857. After 
an elementary education received in the district 
and high schools he spent two years in coast- 
ing. Upon his return to his home his educa- 
tion was resumed at Kittery high .school and 
continued at the New Hampton Literary In- 
stitute and Business College. The thorough 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1073 



training he received in these institutions en- 
abled him to immediately engage in teaching, 
which he followed successfully for thirty-four 
terms. He then accepted a clerkship in the 
Marshall House at York Harbor, where he 
remained for three years. In this new occu- 
pation he achieved success and filled a similar 
position in the Wentworth at New Castle. New 
Hampshire, for one year, subsequently con- 
ducting the Pocahontas of Gerrish Island for 
five years. He now formed the plan of build- 
ing a summer house according to what his 
ideal of a summer hotel should be. He bought 
the old Plill House, and' in 1890 erected on the 
site the Champernowne. This being supplied 
with the best accommodations, enables its 
guests to thoroughly enjoy the pleasures of 
a summer vacation. It is furnished with all 
modern improvements and has ample facilities 
for boating and bathing, in addition to pleas- 
ant walks and other amusements. Caring for 
his guests so generously, j\Ir. Mitchell has be- 
come one of the most popular landlords on 
the coast, and his house takes its place among 
the most enjoyable resorts in New England. 
He purchased and succeeded to the business of 
Frank E. Rowell, attorney, in 1901. In poli- 
tics he is a stanch Republican, and has been 
an able leader of his party in the district. He 
was nominated to the office of state senator 
by acclamation and elected in 1895 for a term 
of two years by a large majority. He was 
president of the school board for two years ; 
postmaster under President Harrison's admin- 
istration ; represented Kittery in the house of 
representatives in 1891 ; represented Kittery 
and Eliot in 1893 ; superintendent of schools, 
1898-99; in 1896 the governor of Maine ap- 
pointed him a commissioner to examine the 
state treasurer's accounts, and in 1897 he 
served as chairman of the same commission. 
He was largely instrumental in forming Kit- 
tery Water District in 1907, and is president 
of the board of trustees. One of the trustees 
of the Robert W. Trail Academy and a dele- 
gate to the National convention at Chicago, 
1908. He is connected with the following 
organizations : Member of Naval Lodge, No. 
184, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of 
Kittery ; Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, 
of South Berwick ; Bradford Commandery, of 
Biddeford, Maine ; grand senior deacon of the 
Grand Lodge of Maine : past master of Naval 
Lodge ; past grand of Riverside Lodge ; past 
patriarch of Dirigo Encampment, Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, of Kittery ; organized 
Constitution Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of 
Kittery, in 1883, and is past chancellor of 



same ; first grand commander and grand keep- 
er of the records of the Order of the Golden 
Cross of the State of Maine ; member of the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen. He mar- 
ried (first), December 24, 1884, Lucy A., who 
died in 1900, daughter of Aaron Frost, of 
Pembroke, Maine. They had one child, Ethel 
May, born in 1888, who was educated in the 
high school of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 
and is now a student at Wellesley College. 
Hon. Horace Mitchell married (second), De- 
cember 25, 1901, M. Gertrude, daughter of 
James E. Chase, and has one son, Horace Jr., 
born Jime 29, 1904. 



This family, which came or- 
MAYBURY iginally from the north of 

Ireland to Massachusetts, 
subsequently established themselves in the wil- 
derness of the province of Maine, and de- 
scendants of the original immigrants are now 
quite numerous. 

(I) About the year 1730 William Maybury, 
accompanied by his family, departed from 
what appeared to be the scene of perpetual 
religious strife in the north of Ireland to 
seek a home in America, where liberty of con- 
science was unmolested, and upon his arrival 
here settled in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He 
was a blacksmith by trade, and during his ten 
years' residence there he acquired considerable 
property. In 1740 he became one of the 
grantees of New Marblehead, Maine, which 
was afterward incorporated as the town of 
Windham, and was the second settler in that 
plantation. He located upon home lot number 
twenty-seven, situated some thirty rods from 
the river, and he cleared a good farm. He 
was the first blacksmith in Windham, and fol- 
lowed his trade in connection with farming 
for the remainder of his life, which termi- 
nated March 15, 1764. The maiden name of 
his wife was Bethsheba Dennis. Their chil- 
dren were: John, Thomas, Seafair (who be- 
came the wife of Stephen Manchester), Nancy 
(who married Gershom Winship), and Rich- 
ard. 

(II) Captain Richard, son of William and 
Bethsheba (Dennis) Maybury, was born in 
Marblehead about 1737. He was reared at the 
homestead in Windham, and with the ardor 
and patriotism of his liberty-loving race en- 
tered the Continental army for service in the 
revolutionary war. He was commissioned cap- 
tain of the Windham company February 8, 
1775, subsequently serving as such on Colonel 
Ebenezer Francis' regiment. He shared in the 
hardships, adversities and victories, partici- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



pated in the capture of Ticonderoga and under 
General Washington at Valley Forge. Feb- 
ruary 23, 1756, he married Martha Bolton, of 
Falmouth, Maine; children: i. Mary, born 
November i, 1756, married Edward Anderson. 
2. William, December 12, 1758. 3. Thomas, 
May 21, 1761. 4. Bethsheba, November 13, 
1763, married Abijah Purington. 5. Anna, 
February 9, 1766, died in infancy. 6. Rich- 
ard, see next paragraph. 7. Anna, November 
30, 1769, married Ezekiel Jordan, whose line 
of descent was Dominicus-5, Nathaniel-4, 
Dominicus-3, Dominicus-2, Rev. Robert-i (see 
Jordan). 8. Daniel, March 4, 1773. 9. Ed- 
ward, September 9, 1775. 10. Martha, Sep- 
tember, 1778, married John Lakey. 

(III) Richard (2), third son and sixth child 
of Captain Richard (i) and Martha (Bolton) 
Maybury, was born April 25, 1767. He mar- 
ried Mary Jordan. 

(IV) Jordan, son of Richard (2) and Mary 
(Jordan) Maybury, married Sally Hodgdon 
and resided in Casco and Peru, Maine. 

(V) Nathaniel, only child of Jordan and 
Sally (Hodgdon) Maybury, was born in Cas- 
co, July 4, 1827. In childhood he accompanied 
his parents to Peru, where he attended the 
district school and engaged in farming. From 
Peru he moved to Turner, Maine, and estab- 
lished himself in the butchering business. In 
politics he was independent. He attended the 
Universalist church. December 31, 1849, he 
married Annarilla C. Stockbridge, born in 
Dixfield, Maine, October 16, 1828, died in May, 
1903. (N. B. The Stockbridges of Maine are 
descended from John Stockbridge, an immi- 
grant from England in 1635, who settled in 
Scituate, Massachusetts.) She was the mother 
of five children, two of whom died in infancy. 
Those who lived to maturity are : Frank D., 
William Jordan and Edgar M. 

(VI) William Jordan, M. D., son of Na- 
thaniel and Annarilla C. (Stockbridge) May- 
bury, was born in Peru, March 27, 1858. His 
early education was acquired in the public 
schools, including the Turner high school, 
from which latter he entered the Westbrook 
Seminary. His professional preparations were 
completed at the Medical School of Maine 
(Bowdoin College), from which he was grad- 
uated in 1886, and he began the practice of 
medicine at Springvale in the town of San- 
ford, remaining there six years. About the 
year 1892 he removed to Saco, where he is 
still residing, and he has attained prominence 
both as a physician and as a citizen. While 
residing in Sanford Dr. Maybury was super- 
intendent of schools. In Saco he has served 



upon the board of health, was United States 
pension examiner during President Harrison's 
administration, and from 1897 to 1900 served 
as surgeon-general on Governor Powers' staflE 
with the rank of colonel, having charge of the 
sick soldiers of the Maine regiments during 
the Spanish-American war. For several years 
he was a director of the Saco National Bank. 
In 1900 he was mayor of Saco, rendering ex- 
cellent service in that capacity, and in 1903 
represented that city in the lower house of the 
state legislature. In 1903 he was appointed a 
member of the Maine board of registration of 
medicine, and two years later was chosen sec- 
retary, which position he now holds. In addi-' 
tion to various medical bodies he is a member 
of Saco Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons ; York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; 
Bradford Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
which latter he is past eminent commander. 
In his religious belief he is a Universalist. 

On July 4, 1885, Dr. Maybury married Ella 
W. Berry, daughter of Dexter W. and Emma 
(Rogers) Berry, of Phippsburg, Maine. Dr. 
and ]\Irs. Maybury have one son, Robert, born 
in Springvale, November, 1887, and is now 
a student at the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, Boston. 



A British soldier by the sur- 
LEONARD name of Leonard was at the 

siege of Louisburg, and on 
the return of the troops to New England went 
to Taunton, Bristol county, in 1740. Having 
received a grant of land in Nova Scotia from 
the Crown for services in the expedition 
against the French, he settled upon it in 

1755- 

(I) Thomas Leonard, son of this British 
soldier, born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, mar- 
ried Christine MacNab, an immigrant from 
Scotland. 

(II) William, son of Thomas and Christine 
(MacNab) Leonard, was born in Windsor, 
Nova Scotia, in 1783. He was a shoemaker 
all his life. He married Mary Smith ; chil- 
dren : Ann, Maria, Mary, Bertha, William, 
Thomas (q. v.) and John. William Leonard, 
the father, died in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 
1848. 

(III) Thomas (2), son of William and 
Mary (Smith) Leonard, was born in Windsor, 
Nova Scotia, where he learned the trade of 
joiner and worked at his trade up to 1844, 
when he removed to Bath, Maine. He was a 
member of the Church of England, and at 
Bath united with Grace Episcopal Church, and 
at the time of his death was the oldest mem- 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1075 



ber of the parish. He married, in Windsor, 
Nova Scotia, Katherine, daughter of William 
Davis ; children : Charles E., a resident of 
California; Fred C, who made his home in 
Bath, Maine ; Flora ; Lillian ; E. Randall ; Jen- 
nie. 

(IV) E. Randall, son of Thomas and Kath- 
erine (Davis) Leonard, was born in Bath, 
Maine, attended the public schools of that 
city and at the age of seventeen began his 
active business life as a clerk in a drug-store. 
In 1894 he established a drug-store which he 
carried on with very profitable results. He 
was a Republican in politics, and was elected 
a member of the school board of Bath, and 
was elected from the seventh ward of the 
city a member of the board of aldermen. He 
was a member of Solar Lodge, F. A. M., of 
Bath. He is also a member of Lincoln 
Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F. He was brought 
up in Grace Episcopal Church. He married, 
May 17, 1899, Alary F., daughter of John W. 
and Elizabeth (Shaw) Merrill, of Freeport, 
Maine ; child, Katherine Elizabeth. As his 
wife was a member of the Congregational 
church, he after his marriage attended with her 
the Winter Street Congregational Church, of 
Bath. 



■The Heald family from which is 
HEALD descended Perham S. Heald, 
postmaster of Waterville, Maine, 
is of English origin, and some of its members 
were pioneer settlers at Concord, Massachu- 
setts, less than fifteen years after the Puritan 
settlement at Plymouth. 

(I) Major Ephraim Heald was of the New 
Hampshire branch, and came to Maine from 
Temple, New Hampshire, about 1765. He is 
credited with service in the revolutionary war. 
He died at the age of eighty-one years, and 
was buried at T'emple. 

(II) Ephraim (2), son of Major Ephraim 
(l) Heald, born 1770, died June 29, 1803, 
and was buried at Bingham, Maine. 

(III) Ephraim (3), son of Ephraim (2) 
Heald, born October 20, 1791, near Madison, 
Maine, died September 3, 1865, and was buried 
in Bingham, Maine. He settled on Dead River 
and cleared up a large tract of land from the 
wilderness, and on a part of this the Parsons 
Hotel now stands. He kept a tavern and also 
engaged in farming and lumbering. He mar- 
ried Katherine Houghton, born October 30, 
1793, died July 29, 1869. Children: i. Har- 
riet, born March 24, 1814, died March 17, 
1896. 2. Susan D., July 15, 1816, died De- 
cember 27, 1896. 3. Ephraim Harrison, May 



17, 1818, died April 19, 1900. 4. Thomas H., 
see forward. 5. Alen, June 21, 1822, died 
September 22, 1907. 6. Azel, September 6, 
1824, died February 12, 1904. 7. Esther, De- 
cember 26, 1826, died August 24, 1908. 8. 
Alva, May 30, 1829. 9. Katherine H., August 
10, 1831. 10. Marcia A., April 18, 1834. 

(IV) Thomas H., fourth child and second 
son of Ephraim (3) and Katherine (Hough- 
ton) Heald, born April 3, 1820, died Decem- 
ber II, 1906. He was a house carpenter, and 
also owned and operated a grist mill at Madi- 
son and Solon, besides being engaged in 
lumbering. Prior to the civil war he re- 
moved to Norridgewock, and about 1870 
went to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he 
was engaged in contracting and building 
until 1880. That year he went to Luden, 
South Dakota, and took up a tract of wild 
government land, and opened up a farm, upon 
which he resided for about ten years. He 
then returned to Maine, and made his home 
with his son, Perham S. Heald, until his death. 
He was captain of militia, holding a commis- 
sion under Governor Fairchild. He was for- 
merly a Whig, and became a Republican at 
the organization of that party. In religious 
belief he was a Congregationalist. He mar- 
ried, in 1839, Mary A. Rogers, died 1904, 

daughter of Peter and (Gilman) 

Rogers. Her father was a revolutionary sol- 
dier, and in an early day carried on horse- 
back the mail between Waterville and Nor- 
ridgewock. Children of Thomas H. and Mary 
A. (Rogers) Heald: i. Payson T., served in 
civil war, in Company A, Nineteenth Regi- 
ment Maine Volunteers; died from effects of 
wound received in battle of Gettysburg. 2. 
Perham S., see forward. 3. and 4. Abbie and 
Emma A., twins. 5. Daniel K. 6. Thomas 
G. 7. and 8. Children died in infancy. 9. 
Cora, deceased. 

(V) Perham S., second child and second son 
of Thomas H. and Mary A. (Rogers) Heald, 
was born in Solon, Maine, December 20, 1842. 
Fie was educated in the common schools of 
Norridgewock and Skowhegan, and subse- 
quently learned the trade of tailor, at Water- 
ville, where he worked for one year. On Au- 
gust 25, 1862, he enlisted from Norridgewock 
as a private in Company A, Nineteenth Regi- 
ment Maine Volunteers, with his brother, Pay- 
son T. Heald. His regiment was mustered 
into the service of the United States at Bath, 
Maine, and joined the Second Corps, Army of 
the Potomac. He participated in many of the 
hard-fought battles of that splendid command 
— Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. Gettvs- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



burg, Bristow Station, Mine Run, Spottsyl- 
vania, River Po, North Anna, Potomay, Cold 
Harbor, Petersburg and Jerusalem Roads. In 
the last-named engagement he was taken pris- 
oner, June 22, 1864, and confined in Anderson- 
ville and Libby Prison until the close of the 
war, enduring all the horrible hardships of 
those notorious prison pens. After his dis- 
charge from service, at Augusta, Maine, in 
1865, he located in Waterville, where he en- 
gaged in the clothing business in company 
with E. N. Fletcher. This partnership con- 
tinued for two years, when Mr. Heald pur- 
chased Mr. Fletcher's interest and conducted 
the business alone and with much success until 
July I, 1906, when he sold it to the Heald 
Clothing Company, controlled by his son, Fred 
P. Heald. Mr. Heald has for many years 
been prominently connected with corporation 
and public afifairs, serving as president of the 
Building & Loan Association, and director of 
the Waterville Trust Company. He served 
for three years on the board of assessors ; as 
a representative in the state legislature 1887- 
90, and as state senator for two terms begin- 
ning in 1897. In all these positions he has 
acquitted himself most efficiently and credit- 
ably. He was appointed postmaster of Water- 
ville, July I, 1906, by President Roosevelt, 
which position he now occupies. He is a com- 
rade and past commander of W. S. Heath 
Post, G. A. R. ; and is affiliated with Water- 
ville Lodge, Free and Accepted IMasons ; Ti- 
conic Chapter, R. A. M.; and St. Omar Com- 
mandery. Knights Templar. Politically he is 
a Republican, and he attends the Baptist 
church. He married, in November, 1868, 
IMary E. Webb, born in Waterville, 1843, died 
1894, daughter of Deacon David Webb. 

(VI) Fred P., only child of Perham S. and 
Mary E. (Webb) Heald, was born in 1876. 
He was educated in the public schools and the 
Coburn Classical Institute. He entered his 
father's store, and is now manager of the ' 
Heald Clothing Company. He married, 1896, 
Claire E. Jackson, of Milford, Maine. 

This name is spelled various ways 
ALLEN in the early records, such as Al- 

lin, Allyne, and otherwise, and 
had many representatives in eastern Massa- 
chusetts at the beginning of settlement there. 
There were more than one bearing the bap- 
tismal name of William, and these have been 
somewhat confounded by various writers. 

(I) William Allen, American progenitor of 
a numerous family, was a resident of Salis- 



bury, Massachusetts, as early as 1639, ^"^ 
received land there in the first division and 
again in 1640. He was a house carpenter, 
and an active and useful member of the infant 
colony, dying in Salisbury, June 18, 1686. 
He married (first) Ann, daughter of Richard 
and Dorothy Goodale. She died "about ye last 
of i\Iay." 1678, and he married (second), 
about 1684, Alice, widow of John Roper and 
John Dickison. His children, born of the 
first wife, were : Abigail, Hannah, Mary, Mar- 
tha, John, William, Benjamin, Joseph, Rich- 
ard, Ruth and Jeremiah. 

(II) Captain Joseph, fourth son of William 
and Ann (Goodale) Allen, was born August 
13, 1653, in Salisbury, and was a blacksmith 
and "yeoman." In 1674 he was induced by a 
grant of land to settle in Gloucester, Massa- 
chusetts, where there was urgent need of such 
a mechanic. He proved an active and useful 
citizen, serving on important committees, as 
selectman, as representative in 1705, and com- 
manded a company of militia. In 1675 he pur- 
chased a house and land near the meeting 
house in Gloucester, and there lived until his 
death, October 6, 1724, at the age of seventy- 
one years. He was married (first), July 29, 
1680, to Alice Griggs, of Gloucester, who died 
April 26, 1684. He was married (second), 
November 20, 1684, to Rose Howard, of Cape 
Ann, who survived him three weeks, dying 
October 27, 1724. The first wife was the 
mother of three children, and the second of 
fourteen. Their names were : Joseph, Jere- 
miah (died young), Rachel, Solomon, Benja- 
min, son unnamed, Thomas, Anna, John, Rose, 
William, Mary and Patience (twins, both died 
young). Jeremiah, Samuel, Zerubbabel and 
Mary. 

(III) Captain Joseph (2), eldest child of 
Joseph (i) and Alice (Griggs) Allen, was 
born June 2, 1681, in Gloucester, and resided 
there until his death, April 6, 1750. In his 
early years he was a mariner, and in 1720 he 
settled down in his native place, becoming a 
merchant. He evidently made good use of 
his observations while on the sea and of his 
later opportunities, his estate being appraised 
after his death at over i5,i30 sterling. He 
owned much land and eight negro slaves, and 
his fortune was an ample one for that day. 
In old documents he is styled "gentleman," and 
during the last fifteen years of his life "Es- 
quire." He was married in January, 1707, to 
RIary Coit, who survived him more than 
twenty-seven years, passing away September 
12, 1777. Their children were: Mary, Jo- 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1077 



seph, Rachel, Elizabeth, Abigail, William, Na- 
thaniel, Martha, Anna, Susanna and Lucy. 

(IV) Colonel William (2), second son of 
Captain Joseph (2) and Mary (Coit) Allen, 
was born June 30, 1717, in Gloucester, where 
he resided" until his family was grown. He 
built a large house east of the site of the old 
meeting house, where his fourteen children 
were born. Late in life he removed to New 
Gloucester, Maine, probably accompanying or 
following some of his children, and was among 
the first settlers there. No record of his death 
appears. He was married. April 11, 1745, to 
Mary Osgood, of Andover, Massachusetts, and 
they were the parents of : Mary (died young), 
Joseph, Mary, William, Elizabeth, Dorcas, 
John, Benjamin, Nathaniel Coit, Aaron and 
Christopher, (died young), Christopher and 
Aaron. 

(V) Joseph (3), eldest son of Colonel Will- 
iam (2) and iMary (Osgood) Allen, was born 
February 24, 1746, in Dover. New Hamp- 
shire. He came to Piscataqua Corner in Fal- 
mouth in early youth with parents, and died 
and was buried at Gray, 1847-48. From a 
deposition made by Joseph Allen, of Gray, 
county of Cumberland, Maine, it is learned 
that he enlisted in the revolutionary war, 
March 4, 1777, for three years, joined Colo- 
nel Alden's regiment, and after the death of 
Colonel Alden the regiment (Seventh MaslJi- 
chusetts) was commanded by Colonel Brooks. 
He served the period of his enlistment and 
was honorably discharged at West Point, New 
York, March 4, 1780. In April, 1780, he en- 
listed for eight months' service, joined Cap- 
tain Pride's company. Colonel Prince's regi- 
ment, stationed at Falmouth, now Portland, 
and was discharged at Portland, November, 
1780. At the time of his enlistment he was 
an inhabitant of Falmouth, from whence he 
removed to Gray, Maine, March 17, 1835. 
In his deposition subscribed and sworn to 
June 23. 1835, Mr. Allen stated that he never 
received a grant of land, or money in lieu 
thereof, from the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts, for his said service in the revolution- 
ary war. In another deposition he appointed 
Josiah Hobbs, of Falmouth, his true and lawful 
attorney to receive from the land agent of the 
state of Maine such certificate as he may issue 
to him, in virtue of a resolve of the said state, 
passed March 17, 1835, entitled a "Resolve in 
favor of certain Officers and Soldiers of the 
Revolutionary War, and the Widows of the 
deceased Officers and Soldiers," to the benefit 
of which resolve he was entitled. He also ap- 
pointed Harlow Spaulding, Esq., of Augusta, 



Maine, his attorney to receive from the land 
agent of the state of Maine such certificate as 
may be issued to him, in virtue of said re- 
solve, and for me and in my name and stead 
to bargain for, sell, dispose of and transfer 
to any person, and upon such terms as he may 
think best. Joseph Allen married (first), De- 
cember 30, 1782, Mary Baker; married (sec- 
ond) Dorcas Meserve. Children: i. Emery. 
2. Andrew. 3. Joseph. 4. Josiah. 5. Otis, 
see forward. 6. Daniel, a farmer. Free Baptist 
preacher, died April 9, 1855, aged sixty-three 
years, buried at Gray. Married (first) Betsey 
Leighton, daughter of John and Leonia (Saw- 
yer) Leighton, who was buried at Gray. Chil- 
dren : i. David, born March 15, 1818, died 
1844, buried at Poland; ii. Leonia, born June 
23, 1820, married Ansel L. Libby, deceased ; 
she is now living with daughter at Lewiston; 
iii. Peter Leighton, born October 8, 1822, died 
June 17, 1897, aged seventy-four years; buried 
at Cumberland. Daniel married (second) 
Mary Fenley, daughter of Abigail Fenley, who 
came from Scotland and who married Jere- 
miah Fields. Mary (Fenley) Allen died Jan- 
uary 19, 1855, aged seventy-seven years, and 
was buried at Gray. Children : iv. Betsey, 
died at Poland, October 15, 1842, aged seven- 
teen years ten months; v. Jane, died (light- 
ning stroke) at Baker Corner, Windham; vi. 
Caroline M., died October 29, 1853, aged 
twenty years ten months ; she married, Decem- 
ber 14, 1851. William Hancock, of Buxton, 
had one child, Georgie Caroline, who married 
Alonzo Allen. 7. William. 8. Hannah. 9. 
Dorcas. 10. Statira. 11. Lucy. 12. Elvira, 
married, January 10, 1847, Isaac Adams. Jo- 
seph Allen, father of these children, had a half- 
brother, Edward Allen, of Gray, lived in Fal- 
mouth, 1826, and was the father of four chil- 
dren : Dr. Nicholas, Alfred, Thomas, Arexine. 
(VI) Otis, son of Joseph Allen, was born 
in Windham, Maine, and lived there until 
about 1866-67, when he removed to West 
Gray, and there died, in 1872-73, at the age of 
seventy-six. He was a well-known farmer. 
He served in the war of 1812. The name of 
Otis Allen appears with the rank of private 
upon the roll of Captain Watson Rand's de- 
tached company of militia from the First Bri- 
gade, Twelfth Division, in service at Forts 
Preble and Scammel, Portland Harbor, from 
August Sth to November 5th, 1814, under Ma- 
jor George Rogers, and under supervision of 
LTnited States officers, were paid by the L^nited 
States government. He also served in Cap- 
tain Ira Bartlett's company of militia in Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Samuel Holland's regiment 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



raised in Hartford, and in service at Portland 
from 14th to 24th September, 1814 (with 
three days additional for travel). Served as 
a private. He married Clarissa, daughter of 
John and Leona (Sawyer) Leighton, of Cum- 
berland ; she was born there 1800, and died 
1887. Children: i. Mary Jane, died Novem- 
ber 22, 1838, aged sixteen years. 2. Betsey, 
died February 12, 1839, aged twelve years. 
3. Cynthia A., died October 20, 1842, aged 
thirteen years. 4. Alvin, died November 23, 
1858, aged twenty-two years two months seven 
days. 5. Huldah, married John Dolley ; lived 
at South Windham, where both died ; two 
daughters and one son. 6. Alfred R., see for- 
ward. 7. William, married, and had daughter 
who died in infancy ; he served during the 
entire civil war, in First, Tenth and Thirtieth 
Maine regiments, and at close of war died of 
yellow fever. 8. Sarah, married (first) Ama- 
sa Wentworth, and (second) Alvin Frank; 
several children by second marriage ; lives in 
Westbrook. 9. Charles B., died 1905 ; mar- 
ried a Miss Doughty. 10. Alonzo P., see for- 
ward. II. Lovina, married Benjamin EI well, 
lived in Westbrook, and both died there. Of 
these children there are living only Sarah, 
aged seventy-six, and Alonzo P., aged sixty- 
three. 

(VH) Alfred R., son of Otis and Clarissa 
(Leighton) Allen, died May 6, 1855. He 
spent some years as a mariner, then settled on 
a farm in Gray, where he resided several years, 
and was killed by an explosion while working 
in the South Windham powder mill. He mar- 
ried, June 12, 1847, Salome Libby, bom March 
16, 1824, died March 24, 1902, aged seventy- 
eight years eight days. She was the daughter 
of William and Hannah (Gould) Libby (see 
Libby, VH). Two children were born of this 
union: William Alfred, see forward. Cynthia 
Ann, died young. 

(VH) Alonzo P., son of Otis and Clarissa 
(Leighton) Allen, was born 1845, married 
Georgie Caroline Allen ; had son Edgar, who 
lives at Peaks Island, Portland. In August, 
1862, at the age of eighteen, Alonzo P. Allen 
enlisted as a drummer in Company D, Twen- 
tieth Regiment Maine Volunteers. He partici- 
pated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericks- 
burg, South Mountain, Gettysburg, and sev- 
eral less important engagements, and was dis- 
charged in 1864 for disability, due to diphthe- 
ria. In 1877 he enlisted in Battery H, First 
United States Artillery, at Fort Preble, Maine, 
and with which he served ten years. He en- 
listed at the recruiting office in Portland, 
Maine, and served at the recruiting stations at 



Washington City, Boston and Portland ; was 
four years fife and drum instructor, and was 
transferred to First United States Infantry, 
in California, and served several years at Bene- 
cia. Angel Island and the Presidio, San Fran- 
cisco ; accompanied his regiment to Cuba, and 
served there during the Spanish-American 
war ; was assigned to Fifty-ninth Company, 
Coast Artillery, in Porto Rico, and served with 
same until 1904, when he was honorably re- 
tired after thirty years' faithful and meritori- 
ous service. 

(VIII) William Alfred, only son of Alfred 
R. and Salome (Libby) Allen, was born in 
Falmouth, May 8, 1849. When si.x years old 
he was left to the sole care of his mother, who 
continued to reside in her home in Falmouth 
until i860, when she removed with her son to 
Portland. There he attended the public 
schools until 1865, and then entered the em- 
ploy of Moses Colley for the purpose of learn- 
ing the trade of carpenter. Mr. Colley suffered 
serious injury by the great fire of 1866, and 
his apprentice was compelled to seek other 
employment. For a time he worked in the 
market, and then went with his uncle, Joseph 
G. Libby, to complete his knowledge of the 
trade of carpenter. In 1868 he began learning 
the trade of stair builder with George L. 
Hooper, and remained one year. In 1869 he 
became superintendent of the plant of John 
Edwards, stair builder, of Marblehead, Mas- 
sachusetts, and filled that position until 1873. 
In the latter year he returned to Portland, 
Maine, and established a business of his own 
on a very modest scale on Preble street, as 
a stair builder, his only assistant being a 
young apprentice. The quality of his work 
created a good demand for his product, his 
success surpassed his expectations, and his 
orders, before the summer was over, demand- 
ed the assistance of three men. After a time 
he removed to Doten's mill on Cross street, 
where he remained nine months, and then went 
to Brackett's mill on Kenebec street, where 
for a time he was in partnership with W. H. 
Stone. In July, 1876, the mill burned to the 
ground, Mr. Allen having no insurance, he 
lost all he had invested there. He immediately 
rebuilt and continued his business at that place 
for a number of years, when he built his first 
mill, but still continued the occupancy of the 
leased mill. In 1888 he completed his own 
mill, which was fifty feet by eighty-seven, two 
stories high, well equipped, and there he turned 
out mantels, hall work and furnishings for 
in forty-six days Mr. Allen had a three-story 
builders. In 1890, this mill was burned, but 




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building, iifty by eighty-seven feet in dimen- 
sions, fully equipped, with machinery in run- 
ning order to take the place of the structure 
that was lost. He now has the largest con- 
cern of the kind east of Boston, employs twen- 
ty-five men, and turns out all kinds of interior 
finish, store fixtures, show cases and stairways. 
In 1894 he erected a storehouse one hundred 
by twenty-two feet, two stories high, and in 
addition to his manufacturing he handles tiling 
and has a salesroom at No. 424 Congress 
street. 

In politics Mr. Allen is a Republican. He 
is much interested in aquatic sports, owns a 
yacht, is a member of the Portland Yacht 
Club, and lives in summer with his family in 
a pleasant cottage on the shore. He is a 
member of Hadattah Lodge, Independent Or- 
der of Odd Fellows : Eastern Star Encamp- 
ment ; Daughters of Rebekah ; Ivanhoe Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chan- 
cellor; Michigonne Tribe, Improved Order of 
Red Men, of which he is a past sachem ; Tribe 
of Daughters of Pocahontas ; New England 
Order of Protection, of which he is a past 
grand warden and supreme representative ; 
Maine Charitable Mechanics" Association. 

Mr. Allen married Kate W. Carle, a na- 
tive of Eastport, Maine. Children: i. Anna 
Belle, born December 26, 1868, married 
Charles E. Beane, of South Portland; one 
child, Leona Beane, born August 19, 1894. 2. 
William Fernald, born November 30, 1870, 
married Elizabeth T. Cogan, of Rochester, 
New York. 3. Emma Ada Rogers, born April 
2, 1873, married Harry Rowe. of Ellsworth, 
Maine. 4. Nellie, born July i, 1874, died Sep- 
tember 2, 1874. 5. George Emery Bartlett, 
born September 17, 1875, married Ethel Jor- 
dan, of Portland, Maine. 6. Harry Frederick, 
born October 15, 1876, married Veda Bennett, 
of Portland, Maine. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 
born November 18, 1878, married Mabel Hol- 
man, of Colebrook, New Hampshire ; one 
child, Katherine Margaret Allen, born Decem- 
ber 8, 1903. 8. Eva May, born November 18, 
187S, died February 13, 1880. 



The family of Libby, one of the 
LIBBY most ancient in Maine, is first 

mentioned in the herald's visita- 
tion of Oxfordshire, England, for 1574, as 
stated by Charles T. Libby in his valuable and 
comprehensive work, "The Libby Family in 
America," from which most of the data for 
this article is obtained. The name seems to 
have first appeared either in Cornwall or 
Devon. England, and spread into other parts 



of tliat country. Tradition states that the 
originator of the American family came from 
the west of England, but of what stock, wheth- 
er of Sa.xon, Welch or French, is a matter of 
which no man has any knowledge. The posi- 
tion of the members of this family with ref- 
erence to rank has been in that sturdy, up- 
right and honest division which constitutes the 
chief reliance of the nation for its character, 
and is generally termed the "middle class." 
Concerning this great family, one of the most 
numerous in Maine, it was recently stated by 
one best qualified to know, that he had never 
known of a criminal or a pauper in it. Strong- 
ly domestic in their nature, the Libbys have 
been builders and owners of homes where in 
many instances the same family has resided 
for generations. As love of home is next to 
a love of countr}', the family has shown its 
patriotism by sending many of its sons to 
every war in which the country has been en- 
gaged. One hundred and seventy-five were 
in the revolution from Maine and Massachu- 
setts, and two hundred and fifty-six enlist- 
ments are credited to the family in Maine 
alone in the civil war. As a family, the peo 
pie of this stock have been very devout, and 
much more largely in evidence in the religious 
than in the civil institutions of the communi- 
ties in which they have lived. The family has 
abounded in Christian ministers, elders and 
deacons, while generation after generation 
have died in the faith. In most recent years 
various members have made themselves prom- 
inent in the state in mercantile and profession- 
al pursuits. 

(I) John Libby, born in England about the 
year 1602, stated in a petition in July, 1677. 
that "the good and pious report that was 
spread abroad, into our Native Land of this 
country, caused your petitioner to come for 
this land 47 yeares agoe, where he hath ever 
since continued." If the statement is literally 
true, he came to this country in 1630, but it 
is believed that his landfall occurred some- 
what later. In 1631 Robert Trelawny and 
Moses Goodyeare, of Plymouth, Devonshire, 
England, procured a patent which included 
Richmond's Island, a small island on the coast 
of Cumberland county, distant about a mile 
from the coast of Cape Elizabeth, and soon 
after established a trading post, with John 
Winter as their agent, and carried on fisheries, 
bought furs from the Indians, and supplied the 
wants of people on the numerous fishing ves- 
sels who might come to them for such articles 
as they had use. John Libby was doubtless 
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the prosecution of his business. July 15, 1639, 
Winter made to Trelawny a report of his man- 
agement of the station for the year. In that 
report it appears that John Libby received for 
his year's service the sum of five pounds, as 
follows: Aqua vitse (brandy), four shillings 
sixpence ; wine, thirteen shillings ; money paid 
to John Sharpe by Trelawny, three pounds ; 
and the balance of one pound two shillings and 
sixpence he received in beaver skins at eight 
shillings each. From this and other accounts 
it appears that John Libby was in the employ 
of Trelawny four years, from the summer of 
1635 to the summer of 1639, at five pounds 
a year paid to him, and another and probably 
larger amount paid for the support of his wife 
whom he had left in England. In 1640 he 
took up his residence on the neighboring main- 
land. On what has since been called Libby 
river, in Scarborough, he built a house, and 
for years he seems to have been a tenant 
there, and probably devoted a good deal of his 
time to fishing until he could prepare the place 
for agricultural processes. January i, 1663, 
John Libby received from Henry Joscelyn a 
grant of land, and finally became one of the 
principal planters of Scarborough. In 1664 he 
was constable, and his name stands first of the 
four selectmen in a grant made in i66g. In 
King Philip's war, which carried devastation 
to all parts of New England, John Libby lost 
everything he had except his plantation. In 
the late summer of 1675 he was compelled to 
leave his homestead and the diary of Captain 
Joshua Scottow, who had charge of the Boston 
soldiers who were trying to protect the settlers, 
contains the following: "Sept. 7, 1675, Being 
Lords day * * =1= tjig * * * enemy 
* * * before of their designs early in the 
morning burnt those houses and barnes our 
Company saved the day before — they burnt 
also 8 or 9 deserted houses belonging to Libby 
and children." In October, 1676, Black Point 
Garrison was deserted, and most of the in- 
habitants fled to Boston. John Libby and his 
wife and younger children were still in Bos- 
ton, July ID, 1677, and on that date petitioned 
the governor and council there assembled, that 
his sons Henry and Anthony, on whom he 
stated he was dependent for support, might be 
discharged from the Black Point garrison, 
which at that time had again been taken pos- 
session of by the English. The petition was 
granted the same day. John Libby probably 
returned to Black Point soon after and spent 
the remaining years of his life there, and ac- 
quired a comfortable property. He died at 
about eighty years of age. His will is dated 



February 9, 1682, and his inventory May 5, 
1683. The value of the property enumerated 
in the latter was one hundred and eighteen 
pounds six shillings. From proceedings re- 
corded in the probate court in 1720, it appears 
that John Libby left one hundred acres of up- 
land, nine acres of fresh meadow, and one 
hundred acres of salt marsh. His first wife 
was the mother of all his sons except Matthew 
and Daniel, and probably of all his daughters. 
Nothing more is known of her. His second 
wife was Mary. She survived her husband 
some years. The children of John Libby were : 
John, James, Samuel, Joanna, Henry, An- 
thony, Rebecca, Sarah, Hannah, David, Mat- 
thew and Daniel. 

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) 
Libby by his first wife, was born probably in 
England, in the year 1636. He was brought 
up in Scarborough. In August, 1668, which 
was probably soon after his marriage, he 
bought fifty acres of land adjoining his fa- 
ther's plantation. There he probably lived 
during his sojourn at Black Point. After- 
ward he received several other grants from 
the town. The part he took in town business 
was active, and he served as selectman dur- 
ing the years 1670-74-83 and 1687. In May, 
1690, while the settlement at Black Point was 
still ill equipped to repel an invader. Fort 
Lo_\-al, on Casco Neck, a few miles north of 
Black Point, was attacked by a large body of 
Indians and French. The fort stood a siege 
of five days, and then surrendered, and the 
inhabitants of Scarborough, not waiting to be 
attacked, immediately deserted their homes 
and fled to safer localities. John Libby as- 
sembled his family and betook himself to 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, his youngest 
son Jeremiah then being ten years old. Mr. 
Libby remained in Portsmouth the remainder 
of his life, and followed the occupation of 
miller. During the earlier part of his term 
of residence there he was often chosen to fill 
minor offices. In 1720, when he was very old, 
he made a deposition about early affairs in 
Scarborough. How much longer he lived 
after that is unknown. His wife's name was 
Agnes; she was living in 1717, but probably 
died before her husband. They had seven 
children, all born in Scarborough: John, Jo- 
seph, Samuel, James, Daniel, Benjamin and 
Jeremiah. 

(HI) James, fourth son and child of John 
(2) and Agnes Libby, was born in Scarbor- 
ough about 1676. From the time he was four- 
teen years of age until his death he lived in 
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house carpenter, but received large grants of 
land, and lived on a farm up to 1747, when 
he sold to Colonel Nathaniel Meserve, and 
bought a house and garden spot, where he 
died in 1754. He was a man of considerable 
activity, and among the New Hampshire state 
papers is now to be seen an order about agree- 
ing with James Libby, carpenter, for finishing 
a line of fortifications near Portsmouth. He 
was at the first town meeting of Scarborough. 
In 1712 he was constable "for the Bank," that 
is. Strawberry Bank, the ancient name for 
Portsmouth, and subsequently had many town 
offices, from selectman down. He was a mem- 
ber of the Church of Christ. He married, 
June 9, 1698, JMary Hanson, daughter of Isaac 
and IMary Hanson, of Portsmouth, who was 
probably the mother of his children. She is 
last mentioned in August, 1718. In 1736 he 
married a second wife, whose name was Eliza- 
beth, and she survived him ten years or more. 
His children were : James, Mary, Sarah, Isaac^ 
John, Hanson, Ichabod, Shuah and Elizabeth. 

(IV) James (2), eldest child of James (i) 
and Mary (Hanson) Libby, was born in 
Portsmouth, November 23, 1700. He was a 
carpenter, but after receiving from his father 
all his lands and rights in Scarborough, he 
took up his residence there about 1729, and 
became a farmer. He lived to the east of 
Oak Hill, and died about 1770. He married, 
December 23, 1725, Elizabeth Meserve, who 
lived to an advanced age, and died about 1790. 
She was the daughter of Clement Meserve, 
who removed from New Hampshire to Scar- 
borough soon after it was settled the second 
time. He died about 1740. Among his chil- 
dren was Nathaniel, the celebrated New 
Hampshire colonel. The children of James 
and Elizabeth (Meserve) Libby were: Clem- 
ent, Anna, Arthur, Asa, James, Ichabod and 
Elizabeth. 

(V) Asa, fourth child and third son of 
James (2) and Elizabeth (Meserve) Libby, 
was born in Scarborough in 1737, and died in 
Belgrade, November 5, 1828. He was a far- 
mer. A few years after his marriage he set- 
tled in Falmouth, and from that place shortly 
before the revolution he removed to Gray. He 
and John Nash went to Gray about the same 
time, and both lived with Daniel Libby until 
they had built houses and cleared some land. 
Asa Libby settled about two miles west of 
Gray Corner. There he lived until he was far 
advanced in age, and then took up his abode 
with his son Asa, in Belgrade. He was a revo- 
lutionary soldier ; the Massachusetts Revolu- 
tionary Rolls state : "Asa Lebby, private. Cap- 



tain Samuel Knight's Company ; enlisted July 
15, 1775; service six months one day; com- 
pany stationed at Falmouth, Cumberland 
County, for defence of sea-coast." He mar- 
ried, April 15, 1759, Abigail Coolbroth, of 
Scarborough, who died in Belgrade at the 
house of Asa, her son, about 1814. The chil- 
dren of this union were : Arthur, Joel, Abi- 
gail, Betsey, Asa, Sally and Shuab. 

(VI) Arthur, eldest child of Asa and Abi- 
gail (Coolbroth) Libby, was born in Scarbor- 
ough, February 28, 1760. He moved before 
his marriage from Gray to Falmouth, and 
there resided several years on a farm which 
he subsequently sold, and settled in Windham. 
The original house on the latter farm, built in 
1802, is still standing. He died in June, 1835. 
Fie married Mary Allen, daughter of Isaac 
and Dolly (Leighton) Allen, of Falmouth, 
who died in March, 1846. Their children 
were : William, Abigail, Gideon, Isaac, Asa, 
Peter, James, Martha, Betsey and Lewis. 

(VII) William, eldest child of Arthur and 
Mary (Allen) Libby, was born in Falmouth, 
December 6, 1786, and died in the same town 
at the home of his son Fernald, March 10, 
1861. After his marriage he divided his time 
for some years between Windham and Gray. 
In 1820 he moved from Gray to Windham, 
and settled on the farm afterward occupied by 
his son Arthur. In 1832 he removed to Fal- 
mouth, and settled on a farm still occupied 
by his descendants. He married, November 
14, 1809, Hannah Gould, daughter of Moses 
Gould, of New Portland. She survived her 
husband, and died in Portland, December 14, 
1864. Their thirteen children were : Abigail, 
Arthur, William, Elizabeth, Moses Gould, Asa, 
Mary Jane, Salome, .Lucy Ann, Edward 
Gould, Hannah, Joseph Gould and Fernald. 

(VIII) Salome, eighth child of William and 
Hannah (Gould) Libby, was born March 16, 
1824, and married, June 12, 1847, Alfred R. 
Allen, of Gray (see Allen VII). 



Luther Franklin McKinney, 
McKINNEY former clergyman of the 

Universalist church, later 
member of congress from New Hampshire, 
still later minister of the federal government 
to the Republic of Colombia, South America, 
and now engaged in mercantile pursuits in 
Bridgton, Alaine, is a native of Ohio and a 
descendant of an old and prominent Scotch- 
Irish family which has been seated in the 
southern border counties of Pennsylvania for 
more than a century and a half. 

His grandfather, John McKinnev, was born 



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in Chambersburg, York county, Pennsylvania, 
in 1758, died in 1850, and even before his time 
his parents had dwelt in that region, where 
the people were largely of Scotch-Irish and 
German descent. The wife of John McKinney 
was Rachel Belford, who was born in Virginia 
and came of one of the well-known families 
of the "old dominion." Children : Mary, Ra- 
chel, Margaret, Nancy. Alexander, Martha, 
John, Joseph, William, Samuel, Robert. Be- 
sides these there were two other children, 
both of whom died in extreme infancy. 

Alexander, son of John and Rachel (Bel- 
ford ) McKinney, was born in Chambersburg, 
Pennsylvania, in 1798, and died in January, 
1880. He attended the common schools of his 
native township until he was about fourteen 
years old, and after that age he made his own 
way in life, his best equipment for which was 
a good elementary eilucation, a strong physical 
constitution and a determination to succeed and 
establish himself in comfort. He was one of 
the pioneers in the region now Ohio, having 
settled himself near what now is Newark, and 
was a farmer there all his life ; thrifty and 
successful, building from the stump, opening 
up and developing a fine farm in a frontier 
region and ultimately attaining the end he set 
out to accomplish. It is not known that Alex- 
ander McKinney was particularly interested 
in public affairs during the long period of his 
life in Ohio, but it is known that he early al- 
lied himself to the old Whig party and later 
became a Republican upon the organization of 
that party in 1856. And he always adhered 
firmly to the religious teachings of his father, 
who was a Scotch Presbyterian, the faith of 
his ancestors. In 1824 Alexander McKinney 
married Elizabeth Miller, of Newark, who was 
born in 1805 and died in 1882. She was a 
daughter of Abraham Miller, of Newark, but 
a descendant of a Virginia family. Of this 
marriage ten children were born : Eliza, Fi- 
delia. Sarah, Mary J\I., Luther Franklin, Ann, 
Martha, Alexander, besides two others who 
died very young. 

Luther Franklin, son of Alexander and 
Elizabeth (Miller) McKinney, was born near 
Newark, Ohio, April 25, 1841, and received 
his earlier education in the common schools of 
Newark and in private and high schools in 
Oskaloosa, Iowa, and his higher education at 
St. Lawrence University, in Canton, St. Law- 
rence county. New York. In the latter insti- 
tution he fitted himself for the ministry of the 
L^niversalist church, and received his diploma 
and degree there in the year 1870. In the 
same year he came to Maine and in August 



began the pastorate of the Universalist society 
and church in Bridgton, remained there until 
1873, then went to South Newmarket, New 
Flampshire (now Newfields), and took charge 
of the church in that town during the next 
two years. In 1875 he was called to the 
church in Manchester, New Hampshire, and 
filled the pastorate in that city for the next ten 
years. Before beginning his university course, 
however, Mr. McKinney enlisted, in August, 
1861, in Company D of the First Ohio Cav- 
alry, served with that command under Gen- 
erals Thomas, McCook and Sherman until 
February. 1863, and then much to his own 
regret was discharged on account of disabili- 
ties. He himself had enlisted more than half 
the men of his company, and was its sergeant, 
and it was his earnest hope that he might be 
able to continue with them to the end of the 
term of enlistment, but by reason of sickness 
contracted in the service he was compelled to 
accept an honorable discharge and return 
home. Afterward for a time he engaged in 
mercantile pursuits in Newark, then sold out 
his business and taught school in Ohio and 
Iowa. Mr. IMcKinney is a Democrat in poli- 
tics, but never took an active part in political 
matters until 1884, when, much against his 
will, he was the nominee of his party for a 
seat in the lower house of the national con- 
gress, but was defeated in that Republican 
stronghold. In 1886 he was again nominated 
and was elected, notwithstanding the normal 
Republican majority against him in the dis- 
trict. He was elected again in 1890. In 1892 
he was nominated by the Democratic state 
convention as its candidate for the governor- 
ship of New Hampshire, and while he was 
defeated at the polls, the fact that he fell short 
of election by only two hundred and seventy- 
two votes in that almost overwhelmingly Re- 
publican state was to him a source of much 
gratification as an expression of the esteem in 
which he was held by the people of the state. 
In the same year he was appointed by Presi- 
dent Cleveland envoy extraordinary and min- 
ister plenipotentiary to the Republic of Co- 
lombia, South America, and represented the 
United States government in that foreign state 
during the next four years ; and when Mr. 
McKinley succeeded Mr. Cleveland in the 
presidency he urged !Mr. INIcKinney to retain 
his post under the new administration, but the 
incumbent felt it his duty to decline the prof- 
fered office, and therefore returned to private 
citizen.ship in Bridgton, IMaine, where he has 
since lived. 

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Mr. McKinney would have preferred to aban- 
don public life and engage in mercantile pur- 
suits, but it was not a long time after he had 
located in Bridgton that he was again pressed 
into party service in a political campaign 
where it was hoped that his personal popu- 
larity, high character and known qualifications 
for high public office might turn the scale of 
doubtful contest. He first ran for congress in 
this state as the candidate of the Democratic 
party against Thomas Benton Reed, the Re- 
pubhcan nominee, and afterward against a 
man of such political strength as Amos L. 
Allen. In both contests Mr. iVIcKinney was 
defeated, the normal opposition against his 
party being too great for even him to over- 
come ; and no Democratic candidate in Alaine 
ever could beat "Tom" Reed, that mighty giant 
of republicanism, and Allen was the peer of 
Reed with Maine Republicans. 

Having given his party long and faithful 
service, often at the sacrifice of personal inter- 
ests, Mr. McKinney retired from active par- 
ticipation in politics and devoted his attention 
to other employments. In i8g8, in company 
with P. P. Burnham, he engaged in the dry 
goods business in Bridgton, continuing about 
two years, then sold out and acquired a con- 
siderable interest in the Bridgton Furniture 
Company, with John Roes and Byron Kim- 
ball. Soon afterward he bought Mr. Roes' 
share in the concern, and upon the death of 
Mr. Kimball purchased his interest in the busi- 
ness. As now constituted the officers of the 
company are Mrs. F. L. McKinney, president; 
Mr. McKinney, treasurer and manager; and 
Harry McKinney, secretary. 

During all the years of his political activity 
Mr. McKinney never has relaxed his earnest 
devotion to the church and has given to it at 
all times the same attention and service as 
when he was its pastor in various fields. In 
1903 he went to Brooklyn, New York, re- 
mained there a year and a half in building a 
parish house. In 1901 for one year was pastor 
of the Universalist church in Kansas City, and 
during his residence in Bridgton he supplied 
the pulpit of his church in that town. Mr. 
McKinney has again entered the ministry and 
assumed charge of the Universalist church in 
Gardiner, Maine. His business in Bridgton is 
under the charge of his son, Harry W. Mc- 
Kinney. His interest in public affairs also has 
continued, although the offices in which he has 
recently served have been local rather than 
general in character. He has been selectman 
of Bridgton, and in igo6 represented his town 
in the state legislature, in the house serving 



on the committee on libraries and on pensions, 
and also on the special committee appointed to 
arrange for the celebration of Longfellow's 
birthday. Mr. McKinney is a Mason, mem- 
ber of Oriental Lodge, F. and A. M., Oriental 
Chapter, R. A. M.. and Oriental Commandery, 
K. T., all of Bridgton ; a member of Louis 
Bell Post, G. A. R., of Manchester, New 
Hampshire ; and a member of Ridgley Lodge, 
I. O. O. F.. of Manchester. In Odd Fellow- 
ship he has been elected to the exalted office of 
grand master of the Grand Lodge, jurisdic- 
tion of New Hampshire, and grand represent- 
ative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and is 
member of Wonalancet Encampment of Man- 
chester. 

On August I, 1 87 1, in Bridgton, Mr. Mc- 
Kinney married Sharlie Paine Webb, daugh- 
ter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Witham) Webb, 
of Raymond, Maine. Two children have been 
born of this marriage: i. James Franklin, 
born in Bridgton, November 7, 1872. Having 
graduated from I^Ianchester, New Hampshire, 
high school, he entered St. Lawrence Uni- 
versity, Canton, New York, and graduated 
from that institution in 1895. He then en- 
tered the law department of the University 
of Maryland, made the course of that cele- 
brated school and graduated with the degree 
of LL. B. in 1897. He is engaged in active 
general practice in New York City in part- 
nership with Comptroller Grout, a leading pub- 
lic man in New York municipal political life. 
Mr. McKinney married Jessie Hanna, of Den- 
nison, Texas, and has one child, Robert Frank- 
lin iMcKinney, born January 14, 1902. 2. 
Harry Webb, born in Manchester, New 
Hampshire, January 14, 1878. He was edu- 
cated in Manchester, in St. Johns College, 
Washington, D. C, and in a military academy 
in Pennsylvania. He went to South America 
with his father and now is engaged in business 
as secretary of the Bridgton Furniture Com- 
pany. 



This name is not a common 
DENNEN one in this country, and it 

seems to be confined, in the 
earlier generations at least, to the neighbor- 
hood of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where we 
find it spelled Denen, Denin, Dinnin, Den- 
ning and Dinning. Nicholas Denning seems 
to be the first American ancestor of whom we 
have any record, and he was at Gloucester 
in the early part of the eighteenth century. 
His son, Nicholas (2), received a grant of 
land there in 1724, and in 1725 this son, with 
his wife Elizabeth and daughters Margaret 



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STATE OF MAINK. 



and Hannah, were baptized in that town. 
Nicholas (2) Denning was married to a sec- 
ond wife, Mrs. Ann Fuller, on January 14, 
1732, and a son, Nicholas (3), was born Oc- 
tober 12, 1732. The only Samuel Denning 
recorded was born in 1707, the son of William 
and Hannah (Paine) Denning, and probably 
the grandson of Nicholas (i). He could 
hardly have been the Samuel Denning of the 
following line, because he would have been too 
old for a revolutionary soldier. There is little 
doubt, however, that the Maine branch is de- 
rived from the Massachusetts stock ; but the 
imperfection of the records renders it impos- 
sible to give the e.xact relationship. 

(I) Samuel Dennen was a revolutionary 
soldier, and died at Minot, Maine. The Mas- 
sachusetts Rolls say that Samuel Dennen, a 
seaman, was in the list of prisoners sent from 
Halifax to Boston in the cartel "Swift," Sep- 
tember 30, 1778, according to the return made 
by Thomas Baildon, commissary of prisoners. 

(H) Simeon, son of Samuel Dennen, was 
born in Salem, Massachusetts, August 10, 
1771, and died at Shirley, Maine, in 1848 or 
1849. Simeon Dennen, with his elder brother 
George, moved to Pigeon Hill, in Poland, 
Maine, in 1792. He lived in various places in 
the town till 1830, when he and a part of his 
family moved to what is now the town Shir- 
ley, near Moosehead Lake, where some of their 
descendants are now living. He served in the 
war of 1812 as a volunteer, as did also his 
sons Simeon Jr. and Peter. About 1793 
Simeon Deimen married Rebecca Chickering, 
of Hebron, who was born March 18, 1774. 
There were twelve children: 1. Simeon (2), 
whose sketch follov\s. 2. Peter, born April 7, 
1796. 3. Frederic, November 16, 1798. 4. 
John, September 19, 1800. 5. Levi, March 16, 
1803. 6. Liford, February 16, 1805. 7. Elena, 
October 19, 1807. 8. Rebecca, December 20, 
1809. 9. Lydia, March 29. 181 1. 10. Joseph, 
March 17, 1813. 11. Lois, November 16, 
1817. 12. Otis, May 9, 1820. 

(HI) Simeon (2), eldest child of Simeon 
(i) and Rebecca (Chickering) Dennen, was 
born at Poland, Maine, October 4, 1794, and 
died at Oxford, April 12, 1869. During his 
early life he was a farmer, but later moved to 
Oxford, where he became a millman, lumber 
merchant and manufacturer. On September 
14, 1823, Simeon (2) Dennen and Sally Ryer- 
son, of Paris, were published ; Dennen was 
living at Hebron, Maine, at the time. They 
had four children: i. Nelson, who died in in- 
fancy. 2. John W., born April 11, 1827, served 
in the Fifth Maine Battery. 3. Keziah. .'\pril 



9, 1830. 4. William W., whose sketch fol- 
lows. 

(I\') William \\'., third son of Simeon (2) 
and Sally (Ryerson) Dennen, was born at 
O.xford, Maine, June 5, 1837, and was edu- 
cated in the common schools of his native 
town. At the age of eighteen he learned the 
carpenter's trade, at which he worked for six 
years. When the civil war broke out he en- 
listed in Company K, First Maine Volunteers. 
August 22, 1861, he enlisted in Company K. 
Seventh Maine X'olunteers, was promoted to 
rank of corporal, and discharged for disability, 
July 25, 1862. He returned to Oxford and 
engaged in farming, which he followed for 
eight years. About 1870 he became interested 
in the manufacture of paper, and for several 
years was engaged in the building and equip- 
ment of mills. In 1883 he came to East Poland 
and built the mill of which he has been super- 
intendent ever since. The establishment em- 
ploys about forty men. Mr. Dennen is a Re- 
publican in politics, and served as representa- 
tive in 1890-91, and as selectman in 1896-97. 
He is a member of the Grand Lodge of Odd 
Fellows, has filled all chairs in the Knights of 
Pythias, is a member of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, and also of the Grange. On 
Harris Hill, William W. Dennen married 
IMarie B., daughter of Ebin and Mary (Ste- 
vens) Maxwell, of Excelsior No. 5, Dead 
River. Children: i. Addie O., born Septem- 
ber 8, 1867, was drowned near her home at 
Kent's Hill, September 27, 1903; she was mar- 
ried to Professor J. O. Newton, of Maine 
Wesleyan Seminary ; children : Ma.x, Rownald 
and Robert. 2. Charles E., July 11, 1869. 3. 
William W., June 18, 1875. 4. Ansel C.. 
July 18, 1880, graduated from Bowdoin Col- 
lege in 1905 ; is now in charge of a large 
leather board mill in Herkimer, New York ; 
married Elizabeth H. Cuskley, June 24, 1908. 



The plantation of Broad Bay, 
SEIDERS now Waldoboro, Maine, was 

settled by German immigrants 
of the Lutheran faith. The first settlement 
was made in 1740-42, and additional colonists 
followed in 1748-53. They were induced to 
come to this country by General Samuel Wal- 
do and later by his son. Colonel Samuel 
Waldo. They were promised one hundred 
acres of land each, subsistence for at least six 
months, and other important benefits. Under 
these promises during the years mentioned, it 
is probable that at least fifteen hundred set- 
tled at Broad Bay. They suffered extreme 
hardships and privations, having been landed. 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1085 



in a wilderness and having little or no means 
of subsistence of their own. Their sufferings 
were, in a great measure, due to the fact that 
the promises made to them by General Waldo 
were not carried out. In 1745-46 the settle- 
ment was completely wiped out by the In- 
dians. For three years it remained desolate. 
Many of the inhabitants with their families 
joined the Louisburg E.xpedition, some fled 
to neighboring settlements, while others were 
killed or taken in captivity to Canada by the 
Indians. At the close of the fifth Indian war 
those who survived the Louisburg Expedition, 
with those who returned from captivity, and 
from neighboring places, renewed their set- 
tlement at Broad Bay. These colonists suf- 
fered much greater hardships even than the 
first settlers of Massachusetts, but Germanlike, 
ti.ey adhered to their undertaking and finally 
built up a settlement, which in 1840 exceeded 
any other in numbers and prosperity then in 
the present territories of Lincoln and Kno.x 
counties. From these colonists have descend- 
ed many whose names have appeared in the 
professions, in conunercial affairs, and in act- 
ive public service. 

(I) Conrad Seiders came to the plantation 
of Broad Bay in 1748 and brought with him 
his son Cornelius, who was then but eight 
years old. The name of Conrad Seiders ap- 
pears on the records of the town of Waldoboro 
in later years. Cornelius, his son, married 
Elizabeth Leistner. daughter of Charles Leist- 
ner. General Waldo's agent. Their grave- 
stones, now standing in the Old Meeting 
House Cove burying ground, near Dutch 
Neck, alone identify that old burial place. A 
number of children were born to them, name- 
ly : Jacob, Henry, Philip, and daughters. 

(II) Jacob, son of Conrad Seiders, married 
Mary Given and they resided in Waldoboro 
during their lives. The following children 
were born to them : Henry, Francis, John, Ed- 
ward, Ambrose and Reuben, sons ; and Jane, 
who married Charles Little, and Elizabeth, 
who married Ezra I. Wall, daughters. John 
resided on the home farm at Waldoboro until 
his decease. Edward and Ambrose in their 
early twenties went to New Orleans and the 
latter never was heard from afterward. Ed- 
ward was in the Texan war and afterward 
settled at Austin, Texas, where he died a few 
years since, leaving a family, all sons, who 
have largely settled in Te.xas. Reuben grad- 
uated from Bowdoin College and married Su- 
san Austin, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He 
taught at Cambridge for some years and after- 
ward graduated from the Divinity School at 



Harvard College and became a Unitarian 
clergyman. The two daughters, Jane and 
Elizabeth, lived and died in Augusta, Maine, 
leaving families. 

(Ill) Henry, first son of Jacob and Mary 
(Given) Seiders, was born in Waldoboro in 
1798. Before reaching his majority he went 
to Thomaston, Maine, where he worked in 
the ship yards. In 1837 he moved to the town 
of Union and settled there on a farm, where 
he lived till the close of his life in 1881, aged 
eighty-three years. He took great interest in 
both political and religious matters, and was 
active in building the first Congregational 
church in that place. In 1827 he married 
Mary Whiting Starrett, of Warren, who was 
born Decernber 24, 1808. daughter of John 
and Margaret (Fitzgerald) Starrett, of War- 
ren, Maine. John Starrett was a descendant 
of Colonel Thomas Starrett, who was active 
in public affairs of Warren, and who was a 
descendant of William Starrett, who came 
from Scotland to Pemaquid and from there 
joined the Waldo colony located in the town 
of Warren in 1736. Children of Henry and 
xMary W. (Starrett) Seiders: i. John Henry, 
died in infancy, April 5, 1832. 2. Mary Jane, 
born in 1829, married Captain Oliver J. Star- 
rett, of Warren, and died on passage from 
New Orleans to Liverpool in 1855. Their 
only issue, Mary Alice, deceased in childhood. 
3. Margaret S., born in 1837, married Charles 
G. Snell, of Waldoboro, and is now living at 
Portland, widow. Their only issue, Henry 
Seiders Snell, deceased in childhood. 4. Jo- 
seph Henry, born in 1836, died of yellow fever 
at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857, unmarried. 
5. Edward, born in 1838, was engaged in sea- 
faring life, and as mate of a vessel on passage 
from New York to New Orleans, was lost at 
sea in 1863, unmarried. 6. Emerson, born in 
1839, was lost on Lake Erie in 1864, unmar- 
ried. 7. Sarah L., born in 1842, single, now 
lives in Portland, Maine. 8. George M., re- 
ceives extended mention below. 9. Frederick 
A., born in 1848, is now living on the old 
homestead at Union. In 1871 he married 
Sarah Jane Linscott, of Palermo, to whom 
there have been born four children, all living, 
to wit : Harold Latimer, Conrad Arvidsoni 
Carl Frederic and Clarice Hayes. 

(IV) George Melville, eighth child and fifth 
son of Henry and Mary W. (Starrett) Seiders, 
was born in L-nion in 1844. His early educa- 
tion was obtained in the public schools of that 
place. September 10, 1862, when attending 
the high school, he enlisted in Company B, 
Twenty-fourth Maine \'olunteer Infantry' and 



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STATE OF MAIXE. 



was made a corporal. The company rendez- 
voused first at Augusta, then at East New 
York, Long Island. Later in the fall the regi- 
ment was transported on the "Lizzie South- 
ard" to New Orleans. After remaining there 
for a few days it was encamped for some 
weeks at Bonnet Carre, al>jve New Orleans, 
and later joined the forces then besieging Port 
Hudson. While at Bonnet Carre, Mr. Seiders 
had an attack of typhoid fever and a relapse 
therefrom, and after recovering joined his reg- 
iment at Port Hudson. In the meantime Vicks- 
burg was besieged and taken, and also Port 
Hudson shortly after. The regiment returned 
home via the Mississippi river and Chicago, 
and was mustered out of service at Augusta, 
Atigust 25, 1863. 

After the war Mr. Seiders returned to 
Union and remained on the home farm un- 
til he attained his majority, then he went to 
Portland, where he obtained employment in 
the machine shops of Charles Staples & Son, 
where he remained some months. Having a 
desire to obtain a better education, he left 
the workbench in 1866, attending two terms 
at Kent's Hill Seminary, and subsequently 
continuing and finishing his preparatory course 
for college at Lincoln Academj', Newcastle, 
Maine. He entered Bowdoin College in the 
class of 1872. During his preparatory and 
college courses he paid his way by teaching 
in district schools and academies. Lie gradu- 
ated with the degree of A. B. and later re- 
ceived the degree of A. M. After his gradu- 
ation he was immediately appointed principal 
of Greelev Institute, Cumberland Center, 
Maine, which position he occupied two years, 
during which time the institute enjoyed a 
larger degree of prosperity than it had ever 
before or has since. At the close of his serv- 
ices at Greeley Institute he was elected sub- 
master of the high school at Waltham, Mas- 
sachusetts, where he taught one year, when, 
having received an advantageous offer, he ac- 
cepted a professorship in the Episcopal Acad- 
emy of Connecticut at Cheshire, Connecticut, 
where he taught during the school year of 
1875-76. While there he took up the reading 
of law, and in July, 1876, entered the office of 
Thomas Brackett Reed, at Portland, and there 
continued the study of law. In October, 1878, 
Mr. Seiders was admitted to the bar and took 
desk room with Hon. F. M. Ray for a few 
months, when he returned to ]\Ir. Reed's office 
and remained in association with him until Mr. 
Reed moved to New York in igoi. In Jan- 
uary, 1893, Mr. Seiders and F. V. Chase, Esq.. 
formed a co-partnership under the style of 



Seiders & Chase, which continued until Jan- 
uary, 1901. In 1883 he was appointed as- 
sistant counsel for the United States in the 
Alabama Court of Claims, and acted in 
that capacity during the continuance of the 
court. 

In 1885 he was electejil county attorney for 
the county of Cumberland and again in 1887, 
serving two terms. During his services as 
county attorney many important cases were 
tried by him, including murder cases. After 
having completed his services in that capacity 
he was engaged in both civil and criminal 
practice. He defended two murder cases 
which perhaps e.xcited as much jniblic inter- 
est as any that have been tried in the county 
of Cumberland. During the period when Mr. 
Seiders was reading law and for two years 
after his admission to the bar he lived in the 
town of North Yarmouth, where he was elect- 
ed representative to the Legislature of 1878 on 
the Republican ticket by the classed towns of 
Yarmouth and North Yarmouth. Although 
he had not been admitted to the bar, he was 
appointed on the judiciary committee and 
others of importance. He took up his resi- 
dence in Portland in 1880. In 1892 he was 
elected to the State Senate and served on the 
judiciary and other important committees. 
Two years later he was re-elected and 
was unanimously chosen president of that 
body. 

His business methods, prompt and courteous 
rulings, and impartial dealings in public af- 
fairs secured for him strong support, which 
in 1901 was the means of his being elected 
attorney general of the state. Lie was re- 
elected in 1903, serving two full terms. His 
administration of this office was highly com- 
mended. In 1898 he was elected a member 
of the Republican state committee, and served 
in that capacity until 1905. Mr. Seiders has 
been attorney for and officially connected with 
many corporations. From his youth he has 
been a member of the Congregational church. 
He is a member of Bosworth Post. G. A. R., 
of the Cumberland Gub, and of Bramhall 
League, all of Portland. 

He married, November 24, 1874, Clarice 
Small Hayes, who was born in North Yar- 
mouth in 1854, daughter of Isaac S. and 
Asenath (Batchelder) Hayes, of North Yar- 
mouth. They have three children, all living r 
Grace Ruiten, born 1875: Mary Asenath. born 
1877: and Pliilip Reed, born 1885. Grace R. 
married Dr. Phillip Webb Davis in 1903. They 
have two children, Mary Louise, born 1904, 
and Kathcrine, born 1906. 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1087 



The Wingates of England 
VVINGATE are an interesting and profit- 
able family to study, and it 
has always been the ambition of the Wingates 
of America to secure an unbroken chain to 
connect the two families, but up to this time 
the missing links have not been restored, and 
only in an indirect way can the relationship 
be established. In view of this it is not our 
purpose to regard the English family, but to 
name the progenitor of the family in America 
and to trace from him the subject we have 
in hand. 

(I) John Wingale, American progenitor of 
the Wingates of New England and of the 
northwest, if not of the entire family in Amer- 
ica, came to New Hampshire from England 
when an independent young man with no re- 
sponsibility of family or relatives. He was 
credited with being in the service of Thomas 
Layton, who located at Hilton's Point, now 
known as Dover Neck. New Hampshire, as 
early as 1658. Thomas Layton gave him a 
consideration for services already rendered, 
or to be rendered, twenty acres of land in the 
Neck, and the selectmen of the town thought 
it expedient to grant him an allotment of 
twenty acres immediately adjoining that given 
him by his master. He thus became an im- 
portant yeoman or farmer in the colony. He 
built a house and established a homestead 
which has been handed down from generation 
to generation in uninterrupted succession, even 
to this day. In early records his name is writ- 
ten "John Winget" and there appear various 
other spellings of the name. He married, after 
securing a homestead, Mary, daughter of 
Elder Hatevil Nutter, a stern and exemplary 
Puritan, and they had two children: Anne, 
born February 18. 1667. and John. July 13, 
1670. His wife died, and about 1676 he mar- 
ried as his second wife Sarah, widow of 
Thomas Carney, by whom he had five chil- 
dren, as follows : Caleb, Moses, Mary, Joshua 
and Abigail. lohn Wingate died December 9, 
1687. 

(II) John (2). eldest son of John (i) and 
IMary (Nutter) Wingate, was born in Dover. 
New Hampshire. July 13, 1670. As the eldest 
son, he inherited the homestead and it was 
his home during his entire life. He com- 
manded a company of militia in the expedi- 
tions to Port Royal, 1707-10. His wife was 
Ann, and after she had borne him twelve 
children, and he had left her a widow, she 
married, December. 1725, Captain John Heard. 
The children of Captain John and Ann Win- 
gate were: i. Mary, born October 3, 1691. 



2. John, April 10, 1693, died September, 1694. 

3. Ann, February 2, 1694, died 1787. 4. Sarah, 
February 17, 1696. 5. Moses, December 27, 
1698, died February 9, 1782. 6. Samuel, No- 
vember 27, 1700. 7. Edmond, February 27, 
1702. 8. Abigail, March 2, 1704. 9. Elizabeth, 
February 3, 1706. 10. Mehitable, November 
14, 1709. II. Joanna, January 6, 171 1. 12. 
Simon. September 2, 1713. Captain John 
Wingate died in 1715. 

(Ill) Simon, youngest son and child of 
Captain John (2) and Ann Wingate, was 
born on the homestead in Dover Neck, New 
Hampshire, September 2, 1713, two years be- 
fore the death of his father, who left him to 
the care of his mother and eldest son John to 
be brought up. He sold, in 1736, in conjunc- 
tion with his youngest sister, Joanna, to their 
brother, Moses Wingate, for thirty pounds, "a 
part of thirty acres of land granted by Dover 
to our honored father, John Wingate, late of 
Dover, deceased." The deed is dated May 26, 
1736. He removed from Dover to Biddeford, 
Maine, where he was admitted to the First 
Church of that town, October 17, 174a, and 
he soon after was elected a deacon of the 
church. He married Lydia, daughter of Ebe- 
nezer and Abie! (Snell) Hills, and she was 
admitted to the First Church, November 29, 
1774. They had twelve children born to them 
in Biddeford, as follows: i. Anne. 2. Eliza- 
beth. 3. Hannah. 4. Snell, baptized February 
3, 1744. 5. Simon, baptized June 21, 1747. 
6. John, baptized April 8, 1750. 7. Lydia, bap- 
tized .April 26. 1752. 8. Edmond, baptized 
January 5, 1755. 9. . 10. Lucy, bap- 
tized December 25. 1757. 11. Sarah, baptized 
March 22, 1761. 12. Susanna. 

(I\') Snell, eldest son and fourth child of 
Simon and Lydia (Hill) Wingate, was bap- 
tized February 3, 1744. He married (first) 
Margaret Emery, of Biddeford, Maine, who 
died November 29, 1783, and (second) Me- 
hitable Davis Crocker, of Dunstable, Massa- 
chusetts, widow of Elijah Crocker, who was a 
sea captain and sister of Daniel Davis, so- 
licitor-general. After his marriage, Snell Win- 
gate removed from Biddeford to Buxton, 
Maine, and built a house on Lot No. 12, 
Range D., Third Division. He was a select- 
man for eleven years. His five children by 
his first wife were: i. Molly, baptized April 
13, 1770. married Daniel Bradbury, of .\thens, 
Maine. 2. Samuel, baptized August 26, 1772. 
3. Daniel, baptized .August 27, 1775 or 1776, 
married Sarah Whittier in 1802, settled in 
Buxton near his father, had one son John, 
who left Buxton and was never heard from. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



and his large family of daughters married and 
removed from P.uxton. 4. Abigail, baptized 
August 3, 1777. 5. Simon, born August 27, 
1780 {t)r bai)tized September i, 1781). Chil- 
dren of second wife: 6. Robert Davis, born 
August 8. 1789, died April 23, 1806. 7. Elijah 
Crocker, born December 17, 1790, married 
Mary Lombard, of Gorham, Maine, and died 
without issue. 8. Snell, born August 7, 1792, 
died 1814. 9. Ansel, born March 16, 1794, 
died 1814, while a soldier in the American 
army in the war of 1812. 10. Margaret Em- 
ery,' born January 3. 1797. 11. John, born 
April 28, 1799, married, January 22. 1821, 
Salome Small, of Buxton, Maine, and (sec- 
ond), September 22, 1829, to Sophronia, wid- 
ow of Mr. Frost. John Wingate lived in Gor- 
ham, Maine, and had by his first wife three 
children and by his second eight. He died 
at Gorham, Maine, in 1859. Snell Wingate, 
his father, died in Buxton, Maine, early in 
the nineteenth century, but no date is on rec- 
ord. 

(\^) Samuel, eldest son and second child of 
Snell and IMargaret (Emery) Wingate, was 
born in Buxton Center, Maine, and baptized 
August 26, 1772. He married Molly Wood- 
man, of Buxton, Maine, October 17. 1796, and 
lived in West Buxton, where five children 
were born of the marriage: i. William. 2. 
Edmund, who lived and died in Saco, Maine, 
and left a son who lived at Boston. 3. Mar- 
garet. 4. Nabby, married a Mr. Scribner, 
lived at Buxton, Maine, and had three sons. 
5. Harriet. 

(\T) William, eldest son of Samuel and 
Molly (Woodman) Wingate, was born at 
West Buxton, Maine, his birth probably oc- 
curring in 1797 or 1798. He was married to 
Mary Ann Coolberth, of Standish, Maine, and 
they lived first at Steep Falls in the town of 
Standish and later at Limerick, Maine. He 
was a merchant, a member of the Baptist 
church, a devoted advocate of the principles of 
the Whig party, and as a Republican he was 
elected selectman in 1861. He served in the 
Thirteenth Maine Regiment in the civil war 
and was a member of the military order of 
the Loyal Legion of the L^nited States. Will- 
iam and Mary Ann (Coolberth) Wingate had 
two children, Edwin R. and Mary Ann. 

(VH) Edwin R., only son of \^Mlliam and 
Mary Ann (Coolberth) Wingate, was born 
at Steep Falls, town of Standish, Maine. He 
became a merchant, and also held the office 
of postmaster at Steep Falls, in the township 
of Standish, Maine. He was also a manufac- 
turer. In the civil war he enlisted in the 



Thirteenth Maine Volunteer Regiment and 
served during the entire war, receiving the 
credit of being a good soldier, a faithful officer 
and a patriot of undoubted repute. His church 
affiliation was with the Free Will Baptist de- 
nomination, and his political faith was with the 
party that put down the Rebellion and pre- 
served the L'nion of the states. He was a com- 
panion of the military order of the Loyal Le- 
gion of the L'nited States and a cominander 
of the Grand Army of the Republic. He mar- 
ried, 1868, Harriet Boulter, of Steep Falls, 
and they had three children: i. Edwin R., 
who became a hotel clerk in Swampscott, Mas- 
sachusetts. 2. Thomas H., a clerk and partner 
in his father's business, t,. William W. (q. 
v.). 

(VHI) William W., son of Edwin R. and 
Harriet (Boulter) Wingate, was born at Steep 
Falls, Standish township, Maine, September 12, 
1870. He attended the public school and was 
graduated at Fryeburg Academy, Bowdoin Col- 
lege, and Harvard University Law School, and 
was admitted to the bar. He established him- 
self in the practice of law in Brooklyn, New 
York, v\ith offices at 44 Court street. He 
became a Republican politician and served as 
counsel for the sheriff of Kings county, New 
York, and as undersherift" of the county. He 
was appointed attorney for the state comp- 
troller, January i, 1909. He affiliates with 
the Masonic fraternity and with the order of 
Elks, and is a member of the Republican Club 
of New York, of the Reform Club and of the 
Maine Society of New York. He is a mem- 
ber of Plymouth Congregational Church of 
Brooklyn. Mr. Wingate is unmarried. 



The surname Burleigh is an 
BURLEIGH ancient English family name. 
The most common spellings 
of this name in the early records are Burleigh, 
Burlcy, Burly, Birle, Birley, Birdley and Burd- 
ley. No less than nineteen branches of this 
family in England had or have coats-of-arms. 
(I) Giles Burleigh, immigrant ancestor of 
the American family, was an inhabitant of 
Ipswich, Massachusetts, as early as 1648, and 
was born in England. He was a commoner at 
Ipswich in 1664. He was a planter, living 
eight years on what was later called Brooke 
street, owning division lot No. 105. situate on 
Great Hill, Hogg Island. His name was 
spelled Birdley, Birdly, Burdley and Budly in 
the Ipswich records, and his name as signed 
by mark to his will is given Ghils Berdly. He 
bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth (called else- 
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James ; his son John, and an uncle whose name 
is not given. Theophilus Wilson was execu- 
tor. Deacon Knowlton and Jacob Foster, over- 
seers, Thomas Knowlton Sr. and Jacob Foster 
the witnesses. Soon after his death his widow 
was granted trees for a hundred rails and a 
hundred posts, June 13. 1668. She married 
(second), February 23, 1669, Abraham Fitts, 
of Ipswich. Children: i. Andrew, born at 
Ipswich, September 5, 1657, married Mary, 
daughter of Governor Roger Conant. 2. 
James, February 10, 1659, mentioned below. 
3. Giles, July 13. 1662. 5. John, July 13, 1662, 
died February 27, 1681. 

(II) James, son of Giles Burleigh, was born 
in Ipswich, Massachusetts, February 10, 1659, 
died in Exeter, New Hampshire, about 1721. 
Married (first). May 25, 1685, Rebecca, 
daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Worces- 
ter) Stacy. She died October 21, 1686. Her 
mother was a daughter of Rev. Witham 
Worcester, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. His 
sons Joseph, Giles, Josiah and James made a 
written agreement in 1723. Children: i. 
William, born in Ipswich. Massachusetts, Feb- 
ruary 27, 1692-93, was at Newmarket in 1746. 
2. Joseph, April 6, 1695. 3- Thomas, .-Vpril 5, 
1697. 4. James, Exeter, 1699. 5. Josiah, 
1701, mentioned below. 6. Giles, 1703, mar- 
ried, December 9, 1725, Elizabeth Joy, of Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts. 

(III) Josiah, son of James Burleigh, was 
born in Ipswich in 1701, died in Newmarket, 
New Hampshire, in 1756. He married Han- 
nah; daughter of Hon. Andrew Wiggin, judge 
of probate, son of Andrew Wiggin (2) and 
his wife, Hannah (Bradstreet) Wiggin. 
Thomas Wiggin, father of Andrew (2), was 
the immigrant, coming in 1631 as agent for 
the proprietors of New Hampshire. Hannah 
Bradstreet was a daughter of Governor Simon 
and Ann ( Dudley ) Bradstreet, ami grand- 
daughter of Governor Thomas Dudle}-. A tract 
of land at Exeter was set aside for him by 
the committee in 1718. He signed a petition 
for a bridge at Newmarket in 1746. Children : 
I. Josiah, died at Newmarket, married Judith 
Tuttle. 2. Thomas, born about 1730, men- 
tioned below. 3. Samuel. 

(IV) Thomas, son of Josiah Burleigh, was 
born about 1730. He was an inhabitant of 
Deerfield, New Hampshire, in 1766, and was 
appointed on a committee to locate the meet- 
ing-house. He married Mercy Norris. In 
1775 he settled at Sandwich, New Hampshire, 
on what is now known as Burleigh Hill. He 
was a farmer. Children: i. Deacon Thomas, 
married (first), April 6, 1779, Hannah Ether- 



idge ; (second) Susan, daughter of Benjamin 
and Lydia (Hanson) Watson, widow of Colo- 
nel Lewis Wentworth, of Dover. 2. Mercy, 
married, March 5, 1784, Eliphalet Smith, son 
of Colonel Jacob and Dolly (Ladd) Smith. 

3. Benjamin, born about 1755, mentioned be- 
low. 4. Samuel, died at Sandwich, July 5, 
1851 ; married, March 7, 1785, Ruth, daughter 
of Joshua and Ruth (Carr) Prescott. 5. Jo- 
siah, died at Sandwich, August 31, 1845; mar- 
ried, February 27, 1788, Rosamond Watson, of 
Moultonborough, New Hampshire. 6. Dolly. 

(\') Benjamin, son of Thomas Burleigh, 
was born about 1755, in Deerfield, New Flamp- 
shire. He was a merchant, having a general 
store at Sandwich. New Hampshire, the first 
in that town. He married, November 23, 1779, 
Priscilla Senter, of Centre Harbor, New 
Hampshire, born November i, 1759, died Jan- 
uary I, 1819. She married (second) Colonel 
Parker Prescott, son of Lieutenant John and 
Molly (Carr) Prescott, born at Manchester, 
Massachusetts, April 4, 1767, died December 
17, 1849. Children: i. (Tolonel Moses, born 
March 25, 1781, mentioned below. 2. Ben- 
jamin, born at Holderness, March i, 1783, died 
at Oakfield, Maine ; married Hannah Sanborn, 
of Centre Harbor. 3. Thomas, March i, 1783, 
married, April 21. 1808, Hannah, daughter of 
Thomas and Hannah (Etheridge) Burleigh. 

4. Priscilla, 1785, married William Cox. 5. 
Polly, born at Sandwich, 1787, died May. 1831 ; 
married Captain Ezekiel Hoit, son of Joseph 
and Betsey Hoit. 6. Olive, April 12, 1789. 
7. — , born 1790. 

(\T) Colonel Moses, son of Benjamin Bur- 
leigh, was born at Sandwich, New Hampshire, 
March 25, 1781 ; died at Linneus, Maine, Feb- 
ruary 13, i860: marrietl Nancy Spiller. He 
settled before 181 2 in Palermo, Maine, where 
he lived until 1830, when he removed to Lin- 
neus, Aroostook county, where he resided until 
his death. At Palermo he was elected to 
various offices of trust and honor. He was 
captain of the militia company there when 
called into service in the war of 1812, and 
marched with his company to Belfast at the 
time that the British vessels entered the Penob- 
scot river, to destrox' the LTnited States frigate 
"Adams." He was commissioned captain in 
the Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, 
Eleventh Division, Massachusetts militia, in 
1 81 4, and promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 
1816. He was a representative to the general 
court of Massachusetts wdien Maine was a part 
of that state and afterward was in the Maine 
state legislature. He was a delegate to the 
convention in 1816 at Brunswick, to frame the 



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constitution for the state of Maine. He car- 
ried the first mail by carriage from Augusta to 
Bangor, it having been carried on horseback 
previously. At Liniieus he was appointed by 
the marshal to take the census in the north- 
ern section of Washington county. When he 
was engaged in that service, the provincial 
warden, alleging that he was in disputed ter- 
ritory in violation of the provincial law, pur- 
sued with authority to arrest Colonel Burleigh, 
but the latter was successful in eluding the 
pursuit and completing his work. In 1831 he 
was appointed assistant land-agent, to guard 
that section of the public lands, and in that 
office drove various parties of Canadian squat- 
ters back to the provinces. He was for several 
years postmaster at Linneus. We are told by 
his biographer that he was a man of activity, 
energy and probity of character ; his hospi- 
tality was particularly marked, the hungry 
were fed and the weary found rest beneath his 
roof. 

His wife died January 2, 1850, aged sixty- 
four. "She lived a life of usefulness, was kind 
and beneficient, beloved and respected by her 
numerous friends." Children of Colonel Moses 
and Nancy ( Spiller) Burleigh; i. Elvira 
Senter, born January 7, 1806, died October 
27, -1829. 2. Benjamin, March 6, 1809. 3. 
Benjamin, February 21, 181 1. 4. Hon. Parker 
Prescott, May 16, 1812, mentioned below. 5. 
Nancy Spiller, married Jabez Young, of Houl- 
ton, Maine. 6. Moses Carlton, born at Paler- 
mo, May 15, 1818, married, 1843, Caroline 
Elizabeth Frost, of Lubec. Maine. 7. Samuel 
Kelsey, January 8, 1820. married Keziah By- 
ron, of Linneus. 8. Olley Seaver, September 
II, 1822, died March 20, 1876; married Dud- 
ley Shields. 9. Rufus Burnham. February g, 
1826, died at Fulton, Arkansas, April 30, 1864; 
married, at Belfast, Maine, September 21. 
1857, Ann Sarah Flanders. 

(VH) Hon. Parker Prescott, son of Moses 
Burleigh, was born in Palermo, Maine, May 
16, 1812. Fie was educated at the Hampden 
Academy, in Maine, and the Hartford (Con- 
necticut) grammar school, at that time one of 
the best-known schools of the country. At 
the same time he received instruction in mili- 
tary tactics from Colonel Seymour, afterwards 
governor of the state. He removed with his 
father from Palermo to Linneus in 1830, and 
devoted some time to obtaining instruction in 
land-surveying. His knowledge of timber 
lands in the Maine wilderness was excelled by 
none, and he invested extensively in this form 
of property. He followed the profession of 
civil engineering and surveying, in addition to 



farming. As state chairman in 1869 of the 
Maine commission on the settlement of the 
public lands of Maine, he contributed largely 
to the development and settlement of Aroos- 
took county. He was elected state land-agent 
in 1868 and served in that office eight years. 
He himself was one of the pioneers there, in 
1830. and at the incorporation of the town of 
Linneus in 1836 he was chosen tow^n clerk, 
treasurer, collector of taxes and chairman of 
the school committee. Throughout his long 
life he held nearly all the time some office of 
trust and honor. In 1839 'i^ \^'^* commis- 
sioned captain of Company M, Sixth Regiment, 
First Brigade, Third Division, of Maine mili- 
tia, and in 1840 was elected lieutenant-colonel 
of the Seventh Regiment, a position he held 
for seven years. He was appointed county 
commissioner by Governor Kent in 1841, and 
was subsequently elected to that office ; was 
county treasurer also, and postmaster at North 
Linneus for twenty-five years. He was a 
member of the house of representatives in 
1856-57, and a state senator in 1864-65, 1877- 
78. Fle was chairman of the boaid of select- 
men several years. He died April 29, 1899, 
in Houlton, Alaine. 

He married (first) Caroline Peabody, daugh- 
ter of Jacob and Sally (Clark) Chick, of 
Bangor. She was born January 31, 181 5, died 
April 6, 1 86 1. He married (second) May 29, 
1873, Charlotte Mehitable, daughter of Colo- 
nel James and Mehitable (Jones) Smith, of 
Bangor. Children of first marriage: i. Hon. 
Albert Augustus, born at Linneus, October 12, 
1841, married Lucinda G. Collins: enlisted in 
the Union army in the civil war in 1864; was 
wounded, taken prisoner and confined at 
Petersburg and Richmond ; resided at Oakfield 
and Houlton, Maine ; was commissioner of 
Aroostook county twelve years ; surveyor of 
land by profession : children : i. Everett Edwin, 
born November 9. 1862: ii. Albert Augustus, 
January 8. 1864, died July 30, 1864; iii. Pres- 
ton Newell, born at Oakfield, February 18, 
1866: iv. Park-er Prescott, February 15, 1868; 
V. Frances Lucinda, November 19, 1871 ; vi. 
Harry Ralph, October 5, 1874. 2. Hon. Edwin 
Chick, mentioned below. 

(\'III) Hon. Edwin Chick, son of Hon. 
Parker Prescott Burleigh, was born in Lin- 
neus, Maine, November 27, 1843. He was 
educated in the public schools of his native 
town and at the Houlton Academy, where he 
fitted for college. Following the example of 
his father, he educated himself as a land sur- 
veyor, a profession that oflfered excellent op- 
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count of the necessity of surveying timber 
lands. For a time after leaving the academy 
he taught school, but when the civil war broke 
out he and his brother went to Augusta and 
enlisted in the District of Columbia cavalry, 
but he was rejected, on account of the state of 
his health, by the e.xamining surgeon, Dr. 
George E. Brickett. Disappointed in his am- 
bition to enter the service, he accepted a clerk- 
ship in the office of the adjutant general of 
Alaine, and remained to the close of the war. 
He then followed his profession of surveyor 
and the business of farming until 1870, when 
he was appointed clerk in the state land office 
at Bangor, and two years later made his home 
in that city. In 1876-77-78 he was state land 
agent, and during the same years also assistant 
clerk of the house of representatives. In 1880 
he was appointed clerk in the office of the 
state treasurer and removed permanently to 
Augusta. In 1885 he was elected treasurer of 
the state, an office that he filled with con- 
spicuous ability and success. He was reelected 
in 1887, and in the year following was chosen 
governor of the state, with a plurality of 18,- 
053 votes. In i8qo he was reelected governor 
with a phirality of 18,899 votes. His adminis- 
tration of state affairs was pre-eminently con- 
structive and progressive in character. His 
e.xperience in public life, his executive ability 
and well-balanced character fitted him admir- 
ably for the office of governor. Democratic in 
his ways, indefatigable in his attention to the 
varied duties of his position, he strengthened 
himself in the hearts of the people during his 
term of office. He was popular and won the 
commendation of press and public alike. His 
appointments were satisfactory. His addresses 
to the legislature and on public occasions 
marked him as a master of e.xpression. 
Through his influence and action, the plan to 
remove the state capitol from Augusta to 
Portland was defeated, and an appropriation 
of $150,000 made for the enlargement of the 
old state house. He was chairman of the com- 
mission in charge of the state-house addition, 
hicidentally the state saved at least two mil- 
lion dollars by refusing to abandon the old 
capitol. In 1899 Governor Burleigh became 
chairman of a committee to locate and pur- 
chase a permanent muster field, and after 
something of a contest he secured the selection 
of historic Camp Keyes, in Augusta, an ideal 
field for the purpose, at a cost of $3,500. The 
value of the real estate has since then tripled, 
and the wisdom of the choice has been often 
applauded. During the winter of 1889 he 
called attention through the columns of his 



newspaper, the Kennebec Jonnial. to the 
crowded condition of the state insane hos- 
pital, and the legislature authorized the ap- 
pointment of a commission to purchase 
grounds near Bangor for the erection of a new 
state hospital for the insane. At the sugges- 
tion of Governor Burleigh the valuations foi 
the purpose of taxation were investigated by a 
commission, and the state valuation, as a con- 
sequence, increased from $236,000,000 to 
$309,000,000, and a state board of assessors 
created. Taxes have since then been more 
justly and equitably levied in Maine. In fund- 
ing the state debt. Governor Burleigh effected 
a substantial saving to the taxpayers. At his 
suggestion the legislature authorized an issue 
of bonds to take up the entire state debt which 
was then bearing interest at the rate of six per 
cent. These three per cent, bonds were sold 
at a premium of $79,900 and an annual saving 
of $71,520 effected at the same time. In 1891 
he advocated the Australian ballot system in 
his address before the legislature. The house 
of representatives voted against the bill, but 
the governor fought hard, the popular support 
was given him, and in the end the bill was 
enacted. Since then, this system of voting has 
been adopted in almost every state in the 
Union. On the recommendation of Governor 
Burleigh, the secretary of the board of agri- 
culture was given a larger salary and quarters 
in the state house, largely increasing the effi- 
ciency of the board. On his recommendation, 
the appropriation for state aid for soldiers, dis- 
abled veterans of the civil war, was increased 
from $70,000 to $135,000. At the same time 
he eft'ected great improvements in the National 
Guard of Maine. It was upon his recommen- 
dation that the law was passed providing heavy 
penalties for the careless setting of forest fires, 
making the land agent the forest commissioner 
of Maine, with wardens in every section. The 
results of this legislation have been very ef- 
fectual and valuable. When the state library 
was to be moved to its new quarters in the 
State-house extension in 1891, he advocated a 
modern card catalogue, the appropriation for 
which was made, and to-day the state library 
of Maine in convenience and usefulness is sec- 
ond to none in New England. During his ad- 
ministration, it should be added, the rate of 
taxation reached the lowest point in the history 
of the state, notwithstanding the progress and 
improvements mentioned. 

When his four years as governor expired, 
Mr. Burleigh had aspirations to go to con- 
gress, and in the campaign of 1892 he sought 
the nomination, against Hon. Seth L. Milliken, 



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of Belfast, then member from the tliinl district. 
Mr. MiUikcn won after a lively and close con- 
test, and was given the cordial support of Mr. 
Burleigh. In 1897, when Mr. Milliken died. 
the nomination was given Governor Burleigh 
by acclamation. In congress Mr. Burleigh's 
ability and usefulness have been conspicuous. 
His first important achievement in congress 
was the apportionment bill in the fifty-sixth 
congress, when he served on the select com- 
mittee on the census. Chairman Hopkins, of 
Illinois, had a bill for three hundred and fift}-- 
seven members, based on a population of 208,- 
868 for each member, while Governor Bur- 
leigh's bill provided for three hundred and 
eighty-six members, based on a population of 
194,182 for a district, the smallest number that 
would allow Maine to retain four members of 
the house. The Hopkins bill was approved 
by the majority of the committee, but on the 
floor of the house the Burleigh bill was suc- 
cessful. As a legislator Mr. Burleigh has been 
remarkably successful, having the tact and 
ability to persuade others to his way of think- 
ing. After the custom of his state, he has 
been reelected at each successive election to 
the present time. Since the death of the late 
Congressman Boutelle, Governor Burleigh has 
been Maine's member of the National Repub- 
lican Congressional Committee. 

Mr. Burleigh has large investments in tim- 
ber lands, especially in Aroostook county. He 
was interested with his brother, Albert A., in 
constructing the Bangor & Aroostook railroad 
into the Aroostook wilderness, an enterprise 
that has had a great influence in the develop- 
ment and upbuilding of that resourceful re- 
gion. For a number of years past his chief 
business interest has centered in his newspaper, 
The Kennebec Journal. Associated with him 
in the management and ownership is his son, 
Clarence B. Burleigh, wdio holds the position 
of managing editor, and Charles F. Flynt, a 
practical printer of long experience, who has 
charge of the business department. When 
congess is not in session he may nearly always 
be found at his desk in the Journal building, or 
in the private office of his summer cottage on 
the shore of Lake Cobbosseecontee, where he 
spends part of the summer with his family. 
Congressman Burleigh is a frequent contribu- 
tor to the newspaper, which has held its posi- 
tion and the high reputation it won under the 
management of Luther Severance, James G. 
Blaine and John L. Stevens as an organ of the 
Republican party, to which the growth and 
strength of that party were in no small degree 
due. He is a director of the First National 



Bank and of the Granite National Bank, and 
trustee of the Augusta Trust Company. He 
is a member of Augusta Lodge, F. and A. M. 

Governor Burleigh married. June 28, 1863, 
Marv Jane, born in Linneus, Maine, November 
9, 1841, daughter of Benjamin and Anna 
( Tyler ) Bither. Her father was the son of 
Peter Bither, a native of England, who died 
in Freedom, Maine, and who served in the 
American army in the revolution. Benjamin 
Bither was in the service in the war of 1812. 
Children: i. Clarence Blendon. born at Lin- 
neus, ?\laine. November i, 1864, graduate of 
Bowdoin College in the class of 1887, married 
Sarah P., daughter of Hon. Joseph H. and 
Nancy (Fogg) Quimby, of Sandwich, New 
Hampshire ; children : i. Edwin Clarence, born 
in Augusta, December 9, 1891 ; ii. Donald 
Quimby, born in Augusta, June 2, 1894. 2. 
Caroline Frances, born at Linneus, July 23, 
1866. married Robert J. Alartin, M. D., of 
Augusta, whose father. Dr. George W. Martin, 
was a leading physician of that city ; Dr. Rob- 
ert J. Martin was drowned June 16, 1901, 
while attempting to rescue a drowning girl ; 
they had one child, Robert Burleigh Martin, 
born September 3, 1888. 3. \'allie Mary, born 
at Linneus, June 22, 1868, married Joseph 
Williamson jr., of Augusta, son of Hon. Jo- 
seph Williamson, of Belfast, Maine ; children : 
i. William Burrill Williamson, born Novem- 
ber 20, 1892; ii. Robert Byron Williamson, 
born August 23, 1899. 4. Lewis Albert, born 
at Linneus. March 24, 1870, graduate of Bow- 
doin College in 1891 and Harvard Law School 
in 1894, is practicing law in Augusta with his 
brother-in-law, under the firm name of Will- 
iamson & Burleigh ; was city clerk of Augusta ; 
and at present writing (1909) is a mem- 
ber of the Maine House of Representatives ; 
married Caddie Hall, daughter of Hon. S. S. 
Brown, of Waterville, Maine; child, Lewis 
.\lbert Jr.. born July 20, 1897. 5. Lucy Emma, 
born in Bangor, February 9, 1874, married 
Flon. Byron J3oyd, ex-secretary of state and 
now (1908) chairman of the Republican state 
committee : son of Dr. Robert Boyd, of Lin- 
neus; children: i. Dorothy Boyd, born No- 
vember 12, 1895; ii. Robert Boyd 2d, born 
Tune 25, 1902; iii. Mary Edwina Boyd, born 
December 21, 1903; iv. Richard Byron Boyd, 
born December 10, 1904; v. Edwin Burleigh 
Boyd, born December 12, 1905. 6. Ethelyn 
Hope, born in Linneus, November 19, 1877, 
married, April 20, 1904, Dr. Richard H. 
Stubbs, son of Hon. P. H. Stubbs, of Strong, 
Maine. 

( IX ) Clarence Blendon. eldest child of Hon. 




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Edwin Chick Durleigh, was born November i, 
1864, in I.inneus, Maine, and educated in the 
conmion schools of Bangor and Linneus, and 
New Hampton Literary Institute, graduating 
in 1883. He then entered Bowdoin College, 
from which he graduated with the class of 
1887, after which he became editor of the Old 
Orchard Sea Shell, which was published bj' the 
Biddeford Times until the close of the beach 
season, when he returned to the city of Au 
gusta, where he purchased an interest in the 
Kennebec Journal in 1887. In 1896 he was 
elected state printer, which office he held until 
igo6. During the years 1896-97 he was presi- 
dent of the Maine Press Association. He has 
been president of the Augusta City Hospital 
since its estalilishment : was member of the 
board of assessors in 1897; president of the 
Augusta board of trade in 1899-1900; chair- 
man Republican city committee since 1902. 
He is the author of the following works : 
"Bowdoin '87, a History of Undergraduate 
Days," "Camp On Letter K," "Raymond Ben- 
son at Kranipton," "The Kenton Pines" and 
other works. He is a member of Augusta 
Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons . 
Chushuc Chapter, No. 43, Royal Arch Ala- 
sons ; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, 
Augusta, and the Maine Consistory, thirty- 
second degree, Portland, Maine ; also is iden- 
tified with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, Knights of Pythias, and is a charter 
member of the Benevolent and Protective Or- 
der of Elks. In religious affiliations he is a 
member of the Congregational parish. iMr. 
Burleigh was married, November 24, 1887, to 
Sarah P. Quimby. born May 22, 1864, in 
Sandwich, New Hampshire, daughter of Jo- 
seph H. and Nancy P. ( Fogg) Quimby. Their 
children are : Edwin C, born December 9, 
1891 ; Donald O., June 2, 1894. 

(IX) Lewis Albert, son of Hon. Edwin 
Chick Burleigh, was born in Linneus, Maine, 
March 24. 1870. He attended the public 
schools of his native town, at Bangor and Au- 
gusta, graduating from the Cony high school 
in 1887 and from Bowdoin College in 1891. 
He studied his profession in the Harvard Law 
School, where he was graduated with the de- 
gree of LL. B., in 1894. In the same year 
he was admitted to the bar of Kennebec 
county, and in October of that year engaged 
in practice in partnership with his brother-in- 
law, Joseph Williamson. The firni has taken a 
leading position among the lawyers of the 
state, doing a general and corporation busi- 
ness. Mr. Burleigh is a Republican in poli- 
tics, and has been city clerk of Augusta, and 



at present writing (1909) is a member of 
the Maine House of Representatives. He 
is a member of the board of education of Au- 
gusta ; in 1903 was appointed one of the three 
United States commissioners by Judge Clar- 
ence Hale, of the L^nited States district court, 
to succeed W. S. Choate, and in 1907 was re- 
appointed to this responsible office. He was a 
director of the Augusta National Bank until 
it went into liquidation. Mr. Burleigh is very 
prominent in Masonic circles. He is a past 
master of Augusta Lodge of Free Masons ; 
member of Cusuhue Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- 
sons ; of Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of 
Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and 
has attained tlie thirty-second degree in Ma- 
sonry. He is a member of Kora Temple, Or- 
der of the Alystic Shrine, Lewiston. In 1907 
he was master of the Lodge of Perfection. He 
is also a member of Augusta Lodge of Odd 
Fellows : of Augusta Lodge, Knights of Pyth- 
ias ; of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men, and of Augusta Lodge, Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks. He is a Congre- 
gationalist and a member of the prudential 
committee of the Congregational church. He 
married, October 18, 1894, Caddie Hall Brown, 
born in Fairfield, Maine, April 22, 1871, 
daughter of Hon. S. S. Brown, of Waterville. 
Maine (see sketch). They have one child, 
Lewis Albert Jr., borri July 20, 1897. 



The family of Dunn settled in 
DL'NN southwest Maine many years ago. 
and the name of Jonah Dunn ap- 
pears often in the histories of the towns lying 
along the course of the Saco river. Several 
Dunns were men of prominence there. 

(I) Jonah Dunn lived in Cornish, York 
county. Maine, where he was selectman, 1806- 
08-09-15: there he married and his children 
were born. In 1826 he removed with his fam- 
ily to Houlton. Their journey was made in 
the winter and part of it lay over the frozen 
surface of the Baskehegan river to its head, 
where, leaving it, they pursued the remainder 
of their journey through woods, guided by 
spotted trees. He was a Friend, or Quaker, 
a man of good education, with a clear head 
and a keen power of discernment. He held 
the office of justice of the peace and made 
many conveyances and other papers requiring 
legal form. He was familiarly known as 
Squire Dunn. He always used the words 
thee and thou when addressing another per- 
son. About the time of his settlement at 
Houlton, the British military authorities of 
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American territory, and this soon became un- 
bearable. At this juncture, when the settlers 
had passively borne British insults for some 
time, Jonah Dunn said : "This state of things 
must not and shall not continue. The federal 
power we will invoke, and it shall all be known 
that the United States of America can protect 
its subjects and its territory." He wrote sev- 
eral communications to the papers of Maine re- 
hearsing the situation, and calling upon the 
people to give expression to their feeling upon 
the subject. In the settlement he first men- 
tioned the subject to John Hodgdon in his 
office, and wished a petition to congress drawn 
asking that Houlton be made a military post, 
and that an appropriation be made for the 
support of the same. Colonel Hodgdon drew 
up the petition, and it was numerously signed. 
This was probably in 1827. In response to 
this petition a military post was created at 
Houlton, a garrison established, and British 
interference with the settlers was forevei 
ended. He married Lydia Trafton, who died 
in Houlton. His death occurred in Augusta. 
(II) Charles, youngest child of Jonah and 
Lydia ( Trafton ) Dunn, was born in Cornish. 
December 13. 1813, died in Houlton, Novem- 
ber, 1897. He went with his father and fam- 
ily to Houlton in 1826. He was fond of 
horses, which he managed with skill, was a 
fine reinsman and handled four or six horses 
as well as men usually handle one. He estab- 
lished lines of transportation in different di- 
rections from Houlton, and for twenty-eight 
years carried the mails from that place to all 
points north. In connection with his mail 
service, he did a large express business, and 
carried many passengers, especially during tht 
war. In 1868 others underbid him for carry- 
ing the mail, and he sold the successful bid- 
ders his entire outfit and retired from active 
life. From that time he lived quietly in Houl- 
ton, speculating in farms. He was a staunch 
Democrat, but supported the war measures of 
the government. He married, in 1859, Lydia 
Cloudman, born in Saint David's Parish, New 
Brunswick, 1833, died in Houlton, June 20, 
1 861, two years after her marriage and eleven 
days after the birth of her only child. She was 
the daughter of James Cloudman, of Wake- 
field, New Hampshire, and granddaughter of 
Gilman Cloudman. Her mother was Hannah 
(Foster) Cloudman, of Saint David's Parish, 
daughter of George and Cynthia (Chase) 
Foster, and granddaughter of Colonel Benja- 
min Foster, a hero of two wars, a soldier in 
Pepperell's army at the capture of Louisburg, 
ancl the companion of O'Brien in the capture 



of the "Margaretta," at Machias, at tlie begin- 
ning of the revolution. James Cloudman was 
left an orphan at a tender age, and was 
brought up by his grandfather, who lived at 
Home's Mills, Wakefield, New Hampshire 
At eighteen years of age he went to the lum 
ber regions of St. John, in New Brunswick 
Subsequently he settled on a farm at Oak Bay, 
in St. David's Parish. Hearing of the fertile 
country of the Aroostook, he went there on a 
tour of observation in 1S44, and the next 
spring moved to Presque Isle, where he 
farmed continuously till 1883. He was a suc- 
cessful farmer, and made a specialty of raising 
fine beef cattle. He sold this farm in 1883 and 
went to the village south of Presque Isle, 
where he afterwards resided. He died in Port- 
land, at the residence of his grandson, Charlci 
Dunn Jr., in 1892. He was six feet four inches 
high, straight, lean, strong as a giant and 
weighed two hundred pounds. His wife, Han- 
nah Cloudman, died in 1889. Charles Dunn 
married (second), 1868, Jennie, widow oi 
George Bagley and daughter of George and 
Cynthia Whidden, of Presque Isle. 

(HI) Charles (2), son of Charles (i) and 
Lydia (Cloudman) Dunn, was born in Houl- 
ton, June 9, 1 86 1, and was educated in the 
common schools and the Ricker Institute 
where he prepared for college. He then began 
the study of law in the office of General 
Charles P. Mattocks, and was admitted to the 
bar in 1885, after three years' study. He en- 
tered upon the practice of liis profession, which 
he followed seven years in Portland. In 1892 
he was a member of the city council. In 189a 
he was attacked by an illness which rendered 
him an invalid for nine years, during which 
time he was engaged in out-of-door employ- 
ment. Recovering his health in 1901, he re- 
ceived the appointment as deputy from Sherifl 
Pearson, who died in 1902, and was succeeded 
by Mr. Dunn, who served out the remaindei 
of the term, about one year. On leaving office 
he became special agent of the Equitable Life 
Insurance Company, of New York. He was 
afterward a candidate for the office of sheriff 
on the Independent Democratic ticket and was 
defeated. He was master of Portland Lodge, 
No. I, Free and Accepted Masons, in 1895: 
is a member of Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter, 
No. 13, of which he has been an officer for 
two years past ; and Portland Council, Royal 
and Select Masters. Charles Dunn married, 
in Portland. November 21, 1888, Grace Eliza- 
beth, born in Portland. November 2, 1862, 
daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Pote) Wal- 
ton. Mark Walton was a designer of furni- 



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ture, and for thirty years was in the employ 
of the widely known firm of Walter Corey. 
His father, Mark Walton Sr., came from the 
Isle of Shoals, and was brought up by Judge 
Sewell, of York. Mark Walton Jr. died about 
1864, and his wife died in 1905. Mr. and 
Mrs. Dunn are members of the Baptist church. 
They have one child, Esther Cloudman, born 
May 6, 1891, now in the third year of the 
Portland high school. 



Herbert S. Dyer, only son of Ste- 
DYER phen K. and Emily (Jordon) 

Dyer, was born in Portland, May 
6. 1858, and died at Madrid, December 20, 
1907. He was educated in the public schools, 
graduating from the high school in the class 
of 1876. He soon afterward went to New 
York City, where for about twelve years he 
was employed by the E. S. Higgins Carpet 
Company as a house salesman, and later with 
Arnold, Constable & Company, in the whole- 
sale carpet department. During his employ- 
ment his health failed to such an extent that 
it was impossible for him to continue, and 
from the nature of the trouble, which was 
caused by overwork and close confinement to 
business, it became necessary for him to take 
to horseback-riding as an exercise. This sug- 
gested to him the institution of a riding- 
academy, and he established the Belmont Ri- 
ding Academy, and conducted it for some time 
with success. He went into other ventures, 
and about 1892 returned to Portland to en- 
gage in various patent enterprises, the first 
being that of the Brooks Arms & Tool Com- 
pany. This was qperated for some time, and 
then he became interested in other matters. 
About 1900 he engaged in the life insurance 
business, for which he was fitted by nature to 
perfection, and in which he made a remarkable 
success. He became state agency director for 
the New York Life, from which he changed 
some time afterward to the John Hancock, for 
which he was also state agent. A few years 
ago he became the local representative of the 
New York banking business of Kountze 
Brothers, and was with that concern at the 
time of his death. He had been from his 
youth an enthusiast in geology and mineralogy, 
and had always evinced an interest in the 
minerals of this state. He labored long and 
earnestly before the state board of trade and 
the legislature for an appropriation for a state 
mineralogist and for a survey of the state to 
determine the location and approximate ex- 
tent and value of its mineral wealth. He was 
a member of the common council in 1898-99, 



and was president of that body during his 
second term. He was a Republican in politics, 
and was an active candidate for postmaster, to 
succeed the late Clark H. Barker. For some 
time lie had been one of the most energeticmem- 
bers of the board of trade, and was one of its 
directors and a member of the committee on 
entertainment. In 1907 he introduced at a 
meeting of the board a resolution favoring 
legislative action which should lead to the 
adoption of uniform couplings for hydrants 
throughout the state. He and his family for 
years before his death were connected with the 
High Street Congregational Church circles, 
and there, as in other associations, Mr. Dyer 
was always of assistance in the time of need. 
He was killed by the accidental discharge of 
his rifle. Mr. Dyer was well known and uni- 
versally respected and liked. He was full of 
energy, a man of force of character, which 
gave him great influence in board of trade mat- 
ters and on public questions. In social circles 
he left a vacant place than can never be filled. 
Possessed of an unusually bright and cheery 
nature, people turned to him as flowers to the 
sunshine, and his presence at any afifair was 
always an inspiration. To know Herbert S. 
Dyer was to love him, and to have the privi- 
lege of his friendship was to have a strong 
arm to lean on. He was a thoroughly unselfish 
friend, who was never weary of welldoing. In 
social life he gave that which is a rare thing 
to find, a friendship on which one could al- 
ways rely. 

He married, July 6, 1880, Elizabeth, a native 
of Portland, daughter of John and Marv ( Har- 
ris) Bradford. Mr. Bradford was a well- 
known spar-maker in Portland. Children: i. 
Helen AI., married Walter Elden Smart. 2. 
Edith Bradford. 3. Hamilton H., a student in 
the high school. 4. Jeannette. 



This is not an uncommon name 
HEATH in New England, although the 

Heaths have not been a prolific 
family. The name comes here from England, 
the mother country, and was planted on this 
side of the Atlantic ocean some time previous 
to the middle of the seventeenth century. John 
Heath, brother of the immigrant, appears to 
have received greater attention from chron- 
iclers of the famil\- history, but it is doubtful 
if he occupied a higher station in early town 
affairs than his brother. Both are frequently 
mentioned as Heth, but similar errors on the 
part of town and parish clerks are not infre- 
quent, and they need not be surprising when 
we consider the verv limited education of 



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STATE OF MAIM':. 



those of our New England ancestors who 
came here to dwell among Indians, in a wil- 
derness region, without more than the plainest 
comforts of life, and when schools for sev- 
eral years were almost unheard of. 

(I) Bartholomew Heath, brother of John 
above mentioned, was first of Newbury, iVIas- 
sachusctts Bay colony, and afterward of Hav- 
erhill, where the greater part of his Hfe was 
spent. Savage says he was born about 1600, 
but other authorities say, with more accuracy, 
that he was born about 1615; and he died 
in January. 168 1. Chase, in his "History of 
Haverhill,"' says that in 1645 "considerable 
land was this year granted to individuals west 
of Little river, on the Merrimack, and Hugh 
Sharratt, Bartholomew Heath, James Fiske 
and John Cheuarie had liberty to lay down 
their land on the plain, and have it laid out 
over Little river, westward." In 1646 he 
owned lands which were estimated as of the 
value of one hundred and forty pounds, and 
when plans were made for another distribu- 
tion of the town's territory, called the "second 
division of plough-lands," Bartholomew Heath 
was allotted lot number four. He was one 
of the signers of the petition praying that the 
penalty imposed on Mr. Pike on account of 
his religious exhortations be remitted him, and 
in this and many other respects he appears 
to have been a leading man in the town. In 
1665 with one Andrew Grealey he entered into 
an agreement with the town to set up and keep 
in repair the corn mill, operate it. and in con- 
sideration of the expense they might be put 
to in placing the mill in repair, the town voted 
them the right "to have so much privilege of 
the land in the street on both sides of the 
brook at the end of Michael Emerson's lot as 
may be convenient to set up another mill on, 
or any other place on the town's land" ; and 
the town did also "engage that no other man 
shall set up a mill or mills upon any land that 
is the town's, with any order from the town." 
In other words the town ordered that Barthol- 
omew Lleath and Mr. Grealey have an ex- 
clusive mill privilege in Haverhill, and it may 
be said here that they carried on this business 
for several years, to their own profit and to the 
great convenience of the inhabitants. Mr. 
Heath's wife was Hannah, daughter of Joseph 
Moyce, and she died in Haverhill, July 9, 
1677. There does not appear to be any record 
of their marriage, and from the fact that they 
had a son Samuel, whose name is not given 
among their children born in Newbury or 
Haverhill, it may be assumed that they mar- 
ried in old Guilford, Surrey, England, whence 



they came to this country ; and it is probable 
that this son Samuel either remained in Eng- 
land at the time of his father's immigration or 
subsequently returned there, married and lived 
there some years before coming over again. 
As shown by the Newbury, Haverhill and 
other records the children of Bartholomew and 
Hannah (Moyce) Heath were Samuel, John, 
Joseph, Joshua, Hannah, Josiah, Elizabeth 
(died young), Benjamin and Elizabeth. John, 
the second child, was born in 1643, ^"^1 Eliza- 
beth, the youngest, was born September 5,' 
1658. 

(II) Samuel, son of Bartholomew (i) 
Heath, was born in England, married there, 
and had children, among them a son John. 

(HI) John, son of Samuel Heath, was born 
in England, married there, and La;l children, 
among them a son Bartholomew. 

(IV) Bartholomew (2), son of John Heath, 
was born in Surrey, England, in 1710 and 
came to New England in 1737. This is stated 
on the authority of a private family record, 
and from the same source it is learned that 
this Bartholomew was the son of John, and 
that John was the son of Samuel, and that 
Samuel was the son of the first Bartholomew. 
The last mentioned Bartholomew Heath mar- 
ried twice, and by his first wife had one child ; 
by his second wife he had nine children. Soon 
after the death of his first wife he settled in 
Sharon, Connecticut, married his second wife 
there and raised a large family of children. 
His sons were Bartholomew, Thomas, Oba- 
diah, Joseph. John, Hezekiah and Daniel. De- 
scendants of Hezekiah are now living in IMil- 
waukee, Wisconsin, and so late as 183 1 Thom- 
as and Obadiah were living on the old farm in 
Sharon, and in the old house which their fa- 
ther had built over a century earlier. 

(V) Bartholomew (3), son of Bartholomew 

(2) Heath and his first wife, was born in 
Lebanon, Connecticut, and was an infant when 
his mother died. He married Ann Millard, 
born in East Haddam, Connecticut, near Hart- 
ford, and by whom he had three children: i. 
Asa. 2. Nathan, who cared for his mother 
after the death of her husband. She lived to 
the good old age of ninety-nine years. 3. 
Oliver, who entered the profession of law, 
went to England and settled in Liverpool. 

(VI) Rev. Asa (i), son of Bartholomew 

(3) and Ann (Millard) Heath, was born in 
Hillsdale, Columbia county, New York, July 
31, 1776, and married, March 26, 1801, Sarah 
^Ioore, whose great-grandparents came from 
Londonderry. Ireland, and her grandfather 
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came to this country. They had the grant of 
Cape EHzabeth, but not liking it exchanged 
it for a township of land in New Hampshire, 
now the town of Derry. Rev. Asa and Sarah 
(Moore) Heath had two sons, Asa and Jon- 
athan, and six daughters. 

(VH) Asa (2), son of Rev. Asa (i) and 
Sarah (Moore) Heath, married (first) Mar- 
garet Boynton and (second) Mary Clary. He 
was a physician by profession, a Methodist in 
religious preference, and a Republican in poli- 
tics. His children were Flavius, Margaret, 
Alvan M. C, George, Adelia, Mary, Martha, 
■Genevieve, Olive and Eva. 

(Vni) Alvan M. C, son of Dr. Asa (2) 
Heath, was a printer by trade and newspaper 
editor by principal occupation; a soldier of the 
civil war and was killed in battle at Freder- 
icksburg, December 13. 1862. He married 
Sarah H. Philbrook, daughter of Milton and 
Ora (Kendall) Philbrook, and by whom he 
had four children: i. Herbert M.. born Au- 
gust 27, 1853. 2. Willis K., February 12, 
1855. 3. Dr. Frederick C, 1857, "ow a physi- 
cian in active practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
4. Dr. Gertrude E., January 20, 1859, engaged 
in medical practice at Gardiner, Maine. 

(IX) Herbert M., lawyer, son of Alvan M. 
C. and Sarah H. (Philbrook) Heath, was born 
in Gardiner, Maine, August 27. 1853, and 
was educated in the public schools of that 
town, graduating from the high school in 
1868, and at Bowdoin College, where he was 
graduated with the degree of A. EJ. in 1872. 
After leaving college he devoted the next four 
years chiefly to pedagogical work and during 
the latter part of that period took up the study 
of law. In the fall of 1872 he was appointed 
principal of Limerick Academy, Limerick, 
Maine, remained there one term, and from the 
beginning of the school year in 1873 until the 
close of the session in 1876, he was principal 
of Washington Aca<lemy at East Machias, 
Maine. In August, 1876, he was admitted to 
practice in the courts of this state, and since 
that time has been a member of the .-\ugusta 
bar and has always held a standing of enviable 
prominence in all court and professional cir- 
cles throughout the entire state. Few lawyers 
have more extended acquaintance than he, and 
few indeed are they who have given more 
faithful service, whether as a lawyer at the bar 
of the courts or a public servant in the dis- 
charge of official duties. Mr. Heath is a Re- 
publican in all that the name implies, and 
while active in politics was recognized as one 
of the leading men in the councils of the Re- 
publican party in the state. His political career 



may be said to have begun when he was a 
boy of thirteen years, for in 1866 and the next 
succeeding three years he was a page in the 
senate of the Maine legislature. In 1870 he 
was appointed assistant secretary of the sen- 
ate and served in that capacity through that 
and the ne.xt three legislative sessions. In 
1878 he was elected city solicitor of Augusta 
and in 1879 was elected county attorney for 
Kennebec county, filling the latter office for 
three years. In 1883 he was a member of the 
Maine house of representatives, served until 
the end of the session in 1886, in all four years, 
and during the following four years, 1887- 
1890, occupied a seat in the senate of the 
state. In 1883 he was a member of the com- 
mission appointed to revise the statutes of the 
state. Mr. Heath is a Mason, member of the 
various subordinate bodies of the craft, and 
of the higher bodies up to the thirty-second 
degree ; member of the board of trustees of 
Kennebec Savings Bank and of the Augusta 
Trust Company ; member of Zeta Psi fra- 
ternity, Bowdoin, and of the Abnaki Club of 
Augusta. He married at East Machias, Maine, 
August 2-j, 1876, Laura S. Gardner, born East 
Machias, June 5, 1855, second daughter of 
Daniel F. and Sarah (Lincoln) Gardner, of 
East Machias. Mr. and Mrs. Heath have four 
children: i. Marion, born November 26, 1879. 
2. Gardner K., May 29, 1886. 3. Gertrude L., 
twin with Herbert M., April 14, 1892. 4. 
Herbert M., twin with Gertrude L., April 14, 
1892. 



Among the chief Anglo-Nor- 
KEATING mans who went with Strong- 
bow to Ireland and received 
large grants of land were the Keatings, who 
settled in Wexford, and have been one of the 
noble families since the reign of King John, 
the head of the family being the Baron of 
Kilmananan. At the time of the first land- 
ing of the Keatings in Ireland, one is said to 
have exclaimed, after a repulse : "We will 
land by 'hook or by crook,' which gave the 
name to two points of land off which lay the 
boats which conveyed them. He thereupon 
took his battle-axe, cut off his right hand and 
threw it ashore. By this act he claimed to 
have effected a landing, and this is the origin 
of the Keating crest — the "Bloody Hand." 
Wexford was long known as Keating county, 
but the lands of the family were confiscated 
in 1798. From the original settler of the fam- 
ily in Ireland has sprung a numerous progeny 
now scattered throughout the world. 

(I) Captain Richard Keating, son of Nich- 



1098 



STATE OF MAINK. 



olas and Ann (McDonald) Keating, was born 
in St. Michael's parish, Dublin, Ireland, Sep- 
tember 20, 1813, and died in Brighton, Eng- 
land, October i, 1877. At the age of sixteen 
he entered the service of the Honorable East 
India Company, and was under it at St. Hele- 
na from 1831 to 1844. In 1840 he was one 
of the guard of honor on the occasion of the 
removal of the body of Napoleon Bonaparte, 
the great French emperor, from St. Helena to 
Paris, by consent of the British government, 
at the solicitation of Louis Philippe, king of 
the French. He afterward volunteered into 
the Royal Artillery, and in 1869 was retired 
as a captain on half-pay, after a continuous 
and honorable service of thirty-eight years. 
He married (first), in 1846, Margaret Kyle, 
who died at Portsmouth, England, December 
30, 1850, aged twenty-three years. He mar- 
ried (second), Sophia Sarah Bennison, born 
January 28, 1830, eldest daughter of Henry 
and Ann Sophia (Earle) Bennison, of St. 
Pancreas, London, England. Her father was 
a civil engineer. Her mother was born in 
Winchester, Hampshire. By his first marriage 
Captain Richard Keating had a son, Richard 
B., who came to Massachusetts about the time 
of the breaking out of the great civil war ; he 
became a member of the Second Regiment 
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with which he 
went to the front and served with honor until 
the close of the war. He then returned to 
the LTnited Kingdom, and finally settled in 
Scotland, after having served in the British 
army for twenty-eight years. He received 
from the LTnited States a pension for disabili- 
ties contracted in service, and from which he 
died in 1900. Other children of Captain Rich- 
ard Keating's first marriage were : Mar- 
guerite, who resided with her stepmother, in 
Brighton, England, and who died in 1905 ; and 
Nicholas Henry, who died single, in 1891. 

(II) John Bernard, only child of Captain 
Richard and Sophia Sarah (Bennison) Keat- 
ing, was born in Plumstead, county Kent, Eng- 
land, October 7. 1859. During the years of 
his childhood and youth he resided in the 
island of Mauritius for five years, thence went 
to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the 
island of St. Ilelena, and to Gosport, the fa- 
mous fortified seaport town opposite Ports- 
mouth, England, His schooling was finished 
at Cordier Hill Academy, in the Island of 
Guernsey, in the English Channel. He grew 
up in the midst of a military environment, and 
through that influence developed a love for the 
army and military aflfairs. After acquiring 
proper instruction in military science, especial- 



ly in engineering, he joined the Royal Engi- 
neers in May, 1879, with which corps he served 
efficiently in Canada, at Gibraltar and Ber- 
muda. On account of impaired health he re- 
tired from the army in 1886, and in 1888 en- 
tered the British consular service as a clerk 
in Boston. There, after serving in various 
grades, he was called to the position of acting 
vice-consul, and after serving as such for six 
months was appointed pro-consul, and served 
as such for a like period. So greatly was his 
work in Boston appreciated that upon the 
death of Mr. Starr, British vice-consul at Port- 
land, Maine, Mr. Keating was selected from 
among a number of likely candidates to be his 
successor. He entered upon his vice-consular 
duties at Portland on April 2, 1895, and has 
now (1908) creditably occupied that position 
for a period of thirteen years. At the begin- 
ning of his term of service the office was not 
regarded as particularly important, and the 
duties of the representative of the imperial 
government were not onerous. To-day, how- 
ever, largely through Mr. Keating's initiative, 
*he British vice-consulate is one of the busiest 
centers of the city, where the maritime activi- 
ties of the port are focussed and watched. 
He is a very active official, and has done much 
to foster friendly feelings and build up a great 
commerce between the United States and Can- 
ada and the mother country. In the Jubilee 
Year of Queen Victoria's reign (1897) it was 
largely through Mr. Keating's instrumentality 
that Her Majesty's ship "Pallas" entered the 
port and her company was entertained by the 
municipality. Again, during the war with 
Spain, the vice-consul arranged and carried 
through a visit of Canada's premier regiment, 
the Fihh Royal Scots, as the official guests 
of Portland, ostensibly to celebrate the jubilee 
of the Grand Trunk railway, but in reality to 
show the people of Maine that Canada was in 
sympathy with the United States while the 
war drums were beating. Several times since 
Canadian regiments have crossed the frontier 
in peaceful invasion — visits arranged by the 
patriotic enterprise of the vice-consul at Port- 
land. Finally, it was Mr. Keating who planned 
and carried out the impressive memorial serv- 
ice at St. Luke's Cathedral on the death of 
Queen Victoria. The legislature at Augusta 
was adjourned as a mark of respect and the 
services at the cathedral were attended by the 
governor, his staff and council. He was also 
chiefly instrumental in furnishing and main- 
taining a home for seamen of all nationalities, 
which was provided with reading room and 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



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direction were appreciated b}- those who fol- 
lowed the sea was evidenced by their large at- 
tendance at the institute, whicltis now closed. 
Since his installation in office the shipping be- 
tween Portland and the ports of the United 
Kingdom has increased about five hundred per 
cent, a result which may without doubt be 
largely attributed to his zeal and influence. 
As a judge of British naval courts of in- 
quiry. Air. Keating has shown his ability and 
force of character, combined with justice and 
mercy. His comprehensive knowledge of the 
laws and regulations governing in cases con- 
nected with shipping matters which come be- 
fore him for adjustment as the representative 
of Great Britain in a foreign port, is such as, 
coupled with the absolute impartiality with 
which his office is administered, to have earned 
for himself the highest respect of the shipping 
community. Among commercial enterprises 
which he has assisted may be mentioned the 
large importation of Welsh coal to Portland 
and other parts of the New England seaboard 
during the American coal strike ; and his suc- 
cessful assistance in the preliminaries of the 
building of the second Grand Trunk elevator, 
at that time the second largest east of Detroit. 
Indeed, it may be truly said that in all he has 
undertaken, as a public functionary, Mr. Keat- 
ing has proved himself the right man in the 
right place, and his success has been unfailing. 
On the occasion of the visit of His Royal 
Highness the Prirxe of Wales to St. John, 
New Brunswick, Mr. and Mrs. Keating were 
presented to him, and they were shown excep- 
tional honor at that time. Mr. Keating has 
been commodore of the East End Yacht Club, 
and he occupies at the present time the unique 
position of British vice-consul and honorary- 
member of the Portland Naval Reserve. 
AA'iiile commodore of the yacht club he insti- 
tuted the beautiful custom of strewing the sea 
with flowers, which is now universally carried 
out, thus revering the memory of the deceased 
seamen of the civil war, as the Grand Army 
of the Republic honors its soldier dead by the 
decoration of their graves. Twice during his 
residence in Portland has a British fleet an- 
chored in his district. At Bar Harbor, at the 
dinner given by the petty officers of the Amer- 
ican navy to the petty officers of the British 
navy, and to the sergeants of the British ma- 
rine, Mr. Keating was called upon for a 
speech, and in happy vein struck so responsive 
a chord in the hearts of his hearers that at the 
close of his address he was lifted on the shoul- 
ders of his auditors and carried about the 
banquet hall to the strains of "He's a jolly 



good fellow." Similarly, on the last visit of 
the British fleet, Mr. Keating presided as 
chairman of the banquet given by the Ameri- 
can warrant officers to the warrant officers of 
the British navy. 

Mr. Keating is a Free Mason, raised in 1885 
in Broad Arrow Lodge in Bermuda, under 
the Grand Registry of England ; one of the 
founders of the Civil and Military Lodge in 
Bermuda under the Grand Registry of Scot- 
land, and an honorary life member of the lat- 
ter lodge ; a Royal Arch Mason under the 
Grand Registry of Ireland ; and an affiliated 
member in Mount Vernon Chapter, Portland ; 
he was made a Knight Templar of St. Alban 
Commandery, Portland, and afterward an hon- 
orary member of Sussex Preceptory of Knights 
Templar of Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec; 
he is also a member of Karnak Temple, An- 
cient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, of 
Montreal. He is a member of the British Na- 
val and I\Iilitary Veterans of Massachusetts, of 
the United States Naval Reserves at Portland, 
an honorary member of Bosworth Post, Grand 
Army of the Republic, Portland, and an hon- 
orary member of the British Empire Club of 
Boston. 

Mr. Keating was married in Devonshire 
Church, Bermuda, July 6. 1886, to Emily Han- 
nah .'\da Hoare, born in Queensland, Aus- 
tralia, 1864, daughter of Dr. John Buckler 
and Esther (Firman) Hoare, of Warminster, 
Wiltshire, England, she being a connection of 
the prominent Buckler family of Baltimore, 
Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Keating have had 
four children: i. Percy Firman, born in At- 
lantic. Massachusetts, March i, 1888, a grad- 
uate of the Bishops College School, Canada, 
and now engaged in the insurance business. 
2. Mildred Sophia, born in I-Iyde Park, Mas- 
sachusetts. November 29, 1889, who was edu- 
cated in private schools. 3. Harold John Buck- 
ler, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, March 
15, 1893. 4. Charlotte Buckler, born in Ash- 
mont, Dorchester, Massachusetts, T»ly IS> 
1895. 



(For preceding generation see Robert Quiraby I.) 

(II) Robert (2), second son of 
QUINBY Robert (i) and EHzabeth (Os- 
good) Quimby, was born in 
Amesbury, and resided in that town. He was 
given a seat in the meeting house in 1699, and 
was one of "the five late constables" who were 
prosecuted on October 18, 1708, for not ma- 
king up their accounts according to law. His 
estate was administered June 6, 1715, and 
divided in December of the same vear. He 



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had three sons and three daughters: Joseph, 
John. Mary, Benjamin, Hannah and Anne. 
(Different branches of the family spell their 
name Ouimbv and Quinby. ) 

(III) Inseph, eldest child of Robert (2) 
and Mary ( )ninbv. resided in Amesbury and 
was known as "junior" until 1736. on account 
of an uncle who bore the same name. He 
married Lydia Hoyt, daughter of John (3) 
and Elizabeth (Challis) Hoyt, granddaughter 
of John (2) and great-granfldaughter of John 
(i) Hoyt, of Amesbury. She was born June 
15, 1686, in Amesbury, and was the executrix 
of' her husband's estate, appointed September 
30, 1745- The children of Joseph Quinby 
we're: Joseph and Benjamin (twins). Ann, 
Hannah, Daniel (died young), Robert, Daniel 
and probably Mary. 

(IV) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph (i) 
Quinby, was born 171 5, probably in Ames- 
bury, and settled in 1740 at Falmouth, now 
Portland, Maine, where he was an industrious 
and successful citizen, acquiring considerable 
property and becoming prominent in the 
community. After the burning of Portland, 
he joined his twin brother Benjamin, who was 
a mill-owner in Saccarappa, :Maine, and there 
passed the remainder of his life, and died 
April 14, 1776. He was married (intentions 
published September 28, 1740) to Mary, 
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Parsons) 
Haskell. She was born April 22 1722, and 
died April 12, 181 5. Their children were: 
Mary, Rebecca, Joseph, Sarah, Eunice, Thom- 
as, Marv. Captain John and Levi. 

(V) Captain John, third son of Joseph (2) 
and Mary (Haskell) Quinby, was born May 
12, 1760, at Falmouth, "and died September 
27, 1806, at Stroudwater. His entire life was 
passed in that vicinity and he was a ship- 
owner. Two of his ships were captured by the 
French in 1799. He was married, October 
31, 1782, to Eunice, daughter of Joshua and 
Lois (Pearson) Freeman. She was born Jan- 
uary 18. 1762, and died December 12, 1790. 
They were the parents of six children: i. 
Eunice, born 1783, married Ezekiel Day. 2. 
Thomas, September 18, 1784, died October 22, 
1802. 3. Moses, April 19, 1786. 4- Le^'. No- 
vember 12, 1787, married Mary Titcomb. 5. 
George, May 22, 1789, died September 21, 
1790. 6. Infant, born and died in 1790. 

(VI) Moses, son of Captain John and 
Eunice (Freeman) Quinby. was born April 19, 
1786, at Stroudwater, Maine, prepared for col- 
lege at Philips Exeter Academy and was one 
of the six constituting the first graduating 
class of Bowdoin College in 1804. He re- 



ceived his early legal training in the office of 
Stephen Longfellow, of Portland, Alaine, and 
was an active and successful lawyer and the 
most prominent person in the community at 
Stroudwater, where he died May 6, 1857. He 
was married, December 31, 1809, to Anne Tit- 
comb, who was born June 17, 1789, and died 
April 2, 1859, daughter of Andrew Philips 
and Mary (Dole) Titcomb. Their children 
were: Andrew T. (died young), Mary Anne, 
Andrew T., Eunice Day. John, Almira and 
Thomas. 

(\TI) Thomas, second son of Moses and 
Anne (Titcomb) Quinby, was born December 
15, 181 3, in Stroudwater, and died there June 
18, 1885. He was a civil engineer and became 
superintendent of the Portland and Rochester 
railroad and managing agent of the Saco Wa- 
terpower Company, which latter position he 
held to the end of his business career. He was 
married in 1835 to Jane Elizabeth Brewer, 
born March 22, 1819, in Dover, New Hamp- 
shire, and died March 3, 1903, in Portland, 
Maine. Their children were : Lucretia, Henry 
Brewer, Frederick and Thomas Freeman. 

(VIII) Henry Brewer, eldest son of Thom- 
as and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby. was born 
June 10, 1846, in Biddeford, Maine, and be- 
gan his education in the schools in his native 
town. He continued his preparation for col- 
lege at the Nichols Latin School in Lewiston 
and graduated from Bowdoin College in the 
class of 1869. with the degree of A. B. ; three 
years later his alma mater honored him with 
the degree of A. M. Shortly after graduation 
he became identified with the Cole Manufac- 
turing Company, at Lakeport. New Hamp- 
shire, with which he has continued until the 
present time, having risen to the position of 
president and treasurer of the concern. He 
has taken the foremost place among the busi- 
ness men of Laconia. of which Lakeport is 
a suburb, and has filled with unfailing suc- 
cess numerous positions of trust. He is now 
president of the Laconia National Bank, one 
of the most successful financial institutions in 
that city. While he is actively engaged in busi- 
ness, Mr. Quinby has always had time for the 
encouragement of the leading and uplifting 
cities of the community in which he resides. 
He has taken an active part in political affairs, 
and though not a professional orator has con- 
tributed much by his addresses to the success 
of his party. At the age of twenty-six years 
Mr. Quinby was appointed colonel on the staff 
of Governor Straw and held this position two 
years. In 1887 he was elected representative 
to the general court, and served in the fol- 



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IIOI 



lowing session, and in 1889-90 was state 
senator from his district. In igoi-02 he 
was a member of the governor's council, and 
was chairman of the state prison commit- 
tee of the council during this incumbency. 
He had long been a member of the board 
of trustees of the Asylum for the Insane, 
and these services made him familiar with 
the practical management of New Hamp- 
shire institutions. In 1892 the Republican 
party of the state chose him delegate-at-large 
to the National Convention at Minneapolis, 
and at the State Convention at Concord in 
i8g6 he acted most acceptably as chairman. 
His frequent appointment on various conven- 
tions, on committees and on resolutions, offer a 
tribute to his literary ability. In recognition 
of his valuable public services he was selected 
as its candidate for the highest office in the 
state, that of governor, and in November, 1908, 
he was elected to that position. In religious 
matters Colonel Ouinby is a Unitarian. He 
was married, June 22, 1870, to Octavia M. 
Cole, daughter of Hon. B. J. Cole, of Lake- 
port. They are the parents of a son and a 
daughter. The elder, Candace Ellen, is the 
wife of Hugh N. Camp Jr., residing in New 
York City, and has a son, Hugh N. Camp (3). 
(IX) Henry Cole, only son of Henry B. 
and Octavia M. (Cole) Quinby, was born at 
Lake Villasje, New Hampshire, July 9, 1872. 
Graduated from Harvard College in 1894 and 
from the Harvard Law School two years later, 
and is now practicing law- in New York City. 
He married Florence A., daughter of Charles 
W. and Amanda ( Hoag) Cole. 



Sir John Leavitt was born in 
LEA\TTT England and probably in Dor- 
setshire in 1608. He was of 
the Teutonic race, their language modified by 
the periods of .\nglo-Saxon Old English, 
Middle English to Modern English usage. His 
advent in New England was but eight years 
after the "Mayflower" passengers landed at 
Plymouth and his first home in America bor- 
dered on the Plymouth Colony. He was un- 
disputably the first of the name of Leavitt to 
make a home in the New World. 

{ I ) John Leavitt was about twenty years old 
when he reached the shores of the New World. 
He was among the first settlers of the common 
land known as Mattapan, which plantation, 
September 7, 1630, was established under the 
direction of the general court of the Massachu- 
setts Bay Colony as the town of Dorchester. 
John White, the first minister of the church 
established as the nucleus of the town, and his 



followers were mostly from Dorsetshire, Eng- 
land, and they gave to the new town the name 
of the municipal borough and capitol of the 
shore Dorchester, located eight miles north of 
the seaport at Weymouth, from which port 
they probably took ship for New England, and 
it is safe to presume that John Leavitt was a 
Dorsetshire man. The settlement at Matta- 
pan antidated the settlement of the town of 
Charlestowne, Watertown, Roxbury and Bos- 
ton, although the general court established the 
town government of Charlestown, August 23, 
1630, and of Boston, Dorchester and Water- 
town on September 7, 1630, and of Roxbury, 
September 28, 1630. In 1633 the town of Dor- 
chester was described as "ye greatest towne in 
New- England." John Leavitt appeared be- 
fore the general court and took the freeman's 
oath March 3, 1636, he having removed from 
Dorchester to that part of the colony which 
included the common lands known as Borilove, 
established as the town of Hingham, Septem- 
ber 2. 1635. He was deacon of the church for 
many years; was selectman of the town 1661- 
63-65-68-72-74 and 1675 ; was a representative 
in the general court of Massachusetts Colony 
1656-64, and held other offices of trust and 
honor in the town and colony. He was mar- 
ried about 1636 but the name of his wife is 
not recorded. She died July 4, 1646, and he 
married for his second wife Sarah , De- 
cember 16, 1646, died May 26, 1700. Deacon 
John Leavitt was by trade a "tayler," and died 
in Hingham, November 20, 1691, aged eighty- 
three years. The children of Deacon John 
Leavitt by his first wife were: i. John, of 
Hingham, born 1637, married Bathsheba, 
daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart, June 2-], 1664. 
He died soon after, and his wife married, No- 
vember 19. 1674, Joseph Turner. 2. Hannah, 
baptized April 7, 1639, married John Lobdell, 
of Hull. 3. Samuel, baptized April, 1641, re- 
moved to Exeter, New Hampshire. 4. Eliza- 
beth, baptized April 8, 1644, married Samuel 
Judkins, March 25, 1667. 5. Jennial, baptized 
March i, 1645-46, removed to Rochester, 
Plymouth Colony. Children of John Leavitt 
and his second wife, Sarah: 6. Israel (q. v.), 
baptized April 23, 1648. 7. Moses, baptized 
April 12, 1650, removed to Exeter, New 
Hampshire. 8. Josiah, May 4, 1653. 9. Ne- 
hemiah, January 22, 1655-56. 10. Sarah, Feb- 
ruary 25. 1658-59, married Nehemiah Clapp, 
of Dorchester, and as her second husband 
Samuel Howe. 11. Mary, June 12. 1661, mar- 
ried Benjamin Bates, of New London, Con- 
necticut, October 10, 1682. 12. Hannah (2d), 
March 20, 1663-64. married Joseph Loring, 



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October 25, 1683. 13. Abigail, December 9, 
1667, married, January 20, 1685-86, Isaac 
Lasell. 

(II) Israel, eldest cliild of Deacon John, the 
immigrant, and Sarah Leavitt, was baptized in 
the church in Hingham, Plymouth county, 
April 23, 1648. He was a husbandman by oc- . 
cupation, and was married, January 10, 1676, 
to Lydia, daughter of Abraham and Remem- 
ber (Morton) Jackson, of Plymouth, and they 
had nine children, as follows: i. John, July 
6, 1678. 2. Israel, August i, 1680. 3. Solo- 
mon (q. v.), October 24, 1682. 4. Elisha, July 
16, 1684. 5. Abraham, November 2j, 1686. 
6. Sarah, February 8, 1688. married John 
Wood, of Plymouth, February 10, 1797-98. 7. 
Lydia, born 1691, married. May 23, 1712. Jon- 
athan Sprague, of Bridgewater. 8. Hannah, 
June 30, 1693, married James Hobart, Decem- 
ber II, 1718. 9. Mary, February 18, 1695, 
married Ebenezer Lane. Israel Leavitt died in 
Hingham. December 26, 1696, and his widow 
Lydia (Jackson) Leavitt, married as her sec- 
ond husband, Preserved Hall. 

(III) Solomon, third son of Israel and 
Lydia (Jackson) Leavitt, was born in Hing- 
ham, Massachusetts, October 24, 1682. He re- 
moved from Hingham to Pembroke, Plymouth 
county, probably at the establishment of the 
town March 21, 1712, when the territory in- 
cluded in the new town was set off from that 
part of Duxbury called Alattakeeset, a tract 
of land known as the Major's Purchase, and 
the land called Marshfield Upper lands of Mat- 
takeeset. 

(IV) Jacob, son of Solomon Leavitt, was 
born in Pembroke, Plymouth Colony, February 
4, 1732. He was married by the Rev. Samuel 
Leires, of Pembroke, on March 15, 1753, to 
Sylvia, daughter of Ichabod and Mary (Tur- 
ner) Bonney, of Pembroke. She was born in 
Pembroke, September 3, 1733, and died in 
Turner, Maine, December 31, 1810. Jacob 
Leavitt removed from Pembroke to Turner, 
Androscoggin county, Maine, August 6, 1778, 
with his wife and family of seven children, 
having been preceded in 1772 by his son Jo- 
seph, who, with Daniel Staples, Thomas and 
Elisha Records and Abner Phillips, became 
pioneers in Sylvester Town, a township grant- 
ed by the general court of Massachusetts in 
1765 to the heirs of Captain Joseph Sylvester 
and his company for services rendered in Can- 
ada in 1690, and a lien of a grant previously 
made to lands in New Hampshire. These five 
pioneers were voted a bounty of £10 on condi- 
tion of "completing the terms of settlement." 
The proprietors at Pembroke, July 19, 1774, 



selected Ichabod Bonney to go to Sylvester- 
Canada, Maine, and forward the building of a 
saw and grist mill. This was the beginning 
of the town of Turner, Maine, and in 1778 
Jacob Leavitt, with his wife and family, made 
the journey to the new land discovered by his 
son Joseph, and became prominent settlers, 
making tbeir home in the house erected by 
Uieir son. The venerable pioneer was the patri- 
arch of the Leavitt families of Turner. Jacob 
Leavitt died in Turner, Maine, January 25, 
1 814, aged eighty-two years. He was the fa- 
ther of thirteen children, born of his marriage 
with Sylvia Bonney and of a second wife. Of 
these, Joseph (q. v.), born in Pembroke. Mas- 
sachusetts, 1755-56; Sylvia, married Levi Mor- 
rill ; Tabitha, married Benjamin Jones ; Isaiah, 
married Lydia Ludden, September 7, 1797; Ja- 
cob, married Rhoda Thayer ; Anna, married a 
Mr. Stockbridge ; Cyrus, married Sarah Pratt : 
Sarah, married Jeremiah Dillingham: Isaac, 
married Ruth Perry in 1797. Fle married as 
his second wife Hannah Chandler, who bore 
him two children, and his third wife had no 
children. 

(V) Joseph, eldest son of Jacob and Sylvia 
(Bonney) Leavitt, was born in Pembroke, 
Plymouth county, Massachusetts in 1755 or 
1756; was one of the first of the young men 
of Pembroke to enter for service in the patriot 
cause in the American revolution. He served 
one enlistment of three months, when he de- 
termined to "raise bread for the soldiers," and 
he went to Maine to assist in the survey of 
the lands granted to soldiers for former serv- 
ice to the colony. He was eighteen years old 
when he was assisting in the survey of the 
township in Androscoggin county, Elaine, and 
liking the county he expressed to the surveyors 
a desire to settle there, and he was assigned 
a lot in Sylvester township, next to the meet- 
ing house lot on Upper street, and he returned 
the next spring alone and lived in the wilder- 
ness with only savages about him, and he 
made a clearing and erected a block house. 
He sowed seed from which he realized a good 
crop. Lie aided in founding the town, which 
was first named Sylvester and then Turner, in 
honor of the Rev. Charles Turner, the first 
minister. He built the first frame building 
in the town, which became known as the Jo- 
seph Leavitt place, planted the first apple trees 
and raised the first apples. He maintained his 
house as a home for travelers, although he 
never put out a sign that w'ould indicate it 
was a tavern. He married, in 1778, Anna, 
daughter of Moses and Hannah Davis Ste- 
vens, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the is- 



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sue of this marriage was eight children, the 
■eldest, Joseph, being the first white child born 
in Turner, Maine. By his second wife, Han- 
nah (Chandler) Leavitt. he had two children, 
and his third wife, Elsie (Croswell) Leavitt, 
was childless. The children of Joseph Leavitt 
were remarkable for longevity, most of them 
living beyond threescore years and ten, some 
of them attaining fourscore years and over. 

(VI) Ichabod, son of Joseph and Anna 
(Stevens) Leavitt, was born in Turner, Maine, 
and as a young man served in the war of 1812. 
He married Aseneth Bryant and they had chil- 
dren born in Turner, Maine, and brought up 
•on the farm carried on with thrift and profit by 
his father. 

( VII) Leonard, son of Ichabod and Aseneth 
(Bryant) Leavitt. was born in Turner, Maine. 
When twenty-one years of age he left the farm 
and worked in the construction of the Grand 
Trunk railroad, making his residence at Ox- 
ford, Maine. He was married May 30, 1828, 
to Olive A., daughter of Thomas and Eliza- 
beth (Witham) Goss, of Danville, Maine. He 
left railroad building in 1866 and retired to 
his farm near Turner, where he died in July, 
1907, having nearly reached the one hundredth 
year of his age. Children: i. Ida B., mar- 
ried Rufus Haskell, of Turner. 2. Etta F., 
married F. E. Whiting, of Turner. 3. Frank 
L., married Mary Cobb, of Auburn. 4. Fred 
L. (q. v.). 5. Jennie L., born October 21, 
1864, married Isaac Chase, of Turner. 

(\TII) Fred L., second son and fourth child 
of Leonard and Olive A. (Goss) Leavitt, was 
born in Oxford, Maine, December 7, i860. He 
attended the public schools of Turner while as- 
sisting in the cultivation of his father's farm, 
and when twenty years old he left the farm 
and took a course in surgical dentistry at the 
Philadelphia Dental College, graduating D. D. 
S. in 1888. He practiced his profession in 
Lewiston, Maine, up to November, 1903. when 
he became treasurer and manager of the \'ic- 
toria Manufacturing Company of Auburn, 
Maine, manufacturers of acetylene generators. 
He affiliates with the Republican party, and in 
1906 served as a member of the common coun- 
cil of the city of Auburn, and in 1907 was 
president of the council. His fraternity affilia- 
tions are with the Masons, Odd Fellows, and 
Patrons of Husbandry. He was vice-president 
of the National Photographers Association of 
America, Department of the State of- Maine. 
His religious afiiliation is with the Methodist 
denomination and with his family he attends 
the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church 
•of Auburn. He married. December 24, 1889, 



Cynthia E., daughter of William and Fannie 
(Delano) Dustin, and a descendant of Hannah 
Dustin, the unfortunate captive and subse- 
quent heroine in the Indian warfare at Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts. The children of Dr. Fred 
L. and Cynthia E. (Dustin) Leavitt are: 
Madge Dustin, Frank L. and Dorothy L. 
Leavitt. 



(For early generations see preceding sketch.) 

(V) Isaac, son of Jacob and 
LEAVITT Sylvia (Bonney) Leavitt, mar- 
ried and had a son Branch, 
born at Turner, Maine. 

(VI) Branch, son of Isaac Leavitt, married 
Lucy Pratt, and was a farmer in the township 
of Turner, Maine. 

(VII) Lewis, son of Branch and Lucy 
(Pratt) Leavitt, was born in Turner, Maine, 
May II, 1834. He was educated in the dis- 
trict schools and continued the occupation of 
his forefathers in that town, that of farming. 
He was a progressive agriculturist, and from 
raising sweet corn for the market simply, as 
a farmer, he in 1880 combined the business of 
canning the corn, establishing a cannery in 
Livermore, which he successfully conducted 
for nine years, selling it out in 1889 to the 
Baxter Canning Company. His church affilia- 
tion, like that of his progenitors for three or 
more generations, was with the Universalist 
Society, until his first marriage, when he be- 
came a Baptist and remained so until his death. 
He was originally a Free Soil Whig and went 
with the adherents of that party to the ranks 
of the Republican party in 1856. He joined 
the Masonic fraternity early in life, and was 
advanced to high degree in that ancient order. 
He was married (first) to Persis Berry, by 
whom he had two children — Abbie B. and 
Fred A. He married (second) Betsey Jane, 
daughter of Stephen Bisbee, and by her he 
had two children, one dying in early infancy, 
and a son, A. Judson, born April 15, 1877. 
His second wife died October 15, 1903. and 
he died in Livermore, Maine. 

(VIII) A. Judson, son of Lewis and Betsey 
Jane (Bisbee) Leavitt, was born in Livermore, 
Maine, April 15, 1877. Fie attended the pub- 
lic schools of Livermore and Hebron Academy 
and on leaving school became a clerk and stu- 
dent in pharmaceutics in a drug store in Dix- 
field. and after two and a half years practical 
training in the business he completed his pro- 
fessional training in the Massachusetts College 
of Pharmacy, graduating with the class of 
1903. He spent six months of 1905 in Cali- 
fornia, and on returning home he located in 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Brunswick, Maine, where in 1906 he estab- 
lished one of the most finely equipped and up- 
to-date drug stores in the state of Maine. He 
was married October 4, 1899, to Mary, daugh- 
ter of John and Mary Wallace, of Windsor, 
New Brimswick, and they made their home in 
Brunswick, Maine. Their children are Thel- 
ma Arlene, born in Livermore, and Edessa Ra- 
mona, born in Brunswick. 



Abraham Leavitt, without 
LEAVITT doubt a descendant of Deacon 
John (i) Leavitt, of Hing- 
ham, was a resident of Scarborough, Maine, 
w-as a prominent citizen, well known to the 
citizens of the latter part of the eighteenth 
century as "SheriiT Leavitt." He was hon- 
ored with the friendship and confidence of Sir 
William Pepperell, with whom in some way he 
had an intimate connection. He was the an- 
cestor of all the Leavitts living in Scar- 
borough. 

(1) Aaron B. Leavitt was born in Scarbor- 
ough, where he was educated in the common 
schools. He early went to sea and in time be- 
came captain and part owner of various ves- 
sels, which at different times he commanded. 
He was an active member of the ]\Ietho list 
Episcopal church. He married (first) Diana 
Seavey; children: Abiathar W., George W., 
Aaron, John, Francis W., Anne, Amos C, El- 
len. He married (second) a Miss Richardson. 
By her he had Alvan, Diana, Edna, Clarabella, 
I ouisa and Sarah. 

(H) Francis Woods, fourth son of Aaron 
B. and Diana (Seavey) Leavitt, was born at 
Saco Ferry, York county, February 18. 1831. 
He was educated in the common schools, and 
like his father betook himself to the sea at an 
early age. His first voyage was as a member 
of the crew of a ship commanded by his broth- 
er. Captain Aaron Leavitt. In a comparative- 
ly short time he became captain and part owner 
of the ship "Franconia." In 1880 he left the 
sea, after being a mariner many years, and 
settled at Saro, where he engaged in the coal 
trade, doing a flourishing business for about 
ten years. He died April 29, 1890. He was 
a parish member of the Unitarian church of 
Saco ; in politics a Republican ; of a retiring 
disposition, never seeking public office. He 
married, August 29, i860, Sarah O., daughter 
of Dr. Joseph P. and Elizabeth (Foss) Grant, 
of Saco. Dr. Joseph Perkins Grant was born 
in Saco, and was of Scotch parentage. He 
attended the public schools of Saco and sub- 
sequently graduated from Bowdoin College 
and practiced metlicine at Saco for many 



years, lie took high rank in his profession 
and was one of the prominent physicians of 
Maine in his day. He died July 2},, 1881. He 
was a Republican and an attendant of the Uni- 
tarian church. He married Elizabeth, of Sal- 
mon I-'alls daughter of XMlliam and Olive 
(Seavey) Foss. She died February 17, 1901. 
Their children were : Sarah O., mentioned 
above; Marianna, married Amos C. Leavitt; 
George C, unmarried ; lawyer in Saco. Chil- 
dren of Francis W. and Sarah O. (Grant) 
Leavitt were: i. Elizabeth A., born April 23, 
1862, died young. 2. Josephine G., June 23, 
1865, married Dr. F. P. Graves, of Saco. 3. 
Anna E., October 2, 1866, married Herbert 
R. Jordan, of Saco. 4. Frank, May 18, 1870, 
died young. 5. Frank G., August 29. 1873, 
married Grace Pillsbury, of Biddeford, now 
a jeweler in Portland. 6. Henry F., June 8, 
1876, electrician. New Haven, Connecticut; 
married Florence Belcher, of California. 7. 
Philip .\., March 21, 1881, dentist, Providence, 
Rhode Island. 



Identical w i t h Wad- 
W^ADSWORTH worth, Waddeworth, 
Wadeworth, Waddes- 
worth, Wordsworth, Wardysworth. XN^ordis- 
worth and Wordsworth, and derived from 
Woods Court or court in the woods. The last 
visit of the good ship "Lion" to Boston har- 
bor, Massachusetts Bay, was in 1632. This 
ship, wdiich had brought so many sturdy ad- 
venturers to the same port, had on board one 
hundred and twenty-three passengers, of 
whom fifty were children, and Captain Pierce, 
on entering the harbor and casting anchor on 
Sunday evening, September 16, 1632, reported 
his passengers in good health, although they 
had been on shipboard twelve weeks and eight 
weeks had elapsed since he left Lands End, 
England. On this, her last visit to JNIassachu- 
setts Bay, she first sighted land at Cape Ann, 
and was held in the bay five days before an- 
choring in the harbor owing to a thick fog. 
The passenger list was not preserved intact, 
and only about thirty of the names are re- 
corded, among them William Wadsworth and 
family of four. Wlien the passengers were 
discharged the ship took on freight, including 
nine hundred beaver skins and two hundred 
skins of the otter, and on leaving the harbor, 
November 4, 1632, was bound for James- 
town, 'Virginia, as w-as customary, intending 
to clear thence to England. While in Bos- 
ton Captain Pierce had accompanied Governor 
Winthrop and others on an overland trip to 
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was that she ran on a shoal in Virginia bay, 
and all but ten of the crew perished. The 
object of this introductory statement explains 
the appearance of the name of one of the pas- 
sengers of the "Lion" on the list of passengers. 
This name is that of William Wadsworth, a 
descendant of a long line of ancestry dating 
from Peter, son of Henry de Wodsvvorth, who 
was contemporaneous with King John, sur- 
named Lackland, brother of Richard Lion- 
heart, who appointed him his successor to the 
throne, and he became King of England in 
1 199, and was compelled to sign the Magna 
Charter in 1215, the repudiation of which char- 
ter thereafter caused war with the barons, dur- 
ing the waging of which he died at Newark, 
October 19, 12 16. The line of descent from 
Peter includes lords, barons, esquires and men 
of letters and of the church. The relationship 
of William Wadsworth, one of the passengers 
of the ship "Lion," with Xtopher, is later 
shown to have been established, and the claim 
that William and Christopher came on the 
same ship and were brothers is well estab- 
lished. While William Wadsworth was the 
progenitor of the family in Connecticut and 
New York, Christopher is the common ances- 
tor of the Wadsworths of Maine and Massa- 
chusetts, including Henry Wadsworth Long- 
fellow, the poet. 

(I) Christopher Wadsworth, or as his name 
was early written, Xtopher Waddesworth, 
landed in Boston by the ship "Lion," Septem- 
ber 16, 1632. His birthplace in England has 
not been ascertained, nor his positive parent- 
age. The name of Thomas Wadsworth is 
written before that of Christopher in a family 
Bible printed in London by Benham Norton 
and John Bell, 1625, formerly the property of 
Rev. John Pierce, of Brookline, Massachusetts, 
and descended to his son, John T. Pierce, of 
Geneseo, Illinois, which Bible is now in the 
possession of Mr. Samuel W. Cowles, of Hart- 
ford, Connecticut, and was examined by Mr. 
Horace A. Wadsworth, of Lawrence, Massa- 
chusetts. Mr. Wadsworth copied the inscrip- 
tion found in the handwriting of Christopher 
Wadsworth, the immigrant, which reads : 
"Christopher Wadsworth His Book 
"Christopher and William Wadsworth landed 

in Boston by ye ship Lion. 
"i6th September, 1632, together in ye ship." 
And elsewhere in the same Bible he found the 
name of Thomas Wadsworth before Chris- 
topher's in such a way as to convey the idea 
of its being the name of his father. Kent, 
Braintree, Chelmsford in Kent, and the Pala- 
tinate of Durham are each entitled to some 



consideration as his birthplace or residence. 
Kent probably has the strongest claim. We 
find Christopher Wadsworth in Duxbury, 
Plymouth colony, in 1633, and he was elected 
a constable in January, 1634, the highest office 
in the gift of the town, and on him devolved 
the duty of jailor, sheriff in executing punish- 
ments and penalties, crier to give warning in 
church of the marriages approved by the civil 
authorities, sealer of weights and measures, 
and surveyor of lands. His name appears on 
every page of the town records of the time, 
and shows his life in Duxbury to have been 
one of incessant activity. He was deputy, se- 
lectman, surveyor. He owned land at Holly 
Swamp as early as 1638, and in 1655 bought 
more land of John Starr and Job Cole. He 
erected a house about a mile west of Captains 
Hill near the new road to Kingston, and his 
lands ran down to the bay formerly known as 
Morton's Hole. The place remained in the 
Wadsworth family up to 1855, when it was 
sold after the death of Joseph F. Wadsworth 
in that year, and it passed out of the family. 
The immigrant made his will July 31, 1677, 
and it was filed at the Plymouth court in Sep- 
tember, 1678, and it is between these dates 
that his death occurred. He made provisions 
for his wife Grace and daughter Mary An- 
drews, gave his home place to his son John and 
part of his Bridgewater grants and other lands 
to his son Joseph, having in his lifetime deeded 
part of his Bridgewater grants to his son Cap- 
tain Samuel, of Milton, who married Abigail 
Lindall, and was killed fighting the Indians 
at Sudbury, 1676. The children of Christo- 
pher, the immigrant, and Grace (Cole) Wads- 
worth were: Samuel (q. v.). Joseph, Mary 
and John. Joseph and John lived and died in 

Duxbury, and ]\Iary married Andrews, 

and was a widow at the time her mother made 
her will, January 13, 1687, which instrument 
was proved June 13. 1688. 

(II) Samuel, son of Christopher and Grace 
(Cole) Wadsworth, was born in Duxbury, 
Plymouth colony, and he there married Abi- 
gail Lindall, whose parents were neighbors of 
the Wadsworths. They removed to Milton, 
Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he was cap- 
tain in the militia, and he was killed by the 
Indians while in command of his company at 
Sudbury, 1676, leaving a widow and seven 
children. His widow died in Milton in 1687. 
The children of. Captain Samuel and Abigail 
(Lindall) Wadsworth were: i. Christopher, 
born in 1661, died in 1637. and his tombstone 
is the oldest in the Milton burying ground, 
consequently he must have died before his 



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mother, whose death occurred in the same year. 

2. Ebenezer (q. v.), horn 1660. 3. Timothy, 
1662. 4. Joseph, 1667. 5. Benjamin, 1670. 

6. Abigail, 1672. married Andrew Boardman. 

7. John, 1674, died 1734, according to tomb- 
stone in the jMilton burying ground. 

(III) Ebenezer, eldest son of Captain Sam- 
uel and Abigail (Lindall) Wadsworth, was 
born in Milton, Massachusetts, in 1660. He 
was a deacon in the First Church in Alilton, 

and married Mary ■ . His tombstone, 

now standing in the church burying ground 
near that of his brother Christopher, which is 
the oldest in the grounds, records the date of 
her death as 1717. The children of Ebenezer 
and Mary Wadsworth were: i. Mary, born 

1684, married a Mr. Simpson. 2. Samuel, 

1685. 3. Recompense, 1688. 4. George (q. v.). 

(IV) George, youngest child of Ebenezer 
and Mary Wadsworth, was born in the town 
of Stoughton, Massachusetts, was ensign in 
Captain Gofi'e's company in the French and 
Indian war, attained considerable military re- 
nown and was always addressed as Ensign 
George. He married Hannah Pitcher, and 
their children were : 1. Lydia, born in Stough- 
ton, 1720. 2. Esther, 1722, married E. May. 

3. Ruth, 1724, married E. Tilden. 4. Christo- 
pher, 1727. 5. Recompense, 1729. 6. Susanna, 
1731. 7. John (q. v.). 

(V) John, youngest child of George and 
Hannah (Pitcher) Wadsworth, was born in 
Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1735. He was a 
soldier in the American revolution, and died 
from disease contracted while in the patriot 
army. He was married in 1759 to Jerusha 
White, and they had children: i. Susanna, 
born Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1761, married 
Joseph Cheney. 2. John, 1763. 3. Jerusha, 
1764, married Stewart Foster. 4. Eunice, 
1766, married Daniel Robbins. 5. Mar\-, 1768, 
married Ezra Briggs. 6. Aaron. 1770, mar- 
ried Lucy Stevens. 7. Miriam, 1772. 8. 
Moses (q. v.). 

(VI) Moses, son of John and Jerusha 
(White) Wadsworth, was born in Stoughton, 
Massachusetts, 1774. He was a member of 
the Society of Friends, and a farmer, his farm 
being located on the Neck at Litchfield, IMaine, 
and he was an elder in the Friends Society 
for forty years. He removed to Litchfield, 
Maine, in 1798, and they had twelve children, 
as follows: i. Daniel, born Litchfield, Maine. 
May 15, 1799, married Margaret F. Goodwin, 
and lived in Auburn, Illinois. 2. Ephraim, 
born March 16, 1801, married Sarah Bailey, 
September 22, 1825, and lived on his father's 
farm on the Neck, Litchfield, Maine. 3. 



Thomas, born May 9, 1803, married Ro.xanna 
Webber in 1830. 4. Peleg, born May 1, 1805, 
married Emily Stone. 5. Anna F., born Feb- 
ruary 22, 1807. married Nathaniel Webber. 
6. Eunice, born October 25, 1808, married, 
February 26, 1829, William Farr. 7. Miriam, 
born February i, 181 1, married Andrew Pink- 
ham, and lived in West Gardiner, Alaine. 8. 
Moses Stevens (q. v.) 9. Joshua, born Jan- 
uary 2, 1817, married, 1842, Sarah J. McGraw. 
ID. Sybil, born April 2, 1819. died 1843. H- 
Nathan, born October 26, 1823, died February 
8, 1824. 12. John W., born October 26. 1824, 
died in November, 1846. Elder Moses Wads- 
worth died in Litchfield, Maine, December 21, 
1851. 

fVII) Moses Stevens, son of Elder Moses 
and Hannah (Stevens) Wadsworth, was born 
in Litchfield, Maine, (3ctober 29, 1814. He 
was a carpenter and builder, as well as a 
cabinet maker, having learned the respective 
trades in Gardiner, Maine. He was a mem- 
ber of Company K, Ninth New England Regi- 
ment, in the Mexican war, and on returning 
from the seat of war in Mexico he continued 
the business of house building and cabinet 
work in Gardiner in the volunteer army, being 
a member of Company C, Third Maine Vol- 
unteer Infantry, and he was with the regiment 
in the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, 
and the succeeding battles in which the Third 
Maine engaged up to the disbanding of the 
regiment in 1864, after three years' service. 
He then re-enlisted in the Veteran Corps of 
Volunteers known as Hancock's Corps, and 
he served with that organization up to the 
close of hostilities in 1865, when he received 
an honorable discharge, but he kept up his 
interest in military affairs as lieutenant of the 
Artillery Company of Gardiner. He repre- 
sented the choice of the Republican party in 
the office of councilman in the city government 
of Gardiner. He was a class leader and val- 
ued worker in the Metliodist church ; was a 
member of Gardiner Lodge, Independent Or- 
der of Odd Fellows ; a member of Harmon 
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; 
served the city of Gardiner as chief of the 
fire department and chief of the police depart- 
ment. The latter years of his life he spent 
retired of the cares of business. He was mar- 
ried, October 31, 1837, to Margaret, daughter 
of Joshua Knox and Hannah (Soule) Knox, 
of Gardiner. Their children were : Charles 
Osgood, born September 8, 1839 ; Ada F., 
Frederick A., Margaret E., Elenora H. Moses 
Stevens Wadsworth died in Gardiner, Maine. 
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(Osgood) Wadsworth, died in the same city, 
in the home of her married life, 1906. 

(VIII) Charles Osgood, eldest son of Moses 
Stevens and Margaret (Osgood) Wadsworth, 
was born in Gardiner, Maine, September 8, 
1839. He was educated in the public schools 
of Gardiner and West Gardiner, learned the 
carpenter and joiner trades from his father, 
and continued in that vocation for four years, 
1858-62. In 1862 he volunteered his service 
in the Union army for the suppression of the 
rebellion of the Southern states, in which serv- 
ice his father had already been actively en- 
gaged since June, 1861, and he was assigned 
to the Sixteenth Maine Volunteer Infantry 
and assigned to Company B of that regiment. 
He was with his regiment in the Fredericks- 
burg and Chancellorsville campaign in Vir- 
ginia, the Gettysburg campaign in Pennsyl- 
vania, the Rappahannock and Wilderness cam- 
paigns under General Grant, and he took part 
in all the eventful battles of these memorable 
campaigns, including the terrible slaughter at 
Cold Harbor. He then was in the final cam- 
paign in front of Petersburg that resulted in 
the fall of that city and of Richmond, and the 
surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox. While 
in front of Petersburg he was wounded in the 
knee, June 21, 1864, by a rifle ball, and he was 
sent to the Stanton Hospital, Washington, 
from where he heard of the closing events of 
the war, and on sufficiently recovering from 
his wound he was sent home on furlough and 
assigned to the care of the chief surgeon of 
the General Hospital at Augusta, Maine, where 
he remained until September, 1865, when he 
was honorably discharged from the service. 
As he was still suffering from lameness, the 
result of his severe wound, he engaged in 
peddling tinware and produce from a wagon, 
making his headquarters at Gardiner, and 
traversing the highways of Kennebec county. 
This open-air occupation aided in resting his 
broken health, and after four years occupied 
in peddling, he accepted the position of book- 
keeper for William (jrant, engaged in the gen- 
eral merchandising business and remained in 
his salesrooms for four years, after which he 
was bookkeeper for various establishments in 
the trade for six years. He then secured from 
the Republican party, of which he was a mem- 
ber, the position of city clerk by election, and 
he took office in March, 1878 and has been 
continued in that ofiice to the present time. 
He is a comrade of Health Post, Grand Army 
of the Republic, quartermaster of United Vet- 
eran Union since 1873, and has served as com- 
mander and adjutant of the command. He 



has also served as quartermaster-general of 
the Union Veteran Union Department of 
Maine. He was also made a member of the 
Sons of Veterans in acknowledgment of the 
service of his father in the civil war, being as- 
sociated with Staples Camp of Augusta, 
Maine. 

He was married, October 17, 1873, to Angle 
M., daughter of Stephen C. and Prudence 
(Fisher) Baldwin, of Laconia, New Hamp- 
shire, and their children, both born in Au- 
gusta, Maine, are: Mildred B., November 15, 
1877, a graduate of the high school at Gardi- 
ner. Frank C. September 17, 1880, educated 
in the public schools, was reporter for the 
Kciincbcc Journal for a time, and now ( 1908) 
is with the Plympton Press, at Norwood, Mas- 
sachusetts, these children are in the ninth 
generation from Christopher Wadsworth, the 
Plymouth colony immigrant, Christopher ( i ) , 
Samuel (2), Eb'enezer (3). George (4), John 
(5), Moses (6), Moses S. (7), Charles Os- 
good (8). 



William Manley was from 
MANLEY Weymouth. Massachusetts, and 

resided in Easton, that state, 
m 1694. He served in the Indian war. He 
left three sons. 

(II) William (2), son of William (i) Man- 
ley, was born in 1679, died January, 1764. 
He married, February 22, 1710, Mercy Howin, 
born about 1677, 'i Taunton, Massachusetts, 
died January 6, 1777. 

(III) John, son of William (2) and Mercy 
(Howin) Manley, was born in Easton, Massa- 
chusetts, September 2j, 171 5. He served in 
Captain John Andrew's company, Colonel 
Doty's regiment, in the revolutionary army. 
He married, November 27, 1739, Mercy Smith, 
born February 19, 1718, in Stoughton, Massa- 
chusetts. He left two sons, James and Jesse. 

( I\') Jesse, son of John and Mercy (Smith) 
Manley, was born May 28, 1754, and lived in 
Royalston, Massachusetts. He removed to 
Dummerston, Windham county, Vermont, and 
married, February 15, 1778, Eunice Holmes. 
Chddren: Jesse, Amasa. Eunice, Nathaniel, 
Hannah, Betsey, William, Sally, Polly, John 
and Luke. 

(V) Amasa, second son of Jesse and Eu- 
nice (Holmes) Manley, was born May 11, 
1780, in Dummerston, Vermont, died Septem- 
ber 24, 1850, in Augusta. He married, Jan- 
uary 26, 1806, Lydia French, born July 9, 
1784, in Dummerston, died November i, 1874, 
in Augusta. Amasa Manley removed to Nor- 
ridgewock, Maine, in 1819. 



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{\l) James Sullivan, third son of Amasa 
and Lydia (French) Alanley, was born in 
Putney, Vermont, July 17, 1816. He lived first 
in Norridgewock, Maine, and then moved to 
Augusta. He published the Gospel Banner 
and the Maine Fanner in Augusta. He mar- 
ried, November 2j, 1839, Caroline Gill Sewall, 
born in Augusta, April 12, 1818. He died De- 
cember 9, 1861, in Augusta. 

(VHj Joseph Homan, eldest son of James 
Sullivan and Caroline Gill (Sewall) Manley, 
was born in Bangor, Maine, October 13, 1842, 
died in Augusta, February 7, 1905. His great- 
grandfather, Henry Sewall, was captain in the 
revolutionary army. He attended the public 
schools of Augusta and Abbott's Little Blue 
School in Farmington, where he fitted for col- 
lege. His health, which had interfered with 
his early opportunities, forced the abandon- 
ment of a college education. He began the 
study of law in the Boston ofifice of Sweetsir 
& Gardiner, and in September, 1863, gradu- 
ated from Albany Law School. He formed a 
law partnership in Augusta with H. W. True, 
and in 1865 was admitted to practice in the 
United States and district courts, and was ap- 
pointed a commissioner of the latter court. 
From 1869 to 1876 he was special agent of the 
internal revenue department. After this he 
was in Washington as agent of the Pennsyl- 
vania railroad. In 1878 he purchased a half 
interest in the Maine Farmer. In May, 1881, 
he was appointed postmaster of Augusta. Dur- 
ing the first term in this ofifice he instituted 
many improvements in the postal service and 
was untiring in his efforts to secure the fine 
postofifice building which now adorns the cap- 
ital city, and to Mr. Manley more than to any 
other is due the credit of it? erection. He was 
reappointed in 1889. He was a director in the 
First National Bank, president of the Augusta 
Savings Bank, treasurer of the Augusta Water 
Company, director of the Kennebec Light and 
Heat Company, of the Edwards Manufactur- 
ing Company, of the Maine Central, Knox and 
Lincoln, Portland and Rochester railroads, of 
the Portland, Mount Desert and Machias 
Steamboat Company, of the Portland Publish- 
ing Company, of the State Publishing Associa- 
tion. He was a thirty-third degree Mason. 
In 1889-91 he represented Augusta in the leg- 
islature. In 1899-iqoi he was also a member 
of that body and its speaker the last year. In 
1903 he was a member of the state senate. As 
a factor in the political affairs of the state 
and nation Mr. Manley was widely known. 
For twenty years he was a member of the Re- 
publican state committee, and for sixteen years 



its chairman ; was a delegate to the Repub- 
lican National conventions in 1880 and 1888; 
was a member of the executive committee of 
the National Republican committee in 1888-92- 
96-1900, and Its secretary in 1896 and 1900. 
He married, October 4, 1866, Susan, daughter 
of Governor Samuel Cony. Mrs. Manley died 
in Augusta, February 17, 1896. Children: 
I. Samuel Cony. 2. Lucy Cony, married 
Chase Mellen, of New York. 3. Harriet, mar- 
ried George V. S. Michaelis, of Augusta. 4. 
Sydney Sewall, married Duer du Pont Breck, 
of New York. 

(VIII) Samuel Cony, eldest child and only 
son of Joseph Homan and Susan (Cony) 
Manley, was born July 21, 1867, in Augusta. 
He was educated in the city schools, graduated 
from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1885, and 
from Harvard College in 1889 with honorable 
mention in history. He was clerk, chief clerk 
to superintendent and train master with the 
Maine Central railroad from 1889 to 1899. He 
is now president and general manager of the 
Maine Water Company, vice-president of the 
Sagadahock Light and Power Company, treas- 
urer of the Kennebec Light and Heat Com- 
pany, treasurer of the Maine Farmer Publish- 
ing Company, trustee of the Augusta Savings 
Bank, director of the First National Bank of 
Augusta, of tne Edwards Manufacturing Com- 
pany, of the Portland Publishing Company, of 
the State Publishing Association, treasurer of 
the Small Point \'\'ater Company, president of 
the trustees of the Cony Female Academy, 
member of the board of education of Augusta, 
member of the Republican city committee. He 
has been treasurer of the Augusta Water 
Company, director of the Williams school dis- 
trict, member of the superintending school 
committee, member of the Augusta park com- 
mission, member of the Augusta common 
council and board of aldermen, and president 
of both boards. He belongs to the Patrons of 
Husbandry ; Bethlehem Lodge, Cushnoc Chap- 
ter, Trinity Commandery ; Abnaki Club of Au- 
gusta ; Small Point Club of Phippsburg; Port- 
land Country Club and the Cumberland Club 
of Portland ; to the New England and Ameri- 
can Water Works and Maine Press associa- 
tions; and to the Maine Genealogical Society. 
He has never married. 



Dr. Anthony Luques, immi- 
LUQUES grant ancestor, was born in 

Retz, France, October 28, 1738. 
He was educated for his profession as physi- 
cian and surgeon in the schools of Paris. He 
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the close of the revolution, and settled in Bev- 
erly, Massachusetts. His full name, accord- 
ing to the Beverly records, was Simon Judge 

Anthony Luques. He married Hannah , 

born June 11, 1771. In 1802 he removed to 
Lyman, Maine, and died May 20, 1820. Chil- 
dren, born in Beverly: i. Andrew, born May 
8, 1 79 1, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, bap- 
tized June 4, 1797. 3- Anthony, born October 

7. 1798. 

(H) Andrew, son of Dr. Anthony Luques. 
was born in Beverly, May 8, 1791. He was 
educated in the public schools of Lyman, 
Maine, whither his parents removed when he 
was young. He was a Methodist in religion 
and a Democrat in politics. He was a mer- 
chant. He married, in Alfred, Maine, January 
16, 1815, Betsey White, born May 3, 1794. 
Children, born at Lyman: i. Samuel White, 
August 3, 1816, mentioned below. 2. An- 
thony, June 26, 1819. Born in Kennebunk- 
port: 3. Andrew J., June 15. 1824. 4. Alary 
Elizabeth, November 4, 1826. 5. Hannah 
Ann, June 2, 1830. 6. Emmeline, April 24, 
1836. " 

(HI) Samuel White, son of Andrew 
Luques, was born in Lyman, Maine, August 3, 
1 816, died .August 31, 1897. He received his 
education in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary 
at Kent's Hill, and studied law with Hon. E. 
E. Bourne, of Kennebunk, Maine. He con- 
tinued his studies in the Harvard Law School 
and was admitted to the bar in 1841, in York 
county, Alaine. being one of the oldest mem- 
bers. He practiced at first in Kennebunkport, 
removing to Biddeford in 1846, where he 
practiced his profession. He was very con- 
servative in financial affairs and his influence 
was strongly felt by his associates. He was 
rated as the wealthiest citizen of Biddeford, 
and one of the most prominent. He was ap- 
pointed judge of the municipal court in 1876 
and held the office for several years. He was 
a Whig in early life, and later a Republican 
in politics. He was a member of the Uni- 
tarian church, and of Mavishan Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias, of Biddeford. He was 
elected a director of the City Bank (now the 
First National) in 1856. He married, Decem- 
Ijer 9. 1852, Hannah Maria Child, born in 
Augusta, Maine, June 27, 1828, died April 
29, 1886, daughter of Elisha and Maria (Pal- 
mer) Child, of Augusta who were married 
December 4, 1822. Her father was one of 
the most prominent citizens of Augusta, and 
died March 4, 1839. Her mother, Maria (Pal- 
mer) Child, was born October 6, 1792, died 
August 17, 1858, daughter of Jonathan and 



Mary (Roberts) Palmer, of Wakefield, New 
Hampshire. Children, born in Biddeford: i. 
Edward Child, born July 31, 1858, mentioned 
below. 2. Herbert Llewellyn, born November 
4, 1861, graduate of Dartmouth College. 1882; 
resided at Passaic, New Jersey. 3. Frank An- 
thony, born December 3, 1863, died August 8, 
1895 ; educated at Phillips Academy at And- 
over, and graduated at Harvard College, 1886. 
(I\') Edward Child, son of Samuel White 
Luques, was born in Biddeford, Maine, July 
31, 1858, and was educated -in the public 
schools of that city and at Dartmouth College, 
graduating in the class of 1882. In 1887 he 
engaged in the retail coal and lumber business 
in Biddeford, and continued with marked suc- 
cess until his father's death, when he disposed 
of his business to devote all his time to the 
care and development of his father's real es- 
tate and other property. He has conducted 
some real estate business, however and his of- 
fices at Biddeford. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican and has been in the common council of 
Biddeford, and in 1895 was in the board of 
aldermen of the city of Saco. He is a member 
of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons, of York 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Maine Coun- 
cil, Royal and Select blasters ; of York Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar and of Kora Tem- 
ple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston. 
He is also a member of Laconia Lodge of Odd 
Fellows of Biddeford, and is past chief pa- 
triarch of York Encampment, and has held all 
the offices in succession iji Canton Dear- 
born. He is a Unitarian in religion. At the 
present time he resides in Saco. He married, 
March 8, 1883 Dora Boynton, born in Bidde- 
ford. July 12, 1856, daughter of Woodbury J. 
and Esther (Day) Boynton, of Cornish, Maine. 
Her father was overseer of the Pepperill Mills 
for many years. Children: i. Edward W., 
born February 17, 1884: educated in the 
schools of Saco and at Thornton Academy and 
at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, gradu- 
ating in March, igo6; now a druggist at Wa- 
terville, Maine. 2. Alargaret, born March 24, 
1895 ; student in Thornton Academy. 



Robert Page, immigrant ancestor, 
PAGE was born in 1604 in England, son 

of Robert and Margaret Page, of 
Ormsby, county Norfolk, England. On April 
II, 1637, Robert Page, aged thirty-three, with 
wife Lucy, aged thirty, and children, Francis, 
Margaret and Susanna, and servants, W'illiam 
Moulton, aged twenty, and Ann Wadd. aged 
fifteen, of Ormsby, passed the required exami- 
nation to go to New England. They settled 



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in Salem, where Lucy was admitted to the 
church in 1639. He removed that year to 
Hampton, New Hampshire, where he had a 
grant of land between the homesteads of Will- 
iam Rlarston and Robert Marston, on Meet- 
inghouse Green. The original grant is still 
held in the family, or was recently. He was 
selectman of Hampton six years ; deputy to the 
general court of Massachusetts two years ; 
marshal of the old county of Norfolk, and 
served on many important committees of the 
town. He was elected deacon in 1660, and 
from 1671 to 1679 was the only deacon of the 
church. He had a brother, Edward Colcord, 
whose wife's name was Ann (probably broth- 
er-in-law), for whom he secured claims in 
1654 and 1679. He died September 2.2, 1679. 
His will, dated September g, proved Septem- 
ber 29, 1679. bequeathed to sons Francis and 
Thomas ; daughters Mary Fogg, Margaret 
Sanborne, and Hannah, wife of Henry Dow ; 
grandchildren Seth, James and Hannah Fogg; 
Joseph, Benjamin, Robert, Hannah, Sarah and 
Ruth Moulton; Jonathan Sanborne; Rebecca, 
Hannah, Samuel, Lucy and Maria Marston; 
Joseph, Samuel, Symon and Jabez Dow ; Rob- 
ert, Samuel, John, Mary and Lucy Page (some 
of these grandchildren were called by their 
marriage names in the will). His age at 
death was given as seventy-five years. Lucy, 
his wife, died November 12, 1665, aged fifty- 
eight years. Children: i. iMargarct, born in 
England, 1629, married Jonathan Sanborn. 2. 
Francis, 1633, mentioned below. 3. Susanna, 
born in England! 4. Thomas, born in Salem, 
1639, married, February 2, 1664, Mary Hus- 
sey. 5. Hannah, married Henry Dow. 6. 
Mary, born about 1644, married Samuel Fogg. 
7. Rebecca, baptized at Salem, September i6, 
1639. 8. Samuel baptized September 16, 1639. 
(H) Deacon Francis, son of Robert Page, 
was born in England in 1633. He married, 
December 2, 1669, Meribah, daughter of Rob- 
ert Smith. He resided on the homestead of 
his brother-in-law, William Marston. Children: 
I. Samuel, born March 3, 1671, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Lucy, September 22, 1672, married 
Ichabod Robie. 3. Susanna, December 20, 
1674, married (first) Benjamin Betchelder ; 
(second) John Cram. 4. Francis, December 
14, 1676, married Hannah Nudd ; died August 
19' 1755- 5- Meribah, March 17, 1679, "i^''" 
ried (first) Josiah Shaw, son of Joseph Shaw; 
(second) Samuel Tilton ; (third) Benjamin 
Sanborn. 6. Rebecca, November 24, 1681, 
married Samuel Palmer; died April 30, 1759. 
7. Joseph, November 25, 1686, married Sarah 
Moulton; died February 5, 1773. 



(HI) Lieutenant Samuel (i), son of Dea- 
con Francis Page, was born March 3, 1671. 
He resided in Hampton on the old road 
through the meadows. He married (first), 
January 9, 1696, Hannah Williams, who died 
December 24, 1701. He married (second), 
November 18, 1702, Anne Marshall, of Oyster 
River (Durham). He married (third), March 
8, 1726, Mary (Smith) Thomas, widow, 
daughter of Joseph Smith, of Durham. Chil- 
dren : I. Hannah, born October 3, 1796. 2. 
Samuel, May 3, 1698, died young. 3. Meribah, 
December 18, 1699. 4. Samuel baptized Oc- 
tober 3, 1703, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, 
baptized September 3, 1704. 6. Prudence, born 
September 2, 1706, married (first) Samuel 
Hilton; (second) John Marston; (third) Cap- 
tain William Branscomb. 7. Elizalx-th, born 
January 12, 1708, married, January 13, 1737, 
Isaac Tobey. 8. Benjamin, born March 6, 
1709, died young. 9. Rev. Solomon, born 
March 16. 1710, married Dorothy Dunster ; 
was in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and removed 
to Maine. 10. John, baptized November 18, 
1712, married, March 14, 1751, Lydia. daugh- 
ter of Reuben Sanborn. 11. Benjamin, bap- 
tized November 21, 1714, married Mary San- 
born. 12. Stephen, baptized January 22, 1716, 
married Ann Perkins; married (second) Mary 
Burnham ; died March 21, 1804. 13. Joseph, 
baptized April 14, 1717. 14. Anna, baptized 
December 7, 171 8. 15. Simon, baptized March 

17. 1723- 

(IV) Samuel (2), son of Lieutenant Sam- 
uel (i) Page, was baptized October 3, 1703, 
and died August 9, 1774. He resided at Ken- 
sington, New Hampshire. He married, July 2, 
1729, Mary Clark. Children: i. Stephen, re- 
sided at Kensington in 1790 and had a family 
of two males over si.xteen, and three females. 
2. Simon, died young. 3. Elizabeth, resided 
at Kensington. 4. Ann. 5. Mary. 6. Mercy. 
7. Sarah. 8. Enoch, g. Simon, born about 
1750 mentioned below. 10. Robert, removed 
to Winthrop, i\Iaine; was moderator in 1784- 
86-88; selectman 1787; deputy to the general 
court 1784-85; on committee to build a meet- 
ing house in 1786; on committee in 1784 to 
see about "procuring fresh fish through the 
mill dam" ; had son Robert, graduated at Bow- 
doin College in 18 10; removed to Readfield, 
Maine. 

(V) Simon, son of Samuel (2) Page, was 
born about 1750 in Kensington, and removed 
to Winthrop, Maine, where he was living, as 
was his brother Robert, in 1790. At that time 
his family consisted of three males over six- 
teen, three under si.xteen, and seven females. 



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He served in the revolution, on the Hst of those 
from Hampton and vicinity, in Captain Henry 
Elkins' company, the Third, Second Regiment, 
under Colonel Enoch Poor, in 1775. He and 
his son, Simon Jr., were among the incor- 
porators of the First Congregational Church 
in 1800. Among his children was Simon Jr., 
mentioned below. 

(VI) Simon (2), son of Simon (1) Page, 
was born in Kensington, New Hampshire, in 
1773, and when nine years old removed with 
his parents to Winthrop, Maine, remaining 
there until 1815. He then removed to Nor- 
riflgewock, Maine, and settled on a farm in 
the village. Fie followed farming until his 
death, September 9, 1833, and his farm has 
since been known as the Page homestead. He 
married Susan Smith, born at Middleborough, 
Massachusetts, died at Norridgewock, April 
16, 1856 aged eighty-six years. Children; 
I. John Calvin, married Fanny Fould. 2. 
Horatio N., born February 9, i8og, mentioned 
below. 3. Henry Lewis, died aged five years. 

(VH) Horatio Nelson, son of Simon (2) 
Page, was born in Winthrop, Maine, Febru- 
ary 9, 1809. He was educated in the public 
schools of Norridgewock and the academy at 
Farmington, Maine. He taught school in 
Madison, Mercer and Norridgewock. He 
lived on the homestead with his parents, and 
followed farming successfully. The farm con- 
tains a hundred and twenty acres of fine land. 
In politics he was a Whig, and later a Re- 
publican, casting his first presidential vote for 
William Henry Harrison. He was for thirteen 
years town clerk ; was chairman of the board 
of selectmen. He was a member of the Sons 
of Temperance. He and his wife were mem- 
bers of the Congregational church for forty 
years. He served as clerk of the parish and 
was twenty years deacon. He died 1890. He 
married, October 10, 1837. Hannah, born in 
Winthrop, November 20, 1818, daughter of 
Sewell and Mary (White) Page. Her father 
was a farmer of Winthrop, and her mother 
was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire. 
Children: i. George Nelson, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born December 18, 
1842, died February, 1905. 3. Edward Pay- 
son, mentioned below. 4. Henry L., born Oc- 
tober 4, 1858, died March 12, 1883. 

(VIII) George Nelson, eldest son of Flora- 
tio Nelson Page, was born on the farm in 
Norridgewock, Maine, October 17, 1838, died 
September 2, 1906. He was reared on his fa- 
ther's farm, and his education was acquired at 
Eaton Academy in Norridgewock village and 
at Bloomfield Academy. During the civil war 



he obtained a position in the adjutant general's 
office at Augu.sta, and in 1871 he came to 
Skowhegan to accept the position of cashier of 
the First National Bank, which he held for a 
period of thirty-five years, to the time of his 
death. He was a member of Somerset Lodge, 
Free and Accepted Masons, and had served as 
its treasurer for more than twenty years ; mem- 
ber of De Molay Commandery, Knights Tem- 
plar, of which he was recorder for many years. 
In early life he united with the Congregation- 
al church at Norridgewock, and during resi- 
dence in Skowhegan was a constant attendant, 
a valued and exemplary member of the Island 
.^Xvenue society of that denomination, serving 
as clerk of the parish for over ten years. He 
was quiet and domestic in his habits, devoted 
to his business, generous and charitable and 
respected by all who knew him. 

He married, June 16, 1868, Mary Elizabeth 
Savage, born in Augusta, Maine, October 9, 
1835, died April 6, 1904, daughter of Daniel 
and Rebecca (Hixon) 'Savage, who were the 
parents of one other child, Hannah Heywood, 
married Nathan Church. Daniel Savage mar- 
ried (second) Frances, a sister of his first 
wife ; children : Daniel Byron, Charles Henry. 
Daniel Savage was son of Daniel and Eliza- 
beth (Pierce) Savage, the former of whom 
married Mary Fletcher, and grandson of Cap- 
tain Daniel and Elizabeth (Robinson) Savage, 
the former of whom married (second) Anna 
Johnson. George Nelson and Mary Elizabeth 
(Savage) Page had one child, Hannah Re- 
becca, born in Skowhegan, Maine, November 
10, 1872. 

(VIII) Hon. Edward Payson, second son 
of Horatio Nelson Page, was born December 
26, 1846, in Norridgewock, Maine, and died 
suddenl)', January 3, 1907. He received his 
education in the common schools of his na- 
tive town and in the Maine W^esleyan Semi- 
nary at Kent's Hill. In 1871 he went to 
Skowhegan and was employed with his broth- 
er, who was cashier of the First National 
Bank, which had been organized but a short 
time previousl3^ He was soon offered the po- 
sition of treasurer of the Skowhegan Savings 
Bank, which he held for thirty-five years, re- 
signing but a short time before his death in 
order to accept the presidency of the bank. In 
his early manhood he acquired a knowledge of 
timber and land values, and his name was 
prominent among the lumber dealers of Maine. 
He was connected with various companies, and 
interested in many and varied enterprises. He 
was president of the Skowhegan Electric Light 
Company, treasurer of the Skowhegan Pulp 



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Company, and a heavy stockholder in both 
these institutions, and was a member of the 
firm that operated the Riverside Pulp Mill, and 
connected with other like enterprises. In poli- 
tics he was a Republican, and active in the 
interests of his party. He was representative 
to the Maine legislature in 1901-03, and served 
on the financial committee the first term. In 
igo6 he was elected to the senate, and among 
the important committees in which he served 
were banks and banking, appropriations and 
financial afi^airs. He was a member of the sen- 
ate at the time of his death. His financial 
judgment was considered remarkably sound, 
and many a man with small means owed his 
first success in life to Mr. Page, for extending 
credit when a less discerning man would have 
refused it. He was a loyal friend to a large 
number of people, and all sincerely mourned 
his loss. During his funeral all places of busi- 
ness in the town remained closed as a mark of 
respect to his memory. Rev. B. B. Merrill, of 
the Island Avenue Church, which Mr. Page 
and his family attended, was the officiating 
clergyman. The attendance was large ; all 
walks of life were represented, and among 
them the number of prominent men of afifairs 
from other communities was especially notice- 
able. Mr. Page married, June 10, 1879, Lizzie 
M. Randall, of Vassalboro, Maine (see Ran- 
dall family). Children: i. Blin W., born 
April 5. 1882, cashier of Eirst National Bank; 
Republican ; member of various Masonic or- 
ders. 2. Edna C, born March 16, 1884. 



John Randall, immigrant an- 
RANDALL cestor, was born in England, 

and died in Westerly. Rhode 
Island, about 1684-85. He lived at Westerly 
until about 1670, when he sold his land to 
Thomas Beal, November 30, 1670, and re- 
moved to Stonington, Connecticut, where he 
was admitted an inhabitant later. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth . He took the oath of 

allegiance September 7, 1669, and was deputy 
to the general assembly. 1682. Singularly 
enough, a widow, Elizabeth Randall, settled at 
Watertown, Massachusetts, about the same 
time and had sons Stephen and John, whose 
children's names were similar to those of the 
Westerly family. That these families were 
related w-e must believe. Children of John 
Randall, born at Westerly: i. John Jr., born 
1666. 2. Stephen, 1668, mentioned below. 3. 
Matthew-, 1671, died at Hopkinton, Rhode Is- 
land. 4. Peter, died at Preston, Connecticut. 
(II) Stephen, son of John Randall Jr., was 
born at Westerly in 1668. He went to Stoning- 



ton with the family. Children, born there : 
I. Abigail, December 20, 1698. 2. Samuel, 
May 19, 1701. 3. Stephen, March 13, 1704, 
mentioned below. 4. Jonathan, Alarch 17, 
1707. 5. Elizabeth, September 25, 1709, died 
July 2, 171 1. 6. Phebe, September 18, 1712. 
7. William, February 26, 171 5. 8. David, May 
7, 1719, the only son remaining at Stoning- 
ton. 

(III) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (i) 
Randall, was born at Stonington, Connecticut, 
March 13, 1704. He is believed to have set- 
tled in Falmouth, now Portland, and to be 
the same as Stephen of Falmouth. He mar- 
ried Mary . Stephen was a shipwright 

by trade, doubtless learning his trade at Sto- 
nington. He was of Falmouth, July 5. 1731, 
when he bought one hundred and twelve acres 
of land along the falls at Falmouth. Later 
he was called a miller, probably ow-ning a mill 
on this property. He sold land in 1732 to 
Nathaniel Jordan at Scarborough. He mar- 
ried (second) Deborah Saw\'er, of Gloucester 
(intentions at Falmouth, October 6, 1750). 
Children: i. Stephen, born at Falmouth, No- 
vember 27, 1726, baptized at the First Church 
of Falmouth, September 24, 1727; soldier in 
the revolution; married, April 25, 1761. Mercy 
Dyer; (second) at Cape Elizabeth, October 20, 
1774, Lydia Roberts. 2. Mary, November 12, 
1728, baptized November 24, 1728. 3. Cath- 
erine, August 15, 1733, baptized June 10, 1733. 
4. Susannah, February 10, 1735. 5. Sarah, 
April 4, 1738. 6. Jacob, was a taxpayer in 
Falmouth in 1760 (five shillings sixpence), 
and was lost at sea in 1768. 7. Thankful, died 
October i, 1769. 8. Isaac, mentioned below. 
9. John, settled at Royalsborough ; married, 
November 22, 1769, Ann Roberts; son Isaac 
born April 18, 1787. 

(IV) Isaac, son of Stephen (2) Randall, 
was born about 1735-40. He was on the tax- 
list in 1760 for five shillings sixpence. Ste- 
phen and Jacob were also taxpayers. He was 
a soldier in the revplution, in Captain Caleb 
Turner's company in 1775; later was corporal 
in 1775, serving at Georgetown, Maine. 

(V) Dr. Isaac H., son or nephew of Isaac 
Randall, was born about 1780-90 at Falmouth. 
He came to Vassalborough, Maine, to practice, 
and died there at the age of thirty-eight. He 
had a brother. Job Randall, of Falmouth 
(Portland). There were other children. He 
married Rachel Fuller Percival. widow of Na- 
thaniel Percival, a native of Cape Cod. Chil- 
dren : Hildanus, George, Dulcy and James D., 
born at Vassalborough, 1817. mentioned be- 
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in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and was one of 
several children. 

(VI) James D., son of Dr. Isaac H. Ran- 
dall, was born at Vassalborough, October 10, 
1817. He lived in his native town all his life. 
He married, August 18, 1840, Mary Percival, 
daughter of Captain John Percival, who was 
lost at sea. Captain Percival was a brother of 
Nathaniel and Bathsheba Percival, all born 
on Cape Cod. Children : Hollis R.. born De- 
cember 26, 1841. Osborne P., July 18, 1845. 
Lizzie M., born at Vassalborough, July 26, 
1854, married Edward P. Page. (See Page 
family herewith.) 



John Page, immigrant ancestor, 
PAGE was born in England. He settled 

first in Hingham, Massachusetts, 
and was one of the signers of a petition to 
the general court, November 4, 1646. He re- 
moved to Haverhill about 1652. He d'ed No- 
vember 23, 1687. Administration of his es- 
tate was granted to his grandson, Thomas 
Page, March 12, 1721-22, and the estate was 
finally divided in November, 1723. His wid- 
ow died February 15, 1796-97. He married 
Mary Marsh, daughter of George Marsh. 
Children: i. John, baptized July 11, 1641, 
married in Hingham, June 14, 1663, Sarah 
Davis. 2. Onesiphorus, baptized November 20, 
1642, at Hingham, married, November 22, 

1664, Mary Hauxworth; (second) July 31, 
1695, Sarah Rowell, widow. 3. Benjamin, 
born 1644, baptized July 14. 1644: married, 
September 21, 1666, Mary Whittier. 4. Mary, 
baptized May 3, 1646, married, October 23, 

1665, John Dow; married (second), July 14, 
1673, Samuel Shepard. 5. Joseph, baptized 
March 5. 1647-48. married, at Hingham, Jan- 
uary 21, 1671, Judith Guile; married (second), 
December 2, 1673, Martha Heath. 6. Corne- 
lius, baptized July 15, 1649, mentioned below. 
7. Sarah, baptized July 18, 1651, at Hingham, 
married, January 14, 1669, James Sanders. 8. 
Elizabeth, born June 15, 1653, died July 3, 
1653. 9. Mercy, born April i. 1655, married, 
November 13, 1674, John Clough. 10. Son, 
born and died March 26, 1658. 11. Ephraim, 
born February 27, 1658-59, died July 22, 1659. 

(II) Cornelius, son of John Page, born 1649, 
baptized July 15, 1649. He married, Novem- 
ber 13, 1674, Martha Clough, who died May 
II, 1683. at Haverhill. He married (second). 
January 16, 1684, Mary Marsh, daughter of 
Onesiphorous Marsh, and granddaughter of 
George Marsh. She died November 24, 1697. 
His estate was administered July 18, 1698, and 
"divided in 1699. He was a planter in Haver- 



hill. Children, born in Haverhill: i. John 
Jr., born September 27, 1675, mentioned below. 
2. Amos, born October 22, 1677, married Han- 
nah . 3. Elizabeth, born September 14, 

1679. 4. Joanna, born March 6. 1680, died 
young. 5. Mehitable, born February i, 1681, 
died May 9, 1682. 6. Cornelius, born April i, 
1683, died May 24, 1683. Children of second 
wife: 7. Joseph, born September 21, 1686, 
died P>bruary 12, 1687. 8. Joseph, born Sep- 
tember 12, 1689, married Mary Thompson. 9. 
Sarah, born November 23, 1691, died June 18, 
1762. 10. Thomas, born February 4, 1692. 
II. Cornelius, born May 20, i6g6. 

( HI ) John (2), son of Cornelius Page, was 
born in Haverhill, September 27, 1675. He 
married. May 21, 1700, Sarah Singletary, 
daughter of Nathaniel and granddaughter of 
Richard .Singletary, of Haverhill. He resided 
in Haverhill and died there March 7, 1717-18. 
His estate was administered October 13, 1718, 
and divided in 1722. His widow Sarah was 
then living. Children : Nathaniel. Sarah, 
Jonathan, John, Edmund, mentioned below; 
Abiel, Mehitable. 

(IV) Edmund, son of John (2) Page Jr., 
was born in Haverhill, November 7, 1708. He 
married, February 5, 1734, Abigail 



who was born March 23, 1717. Children: i 
Daniel, born November 6, 1735, died 1830. 2 
Captain David, born November 23, 1737. 3 
Ruth, born March 14. 1739, died March i6 
1739. 4. Jesse, born February 16, 1740. 5 
William, born March 14, 1752. 6. Deborah 
born July 13, 1753. 7. Job, born November 
10, 1755. 8. Jeremiah, mentioned below. 

(V) Jeremiah, .son of Edmund Page, was 
born March 25, 1751. He was a soldier in the 
revolution from Conway, New Hampshire, 
where he settled. He was on the list of sol- 
diers in 1775. His farm was in East Conway. 
He married Mary Dustan, born August 10, 
1752, died November i, 1808. granddaughter 
of Hannah Dustan, who killed her Indian 
captors and escaped in 1693 after the Haver- 
hill massacre. Children, born in Conway (rec- 
ord of the family) : i. Abigail, born Sunday, 
November 24, 1776. 2. Thomas, born April 
18, 1779, mentioned below. 3. Duston, born 
July 4. 1782, on Thursday. 4. Mary, born 
Monday, June 4, 1787, died January 25, 1850. 

5. Jesse, born on Thursday. March 31, 1789. 

6. Abigail, born on Thursday, July 7, 1791. 

7. Hannah, born on Thursday, September 26, 

{W) Colonel Thomas, son of Jeremiah 
Page, born at East Conway, New Hampshire, 
April 18. 1779, died February 8, 1864. He 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



removed in 1826 from his native town to 
Lowell, Maine, as it is now known, and he 
built the first sawmills there, the locality being 
known still as Page's Mills. He took up pub- 
lic land and built new roads. At one time he 
owned most of the land now comprising the 
town of Burlington, Maine. To each of his 
sons he gave a wedding present of a hundred 
acres of land in Burlington, and to each daugh- 
ter two hundred dollars in money, a cow and 
half a dozen sheep. He was colonel of his 
militia regiment, a prosperous farmer and 
miller, a sagacious and successful business 
man. He married Elizabeth Charles, of Frye- 
burg, New Hampshire, born May 2, 1786, died 
May 22, 1875. Children, born in Conway, ex- 
cept the youngest: i. Ansel, born February 
12, 1808. 2. Dean, born March 4, 1810, died 
February 9, 1874. 3. Jeremiah, born June 20, 
1812 died November 24, 1887. 4. John, born 
July II, 1814, mentioned below. 5. Elizabeth, 
born December 21, 1816, died February 23, 
1898. 6. Norman, born February 19, 1819, 
died October 18, 1893. 7. Catherine, born 
January 18, 1823. 9. Dorcas, born October 
30, 1825, died December 6, 1891. 10. Her- 
man S., born March 4, 1828, died April 26, 
1903. 

(VH) John (3), son of Thomas Page, was 
born in Conway, New Hampshire, July 11, 
1814. He was educated and reared in Bur- 
lington. Maine, where he has lived most of his 
long life. He married, September, 1844, Eliza- 
beth McCorrison, of Standish, Maine, born 
September 21, 1823, died March 29, 1900. 
Children, born in Burlington: i. Ansel, born 
October, 1845. -■ Melvin, born April 11, 1847, 
mentioned below. 3. Irene N., born July 11, 
1849, died January, i860. 4. Edelle May, born 
May I, 1 85 1, married William Henry Taylor, 
general agent of the Penn Mutual Life In- 
surance Company, Bangor, Maine, born Au- 
gust 2},, 1843, at Enfield, Maine: children: i. 
Jesse Wright Taylor, born July i. 1871 ; ii. 
Irene Page Taylor, born April 13, 1874, 
died September 28, 1874; iii. Russell Morrison 
Taylor, born April 6, 1875; iv. Josiah Towle 
Taylor, born February 13, 1876; v. Ella Maud 
Taylor, born January 27, 1878; vi. John Page 
Taylor, born November 14, 1879, died Novem- 
ber 12, 1880; vii. Marcia Adelle Taylor, born 
July 27, 1881 ; viii. Hattie Maria Taylor, born 
June 20. 1885. 5. Lizzie A., born June 16, 
1853, died April, 1890 or 1891. 6. Stella J., 
born April 21, 1855. 

(VIII) Melvin, son of John (3) Page, born 
in Burlington, Maine, April 11, 1847, died No- 
vember 7, 1890. He married Sarah Ella Estes, 



born in Vassalborough, Maine. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native town 
and at Lee Normal Academy. He learned the 
trade of carpenter and during his active life 
was a carpenter and builder. He was a Dem- 
ocrat in politics. He died in Milford, Maine, 
where he spent his later years. Children: i. 
Dr. Prince Caleb, mentioned below. 2. Julia 
Emily. 

(IX) Dr. Prince Caleb, son of Melvin Page, 
was born in Lee, Maine, September 6, 1874. 
He was educated in the Winn public schools, 
at Lee Normal Academy, the schools of Old 
Town and the Bangor Business College. He 
began the study of medicine in the Baltimore 
Medical College, where he was graduated in 
1901 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 
He began to practice in Lagrange, Maine, and 
went thence to Bangor, w'here he was located 
for about three years. He came from Bangor 
to Biddeford in 1905 and since then has been 
practicing in this city. In politics he is a Re- 
publican, and in religion an Episcopalian. He 
is a charter member of Abenkis Tribe, No. 6, 
Independent Order of Red Men of Bangor. 
He married, April, 1901, Ida May North, 
daughter of Augustus North, of Washington, 
D. C. They have one child, Thomas Neilson, 
born August 3, 1902. 



John Macomber, who it is 
MACOMBER believed came with his 

brother William from In- 
verness, Scotland, 1638, settled at Taunton, 
Massachusetts, and was, as the records show, 
subject to military duty in 1643. He was a 
landowner as it is shown that he paid taxes 
amounting to seven shillings in 1659, on twen- 
ty-four acres and four "head." His first wife's 
name is not known. His second wife was 
Mary Babcock, whom he married January 7, 
1686. He was a carpenter and accumulated 
considerable property, which he bequeathed 
to his children, John and Mary (Staples). He 
died between 1687 and 1690. 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) Macomber, 
was in Queen Anne's war, 1691. He was mar- 
ried July 16, 1678, to Anna Evans, of Taun- 
ton. Their children were : Thomas, John, 
William and Samuel. 

(III) John (3), second son of John (2) and 
Anna (Evans) Macomber, was born early 
enough to have participated in Queen Anne's 
war. He married (first) Elizabeth Williams, 
and (second) Mrs. Lydia (King) Williams. 
His will, dated December 28, 1742, named nine 
children, all by the first wife. He died at 
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(IV) Nathaniel, eldest son of John (3) Ma- 
comber, was born February 9, 1709. He was 
of a very religious disposition and served as 
deacon in the Congregational church of Taun- 
ton many jears. He married, in 1735, Priscil- 
la Southworth, of Middleboro, Massachusetts. 
He was an industrious man in business affairs, 
and while he worked for the interest of his 
family never neglected his church duties and 
that of the public in general. As is shown by 
the inscription on his tombstone, he died No- 
vember 10, 1787, aged seventy-nine years. His 
children were: Job, born 1737; George, Na- 
thaniel, Ichabod, Ezra and John. 

(V) George, second son of Nathaniel and 
Priscilla (Southworth) Macomber, was born 
July 7, 1740, and but little can be learned of 
him further than that he was a soldier in the 
revolutionary war, and married Susan Paull, 
January 27, 1767. He became the father of 
the following children : Mary, Ezra and John 
(twins), Azalle, George, Paul, Nathaniel, Su- 
sanna, Philena, Ebenezer and Samuel. 

(VI) George (2), third son of George (i) 
and Susan (Paull) Macomber, was born Sep- 
tember 17, 1772, and married Anna Harkness, 
September 17, 1801. She was born October 
24, 1782. Their children were: Sarah B., 
Betsey B., George Washington, William H., 
Esther H. and David W. The father died 
aged fifty-seven years, January 31, 1830. 

(VII) George Washington, son of George 
(2) and Anna (Harkness) Macomber, born 
September 26. 1807, at Pelham, Massachusetts, 
died at Augusta, Maine, August 31, 1864. He 
became a resident of Augusta at a very early 
age of his life, and worked as a granite cutter 
and general contractor on the state house. He 
followed the granite business throughout his 
life. Until the formation of the Republican 
party he was a Whig, and took an active part 
in both city and county government. In his 
religious faith he was a Baptist and served as 
deacon in that church many years. He mar- 
ried (first) Sarah P. Ripley, by whom two 
children were born : Emily F. and Esther H. 
He married (second) Hannah Kalloch, born 
December 10, 1820. died September i, 1905, 
at Augusta. She was the mother of two chil- 
dren : George E. and Henry D. 

(VIII) George Ellison, son of George 
Washington and Hannah (Kalloch) Macomb- 
er, was born at Augusta, Maine, June 6, 1853. 
He obtained his education at the public schools 
of his native city, and subsequently entered 
the grocery store of Luther Mitchell as a 
clerk, which position he filled a short time, 
and then accepted a position in the Augusta 



postofifice, where he remained si.x years. In 
March, 1876, he purchased the insurance busi- 
ness conducted by David Cargill, and was en- 
ergetic and highly successful in the business 
until 1886, alone, but at that date he took his 
brother, Henry D. Macomber, into partnership 
with him. This association existed until 
broken by death of the brother, when Charles 
R. Whitten became a partner in the business, 
continuing until 1904. In 1908 the business 
was carried on by a company, consisting of 
H. C. Carl, Charles H. Howard and R. H. 
Bodwell. The insurance business was by no 
means the only calling Mr. Macomber pur- 
sued with diligence and success ; he was treas- 
urer of the Augusta, Hallowell & Gardiner 
Electric Railroad Company until that road was 
sold to the L. A. & W. Company, in 1907. He 
is now treasurer of the Norway & Paris Elec- 
tric Railroad Company; the Austin Traction 
Company, of Austin, Texas; treasurer of the 
Hutchinson Water, Light and Gas Company, 
of Hutchinson, Kansas. Being recognized as 
a man of correct business methods, he was 
elected to the important position of president 
of the Springfield Railway and Light Com- 
pany, of Springfield, Missouri. He is also 
president of the Augusta Trust Company, 
Kennebec Savings Bank and Augusta Opera 
House Company ; a director in the Granite 
National Bank ; treasurer of the Augusta Real 
Estate Association, and a trustee of "the Maine 
Insane hospitals located at Augusta and Ban- 
gor. His long career as an insurance man 
causes him now to be the special agent for the 
following insurance companies: Insurance 
Company of North America, Philadelphia Un- 
derwriters' Alliance, Granite State Fire In- 
surance Company, and others. He is a stock- 
holder in the Augusta Hotel Company, and 
has numerous other interests and enterprises 
which demand his time and special attention. 
He was married to Sarah V. Johnson, born 
March 31, 1857, '" Edinboro, Pennsylvania, 
daughter of Hiram and Almira Johnson. Their 
children are: Alice H., married R. H. Bod- 
well. Annie J., married Guy P. Gannett. 



One authority says the Mor- 
MORTON tons of Gorham came original- 
ly from Cape Cod; another 
states that the descendants of Bryant Morton, 
the first settler of the name in southwest 
Maine, claim him to have been English. No 
authority has yet been found which decides 
the matter. Many of the descendants of Bry- 
ant Morton have been leading citizens in the 
communities where they have resided — prom- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



inent in politics, patriotic in war, and indus- 
trious in peace. 

(I) Captain Bryant Morton first appears in 
the records about the year 1738, as a citizen 
of old Falmouth (now Cape Elizabeth), where 
he was a taxpayer in 1743. On September 28, 
1750, Bryant Morton of Cape Elizabeth bought 
of Augusta Bearse his right in Gorhamtown. 
June 28, 175 1, the proprietors of Gorham deed 
Bryant Morton certain land, at which time 
he is described as of Gorhamtown. He set- 
tled in Gorhara between the dates mentioned 
probably, and lived on thirty-acre lot No. 15, 
at Gorham Corner. His dwelling stood back 
from the street near where Emery's brick store 
now stands. He was an energetic, active man, 
a good trader, dealt largely in lands, and few 
men in town bought and sold more lots than 
he. 

"In 1772 Mr. Morton was one of the Com- 
mittee of Safety and Correspondence ; and was 
a delegate to the Provincial Congress held at 
Cambridge, Massachusetts. He went to Cam- 
bridge on horseback, with Benjamin Cham- 
berlain behind him to bring his horse back. 
He was a representative to the general court 
several years ; and captain in the army during 
the war of the revolution. He had command 
of a company of eighty men, called sea-coast 
guards ; and was stationed at Fort Hancock, 
on Cape Elizabeth. This fort was located on 
the spot now occupied by Fort Preble, and 
■consisted of a battery of several cannon for 
the defence of Portland, then Falmouth. For 
several years Mr. Morton was a firm sup- 
porter of the old Congregational Church, and 
was one of the ruling elders in 1758-59. With 
many others he became dissatisfied with the 
ministrations of Mr. Lombard, and with them 
drew off, built a new meeting house, and set- 
tled the Rev. Ebenezer Thompson. Captain 
Morton in his latter years became a zealous 
Free Will Baptist. Before his second mar- 
riage he provided well for his first children. 
His homestead at Gorham Corner he con- 
veyed to his son Bryant, who by his deed con- 
veyed "the lot, No. 15, with the Bryant ]\Iorton 
house, and the lot opposite, where the Bryant 
Morton barn now stands,' to Gary McLellan. 
After his second marriage Captain Morton 
moved on a small farm, since called the 'Cham- 
berlain Place.' Here he died in the year 1793, 
aged about eighty-eight. At his death his es- 
tate, real and personal, was appraised at about 
seven hundred dollars." 

Bryant Morton married (first) Thankful 
. We do not know her antenuptial sur- 
name or the date of her birth or death. He 



married (second), in Cape Elizabeth, June 23, 
1 77 1, Lucy (White) Chamberlain, who was 
born in Falmouth, December i, 1732, daugh- 
ter of John and Jerusha White. She was 
the widow of Aaron Chamberlain. She sur- 
vived Captain Morton many years, and died 
about the year 1813. Captain Morton's ten 
children by his first wife were all born before 
he moved to Gorham. They were: Thomas, 
Martha, Joseph, Ebenezer, Thankful, Jabez. 
Bryant, Elisha, Anna and Phineas. The chil- 
dren by the second wife, Lucy Chamberlain : 
Jerusha, John, who is the subject of the next 
paragraph. 

(II) John, only son of Captain Bryant and 
Lucy (White) (Chamberlain) Morton, was 
born in Gorham, February 11, 1775. He mar- 
ried, about 1799. Mary, eldest child of Stephen 
and Hannah (Gushing) Tukey, of Portland. 
She was born March 19, 1781, and died De- 
cember 12, 1854. She was a descendant of 
John Winter and Rev. Robert Jordan (see 
Jordan I), and also of Colonel Ezekiel Gush- 
ing, all of Cape Elizabeth. Stephen Tukey was 
a revolutionary soldier. His father, John Tu- 
key, the immigrant, married Abigail Sweetser, 
in 1749. She was a daughter of Benjamin 
Sweetser, a soldier in the Louisburg expedi- 
tion, 1745, and descendant from Seth Sweetser, 
the immigrant, 1636. Their children were: 
I. Juliana, born September 21, 1800, who mar- 
ried John Sargent, sea captain. 2. Ebenezer 
IMiller, December 16, 1801, died young. 3. 
John, September 26, 1804, who went to sea 
and was never again heard of. 4. Stephen 
Tukey, March 7, 1807, sea captain. 5. William 
White, next mentioned. 

(III) U'illiam White, youngest child of 
John and ]\lary (Tukey) Morton, was born 
in Gorham, February 5, 1809, and died in 
Windham, July 27, 1868. At an early age he 
became a sailor, with the intention of fitting 
himself to be a master mariner, for which he 
was in everything but experience well quali- 
fied. He was in the merchant service, and 
made various voyages between New York and 
other domestic ports and European ports. At 
the age of thirt}' he lost his hearing as the re- 
sult of a fever, and was compelled to give up 
his plans, and spent the remainder of his life 
on a farm in Windham, where he lived the 
remainder of his life. He was a good man, 
an active member of the Congregational 
church, and one of its liberal supporters. He 
married. May 29, 1842, Adeline Hale Barton, 
who was born July 27, 1823, died April 11, 
i8g8. She was an unassuming and intellectual 
woman, a faithful wife and a good mother. 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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Her grandparents on the paternal side were 
Ebenezer and Dorothy (EHott) Barton, of 
Windham. Ebenezer Barton served three years 
five months and fourteen days in tlie revolu- 
tionary army, was at Hubbardton, Stillwater, 
Saratoga, the surrender of Burgoyne, spent 
the winter at Valley Forge, and was at Mon- 
mouth in Colonel Benjamin Tuppcr's Eleventh 
Massachusetts Regiment. He was killed by a 
falling tree at Windham, April 15, 1785, aged 
about thirty-five years. The children of Will- 
iam W. and Adeline H. (Barton) Morton 
were: i. Stephen Tukey, a volunteer in the 
Seventeenth Maine Regiment, was killed at 
the battle of Fredericksburg, in 1862. 2. Will- 
iam Francis, enlisted in the Ninth Maine Regi- 
ment, was at the assault on Fort Wagner, and 
was killed before Richmond in 1864. 3. Eliza- 
beth, died young. 4. Caroline, died young. 
5. Seth C. see below. 6. Julia H., married 
Walter Hussev and lives in Windham. 

(IV) Seth Clark, third son of William W. 
and Adeline H. (Barton) Morton, was born 
in Windham, November 25, 1858. He was 
educated in the Windham public schools and 
at the Quaker high school. His first work 
of consequence away from home was in build- 
ing" the pulp mill at South Windham, where 
he worked as a machinist for the Sabago 
Wood Board Company from 1876 to the sum- 
mer of 1881. In the same year, July 26, he 
entered the employ of S. D. Warren & Com- 
pany, proprietors of the pulp mill at West- 
brook. For a time he was a machinist and 
the superintendent of the machine shop and 
mechanical department where three hundred 
men are employed. This position he now 
holds. Mr. Morton is a Democrat and has 
been called to fill various municipal offices. 
He was the first fire warden of Westbrook, 
and is now fire commissioner and chief engi- 
neer of the fire department of the city. He 
was a member of the board of aldermen 1903- 
04-05, and was elected mayor igo6, and re- 
elected in 1907. He has discharged his duties 
faithfully and well, and enjoys the confidence 
and respect of his fellow citizens. He at- 
tends and contributed liberally to the support 
of the Universalist church. Fie is a member 
of Warren Phillips Lodge, No. 186, Free and 
Accepted Masons ; member of Ammoncongin 
Lodge, No. 76, Independent Order of Odd 
Fello\^■s, of which he is a past grand : and 
Presumpscot Valley Lodge, No. 4, Knights of 
Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor com- 
mander. He was captain and first base of the 
famous Presumpscot baseball team, recognized 
as the best strictlv amateur baseball team in 



Maine for several years. Seth C. Morton was 
married in South Windham, November 30, 
1879, to Althea Small, of Gray, who was born 
September 28, 1846, in Framingham, Massa- 
chusetts, daughter of Stephen and Hannah 
( Tweed ) Small. They have one daughter, 
Bertha C, born October 22, 1883; she is a 
musician and an ardent devotee to the study 
of the drama. 



The Aliens in America are of 
ALLEN both Scotch and English descent. 
In England the name was for- 
merly and still is subjected to various forms 
of spelling, as Allen, Allin, Allyn, etc., all of 
which are undoubtedly from one source. The 
original Scotch spelling was Allan. In the 
early records of Esse.x county, Massachusetts, 
is found the name of William Allen, born in 
Manchester, Englaiid, about 1602; came to 
New England with the Dorchester Company, 
which settled temporarily on Cape Ann in 
1623; accompanied Roger Conant to Salem 
in 1626; and was adnfitted a freeman in 1631. 
Another early emigrant of this name was 
George Allen, born in England during the 
reign of Queen Elizabeth, and came to Amer- 
ica with his family in 1635, when sixty-seven 
years old, in order to escape religious persecu- 
tion. A Samuel Allen and his wife Ann catiie 
from Braintree, England, and were among the 
first settlers in Braintree, Massachusetts. Colo- 
nel John Allan, born in Edinburgh Castle, 
Scotland, January 31, 1746, son of Major 
William Allan, of the British army, became 
the progenitor of a Maine family, some of 
whom, if not all, retain the original Scotch 
spelling. 

(I) Jotham Allen, an early settler in Al- 
fred, went there from either York or Kittery 
subsequent to the revolutionary war, and 
cleared a farm from the wilderness. (N. B. 
It is stated by some of his descendants that 
their branch of the family is the posterity of 
an immigrant from Scotland.) The Christian 
name of his wife was Susan and their children 
were : Jeremiah, Amos, Jotham, John, Olive, 
Susan and Hannah. 

(II) Amos, second child of Jotham and 
Susan Allen, born in Alfred in 1801, died in 
1874. Adopting agriculture when a young 
man, he purchased a farm in Waterboro and 
tilled the soil industriously for the remainder 
of his life. It was his custom to vary the 
monotony of farm life by frequent excursions 
into the forests for the purpose of hunting, 
and he was one of the most noted hunters artd 
trappers of his locality. He married Eleanor 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Ridle.v, of Alfred, born in 1801, died in 1874. 
They'were the parents of children: Jeremiah, 
Isaiah, Otis, Mary. Jotham, Amos Lawrence, 
Lydia, Timothy and Sarali. 

(Ill) Hon. Amos Lawrence, fifth son and 
sixth child of Amos and Eleanor (Ridley) Al- 
len, was born in Waterboro, IMarch 17, 1837. 
He attended the public schools of Waterboro 
and Alfred, was prepared for his collegiate 
course at the Whitestown (New York) Semi- 
nary, and entering Bowdoin College as a so- 
phomore was graduated with the class of i860. 
At Bowdoin he was a classmate of Thomas 
Brackett Reed, with whom in after years he 
became closely connected. He was subsequent- 
ly engaged in educational work for a short 
time, teaching at the Alfred Academy ; also in 
Gardiner, Sanford, Waterboro and Pembroke, 
Maine. His legal studies, begun in Alfred, 
were completed at the Columbian Law School, 
Washington, District of Columbia, and he was 
admitted to the York county bar in 1866. Mr. 
Allen served for short intervals as clerk in the 
treasury department at Washington and in the 
postoffi'ce of the national house of representa- 
tives, and also in the office of the York county 
clerk of courts. In 1870 he was elected clerk of 
courts in York county, retaining that office for 
a period of twelve years, and returning to the 
national capital he acted as clerk of the judici- 
ary committee of the lower house in 1883-84. 
He was next employed for a year as a special 
examiner by the pension bureau, and being 
elected a representative to the Maine legisla- 
ture he served in that capacity for the years 
1886-87. In December, 1889, he became pri- 
vate secretary to the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, 
speaker of the national house of representa- 
tives, serving as such during the fifty-first, 
fifty-fourth and fifty-lifth congresses, and in 
1896 was a delegate at large from Maine to 
the Republican national convention at St. 
Louis, being assigned to the committee on 
resolutions. At a special election held in the 
first congressional district, November 16, 1899, 
Mr. Allen was elected the successor of Repre- 
sentative Reed, who resigned his seat as a 
member of the fifty-sixth congress, and he con- 
tinued in office through re-elections to the 
sixtieth congress, and was renominated to the 
sixty-first. In 1904 he defeated his Demo- 
cratic opponent, Luther R. Moore, by a ma- 
jority of 4,989, in a vote of 31,613; in 1906 
he defeated the same gentleman by a major- 
ity of 1,649; 3nd in 1908 his majority was 
, about 3,300. Mr. Allen's intimate association 
with his illustrious predecessor made him es- 
pecially qualified to represent the first district 



in congress, and his ability has been amply 
demonstrated. He is a Master Mason, affili- 
ating with Fraternal Lodge of Alfred, and is 
a member of the Grange in North Alfred. He 
attends the ^lethodist Episcopal church. 

In 1858 Mr. Allen married Esther, daughter 
of Jacob and Eunice Maddox, of Waterboro. 
Her grandfather, also named Jacob ]\Iaddox, 
came from England in the latter part of the 
eighteenth century ; he settled upon a tract of 
wild land in the town of Waterboro, and im- 
proved it into a good farm. His son Jacob, 
born in Waterboro, served in the defence of 
Kittery during the war of 1812-15. He be- 
came a prosperous farmer in his native town, 
and lived to be eighty-five years old. He was 
twice married and of his first union there were 
three children. His second wife, Eunice, bore 
him four children : Daniel, a resident of Stand- 
ish ; John F., of Alfred ; Harriet, widow of 
John Dame ; Esther, who became the wife of 
Hon. Amos L. Allen. Mrs. Allen died March 
20, 1900, in Washington, D. C. She was the 
mother of three children: i. Herbert L., born 
December 24. 1861, a graduate of Bowdoin, 
1883, and now superintendent of schools in 
Dalton, Massachusetts ; he married Annie 
Bradbury, of Limerick, Maine, and has two 
children: Amos L., born February 14, 1895, 
and Laura E., born June 22, 1903. 2. Laura 
E., born March 3, 1863, resides with her fa- 
ther. 3. Edwin H., born April 14, 1864, a 
graduate of Dartmouth, 1885, a practicing phy- 
sician of Boston, and is connected with the 
John Hancock Insurance Company ; he mar- 
ried Linda W. Forbush, of Boston, and has 
one son, Nathaniel Draper Whiting Allen, born 
July 31, 1903. 



Among those who wrought 
PEASLEE our early history in colonial 
days, in "times that tried 
men's souls," were the Peaslees, who, like most 
other old Maine families, are credited with a 
Massachusetts origin, and developed around 
Haverhill. The name Peaslee is claimed by 
some to have sprung from Peter, from which 
we have Peers, Pearse and Pears. Others as- 
sume it was an offshoot from peas, a legum. 
Peas were grown in the east from time imme- 
morial and were introduced into Europe in 
the Middle Ages. Shakespeare spoke of peas- 
blossom. Lee is from lea, a pasture. The 
man who was the son of Mr. Peas perhaps 
lived on the lea, and to distinguish him from 
the other Mr. Peas he was called Peas-at-lea, 
and finally Peaslee. Hon. Charles H. Peaslae, 
a distinguished statesman and congressman 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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from New Hampshire ; Chief Justice Nathaniel 
Peaslee Sargent, of Massachusetts ; the Hon. 
WilHam Pitt Fessenden ; the Honorables Lot 
M. and Anson P. Morrill, governors, members 
of congress, and a cabinet officer j the Hon. 
Daniel J. Morrill, member of congress from 
Pennsylvania; Professor Edmund Randolph 
Peaslee, A. M., M. D., LL. D., a great physi- 
cian, author of medical books, and professor 
in Dartmouth college ; the Hon. John D. Peas- 
lee, of Ohio ; and Judge Daniel Peaslee, of 
Vermont, were of this line. 

(I) Joseph Peaslee was founder of the Peas- 
lee family in America. He was a native of 
England, the tradition in the family is that he 
was born and lived in the western part of 
England, near the river Severn, adjoining 
Wales. With his wife and two or three chil- 
dren he emigrated, about 1635, and came to 
Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1642. He re- 
ceived a grant of land in Haverhill, Massachu- 
setts, March 14. 1645, ^""^^1 'I's name appears 
in the first list of landholders of Haverhill in 
1645. He settled in the easterly part of the 
town near "Reaks Bridge," over the Merrimac 
river, and received grants of land from 1645 
to 1656, when divisions of land were made by 
vote of the town of Haverhill, was one of the 
commissioners for the settlements of claims, 
and selectman of Haverhill in the years 1649- 
50-53. He was made a "townsman" of Salis- 
bury "Newtown" ( now Amesbury, Massachu- 
setts) July 17, 1656, granted "twenty acres 
of upland, bought of Thomas Macy, and ten 
acres of meadow, for which the town agreed 
to pay si.x pounds to Thomas Macy." In di- 
visions of land in Salisbury "Newtown" in 
the years 1656-57-58, Joseph Peaslee received 
liberal shares. It was the custom in the new 
settlement to give lands, to induce persons 
having a trade such as a mason, blacksmith, 
etc., to settle in the new towns. Joseph was 
a lay preacher as well as a farmer, and was 
reputed to have some skill in the practice of 
medicine. In the recognition of these natural 
gifts, he was, undoubtedly, made a citizen of 
Salisbury "Newtown." Later this gift of 
preaching made trouble in the new settlement 
and history for Joseph. Soon after he re- 
moved to "Newtown," the inhabitants neglect- 
ed to attend the meetings for worship in the 
old town and did not contribute to the support 
of the minister. They held meetings for wor- 
ship at private houses, and in the absence of 
a minister, Joseph Peaslee and Thomas Macy 
officiated. The general court, which had juris- 
diction over territory from Salem, Massachu- 
setts, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire (and 



was called Norfolk county), soon fined the 
inhabitants of "Newtown" five shillings each 
for every neglect of attending meetings in the 
old town and an additional fine of five shillings 
each to Joseph and Macy if they exhorted the 
people in the absence of a minister. This de- 
cree was not heeded. Meetings were held and 
Joseph and his friend continued to preach. The 
general court made additional decrees and 
fines, which also were not heeded. Macy fled 
from persecution in Massachusetts and settled 
in Nantucket, then a port of New York, in 
1659. Joseph Peaslee was a Puritan, a re- 
formed Episcopalian. The creed was to aban- 
don everything that could boast of no other 
authority than tradition, or the will of man, 
and to follow as far as possible the "pure word 
of God." The Puritans came to the wilder- 
ness of America to escape persecution in Eng- 
land and to enjoy their own religious liberty, 
but not to allow religious freedom to any who 
differed from them. Nowhere did the spirit 
of Puritanism, in its evil as well as its good, 
more thoroughly express itself than in Mas- 
sachusetts. The persecution of Joseph was of 
short duration, as he died at Salisbury "New- 
town," December 3, 1660. He made his will 
November 11, 1660, proved February 9, 1661 ; 
Mary Peaslee, executrix. By tradition Joseph 
married Mary Johnson, of Wales, England, the 
daughter of a farmer of comfortable worldly 
estate. In 1662 the widow, Mary Peaslee, was 
granted one hundred and eight acres of land 
in Salisbury. The administration of her es- 
tate was granted September 27, 1694, to her 
son Joseph. Their children were : Jane, Mary, 
Elizabeth, Sarah and Joseph. 

(II) Joseph (2), fifth child and youngest 
son of Joseph (i) and Mary (Johnson) Peas- 
lee, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, 
September 9, 1646. He received "children's 
land" in 1660 and a "Township" in 1660, being 
a tract of land, conferring the right to vote 
and take part in town meetings when of age. 
He resided in Salisbury "Newtown" until after 
his marriage and birth of his eldest child, 
Mary, when he removed to Haverhill, iMassa- 
chusetts. He was a physician and farmer ; 
owned saw and .grist mills, a large landholder 
by grants, inheritance and purchases, and had 
large tracts of land beyond the Spicket river, 
now Salem, New Hampshire, inherited from 
his father. He took the oath of allegiance and 
fidelity at Haverhill in 1677; built a brick gar- 
rison house with bricks imported from Eng- 
land about 1673. This house is in East Haver- 
hill on the highway now called the "River 
Road," and is still standing in good repair, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



one of the landmarks of the Merrimac valley. 
He married, January 2, 1672, Ruth, daughter 
of Thomas Barnard, of Haverhill. Massachu- 
setts, who was born October 16, 1651, and died 
November 25, 1723; he married second Mary 
(Tucker) Davis, widow of Stephen Davis. He 
held many town offices, was much in public 
life, and a member of the Society of Friends. 
For many years there was an established meet- 
ing of that denomination at his house. He 
died at Haverhill, Massachusetts. March 21, 
1735, and his widow was living in 1741. From 
the records he evidently distributed his estate 
by deeds to his heirs, with this closing clause, 
"Saving always and hereby reserving unto my- 
self the free use and Improvement of ye prem- 
ises During my natural life." Children by first 
wife : Mary, married an ancestor of John 
Greenleaf Whittier ; Joseph, Robert, John, Na- 
thaniel. Ruth, Ebenezer and Sarah. 

(HI) John, fourth child and third son of 
Joseph (2) and Ruth (Barnard) Peaslee, was 
born February 25, 1679, and married, iVIarch 
I, 1705, Mary, daughter of John Martin. He 
resided in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and New- 
ton, New Hampshire, and was prominent in 
town and church affairs, a farmer, and a mem- 
ber of the Society of Friends. Meetings were 
established at his house in Newton, and later 
a meeting-house was built on his land and 
near-by there was a Friends burial ground, 
which is now in a fair state of preservation. 
The ancient headstones are plain field stones 
not lettered. He died in 1752. Children: Jo- 
seph, John, Ruth, Sarah, Jacob, Nathan, Da- 
vid, Moses, James, Ebenezer and Mary. John 
and Mary (Martin) Peaslee had ninety-eight 
grandchildren, and two hundred and eighty- 
four great-grandchildren. 

(IV) Nathan, sixth child and fourth son of 
John and Mary (Martin) Peaslee, was born 
September 20, 171 1, and married, December 
8, 1 74 1, Lydia, daughter of Jonathan and Mary 
(Lancaster) Gove, who was born June i, 1701, 
in Hampton, New Hampshire. Nathan re- 
sided in Newton. New Hampshire, and was 
a farmer. He and his brother Moses married 
Methodist wives, and were disowned by the 
Society of Friends, as was the prevailing prac- 
tice at that time. They joined the Methodists. 
Nathan's grandson. Rev. Reuben Peaslee, was 
one of the most distinguished Methodist min- 
isters of his day in New England, and was 
author of several books. Children : Oliver, 
Nathan, Reuben, Jacob, Daniel, Ezekiel, Jon- 
athan, Ruth and Sarah. 

(V) Jonathan, seventh child and son of Na- 



than and Lydia (Gove) Peaslee, was born in 
September, 1764, and died in 1826. He mar- 
ried a Miss Glidden, and their children were: 
Jonathan, Susanna. Sarah, Abigail, George, 
Katherine, Jacob, Ruel and Riley. 

(VI) Ruel, eighth child and fourth son of 
Jonathan Peaslee, was born July 15, 1804, and 
married, February 5, 1823, Harriet Hilton. 
He removed to Jefferson, Lincoln county, 
Maine, and there had the following children r 
Harriet, Edward, John Thurston, Eben Blunt 
and Eliza. 

(VII) John Thurston, third child of Ruel 
and Harriet (Hilton) Peaslee, was born Jan- 
uary 17, 1830, in Jefiferson, Maine, and mar- 
ried Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John W. and 
Nancy (Foye) Paine, of Alma, Maine, where 
he resides. He received a common school ed- 
ucation, became a blacksmith by trade, is a 
Republican, and has been town treasurer and 
representative to the legislature. His religious 
affiliations are with the Baptists. Children r 
Clarence Ardeen, Beatrice and Winfield Scott. 

(VIII) Clarence Ardeen, eldest child and 
son of John Thurston and Mary E. (Paine) 
Peaslee, was born in Alma, ]\Iaine, August 16, 
1853, and married Augusta Maria, daughter of 
David and Sophia (Tutman) Hill, of Bath, 
IMaine. Dr. Peaslee received his preliminary 
training at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, 
Kents Hill, graduated from the medical de- 
partment of Bowdoin College in 1883, New 
York Polyclinic School in 1894, New York 
Post-Graduate School in 1905, and London, 
England, Post-Graduate School in 1905. He 
settled in Wiscasset, Maine, and practiced his 
profession for twenty-one years. While there 
he was chairman of the board of selectmen, 
and representative to the legislature in 1895 
and 1899. He moved to Bath, Maine, in 1904, 
where he now resides, engaged in professional 
duties. He was president of the board of 
L^nited States pension examiners four years, 
at Bath, member of the Maine Medical Asso- 
ciation, American Medical Association, Maine 
Academy of Medicine, of which he was presi- 
dent in 1905-06. He stands in high repute as 
a physician, and is frequently called into con- 
sultation by other members of the craft in 
difficult cases. He is a Republican, and con- 
nected with the Central Congregational 
Church ; past master of Blue Lodge, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons, past high priest of 
Royal Arch Chapter, member of Commandery 
and Mystic Shrine, and Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, past noble grand and past dis- 
trict deputy, past chancellor commander and 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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past district deputy of the Knights of Pythias, 
and a member of the Benevolent and Pro- 
tective Order of Elks of Bath, Maine, of which 
he is lecturing knight. 



Anthony Besse, immigrant an- 
BESSE cestor, was born in England in 
1609 and came to America in the 
ship "James," sailing from England in July, 
1635. He was a man of education, and used 
to preach to the Indians. He was among the 
first to remove from Lynn, Massachusetts, to 
Sandwich, on Cape Cod. He was before the 
court in 1638, and was one of the petitioners 
asking Mr. Leveredge to remain at Sandwich. 

1655. His widow Jane married the notorious 
George Barlow. In her will, dated August 6, 
1693, she bequeaths to her daughters, Anne 
Hallett, Elizabeth Bodfish, Rebecca Hunter, 
and sons, Nehemiah Besse and John Barlow. 
Anthony Besse's will is dated February 10, 

1656, his inventory May 21, 1657. He be- 
queaths to wife Jane, daughters Dorcas, Ann, 
Mary and Elizabeth ; sons Nehemiah and Da- 
vid, providing that if his mother in England 
should send over anything, as she had formerly 
done, it should be divided among all the chil- 
dren. Children : I. Anthony, who was of age 
in 1664. 2. Nehemiah, mentioned below. 3. 
David, born at Sandwich, May 23, 1649. 4- 
Anne, married Andrew Hallett. 5. Elizabeth, 
married Joseph Bodfish. 6. Rebecca, married 
Hunter. 7. Dorcas. 8. Mary. 

(II) Nehemiah, son of Anthony Besse, was 
born as early as 1641, for he was of age in 
1662. He was a townsman of Sandwich, in 
1675, the only one of the family: he was a 
freeman, on the list of 1678 ; was entitled to 
share lands at Sandwich on the list dated 
March 24, 1702. His name appears frequently 
in the town records and he was one of the 
most prominent citizens. He married Mary 

. Children, born at Sandwich : i. Mary, 

November 16, 1680, married Benjamin Curtis. 
2. Nehemiah, July 3, 1682. 3. Hannah, 1684- 
85, married, October 5. 1708, Thomas Jones. 
4. Robert, April 30, i6go, married. May 9, 
1712, Ruth Pray, of Bridgewater. 5. Joshua, 
February 14, 1692-93; married, at Wai'eham, 
September 17, 1743, Lydia Sandes, and re- 
moved to Wareham. 6. David. December 23, 
1693. married, July 18, 1717, Mary Pray. 7. 
Benjamin, September 20, 1696. 8. Ebenezer, 
mentioned below. 

(III) Ebenezer, son of Nehemiah Besse, 
was born in Sandwich, April 30, 1699. He 
removed to Wareham and was admitted to the 
church there July 20, 1740. All five of his 



brothers also located in Wareham. Robert 
Besse and his wife Ruth joined the First 
Church, April 18, 1742; David Besse and wife, 
July II, 1742; Joshua Besse, December 12, 
1742; Benjamin Besse's wife jMartha, July 22, 
1744, and Nehemiah's wife Sarah. Their de- 
scendants have been and are still very numer- 
ous in the town of Wareham. From the foun- 
dation of that town the Besse family has been 
one of the foremost in numbers and influence. 

Ebenezer married Deborah . Children, 

born at Wareham: i. Ann, December 16, 

1739, baptized in the First Church, July 27, 

1740. 2. Ruth, August 25, 1740, baptized Oc- 
tober 12, 1740. 3. Reuben, mentioned below. 

(I\') Reuben, son of Ebenezer Besse, was 
born May 12, 1745. He removed to Win- 

throp, Maine. He married Keziah . 

Children, born in Winthrop : i. Deborah, Oc- 
tober 19, 1768. 2. Reuben Jr., July 24, 1770, 
settled finally in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 
a town near Wareham. 3. Abigail, January 17, 
1773. 4. Jonathan, July 24. 1775, mentioned 
below. 5. Samuel : children, born in Winthrop : 
Alden, February 21, 1795; John, April 7, 
1797; Andrew Blunt, August 11, 1799. 

(V) Jonathan, son of Reuben Besse, was 
born in Winthrop, Maine, July 24, 1775. He 
married Asenath Smith. Among his children 
was Jonathan Belden, mentioned below. 

(VI) Jonathan Belden, son of Jonathan 
Besse, was born in 1820, in Wayne, Maine, a 
town near Winthrop, where his parents then 
lived. He died Majch 5, 1892, aged seventy- 
two years, in Albion, Maine. He was a tan- 
ner by trade. When a young man he was em- 
ployed as a tanner of sole leather by the 
Southwicks in \'assalborough, Maine. After- 
ward he worked for William Healy, a tanner 
at Albion, and eventually became the owner of 
the Healy tannery, at Albion Corners, and had 
a prosperous business. In 1878 he added to 
his business the tanning of sheep skins. After 
his son was admitted to partnership the busi- 
ness was conducted under the firm name of J. 
B. Besse & Son, and in 1890 he moved it to 
Clinton, Maine, and the firm built a tannery 
there, though Mr. Besse retained his residence 
in the town of Albion. Mr. Besse was a Re- 
publican in politics, and a prominent member 
of the Christian Church. He was a member 
of the Free Masons, Royal Arch Masons, Roy- 
al and Select Masters, and Knights Templar. 
He was a shrewd and successful business man, 
upright and honorable in his methods and of 
sound judgment. He commanded the respect 
and enjoyed the confidence of all his towns- 
men and was well known throughout his sec- 



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tion of the state. He was the first white child 
born in the town of Wayne, and he took no 
little pride in that fact and in the town itself. 
He married (first). July ii, 1852, at Albion, 
Isabella F., daughter of Lewis Hopkins, of 
Belgrade ; the ceremony was performed by Dr. 
A. P. Fuller; she died August 8, 1870, aged 
thirty-seven years ten months. He married 
(second), in Brunswick, December 4, 1872, 
by the Rev. E. Byrington, M. S. Springer, of 
Brunswick, born in Livermore, daughter of 
Nathaniel Springer. Children, by first wife : 
I. Mary Asenath, born in Albion, September 
5, 1853, died December 2, 1869. 2. George 
Byron, November 30, 1855, died October 13, 
1862. 3. Hannah B., August 28, 1857. 4. 
Frank Leslie, April 8, 1859, mentioned below. 
5. Everett B., 1861. 6. Byron, January 12, 
1865, died January 9, 1883. 7. Bertie, July 
16, 1868, died February 7, 1881. 

(VII) Frank Leslie, son of Jonathan Bel- 
den Besse. was born in Albion, April 8, 1859. 
He was educated in the public schools of his 
native town, and at the age of nineteen started 
to learn the trade of tanner in his father's 
business and was soon afterward admitted to 
partnership by his father. The firm name was 
J. B. Besse & Son during his father's life. 
He succeeded to the business, after his father 
died, and has conducted it under his own name 
to the present time. The business has grown 
to large proportions, the capacity of the tan- 
nery at Clinton being three thousand skins a 
day, employing a regular force of twenty 
journeymen. In addition to his extensive 
leather business, Mr. Besse conducts a large 
farm ; is president of the Clinton Electric Light 
and Power Company ; half-owner of the mill 
property on the Sebasticook dam ; president of 
the Besse, Osborne & Odell Company, a cor- 
poration engaged in the general leather trade, 
with ofSces at 51 South street, Boston; direc- 
tor of the People's National Bank of Water- 
ville ; trustee of the Central Institute at Pitts- 
field. Maine. He is a member of Sebasticook 
Lodge of Free Masons ; of Dunlap Chapter 
of China, Alaine ; of St. Omer Commandery, 
Knights Templar, of Waterville ; also of Pine 
Tree Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Clinton. He 
is an active and influential Republican, often 
serving as delegate to nominating conventions, 
member of the Republican county committee. 
He stands among the foremost business men of 
the town and county, and being of sound 
judgment and spotless integrity enjoys the 
confidence and esteem of all who know him. 
He has given freely of his means in projects 
supported by public spirit and for charity. He 



married, September 7, 1885, Mary Alberta 
Proctor, born September 7, 1865, in Albion, 
daughter of Albert and Mary (Whittier) 
Proctor. 



The study of the history of the 

COOMBS Coombs family leads us far 
back into the past, among many 
contrasting conditions of life, and among peo- 
ple who spell their name in various ways. But 
wherever these historic trails lead us we dis- 
cover the same sturdy physical characteristics ; 
the same glowing patriotism ; the same unflag- 
ging industry ; the same untiring perseverance ; 
the same love of home ; the same triumphs 
over difficulties which at first, and even 
through long years might have seemed ap- 
palling to hosts of others. 

Sir Mathew Hale, in his "Norman People." 
gives many noble records of the family who 
spelled their name Combes, Combs and 
Coombs. Theobald Combes was of Normandy 
in 1180-1195, with noble sons Giselbert, Nigil 
and Richard. Robert Combes made the far 
year 1198 shine with his sturdy valor. Orli- 
dulph Comes lived as brave and true a life 
in Devon in 1272 ; as did also Sir Richard 
Comes. Roger and Nicholas Combes were in 
Oxford and other towns at an early date. 
Brownings "Americans of Royal Descent" 
shows one of the noblest of Coombs lines from 
William the Conqueror down to Matilda 
Woodhull of Princeton, daughter of Dr. John 
H. Woodhull and Ann Wycoff, who married 
Judge Joseph Coombs. 

The description of the coat-of-arms of the 
Coombs family in England is that of a man 
standing upright, with the hilt resting on the 
ground. The spear is represented as being 
broken oiY perhaps a foot from the point, but 
the bearer of it seems ready to face any foe 
with what remains of the weapon. The legend 
accompanying this device may be freely trans- 
lated, "He who fights shall win the victory." 
It has been said that the family name, which 
was spelled Comb, Combe, Coomb and 
Coombs, was from the Welch owmb (Cumb 
or Coomb), meaning a narrow valley. But 
Scotland, too, is a land of oombs, or valleys, 
and here are found many of the Coombs name, 
some of them being men of considerable note. 
Some spell their name McComb, and some of 
their descendants in America still retain the 
name in that form, though the majority spell 
it Coombs. 

(I) The large majority of the members of 
the Coombs family in the New England States, 
and of those which are so w'idely scattered 




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over the west, trace their origin to a sturdy 
ancestor, Anthony Coombs, who was born in 
France about 1656 and came to America about 
1674, landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts. 
From thence he removed to New Meadows, 
near Brunswick, Maine, buying a large tract 
of land of the Indians. Being driven from 
thence by the savages he removed to Massa- 
chusetts, where he died ; but some of his chil- 
dren returned to the lands in Maine, and be- 
came, like those of the family who remained 
in Massachusetts, the ancestors of many no- 
ble, patriotic men and women, all records for 
our country's struggles for liberty being 
starred many times with the names of Coombs 
patriots. The name of the Coombs ancestor 
at New Meadows, INIaine, is spelled Allister, 
in the old records. He was married, Septem- 
ber 5, 1688, to "Dorkas" Woodin. This an- 
cestor, Anthony Coombs, is said to have been 
of one of the best French families, and by his 
father was designed for a priest, but his noble 
spirit revolted at the restrictions laid upon the 
priesthood. He soon found that an old friend 
of his had a portion of the English Bible, 
which he diligently read in secret. He was so 
impressed by the sincerity and faith of this 
old man, and by what he read in the Bible, 
that he determined to become an earnest Chris- 
tian, though he knew the discovery of this 
purpose meant death for him. At length he 
ventured to talk about this with his mother, 
and found that she held the same ideas which 
made his life have such a new meaning. She 
aided him with money and means to escape on 
a vessel to America, though she well knew 
that she might never again look into the face 
of this beloved son. No wonder that, with 
such an ancestry as this, the members of the 
Coombs family through long generations have 
been men and women of noblest thought and 
Christian faith. 

(II) Lieutenant Peter, son of Anthony and 
Dorcas (Woodin) Coombs, was born 1690 at 
New Meadows, and died there March 30, 1768. 
His wife's Christian name was Joanna, and 
they were the parents of : George, Anthony, 
Peter, Samuel, Caleb, Asa and Abigail. 

(III) Anthony (2), second son of Lieuten- 
ant Peter and Joanna Coombs, was born about 
1715, probably at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 
and lived for a time upon the paternal lands 
at New IMeadows (now a part of Brunswick), 
whither he removed about 1750; thence he re- 
moved to the town of Islesboro, Maine, where 
he was town officer in 1789, and died in 181 5, 
at the age of one hundred years. His wife, 
Ruth (surname unknown), survived him about 



eleven years, dying in 1826. They had seven 
sons and two daughters, but the names of the 
latter are not preserved. The sons were : An- 
thony, Jesse, Robert, Ephraim, Benjamin and 
Jonathan. 

(IV) Jesse, second son of Anthony (2) and 
Ruth Coombs, was probably born at Glouces- 
ter, Massachusetts. He removed with his fa- 
ther to Islesboro, Maine, and died there Sep- 
tember 5, 1823. He was married April 16, 
1794, to Hannah, daughter of William Rich- 
ards, of Bristol, Maine. She died November 
16, 1859, in Islesboro. where all their children 
were born, viz. : Jesse, Sally, Othniel, Wealthy, 
Temperance, Rebecca, Philip, Pillsbury, Lucin- 
da, Hannah and Cyrena. 

(V) Othniel, second son of Jesse and Han- 
nah (Richards) Coombs, was born June 25, 
1799, in Islesboro, where he passed his life. 
He was a man of remarkable energy and in- 
dustry and was governed by the highest prin- 
ciples of honor in all his dealings. He was 
therefore much esteemed and respected, and 
died mourned by most of the inhabitants in 
the town. His old age was passed in the care 
of his youngest son. Joseph, who inherited the 
paternal estate. His marriage intentions were 
published April 2"/, 1816, and the \vedding no 
doubt occurred very soon thereafter, the bride 
being Sally Marshall, of Islesboro. Their chil- 
dren were: i. Sarah, born November 20, 
1818, married William Farrow of Islesboro. 
2. Lois, February 6, 1821, married Henry Rue, 
of Islesboro. 3. llydia J., April 6, 1832, married 
Samuel Coombs. 4. Arphaxad, February 12, 
1826. 5. Martin S., IMarch 30, 1829, married 
Catherine Thomas, died September 8, 1868; his 
children : Wellington, born September 16, 
1854: Eliza C, October 26, 1857; Robert P., 
May 3, i860. 6. Lucenia, June 10, 1831, died 
w'hen sixteen years old. 7. Mary Ann, Feb- 
ruary I, 1835, died April, 1838. 8. Eliza F., 
November 22, 1837, died November 26, 1857. 
9. George A., August 30, 1840, married Lydia 
Burgess. 10. Joseph L. S., September 24, 
1842, married Lucy Parker. 

(VI) Arphaxad, eldest son of Othniel and 
Sally (Marshall) Coombs, was born Febru- 
ary 12, 1826, in Islesboro, and died in New 
York, November i, 1883. In 1838 he went 
to sea as cabin boy, and worked up to master 
mariner. In 1875 he left the high seas and en- 
gaged in the towing business in New York 
Citv. He was a member of the Masonic fra- 
ternity and a Congregationalist in religion. 
He married Harriet L. Coombs, daughter of 
Fields and Betsey (Ames) Coombs, of Isles- 
boro. She was born October 15, 1827, and 



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died September lo, 1897. They were the 
parents of three sons and two daughters: i. 
Arphaxad, died at the age of twenty years. 
2. Angehna, married (first) George Russell, 
of Belfast, and (second) Roscoe Robbins, and 
resides in Union, Maine. 3. Hattie I., born 
July 8, 1857, died March 3, 1897, while the 
wife of Arthur Paine, of Camden. 4. Preston 
W., born July 14, 1863, died March 7, 1901. 
5. James Bliss, mentioned below. 

(VII) James Bliss, youngest child of Ar- 
phaxad and Harriet L. (Coombs) Coombs, 
was born July 12, 1865, in Islesboro, and re- 
ceived a limited education in the public schools 
of Belfast, Maine, and Brooklyn, New York. 
He came to the latter city at the age of eleven 
years and one year later became an office boy 
with Miller & Houghton, in business on South 
street, Manhattan, and here he continued five 
years. Before beginning his business career 
he attended school one year in Brooklyn. At 
the age of seventeen he took employment with 
L. W. & P. Armstrong, merchants, sugar ex- 
porters and importers and steamship agents, 
in New York. Since that time he has remained 
continuously connected with this firm, and in 
1903 became one of its partners. His keen in- 
terest in the business and activity in its pro- 
motion has contributed in considerable degree 
to the success of the establishment. He was 
formerly a member of the Union League Club 
of Brooklyn, and is now an active member 
of the Marine and Field clubs in that city, the 
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and of the Produce 
and Maritime exchanges of New York. He 
is a trustee of the Bedford Presbyterian 
Church of Brooklyn, and in politics is an 
earnest and straightforward Republican. He 
is one of the Sons of Maine who have gone 
out into the world and achieved success unaid- 
ed, amidst the crushing competitions of a great 
city. He married, June 10, 1896, Lulu Tirrell, 
a native of Boston, daughter of Isaac and 
Sarah Tirrell, of Brooklyn, New York. 

(HI) Peter (2), third son of Peter (i) and 
' Joanna Coombs, was a resident of Brunswick. 

(IV) Hosea, probably son of Peter (2) 
Coombs, removed from Brunswick to Isles- 
boro and settled on the next lot below Sab- 
bath Harbor. He married (first), September 
25, 1782, Elizabeth Page, supposed to be either 
a daughter or sister of Rev. Solomon Page, 
who was the minister of Bath, Maine, about 
1762. Peter Coombs married (second), Sep- 
tember II, 1 81 3, Judith (Maddocks) Buck- 
more, a widow. Their children were probably : 
Simon, Fields, Hosea, Otis, Solomon Page, 
Jeremiah, Betsey. Isaac and John. 



(V) Captain Fields, second son of Hosea 
and Elizabeth (Page) Coombs, was born Jan- 
uary, 1786, in Islesboro, where he passed his 
life and died May 2, 1848. He married, De- 
cember 26, 1814, Betsey Ames, who died Au- 
gust 15, 1865, aged seventy-nine years and 
five months. Their children: i. Emeline, 
born May 17, 1816, died January, 1892; mar- 
ried Thomas H. Parker, February 6, 1839. 2. 
Eliza J., March 23, 1817, married Mark Pen- 
dleton Jr.. 1837. 3. Otis, 1819, died March, 
1820. 4. Otis F., February 22, 1821, married 
Angelina Veazie, who died December 19, 1891. 
5. Catherine, February 23, 1823, died August 
9, 1826. 6. Deborah, April 27. 1825, married 
(first) Otis C. Veazie, January 21, 1844, (sec- 
ond) John Veazie, who died i'888. 7. Lincoln, 
August 3, 1830, married Louisa Farnsworth. 

8. Charles A., February 22, 1832, married 
(first) Euraina Veazie, (second) Helen Smith. 

9. Theresa, March 11, 1835, died January 9, 
1838. 10. Edwin, October 29, 1837, married 
(first) Louisa IMarshal, January 29, i860,, 
(second) Augusta \'eazie, September 25. 1864. 
Otis F. Coombs represented the town in the 
legislature and was the first master of Island 
Lodge of Free Masons. He was postmaster,, 
town clerk, and a man of honor and esteem. 
He died on board his vessel, the brig, "Caro- 
line Eddy," in the Mediterranean .Sea. Decem- 
ber 19, 1877, and was buried in Islesboro with 
Masonic rites. 



Many members of the Coombs 
COOIMBS family appeared in America at 
early dates, and trace their ori- 
gin to England. John Coombs was a passen- 
ger on a ship from London, October 13, 1635, 
and is considered to be the same John Coombs 
who was at Plymouth, Massachusetts, at an 
early date. 

The old records of Boston. Massachusetts, 
contain mention of several worthy citizens who 
bore the name of Coombs. None of the de- 
scendants left statements which prve how these 
were related to or if they were near relatives 
of John Coombs, of Plymouth. One of the ear- 
liest Coombs records in Boston mentions the 
marriage of one John Coombs to Elizabeth 
Barlow on February 24, 1661. His children 
were : Elizabeth ; John, who was born July 20, 
1664. and daughters Mary and Sarah. The 
son John was a famous "Taylor" in Boston, 
and had by his wife, Elizabeth, children: 
Thomas, Peter and Mary, and two sons John, 
one of whom died young, the other John being 
a very successful mariner, who made his will 
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wife Elizabeth and children John, Jonathan 
and Elizabeth. One of the executors of this 
will was Philip Coombs, of Newbury, Massa- 
chusetts. 

(I) Philip Coombs was a shipwright at 
Newbury, JMassachusetts, in 1751, and appears 
to have resided in that town for many years. 
He was a man of great constructive skill, and 
was a townsman of excellent'repute. The chil- 
dren born to him by his wife Lydia at New- 
bury are thus named in the old records : Will- 
iam, mentioned below; Martha, ]\Iay 29, 1739; 
Betty, June 8, 1744. 

(II) William, only son of Philip (i) 
Coombs, was born September, 1736. 

(III) Philip (2), son of William Coombs, 
was a man of very sturdy, enterprising 
character, who removed to Bangor, Maine, 
in 1814, becoming a very successful mer- 
chant there, and one who was highly re- 
spected by all who knew him. "In 1836 Philip 
Coombs, one of the original settlers of Ban- 
gor, with his son Philip H. and his son-in-law 
Frederick Hobbs, Esq., conveyed to the city of 
Bangor what was then called 'Coombs City 
Common,' containing five acres, to be forever 
kept as a park. During the administration of 
Mayor Arthur Chapin the name of this park 
was changed to Chapin Park." 

(IV) Philip Henry, son of Philip (2) 
Coombs, was born in Newburyport, Massachu- 
setts, February 21, 1803, died November 22, 
1 87 1. He moved to Bangor, Maine, when he 
was a lad and became a very successful mer- 
chant in that city. He was widely noted for 
his great executive ability, his honest dealings 
with all classes of customers, and for his grand 
help in all matters of public interest. He was 
a member of the First Congregational Society 
of Bangor, and a Republican in politics. He 
married Eliza Boardman, born August 26, 
1805, died j\lay 25, 1873. They had several 
children, only two who arrived at maturity : 
I. Fred H., born May i, 1832, died December 
16, 1887, unmarried ; he was a successful civil 
engineer and city engineer of Bangor. 2. 
Philip, see forward. 

(V) Phihp (3), son of Philip Henry 
Coombs, was born in Bangor, August 5, 1833. 
died November 9, 1906. He graduated from 
the high school of that city, and at an early 
age became a bookkeeper and an expert ac- 
countant. One of the many obituaries of him 
states : "Mr. Coombs was a man who was 
recognized as the very soul of honor and 
probity. He was scrupulously exact in all busi- 
ness matters, and used the utmost care in every 
detail of his work. He was deeply interested 



in all charitable and religious work, and along 
all such lines did as much as several men 
usually do. He was willing to go without 
many things which seemed quite essential to 
his comfort if only the poor could be cheered 
and the cause of religion advanced. His death 
will be regretted by a large circle of friends." 
Philip Coombs married Sarah F., daughter of 
the Rev. Richard Woodhull, and descended 
from a long line of ancestry. The mother of 
Sarah F. Woodhull was Sarah Forbes, daugh- 
ter of William Forbes, the second postmaster 
at Bangor, Maine, who was appointed to that 
office April i, 1804. William Forbes took up 
one of the original settlers' lots on the Penob- 
scot river, near the present Mount Hope ceme- 
.tery, at what is called Red Bridge, and the 
farm has ever since been owned in the family. 
It is now occupied by the widow of Charles H. 
Forbes, son of William Forbes. Philip Coombs 
and wife had six children, one of whom died 
in infancy. The others were: i. Philip Hen' 
ry. 2. Eliza Boardman, married Rev. J. G. 
Smiley. 3. Mary Woodhull, married Dr. Fred- 
erick M. Brown. 4. Caroline, married Henry 
E. Kelley. 5. Helen, who is unmarried and 
resides in Connecticut. 

(VI) Philip Henry (2), son of Philip (3) 
and Sarah F. (Woodhull) Coombs, was born' 
in Bangor, Maine, December 24, 1856. He 
has always resided at Bangor. He entered in 
1875 the engineering office of his uncle, Fred 
H. Coombs, where he learned civil engineering. 
After the death of his uncle, in 1887, he en- 
tered into partnership with T. W. Baldwin. 
Since 1892 Mr. Coombs has been in sole con- 
trol, and has a very large business, which 
reaches far and wide outside of the city. Foi' 
over twenty years Mr. Coombs has been city 
engineer for Bangor. It is very interesting to 
notice that this civil engineering office was 
started by the great-uncle of Mr. Coombs, 
William Coombs, over seventy years ago, and 
then continued by his nephew, Fred H. 
Coombs, and then as stated by Philip H. Mr. 
Coombs is consulted on important matters by 
people all over his native state. The following 
list of the achievements of Philip H. Coombs 
was furnished by the American Society of 
Civil Engineers : "Assistant on original sur- 
vey for location of Penobscot Chemical Fiber 
Company, Pulp Mills, Great Works, ]\Iaine, 
in 1881. Acting resident engineer on the con- 
struction of canal and mill, 1882 and 1883, for 
T. W. Baldwin ; civil engineer from the time 
of breaking ground until the mill was suc- 
cessfully running. Original cost of this mill 
about $150,000. This was the first large pulp 



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mill erected in Maine. Resident engineer in 
laying out and construction of pulp and paper 
mill, Eastern Manufacturing Company, at 
Brewer, Maine, 1889, this costing about $200,- 
000. Resident engineer pulp and paper mill, 
Orono Pulp and Paper Company, Basin ]\Iills, 
Orono, Maine. iSgo, the work costing about 
$250,000. Resident engineer Pulp and Paper 
Company, Webster Paper Company, Orono, 
Maine, 1890, cost about $250,000. Engineer 
on laying out Bangor, Maine, street railway, 
1888. This was the first electric road built in 
Maine, and among the first to be successfully 
operated in the United States. Original length 
of this road, one and one-half miles. Mr. 
Coombs has been engaged as engineer in lay- 
ing out and improving roads for several com- 
panies centering in Bangor most of the time 
since 1888 up to date. City engineer and su- 
perintendent of sewers, Bangor, from Novem- 
ber, 1883, until March, 1893, inclusive. City 
engineer, 1 894-99- 1 90 1 -02-03-04-05-06-07-08. 
The cost of sewers constructed during these 
years was $323,348. The cost of bridges con- 
structed in that time, $201,777. Mr. Coombs 
was principal assistant with city engineers 
from 1875 to 1882, inclusive. He made the 
plans, specifications and contracts, and super- 
intended the construction of the masonry pier 
and abutments for Kenduskeag Bridge in 1884 
and 1889, and for masonry pier for Franklin 
street bridge in 1885, the cost of both being 
$60,000. This work was done jointly by the 
city of Bangor and the United States govern- 
ment, the government first approving the de- 
signs, plans and specifications and finally ac- 
cepting the work and paying one-half the cost. 
He made surveys and plans with profiles for 
sewer system for towns as follows: 1892, 
De.xter, Maine, estimated cost to complete, 
$54,000; 1894, Dover, Maine, estimated cost to 
complete, $30,000: 1904, Foxcroft, Maine, es- 
timated cost, $30,000; 1904, Newport, Maine, 
estimated cost, $20,000. Engineer on survey, 
plans and specifications, contract and in charge 
of construction for sewer system for a part of 
the city of Brewer, Maine, in 1898, cost $10,- 
000. In 1901, same kind of work for Maine 
State Prison, cost about $6,500. Engineer on 
original and subsequent sewerage. Eastern 
Maine Insane Hospital, from purchase of the 
property in 1899 to date. Principal construc- 
tion, 1895 to 1900. Administrations of three 
different commissions. Made plans, specifica- 
tions and contract for engineering construc- 
tion, among which may be mentioned earth 
and ledge excavations, about $45,000; sewer 
system, about $1,500; a deep well water sup- 



ply sufficient for one thousand patients, cost 
about $2,500; and the building of about one- 
half of the macadam road on the grounds; 
also designed what landscape work was done. 
Cost of this institution, about $300,000. Resi- 
dent engineer on construction and completion 
of foundation and building of Stewart Free 
Library, Corinna, IMaine, 1897-98, including 
design and laying out of grounds ; cost about 
$45,000. On this work Mr. Coombs also acted 
as agent of the owners, who lived in Minne- 
apolis, Minnesota. Engineer engaged in or- 
iginal survey for water works system. Dexter, 
Maine, in 1898, and on survey, plan, specifica- 
tions and construction of system, including 
concrete reservoir of five hundred thousand 
gallons capacity, in 1903 ; cost of system built, 
about $50,000. One of the two commissioners 
authorized by the Maine legislature in 1901 
and appointed by the Penobscot Log Driving 
Company on a hydraulic survey of the Penob- 
scot river. West Branch watershed, to investi- 
gate and determine present storage, need of 
increased storage for log driving, manufac- 
turing and other purposes. This survey cov- 
ered two years and cost $13,000. Reported to 
the legislature of 1903, upon which legislation 
and business transactions have since been 
based. Mr. Coombs is still engaged by the 
Penobscot Log Driving Company, principally 
on hydraulic work. Chief engineer for the 
Bangor Terminal Railway Company on sur- 
vey, location, etc., of six miles of road con- 
templated to connect Bangor with the North- 
ern Maine seaport branch of the Bangor and 
Aroostook railway at Hermon, Maine, con- 
struction pending. Engineer on working 
plans and in charge of construction of Chapin 
Park, Bangor, 1899 and 1901, cost about 
$8,000. Same position on working plans, spe- 
cifications, contract under charge of construc- 
tion of Broadway Park, Bangor, 1904 and 
1905 ; cost, about $10,000. Same position on 
survey, plan and design for Summit Park, 
Bangor, 1904; estimated cost, $5,000. Engi- 
neer on design, plan, specifications, inspection 
of construction, etc., of fishways for Maine 
Fisheries Commissioners from 1889 to pres- 
ent date." 

Mr. Coombs is deeply interested in Masonic 
work ; is an active member of Rising Vir- 
tue Lodge, No. 10, F. and A. M.. of which he 
is past master; Mt. Moriah Chapter, No. 6, 
R. A. M., of which he is high priest; Bangor 
Council, R. and S. ^I., of which he is master; 
St. John's Commandery, No. 3, K. T., of 
which he is eminent commander ; Eastern Star 
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Princes of Jerusalem; Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree. He is also 
an Odd Fellow, member of the Masonic Club, 
and the American Society of Civil Engineers. 
Mr. Coombs married Millie M., daughter of 
Samuel B. and Mary Proctor (Burr) Field; 
two children : Grace Field, born September 
6, 1886; Leola Woodhull, March 10, 1889. 
Samuel B. Field was born at Carmel, Maine, 
October 4, 1817, died November 19, 1902; he 
was a very faithful soldier in the civil war, 
mustered in December 12, 1861, first lieuten- 
ant of Company C, Second Regiment of Alaine 
Volunteers ; he was a charter member of B. H. 
Beal Post, No. 12, Grand Army of the Re- 
public. 



The immigrant ancestor of this 
COOMBS branch of the Coombs family 

was of French Huguenot an- 
cestry. All we know of him is that he came 
to America, lived for a time in Plymouth 
county, Alassachusetts, and then at Newbury- 
port. He was doubtless a seafaring man and 
there is reason to believe that he died when 
a young man. There are many reasons for 
thinking him a grandson or at least a near 
relative of Henry Coombs, of Marblehead. 
who is the progenitor of a large part of the 
Coombs families of America. He, too, was 
French in descent, though of English birth 
probably. Henry Coombs had land laid out 
to him in Marblehead, December 22, 1648; 
had charge of the ferry in that town in 1661 ; 
died 1669 ; children of Henry and wife Eliza- 
beth : i. Henry, settled in Salem Village and 
had a son John, who died in 1690; ii. Hum- 
phrey, born 1635, married Bathsheba Ray- 
mond : iii. Deborah ; iv. Elizabeth ; v. Mi- 
chael, resided in Marblehead ; vi. Susannah, 
married, October 22, 1668, Francis Grant; 
vii. Richard, died January. 1693-94. Children 
of the Maine family's progenitor: i. Peter, 
came to Brunswick, Maine, about 1730, and 
settled at Havard's Point a short distance be- 
low the Bartlett Adams place, removed to the 
Freeman Gross place near Harding Station ; 
children : George, Peter, Samuel. Caleb. 2. 
Anthony, mentioned below. 3. John, settled 
on Great Island, Harpswell, Maine, and was 
grandfather of Elisha, Anthony, John and 
Isaac Coombs of that town. We find John 
Coombs, born August 14, 1695, at Hull, Mas- 
sachusetts, son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
Coombs, probably the pioneer ancestors of this 
family. 

(II) Anthony Coombs, son of the immi- 
grant, was born in 171 5. He went to Bruns- 



wick, Maine, with his two brothers. He set- 
tled on the James Larrabee place. He re- 
moved to Islesborough, Maine, where he was 
one of the first settlers. He was a prominent 
citizen and held various offices. He sold his 
farm at Islesborough to Mighall Parker, Au- 
gust 6, 1791, and spent his last years in 
Brunswick, where he died in 1815 at the age 
of one hundred years. His widow Ruth died 
1826. Children: i. Anthony Jr., died Jan- 
uary 8, 1735, a town officer; married Hannah 
Holbrook. 2. Jesse, married, April 16, 1794, 
Hannah Richards, of Bristol. 3. Robert, men- 
tioned below. 4. Ephraim, died January 9, 
1812, aged thirty-si.x. 5. Benjamin, married, 
June 16. 1 791, Abigail Williams, who died 
July 13, 1842. 6. Jonathan, married, Novem- 
ber 16, 1790, Martha Warren and removed to 
Albion, Maine. 7. Abiezer, married, Novem- 
ber 23, 1823, Marv Burke; he died October 3, 
1861 ; she died May 5, 1881. 

(III) Robert, son of Anthony Coombs, was 
born in Islesborough or New Meadows 
(Brunswick) about 1755. He lived in West 
Bay, Islesborough, near Jeremiah Hatch. He 
married, July 10, 1790, Lucy Thomas. He 
may have been a soldier in the revolution, 
though the record has not been found. Of 
the revolutionary soldiers of the family we 
find from Brunswick alone Fields Coombs, 
Benjamin Coombs, Hezekiah Coombs, Joseph 
Stout Coombs and Nathan Coombs. Robert 
Coombs was a captain in the coasting trade, 
and like many of the privateers in the revolu- 
tion his contribution to the cause, if any, might 
not be found in the printed rolls. He married 
(second) . Children, born in Isles- 
borough: I. Robert Jr., June 25, 1783, men- 
tioned below. 2. Jacob, March 31, 1785, mar- 
ried Prudence Turner (intentions dated April 
15, 1821). 3. Lucy, February 28, 1787, mar- 
ried, October 7, 1816, Otho Abbott, of Mont- 
ville, Maine. 4. Jesse, April 4, 1789. married 
Desire Turner, March 2, 181 6. 5. Isaac, Feb- 
ruary 9, 1790, married Betsey Boardman. 6. 
Luther, June 3, 1805, married Dean Basford, 
of Belfast, May 9, 1828. 7. Catherine, May 
13, 1809, married Charles Bagley, of Belfast. 
8. Louisa, July 18, 181 1, married, June 21, 
1832, Arthur Farnsworth. Child of his sec- 
ond wife: 9. Isaiah, August 16, 1838. 

(IV) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) 
Coombs, was born in Islesborough, June 25, 
1783. He began to go to sea when a boy, 
and led the life of a sailor during his youth 
and early manhood. In 1830 he removed to 
Belfast, Maine, and purchased a farm of some 
sixty acres, where he lived the remainder of 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



■his life, and died July 9, 1862. He married, 
December 25, 1823, Jane Gilkey, born in Isles- 
borough, April 9. 1807, died in Belfast, Au- 
gust I, 1884. Children: i. Lucy Jane, born 

'September 5. 1824, died January 23, 1827. 2. 
Statira Preble, April 13, 1826. 3. Robert H., 
July 3, 1828, mentioned below. 4. Lucretia 

■ Mary, married A. J. Macomber. 5. Lorenzo 
D., Noyerpber 20, 183 1, was a forty-niner. 6. 

. Charles Henry, went to California in 1853, 
and not heard from since 1865, when he 
joined a company of cavalry and took part in 

'- the close of the civil war. 7. Ludia Jane, 
March 15, 1835. 8. Hollis M., March 15, 1837, 
resides ,in Providence, Rhode Island. 9. 
Franklin S., January 5, 1839. 10. Philip G., 

-resides in Belfast. 11. Royal Augustus, 
drowned while bathing at the age of fifteen. 
12. Caroline F., died young. 13. Welcome 
Jordan, resides on the homestead. 14. Emma 
Frances, married Charles Hayes. 

(V) Captain Robert H., son of Robert 
Coombs, was born in Islesborough, Maine, 
July 3, 1828, and died in Belfast. Maine, No- 
vember 7, 1897. He had but a limited educa- 
tion, entering on his career as a sailor when 
but nine years old. He went first as cook on 
a coasting vessel, and at the age of sixteen 
was master of the schooner "Jane" of Belfast. 
After that he commanded a variety of craft, 
including the schooner "Dime," "Eri," "Royal 
Welcome," "Tippecanoe," "Pensacola," "Fred 
Dyer," "Lydia Brooks," the brig "Russian," 
the bark "P. R. Hazeltine," the bark "Diana," 
the ship "Live Oak," the ship "Cora," named 
for his daughter. During the war he sailed 
the "Diana," under the Hanoverian flag, from 
America to India and to the Lhiited Kingdom. 
In the spring of 1865 he sold this vessel in 
Copenhagen. In the "Cora" he sailed round 
the world, touching at Chinese ports and 
others on the Pacific coast, and for twenty 
years his vessel was not on the American coast. 
About 1880 he returned to Belfast and gave 
up sea-going for the remainder of his life. 
He engaged in the furniture trade and under- 
taking business in Belfast. In politics he was 
a Republican. He was a member of the Ma- 
sonic fraternity, and his diploma was a most 
interesting document, coming from the Grand 
Orient in Paris, where he was made an M. M., 
bearing indorsements from many lodges ; from 
Excelsior Lodge in Buenos Ayres in 1862; 
New Zealand Lodge. Wellington, New Zea- 
land, 1866; Bute Lodge, Cardiff, Wales, 1859; 
Mount Moriah Lodge, New Orleans, 1859; 
Lodge of Love, Falmouth, Cornw^all, England, 
i860; Rising Star. Bombay, September, 1876: 



St. Andrew Lodge, Calcutta. 1877; and St, 
John Lodge, Hong Kong, China, 1880. His 
home membership was with Phoenix Lodge, 
No. 24, Belfast, Maine. He married, June 11, 
1850, Harriet E. Pendleton, born April 13, 
1 83 1, died June 7, 1894, daughter of Jared 
Pendleton, of Belfast. Children: i. Walter 
H., resides in Belfast. 2. Cora J.. September 
18, 1852, married Alexander Leith and had 
two children. 3. Daughter, died young. 4. 
Charles R., March 20, 1862, mentioned be- 
low. 

(\T) Charles R., son of Captain Robert H. 
Coombs, was born in Belfast, March 20, 1862. 
He attended the public schools of Belfast. 
When he was but ten years old he went to 
England with his mother, and while there con- 
tinued his schooling for two years. When he 
returned home he took a course in the Bryant 
& Stratton Business College in Boston. He 
became associated in business with his father 
in February, 1882, under the firm name of 
Robert H. Coombs & Son, undertakers and 
dealers in furniture, in Belfast. Their busi- 
ness was prosperous and the partnership con- 
tinued until the father's death in 1897. Since 
then the junior partner has been the sole pro- 
prietor. In 1900 he sold the furniture store 
and business and has devoted his attention ex- 
clusively to the undertaking business. In pol- 
itics he is a Republican. He is a member of 
Phcenix Lodge of Free Masons, Belfast, and 
at present its worshipful master. He is a 
member also of the Corinthian Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons, of Belfast, and of King Solo- 
mon Council, Royal and Select Masters ; also 
of Waldo Lodge of Odd Fellows, Belfast ; of 
Penobscot Encampment and Aurora Lodge of 
Rebekahs. In religion he is a L'nitarian. He 
married, September 4, 1902, Helena C. Mat- 
thews, born January 11, 1872, daughter of 
Charles and Carrie Matthews, of Belfast. They 
have no children. 



Henry Coombs was of Marble- 
COOMBS head, Massachusetts, as early 

as December 22, 1648, when he 
with others had lots of land laid out in the 
swamp. On April 11. 1653, he sold a cow 
lease to John Legg, and in 1656 was elected 
"way warden." In 1661 he had temporary 
charge of the ferry, near which he appears to 
have lived. In 1667 he was complained against 
for having uttered alleged slanderous reports 
concerning the minister at Marblehead, the 
Rev. Mr. Walton, saying that "he preached 
nothing but lies, and that he could prove him 
to be a knave." Henry Coombs was a fisher- 



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man. The inventorv of his estate was taken 
September 16, 1669, by Henry Bartholomew, 
Moses Maverick and Hilliard Veren. His 

wife was Elizabeth , and administration 

was granted on her estate June 13, 1709, to 
her son-in-law, Francis Grant, and his wife 
Susannah, the latter the youngest daughter 
of the decedent. Henry and Elizabeth Coombs 
.had seven children: i. Henry, was living in 
1690, when he was in Salem, Massachusetts, 
and settled the estate of his brother John. 2. 
Humphrey, born about 1635. married, July 

29. 1659, Bathsheba Rayment (Raymond), 
'daughter of Richard Rayment, of Seabrook, 

Connecticut. 3. Deborah, who married 

House. 4. Elizabeth, who married Thomas 
Trevey. 5. Midiael (see post). 6. Susannah, 
■who married, October 22, 1668, Francis Grant, 
■of ;\Iarblehead, and had nine children: Mary, 
born July 16, 1669, died young; Susannah, 
August 19, 1671. died before 1718, married, 
July 4, 1692, Thomas White ; Francis, No- 
vember 25, 1673; Sarah, August 24, 1675, 

:married Merritt ; Jane, August 29, 

1679, married Knight; John, August 

30, 1682; David, November 14, 1684, died be- 
fore 1718; Henry, July 30, 1687; Mary, April 
12, 1694, married Pitman. 7. Rich- 
ard, died January, 1693-94; married Margaret 
, and had one child, Bridget, born Feb- 
ruary 25, 1689, married, January 10, 1710, 
John Lapthorne. 

(H) Michael, son of Henry and Elizabeth 

Coomlas, married Joanna , and by her 

had two children: Michael (see post) and 
Joshua, born February 23, 1670-71, no further 
record. 

(HI) Michael (2). son of Michael (i) and 
Joanna Coombs, was born ^Marcli 22, 1668-69, 
and died July 26, 1730. He was witness to 
a nuncupative will made by Thomas Rhoades, 
of Marblehead, to John Sampson, on board 
the ship "Essex" at sea, wherein it was agreed 
that if either died during the voyage the sur- 
vivor should have whatever clothes and wages 
the other possessed at the time of his decease. 
It so happened that Sampson was killed during 
the voyage. Mr. Coombs married, July 12, 
1694, Ruth Rhoades and had six children: i. 
Joanna, baptized May 19, 1695, married, De- 
cember 29, 171 5, Benjamin Girdler. 2. Rich- 
ard, baptized February 14, 1696-97. 3. Josh- 
ua (see post). 4. Michael, born February 28, 
1702-03, died January, 1782; married (first), 
March 12, 1724-25, Remember White, daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Susanna (Grant) White. 
Their children were Mary, baptized December 
II, 1726; Ruth, baptized September 28, 1729, 



died in infancy; Ruth, baptized June 30, 1731, 
died November 8, 1814, married, June 18, 
1751, Mark Haskell; Thomas, baptized No- 
vember 25, 1733, died December, 1764. 5. 
Ruth, baptized iMarch 25, 1705, married, June 
12, 1726, John Down, of St. Island, New 
Hampshire. 6. Elizabeth, baptized July 26, 
1 71 3, no further record. 

(IV) Joshua, son of Michael (2) and Ruth 
(Rhoades) Coombs, was baptized June 11, 
1699, and died before February 27, 1764, the 
date his will was proved. He was a member 
of St. Michael's Episcopal Church of Marble- 
head. He married, January 29, 1721, Mary 
Goree, and by her had four children: i. Mi- 
chael (see post). 2. Susaimah, married a Mr. 
Nicholson. 3. Joanna, married a ]\Ir. Nelson. 
4. Richard, date of birth unknown, died young. 

(Y) Michael (3), son of Joshua and Mary 
(Goree) Coombs, was baptized February 25, 
1727-28, and died in 1806. During the revo- 
lution he cast his fortunes with the British, 
and having become a Tory he fled from home 
and all his property, with that of other Tories 
in the vicinity of Marblehead, was confiscated. 
In regard to his movements the following an- 
nouncement was made by the committee of 
correspondence at Marblehead, in June, 1781, 
through Jonathan Glover, chairman of the 
committee : "This may certify that Mr. Mi- 
chael Coombs, late an inhabitant of Marble- 
head, in said county (Essex), mariner, has 
absented himself for 3 weeks and upwards 
from the usual place of his abode and we 
verily believe went to our enemies." On Feb- 
ruary 19, 1782, Michael Coombs' wife present- 
ed a petition to the general court asking that 
a portion of his estate which had been con- 
fscated should be set off and sold, which re- 
quest was granted and one-third of it was set 
oft", including the !iiouse and the land around it, 
located "on training field hill." On January 4, 
1753, Michael Coombs married Sarah Girdler. 
In his will he mentions only one son, Nicholas 
(VI), to whom he gives his great coat, and 
to Joshua, son of said Nicholas, he gave all 
the rest of his wearing apparel. To his wife 
Sarah he gave one-third part of his real es- 
tate. 

(VII) Joshua, son of Nicholas Coombs and 
grandson of Michael Coombs, of both of whom 
mention is made in the preceding paragraph, 
was born in Bowdoin, Maine, July 7, 1775, and 
died November 29, 185 1. He married Mary 

, who was born December 7, 1772, and 

died in October, 1843. 

(VTII) James, son of Joshua and Mary 
Coombs, was born in Bowdoin, Maine, No- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



vember 7, 1798, and died in Lisbon, Alaine, 
September i. 1880. He was a blacksmith by 
trade. The greater part of his Hfe was spent 
in his native town of Bowdoin, but during his 
latter years he lived in Lisbon, where he died. 
He married (first) Love Getchel, who was 
born July 26. 1801. and died December 20, 
1 85 1, having borne him thirteen children. He 
married for liis second wife Mrs. Mary Gould, 
and by her had one child. His children: i. 
William Given (see post). 2. Nathaniel G., 
born February 5, 1821, died October, 1876. 
3. John G., May 19, 1822. 4. Mary, July 28, 
1823, died July 6, 1824. 5. Mary, June 21. 
1825. 6. James, January 13, 1827, died Au- 
gust. 1864. 7. Hannah, March 5, 1828, died 
March 5, 1828. 8. Daniel C., March 3, 1830, 
died September 26, 1891. 9. Martha, Novem- 
ber 4, 1834, died September, 1871. 10. Charles 
B., July 28, 1837, died September, 1875. 11. 
Susan, October 28, 1839, <i'sd January 3, 1842. 

12. Ruth L., April 17, 1841, no further record. 

13. Frank B., September 13, 1847, no further 
record. 14. Nathan S., November 25, 1853, no 
further record. 

(IX) William Given, eldest son and child 
of James and Love (Getchel) Coombs, was 
born in Bowdoin, Maine, October i, i8ig, and 
died in Auburn, Maine, March 6, 1898. He 
was a blacksmith by trade, which he followed 
all of his life. In 1852 he removed to New 
Gloucester, Maine, and subsequently located 
in Auburn, where the later years of his life 
were passed. His wife was Clarina Ann 
Kinsley, daughter of Daniel Kinsley, of Au- 
burn, Alaine, by whom he had two children : 
James Edward, born in Lisbon Falls, July 3, 
1845. Delbert Dana (see post). 

(X) Delbert Dana, youngest of the tw'o sons 
of William Given and Clarina Ann (Kinsley) 
Coombs, was born in Lisbon Falls, Maine, 
July 26, 1850. When he was two years old 
his parents removed to New Gloucester, one 
of the most picturesque old towns in Maine. 
No doubt the natural beauty surrounding him 
made a deep impression on the sensitive mind 
of the young -boy and was the first cause of 
the art impulse that early showed itself. No 
artistic ancestors as far as known and no 
art influence whatever about him. Here in 
this quiet village he received his early edu- 
cation at the common school. A severe illness 
when he was about tw-elve years old (the 
effects of which were felt for many years) un- 
fitted him for the broader education his am- 
bition craved. When almost a babe he would 
spend hours at his mother's side cutting out 
all kinds of figures with the scissors and even 



then it is said he showed remarkable skill in 
some of his work. At school his pencil often 
brought him trouble, but the corner grocery 
store was the place where it found encourage- 
ment. Many evenings has he entertained the 
frequenters of that resort, sketching on the 
rough wrapping paper anything they would 
call for. Crude no doubt these sketches were, 
but it was the school that trained the pencil 
for the rapid work required for animal paint- 
ing later in life. The old village smithy, too, 
was a picture gallery for the young artist, 
where the boy's father proudly exhibited to his 
customers his son's skill in chalk on the black- 
ened wall of the old shop. It was a great day 
for young Coombs when Scott Leighton, the 
celebrated Boston animal painter, came to New 
Gloucester to paint some horses. This w^as 
the turning point in Mr. Coombs' life. 
Through the kind encouragement of Mr. 
Leighton he soon took up the brush and for 
nearly forty years he has been an active w'ork- 
er in his chosen art. Mr. Coombs had many 
difficulties in his way. He lacked the physical 
strength to pursue the course that many art 
students take, and his father lacked the means, 
but he gave him what was perhaps better, en- 
couragement and faith. Mr. Coombs took 
a few lessons at first of Mr. Leighton and 
also of H. B. Brown, of Portland, the marine 
and landscape painter. In 1870 he took a 
studio in Lewiston for a short time, receiving 
a number of pupils, but little encouragement. 
He soon after went to Portland, when his 
parents had removed, and while there he spent 
a short time with Mr. Lamson, the photog- 
rapher, learning the principles of his profes- 
sion. This, however, did not satisfy his love 
of art. A business enterprise brought him 
again to Lewiston, but he soon gave this up 
to return to his brush. He again opened a 
studio in Lewiston, and soon took up sign 
painting as a support to his art work. He also 
took pupils and for over twenty years he had 
quite a following of art students. About this 
time he won some recognition as a caricaturist. 
His work in this line attracted the attention 
of the late James G. Blaine, who sent for ]\Ir. 
Coombs and made arrangements to use his 
cartoons in the political campaign. This work 
seemed to establish Mr. Coombs' reputation 
as an artist, and he w^as enabled to give up 
sign painting and devote all his time to art 
work. At this time he did considerable illus- 
trating and there was a good demand for his 
work. A Boston engraving company gave him 
a call to take charge of their illustrating, but 
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he was called to Auburn by the serious illness 
of his father. The Lewiston Journal was 
about establishing an illustrating plant, and 
they engaged Mr. Coombs to take charge of 
that department. Here Mr. Coombs found 
free course for his pencil and an opportunity 
to express himself in caricature, and his suc- 
cess in that line was most marked, his subjects 
being always appropriately chosen and his 
tastes inclining to the higher order of por- 
trayals rather than to those of the baser order. 
But notwithstanding his success in caricature 
and the freedom of his connection with news- 
paper illustrating and its comfortable income, 
Mr. Coombs' old love for color finally over- 
powered all other considerations and drew him 
back into the domain of legitimate art ; and 
while he would have gone abroad for a deeper 
and broader study, conditions he. could not 
control forbade the consummation of his high- 
est aims; and yet he has by intuition and na- 
tive genius been enabled to acquire such thor- 
ough knowledge of technique and in the 
finesse and finish of his work that he has come 
to be recognized as one of our famous .Ameri- 
can artists. j\Ir. Coombs never graduated 
from an art school, never belonged to an art 
club and has lived and worked in a community 
far removed from art and artists. He re- 
ceived instruction from some of the best Bos- 
ton artists from time to time, as circumstances 
would allow, and he kept in touch with the 
art world by visiting the Boston and New 
York art exhibitions, and for several winters 
had a studio in Boston. His pictures are sel- 
dom seen at exhibitions or on sale at art 
stores, yet his landscapes and cattle pieces are 
owned from Maine to California and many of 
them represent scenes of his old boyhood home 
in New Gloucester. The first picture sold 
from the Poland Spring art gallery was one of 
his cattle pieces and is owned in Philadelphia. 
He has painted many of Maine's distinguished 
sons. Examples of his work in these lines 
may be found in the collection of eight of his 
portraits that adorn the walls of the state 
house gallery at Augusta. A large portrait 
of the late Chief Justice Peters, of Maine, is 
hung at Yale College, and a life-size portrait 
of Judge Haskell was burned in the city hall 
fire in Portland. His most recent work is 
"Calling the Cows," painted from life at the 
Poland Spring farm. The canvas is four by 
six feet in size and represents the herd of 
over fifty cows in the pasture, with the farm 
buildings and hotels in the distance. This 
picture is owned by H. Ricker & Sons, and is 
hung in their New York office. 



On September 10, 1902, Mr. Coombs mar- 
ried Mrs. Martha Lufkin and has one child, 
Martha Pauline Coombs, born in Auburn, July 
19, 1907. 



In early times the patronymics, 
NEWELL Newell, Newall and Newhall, 

seem to have been one and the 
same, but after the migration to America each 
name seems to have preserved its identity. 
The origin of Newhall is evident, and the old- 
est mention of it in printed history confirms 
the natural supposition. "Bloomfield's His- 
tory of Norfolk" says that a certain manor 
was bestowed bv one of the baronial proprie- 
tors upon one of his sons, who built a new 
hall, whence he obtained the name of Johannis 
de Nova Aula, otherwise John de Newehall. 
The earliest manuscript record of the name 
dates from the end of the fifteenth century ; 
it relates to the will of one Thomas Newhall, 
whose will, written in Latin in 1498. was 
proved on April 22. 1499. He appoints, among 
others, his wife Emnieta to be executrix, and 
wishes his body to be buried in the chapel of 
Witton and makes bequests to the Abbot and 
Convent of the Blessed Mary of Vale Royal, 
and for the repairs of the church of End- 
worth., all of which places are in Cheshire. 
The first immigrants of the name to the new 
world were two brothers, Thomas and An- 
thony Newhall, who came to Lynn, Massachu- 
setts, about 1639, and are the ancestors of a 
numerous posterity, which has filled such an 
honorable place in that town. 

There were several early immigrants by the 
name of Newell. Thomas Newell settled at 
Farmington, Connecticut, soon after 1640, 
coming there from Hartford. He married 
Rebecca Olmstead and reared a numerous 
family. Abraham Newell, of Roxbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, came over in the ship Francis in 
the year 1634. He was older than most of the 
immigrants, being fift)- at the time he made a 
change of continents; and he brought a wife 
and several full grown children with him. 
One of the sons named Isaac married Eliza- 
beth Curtis, and among their children was an 
Ebenezer, born November 29, 1673. Ebenezer 
(i) Newell had a wife Mary, and among their 
children was an Ebenezer (2), born in 171 1, 
who died in 1746. All of these generations 
lived in Roxbury. There were other early 
Newells living in Massachusetts, but it seems 
quite probable from the identity of the Chris- 
tian names that the following line is descend- 
ed from Abraham, though the connecting link 
is lacking. 



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(I) Ebenczer Newell, whose descendants 
have occupied an honored place in the state 
of Maine lor five generations, was born in 
Brookline, Massachusetts, March i8, 1747, and 
died in Maine, November 20, 1791. He moved 
to Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in early life and 
came to Durham, which was his final home, in 
1779. He served in the revolution during 
1775 as first lieutenant in Captain Samuel 
Dunn's company, Colonel Phinney's regiment. 
In 1 781 he was first lieutenant in the ancient 
militia or training-band of Royalsborough. 
which was the early name for Durham. He 
was also town clerk for many years, which 
would indicate that he had a good education 
for the times. On December 12, 1765, Ebe- 
nezer Newell married (first) Catharine, 
daughter of James and Mary (Woodward) 
Richards, who was born at Newton, Massa- 
chusetts, December 15, 1747. Nine children, 
the three eldest of whom were born in New- 
ton, the next three at Cape Elizabeth, and the 
last three at Royalsborough: i. Ebenezer, 
August 23, 1767. 2. Enoch, February 14, 
1770. 3. William, whose sketch follows. 4. 
Sally. Cape Elizabeth, November 20, 1773. 
married David Gross, of Pejepscot. 5. Daniel, 
October 5, 1775. 6. John, July 20, 1778, 
drowned when a young man. 7. Mary, Roy- 
alsborough, April 20, 1 78 1, married 

Bond, of Jay. 8. Jesse, July 20, 1783, died 
at sea. 9. Rev. Samuel, became a missionary. 
Mrs. Catharine (Richards) Newell died No- 
vember 21, 1788, and on July 13, 1789, Lieu- 
tenant Ebenezer Newell married (second) 
Hannah Sylvester, of Harpswell. They had 
one child, Barstow, born April 19, 1791, died 
of sickness in the war of 1812. Lieutenant 
Newell died in a little more than two years 
after his second marriage, and on August 19, 
1802, eleven years after his death, his widow 
married a second husband, Anthony Murray, 
of Pejepscot. 

The career of Samuel Newell was so re- 
markable that it deserves special mention. He 
was the youngest of the nine children of the 
first marriage, and the family were left in lim- 
ited circumstances by their father's earlv 
death. He longed for an education, which his 
native village could not afford : so at the age 
of fifteen, he set out for his grandfather's in 
Newton. Taking the traditional bundle in a 
bandana, he walked from Durham to Portland, 
and there found a sea captain, who was so at- 
tracted to him that he offered to give him 
passage in his vessel. Judging from his por- 
traits, Samuel was possessed of a beautiful 
countenance as well as character ; at all events 



his personality was so winning that the cap- 
tain invited him to spend a night at his home 
at Roxbury Hill. There he offered to sub- 
scribe two hundred dollars for his education, 
introduced him to two friends, who added one 
hundred and fifty each, and the old Roxbury 
school-master, who heard his story with tears 
and shouted : "I will be good for three hun- 
dred more." Three years under this teacher 
at the Roxbury Latin School fitted the boy for 
Harvard, where he graduated with honor in 
1807. He was principal of Lynn Academy for 
a short time, but, feeling the missionary call, 
he entered Andover Theological Seminary, 
where he became intimate with Rev. Adoniram 
Judson. Samuel Newell was one of the sign- 
ers of the memorandum from Andover, July 
27, 1810, that led to the organization of the 
American Board of Foreign Missions, and was 
one of the first four who offered themselves 
to that society for missionary service. After 
graduating from Andover in 1810 Samuel 
Newell studied medicine in Philadelphia, and 
on February 19, 1812, set sail for India, ac- 
companied by his young wife, formerly Miss 
Harriet Atwood, of Bradford. The scene of 
Samuel Newell's labors was at Ceylon and 
Bombay, and he died at the latter place, March 
30, 1821. At the Centennial of Durham, Au- 
gust 22, 1889, the poet of the occasion, i\Iiss 
F. C. Durgin, thus speaks of the departed # 
missionary, whose earthly career had ended 
nearly seventy years before : 

"In far-off lands, 'mid sorrows manifold. 

lie sowed the seed that grew to harvest white ; 
The sun of India pours its liquid gold 

Upon our Newell's grave : he walks in light. 
A son, a saint — a conqueror through God's great night." 

(II) William, third son and child of Ebe- 
nezer and Catharine (Richards) Newell, was 
born at Newton, Massachusetts, May 25, 1772. 
He married, February 19, 1797, Anna Hoyt ; 
children: i. John, born April 7, 1798, mar- 
ried Lucy Vining, November 30, 1820; he died 
December 28, 1884. 2. William, P^larch 23, 
1800, was a colonel of the militia; he died un- 
married, January 3, 1881. 3. Nancy, Septem- 
ber 3, 1802, married her cousin, Ebenezer 
Newell, and died in May, 1880. 4. David, 
mentioned in next paragraph. 5. Samuel, 
April 3, 1807. married Deborah Sawyer, De- 
cember 30, 1832; he died June 30, 1834. 6. 
Joseph, August 29, 1810, died in Havana, 
Cuba, in October, 1S30. 7. Harriet A., Jan- 
uary 13, 1813, married William Wallace 
Strout, August 25, 1830, and died June 21, 
1898. 8. Katharine, November 21, 181 5, died 
the next year. 

(III) Rev. David, third son of William and 
Anna (Hoyt) Newell, was born in Durham, 



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Maine, January 20, 1805, and died at Gor- 
ham, March 2, 1891. He studied for the min- 
istry, and held successive pastorates over five 
Free Baptist churches, baptizing people at dif- 
ferent times and places. On August 27, 1825, 
he married Jane S. Brackett, of Gorham, 
Maine, who died on April 2, 1877. Children : 
I. William B., whose sketch follows. 2. Charles 
C. whose sketch follows. 3. Harriet A., born 
September 29, 1835, died January 7, 1886; she 
was a teacher in the public schools many years. 
4. Margaret B., born April 22, 1838, married 
Joseph W. Libby and died at Ocean Park, Old 
Orchard, September 7, 1896. 5. Henry H., 
born November 5, 1840, enlisted at the out- 
break of the rebellion, and died at Alexandria, 
Mrginia, November 28, 1861. 6. Lizzie A., 
born at Durham, September 28, 184^- 

(IV) William B., eldest child of Rev. David 
and Jane S. (Brackett) Newell, was born at 
Portland. Maine, May 12, 1827, died June 24, 
1899. In early life he secured a good common 
school education, which in after years he em- 
ployed to good advantage during his thirty 
winters of teaching. In those days it was not 
an uncommon occurrence "to carry the master 
out and lock the door," but Mr. Newell's abil- 
ity to inspire the confidence and respect of his 
pupils and to secure the co-operation of their 
parents made his career as a teacher an un- 
qualified success, even in difficult districts. 
Mr. Newell inherited those excellent mental 
and moral characteristics which have distin- 
guished the family for generations, and he 
could have chosen no profession where his 
sense of justice, his ability to decide fairly and 
his firmness in adhering to that decision, in 
short, all those qualities which leave a moral 
impress, could have had a wider influence in 
moulding the character of the succeeding gen- 
eration than the vocation of an old-fashioned 
school-master. For nearly half a century he 
had made his home in Durham, during the 
greater part of which time he has occupied the 
farm and homestead where he died. He had 
always been closely identified with the life of 
the town, and he had served at various times 
as town clerk, superintendent of the school 
committee, selectman and town treasurer. He 
is a Democrat in politics, and for many years 
was moderator of the annual town meeting. 
In religion he was a Congregationalist. No 
citizen of Durham had a better reputation for 
honesty and uprightness than Mr. Newell, 
and his word was as good as his bond. 

On June 15, 1850, William B. Newell mar- 
ried Susannah K., daughter of Benjamin and 
'Charlotte Weeks, who was born May 12, 1827. 



Children : Ida E.. born January 12, 1852, who 
has always lived at home ; and William H., 
whose sketch follows. 

(V) Hon. William H., only son of William 
B. and Susannah K. (Weeks) Newell, was 
born at Durham, Maine, April 16, 1854. His 
elementary education was gained in the local 
schools, and his first advanced preparation 
from the Western State Normal School at 
Farmington from which he graduated in 1872. 
He afterward attended the Maine Wesleyan 
Seminary at Kent's Hill, and receiving the 
classical diploma from this institution in 1876. 
During the next six years Mr. Newell was 
principal of the grammar school at Brunswick, 
a difficult position, which put all the resources 
of the young teacher to the test. Besides the 
satisfaction of wresting success from adverse 
circumstances, Mr. Newell had one great ad- 
vantage at this period, and that was the op- 
portunity to pursue a wide course of study and 
reading at the library of Bowdoin College. 
All his spare time was occupied in this way, 
and in the study of law in the office of Weston 
Thompson, Esq., and while he was still teach- 
ing he was admitted to the Sagadahoc county 
bar at Bath, Maine. In 1882 he gave up his 
school and removed to Lewiston in order that 
he might devote his whole time to his profes- 
sion. At first he formed a partnership with 
D. J. McGillicuddy and F. X. Belleau. but he 
soon withdrew from this concern and united 
himself with Wilbur H. Judkins under the 
firm name of Newell & Judkins. This arrange- 
ment lasted till January i, 1894, when Mr. 
Newell withdrew and became senior member 
of the present firm of Newell & Skelton, now 
recognized as one of the leading law firms 
of Androscoggin county. Like his father, Mr. 
Newell belongs to the Democratic party, and 
though in no sense a politician he has fre- 
quently been called upon to serve the public. 
In 1885 he was city auditor of accounts for 
Lewiston, and in 1890 was made city solicitor. 
During the latter year he was elected county 
attorney of Androscoggin county by a large 
majority in a district which had always been 
strongly Republican. In the spring of 1891 
he was elected mayor of Lewiston and was re- 
elected the year following. So satisfactory 
was his administration of civic affairs that in 
i8y8, at the earnest request of taxpayers and 
representative citizens, he again became a can- 
didate for mayor on the Democratic ticket, 
and w-as elected by a majority of almost four 
hundred against a Republican majority of 
nearly a thousand at the previous election. 
He was elected September, 1904, and took 



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oath of office January i, 1905. judge of pro- 
bate. 

Mr. Newell's fidelity to his cHents, his strict 
integrity and executive ability have brought 
hininnich business in the way of management 
of large estates, and while in no way with- 
drawn from the active duties of an advocate, 
he enjoys an extensive practice in the dignified 
and lucrative branch of probate and commer- 
cial transactions. Incidentally, many legal 
honors have come to Mr. Newell. He was a 
delegate from the Maine State Bar Associa- 
tion to the twenty-first annual convention' of 
the American Bar Association at Saratoga in 
1898. -About the same time Chief Justice 
Peters appointed him to membership on the 
commission to draft a plan for the annexation 
of the city of Deering to Portland. Mr. New- 
ell is interested in many important business 
enterprises. He is president and director of 
the JNIanufacturers' National Bank of Lewis- 
ton, was director and clerk of the Rumford 
Falls and Rangeley Lakes railroad, president 
of the Maine Pulp and Paper Company, and 
was director of the Androscoggin Water 
Power Company until this company became 
the E. Plummer & Sons, when JMr. Newell 
was made president. He is a member of the 
Board of Trade and of the local social clubs 
and organizations in Lewiston. Mr. Newell 
belongs to the Odd Fellows and to all the lo- 
cal Masonic bodies, and is a member of Kora 
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and at- 
tended the annual convention of Mystic 
Shriners at Dallas, Texas, in June, i8g8, as 
supreme representative from Maine. Gener- 
ous, hospitable and public-spirited to a marked 
degree. Mr. Newell makes and holds friends 
in all the walks of life. His kindness of heart 
is proverbial, and it is so often shown to mem- 
bers of his own profession that the younger 
attorneys say that no one who applies to him 
is ever refused assistance, no matter what im- 
portant engagements their adviser may have. 

On September 20, 1883, William H. Newell 
married Ida F., daughter of Edward and Au- 
gusta Plummer, of Lisbon Falls. Maine. Chil- 
dren : Augusta Plummer, March 17, 1887. de- 
ceased. Gladys Weeks, October 13, 1890. 
Dorothy, February 2, 1904. 

(IV) Charles C, second son of the Rev. 
David and Jane S. (Bracket!) Newell, was 
born August 11, 183 1. at Otisfield, ^Nlaine. He 
was reared in Gray, Maine, attended the Litch- 
field Academy, after which he taught public 
school and in addition to this taught writing, 
having been an excellent penman. His son. 
Charles D., has the Lord's Prayer written in 



eleven diliferent styles executed by his father, 
which is a piece of art. He settled in Rich- 
mond, Maine, before the civil war, where he 
engaged in the livery business. September 15, 
1862, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty- 
fourth Maine Volunteer Infantry, went out as 
first lieutenant and commanded the company 
during its term of service, and in July. 1863, 
he was killed in his tent at Port Hudson by an 
insane man who thrust a bayonet through bim. 
he was a Baptist in religion and a Republican 
in politics. Mr. Newell married, 1857, Juliette, 
born in Bowdoin, Maine, 1840, died April 27, 
1900, daughter of Humphrey and Harriet 
(Brown) Purington, natives of Bowdoin; sev- 
en children, all now deceased, as follows: 
Humphrey, John, Abizer, Ellen, Jane. Juliette 
and Angle. Mr. Purington was a farmer and 
justice of the peace ; he was a man of standing 
in the community, to whom people looked for 
settlement of disputes and estates. Air. and 
Mrs. Newell had two children: i. Harriet, 
who married George Merriman ; no children ; 
she died November 20, 1886. 2. Charles D., 
see forward. 

(\') Charles D., only son of Charles C. and 
Juliette (Purington) Newell, was born in 
Richmond, Maine, November 20, i860. When 
four years of age he went with his widowed 
mother to Litchfield, where he resided until 
twenty years of age, receiving there a common 
school education, which was supplemented by 
attendance at the Litchfield Academy. He 
then returned to Richmond and entered the 
law office of Spaulding & Buker and read law, 
being admitted to practice in 1884. The fol- 
lowing year he began the active practice of 
his profession on his own account, and has 
since continued in Richmond, succeeding in 
building up and retaining the largest practice 
in that city. Mr. Newell is a Republican in 
politics, and has held many of the offices in the 
gift of the citizens of his town. Member of 
the board of health, of which he was chairman 
for a number of years : town clerk ; member of 
the school board and superintendent for many 
years ; county attorney of Sagadahoc county, 
Maine, fourteen years, and a member of Gov- 
ernor Cobb's council. He attends the Baptist 
church. His fraternal affiliations include mem- 
bership in Richmond Lodge, No. 63, A. F. and 
A. M., Dunlap Commandery. K. T., Sagadahoc 
Lodge, K. of P., No. 67. i\Iount Carmel Chap- 
ter, Order of Eastern Star, and a charter mem- 
ber of Woodmen of America and Forresters of 
America. 

I\lr. Newell married, June 27, 1885, Cora 
E., of Richmond, daughter of William and 



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Ellen (Ring) Harlow, also of Richmond. 
Children: 1. Charles \V., a registered drug- 
gist of Portland, Maine. 2. Harriet M., mar- 
ried Zelma M. Dwinal, of Richmond. 3. Jo- 
seph H., a student in Bowdoin College. 



The original home of the 
WTXSLOW \\inslo\vs of America was in 
Worcestershire. England. 
They were among the earliest families emi- 
grating to this country. The family was dis- 
tinguished by a remarkable intellectual ability, 
a son of the emigrant Edward becoming the 
first native born general and first governor of 
the Massachusetts Colony, and in many impor- 
tant trusts acquitted himself with superior 
ability and was active and influential in all the 
initiatory labors attending the establishment 
of the little colony. In the covenant, signed 
before the disembarking, the name appears 
third on the list. The family generally has 
maintained a high reputation for its excellent 
qualities of mind and heart, and enjoyed in a 
large degree not only the esteem and confi- 
dence but honors of its fellow citizens. Ed- 
ward \\inslow, the third governor of Plym- 
outh Colony, was born in Droitwich, Worces- 
tershire, England, October 19, 1595. He came 
to this country in the "Mayflower" in 1620 
from Southampton. He had previously joined 
the pilgrims at Leyden, Holland, and em- 
barked with them from Delfthaven for Eng- 
land. He was the principal leader of the pil- 
grims at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He mar- 
ried (first) Elizabeth Marker, of Leyden. May 
16, 1618. who died March 24. 1621 ; and (sec- 
ond) ^Irs. Susanna (Fuller) White, widow 
of \\'illiam White, ]May 12. 162 1, and died at 
sea near Hispaniola, May 8, 1655. His second 
wife died October, 1680. Their children were : 
Edward. John, Elynor, Kenelm. Gilbert, Eliza- 
beth. Magdalen and Josias. Only one of his 
sons grew to maturity, and his descendants in 
the male line soon disappeared. 

(I) Edward Winslow and his wife. Mag- 
dalen (Oliver) Winslow. were residents of 
Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, and sev- 
eral of their sons came to .\merica. One of 
these, John, came in the ■"Fortune." in 162 1, 
and another came later and settled at Plym- 
outh. 

(II) Kenelm. son of Edward and Magdalen 
(Oliver) Winslow. was born in England. April 
30. 1599. He emigrated to this country and 
settled in PhTnouth. ilassachusetts. about 
1629. and was made a freeman January i. 
1633. He removed to Marshfield. Massachu- 
setts, in 1641. having received a grant of land 



there, then called Green's Harbor, March 5, 
1638. which was then considered the "Eden 
of the Region." He was a "Joiner" and a 
"Planter." He represented the town in the 
general court for eight years, 1624-44 and 
1649-53. He was a man of "good condition." 
and was engaged in the settlement of Yar- 
mouth and other towns. He married, June,* 
1664. Ellen (Newton) Adams, widow of John 
Adams, of Plymouth, and died in Salem, Mas- 
sachusetts, September 12, 1672. His widow 
died at Marshfield, Massachusetts, December 
5, 16S1, aged eighty-three. Children: i. 
Kenelm. mentioned further below. 2. Ellen, 
born about 1638, married. December 29, 1656, 
Samuel Barker, and died August 27. 1676. 3. 
Nathaniel, born about 1639, died December i, 
1719. 4. Job. 

(Ill) Kenelm (2), eldest son of Kenelm 
(i) and Eleanor or Ellen (Newton) (Adams) 
\\'inslow, was born in Plymouth, Ph-mouth 
Colony, about 1635. He early removed to 
Cape Cod and settled in that part of Yar- 
mouth which was subsequently incorporated 
as the town of Hardwich and later known as 
Brewster. He built a house near the westerly 
border of the town, and now known as West 
Brewster Satucket or Winslow's Mills. We 
find him mentioned in the Yarmouth records 
as early as 1668, and in tlie list of freemen of 
Yarmouth in 1678 he is styled "Colonel Win- 
slow," and in recorded deeds he is called yeo- 
man and planter. He purchased large tracts 
of wild land in what became the town of 
Rochester, Massachusetts, on which tract sev- 
eral of his children settled. He was one of 
the "thirty partners" who purchased the tract 
in 1679. Among his portions was a good 
"water privilege," which he sold in 1699 to his 
son Kenelm. and it thus became the site of one 
of the first fulling mills erected in New Eng- 
land, and in 1877 it was owned by his great- 
great-great-grandson, William Winslow (7), 
of West Brewster, Massachusetts. In 1700 he 
purchased of George Denison, of Stonington. 
Connecticut, one thousand acres of land in 
Windham, located in that part of the town 
which was set off as the town of Mansfield, 
Connecticut, paying for the same as recorded 
b\- deed on file in the record of Mansfield and 
dated ^larch 11. 1700, for which one thousand 
acres he paid £30, and this land he gave to his 
son Samuel (3), October 7. 1700. and Samuel 
sold it to his brother Kenelm (3) (q. v.). It 
does not appear from the records that the 
Winslows ever lived in Windham or Mansfield, 
Connecticut, and the land probably passed in- 
to other hands. Like his father, Kenelm Jr. 



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appears to have incurred the displeasure of the 
general court of Plymouth Colony, and he 
was fined on October 3, 1662, "for riding a 
journey on the Lord's day although he pleaded 
some disappointment enforced him thereunto, 
ten shillings." His religious faith, however. 
was not to be doubted when we learn that he 
on three or more occasions made the journey 
of sixty miles to Scituate to the Second 
Church that his children should not remain un- 
baptized. 

He was married September 23, 1667, to 
Mercy, daughter of Peter Jr. and Mary Wor- 
den, of Yarmouth. She was born about 1641 
and died September 22, 1688, "in the 48th 
year of her age," as recorded on her grave- 
stone in the Winslow burial ground in Dennis. 
The monument is of hard slate and is said to 
have been brought from England and is the 
oldest in the grounds. The headstones of 
Kenelm Winslow, his two sons and many of 
his descendants are to be seen. He died in 
Harwich, Cape Cod, J\Tassachusetts, Novem- 
ber II, 1715. The childreu'of Kenelm and 
Mercy (Worden) Winslow are recorded as 
follows: I. Kenelm (q. v.). 2. Captain Jo- 
siah, born November 7, 1669. married Mar- 
garet Tisdale; (second) Mrs. Hannah Win- 
slow; (third) Mrs. Hannah Booth; (fourth) 
Martha Hathaway; (fifth) Mary Jones. 3. 
Thomas, baptized March 3, 1672-73, in the 
Second Church, Scituate, and died April 6, 
1689, "in the 17th year of her age." 4. Sam- 
uel, born about 1674, married Bethia Hol- 
brook; (second) Mary King; (third) Ruth 
Briggs. 5. Mercy, born about 1676, married 
Melthiah White, of Rochester, Massachusetts, 
who died August 21, 1709; married (second), 
before December 22, 1715, Thomas Jenkins, of 
Barnstable. 6. Nathaniel, born about 1679, 
married, July 9, 1701, Elizabeth Holbrook. 7. 
Edward, born January 30, 1680-81, married 

Sarah , born 1682; he died June 25, 

1760. 8. Damaris, married, July 30, 1713, 
Jonathan Small or Smalley, of Harwich. 9. 
Elizabeth, married, August 9, 171 1, Andrew 
Clark, of Harwich. 10. Eleanor, married, 
March 25, 1719, Shubael Hamblen, of Barn- 
stable. II. John, born about 1701, married, 
March 15, 1721-22, Bethiah Andrews; he died 
about 1755. 

(IV) Kenelm (3), eldest son of Kenelm 
(2) and Mercy (Worden) Winslow, was bap- 
tized at Scituate, Massachusetts, August g, 
1668. He was a clothier or cloth dresser, 
which business he established at Satucket or 
Winslow's Mills, and the business thus inaugu- 
rated was carried on by his descendants for 



many years. He inherited the homestead at 
Harwich, and purchased of his brother Sam- 
uel one thousand acres of land at Windham 
(now Mansfield), Connecticut, which Samuel 
had received as a gift from his father, October 
7, 1700. He was town treasurer at Harwich 
1707-12; selectman 1713-16; representative to 
the general court in 1720, and held many po- 
sitions of trust to lay off lands and determine 
bounds. He owned "Negro and Mulatto serv- 
ants." which his will provided should be sold. 
He had second choice in the allotment of pews 
in the new meeting house in 1723, and was 
rated £7, 10 toward the £130 realized from the 
sale. He was sole executor of his father's 
will and inherited the homestead. He was 
married January 5, 1689-90, to Bethia, daugh- 
ter of the Rev. Gershom and Bethiah (Bangs) 
Hall, of Yarmouth, and great-granddaughter 
of Edward Bangs, of Plymouth, a passenger 
in the "Ann" in 1623. She was published 
March 19, 1729-30, to Joseph Hawes, and they 
were married JMarch 21, 1729-30, and Joseph 
Hawes was married again July 20, 1732, and 
the records would indicate, in the absence of 
divorce, not known to be popular in that day, 
that she died before the latter date. Her first 
husband, Kenelm Winslow, died in Harwich, 
March 20, 1728-29. Children of Kenelm and 
Bethia (Hall) Winslow were all born in Har- 
wich and were as follows: i. Bethia, born 
about i6gi, married, March 5, 1712-13, John 
Wing, and died June 19, 1720. 2. Mercy, about 
1693, married, March 8, 1710-11, Philip Vin- 
cent and resided in Yarmouth in 1723. 3. 
Rebecca, about 1695, married, March 24, 1719- 
20, Samuel Rider, resided in Yarmouth in 1723 
and afterward in Rochester, Alassachusetts. 
4. Thankful, about 1697, married, February 
14, 1722-23, Theophilus Crosby, son of Jo- 
seph and Mehitable (Miller) Crosby, of Yar- 
mouth, grandson of John and Margaret 
(Winston) Miller, and great-grandson of Jo- 
siah Winslow ( i ) and of Rev. Thomas Cros- 
by, of Eastham; Theophilus and Thankful 
(Winslow) Crosby were residing in Yarmouth 
in 1723. 5. Kenelm (q. v.). 6. Thomas, 
about 1704, married ]\Iehitable Winslow (4), 
February 12, 1722, and died April 10, 1779. 
7. Mary, baptized September 21, 1707, married 
Ebenezer Clapp, of Rochester, Massachusetts, 
IMarch 9, 1726-27. 8. Hannah, baptized Sep- 
tember 9, 171 1, married Edward Winston Jr. 
(4), December 14. 1728. 9. Seth, born in 
1715, married Thankful Sears and (second) 
Friscilla Freeman. 

(V) Kenelm (4), eldest son of Kenelm 
(3) and Bethia (Hall) Winslow, was born in 



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Harwich, Massachusetts, about 1700. He was 
a clothier, following the business of his father, 
and he established a fulling mill on Stony 
brook about 1730, and he also succeeded to 
the homestead in Harwich and was sole execu- 
tor of his father's will. His prominence in 
the afifairs of the town made him one of the 
thirteen justices who signed the following 
declaration against the acts of parliament al- 
most two years before the signing of the Dec- 
laration of Independence : "Whereas there has 
been of late several acts of the British Parlia- 
ment passed tending to introduce an unjust 
and partial administration of justice; to 
change our free constitution into a state of 
slavery and oppression, and to introduce 
Popery in some parts of British America &c. ; 
.Therefore we the subscribers do engage and 
declare that we will not accept of any com- 
mission in consequence of, or in conformity to, 
said acts of Parliament, nor upon any uncon- 
stitutional regulations : and that if either of us 
is required to do any business to our officers in 
conformity to said acts or any way contrary to 
the charter of this province, we will refuse it 
although we may thereby lose our commis- 
sions. As witness our hands at Barnstable, 
September 27, 1774. (Signed) James Otis, 
Thomas Smith, Joseph Otis, Nymphas Mars- 
ton, Shearjashub Bowne, David Thatcher, 
Daniel Davis, Melatiah Bowne, Edward Ba- 
con, Isaac Hinckley, Solo Otis, Kenelon 
Winslow, Richard Bowne." 

Kenelm Winslow was married September 
14, 1722, to Zerviah Rider, and she died April 

5, 1745, in the fifty-second year of her age. 
He married (second). May 8, 1746, Abigail 
Sturgis, of Yarmouth, and she died September 
17, 1782, in the seventy-seventh year of her 
age. Kenelm Winslow died June 28, 1783, 
and he and his two wives were buried in \Vin- 
slow's burying ground, Dennis, IMassachusetts. 
His thirteen children, all by his first wife, were 
born in Harwich and were named as follows : 
I. Zerviah, bom September 11, 1723, married 
Ebenezer Crocker. 2. Kenelm. 3. John, April 

6, 1727, died June 25, 1727. 4. John, June 16, 
1728, married Dorcas Clapp, published Oc- 
tober 30, 1748. 5. Isaac, September 14, 1729, 
died May 22, 1730. 6. Isaac, February 6, 1731, 
died July 7. 1731. 7. Isaac, March 18, 1732, 
died April 24, 1732. 8. Berthia, May 23, 1733, 
married Thomas Snow (3). 9. Phebe, July 28, 
1735, married, February 20, 1755, Daniel 
Crocker. 10. Nathan (q. v.). 11. Sarah, May 
25, 1738, married Prince Marston, July 21, 
1757. 12. Mary, May 25, 1738, died during 
the year 1739. 13. Joshua, November 22, 



1740, married Hannah Delano and (second) 
Salome Delano. 

(VI) Nathan, eighth son of Kenelm (4) 
and Zerviah (Rider) Winslow, was born in 
Harwich, Massachusetts, iXIarch 14, 1737. He 
was a farmer, and a deacon in the church at 
Harwich. He was married, September 12, 
1760, to Eunice Mayo, who w'as born in Har- 
wich in 1737 and died there August 8, 1814, 
aged seventy-seven years, according to the 
gravestone in Brewster burying ground. Dea- 
con Nathan Winslow died in Harwich, De- 
cember 31, 1820. All their children, nine in 
number, were born in Harwich, the names and 
dates of birth with marriages as far as is 
known being as follows: i. Eunice, Novem- 
ber 17, 1 761, married Josiah Hall, died June 
13, 1832. 2. Seth, June i, 1764, married 
Hannah Crosby, March 13, 1788: she was 
born September 5, 1766, and died December, 
1821 ; there were five children born of this 
marriage; he married (second), in November, 
1826, Mary Allen, who died in March. 1842; 
he died August 17, 1854, aged ninety years. 
3. Josiah, August 7. 1766, married Hannah, 
daughter of Reuben and Jerusha (Freeman) 
Clark, and had two children: Freeman and 
Benjamin. 4. Nathan, December 17, 1768, 
married Mary, daughter of Benjamin and 
Mary Nye, of Sandwich. 5. Phebe, April, 
1 77 1, died September, 1771. 6. Joseph (q. 
v.). 7. Heman, August 25. 1775, married 
Rebecca Howes Seers, of Dennis. 8. John, 
September 9, 1777, married Sally Lovell, 
daughter of Simeon and Nabby (Lovell) Free- 
man, of Hyants, Massachusetts. Their daugh- 
ter, Nabby Lovell, born September 9, 1809, 
married Kenelm Winslow (7), and their daugh- 
ter, Julia Ann, married William Winslow (7). 
9. Rebecca, October, 1780, died in infancy. 

(VH) Joseph, son of Nathan and Eunice 
(Mayo) Winslow. was born in Harwich, Mas- 
sachusetts, November 15, 1772. He was a 
merchant in Brewster. He was married, De- 
cember 20, 1794, to Abigail Snow, daughter 
of Enos Snow, of Brewster, and their ten 
children were born in that town, formerly 
known as Harwich. Joseph Winslow died in 
Brewster, May 18, 1816, the record in the 
burial ground at Brew-ster giving his age as 
forty-three years si.x months. His widow died 
at the home of her son. Dean Winslow, North 
Falmouth, Massachusetts, March 31, 1844, 
and was buried beside her husband. Their 
children were: i. Phebe, August 22, 1795, 
married Job Chase, died August 25, 1839. 
2. and 3. Dean and Joseph (twins), February 
26, 1800; Dean was a farmer, and justice of 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



the peace in North Falmouth; married, Oc- 
tober 10, 1822, Rebecca, daughter of James 
H. Long, of Brewster ; Joseph was a sea cap- 
tain ; married Hope Doane, daughter of Isaiah 
Chase, and died of fever in the port of Wil- 
mington North CaroHna, August 28, 1822. 
4. Abigail, July i, 1797, married Nehemiah 
Drew Simmons, died April 6, 1822. 5. Elka- 
nah, December 11, 1803, married Mary 
Crocker, of Brewster; Captain Elkanah Win- 
slow died in IMausanilla, Mexico, July 3, 1851. 
6. Gilbert, May 7, 1805, was a merchant in 
Brewster; married Amanda Minerva, daugh- 
ter of Josiah and Sarah (Smith) Wilder, of 
Truro, Massachusetts, ancl he died in Brew- 
ster. August 25, 1839. 7. Sophronia, Decem- 
ber 10. 1808, married Samuel Flinckley Allyne, 
of Sandwich, Massachusetts; he died April 28, 
1841. 8. Mehitable Snow, June 23, 181 1, died 
October 26, 1812. 9. Alfred (q. v.). 10. 
John, December 2, 1816, was married May 19, 
1845, to Louisa B. Fuller. 

(VHI) Alfred, son of Joseph and Abigail 
(Snow) Winslow, was born in Brewster, 
Massachusetts, October 16, 1813. Having 
learned the tanning trade in Roxbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, he came to West Waterville in 
1836 and there established a tannery and con- 
tinued the business up to 1863, when he sold 
out the tannery, built a store, and began a 
general merchandising business under the 
name of A. Winslow & Company, and contin- 
ued the business up to the time of his' death. 
He served the town as Republican selectman, 
and he was also trial justice and a strong ad- 
vocate of Prohibition. He was trustee of the 
Cascade Savings Bank, and director in the 
Messoulouskee National Bank. He attended 
the Universalist church, and was clerk of the 
church society for many years, and also held 
the office of deacon. He was a member of 
the Messoulouskee Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, and of the Sons of Tem- 
perance. Lie died in Oakland, Maine, Decem- 
ber 26, 1897. ^^ ^^'^^ married in Waterville, 
Maine, May 2, 1839, to Eliza Carr, daughter 
of Hiram and Sarah F. (Carr) Crowell, of 
West Waterville, Maine, and they had six 
children. His first wife died December 17, 
1849, ^'""i l"*^ married (second), in Boston, 
Massachusetts, October 25, 1850, Sarah \Var- 
ren Crowell, sister of his deceased wife, born 
January 23, 1828, in West Waterville, where 
she died October 6, 1867. Lie married as his 
third wife Martha Maria Crowell, sister of 
his two deceased wives, in Philadelphia, No- 
vember 30, 1868, and she died in C)akland, 
Maine. February 5, 1892. Children of Alfred 



and Eliza C. (Crowell) Winslow, all born in 
West Waterville, Maine, were: 1. and 2. 
Abby Snow and Sarah Crowell (twins), born 
March 13, 1843, died in December, 1847, one 
week intervening between their deaths. 3. 
Hiram Crowell, January 18, 1844, enlisted in 
the Twenty-first Maine Regiment and served 
under General N. P. Banks in Louisiana and 
Texas and in the battle of Port Hudson ; he 
entered as sergeant in his company and came 
out in command of same, all his superior offi- 
cers being either killed or disabled ; on re- 
tiring from the war he became a harness ma- 
ker and trunk dealer in West Waterville. He 
died June 3, 1902. 4. Eliza Florence, born 
June 8, 1845, married, September 3, 1868, 
William Harrison Wheeler, son of Erastus O. 
and Ruth Marston Wheeler ; he was a house 
carpenter in West Waterville. 5. Chester 
Eugene Alfred (c[. v.). 

(IX) Chester Eugene Alfred, son of Alfred 
and Eliza C. (Crowell) Winslow, was born in 
West Waterville, now Oakland, Maine, April 
24, 1847. He was educated in the public 
schools of Oakland, and he learned the trade 
of harness maker in the .shops of his brother, 
Hiram C. Winslow, in Oakland, and remained 
with him for six years, wdien he became a 
partner in the general merchandising house 
of A. Winslow & Company. Later his broth- 
er, Hiram C, consolidated his business with 
that of A. Winslow & Company, continuing 
the business of manufacturing and merchan- 
dising under the same firm name, A. Winslow 
& Company, until the death of H. C. Winslow, 
since which time Chester E. A. Winslow has 
conducted it. He early joined the Messou- 
louskee Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons, and was advanced to membership in 
the Drummond Chapter. His church affilia- 
tion is with the Lhiiversalists, in which church 
his father was clerk and deacon. He was mar- 
ried October 16, 1878, to Alice Hitchings, 
daughter of Benjamin C. and Lucy (Hitch- 
ings) Benson, and their only child is Arthur 
Eugene, born in Oakland, November 13, 1884, 
graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 
1907, and now employed by the Fort Halifa.x 
Power Company at Winslow, Maine. He is 
the ninth generation from Kenelm Winslow, 
the immigrant ancestor who came to Plymouth 
Colony with his brother. Governor Edward 
Winslow, in the "Mayflower" in 1620. 



."X-S an historic family name in 

WINSLOW New England but few if any 

excel that of Winslow. Early 

in the history of the country it furnished high- 



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miofiod and talented members in the person- 
ages of Josias and Edward Winslow, who were 
governors of the Plymouth Colony, New Eng- 
land. Josias was the father of Edward. 

(I) Thomas Winslow was among the early 
settlers at Freeport, Maine, where for many 
years he followed ship-building on an exten- 
sive scale. The records of this special branch 
of the family have not been carefully pre- 
served. It is not known to whom he was mar- 
ried, but it is quite certain that he had six 
children, among whom was a son Joseph. 

(II) Joseph, son of Thomas Winslow, was 
probably born in Freeport, Maine, and learned 
the ship carpenter's trade from his father, who 
was a ship-builder. Later in life, however, 
he settled on a farm, which he operated him- 
self. He married (first) Lucinda Mitchell, 
by whom the following children were born : 
Dennis, Horace, Clara, and possibly others. 
For his second wife Mr. Winslow married 
Helen Bennet ; no issue. 

(HI) Dennis, eldest cliild of Joseph and 
Lucinda (Mitchell) Winslow, was born in 
Freeport, Maine, October 21, 1847. He se- 
cured his early education in the public schools, 
and at the age of seventeen years commenced 
to learn the trade of carpenter. After master- 
ing his trade he moved to Yarmouth, where 
he was a carpenter and builder many years. 
As age advanced, and his circumstances were 
such that he did not need to pursue his trade 
longer, he sought the more independent and 
retiring life of a farmer. He married Sarah 
Ellen iMayhew, of Portland, Maine, by whom 
he had thirteen children, as follows : Lucy A., 
Edith L., Bert H., died aged five years; Lot- 
tie M., Charles D., Perlie E., of whom further 
notice is made; Sarah Emma, Carrie O., died 
aged nineteen years ; Mary A., Meldon E., 
Raymond A., deceased ; Ernest, deceased ; 
Hattie, deceased. 

(IV) Perlie E., sixth child and third son 
of Dennis and Sarah Ellen (Mayhew) Win- 
slow, was born in Cumberland, Elaine, March 
9, 1881, and received his education at the 
public schools of Yarmouth. When nineteen 
years of age he began learning the drug busi- 
ness and had so far mastered it in June, 1908, 
that he was fully competent to conduct a busi- 
ness for himself, and purchased the drug store 
belonging to A. W. Keirstead, at Lisbon Falls, 
Maine, which he is now operating in an up- 
to-date manner. Mr. Winslow is numbered 
among the honored and active members of the 
Masonic, Knights of Pythias and Royal Arca- 
num civic societies. In his religious faith he 
is a Congregationalist, while in politics he 



votes an independent ticket, s.eeking out the 
most suitable man instead of adhering to strict 
party lines. He married, June 27, 1906, Car- 
rie B., daughter of Edwin R. and Carrie (Ba- 
ker) Humphrey. They have one child, Elean- 
or, born August i, 1907. 



A traveler who recently saw 
WINSLOW the coast of Maine from the 
deck of a steamer for the 
first time was filled wath wonder at the new 
villages which had sprung up like magic, and 
at the rows of cottages and hotels on beaches, 
headlands and islands. "I have seen nothing 
like this, though I have visited many lands," 
he said. "What is the reason of it all, for 
evidently these people have abundant means to 
go elsewhere if they wished to do so?" "Oh, 
the Pine Tree State has always had a magnet- 
ic coast," was the reply. "It drew thither 
many of the early explorers from the fairer 
lands to the south. Though early settlements 
were laid waste by the Indians, and the rigors 
of the climate were exaggerated across the 
seas, people continued to be drawn here as 
by a magnet. And when the Pilgrims had 
landed at Plymouth, and other sturdy men and 
women had seemed well content with their 
choices of locations along the shores of other 
states, these people, or their children, felt 
themselves drawn irresistibly to our Maine 
shores. And when they came they clung like 
the barnacles to the rocks. The strength of 
Maine history lies in its magnetic shores.' " 
The speaker had thus turned to pages of 
glowing interest which the student of Maine 
history reads with growing wonder and inter- 
est. It is a fact of great worth that every 
"Mayflower" family of strength sent repre- 
sentatives .to our shores. A descendant of 
Myles Standish was early on the shores of 
the Kennebec near Bath. ' Harpswell had her 
Eatons of noblest stock. The Soules early 
"sought the pleasant shores of Freeport." Sev- 
eral members of the Hoplins family sought 
the coast of Cumberland county and the Pen- 
obscot. But the descendants of Edward Win- 
slow, the third governor of Plymouth Colony, 
came in larger numbers to ancient Falmouth, 
and to other points, than any other Pilgrim 
family, and held fast to their faith and manly 
and womanly qualities with a strong grasp. 
Maine owes much to this "God-fearing Plym- 
outh stock." 

( I ) Samuel Winslow was born November 
26, 1767, and married Susannah Lewis, who 
was born March 24, 1767, and died October 
30, 1871. Their children were: i. William, 



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born April 3, 1791. 2. Ruth, April 7, 1793. 
3. Sarah, December g, 1794- 4- Thankful, 
September 29, 1796. 5. Samuel, November 3, 
1798. 6. Eli, May 31, 1801. 7. Homes, De- 
cember 9, 1803. 8. Nathaniel, March 29, 1806. 
9. Andrew, January 18, 1808. 

(II) Eli, son of Samuel and Susannah 
(Lewis) Winslow, was born in what is now 
called West Falmouth, Maine, May 31, 1801. 
and died in Dexter, Maine, August 11, 1876. 
He was born in the house which was used 
for many years as a hotel, and which still 
stands, near the old Blackstrap observatory. 
He learned the chairmaker's trade in Portland 

■ and followed the business for a number of 
years in New Gloucester. He removed to 
Dexter about the year 1829. being one of the 
early settlers of that town. He married Polly 
Adams, a direct descendant of John and Pris- 
cilla (Molines) Alden. Their children were: 
I. Susannah Adams, born July 29, 1824, died 
March 15, 1908. 2. Samuel Adams, Novem- 
ber 12, 1826. 3. Mary Jane, December 2. 
1830, died October 22, 1883. 4. Roscoe 
Greene, November 18, 1835, died in South 
Lawrence, Massachusetts, March 31, 1906. 5. 
John Bates, January 20, 1839, died May 30, 
1863. 6. Clarissa Thomas, September 6, 1841, 
died August 6, 1878. 

(III) Samuel Adams, son of Eli and Polly 
(Adams) Winslow, was born in New Glouces- 
ter, November 12, 1826, died December 2, 
1905. He was educated in the public schools 
of Dexter, and learned the trade of painter 
and decorator, which trade his father fol- 
lowed to some extent. Samuel followed this 
trade all his life and was considered one of 
the finest workmen in the state. He had a 
wonderful ability for grasping the details of 
any mechanical work, especially anything per- 
taining to the building trades, and kiiew exact- 
Iv how work ought to be done, even though 
lie might not be able to do it himself. He 
also had a remarkable memory for events con- 
nected with the early history of Dexter, and 
has given able assistance in collecting together 
some of the early historical records of the 
town. In politics he was a very strong Re- 
publican, and as he had a very impressive and 
convincing manner of giving his views among 
all classes of men, he became a very influential 
man, and his sentiments were all the more 
forceful when it was found that nothing could 
induce him to seek after an office of any kind. 
He married Sarah Parker, daughter of Rich- 
ard York and Sarah Parker (Thompson) 
Lane, of Ripley. Their children were: i. 
Waldo Rist, born June 29, 1855, now lives in 



Dexter. 2. Herbert Stanley, April 13, 1857, 
died February 18, 1902. 3. Mary Louise, 
January 20, 1859, married H. N. Goodhue, of 
Fort Fairfield, in 1882. 4. Katie Persis, De- 
cember 20, 1864, married H. W. Trafton, 
Esq., of Fort Fairfield, in 1891. 5. Annie 
Isabel, January 7, 1867, married Dr. J. H. 
Murphy in 1893 and now lives in Dexter. 6. 
John Bates, February 15, 1869, and is now 
living in Westbrook. 7. Sarah Parker, June 
29, 1 87 1, and is now living in the old home 
in Dexter. 

(IV) John Bates, son of Samuel Adams 
and Sarah Parker (Lane-) Winslow, was born 
February 15, i86g. He was educated in the 
public schools of Dexter, graduating from the 
high school in 1888. For a number of years 
he followed his father's business, and in 1895 
entered the office of Dr. F. O. Cobb in Port- 
land to study dentistry. He attended the 
Philadelphia Dental College, graduating from 
that institution in 1899. After graduating he 
worked with Dr. Cobb until June, 1904, when 
he opened an office in Westbrook, and now 
enjoys a very good dental practice. In poli- 
tics he has always been a Republican. He is 
a Mason, being a member of Temple Lodge, 
No. 86, of Westbrook, and also of Eagle Royal 
Arch Chapter, and Westbrook Council of 
Royal and Select Masters. He is also a mem- 
ber of Westbrook Lodge, No. 27, Knights of 
Pythias. He married, June 11, 1895, Ida El- 
len, daughter of Jesse A. and Ellen (Sher- 
burne) Fuller, who was born in West Gardi- 
ner. She is an active worker in the Univer- 
salist church and also in the Eastern Star, 
being a member of Mizpah Chapter, No. 3, 
and also a member of Calanthe Temple, Pyth- 
ian Sisters. Their children are: i. Kath- 
erine May, born July 6, 1899. 2. John Clif- 
ford, July 24, 1901. 3. Annie Louise, March 
18, 1907. 



The Weston or Wesson family 
WESTON is of ancient English origin, 

the founder having come to 
England with William the Conqueror, from 
whom he received valuable estates in Stafford- 
shire and elsewhere for his services. The 
coat-of-arms had the motto "Craignez honte." 
(I) John W^eston, immigrant ancestor, was 
born in 1631, in Buckinghamshire, England, 
and died about 1723. About 1644, when only 
thirteen years old, his father being dead, he 
sailed as a stowaway in a ship bound for 
America. He settled in Salem, ^Iassachusetts, 
where in 1648, at the age of eighteen, he was a 
member of the First Church. About 1653 he 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1141 



removed to that part of Reading now known 
as Wakefield, and accumulated one of the 
largest estates in the town, his lands adjoin- 
ing the IMeeting House Square and extending' 
southerly. He was captain of a trading ves- 
sel and made several vo)^ges to England. 
He was a Puritan, very earnest in his piety, 
and his gravestone in the Reading graveyard 
shows that he was one of the founders of the 
church there. He served in King Philip's war. 
He married, April 18, 1653, Sarah, daughter 
of Deacon Zachariah and Mary Fitch, of 
Reading, and this is the first marriage in 
Reading of which there is any record. Chil- 
dren : I. John, born August 17, 1655, died 
August 19, 1655. 2. Sarah. July 15, 1656, 
died January 27, 1685, unmarried. 3. Mary, 
]\Iay 25, 1659. 4- John. ]\Iarch 9, 1661, men- 
tioned below. 5. Elizabeth, February 7, 1662. 
6. Samuel, April 16, 1665, married Abigail 

. 7. Stephen, December 8, 1667. 8. 

Thomas, November 2, 1670. married Sarah 
Townsend. 

(H) John (2), son of John (i) Weston, 
was born March 9, 1661, and died in 1719. 
He resided in Reading and married, Novem- 
ber 26, 1684, Mary, daughter of Abraham and 
Mary (Kendall) Ijryant. Children: i. John, 
born 1685. killed in the war in 1707. 2. Abra- 
ham, 1687, died 1765. 3. Samuel, 1689. 4. 
]\lary, 1691. 5. Stephen, December i, 1693, 
mentioned below. 6. Zachariah, 1695. 7. 
James, 1697. 8. Benjamin, 1698. 9. Jere- 
miah, 1700. 10. Timothy, 1702, probably died 
young. II. Timothy, 1704, removed to Con- 
cord, Massachusetts, with his brother Stephen. 
12. Jonathan, 1705. 13. Sarah, 1707. 14. 
John. 1709. 

(HI) Stephen, son of John (2) Weston, 
was born in Reading. December i, 1693, died 
December 28,- 1780. He removed to Concord 
about 1726 and lived in what is now Lincoln. 
The name was more generally called Wesson 
in Concord, though that spelling was common 
in all branches of the family in the early rec- 
ords. He was one of the founders of the 
Lincoln church in 1747. His brother Timothy 
was also a charter member. Stephen was the 
first treasurer, elected in 1746. The church 
was formally organized August 18, 1747. He 
married Hannah, daughter of Gershom and 
Hannah Flagg, of Woburn. Children: i. 
Hannah, born March 5, 1716. married Josiah 
Hosmer. 2. Mary, September 22. 1717. mar- 
ried Nathaniel Ball. 3. Abigail. April 27, 
1719, married John Jones. 4. Stephen, No- 
vember 16, 1720, married Lydia Billings. 5. 
Sarah, November 11, 1727, married Peter 



Hey wood. 6. Joseph, March 7, 1732, men- 
tioned below. 7. Benjamin, June 30, 1734, 
died August 20, 1735. 8. Esther, June 22, 

1735, married Brown. 9. Hepsibah, 

April 3. 1743. Four others, died young or 
unmarried. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Stephen Weston, was 
born in Concord, March 7, 1732. About 1769 
he removed to Lancaster and shortly after- 
ward went to Maine. Peter Heywood, Jo- 
seph Weston and Isaac Smith were the pioneer 
settlers of that part of old Canaan, now Skow- 
hegan, Maine., Peter Heywood and Joseph 
Weston came first in the early fall of 1771 
with some of the boys and bringing some 
young cattle. They cut hay on some of the 
adjacent islands that had been cleared by the 
Indians, built a camp and left two of the boys, 
Eli Weston and Isaac Smith, to spend the 
winter and care for the cattle. The location 
was eighteen miles above Winslow, the near- 
est settlement, to which place the boys made 
one visit during the long winter. Weston was 
so late in starting from Massachusetts with 
his family that he could not get up the river, 
so they stopped in Dresden until January, then 
moved on to Fort Halifax, and the last of 
April, 1772, "we got to my own house." They 
located about two miles and a half below 
Skowhegan Falls near the islands, so that by 
cultivating the land on the islands and cutting, 
burning and clearing small tracts on the shore, 
they were able to raise a sufficient crop for 
their'needs. Heywood probably came with his 
family the summer of 1772. His farm includ- 
ed the Leighton and Abram \\'yman farms on 
the south river road, Skowhegan, and Wes- 
ton's was below. Joseph Weston traded in a 
small way, carried on his farm, and worked 
at his trade as a tailor when occasion offered. 
In 1775, when Arnold's forces went up the 
river on their way to Quebec, Weston and two 
of his sons. Eli and WilHam, assisted in get- 
ting the boats from their settlement up the 
river, over Skowhegan and Norridgewock 
Falls. From this hardship and exposure he 
took a severe cold, and died October 16, 1775. 
He married, in 1756, Eunice, daughter of 
Aaron and Hannah (Barron) Farnsworth. 
Children: i. Joseph, born January 17, 1757, 
died March 22, 1838; married Sarah, Emery. 
2. Samuel, January 17, 1757 (twin), men- 
tioned below. 3. John, July 19, 1758, died 
November 12, 1842; married (first) Azubah 
Piper; (second) Anna Peaks. 4. Eli, July 4, 
1760. died October 4, 1846; married Sarah 
Kemp. 5. William, November 11, 1763. died 
December 29, 1840; married (first) Betsey 



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Clark; (second) Mary Pinkham. 6. Benja- 
min, February 3, 1765, died April 7, 185 1 ; 
married Annie Powers. 7. Eunice, August 25, 
1766, died August 12. 1779. 8. Hannah, Feb- 
ruary 23, 1768, died February 11, 1800; mar- 
ried Noah Parkman. 9. Stephen, September 
15, 1770: ched May 31, 1847; niarried Martha 
Gray. 

(V) Samuel, son of Joseph Weston, was 
born in Concord, Massachusetts, January 17, 
1757, died June 7, 1802. He went to Maine 
with his parents and resided in Canaan the 
remainder of his life. He was well educated 
and a prominent man of the town. He was 
justice of the peace, representative to the legis- 
lature, and held various town offices of trust 
and responsibility. He was appointed by the 
general government in 1798 assessor of direct 
taxes. He surveyed Bingham's Purchase of a 
million acres, the Androscoggin river up as 
far as "Livermore's town" and forty or fifty 
miles of the lower Kennebec. He w-as agent 
for the Plymouth company and had charge of 
land for various men living in Massachusetts. 
He also kept a country store. He married, in 
1782, Mary, daughter of John and Mary 
(Whitney) White. Children: i. Mary, born 
December 19, 1782, died December 21, i860; 
married Eleazer Coburn. 2. Betsey, March 5, 
1784, died March 22, 1871 ; married (first) 
Amos Baker; (second) Samuel Lewis. 3. 
Cephas, March 27, 1786, died July 8, 1786. 
4. Cynthia, April 27, 1787, died September 
28, 1872; married George Pooler. 5. SSmuel, 
May 24, 1788, died April 22, 1838. 6. Ste- 
phen, September 22, 1789, died April 17, 1869. 
7. Eusebius, April 22, 1791, died April 8, 1866; 
married Delia Dickenson. 8. John Whitney, 
March 27, 1793, mentioned below. 9. Daniel 
Cony, January 27, 1795, died December 26, 
1878. 10. Clarissa, October 19, 1796, died 
April 25, 1856; married Thomas Brown. 11. 
Increase Sumner, April 30, 1798, died Febru- 
ary 14, 1885; married Caroline (Neil) Jewett. 
12. Roxanna, March 29, 1800, died June 30, 
1891. 13. Ebenezer, August 25, 1802, died 
April 30, 1894; married Delia Bliss. 

(VI) John Whitney, son of Samuel Wes- 
ton, was born in Canaan, now Skowhegan, 
Maine, March 27, 1793, died October 9, 1878. 
In 1 8 19 he purchased the interest in the saw 
mill of his cousin, Cyrus Weston, and contin- 
ued lumbering all his life. Owning timber 
lands in the Dead river region, he was the 
first man to cut spruce timber to run down 
the Kennebec river for the market, and did 
an extensive business sending rafts of pine 
boards down the river to Augusta. In poli- 



tics he was a Whig, and in religion a Univer- 
salist. He married, in 182 1, Sarah Parker 
_iValker. born in Bedford, New Hampshire, 
February 4, 1800, died January 15, 1845, 
daughter of William and Lydia (j\Iartin) 
Walker, w^ho came from Derry, New Hamp- 
shire, to Madison. Children: i. Samuel Will- 
iam, born September 23, 1821, died Septem- 
ber 4, 1851. 2. Henry, January 9, 1823, mar- 
ried (first) Lois Angela Mead; (second) El- 
len Poitevent McAvoy. 3. Levi Wyman, Oc- 
tober 9, 1824, mentioned below. 4. Gustavus 
Adolphus, December 17, 1826, died Septem- 
ber 15, 1844. 5. Algernon Sidney, July 22, 
1828, died March 30, 1897; married (first) 
Hannah Eliza Hollister ; (second) Letitia 
Baird Livezey. 6. Mary White, January 13, 
1 83 1, married Josiah Parker Varney. 7. Ho- 
ratio Stephen, January 8, 1833, died May 29, 
1866; married Caroline Wyman. 8. Emily, 
Augu.st 18, 1835, died June 7, 1845. 9- Eliza 
Sophia, May 22, 1838, died June 17, 1897. 10. 
Increase Sumner, April 20, 1840, died Sep- 
tember 6, 1840. II. Sarah Elizabeth, July 20, 
1 84 1, died April 29, 1842. 

(\'II) Levi Wyman, son of John Whitney 
Weston, was born October 9, 1824, on Skow- 
hegan Island, in the old mill hotise on the 
mill lot near the sawmill. He received his ed- 
ucation at the public schools and at Bloom- 
field Academy, and afterward worked for his 
father in the mill. In the spring of 1841, at 
the age of seventeen, he went to Moosehead 
Lake to drive logs, and continued to drive 
logs every spring until 1847, having charge of 
crews and sections of the main river drive. 
In 1844 he helped build the starch mill at 
Skowhegan, and superintended the making of 
starch for three seasons until the potato rot 
destroyed the business. In 1847 he went to 
Lowell, Massachusetts, and found work in a 
machine shop, where he remained two years. 
Returning to Skowhegan in May, 1849, he es- 
tablished the first permanent machine shop 
there, which he conducted for six years. He 
then bought the foundry of Lemuel Fletcher, 
wdiich he run in connection with the machine 
shop, enlarging and rebuilding the plant. In 
1855 he sold half the interest in the business 
to Amos H. Fletcher, and the firm of Weston 
& Fletcher continued until 1858, when he sold 
his remaining interest. In November, 1858, 
he went to New Orleans and visited Logtown, 
Mississippi, where he assisted his brother 
Henry to rebuild his steam sawmill, which had 
been burned. He returned to Skowhegan and 
in December, i860, bought out his younger 
brother, I. S. Weston, who owned half the 



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sawmill and lumber business at Skowhegan, in 
company with his father, the business being 
continued under the firm name of J. W. & L. 
W. Weston. In July, 1866, his father sold his 
interests to Colonel William F.'*Baker, of Mos- 
cow, Maine, and the firm became Weston & 
Baker. In November, 1871, Mr. Weston 
bought out his partner's interests, and contin- 
ued alone until November, 1880, when he took 
into partnership his stepson, Charles M. Brain- 
ard, and the firm was Weston & Brainard. 
The firm bought the carding and cloth dress- 
ing mill of Benjamin and Calvin Stinchfield 
in 1884, which added greatly to their water 
power, and continued to enlarge their plant 
and improve the business until the death of 
Mr. Brainard in 1893. The following April 
Mr. Weston bought of the estate the interests 
of his former partner, and continued the busi- 
ness until 1897, when he sold to the Skow- 
hegan Electric Light Company. Mr. Weston 
has always been a Republican in politics, and 
lias taken a keen interest in the aflrairs of the 
town. He served as selectman and on the 
school committee of •Blffomfield. -WJien the 
towns of Bloomfield and Skowhegan were 
united, he was elected the first school agent 
for the unitetl dis^ict No. i, serving alto- 
gether about twent'v years on the school com- 
mittee in both towns. HeTias served on the 
building committees for erecting many of the 
public buildings in Skowhegan, and has been 
connected with a number of corporations. He 
is president of the Somerset Building and 
Loan Association, a direcfcpr Jpf .the Savings 
Bank of Skowhegan, and tRe Skowhegan Wa- 
ter Company, and trustee of the Bloomfield 
Academy Fund and of the public library. 

He married (first), February 15, 1853, 
Sophia Wyman Walker, who died June 13, 
1858. He married (second), November 19, 
1861, Clementine (Houghton) Brainard, born 
January 22, 1831, daughter of Thomas and 
Sarah (Spaulding) Houghton. Children: i. 
Agnes Augusta, born December 21, 1862, died 
March 4, 1877. 2. Gertrude Sophia, March 
20. 1866. 3. Ernest Gustavus, November 7, 
1867, died January 27, 1869. 4. Ethel Hough- 
ton, May 30. died January 17, 1870. 5. Mar- 
garet Houghton, September i, 1873, died Au- 
gust 23, 1875. 

(V) Deacon Benjamin, son of Joseph Wes- 
ton, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, 
February 3, 1765, and died April 7, 1851. 
When seven years old he was brought by 
his parents to Canaan (later Bloomfield, now 
Skowhegan), Maine, where he was reared 
on a new farm, and resided until 1786, when 



he purchased a tract of heavily timbered land 
in the town of Madison, a mile and a half 
above the present village of Madison. This he 
cleared up from wilderness condition, and the 
farm is now occupied by his grandson, Theo- 
dore Weston. He afterward purchased from 
time to time until he owned about a thousand 
acres, all of which is now owned by his de- 
scendants. For many years before his death 
his name headed the list as the largest tax- 
payer in the town. He was classed as a Puri- 
tan of the Puritans. He was the first deacon 
of the Congregational church of Madison. In 
politics he was an old-line Whig. He mar- 
ried, March, 1788, Annie, eldest daughter of 
Levi and Mary (Chase) Powers, of Canaan, 
granddaughter of Peter Powers, the first set- 
tler of Hollis, New Hampshire, and on the 
maternal side a direct descendant of Aquilla 
Chase, of Newbury, Massachusetts. Mrs. 
Weston was a woman of more than ordinary 
intelligence, strength of character and culture. 
Their childrens eleven in number, all lived to 
maturity," and ten became heads of families, 
and were: i. Stephen, born 1789, died 1841 ; 
farmer in Madison ; soldier in war of 1812. 2. 
Benjamin, 1790, see forward. 3. Anna, 1792, 
died 1873; married Samuel Burns, of Madi- 
son. 4. Nathan, October 9, 1796, for many 
years extensively engaged in the lumber trade 
with his brother Benjamin. 5. Betsey, 1798, 
died 1882 ; married Rufus Bixby. 6. Mary, 
1800, died 1874; married Ephraim Spaulding, 
of North Anson. 7. Electa, 1802, die^ 1^885; 
married Hon. William R. Flint. 8. Eunice, 
1804, died 1841 ; married Merrill Blanchard, 
of Houlton. g. Hannah, 1808, died unmar- 
ried, 1862. 10. William, 1810, died 1882, at 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; was merchant, lum- 
berman and manufacturer in North Anson ; 
went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1859; was 
colonel of militia. Deacon Weston had one 
hundred grandchildren. 

(\T) I3enjamin Jr. (2), son of Deacon- 
Benjamin (i) Weston, was reared on the- 
paternal farm, and after reaching manhood 
lived on one adjoining. He became extensive- 
ly engaged in lumbering, iron mining and 
stone quarrying, in all of which he was highly 
successful, and for his time he was a man 
of wealth. He brought the first raft of lum- 
ber across Moose Head Lake, and made the 
first drive of logs down the Kennebec river, 
in company with his brother Nathan, an in- 
dustry which has now assumed large propor- 
tions. He built the first Congregational church 
in Madison, and received his pay from sale of 
pews. He was public spirited, and did much 



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toward the upbuilding of what is now the 
thriving town of 'Madison. He married 

(first) ; (second) Ann F. Jewett, 

daughter of Pickard Jewett, of Skowhegan. 
His children were thirteen in number, by first 
marriage. 

(VH) Benjamin Pickard Jewett, son of 
Benjamin (2) Weston, was born August 13, 
1841, in the house in which he died, Sep- 
tember 12, 1907. He was educated in the 
common schools, and Maine State Seminary, 
now Bates College, and while a student in the 
last named institution experienced an accident 
which almost made him a cripple for life. 
After his father's death he made his home 
on the ancestral farm. As a boy he assisted 
his father about the quarry and the general 
store connected therewith, on Chaleur Bay. 
About 1872 he became a member of the mer- 
cantile firm of Blackwell & Weston, and this 
connection was maintained until 1877, when 
the partnership was dissolved, and he fitted up 
a store in Madison, near the railroad crossing, 
which he conducted for some years. He was 
active in securing the location of the railroad 
at Madison, when that town was to be left 
away from its line, and with other prominent 
citizens brought it to the town by taking the 
contract to build the road to the river, accept- 
ing railroad bonds (then considered as of lit- 
tle value) for the larger portion of their out- 
lay. This is but indicative of his public spirit 
and foresight in the interest of the community. 
The 'water power of Madison was practically 
undeveloped until 1881, when Mr. Weston and 
his brother Thomas, who lived in Portland, in- 
terested a practical woolen manufacturer, and 
procured the means for building the old 
wooden mill. This was completed early in 1882, 
and the manufacture of woolen faljrics was 
immediately begun. This was followed by the 
building of the first brick mill in 1885, and the 
Indian Spring mill, in 1887. He was a mem- 
ber of the building committee of each, and 
upon him devolved in large degree the pro- 
curing of labor and material for construction. 
In 1889, when the forerunner of the Great 
Northern Paper Company was embarrassed 
by finding clouded titles to needed property, 
Mr. Weston's wonderful energy and perse- 
verance were brought into play, and after 
overcoming what to most men would have 
been insuperable difficulties, he succeeded, and 
the work of construction was entered upon. 
About 1880 he purchased the old sawmill 
standing in the present yard of the paper com- 
pany, and after selling it he erected the mill, 
which he thenceforward operated until his 



death. He was ever active in community in- 
terests, from the time when soon after attain- 
ing his majority he was elected to the common 
council, and he, frequently thereafter served in 
responsible positions to which he was called 
by vote of his fellow citizens. An earnest 
Republican in politics, he neither had leisure 
nor ambition for public station, and refused 
frequently to allow himself to be made a can- 
didate for political position. His sole interests 
were for the local good, and his influence and 
means were always devoted to improved school 
accommodations and educational facilities. He 
served as president of the Madison Board 
of Trade, and of the Madison Soldiers' iMonu- 
ment Association, as town auditor, and as trus- 
tee of the Forest Hill Cemetery Association. 
After the purchase of the cemetery property 
by that body, he selected a lot thereon, re- 
moved to it the remains of his honored par- 
ents, and there his own interment was made. 
In early life he became a member of the Con- 
gregational church, and- Mrs. Susan Dinsmore 
is now the only oiie. living whose name was 
entered before his own on the church rolls. 
He was always an active participant in all 
the affairs of the society, and it was largely 
through his effort that the lot was secured and 
the present house of worship erected. In his 
personal relations he was the true gentleman 
of the old school — kind and obliging, gener- 
ous to a fault, and a thorough optimist, to 
whom every cloud had a silver lining. He 
married, in 1866, Emily H. Baker, of Bing- 
ham, who only lived four months after their 
union. In 1869 he married .Sarah J. Dins- 
more, who with their five children lives to 
mourn his loss, while he was yet in the prime 
of his vigor and usefulness. Their children : 
I. Nathan A., born November 12. 1870, see 
forward. 2. Ernest C, October 30, 1873, 
farmer, Madison ; married Efifie M. Day ; chil- 
dren : Clayton and Barbara. 3. Charles P., 
November 8, 1875, professor in University of 
Maine. 4. Benjamin T., November 20, 1877, 
civil and mechanical engineer. 5. Susan, April 
6, 1882. 

(VIII) Nathan Alvan, eldest child of Ben- 
jamin Pickard Jewett Weston, was born in 
Madison, November 12, 1870. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native town. 
For two years he worked in his father's mill 
in IMadison. for two years thereafter for the 
Manufacturing Investment Company, now the 
Great Northern Paper Company, and again for 
three years in the sawmill. For about a year 
he was in the employ of his second cousin, 
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of his cousin's partner, and the firm becom- 
ing Weston & Weston. He operates the Wes- 
ton grist mill at Madison, and transacts an 
extensive business, besides his lumbering and 
farming interests. He is one of the leading 
business men of Madison, and is well and fa- 
vorably known through his section of the 
state. He is a member of the Congregational 
church of Madison, and in politics is a Re- 
publican. He is a member of Indian Spring 
Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; the Order of Foresters ; 
the Order of Maccabees. He married, Jan- 
uary 17, 1903, Mabel Davis, born May i, 
1883, daughter of Edwin and Mira (Clark) 
Davis, of Madison. They have one child, 
Emilv, born January 7, 1904. 



The name of Bradbury is of 
BRADBURY Saxon origin and was 

formed by the combination 
of two words : Brad, meaning broad, and bury, 
which is variously defined as a house, a hill, 
a domain and a town. In the ancient English 
records there are several variations in its or- 
thography, such as Bradberrie, Bradburye, 
Bradberry and Bradbury. In England the 
line of descent from Thomas, the immigrant, 
can be traced backward through several gen- 
erations. 

(I) Wymond Bradbury, who was of the 
seventh generation in descent from the earliest 
known member of the family under consid- 
eration, resided in the county of Essex during 
the reign of James the First, and married 
Elizabeth Gill (nee Whitgift). He did not 
come to America. 

(II) Thomas, second son of Wymond and 
Elizabeth Bradbury, and of the eighth genera- 
tion in descent, according to the English pedi- 
gree, was baptized at Wicken Bonant, Essex, 
on the last day of February, 1610-11. It is 
plainly evident that he acquired the advantages 
of a good education, as early in the year 1634 
he appeared at Agamenticus (now York, 
i\Iaine) as the agent or steward of Sir Fer- 
nando Gorges, proprietor of the province of 
Maine, and must therefore have possessed both 
social and intellectual qualifications for such 
a position. He did not, however, remain for 
any length of time in the service of Gorges, 
as in 1636 he became a grantee at Salisbury, 
Massachusetts, whither he removed and where 
for more than half a century he was one of 
the most prominent residents. He was admit- 
ted a freeman at Sa4isbury in 1640, and served 
as schoolmaster, town clerk, justice of the 
peace, deputy to the general court, county 
recorder, associate judge and captain of the 



local military company, winning credit for 
himself and giving general satisfaction to his 
fellow townsmen in all of these offices. In 
1 64 1 he was appointed first clerk of the writs 
of Salisbury; was seven times chosen deputy 
to the general court between the years 1651 
and 1666; and from 1654 to 1669 served upon 
various committees formulated for the purpose 
of adjusting land disputes, locating grants and 
establishing boundaries. He died in Salisbury, 
March 16, 1695. In 1636 he married Mary 
Perkins, daughter of John the elder and Ju- 
dith Perkins, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. John 
Perkins, born at Gloucester, England, in 1590, 
embarked at Bristol with his family on board 
the ship "Lyon," Captain William Pearce, 
master, and Roger Williams was a fellow 
passenger. Arriving in Boston, February 5, 
1 63 1, John Perkins was admitted a freeman 
the same year, and in 1633 settled in Ipswich, 
acquiring possession of an island at the mouth 
of the river, which became known as Perkins 
Island. He held town offices in Ipswich and 
was deputy to the general court. He died 
prior to 1655. His children were : John, 
Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia and Jacob. 
Mary Perkins, who became the wife of Thom- 
as Bradbury, had the misfortune in her old 
age of being tried and convicted of witch- 
craft during the excitement caused by the ter- 
rible delusion of 1692, which resulted in the 
ignominious death of so many innocent people, 
but she escaped punishment and died a natural 
death December 20, 1700. She was the moth- 
er of eleven children : Wymond, Judith, 
Thomas, Mary, Jane, Jacob, William, Eliza- 
beth, John, Ann and Jabez, all of whom, 
excepting the eldest, were born in Salisbury. 

(Ill) Wymond (2), eldest child of Thomas 
and Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, was born 
April I, 1637. Plis death, which was untimely, 
occurred April 7, 1669, on the Island of Nevis, 
West Indies, the birthplace of Alexander 
Hamilton. May 7, 1661, he married Sarah, 
daughter of Robert and Sarah Pike, and a 
sister of Rev. John Pike, pastor of the church 
in Dover, New Hampshire. Robert Pike, one 
of the most advanced men of his time in 
New England, came from England to Salem 
with his parents when nineteen years old, and 
was one of the founders of Salisbury. He be- 
came a fearless champion of truth, justice and 
liberty of conscience, and was the hero of sev- 
eral important controversies. He was openly 
against the ill treatment of the Indians, op- 
posed the dogmatic authority of the Rev. John 
Wheelwright, pastor of the church in Salis- 
bury, and stood forth pre-eminent in opposi- 



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tion to the Rev. Cotton Mather and other su- 
perstitious clergymen during the witchcraft 
prosecutions of 1692, defending the innocent 
victims to the extent of his ability. Wymond 
Bradbury's widow married for her second 
husband John Stockman, who died December 
10. 1686. Of her first union there were three 
children: I. Sarah, born February 26, 1662, 
married Abraham Merrill. 2. Ann, born No- 
vember 22, 1666, married Jeremy Allen. 3. 
Wymond. 

(IV) Wymond (3), youncest child of Wy- 
mond (2) and Sarah (Pike) Bradbury, was 
born in Salisbury, May 13, 1669. He spent 
his declining years in York, Maine, where bis 
son had settled, and died there April 17, 1734. 
He married Mariah Cotton, born January 14, 
1672, daughter of Rev. John Cotton Jr. and 
Joanna (Rossiter) Cotton, granddaughter of 
the distinguished Boston minister, Rev. John 
Cotton, who came from old Boston in Lincoln- 
shire, and who married Sarah Story. Joanna 
Rossiter was a daughter of Dr. Bryan Ros- 
siter, of Guilford, Connecticut. Wymond 
Bradbury's widow married for her second 
husband John Head, of Kittery, Maine, when 
more than sixty-two years old, and she died 
in that town January 30, 1736. The children 
of Wymond and Mariah (Cotton) Bradbury 
were: Jabez, born in 1693; William, 169.S; 
John, 1697; Rowland, 1699: Ann, 1702: Jo- 
siah, 1704: Theophilus, 1706; Maria, 1708; 
Jerusha, 171 1. 

(V) John, third child of Wymond (3) and 
Mariah (Cotton) Bradbury, was born in Sal- 
isbury, September 9, T697. He settled in 
York, Maine, early in the eighteenth century, 
and was the founder of the York branch of 
the Bradbury family. He became an elder oi 
the Presbyterian church, and was also promi- 
nent in civic affairs, serving in the provincial 
legislature several terms, as a member of the 
executive council for ten years and as iudge 
of probate. At the commencement of the 
revolutionarv war he vigorously supported the 
cause of national independence, and it is re- 
lated that he rebulced his minister in the pres- 
ence of the congregation for having expressed 
in his sermon sentiments disloval to the Amer- 
ican cause. He died December 3, 1778. He 
married Abigail, dausrhter of Lieutenant Jo- 
seph and Abigail (Donnell) Young, of York, 
and her death occurred September 28, 1787. 
Their children were: Cotton, see succeeeding 
paragraph; Lucy, born January 8, 1725; Beu- 
lah, March 20, 1727; Mariah, April 5, 1729; 
Abigail, August 12, 1731 ; Elizabeth, January 



5, 1734; John, September 18, 1736; Joseph, 
October 23, 1740; Anne, June 2, 1743. 

(VI) Cotton, eldest child of John and Abi- 
gail (Young) Bradbury, born in York, Oc- 
tober 8, 1722, died in that town June 4, 1806. 
He married Ruth, daughter of Elias Weare, 
of York, and had a family of nine children : 
Lucy, born June 20, 1754; Edward, May 20, 
1757; Daniel, April 7, 1759; Betsey, December 
10, 1760; Abigail, December 16, 1765; Olive, 
January 3, 1768: Joseph, May i, 1770: James, 
see next paragraph; Ruth, October 19, 1774. 

(VTI) Dr. James, eighth child and youngest 
.son of Cotton and Ruth (Weare) Bradbury, 
was born in York, April 24, 1772. Having 
acquired a good general education he studied 
medicine, his professional training being the 
best that could be obtained at that period, and 
after practicing in Ossipee, New Hampshire, 
for a year he located in Parsonsfield, Maine, 
going there in 1798 and building up a large 
general practice which he maintained for more 
than forty years. In addition to being an able 
physician, he was an excellent instructor and 
directed the preliminary studies of a consid- 
erable number of students, some of whom be- 
came noted practitioners. When the infirmi- 
ties of old age began to develop he established 
his home near the residence of his only daugh- 
ter in Windham, and he died there February 
7, 1844. In 1816 he united with the Free 
Will Baptist church and continued his fellow- 
ship with that denomination for the remainder 
of his life. Dr. Bradbury was married in the 
year 1800 to Mrs. Ann Moulton, born in 
Newbury, Massachusetts, September 2, 1777, 
daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Noyes) 
Moulton. By a previous marriage with her 
cousin, Samuel Moulton, son of Cotton Moul- 
ton, she had two children ; and those of her 
second union were: i. James Weare, born 
June 10, 1803, married Eliza Ann Smith, and 
became a prominent citizen of Augusta, ac- 
quiring political distinction. 2. Samuel Moul- 
ton, who will be again referred to. 3. Clarissa 
Ann, born June 19, 1807, became the wife 
of Dr. Charles G. Parsons, of Windham ; died 
December 5, 1850. The mother of these chil- 
dren died March 10, 1835. Dr. Bradbury 
married (second). November i, 1836. Nancy 
Chapman, born January 3, 1800. The only 
child of this union was Cotton M., born Feb- 
ruary 22, 1839, removed from Windham Hill 
to South Windham, September 10, 1877, 
thence to Cumberland Mills, December 6. 1895, 
where he now resides, an industrious and high- 
ly respected citizen. He married (first) Su- 



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sanna D. Hussey, born 1833, died August 20, 
1877, ^''lo bore him two children: James Cot- 
ton, born October 16, 1865, died March 14, 
1905; Jennie AI., born July 9, 1868, died De- 
cember 10, 1901. Married (secondj Ella T. 
Harris, born 1858, died April 5, 1893, who 
bore him four children : Nellie G., born Feb- 
ruary 26, 1880, married Harry Feldman, 1905; 
resides in Boston, jMassachusetts. Alice, born 
May 7, 1881, died October 8, 1884. Frank H., 
born November 20, 1883, married Julia Quinn, 
1905, has one child, Christella : resides in 
Westbrook. Fred E., born June 11, 1885, un- 
married. 

(Vni) Samuel Moulton, M. D., second 
child of Dr. James and Ann (Moulton) Brad- 
bury, was born in Parsonsfield, August 22, 
1804. He began the study of medicine with 
his father, was graduated from the Maine 
Medical School (Bowdoin College) in 1831, 
and began the practice of his profession in 
Parsonsfield. In 1836 he removed to Liming- 
ton, where he resided for more than fifty 
years, and at the age of eighty-four was still 
in active practice, attending regularly to his 
professional duties. He was not alone re- 
spected for his professional ability and per- 
sonal integrity, as his public services and ef- 
forts to increase the educational facilities of 
Limington were exceedingly beneficial to the 
town, and his desire for the advancement of 
its general welfare was frequently emphasized 
while serving as town clerk, selectman and as 
representative to the state legislature. In pol- 
itics he was a Democrat. As one of the found- 
ers of the Limington Academy he labored 
zealously in its behalf and served as president 
of its board of trustees for thirty years. He 
was a member of Adoniram Lodge, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons, and one of the 
principal supporters of the Baptist church. 
Dr. Samuel M. Bradbury died in Limington, 
September 22, 1888, having attended to his 
patients up to a week prior to his demise, and 
his passing away was sincerely regretted by 
the entire community. He was first married 
in 1831 to Susan Brackett, born in Parsons- 
field, November 11, 181 1, died November 27, 
1846, daughter of James and Betsey (Fogg- 
Brackett) Brackett. He married (second) 
her sister Elizabeth, born in 1821, died April 
4, 1899. They were descended in the eighth 
generation from Anthony (i) Brackett, of 
Portsmouth, the immigrant, through Thomas 
(2), Samuel (3). Samuel (4), John (5), 
James (6), and James (7). Their father, 
who was a native of Berwick and a prosperous 
farmer of Parsonsfield, died there in 1844. 



He married Betsey Brackett (nee Fogg), his 
brother's widow. Dr. Bradbury's first wife 
bore him two children : John Brackett, born 
June I, 1833, died April 27, 1858; graduated 
from Colby University, Waterville, in 1857. 
Ann Elizabeth, born August 24, 1837, died 
May 8, 1855. The children of Dr. Bradbury's 
second union are : James Otis, who is referred 
to again in the next paragraph. Eva Carrie, 
born October 28, 1834, died August 24, 1862. 
Frank M., born February 28, 1858, married 
Alice S. Cousins ; they now reside at the Brad- 
bury homestead in Limington, Maine. Lizzie, 
born May 27, 1862, became the wife of Hardy 
H. McKenney, a prominent citizen of Liming- 
ton, married May 25, 1895. 

(IX) James Otis, eldest child of Dr. Sam- 
uel M. and Elizabeth (Brackett) Bradbury, 
was born in Limington, July 19, 1850. From 
the Limington Academy he entered the West- 
ern State Normal school at Fannington, from 
which he was graduated in 1874, and being 
thus well equipped for educational pursuits he 
embraced that useful calling, becoming a high 
school teacher of recognized ability. While 
thus employed he devoted his vacations and 
other spare moments to the study of law under 
the direction of Colonel William McArthur in 
Limington, and after his admission to the Som- 
erset county bar at Skowhegan in 1876 lo- 
cated for practice in Hartland, Maine, having 
become solicitor for several large corporations 
in that section of the state. Removing from 
the latter place in 1889 he established himself 
in practice at Saco the following year and has 
ever since transacted a general law business in 
that city, having attained prominence in his 
profession through his legal ability and high 
personal character. While residing in Hart- 
land he served as chairman of the board of 
selectmen, as superintendent of public schools 
and as trustee of state normal schools, and 
from 1882 to 1886 was county attorney for 
Somerset. In 1892-93 he was mayor of Saco 
and served two terms, 1894-95, as city so- 
licitor of that city. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican. His fraternal affiliations are with Saco 
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
Hobah Encampment and Canton J. H. Dear- 
born. Patriarchs Militant, all of Saco. He 
attends the Unitarian church. On August 5, 
1877, Mr. Bradbury was united in marriage 
with Ella S., of Wells, daughter of Joseph 
Butler, and she died June 29, 1889. The chil- 
dren of this union are : Mary Alma, born 
September 26, 1882 ; and Eva Elizabeth, born 
April 12, 1886, who died in Norton, Massa- 
chusetts, December 24, 1906. September 3, 



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igoo, Mr. Bradbury married for his second 
wife Mrs. Imoocne Savage Haskell, daughter 
of General Eibridge G. Savage, of Solon, 
Maine. 



The surname Swett is identical 
SWETT with Sweete and Sweet in the 

earl)^ records. The family is 
traced back in England to the time of Edward 
VI at Travne and after that at Oxton, Devon- 
shire, England. This family bore coat-of- 
arms as follows : Gules two chevrons between 
as many mullets in chief and a rose in base 
argent seeded or. Crest : A mullet or pierced 
azure between two gilly-flowers proper. 

(I) John Swett, immigrant ancestor, was 
born in England about 1590, and is said to 
have come from Guernsey in the English 
Channel, which was made a temporary stop- 
ping place for many English families on their 
way to the new world. He settled first in 
Salem as early as 1636 and finally in what is 
now Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was a 
grantee of Newbury, December 7, 1642, one 
of the original ninety-one. He was admitted 
a freeman May 18, 1642. His widow Phebe 
died May, 1663. While he was living in Sa- 
lem he shot a wolf dog belonging to Colonel 
Endicott in the colonel's backyard, and the 
owner of the obnoxious wolf dog prosecuted 
him for the killing. Fined five pounds June 
6, 1637, after what must have been a sensa- 
tional trial for his day. Children, born in 
England: i. Stephen, born about 1624, a 
cordwainer by trade, lived at Newbury ; mar- 
ried. May 24. 1647, Hannah Merrill: second, 
August 4. 1663, Rebecca Smith. 2. Captain 
Benjamin, born about 1626, married, Novem- 
ber I, 1647, Esther Weare, daughter of Na- 
thaniel Weare, of Newbury, and she married 
second, March 31, 1678, Stephen Greenleaf, 
of Newbury; Swett settled in Hampton, New 
Hampshire, and was a very prominent citizen, 
captain of the military company and noted for 
his skill and daring in fighting the Indians, 
especially during King Philip's war, 1675-76, 
and was killed by the savages at Black Point, 
Scarborough, Maine ; his sons were also very 
prominent citizens. 3. Joseph, mentioned be- 
low. 4. Sarah, died December 11, 1650. 

(II) Toseph, son of John Swett, was born 
about 1630. He was living in Newbury until 
1650. was of Haverhill in 1653 and later re- 
moved to Boston. He married Elizabeth 

. Children: i. Joseph, born October 

26, 1658, w-as drowned near his home in 
Truro, Massachusetts, November 29, 1716, 
with an Indian and four other Englishmen 



going from Eastham harbor to Billingsgate. 
2. Benjamin, mentioned below. 

(HI) Benjamin, son of Joseph Swett, was 
born in Boston, January 29, 1660. According 
to family tradition he and his brother settled 
when young men on Cape Cod, the brother 
Joseph at Truro and he at Wellfleet. They 
must have been both seafaring men. Benja- 
min Swett was one of the ta.xpayers of Well- 
fleet who, June 22, 1724, protested against 
paying rates or continuing in the ministry of 
Rev. Josiah Oakes. This record possibly be- 
longs to his son Benjamin. 

(IV) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i) 
Swett, was born in Welfleet about 1700. The 
available public records tell us nothing definite 
of him. 

(V) Benjamin (3), son or nephew of Ben- 
jamin (2) Swett, was born about 1740. He 
was a soldier under Captain Joshua Gordon 
in Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's regiment in 
July, 1779, in the Penobscot Expedition. This 
service in Maine indicates that he rather than 
his son Benjamin settled first in Maine. Chil- 
dren : Noah, Benjamin, mentioned below' ; 
James and John. 

(\T) Benjamin (4), son of Benjamin (3) 
Swett, was born at Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 
December 29, 1769, and died at . Hampden, 
IMaine, October 13, 1854. Early in life he 
w^as a mariner and sea captain, afterward a 
farmer. lie settled about 1795 at Hampden, 
Maine. Fle married first, in 1793, Joanna At- 
wood, a native of Wellfleet, who died at 
Hampden in ]\Iay, 1796. He married second, 
late in 1801, Mehitable Atwood, of Orrington, 
whither he went to live. She died 1839. 
There also came to Orrington Solomon Swett, 
said to be not related, though coming from 
Wellfleet also. Child of first'Wife : Delia D., 
born January 4, 1796, died January 14, 1884. 
Children of second wife: i. Joanna A., born 
October 3, 1802, died 1903. 2. Emily H., F'eb- 
ruary 21, 1804, died April 27, 1901. 3. Noah, 
July 29, 1805, died September 8, 1873. 4. 
Benjamin, September 6, 1806, died April 14, 
1894; was a California gold seeker in 1849. 
5. James A., January 16, 1808, died May 4, 
igoi. 6. John, March 4, 1809, died June 30, 
1879. 7. i\Iary E., May 30, 1810, died June 6, 
1899. 8. Sarah C, September 2, 181 1. died 
April 20, igoi. 9. Mehitable A., March 8, 
1813, died May 4, 1906. 10. Charles M., .Au- 
gust 29, 1814, died February 10, 1892. 11. 
William A., July 10, 1816, mentioned below. 
12. David W., ]\lay 17. iSr8. died January 18, 
igo2. He was a master mariner, captain of 
the shi]) "Gold Hunter," which carried the 




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"49 



gold seekers around the Horn to California. 
Naphthali, an adopted son and nephew, was 
born August 22, 1795. James A., Wilham A. 
and David W. traded as the Swett Company of 
Bangor, engaging in the coasting trade and 
fish business in Bangor. Maine, and Glouces- 
ter, Massachusetts, and in the manufacture of 
barrels at Hampden and Bangor. When the 
father died all of his children were living ; the 
first to die was aged sixty-eight, while the eld- 
est child of the second marriage lived to be 
over a luindred. The sons were educated in 
the public schools of Hampden and at Hamp- 
den Academy. Three of the sons were sea 
captains for a number of years, and the others 
were farmers and merchants. The family was 
Methodist in religion. 

(VH) William Atwood, son of Benjamin 
(4) Swett, was born in Hampden, Maine, 
July 10, 1816, died at Bangor, January 25, 
1902. He was educated in the district schools 
.and spent his youth and much of his later life 
in farming on the homestead. He also had 
a general store for ten years in Hampden, and 
then removed to Bangor, where he was in 
business in company with his brothers, James 
A. and David W., as narrated above. Will- 
iam A. was active in business until a few 
years previous to his' death, when he retired. 
He spent his last years in Bangor. He was 
a Methodist in religion and a Republican in 
politics. He married Mary Banks Putnam, 
born at Waltham, Massachusetts, July 16, 
1805, died at Bangor, July i, 1878, daughter 
of Daniel Putnam, of Chelmsford, Littleton 
and Framingham, Massachusetts, grand- 
daughter of Israel Putnam, of Bedford and 
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, a first cousin of 
General Rufus Putnam, the revolutionary sol- 
dier, and founder of Ohio. Deacon Israel Put- 
nam, father of Israel Putnam just mentioned, 
was of Salem Village and Bedford, a first 
cousin of General Israel Putnam, and deacon 
of the first church at Bedford and first con- 
stable of that town. Child, Atwell William, 
torn May 3, 1840, mentioned below. May 21, 
1890, William A. Swett married (second) 
Mrs. Elizabeth (Patten) Kimball, of Hermon, 
Maine, daughter of William Jr. and Sophronia 
(Dole) Patten, who still (1908) survives him, 
living in Bangor. 

(VIII) Dr. Atwell William, son of William 
Atwood Swett, was born at Hampden, Maine, 
May 3, 1840. He attended the public schools 
of his native town and Hampden Academy. 
He was graduated from Dartmouth Medical 
School in the fall of 1863 and then took post- 
graduate courses in the Post Graduate PTos- 



pital of New York, Jefiferson Medical School 
of Philadelphia and DeMilt Dispensary, New 
York City, where he was interne. He prac- 
ticed medicine in Monroe, Maine, until the 
spring of 1864, when he enlisted as assistant 
surgeon in the Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment 
in the civil war. His regiment was sent to 
Washington, D. C, and took part in the battle 
of Winchester. It was reorganized after this 
battle and sent to Savannah, Georgia, and 
later to South Carolina, where it was located 
until February, 1866. He was then mustered 
out with the rank of first lieutenant and brevet 
captain. He at once located at Winterport, 
Maine, where for a period of nineteen years 
he practiced medicine. Since 1885 he has 
practiced in Bangor, ranking among the lead- 
ers of his profession in that section of the 
state. Has been on the medical staff of the 
Eastern IMaine General Hospital since 1893. 
He has had a very large general practice as a 
physician and surgeon in both communities. 
He is a member of the Penobscot County 
Medical Association, the Maine Medical Asso- 
ciation, and the American Medical Association 
of Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of Han- 
cock Lodge, Free Masons, Hampden ; of Han- 
cock Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Bucks- 
port, and of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion, Department of Maine. 

He married, in Plampden, July 22, 1868, 
Elizabeth Jane Patten, born in Hampden, 
April 20, 1845, educated in the common 
schools of Hampden and the Hampden Acad- 
emy and studied music in Portland, a daughter 
of John Ellingwood Patten, of Hampden, 
master ship-builder, and descendant of Elder 
William Brewster, of the "Mayflower," and of 
the Gushing family of Hingham, Massachu- 
setts, and the Prince family that settled on 
Prince's Point, Portland, removing thence to 
Yarmouth, Maine. Children: i. Frederick 
George, born at Winterport. September 16, 
1869, educated at Buckport Seminary, Ban- 
gor high school and Bowdoin College, class 
of 1892; 1893 to 1898 was a reporter on the 
Times-Democrat of New Orleans, returning 
then to Bangor as telegraph editor of the 
Bangor Daily Commercial, resigning in Sep- 
tember, 1907. Since then has been traveling 
in Great Britain and the continent, returning 
in 1908. Is unmarried. 2. Carlotta Mary, 
born in Winterport, December 4, 1873, edu- 
cated in the public schools, graduate of Welles- 
ley, class of i8g6, and of Johns Hopkins Med- 
ical School in 1901 ; practiced with her father 
at Bangor until the spring of 1907: married, 
June 19, 1907, Charles Henry Bunting, then 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



professor of pathology in the University of 
Virginia, a fellow student at Johns Hopkins ; 
he is now professor of pathology at University 
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, where they 
reside. They have one child, Elizabeth, born 
October ii, 1908. 

The original place of settle- 
EVERETT nient of the earliest immi- 
grants of the name Everett 
was Kittery (1640). Others of this name 
lived at Reading and Dedham, Massachusetts, 
the latter place being a notable seat of the 
family. The Everetts of this sketch, however, 
seem to be descended from a later settler from 
England. 

( I ) A man named Everett whose baptismal 
name was probably John accompanied the Al- 
len family, which settled at Gouldsborough 
Point in the town of Gouldsborough. They 
probably removed from Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire, or the vicinity of that place. Mr. 
Everett may have come into this country re- 
cently, as there is a tradition among the old 
inhabitants of Gouldsborough that he was 
called "the little Englishman." He may have 
been a drum major, and evidently died quite 
young while fighting Indians in the west, per- 
haps in Ohio. At the time of his death his 
family was in straitened circumstances, as ap- 
pears from the fact that his children were sep- 
arated and brought up in different families in 
the neighborhood of their residence. John 
Everett married a Miss Allen, of the family 
with which he went to Gouldsborough. After 
her husband's death Mrs. Everett married a 
Mr. Chilcott, from Iron Bound Island, Mt. 
Desert, who was the grandfather of James 
Chilcott, long time editor of the Ellszcorth 
American. Mr. Chilcott was living in Sulli- 
van in 1838. The children of John Everett 
were : John, Henry, Mary and Hannah. 

(II) Henry was the second son of John 
Everett. The date of his death is not known. 
After the death of his father and the separa- 
tion of the family, Henry Everett became a 
member of a family named Moore, who lived 
at Prospect Harbor, by whom he was brought 
up. At a meeting of the freeholders and in- 
habitants of Gouldsborough, August 26, 1793, 
the following record was made : "Upon the 
constable's notification, Henry Everett was 
drawn to serve on the petit jury to be holden 
at Penobscot on the third Tuesday of Sep- 
tember next." April 7, 1794, Henry Everett 
was elected one of the hogreeves of Goulds- 
borough. June 14, 1794, Henry Everett's 
highway tax was assessed at five shillings. 



Ajjril, 1794, his tax was two shillings, two 
and one-half pence; in March the same; No- 
vember 5, 1795, his state tax was twenty-eight 
cents, and his town ta.x and county tax each 
the same. September i, 1796, in another dis- 
trict his highway tax was $1.89; and Novem- 
ber 7 of the same year his state and town tax 
were twenty-eight cents each. It appears from 
the record of the commitments of highway 
taxes (1795) that he resided in (Abijah) 
Cole's Ward, which included territory between 
Prospect Mill and the country road. In 1828, 
or the follow'ing, year, Henry Everett went 
with Captain Samuel Hadlock, Steve and Obed 
Clark to St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, in a 
vessel called the "Minerva.'' As nothing was 
ever heard of the vessel, it is supposed that 
she was lost with all on board. June 6, 1813, 
Henry Everett and Sally (Sarah) Cole, born 
March i, 1793, were married by Thomas Hill, 
Esq. Her parents were Abijah and Nancy 
(Williams) Cole. Abijah Cole was a revolu- 
tionary soldier. The children of Henry and 
Sally were : Henrietta, Timothy, Charlotte, 
Clement. Eliza Ann and George Henry. 

(III) Timothy, eldest son and second child 
of Henry and Sally (Cole) Everett, was born 
in Prospect Harbor, Maine, October 30, 1819, 
and sailed from Portland as captain of the 
barque "Louise'' !March 4, 1869. The vessel 
was lost with all on board. He was a sea 
captain, and when home resided in Bath from 
1845 till 1869. He married, September 4, 
1845, at Portland, Sarah Love, born in Port- 
land, February 27, 1825, daughter of John 
Bradley and Harriet (Bagley) Hudson, of 
Portland. The children of this union were 
five, two boys dying in infancy : Ella Mar- 
guerita, Annie Hay, Edward Sewall. 

(IV) Edward Sewall, third son and fifth 
child of Timothy and Sarah Love (Hudson) 
Everett, was born in Bath, November 4. 1855,. 
and was educated in the public schools of that 
city. In 1871, being then sixteen years of age, 
he entered the employ of W. F. Phillips & 
Company of Portland, wholesale dealers in 
drugs and medicines, and from that time till 
now he has been with the same establishment, 
in which firm he was admitted partner. After 
three years Mr. Phillips' interest in the busi- 
ness was purchased by the other members of 
the firm and April, 1884, the name of the firm 
was changed to Cook, Everett & Pennell. Mr. 
Everett's energies have always been directed 
to the advancement of the business in which 
he has been employed ; and in all the fifty-two 
years of his life, thirty-six of which he has 
been in business, he has never been a member 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1151 



of a secret society. In politics he is a Re- 
publican, but he has never considered his du- 
ties to the public required of him anything 
beyond the casting of his vote and the example 
of good citizenship. He married, September 
3, 1879, Lena Marston Josselyn (see Alarston 
VIII), who was born May 27, 1857, daughter 
of William Harrison and Mary (Marston) 
Josselyn, of Phillips. They have one child, 
Harold Josselyn, born October 12, 1883. 



This name is traced in Eng- 
MARSTON lish history to the time of the 

Conquest. A Marston of no- 
ble lineage, the commander of an army corps, 
came over to England with William the Con- 
queror in 1066; and for his military services in 
the Conquest he was granted large estates in 
Yorkshire, wherein is situated "Marston 
Moor," the famous battlefield. Edward de 
Marston and John de Marston are mentioned 
in English records of the thirteenth century. 
In 1497, when Sir William Frost was mayor 
of York, William Marston was one of his tw^o 
sheriffs. John Marston (1575-1634), a fa- 
mous dramatic writer, was imprisoned by King 
James i for satirizing the Scotch people in one 
of his plays. The original traits of the Hamp- 
ton Alarstons are firmness, faithfulness, piety 
and perseverance ; and even now these are 
ruling principles in this family of which men 
of high reputation and great professional at- 
tainments are found in many of the states. 

(I) Captain William Marston, a native of 
England, was born about 1592, and tradition 
makes Yorkshire the county of his birth. He 
came to Salem, Massachusetts, in 163 1, with 
his family and was probably accompanied by 
his two brothers, Robert and John. He re- 
sided in Salem about five years, receiving a 
grant of land from the general court in 1636, 
but soon after went to Newbury for a short 
time, thence in October to Winnecunnet, 
where he with fifty-four others settled on lands 
granted them by the general court. They 
called their place of settlement Hampton 
(Norfolk county), now in New Hampshire, 
after the English home of a part of the set- 
tlers, and by this name it was incorporated. 
"Land was granted him as early as June 30, 
1640," says one authority, "and it is probable 
that a house lot had been assigned him ear- 
lier." He lived near the present site of the 
town house. He was a kind-hearted, benevo- 
lent and godly man, a Quaker, and suft'ered 
persecutions for aiding and harboring his dis- 
tressed brethren, and was robbed by exorbitant 
fines. October 14, 1657, William Marston pe- 



titioned the court at Hampton for the remis- 
sion of a fine of fifteen pounds, which had been 
imposed on him for having in his possession 
two books which taught Quaker doctrines. 
He died at Hampton, June 30, 1672, aged 
about eighty years. Some time before his 
death he made a will which he subscribed with 
his mark. The inventory of his estate amount- 
ed to £123 10 shillings; and his debts were 
£20. There are reasons for believing that he 
had a wife living in 1651, and that she died 
not many years afterward. At his death he 
left a widow nametl Sabina, who was the 
executrix of his will. She had borne him one 
child, but it is evident that his other children 
were by a former marriage. His widow mar- 
ried (second) John Redman. His children, 
the first three born in England, were : Thom- 
as, William, John, Prudence and Tryphena. 

(II) Thomas, eldest child of Captain Will- 
iam Marston, was born in England (prob- 
ably Yorkshire) about May or June, 1617, 
and came in 1630 to Salem, Massachusetts, 
with his father, whom he accompanied to 
Newbury and later to Hampton. He died in 
the last named town September 28, 1690, in 
the seventy-fourth year of his age. He set- 
tled on an estate where his lineal descendant, 
Jeremiah Marston, lately resided, which had 
descended to him in a direct line from Thomas 
through Ephraim, Jeremiah ( i ) , Jeremiah 
(2). The provincial records show him to have 
been capable and highly esteemed, and promi- 
nent in the town business aft'airs. Thomas 
Marston married, in 1647, Mary Eston (Eas- 
ton or Eastow), a daughter of William Eston. 
The children born to this union were : Isaac, 
John, Bethiah, Ephraim, James, Caleb, Mary, 
Hannah and Sarah. 

(HI) Ephraim, fourth child and third son 
of Thomas and Mary (Easton) Marston, was 
born in Hampton, New" Hampshire, August 8, 
1654 (O. S.), and died of cancer, October 10, 
1742. He lived on the homestead devised to 
him in his father's will. He was a farmer, 
and had an orchard with a variety of fruits, 
even at that early day. He was also a brewer, 
and had his malt house in the meeting house 
green, nearly opposite his residence. His will 
and deeds afford evidence of large holdings 
of real estate. He deeded each of his sons a 
farm and settled them in life, conveying to 
Jeremiah the homestead and brewer}-. He was 
one of the most distinguished citizens of the 
town ; he was representative to the general 
court several years : was a government con- 
tractor ; and his name appears often in pro- 
vincial documents. He married, Februarv 19, 



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1677, Abial Sanborn, daughter of Lieutenant 
John and Mary (Frick) Sanborn. She was 
born February 25, 1653, and died January 3, 
1743. Their children were: Abial, Mary, 
John, Simon, I'hebe, Thomas, Jeremiah, 
Ephraim and Abial (second). The marriage 
of the first Abial, the eldest child, so displeased 
her father that he disowned her for some 
years ; and on the birth of his youngest daugh- 
ter named her Abial. But later father and 
daughter were reconciled and in his will he 
gives his "beloved daughter Abial Green one 
feather bed or £4 money." This will was 
"signed and sealed" "in the reign of King 
George II, 9th year, Jan. 13, 1736, A. D." 

(IV) Simon, fourth child and second son 
of Ephraim and Abial (Sanborn) Marston, 
was born October 10, 1683, and settled in 
Hampton. He died May 4, 1735. He was 
a prosperous farmer, highly respected and a 
prominent citizen. He married, January 26, 
1705, Hannah Carr, daughter of James and 
Mary (Sears) Carr, of Newbury, Massachu- 
setts. Their children were : Jonathan, Sarah, 
Daniel, Deborah and Simon. 

(V) Captain Daniel, third child and second 
son of Simon and Hannah (Carr) Marston, 
was born September 13. 1708. He resided in 
North Hampton on a farm given him by his 
father. He was a captain in the English Co- 
lonial army during the French war and served 
in Canada and in Nova Scotia with General 
Loudon. The record of his death in his fam- 
ily Bible is as follows : "This Bible of Daniel 
Marston. In the year 1757 in the month of 
November a Freyda ye eleventh about eight 

of the clock in ye eavening at in 

the province of the Meassites at the bowse of 
John Taylor as innholder, and buried Sunday 
at the burying-place of the meeting house, 
aged fifty yeaires in the month of September 
the fourteenth." Recorded June 26. 1765. He 
married (first), January i, 1732, Anna Win- 
gate, daughter of Colonel John and Mary 
Wingate, of Hampton; (second) December 
31, 1735, Sarah Clough, of Salisbury, Massa- 
chusetts. His children, all but the first by the 
second wife, were: Anna (died young), Si- 
mon, Samuel (died young), Daniel, Samuel, 
Anna, Robey, Meriam, Sarah, Theodore and 
David. Simon, Samuel, Theodore and David 
were soldiers in the revolutionary war. Simon 
was a captain ; Samuel died at Ticonderoga. 

(VI) Theodore, ninth child and sixth 
son of Daniel and Sarah (Clough) Marston, 
was born September 28, it755, and died May 
25, 1830. He was twenty years of age at 
the outbreak of the revolutionary war in which 



he served at various times. Theodore Mars- 
ton, as shown by the New Hampshire revolu- 
tionary records, was a private in Captain 
Moore's company irj Colonel John Stark's reg- 
iment, in which he enlisted May i, 1775; in 
his brother Captain Simon Marston's com- 
pany in Colonel Joseph Senter's regiment, 
which was raised for the defence of Rhode 
Island the last half of 1777 and into the fol- 
lowing year — six months: June 22, 1778, The- 
odore Marston, of Deerfield, was paid advance 
wages, bounty and mileage ; eleven pounds 
nineteen shillings and sixpence ; September 
29, 1 781, Theodore Marston enlisted as a pri- 
vate in Captain Joseph Parson's company, 
Colonel Runnell's regiment of New Hamp- 
shire militia, for three years for twenty silver 
dollars and a month, going in the service of 
the town of Portsmouth, marching October 4. 
He settled in Mount \'ernon, Maine, where 
he was a thrifty farmer, pious, honest and ec- 
centric. He always asked the same price for 
his produce, whether it was higher or lower 
than the current market price. When seed 
was scarce he trusted the poor, but would not 
sell to the rich for money. His daughter Mi- 
riam spoke of him as a very stern man who 
believed in work for all. The family always 
rose as early as five o'clock in the morning. 
He married, in 1785, Joanna Ladd. They had: 
Sarah, Stephen, Theodore, Daniel, Jeremiah 
(died young), Jeremiah and Meriam. 

(VII) Colonel Theodore (2), third child 
and second son of Theodore ( i ) and Joanna 
(Ladd) Marston, was born October 17, 1791, 
and died in 1862. At nineteen years of age he 
left home and went to Phillips, where he 
bought five hundred acres of forest land, upon 
which he settled, and in the course of time 
converted into a fine productive farm upon 
which he built a neat residence and three 
large barns. Besides farming he dealt in 
produce. 

He was a man of sterling integrity and one 
of the leaders in town affairs, and for years 
was a colonel in the militia. He married, in 
1 81 2, Polly Sonle. who was born in 1787, and 
died in 1864. Their children were: Daniel, 
Jeremiah, and Mary, who is next mentioned. 

(VIII) Mary, third and youngest child of 
Colonel Theodore and Polly (Soule) Marston, 
was born in Phillips. May 22. 1818. and mar- 
ried. May I, 1839, William Harrison Josselyn, 
of Phillips. Of this marriage were born six 
children : Theodore, Geneva, Lewis. Emma, 
Lena M., and one who died young. Lena M. 
married, September 3. 1879, Edward Sewall 
Everett. (See Everett IV.) 



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Samuel Webb, immigrant ances- 
WEBB tor, was born in Redritif, near Lon- 
don, England, December 25, i6g6, 
son of Captain Samuel Webb, who was in the 
service under the reign of Queen Anne, and 
who was lost at sea in 1708. He was left an 
orphan, his mother having died in 1706, two 
years before his father, and he was "bound 
out" to learn his trade. His master or guard- 
ian did not allow him as much liberty as he 
desired and in 1713 he ran away, taking pas- 
sage on a ship for America. Where he went 
first on reaching this country is uncertain. It 
is likely that he followed the sea for a time. 
In an account of him written by his grandson, 
Seth Webb, it is stated that he landed in Rhode 
Island and was taken into the family of Mr. 
Mclntyre, a blacksmith, of Tiverton, Rhode 
Island, and there learned his trade. While 
his name is not found in the town records of 
Tiverton, there is no reason why it should be 
there, for he was a minor. The town records 
contain records of birth, marriage, death, elec- 
tions to public office, etc. The first public rec- 
ord of him is in Braintree and Weymouth, 
giving his marriage September 13, 1721, to 
Susanna, born in Weymouth, January 14, 
1702-03, died there December 22, 1724, daugh- 
ter of John and Susanna (Porter) Randall. 
He married (second), August 11, 1726, Bethi- 
ah (Farrow) Spear, born at Hingham, No- 
vember 29, 1704, died at Little Isle of Holt, 
November 30, 1770, daughter of John and 
Persis (Holbrook) Farrow, of Hingham, and 
widow of David Spear, of Braintree. These 
marriages were performed by Rev. Nehemiah 
Hobart of the Cohasset parish and are re- 
corded in the Weymouth town records. Sam- 
uel Webb may have been distantly related to 
the other Webbs of Braintree and Weymouth. 
It is a curious coincidence that he should 
choose for his residence on leaving Rhode Is- 
land the same town in which Richard Webb 
settled as early as 1640, but a mile or so from 
the home of Christopher Webb, of Braintree. 
But a thorough search shows that he was not 
a direct descendant of any of the pioneers of 
this name. There is no reason to doubt the 
family record of his birth in England. About 
1730 Webb moved away from Weymouth, 
leaving his sons Samuel and Thomas with 
their grandfather, John Randall, who was 
chosen guardian for the son Samuel, March 
14, 1736. according to the Suffolk probate 
records. The history of Deer Isle states that 
he once lived in the vicinity of Salem. Massa- 
chusetts. He was in that part of Falmouth 
now Westbrook in 1740. The history of Gor- 



ham states that he was in Boston in 1744. He 
moved to what is now Windham in 1745 and 
settled on home lot No. 23. He was a black- 
smith there and the first schoolmaster. He 
served as a soldier in the Indian wars of 
1747-48 and in 1757. He probably moved 
from Windham to North Yarmouth about 
1760, and about 1764 to Little Isle of Holt. 
After the death of one of his sons in 1784 
he moved to Deer Isle, where he died Feb- 
ruary 15, 1785. In the burying ground of 
North Weymouth, Massachusetts, is a large 
granite monument erected by his descendants 
over the spot where his first wife lies buried, 
and upon which is the following inscription : 
"Samuel Webb, son of Samuel Webb, born in 
London, England, 1606, died in Deer Isle, 
Maine, Feb. 15, 1785." Other family names 
are inscribed thereon, including that of his 
first wife. He and his second wife are buried 
in the old graveyard at Deer Isle. Children of 
first wife: i. Samuel, born July 31, 1722. 2. 
Thomas, December 21, 1723, died January 31, 
1724. 3. Thomas, December i, 1724. Chil- 
dren of second wife : 4. David, born March 
29, 1727. 5. Susannah, March 29, 1729. 6. 
Ezekiel. 7. Seth, 1732. 8. John. 9. Eli, No- 
vember 17, 1737, mentioned below. 10. Eliah 
Adams. 11. Elizabeth, June 14, 1744-45. 12. 
James. 13. Josiah, January 21, 1745. 14. 
Elizabeth, i\Iarch 4, 1746-47. 

(II) Eli, son of Samuel Webb, was born 
November 17, 1737. He went with his father 
to Windham, where he married, April 20, 
1760, Sarah, born in Westbrook, February 5, 
1742, died February 28, 1826, daughter of Ed- 
ward and Anna (Collins) Cloutman. Her 
father operated the fir.st sawmill at Presump- 
scot Lower Falls. This mill was burned by 
the Indians in 1741, and then he moved by 
boat to Stroudwater, and from there in 1745 
to Gorham, and settled above the village. 
Cloutman was a large and powerful man, and 
was much feared by the Indians. In the spring 
of 1746, while sowing wheat in his field, he 
was set upon by a party of savages, and after 
a desperate resistance finally overpowered and 
carried as a captive to Canada. In November 
he escaped from captivity by digging under 
the prison walls, but was never afterward 
heard from. The next year his skeleton was 
found on the shore of Lake Champlain, where 
he had perished. Edward Cloutman was born 
in Dover, New Hampshire, February 15, 1714, 
and married, in Falmouth, now Portland, April 
16, 1738, Anna Collins, born January 16, 
1718, daughter of Timothy and Sarah Collins 
of that city. Eli Webb spent his youth in the 



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midst of Indian troubles and narrowly escaped 
capture when his brother Seth was shot and 
taken by the Indians in 1750. Webb Pond 
in I'ranklin county was named by Seth and 
Eli Webb, who were great hunters and often 
went to that vicinity for game. Eli Webb 
was a .soldier from Windham under Colonel 
Jedediah Preble in 1758. He was at the at- 
tack on Ticonderoga, and was with General 
Howe, the commander-in-chief, when he was 
shot, catching him as he fell. He was later a 
member of tlie Rogers Rangers, a select body 
of men employed as scouts under the com- 
mand of the famous Captain Rogers, of New 
Hampshire, and saw much hard service while 
in that command, which lost so many men in 
skirmishes that it had to be recruited several 
times. He was also a soldier in the revolu- 
tion. He settled in Windham, but afterward 
sold his property there, and in July, 1777, 
moved to Gorham and was the first of the 
family at Gambo Falls, his farm being near 
where the powder mills now are. He died 
November 26, 1826. Children: i. Edward, 
born December z-j, 1760, mentioned below. 2. 
Annie, 1763. 3. Lorana, 1766. 4. Mary, 1768. 
5. James. 1770. 6. Ezekiel, 1773. 7. Abra- 
ham, 1775. 8. Seth, 1778. 9. Rachel, July 2, 
1781. 

(III) Edward, son of Eli Webb, was born 
at Windham, December zj, 1760. He removed 
to Gorham, where he died November 18, 
1846, and was buried in Gorham not far from 
Newhall. He was a soldier in the revolution 
under Captain Benjamin Walcott, Colonel 
Thomas Marshall's regiment, and served three 
years. He was in the Saratoga campaign and 
spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge, 
and fought in the battle of Alonmouth. He 
married. May 10, 1787, Sarah, born June 18, 
1761, died August 28, 1850, daughter of Will- 
iam Bolton, of Windham. Children: i. Will- 
iam, born June 16, 1788, died October 5, 1841. 
2. Lydia, January i. 1790. 3. Asa, November 
4, 1791. 4. Eli, June 30, 1793, mentioned 
below. 5. Mary, July 23. 1795, died April 16, 
1834. 6. Rachel, February 14, 1797, died 
March 28, 1822. 7. James, March 7, 1798, 
died 1881. 8. Thomas, June 14, 1800, died 
April 17, 1850. 9. Solomon, October 30, 1801. 
10. Sarah. January 30, 1803. 

(IV) Eli (2), son of Edward Webb, was 
born in Gorham, June 30, 1793, died in Port- 
land, January 31, 1877. He moved to Port- 
land when a young man and resided there the 
remainder of his life. For many years he was 
street commissioner of Portland. He was a 
staunch Whig and a great admirer of Henry 



Clay. He was a prominent figure in the busi- 
ness life of Portland during the early part of 
the last century. Soon after his marriage he 
bought the house at 106 State street, which 
was afterward called the Dean House, and 
lived there for some years. About 1830 he 
sold his State street house and later purchased 
a house on Casco street, where he lived the 
remainder of his life. He married, in Wind- 
ham, January 30, 1820, Mary, born July 26, 
1795, died May 5, i86r, daughter of John and 
Abigail (Witham) Cobby. Children: i. Lu- 
cinda, born May 3, 1821. 2. Ellen, March 30, 
1823. 3. Nathan, May 7, 1825. 4. Dexter, 
August 6, 1828. 5. Riason Greenwood, July 
24, 1832, mentioned below. 6. George Dexter, 
May 14, 1835. 7. Charles Davidson, ^lay 17, 

1837; 

(V) Mason Greenwood, son of Eli (2) 
Webb, was born in Portland, Maine, July 24, 
1832. He was for many years, and until the 
last six months of his life, engaged in business 
on Commercial street, Portland, as a wholesale 
flour dealer, at one time being associated with 
General Samuel J. Anderson, the firm name 
being Webb & Anderson. Upon General An- 
derson's retirement to become president of 
the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Com- 
pany, Air. Webb formed a partnership with 
C. B. Varney under the firm name of M. G. 
Webb & Company. This firm was dissolved 
in 1870, Mr. Webb retiring on account of ill 
health. The business was continued under 
the name of C. B. \'arney & Company, and 
is still being carried on at the old stand. In 
the fall of '1870 Mr. Webb left Portland, ho- 
ping to find a more congenial climate in Kan- 
sas, but after six months' residence in Fort 
Scott, Kansas, died there March 28, 1871. He 
married, in Portland, December 4, 1862, Eliza- 
beth N., born in Norridgewock, Maine, Jan- 
uary II, 1839, daughter of Solomon W. and 
Mary Ann (Niel) Bates. She still resides in 
Portland. Children: i. Richard, born No- 
vember 19, 1863, mentioned below. 2. Mary, 
December 28, 1865. 3. Edward Cloutman, 
October 18, 1867. 

(VI) Richard, son of Mason G. Webb, was 
born in Portland, November 19, 1863. He 
graduated from Portland high school in i88i 
and in 1882 entered Dartmouth College as a 
sophomore, graduating in the class of 1885. 
He read law in the office of Holmes & Pay- 
son in Portland, and was admitted to the 
Cumberland bar in 1887. He immediately en- 
tered into the general practice of his profes- 
sion, which he has ever since carried on alone. 
He was for four years a member of the su- 



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perintending school committee of Portland, 
from 1889 to 1893. He was assistant county 
attorney from 1893 to 1897 and a member of 
the legislature two temis, 1899 and 1901, in 
his latter term being a member of the house 
committee on apportionment, and also a mem- 
ber of the judiciary committee. In politics he 
is a Republican, and in 1908 was a delegate 
from the first congressional district of Maine 
to the Republican National convention at Chi- 
cago. He is a member of the Cumberland Bar 
Association and the American Bar Association, 
Maine Historical Society, Maine Genealogical 
Society, Loyal Legion, Lincoln Club, Frater- 
nity Club, Cumberland Club, and is president 
of the First Parish (Unitarian) Society. He 
married, in Portland, February 15, 1893, Sara 
Evenina, born in Brooklyn, New York, May 
17, 1867, daughter of Louis Drake and Isabel 
(Brigham) Brinckerhoff. They have no chil- 
dren. 



The patronymic assigned to this 
WEBB article is scattered in every county 

in Maine. Included among those 
greatly distinguished have been Judge Nathan 
Webb, of the United States district court ; 
Hon. Lindley M. Webb, and a first lady in 
the land in the person of Lucy Webb, who 
was the wife of President Hayes and was of 
Massachusetts posterity. It crisscrossed way 
back in the eighteenth century into the family 
of Benjamin Franklin, his sister marrying a 
Webb and came to Maine to reside. The 
name colloquially meant a weaver. The old 
couplet ran, 

'■My wife was a webbe. 
And woolen cloth made." 

In medieval records we find the name Elyas le 
Webbe, hence it has great historical reach. 
From it comes the Webbers and Websters. 
Michael Webb, who by his name must have 
had an Irish mother, was in Bridgton, whilom 
called Pondicherry, Maine, along in 1794. We 
do not know the name of his wife unless it 
may have been the mother of the next subject, 
Annie Leonard, who was from James Leon- 
ard, of Dighton, Massachusetts, the one who 
received an allotment of land by the King 
Phillip deed in 1672. 

(II) We are assuming, and it by no means 
is a gratuitous assumption, for Michael Webb 
was the only male adult bearing the name in 
Bridgton at the time James Webb was born, 
whose mother we know was Annie Leonard, 
was a son of said Alichael. James was born 
in Bridgton, March 19, 1796, and died No- 



vember 28, 1825. He was tinsmith by trade 
and lived in Bucksport, Maine. He married 
Harriett King Shaw, born July 18, 1800, whose 
ancestor was an early settler in Portland and 
was shot by -the Indians. They had Annie 
Leonard, who married Thomas C. Farris, and 
Jahaziah S. 

(Ill) Jahaziah Shaw, only son of James 
and Harriett K. (Shaw) Webb, was born in 
Bucksport, Maine, October 28, 1824. After 
such schooling as the town afforded, he came 
to Bangor in young manhood and became a 
confectioner and baker. Subsequently he en- 
gaged in the cooperage business, under the 
firm name of Farris & Webb, and for forty 
years this was one of the most substantial and 
solid firms of Bangor ; they were extensive 
manufacturers of barrels and conducted a gen- 
eral cooperage business. Mr. Webb continued 
in that business until his death, February 11, 
1890. He was a Republican in politics. He 
married, in 1881, Evelyn Treat, born near 
Colorado Springs in the territory of Colorado, 
1862, but came east when a child, daughter of 
Miles F. and Nancy (Colburn) Hartford, of 
Winterport, Maine. Miles F. Hartford was a 
ship carpenter by trade ; his parents conducted 
farming operations near Unity, Maine. Chil- 
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Webb: Edwin J. S., 
died at the age of five ; ]\Iary Louise, Anna 
Leonard .and Jahaziah S. The three latter 
named reside with their mother in Bangor, 
Maine. 



The name of Cram is unusual in 
CRAM this country. It is spelled Cramme 

in the early records. This family 
was among those who settled in Maine before 
the revolution, and though not numerous it is 
distinguished for the high average of intel- 
ligence of its members, who in most instances 
were among the prominent citizens of the 
localities they inhabit. 

(I) John Cram, twelfth child of Burkart 
and Barbary Cram, of New Castle-on-Tyne, 
England, was born there, 1607, emigrated to 
Boston, Massachusetts. 1635, ^'id 'h 1639 was 
with the first settlers in Exeter, New Hamp- 
shire, being one of the signers of the Com- 
bination, soon after the settlement of that 
town. In 1650 he removed to Hampton, and 
settled on the south side of Taylor's river 
(now Hampton Falls), near the site of the 
Weare monument, and there died, INIarch 5, 
1 68 1. On the books at Hampton Falls his 
death is recorded thus : "Good Old John 
Cram one Just in his Generation." His wife, 



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Hester Cram, died at Hampton Falls, May 17, 
1677. Their children were : Joseph, Benja- 
min, Thomas, Mary and Lydia. 

(H) Thomas, third son of John and Hester 
Cram, was born in Hampton Falls, New 
Hampshire, died there between the years 1734 
and 1738. He married, December 20, 1681, 
Elizabeth Weare, born in Newbury, Massa- 
chusetts, January 5, 1658, died in Hampton 
Falls previous to 1722. They were the par- 
ents of five children, among whom was 
Thomas. 

(HI) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and 
Elizabeth (Weare) Cram, was born in Hamp- 
ton Falls, New Hampshire, November g, 1696, 
died there in August, 1751. He married Mary 
Brown, born in Hampton Falls, 1696, died 
there, March 31, 1756. They were the par- 
ents of ten children, among whom was Daniel. 

(IV) Daniel, son of Thomas (2) and Mary 
(Brown) Cram, was born in Hampton Falls, 
New Hampshire, March 28, 1724, died in 
Standish, Maine, March 13, 1815. He mar- 
ried Sarah Green, born in Hampton Falls, 
died in Standish. Six children were born to 
them, among whom was Levi. 

(V) Levi, son of Daniel and Sarah (Green) 
Cram, was born in Standish, Maine, 1776, 
died in Windham, Maine, March 16, 1816. 
He married, in Standish, December 20, 1801, 
Anna Butterfield, born in Standish, November 
5, 1781, died in Windham, March 25, 1856. 
One of their eight children was Andrew. 

(VI) Andrew, son of Levi and Anna (But- 
terfield) Cram, was born in Windham, Maine,. 
April 8, i8og, died in Deering, Maine, May 
26, 1884. He' was a merchant and farmer 
in Westbrook and Deering. He married, in 
Westbrook, December 20. 1831, Caroline 
Estes, born in Falmouth, Maine, November 
13, 1813, died in Deering, February 23, 1872. 
Children: Orlando B., Algernon S., Mel- 
ville G., Abby C, married John W. Burrill, 
of Lynn, Massachusetts : Silas H., Andrew L., 
Charles F., Amanda E., died unmarried; 
George E., died in infancy. 

(VII) Orlando Bridgman, eldest son of 
Andrew and Caroline (Estes) Cram, was 
born in Westbrook, Maine, March 13, 1833, 
died in Portland, January i, igo6. He was 
employed on various railroads in Maine, finally 
entering the construction service of the Maine 
Central, where he remained nearly forty-five 
years, completing his fiftieth year in the rail- 
road service in 1903. In politics he was an 
Independent. He was a member of Maine 
Lodge, No. I, and Machigonne Encampment, 
No. I, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 



and Rockamucook Tribe, No. 22, Improved 
Order of Red Men, of Portland. He married, 
November 24, 1859, Lucy J., born in Fal- 
mouth, Maine, June 5, 1834, daughter of 
Isaac and Minerva (Shaw) Leighton, of Fal- 
mouth. One child, Harry L. 

(VTII) Harry Lorenzo, only child of Or- 
lando B. and Lucy J. (Leighton) Cram, was 
born in Deering, Maine, February 7, 1871. 
He was educated in the public schools of his 
native town and graduated from the high 
school in 1888. Soon afterward he took a 
position in the office of the Maine Central 
Railroad in Portland, and was in the service 
of that road until 1899, as a clerk and sten- 
ographer in the general freight department. 
Afterward he was stenographer to Hon. 
Clarence Hale, and while filling this position 
read law, and in 1904 was admitted to the 
bar, since which time he has been in active 
practise in Portland. In politics he is a Re- 
publican. In 1906 he was elected to the com- 
mon council of Portland, and the following 
year was reelected, and was made president 
of the board. In 1908 he was elected alder- 
man from Ward 9. He is a member of Deer- 
ing Lodge, No. 183, Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons ; past sachem of Rockamucook Tribe, 
No. 22, Improved Order of Red Men ; mem- 
ber of Fraternity Lodge, No. 6, Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows ; being elected noble 
grand for the year 1909: member of Lebanon 
Commandery, No. 220, Knights of Malta, and 
of the Economic Club. Mr. Cram is interested 
in church work, being a member of the Port- 
land Society of the New Jerusalem. Mr. 
Cram married, in Portland, September 24, 
1895, Florence Bertha, born in Portland, 
April 25, 1870, daughter of James and Mar- 
garet J. (Sawyer) Greenhalgh. One child, 
Edith Greenhalgh, born March 30, 1897. 



The Scottish element in Amer- 
ALLAN ican history has been dominant 

on every battle plain of the Re- 
public. The distinguishing traits of the 
Scotch are grit and hard-headedness. The 
motto of one of the clans was "Hold fast, hold 
firm, and hold long." These qualities of ad- 
hesiveness to an ideal are what makes the 
Scotch people so successful in a land respon- 
sive to well-directed industry. 

(I) Major William Allan was born in 
Scotland in 1720, and came to Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, in 1749, and died there in 1790, a 
septuagenarian. He was an officer in the Brit- 
ish army. The French name of Nova Scotia 
was Acadia, meaning a pollock, and when the 



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territory was granted to Sir William Alexan- 
der, secretary of state for Scotland, it was 
called by its present name. IMajor Allan, ta- 
king his young wife and two children, went 
to fhis new land of promise, hoping to better 
his condition. He served as an officer in the 
French war from 1754 to 1763, and received 
a large grant of fertile, alluvial land, which 
the poor, deported Acadians had with much 
labor banked, in order to protect it from the 
inroads of the bay. In a few years he became 
wealthy and prosperous, his labor being per- 
formed by the Acadians, who for a time be- 
came servants of the conquerors. He was a 
member of the colonial legislature, and his 
children became connected by intermarriage 
with the best families of the province. In re- 
ligion he was an Episcopalian, and was a man 
of energy and intelligence. He married Isa- 
belle, daughter of Sir Eustace JMaxfield. Chil- 
dren : John, Mary, Elizabeth, William, James, 
Jean, Winkworth and Isabelle. 

(II) Colonel John, eldest son of Major 
William and Isabelle (Maxfield) Allan, was 
born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, January 
3, 1746, whither his parents had repaired for 
refuge during the rebellion. The youth was 
brought by his father to Halifax when three 
years old. It is intimated that he received his 
education in Massachusetts, as he was thor- 
oughly educated according to the standard of 
that time. During the events leading up to 
the moving of the Acadians, many Bostonian 
gentlemen went to Nova Scotia on business, 
and it is thought quite likely that a man of 
Major Allan's means would be desirous to 
have his ambitious son well educated, and it 
was during his residence in Massachusetts 
that he probably imbibed his liberal notions of 
self-government, and was how he later was 
led to side with the colonists in their troubles. 
The father probably placed John in charge 
of one of the Massachusetts men who came to 
Cumberland with General Winslow. His 
father gave him a part of his large domain 
in Cumberland county, which was called "In- 
vermary." It was located seven miles from 
Fort Cumberland, on the Bay Verte road. 
Besides his own mansion, there were smaller 
ones for the Acadian peasants who did the 
work. He was clerk of the sessions, and clerk 
of the supreme court, and representative to 
the provincial assembly until his seat was for- 
feited by non-attendance. John was born 
amid tumultuous surroundings in old Scot- 
land, and his whole life was pre-eminently a 
military one, striving for the life of the na- 
tion in which he had cast his lot. Mr. Allan 



was an outspoken man, and his open expres- 
sion of sympathy with the Americans brought 
him direful consequences, and he was driven 
from his patrimonial estate, seeking an asylum 
in the United States. He took his final de- 
parture from his favorite Cumberland, Au- 
gust 3, 1776, in an open boat, with a few 
companions, the party encountering a stormy 
passage along the Bay of Fundy. On the 
13th they entered Machias harbor, and were 
warmly welcomed by the inhabitants thereof. 
In November he went by boat to Portsmouth,. 
New Hampshire, and thence by stage to Bos- 
ton. He there conversed with the patriot 
Samuel Adams, and proceeded to New York 
on horseback, where he had an interview with 
Washington. His journey was beset with 
many dangers, as the country was full of 
Tory soldiers. He was received by congress 
in session at Baltimore, by whom he was ap- 
pointed superintendent of the eastern Indians, 
and colonel of infantry. Having received full 
instructions from John Hancock, he left for 
Boston on the 17th of March. Murdock, the 
historian of the province, says of him : "If the 
traditions I have heard about John Allan are 
correct, he could not have been much over 
tzventv-onc years old in 1775. As he had no 
New England ancestors, his escapade must be 
attributed to ambition, romance or pure seal 
for idiat he thought was just and right. For 
the feelings against the crown in Nova Sco- 
tia, in 1775, were confined to the Acadian 
French, who resented their conquest, the In- 
dians who were attached to them by habit and 
creed, and the settlers who were emigrants 
from New England." 

After his departure. Colonel Allan's house 
in Cumberland was burned by the British, 
with all its contents. His family, consisting 
of a wife and five little ones, fled from the 
scene of devastation with scarcely any cloth- 
ing, and hid themselves in the woods three 
days without food. Mrs. Allan crawled up to 
the smoking ruins of her once happy home, 
and found some potatoes baked, or rather 
burned. On these she and her children sub- 
sisted till found by her father, Mark Patton,, 
who took them home. His house was sur- 
lounded by the British, who demanded the 
immediate surrender of the rebel's wife. She 
was carried to Halifax a prisoner, leaving 
their children with their grandfather. She 
was taken before the governor, who demanded 
that she reveal her husband's hiding-place. She 
absolutely refused for several days, but finally 
told her persecutors that he had escaped "to 
a free country." She was confined in durance 



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vile for eight months, separated from her hus- 
band and children. She was small in stature, 
delicate in constitution, and ill adapted to bear 
such rough usage. She often was insulted 
and suffered from the insolence and brutality 
of her keepers. Colonel Allan organized the 
expedition up the St. Johns river for the pur- 
pose of ascertaining the condition of the In- 
dians and making them allies. He fought the 
battle of Machias, August 13, 1777. He kept 
a depot of supplies at Machias for the Indians, 
and the set of books in which he kept the ac- 
counts with each tribe are in the archives of 
Massachusetts. As the supplies were some- 
times short, he was obliged to deny the In- 
dians and his life was often in danger. 
Hardly any situation could be more precarious 
than having to appease a lot of half-starved 
Indians and keeping them loyal to our side 
when the British emissaries were sending them 
messages and offering them everything they 
wanted if they would join the Royalists. It 
is impossible to estimate the importance of 
Colonel Allan's work in this department and 
his diplomacy and tact in dealing with the 
iconoclastic redskins. It averted us much 
bloodshed, and saved the East from falling 
into the hands of the British. In the fall of 
1780 a famine seemed imminent at Machias, 
supplies were not forthcoming. Colonel Al- 
lan had sent in vain to Boston, his letters to 
the government were numerous and urgent, 
and the Indians were threatening to desert. 
Finally he went to Boston, in the hope to re- 
lieve the delicate situation. He left his sons, 
William and Mark, as hostage. They re- 
mained with the Indians a year or more, liv- 
ing on fish and parched corn. They suffered 
many hardships, and were in a wretched con- 
dition when they finally reached civilization, 
ragged, dirty and covered with vermin. The 
boys were great favorites with the Indians, 
learned their language, and always had an 
attachment for them in after years, and aided 
them in many ways. The British were very 
bitter against the colonel, and often sought 
his life. An attack was made upon him at 
Machias, in the house now occupied by Oba- 
diah Hill, by an Indian incited by the English. 
A friendly Indian came into the room where 
Colonel Allan was seated, and soon another 
Indian came in, and, advancing toward the 
colonel, brandished a huge dirk knife. The 
friendly Indian, who had foreknowledge of the 
affair, sprang from behind the door and felled 
the hired assailant. The Indians frequently 
baffled the English in their attempts to cap- 
ture him. 



In 1784 he began a mercantile business on 
Allan island, near Lubec. This was not suc- 
cessful, as his generosity of heart led him to 
trust everybody. In 1792 twenty-two thou- 
sand acres of wild land were granted him by 
the government of Massachusetts, now the 
town of Whiting, ]Maine, but the family never 
realized much from it. The colonel had been 
greatly impoverished by the war, and felt the 
pinch of poverty in his declining years. In 
1801 congress conveyed to him, on his repre- 
sentation that he had lost ten thousand dollars 
by joining the American cause, two thousand 
acres of land in Ohio, where the city of Col- 
umbus now stands, but this, like the other 
grant, proved of little value to the family, 
owing to its remoteness and they having dis- 
posed of it too early. The colonel was in- 
terested in the adoption of the federal con- 
stitution, and worked assiduously for it, and 
was particularly concerned in the eastern 
boundary dispute, always contending that the 
iMagaguadavic was the true St. Croix, and 
was much dissatisfied with the settlement of 
the line, believing that the island of Grand 
Manan should have gone to the United States. 
In personal appearance he was tall, straight as 
a gun-barrel, and inclined to portliness in 
his later years. He had dark-brown hair and 
blue eyes. His religion was the Sermon on 
the Mount, carried into practical, every-day 
life. He died February 7, 1805, nearly a 
sexagenarian, and was buried under the old 
elms and spreading chestnut-trees on the island 
in Lubec harbor on which he had lived, and 
which bears his name. Over thirty of his 
descendants served in the Union army during 
the civil war. Of his great services in hold- 
ing together the Indians for our side, nobody 
disputes, and he is among the revolutionary 
worthies entitled to the lasting gratitude of 
his countrymen. 

(III) Mark, second son of Colonel John 
and Mary (Patton) Allan, was born in Cum- 
berland, Nova Scotia, March 31, 1770, and 
died September 22, 1818. As a youth, he 
shared with his mother many hardships in 
Nova Scotia, and was a hostage with the In- 
dians during his father's journey to Boston to 
obtain needed supplies for the starved red- 
skins. He learned their woodland ways and 
their language, and was ever their friend and 
counselor. He married Susan Wilder, born 
in 1774, died in 1852. Children: Susan, 
Anna, Marv, Lydia, Elizabeth. Jane, John, 
Theophilus 'Wilder. Sally. William. Patton, 
Abigail and Ebenezer. 

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Mark and Susan (Wilder) Allan, was born 
April 28, 1804, and was a lumber manufac- 
turer. He was of an upright and exemplary 
character, and was a follower of Thomas 
Barnes, who first preached Universalism in 
Aiaine. He married Martha R. Sargent, of 
Portland, Maine, born in 1808, died in 1865. 
Children : Nelson S., Martha Ann, Theo- 
philns, Harriet L., who married the Rev. A. J. 
Rich, and was mother of Edgar J. Rich, gen- 
eral counsel of the Boston and Maine rail- 
road ; John Davis, Susannah, Elizabeth L. and 
William R. 

(V) John Davis, third son of Theophilus 
W. and Martha R. (Sargent) Allan, was born 
in Dennysville, Maine, March 11, 1839. His 
schooling was acquired in his native town 
and at the academy at Milltown, New Bruns- 
wick. He worked for his father in the lum- 
ber business as a clerk until i860. In 1865 he 
went into the hotel and livery business, and 
operated stage-lines from Cherryfield to East- 
port. In January, 1902, he purchased a tract 
of land and sawmill and engaged in the manu- 
facture of lumber until 1906. Since 1906 he 
has been out of active business, and is en- 
joying a limited leisure at his beautiful home 
at Dennysville, surrounded by every comfort. 
He is a member of Crescent Lodge, F. and A. 
M., of Pembroke; a Republican in politics. 
He married (first) ■Margaret S., daughter of 
John H. Hersey, of Pembroke, Alaine. July 
15. i860: she died in 1873. Married (second) 
in 1874, Emma J., daughter of Levi K. Cor- 
thell, of Addison, Maine ; she died in Decem- 
ber, 1903. Married (third) October 19, 1904, 
Mrs. Nellie S. Hussey, of California, who 
was a Dyer before marriage ; she was born 
in Unity, Maine, March 20, 1849; she had 
one son by her first husband, Ralph H. Hus- 
sey, who married IMargarct Gordon ; resides 
at Tonopah, Nevada. Children of John Davis 
and Emma J. (Corthell) Allan: i. Herbert 
Hayes, see forvi'ard. 2. Fannie Louise, born 
in September, 1881, died 1897. 3- Walter 
Maxwell, born in January, 1886. 

(VI) Herbert Hayes, eldest son of John 
Davis and Emma J. (Corthell) Allan, was 
born in January, 1877, and is known in that 
part of the state as "the potato king." He 
married into an old Denneysville familv, the 
Kilbys, his wife's name being Deborah, and 
they have no children. He was elected to the 
Maine legislature in 1904-06, as a Democrat, 
his district being strongly Republican : this 
was considered a great compliment and at- 
tests his popularity in his own town, to whose 
interests he is actively devoted. 



An ancient New England 
TILLSON name is found in the early 
records with the spelling as 
above given, and also Tilson, the latter pre- 
dominating among the first generations. In 
the line herein treated the spelling at the head 
of this article was adopted in the present gen- 
eration. The family is supposedly of English 
or Scotch origin, but nothing appears in the 
records to show whence it came to this coun- 
try. It has been identified with the progress 
and development of New England and of the 
nation in full proportion to its numerical 
strength. 

(I) Edmund Tilson is first found in Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts, in 1643, but there is no 
record of the family name of his wife Joan. 
His known children were : JNIary, Ephraim, 
Elizabeth and Joan. 

(LI) Ephraim, elder son of Edmund Til- 
son, is given in Davis' "Ancient Landmarks 
of Plymouth" as the presumptive father of 
the next mentioned. 

(III) Edmund (2), presumably the son of 
Ephraim Tilson, resided in Plymouth and was 
married, in 1691, to Elizabeth Watenftan, and 
their children included John, Edmund, Jo- 
anna, Mary, Elizabeth and Ruth. He mar- 
ried, second, in 1707, Hannah Orcut, and 
they were the parents of Samuel and James. 
His third wife, Deborah, bore him Stephen 
and Hannah. 

(IV) John, eldest child of Edmund (2) and 
Elizabeth (Waterman) Tilson, was born 1692 
in Plymouth, and had a wife named Joanna. 
Their children of record were: Joseph, Ben- 
jamin, Mary, Joanna, John, Ephraim and 
Mary. 

(V) John (2), youngest son of John (i) 
and Joanna Tilson, was born 1725, probably 
in Piympton, and settled in that part of the 
town which became a portion of Halifax, 
where he was undoubtedly a farmer, and died 
March 28, 1790. His intention of marriage 
was published at Halifax, June 30, 1751, and 
on the nth of November, following, the wed- 
ding took place, the bride being Mercy Stur- 
tevant. Their children of record were : John, 
William, Mercy, Perez and Lydia. The 
youngest son died when a little more than one 
year old, and there is no record of any other 
of the name in Halifax, but it is extremely 
probable that they had another of the same 
name which failed to get on the records, or 
may have been born in another town. 

(VI) Perez Tilson was a resident of 
Thomaston, Maine, and the records of that 
town show that he w-as born in 1765, in Hali- 



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fax, Massachusetts. There can be Httle doubt 
that he was a son of John and Mercy ( Sturte- 
vant) Tilson. as there appears no record of 
another family in that town at that time. He 
settled in Thomaston, Maine, in May, 1795, 
and was actively identified with the church 
there, and is spoken of in Thomaston as 
Deacon Perez. He was married (first) Feb- 
ruary 23, 1797, in Thomaston, to Melinda 
Fales, whose death does not appear of record. 
His intention of a second marriage to Mrs. 
Lucy Holmes was published in Thomaston, 
October 28, 1831. and no doubt the wedding 
took place in due time. He died October 5, 
1852, at the age of eighty-seven years. His 
children were: Myra, Melinda F., Perez. Han- 
nah. Colonel Edward C. and Captain Charles. 

(VH) Perez (2), eldest son of Perez (i) 
and Melinda (Fales) Tilson, was born Octo- 
ber 21, 1 80 1, in Thomaston, where his life was 
spent engaged in farming. He was married 
(first) November 16, 1825, to Ruth W. Sweet- 
land, of Hope, Maine, and married (second) 
in 1833, Martha Sawyer, of Cape Elizabeth, 
who died December 5, 1845. Fie married 
(third )*June g, 1847, Harriet Collins, of Port- 
land. The children of the second marriage 
were : Ruth, Joanna F., Perez, Henry and 
Ethan. By the third marriage were born 
George C. (died young), John S., George VV. 
and Harriet C. 

(VIII) George William Tillson, youngest 
son of Perez (2) Tilson and his thirtl wife, 
Harriet (Collins) Tilson, was born December 
18, 1852, in Thomaston, Maine, where he 
passed his boyhood, passing through the pub- 
lic schools, including the high school, of his 
native town. He graduated from Bowdoin 
College as a civil engineer in 1877, and for a 
few years in early life was chiefly engaged in 
teaching in Maine and Massachusetts. Fle 
was subsequently employed as an engineer in 
sewer work in RIemphis, Tennessee, in 1880. 
In 1881 he planned and superintended the 
■construction of the sewer system of Kalama- 
zoo, Michigan, and before the close of that 
year went to Omaha, Nebraska, and continued 
there until 1887, in charge of pavement ami 
sewer construction. Fie served as city engi- 
neer of that city from 1887 to 1892, and from 
the latter year to 1895 was engaged in en- 
gineering and construction work in Nebraska, 
Wyoming and Colorado. In 1895 he was ap- 
pointerl assistant engineer of the department 
of public works of Brooklyn, New York, and 
in 1902 was appointed chief engineer of the 
bureau of highways. In June, 1907, he was 
appointed chief engineer of the bureau of 



highways, borough of Manhattan, and has 
since filled that position. That Mr. Tillson is 
a skilful and successful member of his pro- 
fession is shown by his association with the 
leading organizations, including the American 
Society of Civil Engineers, of which he is a 
director, and is president of the American So- 
ciety of Municipal Improvements. He is a 
member and past president of the Municipal 
Engineers of the city of New York, also the 
Brooklyn Engineers' Club, and is president of 
the Midwood Club of Flatbush, and is a mem- 
ber of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and also 
of Zeta Psi. He is the author of "Street 
Pavements and Paving Materials," a standard 
work of five hundred pages, published in 1900 
by John Wiley & Sons, and is also a frequent 
contributor to engineering periodicals and so- 
cieties on street and highway matters. 

He was married October 5, 1887, at Lan- 
caster, New Flampshire, to Mary E. Abbott, 
of that place, a daughter of Isaac E. and Edna 
(Flill) Abbott, of old New England families. 
They have a daughter, Madalene Abbott, born 
September 20, 1888. 



John Kilby, of Boston, by wife, 
KILBY Rebecca (Simpkins) Kilby, had 
eleven children born in Boston, 
as follows: i. Elizabeth, December 15, 1686. 
2. John, December 24, 1688. 3. Sarah, March 
8, 1691-92. 4. Christopher, December 9, 1693, 
died young. 5. Richard (q. v.), January 2, 
1694-95. 6. William, April 6, 1696-97. 7. 
Catherine, February 10, 1699-1700. 8. Re- 
becca, March 30, 1702. 9. Christopher, May 
25, 1705. 10. Nicholas, July 28, 1708. 11'. 
Ebenezer, June 25, 171 1. 

(II) Richard, third son and fifth child of 
John and Rebecca (Simpkins) Kilby, was 
born in Boston, January 2, 1694-95. He mar- 
ried. May 14, 1 719, Abigail, daughter of Dan- 
iel and Elizabeth (Thaxter) Gushing, of 
Hingham, Massachusetts. She was born in 
Hingham, January i, 1699-1700, and after 
her husband's death she was married, May 
10, 1739, to William Stetson. Richard Kilby 
was a master mariner, and died shortly after 
returning from Jainaica, West Indies, Decem- 
ber 4, 1736. He resided in the second pre- 
cinct of Hingham and was only thirty-nine 
years of age wdien he died. Children, born in 
Hingham: i. Catherine, April 26, 1720, mar- 
ried, March 26, 1745, Daniel Lincoln. 2. John, 
May 14, 1722. 3. William, March 23, 1723- 
24, died May 20, 1725. 4. William (q. v.), 
baptized July 17, 1726. 5. Gushing, March 
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2. 1730-31, died 1732. 7. Sarah, February 17, 
1736-37. 8. Abigail, twin of Sarah, died Au- 
gust 14, 1737. 

(Ill) WiUiam, third son and fourth child 
of Richard and Abigail (Gushing) Kiiby, was 
baptized July 17, 1726. His mother was born 
in Hingham, but he probably settled in Co- 
hasset, Vvfliere his son William was born in 
1763. This is the more probable, as the his- 
tory of the town of Hingham, published by the 
town in 1893, gives the date of his baptism, 
but no account of his life beyond that event. 

(I\') William (2), probably eldest son of 
William (i), and grandson of Richard and 
Abigail (Gushing) Kilby, was born in Co- 
hasset, Massachusetts, in 1763. He was a 
blacksmith by trade, and removed to Dennys- 
ville, Washington county, district of Maine, 
in 1787. There he married ]\Iary, daughter of 
Gaptain Theophilus and Lydia (Gushing) 
Wilder, born in Dennysville in 1768, and 
their children were born in that town. He 
was clerk of the town for many years, and 
also served as selectman, town treasurer and 
postmaster. Ghildren : i. William, born 1789, 
married his cousin, Abigail, daughter of Ebe- 
nezer G. and Abigail (Ayer) Wilder. 2. Dan- 
iel, 1 79 1, married Joanna, daughter of Isaac 
and Joanna (Hersey) Hobart, born 1799. 3. 
John, 1793, married Lydia G. Hierd, daughter 
of Ebenezer G. and Abigail (Ayer) Wilder, 
born 1797. 4. Mary, 1795, married Aaron, 
eldest child of Isaac and Joanna (Hersey) 
Hobart. 5. Theophilus (q. v.), 1797. 6. 
Sarah, 1799, died 1806. 7. Benjamin, 1801, 
married (first) Eliza Rice, (second) M. H. 
Stoddard. 8. Sarah, 1807, died 1827. 9. 
Lydia C., 1809, married John . 

(V) Theophilus, fourth son and fifth child 
of William and Mary (Wilder) Kilby, was 
born in Dennysville, Maine, in 1797. He mar- 
ried Deborah, born March 24, 1796, daughter 
of Crocker and Deborah (Jacob) Wilder, of 
Hingham, Massachusetts, April 27, 1822. 
Ghildren, born in Dennysville, Washington 
county, Maine: i. Gharlcs (q. v.), 1823. 2. 
Alden, 1824, married (first) Lucy Bugbee. 

3. Martha C., 1826, married Edwin Towers. 

4. Sarah C., 1830, married Horlich Totman. 

5. Francis, 1832. 6. Alfred, 1837, married 
Adaline (Eastman) Jones. 7. Theophilus, 
1841. 

(VI) Gharles Henry, eldest child of Theo- 
philus and Deborah (Wilder) Kilby, was born 
in Dennysville, Maine, in 1823. He married 
Julia E., daughter of Benjamin and Joanna 
(Foster) Foster, of East Machias, Maine. 
Joanna Foster was a granddaughter of Golo- 



nel Benjamin Foster, niece of Samuel Foster, 
father of Benjamin, who came to Dennysville, 
Maine, in 1824. Ghildren of Gharles Henry 
and Deborah (Wilder) Kilby were born in 
Dennysville, Maine, as follows: i. Benjamin 
Foster (q. v.), March i, 1852. 2. Gharles 
Henry, July 3, 1853, a resident of South 
Portland, Maine. 3. Emily Ursulla, October 
30, 1856, married Howard H. Kilby, of Den- 
nysville. 4. Herbert, July 8, i860, married 
Hattie Pike and lives at Eastport, Maine. 

(VII) Benjamin Foster, eldest child of 
Gharles Henry and Julia E. (Foster) Kilby, 
was born in Dennysville, Maine, Alarch i, 
1852. He attended the public schools, worked 
on a farm and in the mills. He then engaged 
in the retail boot and shoe business on his own 
account at Eastport, Maine, which business he 
carried on for twenty-five years. He was ap- 
pointed to service in the United States cus- 
tom house at Eastport, and held his office 
1889-94, and in 1894 he became purchasing 
agent for the Sea Coast Packing Company of 
that city. In 1898 he resigned from the pac- 
king company, to accept from Governor Cobb 
the office of register of deeds for Washington 
county to fill a vacancy, and this appointment 
caused him to remove his residence to Machias. 
He was elected to the office by the people at 
the general election of 1906. In 1883 he was 
elected as representative in the Maine legisla- 
ture. While a resident of Eastport he was 
elected a member of the board of trade of that 
city. His fraternal affiliation with the Ma- 
sonic fraternity began in Eastport Lodge, No. 
7, and he was advanced to the Royal Arch 
Chapter, No. 10. His religious faith made 
him a member of the Unitarian church. He 
was married. December 19, 1877, ^o Lucy 
Abigail, daughter of Levi K. and Mary Gor- 
thell, of Dennysville, Maine. Ghildren: i. 
Edith Lucy, born December 10, 1879, married 
Charles Carroll Rumery, of Eastport ; no chil- 
dren. ■ 2. Marcia i\Iary, born iMarcli 10, 1S81, 
married Dr. Frank C. Jewett, of Eastport, 
Maine, and has one child, Lucy Clark Jewett. 
The mother of these children died January 8, 
1884, and Mr. Kilby married (second) Jan- 
uary 22, 1907, Mary Ellen, daughter of Alex- 
ander McFaul, of Pembroke, Maine. 



Rankin is the diminutive of 
RANKIN Randolph, formed as are many 
other old English surnames. 
Tradition traces the descent of the family to 
John, son of a knight, Jacob de Rankine, bur- 
gomaster of Ghent, who married a daughter 
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of the Rankin family. The name is spelled 
Rankincs. Rankins, Rankings, Rangkings, and 
is numerous in Scotland, as well as England. 
A coat-of-arms borne by the Scotch Rankins 
at Orchardhead, Scotland, as early as 1672 : 
Gules three boars' heads erased argent be- 
tween a lance issuing out of the dexter base 
and a Lochaber ax issuing out of the sinister 
both erect of the second. Crest : A lance ar- 
gent. JMotto : Fortiter et recte. A branch 
of the Scotch Rankins settled in the Ulster 
province, in the north of Ireland, and from 
them many of the American families are de- 
scended. 

( I ) Robert Rankin, progenitor of the fam- 
ily mentioned in this sketch, was born in 
Perth, Scotland. He married Katherine Mc- 
Claren. 

(II) Moses, son of Robert Rankin, was 
born in Perth, Scotland, in 1834, and died in 
Sanford, Maine, in 1900. He married Isabelle 
Parkhill, at Glasgow, Scotland. She was born 
August 20, 1837, and is now living in San- 
ford, Maine. He attended the schools of his 
native place in Scotland and learned the trade 
of block-printing in the mills there. He came 
to this country in i860, and found employ- 
ment at his trade in the mills of Lawrence, 
afterwards working in mills at Matteawan, 
New York, and Klilton, New Hampshire. 
Children: i. Mary. 2. Katherine. 3. Thom- 
as T., mentioned below. 4. Margaret. 5. 
Robert. 6. Darius. 7. George. 8. Willis. 9. 
Charles. All the children were born in this 
country. 

(III) Thomas T., son of ]\Ioses Rankin, 
was born in Peekskill, New York, May 4, 
1865. (The middle initial was added by Mr. 
Rankin and represents no baptismal or per- 
sonal name.) He was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of the various towns in which his 
parents lived during his youth, Matteawan, 
New York; Milton INIills, New Hampshire; 
and Sanford, Maine. He was engaged for a 
time in the meat and provision business in 
Sanford. He was appointed deputy sheriff, 
and in igoi was placed in charge of the York 
county jail, continuing to hold that responsi- 
ble position to the present time. ]\Ir. Rankin 
is a Republican in politics. He is a member 
of the Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pythias, 
of Sanford, and of Fraternal Lodge of Free 
Masons, of Alfred; of White Rose Chapter, 
Royal .\rch Masons, of Sanford, and of Fern 
Chapter, Eastern Star. He is a member also 
of the Alfred Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. 
He married, in 1884, Lora B. Jones, daughter 
of Benjamin Jones, of Kennebunk, Maine. 



Children, all born in Sanford: i. Lillian, No- 
vember 9, 1886. 2. Harry, August 14, 1888. 
3. Ethelyn. December 7, i8go. 4. Ev^ett, 
October 24, 1892. The two eldest are grad- 
uates of the Sanford high school. 



Maine loaned to the great state 
GREEN of Mississippi Sergeant S. Pren- 
tiss, one of the most brilliant 
orators the south ever knew. Dixie repays 
the obligation by sending us a scion from its 
leading first families. 

(I) The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, 
D. D., was born in Wilmington, North Caro- 
lina, May 2, 1798, and died at Sewanee, Ten- 
nessee, February 13, 1887. His father was a 
wealthy rice-planter in the old North state. 
His grandmother was of the Quaker faith. 
He owed much to the discipline and good 
example of his sainted mother which in after 
life he was never slow to acknowledge. He 
was graduated with high honor from the Uni- 
versity of North Carolina in the class of 1818, 
and immediately upon graduating began his 
theological course. He was ordained deacon 
in Christ Church, Raleigh, by Bishop R. C. 
Moore, April 29, 1821, made a priest in St. 
James, Wilmington, April 20, 1822, and be- 
came rector of St. John's, Williamsburg, 
North Carolina. From there he went to Hills- 
borough, to become rector at St. Matthew's, 
which he established. In 1837 he was ap- 
pointed chaplain and professor of Belles Let- 
tres and Rhetoric at his alma mater. Penn- 
sylvania University conferred the degree of 
D. D. upon him in 1845. Dr. Green was 
elected to the bishopric of the diocese of Mis- 
sissippi in 1849, ^"d was consecrated in St. 
Andrew's, at Jackson, February 24, 1850. 
Bishop Green was among the most devoted 
churchmen, ever laboring zealously for the ex- 
tension of God's kingdom on earth. After 
sixty-one years of arduous service in the min- 
istry, thirty-three of which he served the 
church as bishop, he was compelled by in- 
creasing infirmities to relinquish some of his 
labors and rely on a coadjutor, but for the 
remaining five years of his life he performed 
many of his official duties. He was one of the 
founders of the University of the South at 
Sewanee, Tennessee, in i860, just as the war 
was about to deluge the beautiful southland in 
seas of blood. In 1867 Bishop Green was 
chosen chancellor of the university. He 
printed several sermons, notably those on 
"Baptismal Regeneration" and "Apostolic 
Succession," but his monumental works were 
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North Carolina (1830) and the Ufe of Right 
Rev. Dr. Otey, of Tennes.'^ee. His second 
wife, who died in i860, was Charlotte Isabella 
(Fleming) Green, of Wilmington. 

(II) Rev. Stephen H., son of Bishop and 
Charlotte I. (Fleming) Green, was born at 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, October 28, 
1849. He was educated at private schools and 
bv private tutors, and was a student at the 
Berkley Divinity School, Middletown, Con- 
necticut, graduating therefrom in June, 187 1. 
He was ordained deacon June 25, 1871, at 
Sewanee, Tennessee, and priest at Jackson, 
Mississippi, November 2, 1873. His first 
charge was at Grenada, Mississippi, 1871-77, 
and the next at Dallas, Texas, 1877-82. On 
account of the ill health of his family he re- 
moved to Elgin, Illinois, where he was rector 
for sixteen months, when he was called to St. 
John's Church, St. Louis, of which he had 
charge for twelve years. His other pastorates 
were: Annastan, Alabama; Kirkwood, Mis- 
souri ; Memphis, Tennessee, and his second 
pastoral charge at Elgin, Illinois. Removing 
to the seacoast. by reason of sickness, he took 
charge of St. Saviour's church. Bar Harbor, 
Maine, May i, 1903. The name of the church 
suggests an interesting bit of history of Mt. 
Desert Island. The Jesuits settled at Pemetic, 
now Northeast Harbor, Maine, in 1613, seven 
years before white men landed on the rock at 
Plymouth. While on a voyage from France 
they were driven out to sea in a storm, and 
prayed God to deliver them in his mercy. He 
heard their prayer, for in the morning the fog 
cleared away, the stars shone, and the boat- 
pilot steered them into a harbor which they, 
in gratitude, named San Saveur. in commem- 
oration of their joyful and providential deliver- 
ance. .After a few years' stay, during which 
the mild-mannered La Saussaye gave more at- 
tention to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture 
and the curing of souls, neglecting the sterner 
wants of war, they were attacked, surprised 
and overwhelmed by a superior force in the 
command of Samuel Argall, from Virginia. 
The dispersion of the Jesuits ended French 
domination on the coast of Maine, but the 
name of the first Christian mission is per- 
petuated in the Episcopal church at Bar Har- 
bor. Of this church Mr. Green assumed the 
rectorship in 1903. In 1878 a small stone 
chapel was built for the worshipers, and this 
was enlarged by the addition of the present 
nave and cancel, and seats comfortably nearly 
eight hundred. By personal kindliness of 
heart and public spirit, combined with a gra- 
cious dignity of manner and a ripe scholar- 



ship, Mr. Green is fitted to commend to this 
people the message from the Master. 

Rev. ]\Ir. Green married Cornelia Matilda, 
daughter of William C. Casey, of Middletown, 
Connecticut ; seven children, two of whom 
are married and one is studying with a view 
to entering the ministrv. 



The Stanley family in Eng- 
STANLEY land was of noble birth. Sir 

William Stanley bore a promi- 
nent part in the fight at Bosworth Field, which 
seated the Tudors on the throne of England. 
For his conspicuous gallantry there he was 
created earl of Derby, which title now remains 
in the family. Another distinguished name is 
.\rthur Penryn Stanley, dean of Westminister. 
The name is derived from two Saxon words, 
"stone" and "leigh." and denotes a stoney 
field. It has been spelled ".Standley," "Stans- 
ley" and "Stanslee." The family has produced 
many tall men. The first of the name to come 
to this country sailed on the good .ship "Eliza- 
beth and Ann," and was Christopher Stanley, 
.•\pril 29, 1635, who settled in Boston. 

(I) The founder of the family in ]\Iaine 
was William Stanley, of Kittery, that state. 
He married Hannah Pope, October 20, 1714. 1 
His will was dated February 23, 1744, and was 
probated April 6, 1747. He lodged in garrison 
23, with nine other families, in 1722. He 
bought of William Godsoe, May 13, 1719, an 
acre of land on the York road, and also owned 
land on Spruce creek. 

(II) William (2), son of William (i) and 
Hannah (Pope) Stanley, was born October 
12, 1715, and married Mary . He re- 
moved from Kittery to Shapleigh, Maine, in 
1774, and settled on what was afterward called 
Stanley ridge. Their children were John, 
William, Mary, Dennis and Joseph. 

(III) William (3), son of William (2) and 
Mary Stanley, was born in Shapleigh, Maine, 
in 1776, the year independence was declared; 
he was their second son and child and in ad- 
dition was the first male child born in the 
town. L^niting in matrimony with Susanna 
Morrison, December 25, 1797, he removed to 

.Porter, Maine, thence to Hiram, same state, 
where he built a mill and cleared a farm. He 
died April 27, 1822, at the comparatively 
young age of forty-six ; his wife survived 
him until July 16, 1836. Both were buried on 
his land at South Hiram. To this couple were 
born Esther, Isaac, William, Jacob, Joseph 
and John. 

(IV) Rev. John, son of William (3) and 
Susanna (Morrison) Stanley, the sixth child 



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STATE OF :MAINE. 



and fifth son of the union, was born May 28. 
1816, in Hiram, Maine. He married Salome 
Stacy, of Porter, Maine, April 9, 1840, Will- 
iam F. Taylor, Esquire, officiating at the cere- 
mony, and thither he removed. He was a 
preacher of the Free Baptist denomination 
supplying at the Porter church. His whole 
life was devoted to the betterment of man- 
kind and leading souls to the fold. He en- 
deavored to walk in footsteps of the Master, 
showing the way to others. The blessings of 
the ministrations of the good man of God "live 
on" long after he has gone to his reward. Mr. 
Stanley's labors were coeval with that of the 
founders and missionaries of the church, Da- 
vid Marks, John Colby and Benjamin Randall. 
His family consisted of Lewis J., Sarah L.. 
Isaac M., Cyrena F., Hannah J., Preston J., 
Olive J., Salome V., Randall L., Tobias A. 

(V) Preston J., son of Rev. John and 
Salome (Stacy) Stanley, was born at Porter, 
Maine, January 24, 1853, and was the sixth 
of the family. He received his early educa- 
tion in the common schools of Porter, and 
worked as a day-laborer and as a journeyman 
cooper. When thirty-five years of age he 
started in the grocery business in Kezar Falls 
Village, remained there five years, sold out to 
George W. Wadleigh, and was employed by 
Allen Garner in a gents' furnishing and boot 
and shoe store, and eventually bought out the 
business. He took his son, Orman L., into the 
concern in 1897, and then added furniture, 
and continued to assist in conducting it until 
his death in igo2. He was a Republican in 
politics ; he was serving as postmaster at the 
time of his death ; had served as town treas- 
urer, town clerk, and on the school committee 
at Porter. He was a member of Greenlief 
Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Cornish; Ossipee 
Lodge, K. of P. ; Costello Tribe of Red Men ; 
was a member of the L O. O. F., and active 
in the Methodist church. He married, De- 
cember 2, 1874, Naomi Stacy, of Porter, born 
1855. Their children were: Sidney B., now 
R. F. D. carrier from Kezar Falls ; Orman Le- 
roy, Sherman P., Evelvn i\L, Florence M. and 
Ina N. 

(VI) Orman Leroy, son of Preston J. and 
Naomi (Stacy) Stanley, was born in Porter, 
Maine, December 14, 1876, educated in its 
schools and at North Parsonfield Academy, 
graduating in 1895. He taught the high 
school in Porter, and was superintendent of 
schools of that town. He went into business 
with his father in 1897, and succeeded him at 
his death, and has managed it alone since. He 
w-as appointed postmaster to succeed his 



father, which office he now holds. He is a 
Republican, and has been chairman of the Re- 
publican town committee. He is a member of 
the present (1909) legislature of Maine, rep- 
resenting the seventy-fourth district, com- 
prising the towns of Porter, Hiram, Brown- 
field, Fryeburg and Lovell. He is a member 
of Greenlief Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Cor- 
nish, Aurora Chapter, R. A. M., of Cornish, 
Oriental Commandery, K. T., of Bridgeton, 
Kora Temple, of Lewiston, of the Ossipee 
Lodge, K. of P., of which he is a district 
deputy, and for two years has been deputy 
grand chancellor of the eighth district, which 
comprises five towns. He is also a member 
of Costello Tribe of Red Men and of the 
Charter Oak Grange, of Porter. He was mar- 
ried November 28, 1900, to Elizabeth M., 
daughter of Walter H. and Carrie Ridlon, of 
Kezar Falls. Their children are : Doris M., 
born May 5, 1902, Mildred, January 16, 
1905, and Caroline Naomi, February 18, 1907. 



The numerous family of 
NEWHALL Newhall, variously spelled 

Newhall, Newall and New- 
ell, is descended from two brothers registered 
as early settlers of Lynn, Massachusetts, in 
the year 1630. They were grantees of lots in 
a division of lands there in 1638. Not one of 
a large number of wills examined in London 
appears to furnish a clue to trace their Eng- 
lish origin. The earliest references to the 
name was found in the will of one Thomas 
Newhall, written in Latin in 1498. Printed 
history mentions the building of a new hall 
upon a baronial estate in Nerfolk by a man 
who by so doing obtained the name of Jo- 
hannis de Nova Aula, otherwise John de 
Newe-hall. This indicates the probable origin 
of the surname. The names of the two pro- 
genitors of the Lynn family were the brothers, 
Thomas Newhall and Anthony Newhall. 

(I) Thomas Newhall, of Lynn, Massachu- 
setts, died there. May 25, 1674. Wife Mary 
died September 25, 1665. His will was dated 
April I, 1668, and probated June 30, 1674. 
He bequeathed lands to his sons Thomas and 
John, and money to his sons-in-law, Richard 
Haven's children and Thomas Browne's chil- 
dren, and sundry articles to his two daughters, 
Susanna Haven and Mary Browne. In his 
inventory are mentioned an old dwelling-house 
and an old barn, six acres of upland and twelve 
acres of meadow, besides other estate. Chil- 
dren : I. Susanna, born about 1624, died in 
Lynn, February 7, 1682, married Richard 
Haven, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 2. Thomas, 



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born about 1630, see forward. 3. John, died 
before 1718, married (first) 3, 12 mo. (Feb- 
ruary), 1657, Elizabeth Laighton, who died 
October 22, 1677, and married (second) July 

17, 1679, Sarah Flanders, of Salisbury, Mas- 
sachusetts. 4. Mary, born about 1637, married 
Thomas Browne, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 

(II) Ensign Thomas, son of Thomas New- 
hall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, 
died there and was buried April i, 1678. Mar- 
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas and Alice 
Potter, of Salem, Massachusetts ; she was 
buried at Lynn, February 22, 1686-87. He 
was the first white child born in Lynn. He 
left an inventory of date 1687, of which he 
was possessed of property valued at nearly 
seven hundred pounds. He was an ensign 
and his homestead was near the center of 
the town near George Keser's tannery in 
1665. In 1679 he purchased si.xty acres near 
the dividing line between Salem and Lynn 
for a farm with which to portion ofif his sons. 
From the fact that among his buildings was 
a malt-house, it is conjectured that it once 
formed a part of the farm of the first Thomas 
Newhall, his father having an estate contain- 
ing with other buildings a malt-house. Chil- 
dren : I. Thomas, born 18, 9 mo., 1653, died 
July 3, 1728, at Maiden, Massachusetts; mar- 
ried, November, 1764, Rebecca Green, of Mai- 
den, who died May 25, 1726. 2. John, 14, 12 
mo., 1655, died January 20, 1738, married, 
June 18, 1677, Esther Bartram, of Lynn, who 
died September 28, 1728. 3. Joseph, Sep- 
tember 22, 1658, see forward. 4. Nathaniel, 
March 17, 1660, died December 23, 1695, mar- 
ried Elizabeth . who married (second) 

intention dated January 8, 1696-97, John In- 
gersoll. 5. Elizabeth, March 21, 1662, drowned 
in April, 1665. 6. Elisha, November 3, 1665, 
buried last of February, 1686-87. 7- Eliza- 
beth, October 22, 1667. 8. Mary, February 

18, 1669. 9. Samuel, January 19, 1672, died 
before January 2, 1718-19; married Abigail 
Lyndsey, of Lynn. 10. Rebecca, July 17, 
1675, married. May 22, 1697, Ebenezer Parker, 
of Reading, Massachusetts. 

(III) Ensign Joseph, son of Ensign Thom- 
as Newhall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, 
September 22, 1658, died January 29, 1705- 
06. jNIarried Susanna, born March 26, 1659, 
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar, of 
Lynn, Massachusetts; she married (second), 
intention dated September 26, 1713, Benja- 
min Simonds, of Woburn. His name appeared 
often upon the records of holding some po- 
sitions of honor or trust. He served as repre- 
sentative at the general court in 1705-06. He 



'■perished in a snowstorm, January 29, 1705- 
06," Boston News Letter No. 95, while he 
was on the road from Boston to Lynn during 
his term at the general court. Administration 
on his estate was granted July 10, 1706, in 
which are named his widow Susanna, his sons 
Thomas and Joseph, Elisha, Ephraim. Daniel, 
Ebenezer, Benjamin, Samuel, and daughters 
Jemima, Susanna and Sarah. Like his father, 
he was called Ensign. His homestead, a farm 
of thirty-four acres, was situated in the north- 
erly part of Lynn, on the Salem (now Pea- 
body) line. He had also another farm of 
one hundred and seventy acres in the pres- 
ent town of Lynnfield and called the Pond 
farm. Children: i. Jemima, born December 
31, 1678, married, June 9, 1698, Benjamin 
Very, of Salem, Massachusetts. 2. Thomas, 
January 6, 1680, died November 30, 1738, 
married (first) December 9, 1707, Mary New- 
hall of Lynn; married (second) December 
12, 1717, Elizabeth Bancroft, of Lynn. 3. 
Joseph, February 6, 1683-84, died April 27, 
1742; married, November 26, 1713, Elizabeth 
Potter. 4. Elisha, November 20, 1686, died 
in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, March 19, 1773; 
married, February 27, 1710-11, Jane Breed, of 
Lynn, who died March 22, 1773. 5. Ephraim, 
February 20, 1688-89, married, December 
12, 1716, Abigail Denmark, of Lynn. 6. 
Daniel, February 5, 1690-91, died Novem- 
ber, 1752; married, intention dated November 
20, 1713, Mary Breed, of Lynn, who died 
January i, 1775. 7. Ebenezer, June 3, 1693. 
died June 22, 1766; married, intention dated 
November 8, 1718, Elizabeth Breed, who died 
at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, February 7, 1770. 

8. Susanna, December 19, 1695, married, July 
16, 1717, Joseph Breed, of Lynn. 9. Benja- 
min, April 5, 1698, died June 5, 1763; mar- 
ried, January i, 1721, Elizabeth Fowle, of 
Woburn, Massachusetts, who died at Lynn, 
January 28, 1760. 10. Samuel, March 9, 
1700-01, see forward. 11. Sarah, July 11, 
1704, married, January 3, 1722-23, Thomas 
Burrage, of Lynn. 

(IV) Samuel, son of Ensign Joseph New- 
hall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, March 

9, 1700-01, died there, August, 1770. Mar- 
ried, December 8, 1724, Kezia Breed, who died 
October 9, 1748, Lynn Records, October 9, 
1749, Quaker Records, daughter of Samuel 
and Anna (Hood) Breed, of Lynn, Massa- 
chusetts. He was adopted in his youth by an 
uncle named Thomas Farrar, who in his will 
bequeathed the bulk of his estate to him and 
another kinsman named Richard Hood. The 
will of Samuel, dated July 28, 1768, and 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



proved October i, 1770, mentions his tiiree 
sons, Pharoah, Abijah and Daniel, daughters 
Anna Estes, Elizabeth Newhall, Sarah New- 
hall, Lydia Johnson, Abigail Purinton, Re- 
becca Chase, and Ruth Newhall, and also his 
brother, Elisha Newhall. Children: i. Anna, 
born October 27, 1725, married, September 16. 
1746, Matthew Estes. 2. Elizabeth, March 7, 
1727-28. 3. Sarah, August 20, 1730. 4. Ly- 
dia, January 14, 1732-33, married, October 15, 
1753, Nehemiah Johnson. 5. Pharaoh, Feb- 
ruary 15, 1733-34, died September 15, 1821 ; 
married, April 24, 1764, Theodate Breed, of 
Lynn, who died at Lynn, September 10. 1810. 

6. Abijah, February 15, 1736-37, see forward. 

7. Abigail, March 4, 1738-39, married, Jan- 
uary 15, 1760, Samuel Purinton, of Danvers, 
Massachusetts. 8. Daniel, February 4, 1740- 
41, died November 15, 1793; married (first) 
April 25, 1769, Hannah Estes, who died No- 
vember 27, 1781 : married (second) May 20, 
1789, Elizabeth Dodge, of Boston, Massachu- 
setts, who died his widow at Lynn, February, 
1822. 9. Rebecca, October 28, 1743, married, 
April 24, 1764, Abner Chase, of Salem, Massa- 
chusetts. 10. Ruth, October 12, 1746, mar- 
ried, October 14, 1772, John Bassett, of Lynn, 
Massachusetts. 

(V) Abijah, son of Samuel Newhall, was 
born at Lynn, Massachusetts, February 15, 
1736-37, died there August 30, 1819. Mar- 
ried (first) April 29, 1760, Abigail, born Sep- 
tember 13, 1737, died July 9, 1792, daughter 
of Daniel and Lydia (Hood) Bassett, of Lynn, 
Massachusetts; married (second), Alice 

; she died his widow, January 7, 1820. 

He was a member of the Society of Friends. 
His will, dated March 18, 1809, calls him a 
cordwainer, and mentions wife Alice and chil- 
dren Daniel, Abijah, Lydia, Content, Keziah 
and Alice, and his son-in-law, Pelatiah Purin- 
ton. The will was proved February 15, 1820. 
His homestead appears to have been in that 
part of Lynn called Wood End. In 1771 he 
bought another lot of five acres, a portion of 
which, with a house on it, was sold after his 
death by his heirs. Children: i. Daniel, born 
August 3, 1761, married, March 24, 1790, 
Mary Shillaber, and removed to Henniker, 
New Hampshire. 2. Lydia, February 10, 1763, 
died December 3, 1840; married, September 
21, 1791, Enoch Mower, of Lynn. Massachu- 
setts. 3. Keziah, August 8, 1865. married. 
September 17, 1794, Pelatiah Purinton. of 
Lynn, Massachusetts. 4. Content, September 
2, 1767, married Abel Houghton; they were 
of Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1820. 5. Rebecca, 
August 7, 1769, married, October 10, 1774, 



Stephen Nichols, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 6. 
Alice, February 15, 1772, married (first) July 
20, 1796, Thomas Butman ; married (second) 
Nathan G. Chase. 7. Abigail, February 20, 
1776. 8. Abijah, see forward. 9. Stephen, 
April 21, 1780, died August 16, 1781. 

(VI) Abijah (2), son of Abijah (i) New- 
hall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, Jan- 
uary I, 1779, died at Vassalborough, ]\Iaine, 
October 6, i860. Married, September 25, 
1804, Lucy, born at Vassalborough, Maine, 
October 8, 1785, died September 24, 1863, 
daughter of Remington and Anstrus (Gardi- 
ner) Hobby. He located early in life at Vas- 
salborough, Kennebec county, Maine, and was 
a farmer and a tanner. Children: i. Cynthia 
Hobby, born July 17, 1805, married, October 
16, 1827, Captain Jabez Lewis, of Vass.al- 
borough, Maine. 2. Daniel, October 3, i8og, 
married, January 31, 1838, Clara Hoyt. 3. 
Henry Chase, February 6, 1814, see forward. 

(VII) Henry Chase, son of Abijah (2) 
Newhall, was born at Vassalborough, IMaine, 
February 6, 1814, died at Portland, [Maine, 
February 18, 1877. Married, February 6, 
1837, Lydia Howland, born at V'assalborough, 
Maine, April 25, 1817, died at Fairfield, Maine, 

May 31, 1898, daughter of George and 

(Howland) Gelchell. He was first a tanner, 
second he was engaged in the mercantile busi- 
ness, and thirdly in the lumber industry. Chil- 
dren : I. George Henry, born March 18, 1838, 
see forward. 2. Charles Edward, March 18, 
1842, died May 28, 1844. 3. Lucy Howland, 
October 6, 1843, died July 7, 1868; married, 
June 28, 1866, William Bodfish Dickey. 

(\TII) George Henry, son of Henry Chase 
Newhall, was born at Canaan. Somerset 
county, Maine, March 18, 1838, died at Fair- 
field, Maine, May 2, 1890. Married (first) 
August 7. i860, Mary A. Tobey, who died 
January 9, 1873; married (second) March 30, 
1874, Louise E., daughter of Eben S. and 
Melinda B. (Lawrence) Page. He came to 
Fairfield in 1851, when his parents removed 
there from Canaan. He received a common- 
school education and devoted his energies to 
business. He was associated for some time 
with his father, in the employ of the firm of 
Newhall & Gibson. After his father's death 
he became a member of the firm of Lawrence, 
Phillips & Company, lumber manufacturers, 
and continued so to the end of his life. He 
was a Universalist in religious faith. A Demo- 
crat in politics. Not ambitious for official 
honors, but public spirited and interested in 
the general welfare. He was highly respected 
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Child by first wife : i. Edward F., born Octo- 
ber 5, 1861, died August 9, 1868. Cliildren by 
second wife : 2. Mary L., born at Chicago, 
IlHnois. July 21, 1876, is a graduate of Co- 
burn Classical Institute, at Waterville, Maine, 
and of Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massa- 
chusetts, in 1899. 3. Henry C., born at Fair- 
field, Maine, February 14, 1882; after receiv- 
ing his education in the common schools of 
Fairfield, and at the Phillips Exeter Academy, 
at Exeter, New Hampshire, he entered the 
employ of his father in the lumber business, 
at Shawmut, Maine. In company with Mr. G. 
Hume, he is extensively engaged as a lumber 
manufacturer in the town of Fairfield. He is 
a member of Siloam Chapter, St. Omar Com- 
mandery. and Kora Temple, j\I)-stic Shrine. 



The name Farnham is among 
FARXHAM the earliest in Jilassachusetts 
and has been conspicuous in 
the settlement and development of New Eng- 
land, especially at Concord and vicinity, in 
New Hampshire and at Rumford, in Maine. 
W'hile most of its bearers have been tillers 
of the soil, they have ever been identified with 
the work of the church and other moral agen- 
cies, and still adhere to the standards of their 
Puritan ancestors. Many of those in Maine 
spell the name Farnham, but the New Hamp- 
shire branch uses the spelling Farnum. It is 
found in various forms among the New Eng- 
land records. 

(I) Ralph Farnham was born in 1603, and 
sailed from Southampton, England, with his 
wife Alice, in the brig "James," arriving at 
Boston, Alassachusetts, June 5, 1635, after a 
voyage of fifty-eight days. He was among 
the proprietors of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 
1635. His wife was born about 1606, and 
they brought with them four children, a 
daughter being born of them here. Their 
names were as follows: Mary, born 1626; 
Thomas, 1631; Ralph, 1O33: Ephraim and 
Sarah. 

(II) Ralph (2), born 1633, son of Ralph 
(i) and Alice Farnham, is said by tradition 
(which is open to question) to have been a 
native of Wales. He settled in Andover, Mas- 
sachusetts, where he was a grand juryman in 
1679, and was the ancestor of a numerous 
posterity. He was married October 26, 1658, 
to Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Holt, an- 
other pioneer of Andover. She was born 
March 30, 1636, in Newbury, JNIassachusetts. 
He died January 8, 1692, in Andover. His 
children were : Sarah, Ralph, John, Henry, 
Hannah. Thomas, Ephraim and James. 



(Ill) John, son of Ralph (2) and Eliza- 
beth (Holt) Farnham, was born April 16, 
166.^, in Andover, where he resided and died 
in 1729, having survived his wife about twelve 
years. By occupation he was a wheelwright, 
antl he was a deacon of the church. He was 
married April 10, 1684, to Elizabeth Barker, 
born January 20, 1663, a daughter of Nathan 
and Mary Barker. One of his daughters was 
involved in a witchcraft excitement. 

(I\') John (2), son of John (i) and Eliza- 
beth (Barker) Farnham, born February 13, 
1684, died in 1762. He was a farmer and a 
wheelwright, residing all his life in Andover, 
where he was, like his father, a deacon in the 
church. He was married February 26, 1710, 
to Joanna Barker, born July 17, 1687, a 
daughter of Captain John and Mary Stevens 
Barker. She survived her husband about 
twenty-three years, dying in 1785. 

(X) Captain John (3), son of John (2) and 
Joanna (Barker) Farnham, born April i, 1711, 
died October 21, 1786, in Andover. He was 
married in 1738 to Sarah Frye, a daughter of 
Samuel and Sarah (Osgood) Frye. She was 
born March 25, 1720, and died in 18 16. They 
were the parents of twelve sons and one 
daughter, namely : Nathan, John, Daniel, 
Isaac, Jedediah (died young), Samuel, James, 
Peter, Sarah, Simeon, Nathaniel and Enoch. 
The daughter became the wife of Brooks 
Emery and they were the founders of a dis- 
tinguished family. 

(\T) Simeon, tenth son of Captain John 
(3) and Sarah (Frye) Farnham, was born 
October 9, 1756. in Andover, ilassachusetts, 
and settled in Gorham, Maine, as early as 

1786. He was a tanner by trade, and owned 
a lot of land subsequently occupied by what 
is known as the Hinckley tan-yard. About 
1805 he built on the westerly end of his lot a 
large, three-story brick house, which was des- 
troyed by fire in 1871, being used at that time 
as a hotel. His last days were spent in New- 
burg, Maine. He served as a soldier of the 
revolution, and resided in Andover until his 
removal to Gorham. He was married May 26. 

1787, to Elizabeth Johnson, of Andover, and 
they were the parents of Simeon. John, Eliza- 
beth, Roxana, Charles. Henry B., Frederick 
and Edward. A descendant of his. Captain 
John Farnum, was in quite recent years post- 
master at Gorham. 

(VII) Henry Bowman, fourth son of Si- 
meon and Elizabeth (Johnson) Farnham, 
born April i, 1798, in Gorham, died Novem- 
ber 30, 1879, in Bangor, Maine. For some 
years he was a merchant in Winthrop. Maine; 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



was for a short period engaged in the lumber 
business at Scitnate and removed to Bangor in 
1832. He served as city Marshall of Bangor, 
and was a deputy sheriff of Penobscot county. 
He was among the early opponents of the 
spread of slavery in this country, and acted 
during its existence with the Free Soil party, 
later joining the Republican party. He was 
married June 11, 1823, to Harriett May, born 
April 25, 1805, in Winthrop, daughter of the 
Rev. John and Esther (Tapper) May, who 
came from Massachusetts ; Rev. John May 
was a Congregational minister. Harriett 
(May) Farnham died .September 28, 1894, in 
Buffalo, New York. Three of their children 
died in infancy. The others were: i. William 
H., born March 24, 1826, died July 27, 1872. 
2. Harriett, became the wife of Henry M. 
Kent, of Buffalo, New York. 3. Elizabeth T., 
became the wife of John Wilder May, who 
was a judge of the courts in Boston. 4. Au- 
gustus B., see forward. 5. Laura M., became 
the wife of Mayor Sidney W. Thaxter, of 
Portland. 

(\'ni) Augustus B., second son of Henry 
B. and Harriett (May) Farnham, was born 
March 10, 1839, in Bangor. He was educated 
in the public schools of his native city. His 
first active occupation was that of bookkeeper, 
being employed by Stetsoft & Company, deal- 
ers in lumber and navigators, with head- 
quarters in Bangor. He was thus engaged 
when the civil war broke out, and he enlisted 
in Company H, Second Regiment, Maine Vol- 
unteer Infantry, going out as first lieutenant. 
He was subsequently promoted to captain of 
the same company. This was a short-term 
organization and participated in the first battle 
of Bull Run. Soon after that Captain Farn- 
ham organized a company which became a 
part of the Si.xteenth Maine Regiment, and 
was mustered in August 14, 1862. He became 
major of this regiment, and was afterward 
promoted to lieutenant-colonel and participated 
in the following campaigns and battles : The 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg and 
Five Forks. At the last engagement, just be- 
fore the surrender of General Lee, Colonel 
Farnham was wounded in the left lung, April 
I, 1865. For meritorious conduct on the field 
he was brevetted colonel and was mustered 
out in 1865, returning to Bangor. He was 
soon appointed deputy collector of customs, in 
which capacity he served several years, and 
served ten years as postmaster of Bangor: ap- 
pointed February 27, 1871, under Grant: Feb- 
ruary 27, 1875, under Grant: February 27, 
1879, under Hayes; 1883, under Arthur; July 



29, 1890, under Harrison. Following this, he 
was engaged in the wholesale grocery busi- 
ness, in partnership with J. A. Boardman. 
This connection continued seven years, at the 
end of which period the business was sold 
out. At this time Augustus B. Farnham was 
elected president of the Kenduskeag National 
Bank, of Bangor, which position he held until 
the bank went out of business, being reorgan- 
ized as a trust company. In December, 1901, 
he was appointed adjutant-general of the 
state, and has continuously held that office 
until the present time, retaining his residence 
at Bangor, with office in the State-house at 
Augusta. Mr. Farnham is an active and 
valued member of the Masonic fraternity, in 
which he has attained the thirty-third degree, 
and has affiliated with Saint Andrew's Lodge, 
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Mount 
Moriah Chapter, Royal Ancient Masters; 
Saint John's Comniandery, Knights Templar, 
oi Bangor, and with the Maine Consistory. 
He is a past grand master of the State Grand 
Lodge ; past grand commander of the Grand 
Comniandery of the state ; past commander of 
the State Comniandery, Grand Army of the 
Republic, and president of the Melitia Club, of 
Bangor. 

Mr. Farnham married (first) January 12, 

1871, Ardelia B. Clark, born December 8, 
1846, daughter of Edwin and Mary ( AIcRuer) 
Clark, of Bangor. By this union there were 
two children: i. Mary McRuer, born July 5, 

1872, married William Lincoln Smith, of Con- 
cord, Massachusetts, and has two children : 
Philip Loring, born March 13, 1906, and 
Elizabeth Farnham. 2. Ardelia Clark, born 
June 25, 1874, died August 14, 1874. Mrs. 
Farnham died July 18, 1874. Mr. Farnham 
married (second) March 27, 1878, Laura 
Wood, born April 24, 1864, daughter of 
Henry A. and Mary M. (Horton) Wood, of 
Providence, Rhode Island. By this union one 
child, Henry A., born December 30, 1878. edu- 
cated in the public schools and Orchard Lake 
Military Academy, of Michigan, now a jour- 
nalist, connected with the Nczc York IVorld. 



There are strong indications 
LED YARD that this family was of Welsh 

origin. The home of the 
family in Wales was Lloydyard, and, to quote 
one authority, "it is hardly to be questioned 
that they were a branch of the Llwyds (or 
Lloyds) who traced their ancestry to the early 
Britons who fought with Arthur against the 
Saxon Kings." The name Lidiard, of county 
Somerset, England, is given in Domesday 



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Book. Lidig:ar and hamlets in England and 
Scotland bear the names Ledgard. Ledgiard 
and Ledeard. A branch was seated at Le- 
diard-Tregoz, county Wills, England, who 
bore arms said to be almost identical with 
those of the Welsh family. One of the Led- 
yard descendants who visited Willshire found 
a kinsman, John Ledyard Phillips, of JMelk- 
sham, whose arms were the same as those 
borne in this country : Ermine on a chevron 
or, five mullets gules. Crest: a demi-lion ram- 
pant argent, holding in the dexter paw a mul- 
let gules. Motto : Per crucem ad Stellas. 
These arms were seen by a grandson of the 
emigrant, John Ledyard, "the traveller," on 
a carriage in Bristol, England, and recognized 
as the same borne by his grandfather. It is 
said that there is a connection between the St. 
John and Ledyard families, which may be only 
a tradition. Henry St. John, Baron of 
Lidiard-Tregoz, county Wills, England, was 
created Lord Bolingbroke. It is stated that 
"he died childless in 1751"; but in the contests 
over the estate which followed, the attorney- 
general proved that St. John had a son John 
"who was lost," and in the opinion of some 
writers this "missing heir" was John Led- 
yard. who came to America. Certain circum- 
stances may tend to bear out this belief, but, 
on the other hand, the following statements 
seem to shed a surer light on the parentage of 
the emigrant. A merchant of Bristol, Eng- 
land, John Ledyard, married, in 1665, Eliza- 
beth Hilliard. of Bradford, county Wills, and 
had two sons, Ebenezer and John. The taller 
married, in i6go, Sarah Windham, of Brad- 
ford, and their son John married Sarah Allen. 
Ebenezer, mentioned above, married a Miss 
Yarborough. A lady of this name was known 
as the mother of John Ledyard, the emigrant, 
and he was known to have written letters from 
Groton, Connecticut, 1739-41, to John Led- 
yard, of Bristol, whom he addressed as 
"cousin." The letters indicated familiar in- 
timacy and there were complaints that "after 
his arrival in New England no letters have 
reached him from his relatives in London." 
Lacking any further proof, it seems natural to 
conclude that the American ancestor John was 
the son of Ebenezer and his wife. Miss Yar- 
borough, and that he wrote the said letters to 
his cousin John, of Bristol (who married 
Sarah Allen), and was the son of his father's 
brother John. It should be noted also that 
the emigrant perpetuated his probable father's 
name, Ebenezer. in his own family and that 
the Yarborough name appeared in the family 
of his noted son. Colonel William Ledyard. 



(I) John Ledyard, American ancestor, was 

probably the son of Ebenezer and 

(Yarborough) Ledyard, of Bristol, England, 
where he was born in 1700. The date of his 
arrival in this country is not given, but at an 
early age he was engaged as teacher of a 
Latin school at Southold, Long Island. In a 
few years, 1727-30, he moved to Groton, Con- 
necticut, and later to Hartford. His name 
was on the public records of Connecticut in 
1732 and he became very active and promi- 
nent in the affairs of Hartford. He was rep- 
resentative to the general court, 1753 and 
1769, and was prominent in securing the pro- 
tection and education of the native Indians; 
also in the movements which resulted later in 
the founding of Dartmouth College. He is 
described as a man of great distinction, in- 
fluence and literary culture. He married 
(first) Deborah, daughter of Judge Benja- 
min Youngs, and great-granddaughter of 
Rev. John Youngs, of Southold, Long Island ; 
she belonged to one of the most prominent 
families of that place. She died 1748-49, and 
Mr. Ledyard marriec^ (second) Mary, widow 
of John Ellery, and daughter of John and 
Mary (Stanley) Austin. She was the grand- 
daughter of Nathaniel Stanley, of Hartford. 
John Ledyard's will was probated September 
6, 1771 (i^Iagazine of American History, Vol. 
VIL, p. 188). He died in Hartford, Septem- 
ber 3, 1 77 1, and was buried on the old Centre 
burial-ground. The inscription on his grave- 
stone reads : "Sacred to the memory of John 
Ledyard Esq., who departed his life on the 
3rd of September A. D. 1771 aged 71 years. 
The memory of the just is blessed." Children 
of John and Deborah were: i. John (Capt.), 
born in Groton, 1730, died March, 1762; mar- 
ried .Abigail, daughter of Roger Hempold. and 
had six children. 2. Youngs (Capt.), married 
Amelia Avery, of Groton, and had seven chil- 
dren. 3. Deborah. 4. Mary. 5. Ebenezer. 

(II) Ebenezer, third son of John and De- 
borah (Youngs) Ledyard, was born in Groton 
in 1736, died there September 29, 181 1. He 
was presumably named for his grandfather in 
England. He appears to have been prominent 
in town affairs, and in 1775 had charge of the 
construction of Fort Griswold, at Groton. 
where his brother, the commander and noted 
hero of the place. Colonel William Ledyard, 
met with a tragic death. Ebenezer was held 
as hostage for the wounded captured by the 
British at the surrender of the fort, and on 
their return he was taken by them to New 
York. He married (first) Mary Latham, of 
Groton, born January 6, 1739, died February 



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15- 1779- The gravestone inscription at the 
Ledyard cemetery, Groton, reads: "Mrs. Mary 
the amiable wife of Ebenezer Ledyard Esq." 
He died, as above mentioned, at seventy-five 
years of age. He married (second) Elizabeth 
Gardiner, of Stonington, Connecticut, who had 
three children : Jonathan, Henry G. and Guy 
Carlston Ledyard. Children of Ebenezer and 
Mary were: i. Ebenezer Jr., born 1760, died 
at Groton, November 17, 1776. 2. Jonathan. 
3. David. 4. Gurdon, born 1769, died 1770. 
5. Gurdon 2nd. 6. William Pitt. 7. Austin. 
8. Nathaniel. 9. Benjamin, born in Groton, 
August 28, 1778, died April 15, 1788. 10. Jo- 
seph, his twin brother, died September 5, 1778. 
(HI) William Pitt, sixth son of Ebenezer 
and Mary (Latham) Ledyard, was born in 
Groton in 1774, and died in Bath, Maine, 
where he removed, August 24, 181 2, aged 
thirty-eight years. He married Mercy, daugh- 
ter of Captain Asa Palmer, of Stonington. An 
old day-book or blotter kept by the captain 
contained an itemized account given in the 
currency of the time, of one hundred or more 
articles included in the grandmother's dowry. 
This book of quaint interest is now in pos- 
session of the family of James C. Ledyard. 
The children of William Pitt and Alercy 
were : Flarriet, Julia A., William P., Mercy, 
Caroline. 

(IV) Harriet, daughter of William Pitt 
and Mercy (Palmer) Ledyard, married, Jan- 
uary 20, 1827, Orrin D. Crommett, born at 
Waterville, Maine, June 10, 1796, and died 
there 1845. He was the son of James Crom- 
mett, a lumberman, of Kennebec county, until 
after the embargo act, when he met with 
heavy losses. His wife was a Miss Delano, 
daughter of Peleg Delano, of Sidney, Maine. 
Orrin D. was one of three sons. He fol- 
lowed the business of millwright and owner 
at Waterville during his active years and was 
fairly successful. He died about 1840, and 
his widow in 185 1 removed to Bath, j\laine. 

(V) James Crommett, son of Orrin D. and 
Harriet (Ledyard) Crommett, was born in 
Waterville, December 30, 1833. He was but 
seven years of age at the time of his father's 
death, and wdien he was eighteen he removed 
with his mother to Bath. On reaching twenty- 
one years of age, by a special act of the legis- 
lature he assumed the name Ledyard. He 
first engaged in business as clerk with his 
uncle, William P. Ledyard, after establishing 
a furniture business, which he gave up in 
the early seventies to attend to other interests. 
He gave largely of his time and ability to the 
city of Bath, having served in both branches 



of the city government. In 1882 Mr. Led- 
yard was unanimously elected mayor, which 
office he ably filled for two years. He was 
identified with the school committee and was 
chairman of the committee which built the 
Morse high school, rendering the city invalu- 
able service and securing an edifice second 
to none in the state for educational uses. He 
was a member of the JMaine legislature in 
1899, 3rid was for many years connected with 
the Bath Savings Institution as director and 
president. He was also president of the Lin- 
coln National Bank and a director of the East- 
ern Steamboat Company, and was president of 
the board of managers of the Old Ladies 
Home. He was a member of Solar Lodge, 
F. and A. M., also of Montgomery and St. 
Bernard Royal Arch Chapter, and a deacon 
of the Central Congregational church. He 
died in Bath, September 26, 1907. The fol- 
lowing is from an obituary of the Bath paper. 
"Mr. Ledyard was beloved and respected by 
the entire community and his death comes as 
a great loss not only to his immediate fam- 
ily, but to all who knew him and to this city 
which he has so long and so faithfully served." 
i\lr. Ledyard married, March 24, 1863, Mary 
Jane, daughter of Charles and Elvira (Weeks) 
Owen, who died September 23, 1904. Chil- 
dren : William, of Boston, James P., Owen J., 
of Bath, and Harriet C. Five other children 
died in infancy. 

The old Ledyard house at Hartford, built 
by the ancestor John, or, as he was called, 
Judge John Ledyard (who died 1771), was 
on the northeast corner of Arch and Prospect 
streets. It was a two-story, heavy-timbered 
frame house, with a plain, straight roof. The 
frontage was 50-60 feet and the depth 35-40 
feet. There was a wide hall and long, straight 
staircase ; the rooms were large and lofty. Two 
chimneys were in the body of tlie house be- 
tween the rooms. There were two windows 
on the west and three on the east side of the 
front door. The doors were without porches. 
An L was constructed for a kitchen and well- 
room and joined by the main building. Large 
cedar-trees w^re on each side of the front 
door, and about thirty feet from the house on 
the west side a row of elm-trees. To adapt 
the building to two families, in 1830 a brick 
kitchen was erected and connected with the 
northwest corner. In the rear a one and one- 
half story house (probably originally the 
negro servants' quarters) was occupied by 
colored people for many years, till torn down, 
1835-40. It was not included in the Ledyard 
property. Ledyard house, one of the finest 



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residences in the town, was torn down 1865- 
70, but most of the fine elm-trees remain. 

The surname Stanhope is 
STANHOPE of local origin. The first 

record of this ancient, 
knightly and noble family is of Walter de 
Stanhope, county Durham, whose son Richard 
died in 1338. The name is taken from the 
town of Stanhope, near Darlington, county 
Durham, the ancient residence of the family. 
Lord Stanhope wrote a history of the family, 
entitled "Notices of the Stanhopes" (8 vc, 
1855). The pedigree is traced to 1216 in 
some of the English branches. Of this fam- 
ily are the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of 
Stanhope and the Earl of Harrington. There 
are many coats-of-arms, some of ancient date. 
Among the oldest is : Sable a bend between 
six crosses crosslet argent. These arms were 
placed in the chapel of Baliol College, O.x- 
ford, in 1574. We find the name in early 
records spelled Stanape and Stanup. 

(T) Ensign Jonathan Stanhope, immigrant 
ancestor, settled early in Sudbury, Massachu- 
setts, where he died October 22, 1702, aged 
seventy years. Therefore he was born in 
1632, doubtless in England. He married, at 
Charlestown, April 16, 1656, Susanna Ayer. 

He married (second) Abigail , who 

died at Sudbury, his widow, September 17, 
1722. Children, born at Sudbury: i. Jona- 
than, February 2, 1657, married. May 11, 
1674, Sarah Griffin; children: i. Isaac, born 
June 27, 1675 ; ii. Jonathan, November 5, died 
November 19, 1681. 2. Sarah, JMarch 25, 
1658. 3. Hannah, married, April I, 1686, 
Stephen Jennings. 4. Joseph, September 13, 
1662, mentioned below. 5. Jemima, June 5, 
1665. 6. Mary, January 29, 1667, married 
William Wesson. 7. Rebecca, October 29, 
1670. 8. Jemima, married, October 15, 1689, 
Thomas Rutter. 

(II) Joseph, son of Ensign Jonathan (i) 
Stanhope, was born in Sudbury, Massachu- 
setts, September n, 1662. He married, Jan- 
uary I, 1684-85, Hannah Bradish, who died 
July 20, 1727, daughter of Joseph Bradish. 
Children, born at Sudbury: i. Susanna, Sep- 
tember I, 1685, married, September 27, 1727, 
William Simson. 2. Jonathan, January 25, 
1686-87, rnentioned below. 3. Jemima, mar- 
ried, ^lay 27, 1717, John Walker. 4. Isaac, 
died December 30, 1729. 5. Joseph. 

(III) Jonathan (2), son of Joseph (i) 
Stanhope, was born January 23, 1686-87, ^^ 

Sudbury. He married Abigail — ■ . A 

Jonathan married, October 21, 1733, Bath- 



sheba Walker, thought to be his second wife. 
Children of first wife: i. Joseph, born No- 
vember 15, 1715, mentioned below. 2. Anna, 
November 4. I7r7, married, in Marlborough, 
November 17, 1737, Jonathan Whipple. 3. 
Samuel, April 23. 1719, settled at Bolton, Mas- 
sachusetts; married, in Framingham. Novem- 
ber 6, 1755, Elizabeth Angler; children: i. 
Samuel, born October 15, 1756, married, Feb- 
ruary 26, 1778, Mary Goodnow ; he was a 
soldier in the revolution from Bolton, Captain 
Benjamin Hastings' company. Colonel John 
Whitcomb's regiment ; ii. Elizabeth, January 
16, 1758, married, May 29, 1777, William « 
Walker; iii. Peter, November 29, 1759, revo- 
lutionary soldier from Bolton, married, No- 
vember 30, 1775, Elizabeth Parmenter; iv. 
Asahel, October i. 1761 ; v. Jonas, March 31, 
1764; vi. Dinah, July 23, 1766; vii. Anne, Sep- 
tember 8, 1768; viii. Azubah, November 25, 
1770. 4. Abigail, November 23, 1720. 

(I\') Joseph (2), son of Jonathan (2) 
Stanhope, was born in Sudbury, November 15, 
1 71 5. The family of Joseph seems to have 
moved to Maine about 1760. Joseph Stan- 
hope signed a petition to settle Rev. Peter 
Thacher Smith at New Marblehead, or Wind- 
ham, Alaine, April 12, 1762. He was then an 
inhabitant of the town. No earlier record is 
found. No later record than 1757 is found 
at Sudbury. The family was small. We have 
given the entire family practically down to 
the time Joseph located in Maine. No other 
family of the name is to be found in Massa- 
chusetts or New England before the revolu- 
tion. Joseph married (first) at Sudbury, 
January 24, 1739-40, Keziah Parmenter; (sec- 
ond) January 31, 1755, Sarah How. Children 
of first wife: i. Mercy, born June 22, 1745. 
2. Abigail, Alay 30, 1748. 3. Keziah, Novem- 
ber 28, 1752. Children of second wife: 4. 
Isaac. 5. Joseph, May 27, 1757, soldier in the 
revolution from Deerfield, Massachusetts. 

(\') Isaac, son of Joseph (2) Stanhope, 
was born at Sudbury, October 15, 1755. Sol- 
dier in the revolution from Packersfield, Mas- 
sachusetts (Maine) in Captain Ezra Tow'n's 
regiment. Colonel James Read's regiment, 
aged nineteen, height five feet five inches, com- 
plexion brown, eyes light, farmer by occupa- 
tion, birthplace Sudbury, enlisted May 13, 

1775- 

( \ I ) Warren, son or nephew of Isaac 
Stanhope, was born in 1800; settled in Robin- 
ston and Orrington, Maine, died in 1868. He 
married Mary Butler, of Calais, Maine, born 
1791, died 1880. Children: i. William, bom 
in Orrington, mentioned below. 2. Warren. 



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3. Curtis, a physician. 4. James M., died of 
disease while a soldier of the civil war. 5. 
John, died in Bradford. 6. Mary B. 

(VII) William, son of Warren Stanhope, 
was bom in Orrington, Maine, about 1825, 
died in Bradford, Maine. He was educated in 
the public schools in his native town, and fol- 
lowed farming during his active life at Brad- 
ford, Maine. " He was deacon in Free Will 
liaptist church. A Republican in politics. He 
married Sarah Howard, born in Bangor, 
Maine, died 1874, at Bradford. Children: i. 
William H., soldier in the civil war; at 
Drury's Blufif he was wounded, and was in 

•hespital three months; died in Andersonville 
Prison. 2. Frances E., married Llewelyn A. 
Lucas. 3. Abbie S., married William G. Lar- 
rabee. 4. Flenry Brevet, mentioned below. By 
a subsequent marriage, there is a son, Wesley, 
now residing in South Lincoln, Maine. 

(VIII) Henry Brevet, son of William and 
Sarah (Howard) Stanhope, was born in 
Bradford, Maine, January 5, 1844, and was 
educated in the public schools of his native 
town. When but seventeen years of age, in 
September, 1861, he enlisted in the civil war, 
in Company E, Eleventh Maine Volunteers, 
and served through the war, being mustered 
out February 2, 1866, with the rank of ser- 
geant of the same company. He went through 
the Peninsula Campaign from Yorktown to 
Harrison's Landing, and contracted the ty- 
phoid fever there. He was away from the 
regiment for a while, in Florida, and from 
there went back to Morris Island, and while 
there was in Battery Chatfield about two 
months, on the upper end of the island, shell- 
ing Fort Sumpter. He re-enlisted January 
4, and got a thirty-day furlough home. He 
was back with the regiment in \'irginia again 
in April, in the Army of the James, under 
General Benjamin F. Butler, Tenth Army 
Corps; was wounded in May, but got back 
to finish the campaign of '64-'65 at Appornat- 
tox in the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, First 
Division, Third Brigade. He took part in 
many engagements and saw hard service in 
some of the notable campaigns of the Army of 
the Potomac. He was in Boston, Massachu- 
setts, a few years, being there at the time of 
the big fire, in 72, and was on special police 
in the "city at the time of the first jubilee there. 
Upon leaving the service he went to Michigan, 
to work in the lumbering industry of that sec- 
tion, and for three years was watchman in a 
sawmill at East Saginaw, Michigan. He sub- 
sequently engaged in farming and lumbering. 
In 1884 he returned to Foxcroft, Maine, and 



since then has been engaged in farming in 
that town most of the time. In 1904, owing 
to failing health, he sold his farm, and now 
lives in the village of Foxcroft, where he pur- 
chased a home, and is retired from active busi- 
ness. He is a well known and highly re- 
spected citizen. In politics he is a Republi- 
can. He is a member of Charles D. Jamison 
Post, No. no, Grand Army of the Republic, 
of Bradford Center, Maine. He was formerly 
commander of C. S. Douty Post, of Dover, 
and Charles P. Chandler Post, G. A. R., of 
Foxcroft. 

Henry B. Stanhope married, in Dexter, 
Maine, by the Rev. Thomas M. Davies, March 
29, 1874. Emma H. Pratt, born December 16, 
1849, daughter of Seth C. Pratt, born Sep- 
tember 2, 1807, died June 2, 1880, and Mary 
(Herring) Pratt, born February 2, 1813, died 
November 22, 1895. Robert and Polly 
(Wagg) Herring were the parents of Mary 
(Herring) Pratt, and they lived at New 
Gloucester, Maine. Children of Seth C. and 
Mary (Herring) Pratt: Cynthia J., Rev. 
George W., Rev. Henry O., Emma H. (Mrs. 
Stanhope) and George W., who died young. 
Joel Pratt, father of Seth C. Pratt, was born 
in Massachusetts, in 1776; married Sarah 
Jones ; children : Reuben, Nelson, Lawson, 
Seth C, mentioned above, Esther, Marilla, Joel 
Jr. and Sarah Jones Pratt. Mr. and Mrs. 
Stanhope have no children. 



There were numerous immi- 
WILLIS grants of this name from Eng- 
land during the colonial period, 
but the founder of the family treated of below 
was probably the first to arrive in this country. 
(I) Deacon John Willis, a Puritan of great 
respectabilitv and considerable distinction, ar- 
rived in New England during or prior to 1637, 
and settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, where 
he entered with spirit into the management 
of the early public affairs of the town. He 
sold his property to William Pabodie in 1657, 
removing to Bridgewater as one of the original 
proprietors. He was one of the organizers 
of the town government, holding various town 
offices, was appointed to solemnize marriages 
and administer oaths, served as representative 
to the general court for a period of twenty- 
five years, and was the first deacon of the 
church in Bridgewater. His will was dated 
1692 and proven the following year. He mar- 
ried Mrs. Elizabeth (Hodgkins) Palmer, 
widow of William Palmer, and had children : 
Deacon John, Nathaniel, Joseph, Comfort, 
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(II) Deacon John (2), eldest son of Deacon 
John (I) and Elizabeth (Hodgkins) (Palmer) 
Willis, married Experience Byram, of Bridge- 
water; died in 1712; had children: John, Ex- 
perience, Samuel, Mary, Nathaniel. 

(III) Nathaniel, son of Deacon John (2) 
and Experience (Byram) Willis, according to 
tradition, was born about 1700, in Taunton, 
Massachusetts : married and had two children : 
Lemuel and another son. 

(IV) Lemuel, son of Nathaniel Willis, born 
about 1740, died 1780; married Lydia Hodges, 
born in Taunton, Massachusetts, 1741, died at 
Windham, Vermont, 1810; had one child, 
Lemuel. 

(V) Lemuel (2), son of Lemuel (' i ) and 
Lydia (Hodges) Willis, born June 29, 1771, 
in Taunton, died in Westmoreland, New 
Hampshire, i\Iay 12, 1849: married Fanny 
Cobb, born February 24, 1780, in Hallowell, 
Maine; had children: Lemuel, Fanny C, John. 
H. 

(VI) Rev. Lemuel (3), son of Lemuel (2) 
and Fanny (Cobb) Willis, was born in Wind- 
ham, Vermont, April 24, 1802, and died in 
Warner, New Hampshire, July 23, 1878. 
After pursuing the regular course of study 
at the Chesterfield Academy, New Hampshire, 
he devoted himself to theology, and, entering 
the ministry of the Universalist church, held 
pastorates in Lebanon, New Hampshire ; Troy, 
New York ; Salem, Lynn, Cambridgeport and 
Haverhill, Massachusetts ; Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire, and other places. He was a 
pleasing speaker, noted for his clear and forci- 
ble sermons and his ministry extended 
throughout a period of fifty years. He was 
married (first) to Almanda R., daughter of 

Edward and ( W'itherill ) Simmons ; she 

was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, 
January 25, 1803, and died September 23, 1846. 
Their children w'ere: i. Lemuel Murray, see 
forward. 2. Otis W., born August 24, 1829. 
3. Algernon, July 28, 1833. 4. Mary L., Jan- 
uary 13, 1836, died August 20, i86g; she 
married Philip C. Bean, of Warner, New 
Hampshire, and had a son, L. Willis Bean, 
who is now an employe of the United States 
government in customs at Portland, Maine. 
5. Harlon Simmons, July 18, 1843, who has 
a son, Arthur L., who is the deputy secretary 
of state of the state of New Hampshire. Rev. 
Lemuel married (second) Abigail P. George, 
of Warner, New Hampshire. 

(VII) Dr. Lemuel Alurray, eldest child of 
Rev. Lemuel (3) and Almanda R. (Simmons) 
Willis, was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, 
and died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Jan- 



uary 17, 1893. During his youth he made 
good use of his time in the study of the 
classics, and books on philosophy, language 
and science were his constant companions dur- 
ing the time when he was directed in his 
studies by his proficient and painstaking father. 
Upon the completion of his classical course, 
and when he had obtained some knowledge of 
his professional work, he entered Dartmouth 
Medical College and was graduated Doctor of 
Medicine with the class of 1847. He taught 
school and practiced medicine in Eliot, Maine, 
1848-49, and during the latter year made the 
trip to California with other gold-seekers. Re- 
turning to Eliot, a wiser if not a richer man, 
he resumed the practice of medicine, remain- 
ing there until the spring of 1858, when he 
removed to Canton, Massachusetts, from 
thence to Chelsea, and soon after to Charles- 
town. He was made assistant-surgeon of the 
Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer In- 
fantry in July. 1862, and accompanied the 
regiment to New Orleans, where it was sta- 
tioned under the general directions of Major- 
General Benjamin F. Butler, commanding' the 
Department of the Gulf. He was then sta- 
tioned with the regiment at Ship Island and 
Fort Pike, where his care for and fatherly at- 
tention to the needs of those entrusted to his 
ministrations won well-deserved praise, and 
was mustered out at the close of the war, in 
1865. He returned to Charlestown, again ta- 
king up the practice of medicine, and "lived in 
that town during the remainder of his life. 
He was a member of the leading medical so- 
cieties of :\Iassachusetts, held the rank of 
Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity and 
was the founder and first president of the Bos- 
ton Microscopical Society. He was a thorough 
musician, an expert performer on the piano 
and violin and possessed of rare artistic tastes. 
His love for books made him a discerning col- 
lector of French, German and Latin, as well 
as English classics and the philosophical and 
scientific treasures of literature in the tongue 
in which they first appeared w^ere his par- 
ticular delight. He contributed original and 
translated scientific and medical articles of 
merit to various magazines and to the pro- 
ceedings of learned societies, as well as articles 
having a bearing on his professional and re- 
search work. He married (first) in Eliot, 
Maine, July 15, 1849, Paulina H., who died 
March 23, 1858, a daughter of John and Marv 
(Staples) Fogg. They had one child: John 
Lemuel Murray, see forward. Dr. Willis 
married (second) February 25, 1865, Abbie 
A., who died in Alalden, November 21, 1903, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



and was a daughter of Eben and Priscilla 
.(Hutchins) Neal, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 
By this second marriage Dr. Willis had chil- 

.dren: Harold N., who became a resident of 
Arlington, Massachusetts, and Edith G., who 
married Frank Rideout, and made her home in 
Saugus, Massachusetts. 

(VIII) John Lemuel Murray, only child of 
Dr. Lemuel Murray and Paulina H. (Fogg) 
Willis, was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, 
February ii, 1856. He remained in Eliot. 
Maine, after the death of his mother, and was 
graduated from the public schools and academy 
of the town, and also from the Berwick 
Academy. He selected as his profession that 
of his father, and was graduated from the 

: medical department of Bowdoin College as 
Doctor of Medicine in 1877, and was at once 
appointed house surgeon of the Maine Gen- 
eral Hospital. After a service of one year 
he took a post-graduate course in the Medi- 
cal School connected with the New York Uni- 
versity, then settled as a physician and sur- 
geon in Eliot, Maine, and made his home in 
the old homestead of John Fogg, which had 
been in the possession of his mother's family 
since 1699. The house was built in 1737 and 
the homestead is located on the Old Road in 
EHot. The building is beautifully shaded by 
two stately elms that rise high above the two- 
storied house and give an air of colonial 
grandeur to the entire landscape. Dr. Willis 
was early connected with the public school 
system of Eliot as a teacher and subsequently 
as superintendent of schools and a trustee of 
Berwick Academy. He is a member and has 
served as president of the York County 
Medical Society ; is a member and has served 
as vice-president of the Maine jNIedical So- 
ciety ; has served as chairman of the Maine 
Medical Board of Registration and is a mem- 
ber of the American Medical Association and 
of the Strafford County Medical Association. 
His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic 
order, in which he is a thirty-second degree 
Mason, a member of the Knights Templar and 
a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and with the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which 
he has held high official positions. He is also 
a member of the Maine Historical Society and 
of the Warwick Club, of Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire. He was an active factor in ad- 
vancing the interests of the William Fogg Li- 
brary, made possible by the benefaction of 
Dr. John S. H. Fogg, of Boston, who was a 
native of EHot, and who provided for the 
erection and maintenance of a free public 
library to the memory of his father, the in- 



stitution to bear the well-remembered name 
of William Fogg. The gift included his li- 
brary of choice books, appraised at the time 
of his death at ten thousand dollars. This 
institution now stands on the very acres that 
were a part of William Fogg's homestead and 
Dr. Fogg's birthplace. The town appointed 
Dr. Willis as its trustee and he has charge of 
the building. His private library includes 
over four thousand volumes, collected by his 
father and himself, both enthusiastic and dis- 
criminating book-lovers and collectors. On 
June 25, 1902, Dr. Willis was presented by 
his townsmen with a silver loving-cup just as 
he had rounded out twenty-five years of prac- 
tice among them. He edited "Old Eliot," a 
valuable historical, biographical and genea- 
logical quarterly magazine, now in its ninth 
year, and he is president of the Eliot Histor- 
ical Society. 

He married, October i, 1879, Carrie Estelle, 
daughter of Freeman C. and Ellen J. (Cooper) 
Ham ; they have children : Elizabeth Gail, 
born October 18, 1884, and Harlon Parker, 
born April 30, 1891. 



Charles Gardiner, son of 
McCULLY Charles McCully, of Trenton, 
New Jersey, and Jane Emma 
(Lawrence) McCully, of New York City, was 
born in New York, "December 29, 1832. In 
his early childhood the family removed to 
Oswego, New York, where he passed through 
the first stage of education in the public 
schools. He was prepared for college in the 
celebrated academy at Homer, New York, 
then under the direction of Samuel B. Wool- 
worth, afterward chancellor of the University 
of the State. He matriculated at Yale Col- 
lege in 1850, and was graduated A. B. in 
1853. He was a member of the Phi Beta 
Kappa Society and in the commencement ap- 
pointments was in the rank next after the 
valedictorian and the salutatorian. The class 
numbered one hundred and four members, 
among whom were Andrew Dickson White, 
first president of Cornell University and 
United States ambassador to Germany, Ed- 
mund Clarence Stedman, the poet, 'Wayne 
MacVeagh, attorney-general of the United 
States and ambassador to Italy, Hiram Bing- 
ham, the missionary-educator, and so many 
others who have gained high distinction that 
it is often designated "the famous class of 
'53." After three years spent in teaching in 
Mississippi, Mr. McCully entered the Union 
Theological Seminary, of New York City, and 
was graduated in the class of 1859. His first 



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charge was that of the Congregational church, 
at Milltown, New Brunswick, where he was 
ordained July 17, i860. He remained in this 
place until 1866, having rendered in 1865 a 
term of service in the Christian Commission of 
the civil war. From 1866 to the early part 
of 1876 he was pastor of the Congregational 
church at Hallowell, Maine. Thence he was 
called to the pastorate of the church in Calais, 
and continued in it until his resignation in 
April, igo8, a service of thirty-two years. 
Having declined the request of the church to 
prolong the relation he was made pastor emer- 
itus. ^Ir. ilcCully has been the moderator of 
the general conference of the Congregational 
churches of Maine and on two occasions has 
given the annual sermon before that body. 
He was a state delegate to the International 
Congregational Council held in Boston, iSgg, 
and again to that of Edinburgh, in igoS. He 
is one of the oldest trustees in years of service 
of the Bangor Theological Seminary and has 
served on important committees in the interest 
of the institution. He has endeared himself 
to the people of Calais beyond the circle of 
his own church, and has taken a conspicuous 
and influential part in all movements relating 
to the welfare of the community. During 
many years he has been president of the board 
of trustees of the Free Libran,' and Reading- 
Room, and has given much time and labor to 
the oversight of it. The library is housed in 
a building which was erected in i8g4 at a 
cost of ten thousand dollars, the joint gift of 
Frederick Augustus Pike (181 7- 1886), of 
Calais, and Freeman H. Todd, of St. Stephen. 
The library enjoys a liberal endowment pro- 
vided by James Shephard Pike, associate edi- 
tor of the Nciv York Tribune, 1850-60, United 
States minister to the Netherlands 1861-66. 
A peculiar feature of the endowment is the 
interdiction by the testator of the purchase 
from the fund of any novel which has not been 
published more than ten years. Mr. McCully 
was married December 25, 1867, to Frances, 
daughter of George Marks and Mary Bridges 
(Topliff) Porter. Their children were: i. 
Emma Lawrence, born January 21, 1873. 2. 
Alary Porter, January 17, 1874, died Alarch 
17, i8g9. Mrs. McCully is a descendant of 
John Porter, the immigrant in the following 
line. 



John Porter, of Hingham and 
PORTER Salem (Danvers), a tanner by 

trade and occupation, was born 
in England in 1595. He came probably from 
Dorsetshire to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 



probably landed in Boston and going to 
Dorchester. He was among those who came 
from Dorchester to Hingham in 1635, and 
during his short stay in that town he owned 
land at "Otis Hill," "Over the Delaware," at 
"Lyford's Licking Meadows," "Crooked 
Meadows," "Plaine Neck," "Weir Neck," and 
at "Turkey Meadows." His residence was on 
East street, on lands granted to him in 1637, 
and now a part of the Hingham Agricultural 
and Horticultural Society grounds. He was 
constable in 1641 and a deputy in the gen- 
eral court of elections held in Boston, May 
29, 1664, and in the same year he removed 
from Hingham to that part of Salem after- 
wards known as Danvers, and May 5, 1644, 
Mary Porter (supposed to have been his 
wife) joined the Salem church, but his own 
name does not appear on the church records 
., until i64g. He sold his house and lands in 
Hingham to Nathaniel Baker in 1648. He 
had already purchased a farm in Salem of the 
Rev. Samuel Sharp, May 10, 1643, ^or one 
hundred and ten pounds, and he paid the first 
installment of fifty pounds May 20, 1643, the 
second of thirty pounds May i, 1644, the third 
of thirty pounds. May i, 1645, he did not pay 
until January 20, 1652. On June 2g, 1648, he 
bought of Simon Bradstreet, of Boston, one- 
third of a farm of one hundred and eighty 
acres and the same day bought of William and 
Richard Haj'nes, of Salem, the other two- 
thirds of Bishop's farm. In 1650 he bought 
five hundred acres of land of Emanuel Down- 
ing, of Salem, which farm he gave to his son 
Joseph (q. v.) as a marriage portion in 1663. 
At the time of his death he was the largest 
landholder in Salem \nilage, his lands being 
included in what became the townships of 
Danvers, Salem, W'indham, Topsfield and Bev- 
erly. He was deputy from Salem to the gen- 
eral court of elections held in Boston, April 
29, 1668. He died in Salem Village (now 
Danvers), September 6, 1676, and his widow 
Mary, who probably came with him from Eng- 
land, was said by Perley Derby, of Salem, 
eminent authority, to have been living in 1685. 
The children of John and Mary Porter, the 
immigrants, were: i. John, a mariner, un- 
married, who may have been born in Eng- 
land, and who died March 16, 1684. 2. Sam- 
uel, mariner, owned a large farm near Wind- 
ham, married Hannah, daughter of William 
and Elizabeth Dodge, of Beverly, and they 
had one child, John, born 1658. He died in 
1660 and his widow married, December 2, 
1661, Thomas Woodbury, of Beverly, and 
died January 2, 1689, aged forty-five years. 



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She had by her second marriage nine children. 

3. Joseph (q. v.), baptized September 9, 1638. 

4. Benjamin, baptized in liingham, November, 
1639; died unmarried January 7, 1722-23. 5. 
Israel, baptized in Hingham, February 12, 
1643. I'larried Elizabeth, daughter of William 
and Ann Hathorn, and died in November, 
1706. 6. Mary, born in Salem Village, mar- 
ried Lieutenant Thomas Gardner, April 22, 
1669. 7. Jonathan, baptized in Salem, March 
12, 1647-48, died before 1676. 8. Sarah, bap- 
tized in Salem, June 3, 1649, married Daniel 
Andrews. 

(II) Joseph, third son of John and Mary 
Porter, was baptized at Hingham, Massachu- 
setts, September 9, 1638, by Rev. Peter Ho- 
bart. He removed with his father and the 
others of the family to Salem Village in 1644, 
and on his marriage with Anne, daughter of 
Major William and Ann Hathorn, on Janu- 
ary 27, 1664, he received from his father as 
a marriage portion the five-hundred-acre farm 
of Emanuel Downing in Salem, and on Sep- 
tember 17, 1678, he bought of Hilliard Va- 
ren Jr. forty poles of land in Salem. On Oc- 
tober 24, 1686, he added to his estate by pur- 
chase twenty acres of land on the south side 
of the Ipswich river, in Topsfield, and adjoin- 
ing lands of his brother, Benjamin, which he 
purchased from Sarah, widow of Joseph Will- 
iams, and her son Daniel. He purchased, on 
June 5, 1704, from Ben Maraton, of Salem, 
one hundred rods of land on the road leading 
along North river. He died in Salem Village, 
December 12, 1714, having already buried his 
wife. The children of Joseph and Anne (Ha- 
thorn) Porter, all born in Salem Village, 
were: i. Joseph, October 30, 1665, died be- 
fore maturity. 2. Anna, September 5, 1667, 
married Dr. Samuel Wallis. 3. Samuel, Au- 
gust 4, 1669, married Love Howe, had three 
children and died before 1750. 4. Nathaniel, 
March 8, 1670-71, married Eleanor Doman, 
who had nine children and died probably in 
1756- 5- Mary, December 18, 1672, married 
William Dodge, of Beverly, and had two chil- 
dren. 6. William (q. v.), August 30, 1674. 7. 
Eliezer, May 23, 1676, died probably before 
1714. 8. Abigail, twin of Eliezer, married 
Samuel Symonds, of Boxford, January 8, 
1698. 9. Hepsibah, April 11, 1678, married 
Joseph Andrews, June 7, 171 1. 10. Joseph, 

April, 1681, married Mary ; had three 

children and died in 1713. 11. Ruth, baptized 
September. 1682, married Jesse Dorman. 12. 
Mehitable, baptized September, 1682, married 
Thomas Cummings, of Boxford, March 20, 
1705- 



(III) Deacon William, fourth son and sixth 
child of Joseph and Anne (Hathorn) Porter, 
was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, August 
30, 1674, removed from Topsfield to Norton 
between 1720 and 1730, and there purchased 
land of Joseph Elliott, February 8, 1732. He 
married Phoebe Dorman, December 25, 1706, 
according to the Topsfield records, and he died 
in Newton, May 7, 1732, and his widow 
Phcebe died in Braintree, June 21, 1736, aged 
fifty-five years. The children of W^illiam and 
Phoebe (Dorman) Porter were born in Tops- 
field as follows: i. Ruth, August 28, 1707. 

2. Judith, July 6, 1710, married a Mr. Hewins. 

3. Benjamin, February 4, 1712, married, June 
I, 1738, Dorothy Curtis. 4. Seth, February 
15, 1714, married, March 27, 1746, Abigail 
Herrick. 5. Anne, February 21, 1716, mar- 
ried Deacon Peter Thayer, of Braintree and 
Petersboro, New Hampshire, had twelve chil- 
dren, all born in Braintree. 6. Phoebe, June 
18, 1718, died July 3, 1718. 7. Jonathan (q. 
v.), December 11, 1720. 8. Jabez, February 

( IV ) Dr. Jonathan, seventh child and third 
son of Deacon W'illiam and Phoebe (Dorman) 
Porter, was born in Topsfield, December 11, 
1720, or according to Topsfield records July 
17 of that year. He studied medicine and 
was a practicing physician and surgeon in 
Braintree and Maiden. Fle was married Sep- 
tember 14, 1742, to Hannah, daughter of Jon- 
athan and Sarah (Copeland) Hayden, of 
Braintree. Hannah Hayden was born Decem- 
ber 4, 1724, died at Maiden, January 20, 181 1. 
Dr. Jonathan Porter died in Maiden, January 
I, 1783. Their twelve children, of whom eight 
were born in Braintree and the others in Mai- 
den, were: i. William. September 19, 1743. 
married Lamb and died in Boston, Sep- 
tember 28, 1813. 2. Jonathan, March 12, 
1745, married in Medford, 1773, Phoebe Ab- 
bott, of Andover, and died in Medford, No- 
vember 4, 1817. 3. Hannah, April 4, 1748, 
dietl in Maiden, August 17, 1785. 4. Sarah, 
February 4, 1750, died in Maiden, September 
31, 1775. 5. John, December 28, 1751, died 
in Maiden, August 9, 1798. 6. Jabez, Sep- 
tember 26, 1753, died in South Carolina 
in 1796. 7. Phnebe, March 4, 1756, died 
in Maiden. 8. Polly, April 17, 1758, died 
in Maiden, July 12, 1762. 9. Samuel, Sep- 
tember 30, 1 761, died in South Carolina. 10. 
Polly, September 27, 1762, died in Salem, 
February, 1838. 11. Joseph (q. v.), Septem- 
ber 3, 1764. 12. Benjamin, March 16, 1767, 
died in South Carolina. 

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Dr. Jonathan and Hannah (Haj-den) Porter, 
was "born in Maiden, September 3, 1764, where 
he was brought up and educated. In 1786 he 
went to Robbinston, Maine, as private secre- 
tary to Edward H. Robbins, Esq., of ]\Iassa- 
chusetts, lieutenant and governor of the Com- 
monwealth, 1802-06. He removed to Calais, 
Maine, and engaged in trade at Ferry Point, 
establishing the first general store in the place. 
In 1785 he removed his business to St. Ste- 
phen, New Brunswick, where he continued to 
reside during the remainder of his life and 
where he died June 19, 1822. He was mar- 
ried September 18. 1793, to Betsey, daughter 
of Major Nehemiah Marks, of the British 
army, who had been granted lands at St. 
Stephen by the British government for military 
service. Betsey Marks was born in Derby, 
Connecticut, September 18, 1774, was one of 
a family of twelve children, and she died in 
St. Stephen, January 4, 1870, having by her 
marriage with Joseph Porter become the moth- 
er of ten children, nine born in St. Stephen, 
New Brunswick, as follows: i. William, born 
in Calais. ^Maine, February 2, 1795, died in St. 
Stephen, May 30, 1861. 2. Betsey Ann, May 
17, 1796, married James P. Bixby, of New 
Hampshire. 3. Hannah Hayden, February 2, 
1798, married Jonathan Williams, of Massa- 
chusetts, died January 17, 1828. 4. John, Au- 
gust 20, 1802, married (first) Louisa McAl- 
lister: (second) Ann Whitney; and died in 
Boston, in February, 1852. 5. George Marks 
(q. v.), June 24, 1804. 6. Mary, July 12. 
1806, married Parker Bixby, of Litchfield, 
New Hampshire. 7. Eliza, twin of Mary, mar- 
ried Joseph Stuart and died in St. Stephen, 
March 4, 1828. 8. Joanna Brewer, Septem- 
ber 13, 1808, married David L'pton, of St. 
Stephen. 9. Joseph Nehemiah, October ig, 
181 1, married Janette Grant, of St. Stephen. 
He died in New York, February 23, 1852. 10. 
James, March 18, 1816, married Anna Maria 
Christie, of St. Stephen. He died December 
8, 1859. 

(VI) George Marks, third son and fifth 
child of Joseph and Betsey (Marks) Porter, 
was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, 
June 24, 1804. He was brought up in St. 
Stephen, where he attended school, worked in 
his father's store and became his successor. 
His father having been a citizen of the United 
States, he, as his son, had a right to transact 
business on the Maine side of the St. Croix 
river as well as on the New Brunswick side 
without interference from the revenue collec- 
tors, and he had storehouses at both St. Ste- 
phen, New Brunswick, and Calais, i\Iaine, 



from which points he carried on an extensive 
business in lumber. He sent ship-loads of 
"deals" to the ports of the British empire 
and to foreign ports of Europe. He also car- 
ried on ship yards at Calais, where he built 
crafts of all kinds and he was as well a dealer 
in general merchandise up to the time of his 
retirement some ten years before his death, 
which occurred in 1894. He was married 
March 19, 1829, to Mary Bridges Topliff, of 
Dorchester, Massachusetts. His wife was born 
in Dorchester, August 26, 1809, and died in 
St. Stephen, Maine, October 17, 1846. The 
children of George Marks and Mary Bridges 
(Toplift) Porter were born in St. Stephen 
as follows: i. Charlotte, married Dr. Amos 
Wilder ; she died October, 1906, aged seventy- 
seven years. 2. George Henry, October 6, 
183 1, died when an infant. 3. Anna Maria, 
August 23, 1833, died in 1903. 4. Mary Ellen, 
July 29, 1835, died in i860. 5. Frances (q. 
v.), August 25, 1837. 6. Joseph N., July 5, 
1839. 7- Charles Henry, June 14, 1841, died 
in 1889. 8. George Marks, December 26, 
1844. After the death of the mother of these 
children in 1846, j\lr. Porter married as his 
second wife Ellen Ann Housley. 

(\'II) Frances, daughter of George Marks 
and Mary Bridges (Toplifif) Porter, was born 
in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, August 25, 
1837, and was married December 25, 1867, to 
Rev. Charles Gardiner McCullv, of New York 
City. 



There were a number of early 
KNIGHT immigrants of t-liis name who 

established themselves in vari- 
ous parts of New England, and the posterity 
of each is quite numerous. In common with 
all who bear the name on this side of the 
ocean, the Scarboro Knights, about to be re- 
ferred to, are of English origin, and their an- 
cestry in the mother country can be traced to 
a remote period. As pioneers they rendered 
a good account of themselves, and their de- 
scendants represent the highest type of Ameri- 
can citizenship. 

(I) John Knight, a native of Scarboro, be- 
came an early settler in Westbrook, locating 
at what was afterward known as Knight's 
Hill, and he not only cleared his farm from 
the wilderness, but devoted much time and 
energy to the improvement of his land, which 
he finally brought to a high state of fertility. 
He married Al^igail Ford, of Westbrook, and 
both he and his wife lived to an advanced age. 
Their children were : Nathaniel, James, Hen- 
ry, Sarah, Jane, Eunice and Zebulon. 



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■ (II) James, second child of John and Abi- 
gail (Ford) Knight, was born on Knight's 
Hill, August 28, 1812. In early manhood he 
engaged in general farming on his own ac- 
count, acquiring possession of a good farm in 
Scarboro. and he tilled the soil industriously 
for the remainder of his life, realizing a com- 
fortable prosperity as the result of his labors. 
In politics he supported the Democratic party, 
and in his religious faith he was a Free Will 
Baptist. His death occurred May 7, 1883, at 
the age of seventy years. He married Alary 
E. Redlon, who was born in Buxton, Febru- 
ary 26, 1823, fifth daughter of Amos and Sally 
(Emery) Redlon (see separate article). She 
became the mother of twelve children: i. Jo- 
seph E. 2. Sarah A., who became the wife of 
Hiram Gustin and has four children. 3. Tur- 
ner H. 4. Zebulon. 5. Delia F., became Mrs. 
Floyd. 6. Frank A. 7. Eliza E., became Mrs. 
Merrill. 8. M. Etta, who also married a Mer- 
rill, g. Nathaniel C. 10. Walter L. 11. Will- 
iam. 12. George W. 

(Ill) Frank Amos, sixth child of James 
and Mary E. (Redlon) Knight, was born in 
Scarboro, August 5, 1849. His education was 
acquired in the public schools of Scarboro and 
Saco. While still a lad he became a farm as- 
sistant, receiving for his labor the munificent 
sum of five dollars per month and his board. 
Possessing a robust constitution, together with 
the necessary physical strength, he began an 
apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade at the 
age of fifteen with Leander B. Libby, remain- 
ing with the latter for some time, and he com- 
pleted his trade under the direction of A. J. 
Allen in North Berwick, where he went to re- 
side in 1867. In 1868 he became associated 
with Mr. Allen under the firm name of Allen 
& Knight, and some two years later he pur- 
chased his partner's interest. After carrying 
on a prosperous general blacksmithing business 
alone for several years he entered into part- 
nership with his brother, Nathaniel C., under 
the firm name of Knight Brothers, and that 
concern continued in existence until Frank A. 
Knight relinquished the trade for other pur- 
suits. He had previously engaged in farming 
as a side speculation, making a specialty of 
raising cattle, and for the past ten years has 
conducted jointly with Oliver Merrill Jr. the 
"Ontio" at Ogunquit. In politics Mr. Knight 
is a Republican, and has rendered able public 
services in various capacities. For three years 
he was a member of the board of selectmen, 
served as deputy sheriff for six years, was rep- 
resentative to the state legislature in 1878, be- 
ing with the exception of one the youngest 



member of the lower house, and for the past 
ten years has served with marked ability as 
postmaster at North Berwick, to which office 
he was originally appointed by President Mc- 
Kinley. He was made a Master Mason in St. 
John's lodge at South Berwick in 1873, from 
which he was demitted to become a charter 
member of Yorkshire Lodge at North Ber- 
wick, and has occupied all of the important 
chairs in that body. He also affiliated with 
Eagle Lodge, No. 47, Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, Columbian Encampment and 
Ray of Hope Lodge of Rebeccas, all of North 
Berwick. 

On October 31, 1869, Mr. Knight married 
Clara I. Johnson, daughter of William W. 
and Achsah Johnson, of North Berwick. Mr. 
and Mrs. Knight have five children: i. Ber- 
tha E., born June 23, 1872, assistant to her 
father in the postoffice. 2. Frank Floyd, born 
October 29, 1875. 3. Grace A., born August 
20, 1877, clerk in the postoffice. 4. Nathaniel 
Hobbs, born September 24, 1883. 5. Clara 
IM., born November 28, 1889. Nathaniel H. is 
a graduate of Dartmouth College, class of 
1907. Frank F., who w-as for three years con- 
nected with the North Berwick postoffice, is 
now in the railway mail service between Bos- 
ton and Portland. 



G. T. Ridlon in his admirable 
REDLON "History of the Ancient Rye- 
dales," presents a catalogue of 
the different variations to which the original 
name has been subjected, the number being nO' 
less than sixtv. Prominent among these are : 
Riddell, Riddle, Ridley, Ridlon and Redlon. 
The original, Ryedale, means a valley planted 
with rye. The parent stock were among the 
Scandinavian conquerors of Normandy, and 
one of their descendants, Galfridus Ridel, who 
appears in the Roll of Battle Abby as "Mon- 
sieur Ridel," received from William the Con- 
queror large landed estates in England as a 
reward for his services in the conquest. 

(I) Magnus Redlon, founder in America 
of the York county Redlons, was born at Shet- 
land, on the north coast of Scotland, in 169S; 
emigrated to New England in 1717, settling in 
York, Maine, and there purchased twenty-two 
acres of land. He subsequently resided in 
Biddeford, Scarboro and Saco, owning and 
occupying in the latter place a large tract of 
land containing a dwelling house, situated on 
Rendezvous Point, where he died in 1772. He 
was one of the original members of the First 
Church in Saco. He was a hunter, a fisher- 
man and a noted Indian fighter. Among- his 



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neighbors he was known as "the Httle Scotch- 
man," and the savages called him the "white 
scout with yellow hair." In 1720 he married 
Mrs. Susanna Austin (nee Young), presuma- 
bly born in Scotland, November 23, 1701, 
daughter of Matthew Young and widow of 
Ichabod Austin. She died in 1730 and he sub- 
sequently married for his second wife Massie, 
daughter of Abraham Townsend. The chil- 
dren of this first union were : Susanna, who 
died in infancy; Ebenezer, John, Matthias and 
Daniel : those of his second marriage were : 
Abraham, Jeremiah and Jacob. 

(II) Ebenezer, second child and eldest son 
of Magnus and Susanna (Young-Austin) 
Redlon, was born in York, February 13, 1723. 
In 1 75 1, or shortly afterward, he settled in 
Narraganset No. i, now Buxton. February 
28, 1777, he enlisted in Captain Daniel Lane's 
company of Colonel Ichabod Alden's regi- 
ment for service in the revolutionary war and 
died from exhaustion while in the army May 
5, of the same year. His burial place is un- 
known. August 8, 1751, he married his cous- 
in, Sarah Young, of either York or Pepper- 
ellborough (now Saco). She survived him 
many years. They were the parents of eight 
children: David, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Susan, 
Sarah, Jeremiah, Anna and Moses. 

(III) Ebenezer (2), second child of Ebe- 
nezer (i) and Sarah (Young) Redlon, was 
born in Narraganset No. i, November 4, 1737. 
He was also a revolutionary soldier, first as 
a member of Captain John Lane's company 
and later in the Sixth Massachusetts Regi- 
ment under Colonel Thomas Nixon, serving 
at Boston, Cambridge, in Connecticut, on 
Long Island, at Ticonderoga and West Point 
under General Alexander McDougall. In the 
record of accounts of Captain Lane's com- 
pany he is called Ebenezer Ridley, and is 
charged with one "shirt." He resided in Bux- 
ton and was a shoemaker. Eccentric, out- 
spoken and honest, he took special delight in 
exposing hypocrisy whenever an opportunity 
presented itself, and on one occasion, when at 
a gathering of farmers in a country store, all 
mentioned some disease as an excuse for 
drinking grog, Ebenezer stepped up to the 
counter and said, "Nothing ails me, but I want 
a glass of grog because I love it." February 
17, 1780, he married Sarah Hancock, daugh- 
ter of Isaac Hancock, of Buxton, and she sur- 
vived him, dying in that town December 26, 
1856, aged one hundred years. She was the 
mother of eleven children : Isaac Hancock, 
Amos, Mary, Joanna, Mercy, Elizabeth, Sarah, 
Rebecca, Lucy, Rev. Ebenezer, Selecta, and 



she had at the time of her death two hundred 
and seventy-three descendants. 

(I\') Amos, second child of Ebenezer (2) 
and Sarah (Hancock) Redlon, was born in 
Buxton, December 10, 1783, died there March 
25, i860. He followed the shoemaker's trade 
in connection with farming and was highly 
respected for his various commendable quali- 
ties. He was first married October 28, 1802, 
to Sally Emery, daughter of Benjamin and 
Mercy (Moulton) Emery, of Buxton. She 
died February 24, 1823, and on November 17, 
1825, he married for his second wife Eliza- 
beth Berry, also of Buxton. He was the fa- 
ther of fifteen childre'n, eleven by his first 
union and four by his second, namely : Ben- 
jamin, Sally, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Nathaniel, 
Jonathan. ^lary, Miranda, Cyrus, Rev. Amos, 
Almira, Mary E., Apphia, Eliza, Nathaniel, 
Olive. 

(V) Mary E., youngest child of Amos and 
Sally (Emery) Redlon, was born in Buxton, 
February 26, 1823. She became the wife of 
James Knight, of Scarboro (see Knight). 



This name has borne no incon- 
PARKER spicuous part in the settlement 
and development of New Eng- 
land, and is now found in all parts of the 
country. Not all of its bearers have been 
traced to a common origin, but most are 
known to have descended from the Puritan 
Fathers of the New England colonies. The 
name has been honored in all generations, has 
been especially well known in military annals, 
and those who bear it in this region have held 
up its prestige. It has been associated with 
civil reforms, as well as active in military op- 
erations. 

(I) Joseph Parker came from Rumsey, 
county Hants, England, and sailed from 
Southampton in the ship "Confidence," in 
1638, age twenty-four, settling first at New- 
bury and then in Andover, Massachusetts. He 
was a tanner and owned a corn mill, and was 
one of the organizers of the church at Andover 
in 1645. The given name of his wife was 
Mary, who was hanged for witchcraft in Sa- 
lem in 1692. In the trial she was accused by 
Mercy Wardwell and William Barker of join- 
ing with them to afflict one Timothy Swan. It 
was alleged that several persons in the pres- 
ence of the court were restored by the touch 
of her hand. On such suppositional evidence 
she was convicted and hanged. By the means 
of this ancient and eminent delusion, sanc- 
tioned as it was by those high in authority and 
prominent for piety and learning, many inno- 



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c0Rt people were hurried out of existence by 
a species of religious fanaticism, for no offence 
or crime, by a series of foul, impetuous and 
inconsiderate judicial murders which equaled 
in enormity but not in extent the massacre of 
St. Bartholomew and the butcheries of the 
Duke of Alva in the Low Countries ; the dam- 
nation of which has left a blot on the ermine 
and on the cloth and on the fair name of the 
noble old commonwealth, unmollified by the 
mellilluous influences of time. Her sons in a 
petition to the general court said: "Whereas 
our honoured mother was Imprisoned and up- 
on her Tryal was condemed for supposed 
witchcraft upon such evidence, as is now gen- 
erally thought to be insufficient and suffered 
the Pains of Death at Salem in the year 1692. 
We being well satisfied not only of her inno- 
cency of that crime that she was condemed 
for but of her piety, humbly desire that the 
attainder may be taken off so that her name 
that has suffered may be restored." The sons 
also show in their petition that after their 
mother's execution, an officer sent by the sher- 
iff came to Andover to seize her estate. The 
sons told him she left no estate. Whereupon 
he seized their cattle, corn and hay, and threat- 
ened that their whole belongings should be 
sold unless they could make a settlement with 
the sheriff. The sons were obliged to journey 
to Salem and expend money to save their own 
from confiscation. In their memorial to the 
general court they claim restitution for eight 
pounds. "Considering my great age and in- 
firmity," Joseph made his will November 4, 
1678, and anticipated his death by one day. 
His property was appraised at five hundred 
and forty-six pounds, the dwelling at sixty- 
eight and the old corn mill on the Cochicho- 
wick twenty pounds, quite an estate for those 
times. He appointed "my loving brother Na- 
than, my loving friend Left John Abbott, my 
loving friend Henry Ingalls & my loving 
friend Ensyne Thomas Chandler" overseers of 
his estate. His children were : Joseph, Ste- 
phen, Samuel, Mary, Sarah, Ruth and John. 

(II) Joseph (2), eldest son of Joseph (i) 
and Mary Parker, was born in Andover, Mas- 
sachusetts, and received as his portion of the 
patrimonial property the corn mill on the Co- 
chichowick. He was a housewright and kept 
the village ordinary. He made his will in 
1684, also the year of his death. His worldly 
holdings amounted to four hundred and two 
pounds. He married Elizabeth, widow of 
Obadiah Bridges, and had a son Joseph. 

(III) Joseph (3), only child of Joseph (2) 
and Elizabeth (Bridges) Parker, succeeded 



his father in keeping the Andover hostelry. 
Innholders in those early times were usually 
the leading men of the town. Here the trav- 
eler on horseback during the midday heat drew 
rein to inquire the way, to bait, and partake 
of inner refreshments. Here the benighted 
stranger, some member of the general court, 
wending his homeward way at the close of the 
session, sought the radiant glow of its fire- 
place and the rest of its comfortable beds to 
be early astir in the morning. Here the vil- 
lage loungers met to exchange news and gos- 
sip. Here the marriage intentions and the 
jury drawings were posted and here was on 
file the tory Boston News Letter, perhaps the 
only copy that came to the settlement, for the 
Parkers were good loyal people up to the 
troubles with the mother country. Among his 
guests moved mine host Parker, a hail fellow 
well met, beloved by all, respected by all and 
welcoming all with a true-hearted hospitality. 
He represented Andover in the general court 
in 1730-35-39. His sons were James and 
Peter. 

(IV) Captain Peter (i), son of Joseph (3) 
Parker, lived in Andover and was in the 
French-Indian wars. His boys were named 
Peter Robert and Nathan. 

(V) Peter (2), son of Peter (i) Parker, 
was born in Andover, January 8, 1741, and 
in 1765 the records show that he took up his 
abode in that part of Hancock county, Maine, 
near Fire Falls on the Union river. The early 
name of the little plantation was No. 5, but 
it underwent the usual evolutionary process in 
nomenclature and blossomed into a full-fledged 
township by the appellation of Newport, which 
it subsequently forsook for that of Blue Hill. 
He married Phebe Marble, in 1766. Mrs. 
Parker was born July 29, 1744, and died Oc- 
tober I, 1805. Children: Phebe, Serena, 
Peter, Hansell, Susannah, Marble, Mary, 
Isaac, Chandler, Joannah and Almira Ellis. 

(VI) Peter (3), eldest son of Peter (2) and 
Phebe (Marble) Parker, was born October 
17, 1769, and married Sally Darling. Chil- 
dren : Jonathan Darling, Sukey, Reuben, 
Delia and Amasa. Jonathan Darling, Mrs. 
Peter Parker's father, was a soldier at the 
siege and fall of Louisburg in 1759. 

(\TI) Judge Jonathan Darling, first son of 
Peter (3) and Sally (Darling) Parker, was 
born in Blue Hill, November 24, 1797. He 
was a good mathematical student and became 
a land surveyor. He was very accurate and 
in his day run out a good many of the farms 
in his vicinity, and he was frequently called 
into service whenever land titles were in ques- 




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tion, for he knew the bounds and check-lines 
of about every place. He was a trial justice. 
He married Sabina Wakefield, from Steuben, 
Maine. Children : Charles E., Rebecca S., 
Benjamin W., Delia, Nancy M., Delia A., 
Sarah L. and Edwin C, hereinafter mentioned. 
The father of these children died in Novem- 
ber, 1880, at Mount Desert. 

(VHI) Edwin C, youngest son of Jon- 
athan D. and Sabina (Wakefield) Parker, was 
horn in Steuben, January 15, 1839, d'^d No- 
vember 6, 1907. His education was such as 
was acquired by a country boy in Maine in 
the forties, supplemented by the assistance of 
his father at home, who was a fine arithema- 
tician, and instilled a love for the study into 
the mind of his boy. Up to '870 Mr. Parker 
was the village blacksmith at Steuben, relin- 
quishing his residence there as well as his busi- 
ness in 1870, going from thence to Bar Har- 
bor. Mr. Parker, with excellent foresight, 
recognized the possibilities of the rapid growth 
of Mount Desert and its adaptability both on 
account of its accessible position and its at- 
tractive surroundings for a tourist center, and 
early became a purchaser of desirable building 
sites and held them for the rise, and it was this 
good judgment on his part that made him a 
wealthy man. An Independent in religion, a 
Republican in politics, he was unobtrusive in 
both and fair to the man who disagreed with 
him. Mr. Parker, then just entering upon 
man's estate, responded to the call of Abra- 
ham Lincoln and offered himself and his life 
if necessary that the dear old flag might still 
float above us. He enlisted in the' Forty-fifth 
Maine Heavy Artillery, under Major General 
John G. Foster, in the Department of the 
Carolinas. Private Parker served at Kingston, 
at Whitehall, at Dover Cross Roads, at Batch- 
elder's Creek, at Goldsboro, and at Gun 
Swamp. He was also at New Berne and at 
Marshall City on garrison duty. After three 
weary, long years he came back again, but the 
hard, toilsome marches, the bivouac at night 
in the pestilential swamp with a starry blan- 
ket, the want of proper nourishment and cloth- 
ing probably shortened his days. He was an 
Ancient Free and Accepted Mason, and past 
master of his home lodge ; he had been ac- 
corded the rites of the council and initiated 
into the capitular degree and raised to a Knight 
Templar and was a Thirty-second Degree Ma- 
son. He was made an Odd Fellow at Bar 
Harbor. He belonged to Bay View Grange, 
Eastern Star, the James M. Parker Post, 
Grand Army of the Republic, of which he 



was a past commander, and was senior vice- 
commander of the Department of Maine. 

Mr. Parker married (first) Sarah Irene Ly- 
man. One child, Alonzo W., married Addie 
Cushman. of Steuben ; children : Irene Ly- 
man and Edwin Campbell. He married (sec- 
ond), November 5, 1872, Olivia Jane Young, 
of Eden, Maine, and she survives to mourn 
his loss, which is shared in by the community 
in which he lived and by which he was greatly 
respected. 



Roger Sumner was a husband- 
SUMNER man of Bicester, Oxfordshire, 

England. He married there 
November 2, 1601, Joane Franklin. He died 
there December 3, 1608, and his widow mar- 
ried (second), January 10, 161 1, Marcus 
Brian. Roger Sumner had a brother William, 
who died at Bicester in 1597. Only child of 
Roger and Joane Sumner: Wilham, men- 
tioned below. 

(II) William, son of Roger Sumner, was 
born at Bicester, England, in 1605, and mar- 
ried there October 22, 1625, Mary West. He 
came to New England in 1636 and settled at 
Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was admitted 
a freeman May 17, 1637, and became a promi- 
nent man in the province. He was selectman 
there in 1637 and for more than twenty years. 
From 1663 to 1680 he was one of the feoffes 
of the school land, and from 1663 to 1671 was 
a commissioner to end small causes. In 1663 
he was chosen clerk of the train band. He 
was deputy to the general court in 1658, '66 to 
'70, '72, '78 to '81, and '83 to '86. His wife 
died at Dorchester, June 7, 1676, and he died 
December 9, 1688. Children: i. William, 
mentioned below. 2. Joane, born at Bicester, 
married Aaron Way, of Dorchester, Boston 
and Rumney Marsh. 3. Roger, born at Bi- 
cester, 1632. 4. George, born at Bicester, 
1634. 5. Samuel, born at Dorchester. May 
18, 1638. 6. Increase, born at Dorchester, 
February 23, 1643. 

(III) William (2), son of William (i) 
Sumner, was born at Bicester, England, and 
was a mariner. He came to New England 
with his parents and settled first in Dorchester. 
He removed to Boston, where he died in Feb- 
ruary, 1675. He married Elizabeth, daughter 
of Augustine Clement, of Dorchester. She 
died before 1687. Children, the two first born 
in Dorchester, the others at Boston: i. Eliza- 
beth, born 1652, married, 1670, Joshua Hen- 
shaw; died 1728. 2. Mary, 1654, married, 
January 19, 1672, Nicholas Howe; married 



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(second) John Trow; died February i6, 1706. 
3. William, February 9, 1656. 4. Hannah, 
June 10, 1659, married John Goffe. 5. Sarah, 

February 14, 1662, married (first) 

Turell; (second) Joseph Weeks; died Febru- 
ary 12, 1736. 6. Experience, September 22, 
1664, married Thomas Gould. 7. Ebenezer, 
October 30, 1666, lost in the expedition to 
Canada. 8. Deliverance, March 18, 1669, 
married. May, 1689, Ebenezer Weeks. 9. 
Clement, September 6, 1671, mentioned below. 
10. Mercy, January, 1675, died young. 

(IV) Clement, son of William (2) Sumner, 
was born at Boston, September 6, 167 1, and 
resided at Boston. He married. May 18, 1698, 
Margaret Harris. Children, born at Boston : 
I. William, March 18, 1699. 2. Ebenezer, 
September i, 1701. 3. Margaret, December 
7, 1702, died same day. 4. Margaret, July i8, 
1705, married. May 19, 1726, William Jepson ; 
died December 29. 1783. 5. Elizabeth, Octo- 
ber 8, 1707, married, October 20, 1726, John 
Bennett. 6. Samuel, August 31, 1709, men- 
tioned below. 7. Benjamin, May 28, 171 1. 

(V) Samuel, son of Clement Sumner, was 
born at Boston, August 31, 1709, died Jan- 
uary 26, 1784. He resided at Boston. He 
married, May 16, 1734, at Charlestown, Abi- 
gail, died October, 1772, daughter of Samuel 
Frothingham, of Charlestown. Children, born 
in Boston: i. Abigail, 1735, died young. 2. 
Abigail, August 24, 1736, died June, 1794. 
3. Samuel, 1738, died young. 4. Samuel, No- 
vember 3, 1739, married, September 13, 1762, 
Ann Rand. 5. Ebenezer, March, 1742, men- 
tioned below. 6. William, 1744. 7. John. 8. 
Susanna, married, September 26, 1771, Zach- 
ary Dunnell ; married (second) Per- 
kins. 

(VI) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Sumner, was 
born in Boston, March, 1742, died December 
27, 1823. He lived at Newburyport. He 
married there January 29, 1772, Elizabeth 
Tappan, who died January 21, 1817. Chil- 
dren, born at Newburyport: i. Samuel, No- 
vember 27, 1772. 2. Ebenezer, June 16, 1774. 
3. jNIichael, February 23, 1776, died August 
27. 1777- 4- Elizabeth, November 21, 1777, 
married Eben Noyes; died June 27, 1809. 5. 
Michael, January i, 1780. 6. John, October 
29, 1781. 7. Joseph, May 26, 1783, mentioned 
below. 8. Abigail, May 25, 1785, married, 
1809, Alexander Baker. 9. Sarah, January 6, 
1787, died March, 1816. 10. Esther, Novem- 
ber 25, 1789, married, June 4, 1810, Jacob 
Merrill; died July 25, 1850. 11. William, July 
7, 1791, lost at sea 1815. 12. Mary, May 13, 



1795, married, November 16, 1815, John Ord- 
way Webster Brown, of Newbury. 

(VII) Joseph, son of Ebenezer Sumner, 
was born at Newburyport, I\Iay 26, 1783, died 
September 21, 1861. He removed from New- 
buryport to Lubec, Maine, in 181 1. He was 
a merchant. He was commissioned lieutenant 
in the Maine militia November 12, 1812, and 
was stationed for a time in the war of 1812 
at Eastport and Castine, Maine. Flis com- 
mand on one occasion marched all the way 
from Maine to New York state. He was rep- 
resentative to the Maine legislature in 1828. 
He married, March 18, 1818, Sarah Wiggin, 
born 1784 in Newmarket, New Hampshire, 
died September 21, 1861. Children, born at 
Lubec: i. Joseph Warren, January 3, 1819. 
2. William Hunt Tyler, January 13, 1822. 3. 
Sarah Jane, August 31, 1824, married, De- 
cember 21, 1848, Taft Comstock, of Lubec. 
4. Chauncey Whittlesey, May 13, 1826. 5. 
Salome Sears, August 19, 1828. 6. Elizabeth 
Tappan, November 10, 1830. 7. .A.lexander 
Baker, February 19, 1833, mentioned below. 
8. George Wiggin, April 3, 1835, died Decem- 
ber 30, 1858. 9. Solomon Thaver, March 14, 
1839. 

(VIII) Alexander Baker, son of Joseph 
Sumner, was born at Lubec, Maine, February 
19, 1833. He received his education in the 
public schools of his native town. When a 
young man he was clerk in the general store 
of Simeon Ryerson, whose daughter he sub- 
sequently married. He enlisted as a private 
August 14, 1862, in Sixth Maine Regiment of 
Volunteers, was commissioned second lieuten- 
ant soon after, and served to the end of the 
civil war. He was promoted first lieutenant 
and later captain of his company. His regi- 
ment was in the Sixth Army Corps. He took 
part in the battle of Antietam and at the en- 
gagement at Mary's Heights, near Fredericks- 
burg, May 3, 1863, and at Rappahannock, 
where his regiment suffered severe losses. 
When the term of their enlistment expired, in 
June, 1864, the remnants of the Si.xth IMaine 
Regiment was incorporated with the Fifth 
and Seventh Maine regiments, and Colonel 
Sumner was given a commission as major in 
a new regiment called the First Maine \'eteran 
\'oluntecr Regiment. He was all through the 
severe fighting in the Shenandoah \'alley of 
Virginia under General Philip H. Sheridan 
and others. General David A. Russell was in 
command during the campaign about Win- 
chester, Virginia. Colonel Sumner was mus- 
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of lieutenant colonel by brevet. He returned 
to Lubec and was admitted to partnership by 
his former employer. The firm conducted a 
general store and acted as shipping agents for 
a number of vessels. Later, when Mr. Ryer- 
son died, Colonel Sumner continued the busi- 
ness under the firm name of A. B. Sumner 
& Company. He has been in active business 
now for a period of more than forty years. 
His firm deals extensively in hardware, grain, 
coal and wood» 

He is a prominent Republican, having 
joined the Republican party at its organiza- 
tion and voted for Fremont in 1856 and for 
the Republican ticket at every subsequent elec- 
tion. He was town treasurer of Lubec two 
years, town clerk three years, selectman of 
Lubec for a number of years, state senator in 
1877-78. He served on important committees 
and proved to be a legislator of sound judg- 
ment. He w-as a member of Governor Joseph 
Bodwell's council in 1887-88. He was one of 
the delegates-at-large from the state of Maine 
to the Republican National convention at Chi- 
cago when Benjamin Harrison was nominated 
for president. He is a member of William H. 
Brown Post, No. 138, Grand Army of the Re- 
public, of Lubec, Maine, and was the first 
commander, serving for two years. He is a 
member of Washington Lodge, No. 37, Free 
Masons, of which he was secretary for sev- 
eral years. He is a member of the military 
order of the Loyal Legion, and is now ( 1908) 
the only living field officer of the civil war 
east of Bangor in the state of Maine. He is 
a member of the Lubec board of trade. His 
family attends the Congregational church, but 
Colonel Sumner has no denominational pref- 
erence in religion. He is a stockholder in the 
new Lubec Trust and Banking Company. 
Colonel Sumner has taken a leading part in 
public affairs for nearly half a century. Per- 
haps more than any other man in his section 
of the state he enjoys the public confidence 
and respect. Of strict integrity in business, of 
sterling character, a brave and tried soldier, 
an efficient public servant, a public-spirited and 
useful citizen. Colonel Sumner deserves well 
the high place he has held so long in the hearts 
of his fellow citizens. 

He married, October 8, 1866, Sarah A., of 
Lubec, born November 23, 1841, daughter of 
Simeon Ryerson, who was born June 26, 1814, 
in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Her mother, 
Sarah (Lamson) Ryerson, was born in Bos- 
ton, December 14, 1814. Her sister Harriet 
married Dr. A. T. Clarke, of Cannon City, 
Colorado; her sister, Clara Ryerson, never 
married. 



This name is not a common one 
FILES and is difficult to locate. One 
branch of the Files family were 
of Canterbury, Kent, England. The circum- 
stances of the arrival of the American an- 
cestor of the following line were such that 
unless private family letters or documents ex- 
ist of the earliest generations, it would be 
hopeless to try to prove relationship with the 
English branch. 

( I ) William Files, emigrant and progenitor 
of the Elaine family, was born in England, 
1728. Having a stepfather he ran away from 
home at nine years of age, and hid in the hold 
of a sailing vessel. The captain discovered 
him and finally landed him on Cape Cod, sell- 
ing him for the price of his passage. The 
boy worked until he had settled the debt. In 
1756 he married Joanna (Gordon) Moore, of 
Cape Cod, and moved to York, Maine, and 
thence to Gorham. Eventually he accumulated 
a large property. He bought of John Free- 
man at Gorham thirty-eight acres of land, part 
of the two hundred granted by the proprietors 
to the two sons of Captain Phinney, Edmund 
and Stephen. He made a clearing and built 
a log cabin where he lived for some time, but 
later erected a two-story house, afterward oc- 
cupied by his great-grandson, David F. Files. 
William Files was in the English army at 
Cape William Henry on Lake George and, 
with another, was captured by the Indians, but 
they made their escape through superior 
strength, and when pursued hid themselves in 
a hollow log, and although the Indians tried 
to smoke them out, they finally concluded they 
were wrong in supposing they were hidden, 
and left them to make a second escape, though 
a month's hardships in the woods nearly cost 
them their lives, and they returned home hard- 
ly recognizable and almost in rags. William 
was a member of the Regiment of Rangers 
and was known as "William the old Ranger." 
He was one of the oldest members of the Con- 
gregational church of Gorham and a man of 
the strictest honor and integrity. It is told 
of him that he was "so careful never to be in 
debt that he was never known to have paid 
but twenty cents interest." He died March 21, 
1823, aged ninety-five, and his wife died Jan- 
uary, 1816, aged seventy-five. Their children 
were: i. Ebenezer, born in York, Maine, Feb- 
ruary 24, 1758, married Molly Elder (int.) 
April 8, 1780. 2. Samuel, born in York, Au- 
gust 4, 1759, married Esther Thomas. 3. 
William, born in Gorham (and those that fol- 
low), August 15, 1761, married, December 30, 
1784, Hannah Sturgis and (second) Mary 



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McKenney. 4. Robert, born February 13, 
1764, married (int.) December 10, 1808, Ruth 
VVoodman, of Minot, who died September 13, 
1809; he married (second) Sally Winslip. 5. 
George, February 2, 1766, married, October 
10, 1789, Temperance, daughter of Jonathan 
and Temperance (Gorham) Sturgis. 6. Jo- 
seph, December 11, 1767, married (int.) De- 
cember 22, 1798, Anna Haskell. 7. Polly, July 
2, 1 77 1, married, November 14, 1819, Daniel 
Small, of Raymond. 8. Joanna, May 11, 1774, 
died young. 9. Elizabeth, July 29, 1799, mar- 
ried, January 3, 1804, Rev. Joseph Higgins, of 
Thorndikc. 

(II) Samuel, second son of William and 
Joanna Gordon (]\loore) Files, was born in 
York, Maine, where his parents lived but a 
few years. He married, September 28, 1780, 
Esther, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Pick- 
ering) Thomas, and sister of Ebenezer Scott 
Thomas, a revolutionary soldier. Her grand- 
father was Joseph, son of Thomas Thomas, 
an early inhabitant of Falmouth Neck, Maine, 
where he was granted land in 1716. Samuel 
Files and wife lived on his father's farm be- 
tween West Gorham and Fort Hill. lie died 
April 7, 1835, and his widow died March i, 
1844, aged eighty-one. They had ten children : 
I. Samuel, born August, 1781, married Katie 
Linnell and (second) Sarah Bryant. 2. Thom- 
as, 1783, married, June 11, 1807. Statira, 
daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah P. (Stuart) 
Phinney, of Standish, and granddaughter of 
Captain John Phinney, of Barnstable, Massa- 
chusetts, and Falmouth, Maine. 3. Joseph, 
born 1785, married, January 22, 1810, Peggy 
Westcott and (second) Sally Morton, went to 
Thorn''ike. 4. Robert, 1787, married, April 
21, 1818, Patience Phinney and (second) Ann 
B. Thomes. 5. Abigail, 1789. married Luther 
Libby, of Scarboro, and (second) Rev. Sar- 
gent Shaw. She died May 27, 18S0. 6. Eu- 
nice, born 1 79 1, married David Thompson, of 
Thorndikc. 7. George, 1793, married Anna 
Shaw ; went to Thorndikc. 8. Ebenezer S., 
1795. married Patience Phinney, May 14, 
1818. 9. Stephen, February, 1800, married 
Eunice B. Freeman. 10. Sally, 1802, married. 
Janizary 23, 1843, Luther Libby. 

(III) Stephen, youngest son of Samuel and 
Esther (Thomas) Files, was born in Gorham, 
Maine, February. 1800. He lived on the home- 
stead farm at West Gorham. He married, 
October 21. 1827, Eunice B.. daughter of 
David and Bethiah (Bangs) Freeman, who 
was born February 4, 1808. She was the 
great-granddaughter of Major John Freeman, 
who was prominent in PlynTiuth Colony and 



a soldier of King Philip's war. Her grand- 
parents were Nathaniel and Mary (Chase) 
Freeman, of Standish, Maine. Stephen Files 
died April 14, 1882, and his widow died July 
6, 1885. They had five children: i. David 
F., born March 3, 1830. 2. Hannah B., No- 
vember 16, 1832, married Charles S. D. 
Prince, March 28, 1850; children: Edward, 
Henry, Nellie Thompson and Stephen Files 
Prince; all died young. 3. Charles, 1842, died 
April 21, 1843. 4. Susan A., November 19, 
1844, married Paul R. Seavey, of Bangor. 
Children : Mary, born October 4, 1873, mar- 
ried liiland L. Fairbanks, December 10, 1902. 
lialler David, born October 3, 1876, married 
Charlotte Davis, June 27, 1905. 

(IV) David F., eldest son of Stephen and 
Eunice B. (Freeman) Files, was born in Gor- 
ham, March 3, 1830, and married (first), Jan- 
uary I, 1857, Fannie Curtis; (second) Mor- 
gia Eastman. He followed the occupation of 
farmer and was an express messenger. The 
old home farm is still in possession of this 
branch of the family (1908). No children by 
the first marriage. Children of David F. and 
Morgia (Eastman) Files: i. Hannah Prince, 
born March 29, 1862. died August, 1863. 2. 
Charles Eben, September 6, 1863, married, De- 
cember, 1908, . 3. Carrie Whipple, July 

3, 1865, unmarried. 4. Jane Eastman, May 5, 
1867, unmarried. 5. Harry Prince, July 3, 
1869, married Inez G. Doane, October 28, 
1906. 6. Stephen Clifton, May 12, 1871. mar- 
ried Bertha M. Sands, February 27, 1901. 7. 
Nettie Seavey, August 24, 1873, unmarried. 
8. William Rolf, mentioned below. 9. Kath- 
arine, April 28, 1876, married Oliver Dow 
Smith, September 6, 1899. 

(V) William Rolf, son of David F. and 
Morgia (Eastman) Files, was born in Gor- 
ham. Maine, March 11, 1875. He was edu- 
cated at the public schools of Gorham and the 
L^niversity of Maine, class '98. He followed 
the profession of mechanical engineer in New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania, finally locating with 
the Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Com- 
pany at Providence, Rhode Island. In politics 
he is a Republican ; is unmarried. He is a 
member of the Maine Society of New York, 
and is a member of Raritan Lodge, A. F. and 
A. M., No. 61, Perth Amboy. New Jersey, and 
Lafayette Chapter, No. 26, Rahway, New Jer- 
sey. 



This is said to be a com- 

WILLIAMSON mon name among the 

English Quakers and is 

fouuf! upon the "Rolls of Persecuted Quakers" 



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1659-86. Branches of the family were scat- 
tered throuoh five of the English counties. 
Philip Williamson, of Cambridgeshire, was 
imprisoned in 1659 for nearly a year for testi- 
fying against the corruption of the times. In 
1660 was driven from his own hired house and 
1669-72 was imprisoned for non-payment of 
tithes. For this last course Thomas William- 
son, of county Bedford, was imprisoned, also 
Ellen Williamson, of Cheshire. Thomas, 
George W., Patrick and Hugh Williamson, of 
county Durham, were also fined or put in 
prison for various causes, and John William- 
son, of Lincolnshire, was subjected to a fine 
by the court. Besides these English branches, 
the name was known in Holland, and Willem 
Willemsen, born in that country in 1637, was 
the progenitor of one branch in America. The 
ancestor of the Williamsons who settled in 
Maine, however, is not clearly identified, nor 
is the- locality known of his English home. 

(I) Timothy Williamson, emigrant ances- 
tor, was entered on the town records of 
Marshfield, Massachusetts, June 24, 1649, ^^'^^ 
also in 1657 ^s "Tymothie Williamson." pur- 
chaser of lands in that town. He is supposed 
by some to be the son of the "Master" George 
Williamson, who according to history acom- 
panied Miles Standish in his first interview 
with Massasoit, March 22, 1621. He lived 
near the meeting house, "which he w'as ap- 
pointed to keep warm and clean." June 3, 
1656, he was propounded as freeman of Plym- 
outh Colony and admitted a year later. .-Xt the 
town meeting at Marshfield, May, 1655, he 
was appointed surveyor; in 1656 constable and 
in 1659 pound keeper. At the general court 
held May 4, 1673-74 "Libertie was granted by 
the court unto Timothy Williamson to keep 
an ordinary at Marshfield for the entertain- 
ment of strangers, for lodging, victualing and 
the drawing and selling of beer." Timothy 
Williamson married, June 6, 1653. Mary, the 
daughter (probably) of Arthur Howland. of 
Marshfield. He died in King Philip's war, 
and was buried August 6, 1676. He left a will 
and the inventory of his estate was about fifty 
pounds, .^fter his death his widow continued 
his business at inn-keeping, and married (sec- 
ond), January 22, 1679. Robert Stanford, of 
Marshfield, and died 1690. The children of 
Timothy and ]\'lary were: i. Mary, born July 
7, 1654, married, March 9. 1678-79, Josiah 
Slawson. 2. Timothy. February 26, 1655, bur- 
ied September 18, 1682. 3. John. November 
21, 1657. 4. Caleb, March, 1661-62. married, 
IMay 3, 1687, Marv Cobb. 5;. Experience, mar- 
ried, April 25, 1684, Joseph Taylor. 6. Na- 



•; lived at Marsh- 



than, married Mary — 

field. 7. Martha, May i, 1670. 8. Abigail, 

.-\ugust 10, 1672. 9. George. 

(II) George, youngest son of Timothy and 
Mary (Howland) Williamson, was born at 
Marshfield, Massachusetts, May 2, 1675. He 
married a Miss Crisp and moved from Marsh- 
field, residing for a time at each of the fol- 
lowing towns: Duxbury, Rochester, Truro, 
Eastham and Middleboro. Their children : i. 
Thankful, May 10, 1702. 2. Hepzibah, .A.pril 
29, 1705. 3. Beulah, November 29, 1706. 4. 
Mary, September 10, 1708. 5. George. Oc- 
tober I, 1710. 6. Deborah, April, 1713. 7. 
Caleb. 

(III) Caleb, youngest son of George and 

■ (Crisp) Williamson, was born in 1714. 

The church records of Truro give the bap- 
tismal date August 28, 1714, and he doubtless 
was born there in July as elsewhere recorded. 
His wife was Sarah Ransom. They settled in 
Middleboro and had six sons and three daugh- 
ters, but two of the sons, George and Caleb, 
left issue: George, born 1754, was a revolu- 
tionary soldier. He moved to Canterbury, 
Connecticut, thence to Amherst, Massachu- 
setts, and finally to Bangor, Maine, where he 
died 1822. He married Mary Foster, of Con- 
necticut, and had four sons and four daugh- 
ters. Honorable William D., judge of pro- 
bate, Maine, and historian of that state was 
one of their sons. Caleb, probably younger 
brother of George. 

(IV) Caleb (2), second son of Caleb (i) 
and Mary (Foster) Williamson, was born at 
Harwich, Massachusetts, in 1753-56. No rec- 
ord of his family has been obtained. Among 
his children was a son Nathan. 

(V) Nathan, son of Caleb (2) Williamson, 
was born probably in Maine. He married, and 
among children was Ebenezer. 

(VI) Ebenezer, son of Nathan Williamson, 
was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, November 
10, 1 791, died October 4, 1873, at Shipton, 
Quebec. Married Eliza Willey. 

(VII) Stephen Edward, eldest son of Ebe- 
nezer and Eliza (Willey) Williamson, was 
born August 30, 1834, in Danville, Quebec. 
He was educated at the public schools there 
and the private school of M. C. Forest. Mr. 
\\'illiamson first settled at Milan, New Hamp- 
shire, and his present home is in Berlin. New 
Hampshire. He is a carpenter and contractor. 
He married, at Milan, September 30, 1855, 
Ellen Eleanor, daughter of Hiram E. and 
Lucy A. (Capen) Ellingwood, of Bethel, who 
was born October 2, 1839. I" ^9^5 Mr. and 
Mrs. Williamson celebrated their golden wed- 



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ding. They had three children : Walter D., 
M. D. ; Charles P., married Addie L. York ; 
and Cassius C, A. B., Bowdoin College, 1898, 
married, October 8. 1908, Kathryn \'an 
Horn, lives in Lewistown, Montana. 

(VHI) Walter Darwin, M. D., eldest son 
of Stephen E. and Ellen E. (Ellingwood) 
Williamson, was born March 11, 1863, i^^ ^'i'' 
Ian, New Hampshire. In his youth he entered 
the public schools in New Hampshire and the 
North Bridgeton, Maine, Academy. In 1885 
he entered the medical department of the Uni- 
versity of Vermont and was graduated in the 
class of 1888. After a post-graduate course at 
the Medical School of New York City, he re- 
turned to ]\Iilan and followed his profession 
for six months, when he removed to Gorham, 
New Hampshire, and established a practice 
there which he continued from 1889 until 1901. 
Soon after he removed to Portland, Maine, 
wiiere be built up a lucrative practice and con- 
tinues to reside. Dr. Williamson is a member 
of the State and County Medical societies and 
of the American Medical Society ; F. A. M.. 
Gorham, New Hampshire Lodge, and has all 
degrees through the Scottish and York Rites 
to the thirty-second; I. O. O. F. in New 
Hampshire and K. of P., New Hampshire. 
He is a Republican but not specially active in 
city politics. Dr. Williamson married, Feb- 
ruary 15, 1890, Hattie Maria, daughter of 
Dennis Bond and Ellen E. (Hamlin) York, 
who was born at IMilan, December 16. 1864. 
Fler mother was a descendant of the late Hon. 
Hannibal Hamlin. Dr. and Mrs. Williamson 
have an only child, Eleanor Ellen, born at 
Gorham, August 30, 1894. 



Robert Goodell, immigrant 
GOODELL ancestor of most of this sur- 
name in New England, was 
born in England in 1604. He sailed from 
Ipswich, England, April 30, 1634, with wife 
Katherine, aged twenty-eight, son Abraham, 
aged two, and Isaac, aged six months, in the 
ship "Elizabeth," and settled in Salem, Massa- 
chusetts. He was a farmer or planter and as 
early as 1636 became a proprietor of the town. 
He deeded land in 1668 to his daughter, Han- 
nah Killum, and with wife sold the land ad- 
joining. His will was dated October 12, 1682, 
and proved June 27, 1683, bequeathing to his 
wife, to daughter Elizabeth Bennett and 
grandchild John Smith. Children; i. IMary, 
born 1629, married John Pease. 2. Abraham, 
1631, died young. 3. Isaac, 1633, married, 
January 23, 1668. Patience Cook; died at Sa- 
lem in 1679; left son John. 4. Zachariah, 



1639, mentioned below. 5. Infant, baptized 

1640. 6. Jacob, baptized January 9, 1642, died 
1.676 unmarried. 7. Hannaii, baptized August 
6, 1645, married Lot Killum. 8. Elizabeth, 
married (first) John Smith; (second) Will- 
iam Bennett. 

(II) Zachariah, son of Robert Goodell, was 
born in 1639. He married, June 30, 1666, 
Elizabeth Beauchamps, daughter of Edward 
of Salem. Children, born at Salem: i. Zach- 
ariah, February 9, 1667. 2. Samuel, Decem- 
ber, 1669. 3. Joseph, September 23, 1672. 4. 
Mary, November 27, 1674. 5. Thomas, De- 
cember 30, 1676. 6. Abraham, November 7, 
1678. 7. John, August 10, 1681. 8. Benja- 
min (twin), July 4, 1687. 9. Sarah (twin), 
July 4, 1687. TO. David, Alarch i, 1689-90. 

(III) Daniel Goodell, descendant of Robert 
Goodell, the immigrant, was born in 1766 at 
Prospect, Maine, and died in 1855. He mar- 
ried Mercy Harding, born 1771, died 1843. 
Among their children was Sears, mentioned 
below. 

(IV) Sears, son of Daniel (i) Goodell, was 
born in Prospect, Maine, September 17, 1799, 
died May 6, 1875. He was educated in his 
native town, and followed farming for an 
occupation. He married, in Prospect, June 17, 
181 7, Hannah B. Smith, born December 17, 
1797. Children, born at Prospect: i. Daniel 
Smith, mentioned below. 2. William L., born 
December 29, 1820, lost at sea, December 30, 
1842. 3. George, November i, 1824, lost at 
sea, August 2^, 1841. 4. Margaret, August 8, 
1826, died May 18, 1878. 5. Sarah P., April 
6, 1829, died March 15. 1906; resided in Pros- 
pect. 

(V) Captain Daniel Smith, son of Sears 
Goodell, was born in Prospect, Waldo county, 
Maine, November 12, 1818, died March 29, 
1904. He attended the district schools of his 
native town during the brief sessions before 
he was fourteen. At that age he went to sea 
and followed the life of a mariner continuous- 
ly afterward for some forty years or more. 
In 1838 he had become a master mariner and 
sailed to all parts of the world, generally own- 
ing a share in the vessel that he commanded. 
His two brothers were lost at sea. He was 
enterprising and energetic, making many prof- 
itable voyages, and being well and favorably 
known in the shipping world. He owned shares 
in other vessels besides the one he command- 
ed. In 1855 he settled his family at Sears- 
port, and in 1874 bought the Cole place, where 
his family has since lived. Captain Goodell 
was appointed deputy collector of customs at 
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served twelve years. He was consular agent 
for the Spanish government at Searsport for 
a time. He was a prominent Republican in 
politics. In 1840 he cast his vote for Harri- 
son. He was selectman of the town of Sears- 
port after he retired and for a number of years 
was a justice of the peace. He married. 2\Iay 
15, 1841, Mary Grant, of Prospect. Children: 
i' Alexene L.. bom JNIay 20, 1845. married 
Harvey D. Hadlock. a lawyer of Boston ; chil- 
dreij: Inez and Deming Hadlock. 2. Daniel 
S. Jr., February 16, 1853, married Minnie L. 
Murray, of Sacramento. California ; resides at 
New York City; has led a maritime life. 3. 
Mary A., January 29, 1848, died aged twelve 
years. 4. William Heagan, November 12, 
1854, mentioned below. 5. Susan B., Septem- 
ber C, 1861, married Fred A. Davis, M. D., of 
Boston ; son. Arnold B. Davis. 

(\"I) Captain William Heagan. son of Cap- 
tain Daniel Smith Goodell, was born in Sears- 
port. Maine, November 12, 1854. He was 
educated in the public schools of his native 
town and in Bucksport Academy. He went 
to sea in his youth and followed it until 1889, 
when he retired. He rounded Cape Horn and 
also the Cape of Good Hope before he was 
twentv-one as master. He first commanded a 
ship on the voyage to Hamburg, Germany, 
from \'alparaiso. South America. During the 
fifteen years in which he was master mariner 
he commanded the ships "Robert Porter," 
"Goodell." "Governor Robie" and others, ma- 
king voyages from time to time to China, 
Japan, the Philippines, San Francisco and 
South America, as well as to England and 
various European ports. Since 1889 he has 
been retired, living at his home in Searsport, 
]^laine. In politics he is a Republican. He 
is a member of Neptune Lodge of Free Ma- 
sons, Glasgow, Scotland ; of the Thetis Chap- 
ter, Royal Arch Masons, Glasgow, of which 
King Edward was grand master while he was 
Prince of Wales. He married. October 19, 
1905, Elizabeth Blanche, born May 30, 1873, 
daughter of F. E. Whitcomb, of Searsport. 
They have one child, William Heagan Jr., 
born October 19, 1907. 



The origin and early ancestry of 
MINER the Miner family in England is 

given thus: Edward HI of Eng- 
land, going to war against the French, 
marched through "Somersetshire, came to 
Mendippe hills, where lived Henry Miner, who 
with all carefulness and loyalty, having con- 
vened his domestic and menial servants armed 
with battle axes proffered himself and them to 



his master's service making up a complete 
hundred." For this service he was granted 
the coat-of-arms : Gules a fesse between three 
plates argent. 

(I) Henry Miner, mentioned above, died in 
1359. Children: Henry, Edward, Thomas, 
George. 

(II) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Miner, 
married Henrietta, daughter of Edward 
Hicks, of Gloucester. Children: i. William. 
2. Henrv, who served in 1384 under Richard 
III. 

(III) William, son of Henry (2) Mmer, 
married Hobbs, of Wiltshire. Chil- 
dren: I. Thomas. 2. George, lived in Shrop- 
shire. 

(IV) Thomas, son of William Miner, lived 

in Herefordshire in 1399: married , 

daughter of Cotton Gresslap, Staffordshire. 
Chitdren : Lodovic, George, Alary. 

(\') Lodovic, son of Thomas Miner, mar- 
ried Anna, daughter of Thomas Dyer, of 
Staughton, Huntingdonshire. Children: i. 
Thomas, mentioned below. 2. George (twin), 
born 1458. 3. Arthur (twin), born 1458, 
served the house of Austria. 

(VI) Thomas (2), son of Lodovic Miner, 
was born in 1436. He married Bridget, daugh- 
ter of Sir George Hervie, of St. Martin's, 
county Middlesex; died 1480, leaving two 
children to the tutorage of their mother 
Bridget, but she resigned to her father and 
turned to monastic life in Datford. 

(VII) William (2), son of Thomas (2) 
Miner, married Isabella Harcope de Folibay 
and lived to revenge the death of the two 
voung princes slain in the Tower by their 
imcle Richard HI. Children: William, 
George, Thomas, Robert, Nathaniel, John and 
four others. John and Nathaniel went to Ire- 
land in 1541^ when Henry Mil was pro- 
claimed king of Ireland. Nathaniel married 

Fitzmaurice, nee Catherlough, in Lein- 

ster. Ireland. John married Joselina O'Brien 
or O'Brvan of Innis, in county Clare. 

(Vllf) William (3). son of William (2) 
Miner, was buried at Chew Magna, February 
23, 1585. Children: Clement, Elizabeth. 

(IX) Clement, son of William (3) :\Iiner, 
died March 31, 1640, at Chew Magna. Chil- 
dren: I. Clement, married Sarah Pope. 2. 
Thomas, settled in Stonington. Connecticut, in 
1683. 3. Elizabeth. 4. i\Iary. (This pedi- 
gree was prepared while the American ances- 
tor was living.) 

(X) Clement (2), son of Clement (i) ]Mi- 
ner, married Sarah, daughter of John Pope, 
of Norton, Small Reward, Somerset, England. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Clement is buried at Burslingtoii, Somerset- 
shire. Children: William, Israel, married 
Elizabeth Jones. 

(XI) William (4), son of Clement (2) Mi- 
ner, married Sarah Batting, of Cliffon, 
Gloucester. Children : William, Sarah, who 
resided in Christmas street, London, in 1683. 

(I) Silvanus Miner, who was doubtless de- 
scended from the progenitor mentioned above, 
the lineage not being traced for want of rec- 
ords, lived in New Brunswick. He was a 
farmer and blacksmith by trade. He married 
Ruth Stiles, whose father was a native of 
England, coming to New Brunswick about 
1800. Among their children were Nathan, 
John, George, James, William, Harvey, Ruth, 
Jane, Lucy, and three others who died in in- 
fancy. 

(II) Nathan, son of Silvanus Miner, was 
born in New Brunswick. He was a farmer, 
living at Mount Whatley, New Brunswick, 
where he died February 10, 1908. He married 
Celia, daughter of Llenry and Elizabeth 
(Hoegg) Carter. Her father was a native of 
England, coming first to New England and 
thence to New Brunswick ; her mother was 
daughter Clara of the same English family as 
General Lord Roberts of the British army. 
Children of Nathan and Celia (Carter) Mi- 
ner: I. Albert H., born November 25, 1870, 
manager of the Woodworking Company at 
Amherst, Nova Scotia. 2. Walter Nathan, 
mentioned below. 3. Bertha A., April 10, 
1875, married Thomas W. Keillor; she died 
in 1905. 4. Amelia R., February 10, 1878, 
married Edgar Embree, of Amherst, Nova 
Scotia. 5. Lloyd G., June 8, 1881, lives at 
Mount Whatley, a farmer ; married Ardella 
West, of Boston, Massachusetts. 6. Pearl L., 
December 11, 1884, married William T. Keil- 
lor. 

(III) Dr. Walter Nathan, son of Nathan 
Miner, .was born at Mount Whatley, New 
Brunswick, July 13, 1872. He attended the 
public schools of his native town and the Nor- 
mal school at Frederickton, New Brunswick. 
He taught school for three years after grad- 
uating from the normal school. While teach- 
ing at Rockport and Frederickton he began 
the study of medicine. He then entered the 
Baltimore Medical College, from which he 
was graduated in the class of 1898 with the 
degree of M. D. He was attached to the 
Medical General Hospital at Baltimore, Mary- 
land, for one year, and had four months of 
service in the Johns Hopkins Llospital in the 
same city. He went abroad to study and took 
post-graduate courses at the Polyclinic Hos- 



pital in London. He has had experience also 
in New York and Boston hospitals. He be- 
gan the general practice of medicine at Calais, 
Maine, in May, 1898, and has been very suc- 
cessful. He is a member of the Provincial 
Medical Society of New Brunswick ; Washing- 
ton County Medical Society; is surgeon of the 
Washington County Railroad Company ; mem- 
ber of Saint Croix Lodge, No. 46, Free Ma- 
sons ; of Calais Chapter, No. 17, Royal Arch 
Masons; of Hugh de Payen Commandery, 
Knights Templar; of the Order of Modern 
Woodmen of America ; Calais Lodge, Knights 
of Pythias. He is vice-president of the Calais 
board of trade. In politics he is a Republican, 
and has represented ward four in the board of 
aldermen of Calais for two years. He is med- 
ical examiner for the L'nion Life Insurance 
Company of Portland, Maine; of the Pruden- 
tial Life Insurance Company of New Jersey; 
of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, 
Boston ; of the Northwestern Life Insurance 
Company and of the Travelers' Life Insur- 
ance Company. In religion he is a Baptist. 

He married, April 29, 1903, Estella, born 
April 8, 1874, daughter of James Edward and 
Martha (Amos) Delahay, of San Francisco, 
California. Children: i. Edward Nathan, 
born May 31, 1906, died in infancy. 2. John 
Prescott, May 6, 1907. 



The exact origin of the name 
COLCORD is not readily determined, but 

it is found in England spelled 
in various ways : Colquitt, Colcott, Colcut, 
Calcord and Colcord. There is some evidence 
that the family of the American ancestors 
were located in county Norfolk, England. The 
first of the name in the country were two 
brothers, Edward and Gideon. 

(I) Edward, emigrant, came to New Eng- 
land 163 1, and is recorded as planter, Salem, 
Massachusetts, 1637, and Dover, New Hamp- 
shire, 1643. He witnessed the "Wheelwright 
Deed" 1638. According to a "deposition," he 
was fifty-six years of age in 1673, and there- 
fore born in England about 1617. His wife's 
name was probably Anne Page, as Robert 
Page (wdio settled early in Salem. Massachu- 
setts, and moved to New Hampshire) men- 
tioned in a deed his "brother Edward Col- 
cord" and "his wife Ann," for whom he made 
effort to secure claims in 1654 and again in 
1679. This Robert Page was from Ormsby, 
county Norfolk (or York), England. Edward 
Colcord was very active, evidently rather in 
advance of his time; stirring up strife with 
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controversies and lawsuits, thus acquiring un- 
popularity except in liis own very respectable 
circle of friends, by whom he was well liked 
and respected. He went to Hampton, New 
Hampshire, in 1645, where he died February 
10, 1681-82. On one occasion he mentioned 
his "brother Deacon Robert Page," who had 
shown much kindness to his "wife Anne'' and 
family and assisted in some settlement of the 
estate at Hampton. Children of Edward and 
Anne were: i. Jonathan, born about 1640, 
died August 3, 1661. 2. Hannah, 1643, mar- 
ried Thomas Dearborn, and died July 17, 1720. 
3. Sarah, 1646, married John Hobbs. 4. Mary, 
October 4, 1649, married Benjamin Fifield and 
died at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, 1741. 
5. Edward, February 2, 1652. 6. Samuel, 

1655. married ]\Iary . 7. Mehitable, 

1658, married Nathaniel Stevens, of Dover. 
8. Shuah. May 2, 1664, married Tristan Cof- 
fin, g. Abigail, July 23, 1667. 

(II) Edward (2), second son of Edward 
(i) and Anne (Page) Colcord, was born at 
Hampton, New Hampshire, February 2, 1652. 
It is said he was "killed by Indians June 13, 
1677." He had two sons, Gideon and Ed- 
ward (3), who settled in Newmarket, New 
Hampshire. The name of his wife is not 
learned. He died "very much regretted." In- 
ventory of estate, dated 1677. (Perhaps 
1697.) 

(III) Edward (3), son of Edward (2) Col- 
cord, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire. 
He married Jane, daughter of Tristan and 
Deborah (Colcord) Coffin, of Kittery, Maine. 
Her father had inherited property at Dover, 
New Hampshire. He was captain of a troop 
of horse commissioned November 6, 1732. He 
left by will, 1761, "to daughter Jane Colcott 
all lands in Rochester (Me.) and also 200 
pounds." Edward (3) Colcord resided in 
Newmarket, New Hampshire. He was called 
"Edward Jr." All the Colcords of Maine are 
said to be descended from this Edward and 
his brother Gideon. Children of Edward (3) 
and Jane were: i. Gideon of Newmarket. 2. 
Nathaniel, of Hallowcll, Maine. 3. Josiah, of 
Parsonfield, Maine. 4. Joab, of Parsonfield. 
5. Jeremiah, of Tuftonboro. 6. Benjamin, of 
Northend. 7. Eunice. 

(IV) Josiah, third son of Edward (3) and 
Jane (Coffin) Colcord, was born in Newmar- 
ket, New Hampshire, April 10, 1755. It is 
possible that this Josiah of the fourth gen- 
eration was previously married and had a son 
David, bom 1775-76: from the fact that Josiah 
had a son, John S. Colcord, and that David's 
son William gave his son the same name, re- 



corded in the same manner "John S.," it would 
seem that there must be a close relationship. 
(V) David, eldest son of Josiah and Mary 
(Shepherd) Colcord, was born about 1775-76. 
He married Eunice Parsons, and their chil- 
dren were: i. David Jr., married (first) Re- 
becca Smart and (second) Rebecca Ellis Har- 
riman and had seven children : i. Elizabeth, 
married William J. Dodge; ii. David, married 
Martha West; iii. Mark, married Rebecca T. 
Marden ; iv. James, married Eliza Cumming- 
ham ; v. Joshua, unmarried ; vi. Wilson, mar- 
ried Katharine Black : vii. Amanda, married 
William L. Young. 2. Benjamin, married Abi- 
gail Park and had four children: i. Benja- 
min (2), married Abiah Blanchard ; ii. Ala- 
tilda, married Augustus Webber ; iii. Amelia, 
married Nathan H. Griffin : iv. John, married 
Betsey Curtis. 3. Chase, married Abigail 
Lampher and had seven children : i. Abigail, 
married Ezekiel Mosman ; ii. Emily, married 
Alplieus Fields; iii. Chase (2) ; iv. Mary Ann, 
married Mr. White; v. Eunice; vi. Elizabeth; 
vii. Jonathan, married Hannah Smart. 4. 
William, see below. 5. John, married Amelia 
Landau Park, and had three children : i. El- 
mira J., married James W. Mosman: ii. Mary 
Ann ; iii. John Green Pendleton, married 
Nancy Penclleton. 6. Eunice, married Captain 
Augustus Lampher and had five children : i. 
Augustus (2), married Elizabeth Towle; ii. 
Elisha, married Maria Savery ; iii. William, 
married Abigail Turner ; iv. Abigail, married 
Thomas True ; v. Eunice, married John Ma- 
son. 7. Polly, married Josiah Towle and had 

eight children: i. Josiah (2), married 

Snow ; ii. Margaret, married A. T. C. Dodge ; 
iii. Isabell, married Levi Trundy ; iv. David; 
V. Ann, married Henry Sparrow; vi. Mary 

Jane, married Gardner ; vii. Abigail, 

married Thomas Piper ; viii. Henry Palmer. 

(VI) William, fourth son of David and Eu- 
nice (Parsons) Colcord, married Sally Jane 
Ames, who died in December, 1858. William 
Colcord met his death by drowning, in June, 
1826, in Penobscot bay. Their chiUlren were: 

1. Mary Jane, married Benjamin Batchelder. 

2. Sally, married Marshall Dutch. 3. John S., 
married Sarah Howe, living 1908, aged ninety- 
four. 4. William David, married Eleanor 
Hichborn. 5. Josiah Ames, married Martha 
J. Berry. The mother married (second), in 
1830, Jonathan Staples. 

(VII) Josiah Ames, youngest son of ^Vill• 
iam and Sally J. (Ames) Colcord, was born 
January 22. 1818, in Prospect, Maine (now 
Stockton Springs). He was a ship owner and 
captain and for many years was engaged in 



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ship building on the Penobscot river. He 
died June 30, 1876, while on a voyage, of yel- 
low fever, at Havana, Cuba. He was an ac- 
tive Democrat, "an old Jefifersonian," and it 
was his ambition to see the election of a 
Democrat to the presidency, but this was not 
realized. Captain Colcord married, December 
24, 1840, Martha Jane, daughter of Captain 
John Berry, of Prospect, who was born No- 
vember 8, 181 8, in Prospect, and died January 
2, 1894, in Stockton. Their children were : 
I. Melvin E., born November 7, 1844, see be- 
low. 2. Emery B., residing in Rockland, 
Maine. 3. Pauline, married C. C. Roberts, of 
Stockton, and is now deceased. 4. Clara E., 
deceased. 5. Frederick D., a resident of 
Brooklyn, New York. 6. Frank Augustus, 
mentioned below. 

(Vni) Melvin Edgar, eldest son of Josiah 
Ames and Martha Jane (Berry) Colcord, was 
born at Prospect, Maine, November 7, 1844. 
He married, at Stockton, March 31, 1866, 
Roxanna Larabee Cleaves, born September 14, 
1844. He was educated in the public schools 
of Stockton and has followed the sea in com- 
mand of vessels for forty years. Captain Col- 
cord retired in 1905 and resides in Stockton 
Springs, Maine. He had six children : Mari- 
etta, Lizzie B., Evelyn L., Edgar M., Arthur 
B., Ethel M. 

(VHT) Frank Augustus, youngest son of 
Josiah Ames and Martha Jane (Berry) Col- 
cord, was born at Stockton Springs, June 7, 
1856. He was educated at the public schools 
of Stockton Springs and the Maine Seminary, 
Bucksport, and Pittsfield Methodist Seminary. 
He went to sea from 1869 to 1880, when he 
settled in New York City, leaving the shipping 
to engage in the clothing business at 42 South 
street, in partnership with his brother, Fred- 
erick D. Colcord. In 1899 he purchased his 
brother's interest and is now sole proprietor. 
The trade is principally in fitting out sea- 
going people. In religious faith he is a Uni- 
versalist, and adheres to old-time Democratic 
ideas in political matters. He married, Au- 
gust 16, 1880, Hattie Louise, daughter of Jack- 
son and Sarah E. (Sullivan) Rich, of Stock- 
ton Springs. She was born January 16, i860, 
in Machias, Maine. Children: i. Clifford F., 
in business with his father. 2. Howard F., 
salesman. New York City. 3. Walter R., a 
junior at Cornell University. 4. Louise. 5. 
Sarah. 

From time out of mind the 
GORDON Scotch have been noted as a 

patriotic and valorous nation — 
and in the forefront of the Scotch clans in 



war and in peace have stood the Gordons. 
Some of them coming to this land of greater 
wealth and grander opportunities, rendered 
yeoman service to the commonwealths in 
which they became adopted citizens, and 
raised families whose members have taken ac- 
tive and useful parts in maintaining the in- 
tegrity and promoting the prosperity of the 
nation. 

(I) John Gordon, said to have been a son 
of the Duke of that name, according to family 
tradition, married Grace Toy, who was not 
his equal in rank, and for that act was cast 
off by his family and went to Ireland, where, 
after a residence of some time, he died. His 
widow, accompanied by three sons, one of 
whom was Henry, migrated to America about 
1740, and settled in Andover. Massachusetts. 

(II) Henry, son of John and Grace (Toy) 
Gordon, was born in Ireland, was left to the 
sole care of his mother when a child, by the 
death of his father, accompanied her to Ameri- 
ca, and when General Joseph Frye received 
a grant of a township of land and settled in 
Maine, and founded Fryeburg in the wilds of 
what was then a part of Massachusetts, Henry 
Gordon, a friend and neighbor, accompanied 
him. Henry Gordon married in Andover, and 
children were born to him there, among whom 
were Henry and two daughters who married 
sons of General Frye. Another daughter mar- 
ried a son of Judge Simon Frye. 

(III) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Gor- 
don, was born in Massachusetts, removed with 
his parents and the other members of their 
family to Fryeburg, and spent his life there 
in the employments incident to the time and 
place. 

(IV) Stephen, eldest son of Henry (2) 
Gordon, was born in Fryeburg, October 10, 
1794. Fie was a farmer, as almost every man 
was obliged to be in those days, and also did 
considerable at lumbering in that region which 
then was covered with some of the finest tim- 
ber within many miles of the coast. He lived 
to the age of sixty-nine, and died in Frye- 
burg, March, 1863. He married Lydia Buf- 
fington Chase, born in Fryeburg, July 10, 
1801, died in Fryeburg, December, 1864, 
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Spring) 
Chase. Thomas Chase was a son of Dr. 
Josiah and Mehitable (Frye) Chase, who was 
a surgeon in the French and Indian war and 
served with General Joseph Frye and married 
his daughter, Mehitable Frye. He practised 
medicine in Canterbury, New Hampshire, for 
some years, but moved' to Fryeburg, being the 
second physician in that town, and died there. 



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His son, Thomas, married Mary Spring, 
daughter of Jedediah Spring, of Fryeburg. He 
was the fourth Thomas Chase from Aquilla 
Chase, and was born in Canterbury, New 
Hampshire, and died in Fryeburg, Maine. The 
children of Stephen and Lydia B. (Chase) 
Gordon were : Setli Chase, Marshall, William, 
Samuel Chase, Stephen, and Hannah Stack- 
pole. 

(V) Dr. Seth Chase, eldest son and first 
child of Stephen and Lydia B. (Chase) Gor- 
don, was born in Fryeburg, August 17, 1830. 
Fie grew up on his father's farm and attended 
the district school and Fryeburg Academy, 
where he fitted for college. For several win- 
ters he taught school in country districts in 
Fryeburg and adjoining towns. Fie also taught 
one year in Evansville, Indiana. He began the 
study of medicine in the office of Dr. Ira 
Towle, of Fryeburg. After spending two years 
in Dr. Towle s office, he took one course of lec- 
tures at Dartmouth 2\Iedical School, and then 
entered the .Maine Medical School at Bruns- 
wick, where he attended one term, and grad- 
uated with the class of 1855. He began prac- 
tice in the town of Gorham, Maine, at Little 
Falls, in the village of South \\'indham, where 
he remained until 1861. In December of that 
year he was appointed assistant surgeon of 
the Thirteenth Maine Volunteer Infantry 
Regiment, and served with that command in 
the Department of the Gulf in the Nineteenth 
Army Corps, in Louisiana, Mississippi, and 
Texas, until October, 1863, when he was made 
surgeon of the First Louisiana \'olunteer In- 
fantry (white), which was stationed in the 
Department of the Gulf. During a part of 
his term of service he acted as surgeon of the 
District of La Fourche, on the staff of General 
Cameron, and was mustered out July 12, 1865, 
having served nearly four years. Returning 
to Maine, he settled in Portland, October i, 
1865, and has since resided in that citv. His 
four years' experience in surgery iia the war 
gave him training that fitted him to take a 
leading place in surgical circles, which he 
has ever since maintained. In 1874 he was 
appointed surgeon of the Maine General Hos- 
pital, and is still one of its stafif, after a serv- 
ice of thirty-four years. He is consulting 
surgeon to the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, 
was lecturer on diseases of women in the 
Portland School of Medical Instruction. He 
has served as president of the Maine Medical 
Association, vice-president of the American 
Medical Association, and president of the sec- 
tion of obstetrics and diseases of women of 
the same association. He is a fellow of the 



American and of the British Gynecological 
Society, also of the Boston Gynecological So- 
ciety and the Detroit Academy of Medicine. 
Was president of the American Gynecological 
Society in 1902. Fle has written much for 
medical journals and read numerous papers 
before medical societies, both of this country 
and of Europe, on surgical subjects. His 
opinion as an expert in matters surgical and 
medical has often been required in court, 
where it has always been a matter of pro- 
fessional pride with him to give his opinions 
as he formed them from an understanding of 
the facts, without regard to the effect thev 
might have on either party to the suit. Hi's 
place in his profession is a prominent and hon- 
orable one, and his services and ability have 
brought him many honors. His attainment? 
and widely extended practice, a practice which 
for years has covered the state, and much of 
New England, has made him one of the most 
useful citizens of the commonwealth. In 
politics he is an uncompromising Democrat of 
the old school — three of his fundamental tenets 
being: Sound currency, tariff for revenue 
only, and the largest personal liberty con- 
sistent with the safety of the community. He 
has served one year in the Portland common 
council, and three years as a member of the 
school committee. His service in these po- 
sitions was rendered, not in accordance with 
his wishes, but in performance of what he 
believed to be his duty to the state. From 
1896 to 1900 he was a member of the National 
Democratic committee of Maine. In 1905 he 
received from Dartmouth College the honor- 
ary degree of LL. D. The same year he de- 
livered the course in gynecology in Dartmouth 
Medical School. In religious belief he is a 
Unitarian, and to the church of that faith he 
gives with such measures as its needs require. 
In 1858 Dr. Gordon became a member of 
Harmony Lodge, Gorham, Maine, Free and 
Accepted Masons. Since that time he has ad- 
vanced in the Masonic Order through the fol- 
lowing organizations: Eagle Roval Arch 
Chapter, of Westbrook ; Portland Commandery 
No. 2, Knights Templar, of which he is a past 
commander; and was also grand commander 
of the Grand Commandery of Knights Tem- 
plar, of Maine, and commander of the Maine 
Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the 
United States. The only' club of which he is 
a member is the Cumberland, of which he 
was president four years. While never an 
active politician, he has always been ready to 
aid in support of the principles of the Demo- 
cratic party, as enunciated above, and much 



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aoainst his inclination was the candidate of 
his party for representative to congress in 
1002 in the f^rst congressional district of 
I\laine. He is a member of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, Maine Historical So- 
ciety, Portland Natural History Society Port- 
land Art Club, director in the Associated Char- 
ities and president of the board of trustees of 
Fryeburg Academy, in which institution he 
has for many years taken much interest. He 
has never married. 

Peter, being one of the twelve 
PERKINS Apostles, his name was a fa- 
vorite one for centuries among 
Christians. It assumed the form of Pierre 
in France, whence it found its way into Eng- 
land and there took the diminuative form of 
Perkin. This gradually and naturally became 
Perkins, and, in time, was bestowed upon or 
assumed by one as a surname. Many of the 
name were among the early settlers of New 
England, and their descendants have borne 
honorable part in the development of modern 
civilization in the Western Hemisphere. 

(I) John Perkins was born m Newent, 
Gloucestershire, England, in 1590. On De- 
cember I, 1630, he set sail from Bristol in 
the "Lyon," William Pierce, master, with his 
wife (Judith Cater), five children and about 
a dozen other companions. They reached Nan- 
tasket, February 5, 1631, and settled in Bos- 
ton He was the first of that name to come 
to New England, and was one. of the twelve 
who accompanied John Winthrop Jr. to settle 
in Ipswich, where he was made freeman May 
18 1631 By another authority he did not 
move until 1633. On April 3, 1632, "It was 
ordered" by the general court "that noe pson 
wtsoever shall shoot at fowle upon PuUen 
Poynte or Noddles Illeland; but that the sd 
places shal be reserved for John Perkins to 
take fowle with nets." Also, November 7, 
1632 John and three others were "appointed 
by tiie Court to sett downe the bounds be- 
twixte Dochester and Rocksbury." He at 
once took a prominent stand among the colo- 
nists, and in 1636 and for many years after- 
wards represented Ipswich in the general high 
court. In 1645 he was appraiser and signed 
the inventory of the estate of Sarah Dilling- 
ham. In 1648 and 1652 he served on the 
grand jury. In March, 1650, "being above 
the age of sixty he was freed from ordinary 
training of the court." He made his will 
(probate office, Salem, Massachusetts), March 
28, 1654, and died a few months later, aged 
sixty-four. His children were: Judith, wife 



of William Sergeant; John; Thomas; Eliza- 
beth, second wife of William Sergeant; Mary, 
married Thomas Bradbury ; Jacob and Lydia 
The last became the wife of Henry Bennett, of 
Ipswich. 

(II) Thomas, second son of John and Ju- 
dith (Cater) Perkins, was born about 1616 in 
England, and resided in Ipswich and Tops- 
field, Massachusetts. He was made freeman, 
1648, in the former town, and removed to the 
latter about 1660, dying there May 7, 1686. 
His will was made December 11, preceding, 
and proved on September 10, following his 
death. He owned Sagamore Hill, in Ipswich, 
which was probably granted to him by the 
town. This has an elevation of one hundred 
and seventy feet in height, surrounded by salt 
marshes. He exchanged this with his brother 
John, for a house and lot in the town. He 
was a deacon of the church in Ipswich and 
served as selectman in Topsfield in 1676 and 
tithingman in 1677-78, and was often on com- 
mittees in the church and town in settling vari- 
ous matters. The land records show that he 
bought and sold much propert) , and he left a 
fine estate upon his death. He was married 
in Topsfield, about 1640, to Phoebe, daughter 
of Zaccheus Gould, of Topsfield. She was 
born in 1620, and was baptized September 20, 
1620, in Hemel Hempstead, England, and was 
living at the time his will was made. Their 
children were : John, Phoebe, Zaccheus, Mar- 
tha, Mary, Elisha, Judith, Thomas and Timo- 
thy. 

(HI) John (2), eldest child of Deacon 
Thomas and Phoebe (Gould) Perkins, was 
born in 1641 in Ipswich, and resided in Tops- 
field, where he died May 19, 1668. He mar- 
ried, November 28, 1666, Deborah Browning. 
Their only child was Thomas, born 1667-68. 
He disappears from the Topsfield records after 
1685, and there can be little doubt that he is 
the one next mentioned. 

(IV) Thomas (2) Perkins appears soon 
after attaining his majority in Greenland, New 
Hampshire, which was then a part of Ports- 
mouth, residing near the line of Dover and 
Exeter. In February, 1706, he purchased an 
estate there for one hundred pounds sterling, 
consisting of fifty acres of marsh and meadow- 
land, and resided thereon until 1722. In Feb- 
ruary of the last-named year he sold his prop- 
erty for four hundred and fifty pounds ster- 
ling, his wife Marv signing the deed, and im- 
mediately thereafter they settled in Old 
Arundel, now Kennebunkport, Maine. Pre- 
vious to his removal he had acquired con- 
siderable land there, lying between the Kenne- 





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bunk river and a line running from Backcove, 
througli Great Pond to the sea. This land 
had been i)rcviously mortgaged to Francis 
Johnson, and there was a contest over its pos- 
session. The dispute was submitted to arbi- 
trators who charged fourteen-fifteenths of the 
land to Captain Perkins, the remainder going 
to Stephen Harding, wdio had purchased it 
from Johnson. Captain Perkins erected a 
garrison house near Butler's Rocks, and either 
he or his son was a sentinel in Sergeant Alli- 
son Brown's company of Indian-fighters, at 
Arundel, from October 15, 1723, to June 14, 
1724, and a sergeant in Lieutenant Brown's 
company from May 29 to November ig, 1725. 
His wife was a daughter of John Banfiekl, of 
Portsmouth. In 1738 Thomas Perkins and 
wife transferred to their son John, of Boston, 
coaster, their right in the estate of John Ban- 
field, late of Portsmouth. Captain Perkins 
died about 1741. His children born before he 
settled in Kennebunkport were : John, Thom- 
as, Lemuel, Samuel, George, Alverson, Zac- 
cheus, Mary and Chasey. 

(\') Thomas (3), second son of Thomas 
(2) and Mary Perkins, was born about 1700 
and died in Kennebunkport, February 22, 
1752. He was a property owner and an in- 
fluential citizen, and tradition says he was an 
official surveyor. He commanded a company 
on the surrender of Louisburg to Sir William 
Pepperrell, in 1745, and two years later was 
wrecked in an expedition to Annapolis, Nova 
Scotia. From Alarch 28, 1748, to June 7, 
1749, he was captain of a company of sentinels 
doing guard-duty to prevent a surprise by the 
Indians at Arundel. Some of his sons were 
perhaps of the same company. He married 
Lydia, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Lit- 
tlefield) Harding, of Kennebunkport, who sur- 
vived him. Notwithstanding this marriage, 
the contest for property previously mentioned 
caused an estrangement betw-een the families. 
Captain Perkins died before April 7, 1752, 
when administration of his estate was granted 
to his son Abner. In this document Thomas 
Perkins is called "gentleman." His children 
were : Eliphalet, Abner, John, Thomas, 
George, James and Mary. 

(\T) Abner, second son of Thomas (3) and 
Lydia (Harding) Perkins, was born probably 
between 1724 and 1730, in Kennebunkport, 
and died there in 181 1. He was a tiller of the 
soil, and in 1748 served as scout in Captain 
Jonathan Bean's company, his name appearing 
on the rolls from May 5 to November 24 of 
that year. In the following year he was a 
corporal in the company commanded by his 



father and was clerk of the company. In 
1757 he was a member of Captain John Fair- 
field's Arundel company, and during the revo- 
lution was a member of the town's committee 
of safety for the year 1777. He married Sarah, 
daughter of Samuel and Ann (Andrews) 
Robinson, of the same town. Samuel Robin- 
son came from Rowley, Massachusetts, about 
1730. Abner Perkins' wife was not named in 
his will, and was probably deceased at the time 
of its execution, April 30, 1802. This was 
admitted to probate June 17, 181 1. Their chil- 
dren mentioned in the will were: Daniel, Ab- 
ner, Jonathan, Stephen, Jacob, Ann and Sarah. 

(VII) Stephen, fourth son of Abner and ■ 
Sarah (Robinson) Perkins, was born July 25, 
1765, in Kennebunkport, and died there Au- 
gust 31, 1833. He was a farmer. He mar- 
ried, April 22, 1790, Alice Stone, of the same 
town, daughter of Colonel Jonathan (2) and 
Phoebe (Downing) Stone, and granddaughter 
of Jonathan and Hannah (Lovet) Stone, who 
came to Kennebunkport from Beverly, Massa- 
chusetts, about 1735. Abner Perkins' elder 
brother and his sister Ann also married chil- 
dren of Colonel Jonathan (2) Stone. Alice 
Stone was born June 29, 1769, and died Jan- 
•lary 14, 1850. Her children were: William,. 
Ann, Ivory, Alice, Stephen, Jonathan, Silas, 
Phoebe, Clement and Abner. 

(\TII) Clement, sixth son of Stephen and 
Alice (Stone) Perkins, was born March 23, 
1807, in Kennebunkport, and made his home 
there until his death, March 4, 1884. Like 
many in Maine, of his time in the locality, he 
went to sea for many years in early life and 
subsequently settled upon a farm. He was 
married in 1837 to Mrs. Lucinda (Fairfield) 
Emery, daughter of Captain William and Mary 
(King) Fairfield, and widow of Captain Isaac 
Emery, of Kennebunkport (see Fairfield VI). 
Their children were : George Clement, William 
L., Ernestine L., David King and Caroline 
Amelia. 

(IX) George Clement, eldest child of Clem- 
ent and Lucinda (Fairfield) Perkins, was 
born August 23. 1839, •" Kennebunkport, 
where he remained until his thirteenth year 
in attendance on the public schools. He then 
shipped on board a sailing vessel to New Or- 
leans, and continued at sea on ships engaged 
in the European trade. In 1855 he shipped 
before the mast on the sailing vessel "Gala- 
tea," bound for San Francisco, where he ar- 
rived in the autumn of that year. The ex- 
ceptional opportunities afforded in the new 
Pacific colony induced him to retire from the 
sea, and he settled down to business in an in- 



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terior town in California. He has been in- 
terested in many lines of industry, such as 
farming, merchandising, banking, mining, 
manufacture, whale-fishery and the steamship 
transportations. With the natural intelligence 
and honor of the New England type, he soon 
took an active part in the conduct of local 
affairs, and in 1869 was elected a member of 
the state senate and occupied that position 
for eight years. From 1879 to 1883 he 
was governor of the state of California, and 
was appointed United States senator, to fill 
an unexpired term in 1893. He has been four 
times elected to that position and his present 
term will expire in March, 191 5. He has 
taken an active part in the commercial and 
social life of his home state and has served 
as president of the Merchant's Exchange of 
San Francisco and of the San Francisco Art 
Association. He is a director of the Califor- 
nia Academy of Sciences and several other 
scientific, benevolent and fraternal organiza- 
tions. His present residence is at Oakland. 
On account of distinguished services rendered 
during the civil war, he was elected a member 
of the California Commandery of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United 
States. His activity in the fraternal work of 
the ^Masonic order led to his election in 1875 
as grand master of the Grand Lodge, F. and 
A. M., of California, having previously served 
through the various subordinate positions of 
grand junior warden, grand warden and 
deputy grand master. In 1883 he was elected 
grand commander of the Grand Commandery, 
Knights Templar, of California, and in the 
same year was elected grand junior warden 
of the Grand Encampment of the United 
States of America. In all of his elections to 
his present honorable position, he was chosen 
upon the first ballot, and his distinguished 
services as a member of the national legisla- 
ture has fully justified the choice of the people 
of California, as represented by a Republican 
majority. On the occasion of the last choice, 
his election was made uniformly on motion of 
a Democratic member of the legislature. At 
the time of his second, third and fourth elec- 
tions, he was attending to his official duties at 
the national capitol. 

Senator Perkins was married at Maysville, 
California, May 3, 1864, to Ruth Amelia 
Parker, daughter of Edward Parker, an Eng- 
lish excise officer who came to California 
when the daughter was a child of eight years. 
He died in Oroville, in 1861, and his widow 
subsequently married William Hesse. She 
died May 20, 1881, in San Francisco, leaving 



her daughter as sole legatee, and naming Sen- 
ator Perkins as executor of her will. Mrs. 
Perkins was born August 21, 1843, i" Cork, 
Ireland, and was christened in the Episcopal 
churcli of that city when one year old. Their 
chiUlren : Fanny I., wife of J. E. Adams; 
George E. ; Susan C. (Mrs. William H. 
Schmidt); Fred K. ; Milton G. ; Ruth M. ; 
and Grace Pansy (wife of Cleveland H. 
Baker, district-attorney of Tonapah, state of 
Nevada). 



(For preceding generations see John Perkins I.) 

(II) Jacob, third son of John 
PERKINS and Judith (Gater) Perkins, 
was born in England in 1624. 
He was chosen sergeant of the Ipswich mili- 
tary company in 1664. and was afterwards 
known as Sergeant Jacob Perkins. By his 
father's will he came into possession of the 
homestead and lands upon his mother's death. 
At this place there is a well still known as 
"Jacob's well." He was a farmer and his 
name frequently appears in the records of 
conveyances of farming lands. He died in 
Ipswich, January 27, 1699-1700, aged jeventy- 
six years. He married (first) Elizabeth 
(Lovell) about 1648. By her he had nine 
children. She died February 12, 1685, aged 
fifty-six. Jacob afterwards married Damaris 
Robinson, a widow, who survived him. 

(HI) Jacob (2), second son of Jacob (i) 
and Elizabeth Perkins, was born August 3, 
1662, and died November, 1705. His father 
Jacob gave him a deed of land (to which a 
Thomas Lovell was witness, March 7, 1687). 
December 27, 1684, he married Elizabeth, 
daughter of John Sparks. They had three 
children. She died April lo, 1692. He mar- 
ried (second) January 5, 1693. Sarah Tread- 
well, who was executrix of his will. By her 
he had five children. 

(IV) Jacob (3), first child of Jacob (2) 
and Elizabeth Perkins, was born February 15, 
1685. He went to Cape Neddick, now York, 
Maine, to reside, and there died. He married 
(first) Lydia Stover, and had by her three 
children. He married (second) October 17, 
1717, Anna, daughter of Josiah Littlefield, and 
had by her eight children, three of whom 
were Elisha, Josiah and Newman. 

(V) Josiah, sixth son of Jacob (3) Per- 
kins, and fifth child of Anna, his wife, was 
born about 1740, and was a farmer in Wells, 
Maine. He married Susan Allen, who bore 
him ten children, two of whom were Jonathan 
and Jacob. 

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Susan (Allen) Perkins, born in 1734, at Weils, 
was a farmer in that town. He removed 
thence to Conway, New Hampshire, where 
the births of his last si.x children are recorded. 
The first eight were born in Maine. He was 
married in 1752, at age of eighteen years, to 
iiis cousin Lydia, daughter of Newman and 
Sarah (Sawyer) Perkins, who was born in 
1738, and was therefore but fourteen years 
old at the time of the marriage. She was 
considered the handsomest bride married in the 
church at Dover, New Hampshire, and in 
her old age she resided at Windsor, i\Iaine. 
.\t the age of ninety years she read a page 
in the testament without glasses and died at 
the age of ninety-six years, at the home of 
her son Ephraim, in Freedom, Maine. Among 
their children were : Rebecca, who lived to be 
one hundred and four years old ; Hannah, 
Martha, Abigail. lived to be over seventy 
years ; Samuel, John, Joseph anrl Ephraim. 

(VH) Ephraim, son of Jonathan and Lydia 
(Perkins) Perkins, was born in July, 1787, in 
Conway, New Hampshire, and for seven years 
was a sailor upon the sea, visiting many West 
Indian, South American and European ports, 
rounding Cape Horn and cruising in the In- 
dian Ocean. He brought home many beautiful 
and interesting curios, gathered in these voy- 
ages. After his marriage he lived at Free- 
dom, Maine, and died in that place November 
18, 1850, at the age of sixty-three years. He 
was a man of medium height, with black hair 
and eyes, and was called fine looking. He was 
married in 181 5 at China, Maine, to Mary, 
eldest of the fourteen children of Thomas 
and Elizabeth (Hilton) McCurdy. She was 
born in .August, 1797, and died in November, 
i860, at Princeton, Minnesota. She was of 
medium height, with brown hair and handsome 
blue eyes. They were the parents of seven 
children : Rebeckah Ann, Henry Franklin, 
two who died in infancy, Ephraim, Eliza 
Jane and Aurelia Frances. 

(VIII) Aurelia Frances, youngest child of 
Ephraim and Mary (McCurdy) Perkins, was 
born April 6, 1832, in Freedom, Maine, and 
married, Februarv 14, 1858, William Edward 
Maddocks, of Ellsworth, Maine (See Mad- 
docks VHI), whom she survives. As a 
young woman she was called very handsome, 
having brown hair and eyes and being of 
medium stature. Her reminiscences of early 
life are interesting, including, as she observed, 
the making of the tallow dip and the subse- 
quent use of the fish-oil lamp, articles known 
to but few people now living. She is among 
those who were sent as children to borrow 



fire from the neighbors, before the days of 
lucifer matches. She has been awarded prizes 
at various fairs for the hand-stitching executed 
by her, taught in the days before the use of 
the sewing-machine was general. With her 
own hands she spun from cotton, which had 
been brought from the West Indies by her 
brother, the thread woven by her mother into 
towels for home use. At the age of seventeen 
she wove in one day six yards of cloth, which 
was considered a large amount for a woman 
to execute in the time. At the age of eighteen 
she began teaching school, and also taught 
painting, having inherited an artistic talent, 
probably from a remote ancestor named Will- 
iam Hilton, v\ho is buried in Westminster Ab- 
bey. At the age of eighteen years she united 
with the Methodist Episcopal church, and in 
1857 went west with her widowed mother and 
brother, intending to teach. There she met 
and married Mr. Maddocks, as above related, 
they being the first couple married in Benton 
county, now Mills, Saco county, Iowa. The 
ceremony was performed by Rev. Richard 
Walker, D. D., who composed for the occasion 
the poem which here follows : 

A GOOD WIFE. 
To be alone, says God's decree, 
Man is unblessed, from pleasure free — 
Who can to him life's solace be? 
A good wife. 

Who can console the careworn heart, 
Shield from pain of adverse dart, 
And to the brow a smile impart? 
A good wife. 

Who can illumine the vaJe of woe. 
Dry the tears that mournfully flow, 
And give the eye affection's glow? 
A good wife. 

Who can make earth's bitt'rest cup sweet. 
The heart in tender tone to greet, 
The ills that in it strangely meet? 
A good wife. 

Who can increase the sunny light, 
Of prospious rays — the soul's delight — 
Dispell the gloom of sorrow's night? 
A good wife. 

Who can heighten each lovely tone. 
Quick surpress the sorrowing moan. 
And raise the note of joy alone? 
A good wife. 

Who can give the kind, loving heart. 
Angelic tempers sweet impart. 
And teach proud man love's ruling art? 
A good wife. 

Who can the breast with zeal inspire, 
Allay the rising of fierce ire. 
Give the nuptial bliss that all desire? 
A good wife. 

Who'll cheer when youthful joys decay. 
Support in life's declining day. 
And every anxious fear allay? 
A good wife. 

Who'll kindly watch life's ebbing sand. 
And near death's bed attentive stand. 
To close the eye with silken hand? 
A good wife. 



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Who'll bitterly weep wben I'm dead. 
Sigh (or the same old dusty bed. 
On which to rest her aching head'? 
A good wife. 

■Who'll joyful look beyond the sky. 
And long to see my tearless eye, 
Where husband and wife can ne'er die? 
A good wife. 

Then let me have the 'kind, good wife. 
To cheer me through this vale of strife. 
And live with me through endless life. 
Prays every man. 

Widowed at the age of thirt)-one, she has 
shown herself a woman of remarkable execu- 
tive ability, managing the estate of her de- 
ceased husband with rare skill and success. 
Her home is now in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 
with her only daughter, elsewhere mentioned. 

Thomas McCurdy, the father of Mary, wife 
of Ephraim Perkins, was born about 1774, in 
Bristol, Massachusetts, and resided at China, 
Maine, engaging in the practice of law at 
Augusta. He enlisted February 8, 181 3, as a 
member of Captain John Smith's company. 
Fourth United States Infantry. He received 
a gunshot wound through the right hand while 
on guard at Champlain, New York, in June, 
1814, and was discharged at Plattsburg, No- 
vember 5, following. His eldest son John, 
then a lad of eighteen years, accompanied his 
father as a soldier, died during that service, 
and was buried on the shore of Lake Cham- 
plain. Thomas McCurdy was active in the 
Prohibition movement in Maine. He died in 
1863, at the age of eighty-three years. He 
was tall and distinguished looking, with a very 
pleasing manner, having brown hair and blue 
eyes. 



Rev. William Perkins and his 
PERKINS brother John, who were of 

Gloucester, England, came to 
America in the ship "Lyon," in 163 1. They 
located in Ipswich in 1633 and the Rev. Will- 
iam subsequently removed to Topsfield. John 
remained in Ipswich, establishing his resi- 
dence on what was afterward known as Per- 
kins Island. He was prominent among the 
early settlers of the town, holding public offi- 
ces, and served as deputy to the general court. 
He died prior to 1655. The Christian name 
of his wife was Judith. John, Thomas, Eliza- 
beth, Mary, Lydia and Jacob were his chil- 
dren. His daughter Mary, who became the 
wife of Thomas Bradbury, of Salisbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, was in her old age tried for witch- 
craft and convicted, but escaped punishment. 
Jolm Perkins, son of John of Ipswich, settled 
in York, Maine, and Jacob Perkins, who was 
born there about 1696, was probably his son. 
Descendants of the York Perkinses settled in 



Wells, and the locality known as Perkinstown 
was named for the family. 

(I) Isaac Perkins, a descendant of John, 
of Ipswich, through the latter's son John, of 
York, resided in Perkinstown subsequent to 
the revohitionary war. He reared a family, 
but the maiflen name of his wife or a list of 
his children is not at hand. 

(II) Japhet, son of Isaac Perkins, was born 
in Perkinstown, June 26, 1794. He married 
Sally West and was the father of Gilman, 
Isaac, Mary Ann, Jane, Lewis Wentworth, 
Abigail, Melinda and Eliza. 

(III) Lewis Wentworth, second son and 
fifth child of Japhet and Sally (West) Perkins, 
was born in Perkinstown, December 7, 1827. 
He was a capable and intlustrious farmer, who 
took a profound interest in the general wel- 
fare of his fellowmen, and his untimely death, 
which occurred July, 1863, deprived the com- 
munity of one of its most useful members. 
Politically he acted with the Democratic party. 
In his religious faith he was a Baptist. He 
married Huldah A. Perkins, who was born in 
Perkinstown, June 12, 1830, daughter of Will- 
iam and Olive (Chadbourne) Perkins. She 
survived her husband twenty-nine years, dying 
July 10, 1892. Of this union were born four 
children : Melvina E., Otis L., Addie A. and 
George William. 

(IV) George William, youngest child of 
Lewis W. and Huldah .\. (Perkins) Perkins, 
was born in Perkinstown, December 13, i860. 
Bereft of his father's guidance at the tender 
age of two years, he was left wholly to the 
care of his mother, whose benign influence 
and devotion to his future welfare did much 
toward moulding his character and otherwise 
preparing him for the battle of life. After 
the conclusion of his studies at the North 
Berwick high school he went to Peabody, 
Massachusetts, and was employed there for a 
short time. Returning to North Berwick, he 
became an operative in the finishing depart- 
ment of the North Berwick Company's wool- 
len-mill, but was later transferred to the count- 
ing-room as a clerk, and still later was ad- 
vanced to the position of paymaster, in which 
capacity he has served with ability for more 
than tw-enty-five years. He is a director of 
the North Berwick National Bank, and his 
interest in the industrial and financial welfare 
of the town has been frequently demonstrated. 
For about twenty years he has officiated as 
town clerk. He is a past noble grand of 
Eagle Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, past chief patriarch of Columbian En- 
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Lodge of Rebekah. He attends th^Free Will 
Baptist church. On September 15, 1886, Mr. 
Perkins married Bertha C. Whitten, daughter 
of \\'illiam and Georgianna (Staples) Whit- 
ten, of North Berwick. Her grandfather, 
Henry Whitten, who was a native of either 
Springvale or Alfred, reared a family of seven 
children: Isaiah, Charles, Nellie, Benjamin, 
Sarah, Edward and William. William Whit- 
ten was born in Spring-vale. For many years 
he has operated a stage and express line be- 
tween Limerick and Waterboro, and carried 
on a livery business. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins 
have one son, Arthur Lawrence, born Novem- 
ber 15, 18S7, graduated from the public schools 
of North Berwick and attended Bryant and 
Stratton's Business College, Boston, later en- 
tered the employment of Brown Dunell & 
Company, Boston. 



This is an old English fam- 
FAIRFIELD ily early implanted in Mas- 
sachusetts and identified 
with the leading interests and influences of the 
Massachusetts Colon)' and still active in up- 
holding the New England character. There 
were two of the name in Massachusetts as 
early as 1638. John, first of Charlestown, 
later of Salem and Wenham, and Daniel, of 
Boston. They are supposed to have been 
brothers, but there is no record to show such 
connection. Family tradition states that they 
are descended from French Huguenots, whose 
name was originally Beauchamp. A repre- 
sentative of the name living in France in 1572 
received news of the impending massacre of 
St. Bartholomew's in time to escape to Eng- 
land, where another member of the family 
was already living at Warwick. Representa- 
tives of this family subsequently settled in 
Ireland, whence John Fairfield came to»,Eng- 
land in 1638. y:. ,, - 

(I) John Fairfield was a resident of Charles- 
town, I^Iassachusetts, in 1638, and the next 
year was granted eighty acres of land in Sa- 
lem, where he was admitted freeman, May 
14, 1640. He lived near the boundary be- 
tween Salem and Ipswich in 1643, ^"d there- 
after moved to Wenham, where he died De- 
cember 22, 1646. His will on file at Salem was 
made eleven days previously. According to 
this document his wife's name was Elizabeth, 
and two of his children are therein named. 
Three sons are known to have existed, namely : 
Walter, John and Benjamin. A posthumous 
child, born in 1647, died before July 7 of that 
vear, without name. In settlement the estate 



was divided into four parts and distributed to 
the widow and three sons. 

(II) John (2), second son of John (i) and 
Elizabeth Fairfield, was born in May, 1639, 
probably in Salem, and lived in Wenham and 
Ipswich. He made no will, but the inventory 
of his estate was filed November 27, 1672. 
He married, March 26, 1666, Sarah, daughter 
of William and Tryphena Geare, of Wen- 
ham, and their children mentioned in the in- 
ventory were : Tryphena, John and Elizabeth. 
The widow married (second) April 13, 1673, 
in Wenham, Daniel Kilhan, and died January 
20, 1716, in Ipswich, aged seventy years, ac- 
cording to her tombstone. 

(III) John (3), probably only son of John 
(2) and Sarah (Geare) Fairfield, was bom 
about 1668, probably in Ipswich, and was 
living in that town in 1690. As shown by a 
deed in December, 1692, he was living at 
Muddy River, now Brookline, and subse- 
quently he was again in Ipswich, as indicated 
by a deed in 1694. In this instrument he 
deeded to his cousin, William Fairfield, about 
sixty acres of upland and meadow in Wenham, 
which he had inherited from his father. This 
deed was acknowledged November 25, 1703. 
He was married in Boston, April 18, 1693, by 
Rev. James Allen, to Elizabeth Badson. No 
record appears of his children, but a com- 
parison of the records of Boston, Ipswich and 
Wenham make it very certain that the next 
named was his son. 

(IV) Captain John (4) Fairfield was the 
first of the name to settle in Kennebunkport, 
vvhere he was a leading citizen. Some ac- 
counts £ay that he came there from Worcester. 
For some years he lived in Wells, Maine, and 
his home in Kennebunkport was near the 
mouth of the river, probably in the house 
built by Thomas Perkins in 1773, where he 
was licensed to keep a tavern. He was a 
carpenter by trade and after 1733 removed to 
the eastern part of the town, where he bought 
a farm. In the Louisburg expedition of 1745 
he was first lieutenant of Captain John Storr's 
company. Three years later he served in Cap- 
tain Thomas Perkins' company at Arundel. 
In 1757 he was captain of the Arundel com- 
pany, in the First York County Regiment, 
commanded by Sir William Pepperrell. His 
sons John and Stephen were perhaps in this 
company. He married (first) ^lary, daughter 
of Rev. Samuel and Tabitha (Littlefield) 
Emery, of Wells, born December 7, 1699. Her 
father was for many years minister at Wells. 
He was a son of John (2) Emery, and grand- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



son of John Emery, of Romsey, Hants, Eng- 
land. Mary (Emery) Fairfield died about 
1750, and Mr. Fairfield subsequently married 
Mrs. Hannah (Lovet) Stone, widow of Jona- 
than Stone. Captain Fairfield died in 1778 
and was survived by his widow. The in- 
ventory of his estate included a negro girl, 
valued at twenty pounds, and administration 
was granted to his son John "of said Arundel, 
gentleman." Flis children by the first mar- 
riage were : John ; a daughter who married 
John Hill; Mary, wife of Benjamin Downing; 
Stephen ; Elizabeth, wife of Dixey Stone. 

(V) John (5), eldest child of John (4) and 
IMary (Emery) Fairfield, was born about 
1728-30 in Kennebunk, and made that town 
his home through life. In 1757 he was a 
member of the military company commanded 
by his father in Colonel Pepperrell's regi- 
ment, and in 1762 was ensign in Captain 
Thomas Perkin's Arundel company of Colo- 
nel Nathaniel Sparhawk's regiment, for service 
in the Indian campaigns. John Fairfield mar- 
ried, October 17, 1751, Mary Burbank, of 
Bradford, Massachusetts, daughter of Lieu- 
tenant John and Priscilla (Major) Burbank. 
Her father was lieutenant in Captain Thomas 
Perkin's company at the capture of Louisburg. 
He was born in 1733 and died in 1825, at the 
age of ninety-two years. Their children were : 
Samuel, William, Sarah, John, Stephen, Mary, 
Benjamin, Asa, Moses and Elizabeth. 

(VI) Captain William, second son of John 
(5) and Mary (Burbank) Fairfield, was born 
June 26, 1754, in Kcnnebunk, and died there 
March 16, 1827. He was a master mariner 
and made many voyages to sea. In 1777 he 
enlisted for three years in the revolutionary 
army and he served successively in Captain 
Daniel Merrill's company. Colonel Samuel 
Brewster's regiment, and in Captain Flitch- 
cock's regiment and Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's 
regiment. liis name appears on the pay ac- 
counts for service from February i, 1777, to 
the same date in 1780, and he was allowed 
for travel from his home to Bennington, Ver- 
mont, the place of rendezvous. He married 
(first) December 27, 1781, Sarah, daughter 
of James and Grace Delzell (Burnham) 
Bradbury. She died about 1789. He married 
(second) August 25, 1790, Mary, daughter of 
David and Elizabeth (Gray) King, of Bidde- 
ford (see King). She was born December 
14, 1773, and died April 9, 185 1. Children 
by the first marriage : James, William. Marv, 
Sarah; by second marriage: Oliver, Jackson, 
Asa. Cyrus, Myranda, Lucinda, Liza, John, 
Joseph, Charles, John and William. 



(VII) Lucinda, fourth daughter of Captain 
William I^'airfield and sixth child of his sec- 
ond wife, was born November 20, 1802, in 
Kennebunkport, and died December 31, 1887, 
in Kennebunk. She married (first) August 
II, 1823, Captain Isaac Emery, of Kennebunk- 
port, who died at sea in 1830. She married 
(second) in 1837 Clement Perkins, of Ken- 
nebunkport (see Perkins VIII). 

Mary King, second wife of Captain William 
Fairfield above mentioned, was a daughter of 
David King, a son of John King, who Came 
to America from England soon after the year 
1700 and settled in Boston. In 1714 he mar- 
ried Sarah Allen, whose only child died in in- 
fancy, and she herself died about the same 
time. He married (second) in 1718 ^lary, 
daughter of Benjamin Stowell, of Newton, 
Massachusetts. Their marriage intentions 
were recorded April 2, 1717, in Boston. The 
following children are of record : Richard, 
Mary, Sarah, Mehitable, David, Josiah and 
William. (2) David, second son of John and 
Mary (Stowell) King, was born August 21, 
1726, probably in Boston, and died in Buxton, 
Maine, March 11, 1807. In 1746 he was a 
witness to a deed conveying land in Water- 
town, Massachusetts. He removed to Saco, 
Maine, about 1760, and was a leading mer- 
chant of that town. In 1761 he purchased 
land on the Saco river and was among the 
first merchants or traders on the east side of 
that stream at Saco. Soon after 1762 he re- 
moved to the w est side of the river. He served 
in the revolutionary v^'ar in 1775 as sergeant 
in Captain Benjamin Flooper's company, 
raised for seacoast defense and stationed at 
Biddeford. Fie lived to be nearly eighty-one 
years of age and resided in his last days with 
his daughter, Mrs. John Hayes, in Buxton. 
Fie married, March 14, 1762, by Rev. Moses 
Morrill, Elizabeth, daughter of John Gray, of 
Biddeford. She was born in August, 1745, 
and died March 17, 1777. Their children 
were : John, David, \^' illiam, Josiah, Sarah 
Alden, Mary and William. "The youngest 
daughter became the second wife of Captain 
William Fairfield as above noted. 



Few families in the country 
CLASHING have been more celebrated 

than the Cushings, and proba- 
bly no other has furnished more judges for 
our probate, municipal and supreme court<;.. 
The derivation of the name is somewhat un- 
certain. The present form is used by all the 
American descendants of Matthew Gushing, 
who came to America in 1638, and was prob- 



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ably the established orthography for several 
generations before this, as the English and 
Irish branches use the same spelling. Before 
the si.xteenth century the patronymic was, like 
most proper names, written in a variety of 
ways. In various deeds, wills and charters 
still extant in Norfolk, England, referring to 
the direct lineal ancestors of Matthew, we find 
Cushyng, Cushin, Cushyn, Cusshyn, Cussheyn, 
Cusseyn, Cussyn, Cusyn and Cosyn. Before 
the fourteenth century it was spelled Cusyn, 
Cosyn or Cosseyn. After that time the name 
was always spelled with a u, and generally 
with sh, as Cussheyn, Cusshyn. The final g 
does not appear till 1500, when we find 
Cushyng, though Cushyn and Cushin are still 
frequent spellings. There are two theories in 
connection with the origin of the name. The 
first is that the patronymic is derived from the 
Anglo-Saxon designation of Cousin (Cosseyn 
or Cusseyn). The second theory asserts that 
the name arose in connection with the land 
title of Cossey. Thus in the Domesday Book 
of \\'illiam the Conqueror, we find that "the 
ancient village and manor of Tokethorpe 
(later Flockthorpe) lying in the Forehoe hun- 
dred" was in several parts, "two of which 
belonged to Cossey." The same manor of 
Flockthorpe was possessed by the Cushings 
for several generations thereafter. 

The original arms of the Cushing family 
uere undoubtedly "gules, an eagle displayerl 
argent." This device was later complicated 
by quartering, on the occasion of marriage 
with an heiress, which probably took place not 
far from 1500. In the Heraldic Visitation of 
the County of Norfolk, England, which oc- 
curred in the year 1563, the Cushing arms are 
described : "Gules, an eagle displayed argent ; 
quartering, gules, three right hands torn from 
the wrists, a canton chequery or and azure." 
The form advocated by the late H. G. Somer- 
by, of England, as the result of several years' 
research in the records and deeds of Norfolk 
county, is substantially the same as this. The 
Somerby form has a crest : "Two lions' gambs 
erased sable supporting a ducal coronet or, 
from which hangs a human heart gules." The 
motto underneath the escutcheon reads "Vir- 
tute et Numine" (By valor and divine aid). 
It may be remarked that the arms just de- 
scribed are substantially the same as those 
found on the tombstone of Lieutenant-Govern- 
or Thomas Cushing in the Granary burying- 
ground, at Boston, which are dated 1788. 
These are also as given in the Gore Roll, and 
are especially worthy of note as being the 
earliest arms of which we have anv record 



as being borne by an American Cushing. The 
only important difTerence between the Gran- 
ary tombstone escutcheon and that authorized 
by H. G. Somerby consists in the fact that 
the American emblem has but two hands, in- 
stead of three. It is suggested that this might 
have been a mistake on the part of the stone- 
cutter, which would have been quite natural, 
as in the English arms the third hand is nearly 
covered by the canton. 

Few families in America can trace a longer 
pedigree than the Cushings, which includes 
six generations of authenticated English an- 
cestors ; and few families can produce more 
members who have won high places by their 
own merits. Prominent among Americans of 
the name have been Chief Justice William 
Cushing, who administered the oath of office 
to Washington at the beginning of his sec- 
ond term as president, March 4, 1793. He 
was the last chief justice in this country who 
wore the big wig of the English judges, and 
his full biography would fill many pages. 
Seven years older than Chief Justice Cushing, 
but, like him, associated with the founders of 
our government, was Lieutenant-Governor 
Thomas Cushing, of Massachusetts, himself 
also a judge, who was born in Boston, i\Iarch 
24. 1725. He was the friend and co-worker 
of Adams, Otis and Warren, and the intimate 
associate and counselor of Hancock and 
Franklin. A little later we have Judge Caleb 
Cushing, of Newburyport, n>inister to China, 
and from 1853 to 1857 attorney-general of the 
United States. Honorable Luther Stearns 
Cushing, born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, 
June 22, 1803, became famous as the author 
of Cushing's Manual ; and Frank Hamilton 
Cushing, born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, 
July 22, 1S57, acquired renown from his 
archaeological researches among the Zuni In- 
dians. 

(I) William Cushing (Cussyn or Cusseyn) 
was born some time during the fourteenth cen- 
tury, and was either the son or grandson of 
the Galfridus Cusyn of Hardingham, Norfolk 
county. England, who is mentioned in the Sub- 
sidy Rolls for Norfolk in 1327. He added to 
the estates in Flartlingham the estates in Hing- 
ham, which were inherited by his son Thomas. 

(II) Thomas, son of William Cushing, was 
born in Hardingham, Norfolk county, Eng- 
land, in the latter part of the reign of Richard 
II, 1377-1399. A deed dated 1466 contains 
not only his name, but also the name of his 
son William, who is also named in other deeds 
and charters dated 1474, 1480 and 1484. 
Thomas Cushing possessed large estates in 



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Hardinghani, Hingham and other parts of his 
native county. 

(III) William (2), eldest son and heir of 
Thomas Gushing, was born at Hardingham, 
England, early in the fifteenth century, and 
lived at Hingham. He died about the time 
that Columbus discovered America, for his 
long and explicit will was dated September 26, 
1492, and proved in the Bishop's court of Nor- 
wich, ]\larch II, 1493. In ancient deeds re- 
lating to his estates in Hardingham, Hingham, 
East Dereham and other parts of the county 
of Norfolk, he is styled "Gentleman." Will- 
iam (2) Gushing's wife Emma was executrix 
of his will; and her own, dated June 16, 1507, 
was proved July 26, 1507. The archaic Eng- 
lish of Mr. Gushing's will is so quaint and in- 
teresting, and his connection with the Roman 
Gatholic church so intimate that a few sen- 
tences of this ancient document are worth 
quoting: "I William Gusshyn of Hengham in 
my hoel mend And good memory beying, 
make my testament and my last will Declare 
in this forme FoUying: First I comende my 
sowle to god Almighty, or lady seint Mary & 
to all the blessed copany of heven, and my 
body to be buryed in the chirchyard of Hen- 
ghm foresaid, To the wich high Auter ther 
for my tithes negligently wtholden, I bequeath 

Xs Itm I give and bequeth to the 

house of the Grey fryrs in Norwich, in the 
wich I am a brother, Xs to sing and say 
placebo and Dirigo for me wt a masse of Re- 
quiem Itm I woll have a secular p'st 

to syng and p'y for my sowle & my faders and 
modir by the space of two yere, yt is to say 
oon yere in chirch of Henghm and a nother 
yere in the chirch of Hardynghm. The resi- 
due of all my goods and catall and lands in 
this my p'sent testament and last will, not 
assigned nor bequethed, I gif and bequeth to 
the foreseid Emme my wif, whom I chose, 
make and ordeyne of this my p'sent testament 
and last will, myn executrixe." 

Eight children were born to William (2) 
and Emma Gushing: John, the elder, whose 
sketch follows ; Robert, of Hingham, whose 
will was proved July 10, 1547; Thomas, of 
Hardingham, whose will was proved January 
15, 1504; John, junior, whose will was proved 
August I, 1515; Elyne ; Annable; Margaret, 
married Thomas Growe; Agnes. 

(IV) John, eldest child of William (2) and 
Emma Gushing, was born at Hingham, Eng- 
land, but lived at Hardingham, where he pos- 
sessed estates. He also owned large proper- 
ties in Lombard street, London, and was 
called "Gentleman" in a survey of the manor 



of Flockthorp in Hardingham, dated 1512. 
John Gushing's will was proved March 5, 1523, 
and in it he mentions his wife and six chil- 
dren. His own name occurs in the Subsidy 
Rolls of Henry VIII for the year 1523. Eight 
children were born to John Gushing : John, of 
Hingham, Lord of the Manor of Flockthorpe 
in Hingham, Markham's in Tothington, and 
Stalworth in Wymondham ; Thomas (2), men- 
tioned in the next paragraph ; William, of 
Hardingham, to whom his father gave a house 
called Gilberts; Margaret; Isabel; Margery; 
Elyne; Agnes. 

(V) Thomas (2), second son of John Gush- 
ing, inherited the homestead of his father at 
Hardingham, England, and all the lands per- 
taining thereto, and died in that place in April, 
1558. He had six children : John, of Knapton 
in Norfolk, whose will was proved November 
26, 1586; Ursula; Nicholas; Edward; Stephen; 
Peter, whose sketch follows. 

(VI) Peter, youngest child of Thomas (2) 
Gushing, was born at Hardingham, England, 
but moved to Hingham about 1600, and was 
buried in the latter place April 26, 1641. He 
was probably one of the first of the Gushings 
to embrace the Protestant faith, for the wills 
of his father and eldest brother are in the 
Gatholic form. Peter Gushing married Susan 
Hawes at Hardingham, June 2, 1583, and they 
had seven children : Theophilus, baptized No- 
vember 4, 1584; Bridget, baptized February 
19, 1586, married George More; Matthew, 
whose sketch follows ; William, baptized April 
I, 1593, married Margery ■ ; Barbara, bap- 
tized June 16, 1596, died in January, 1632; 
Peter, of London, married Godly, widow of 

Simon Payne ; Katherine, married Long, 

of Garlton Road, near Wymondham. in Suf- 
folk; Thomas, of London, baptized May 15, 
1603. 

With this generation ends the English rec- 
ord of the Gushings. Two of Peter's sons. 
Theophilus and Matthew, set out for the new 
world ; and it is the American branch of the 
family, founded by Alatthew, with which we 
shall hereafter concern ourselves. Theophilus 
Gushing, the eldest son, came to New Eng- 
land in 1633 in the ship "Griffin." along with 
the eminent Puritan divines. Gotten and 
Hooker. He appears never to have married, 
and when his younger brother Matthew came 
over, Theophilus settled with him at Hing- 
ham, Massachusetts. Theophilus was blind 
for twenty-five years before his death, which 
occurred IMarch 24, 1679. 

(VII) Matthew, second son of Peter and 
Susan (Hawes) Gushing, was baptized at 



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Hardingham, England, March 2, 1589, and 
died at Hingham, Massachusetts, September 
30, 1660. For the first fifty years of his hfe 
he Hved at Hardingham and Hingham, Nor- 
folk county, England; but in 1638, with his 
wife and five children, and his wife's sister, 
Widow Francis Riecroft, who died a few 
weeks after their arrival, Matthew Gushing 
embarked on the ship "Diligent," a vessel of 
three hundred and fifty tons, under the com- 
mand of John Martin. This ship sailed from 
Gravesend, April 26, 1638, with one hundred 
and thirty-three passengers, among whom was 
Robert Peck, M. A., rector of the parish of 
Hingham, England. The immediate cause of 
their departure seems to have been trouble in 
ecclesiastical matters. Their rector, doubtless 
with the sympathy and aid of most of those 
constituting the emigrating party, had pulled 
down the rails of chancel and altar, and leveled 
the latter a foot below the church, as it re- 
mains to this day. Being prosecuted by 
Bishop Wren, Reverend Robert Peck left the 
kingdom, together with his friends, who sold 
their estates at half their real value. The 
party, having landed at Boston, August 10, 
1638, immediately proceeded to their destina- 
tion, Hingham, Massachusetts, so named after 
the former home of the Gushing family in 
Hingham, England. At a town meeting held 
in 1638 a house lot of five acres on Bachelor 
(Main) street, was given to Matthew Gush- 
ing, and it continued in the possession of the 
family till 1887, practically a quarter millen- 
nial. Matthew Gushing was early engaged in 
the afifairs of the town, and became a deacon 
in the church. He had many eminent de- 
scendants, for it is now a well-established 
fact that, with the exception of some recent 
immigrants, all the Gushings of the United 
States and Ganada are his direct lineal de- 
scendants. On August 5, 1613, Matthew 
Gushing married Nazareth Pitcher, daughter 
of Henry Pitcher, of the famous family of 
.Admiral Pitcher, of England. She was bap- 
tized October 30, 1686, and died at Hingham, 
Massachusetts, January 6, 1682. They had 
five children, all born in Hingham, England : 
Daniel, April 20, 1619; Jeremiah, July 21, 
1621 ; Matthew, April 5, 1623 ; Deborah, Feb- 
ruary 17, 1625, married Matthias Briggs and 
lived at Hingham; John (2), whose sketch 
follows. 

(Vni) John (2), youngest of the children 
of Matthew and Nazareth (Pitcher) Gushing, 
was bom at Hingham, England, in 1627, and 
died at Scituate, Massachusetts, March 31, 
1708. At the age of eleven he migrated to 



America with his people, and he appeared to 
have remained at Hingham, Massachusetts, till 
after his father's death in 1660. In 1657 John 
(2) Gushing, together with Matthias Briggs, 
purchased for one hundred and twenty pounds 
the Varsall estate at "Belle House Neck," 
Scituate, which consisted of one hundred and 
twenty acres with house and barns ; but Gush- 
ing did not move there till about 1662. The 
place derived its name from the fact that 
for a century, at least, a bell hung at the house 
there to give an alarm to the neighboring 
country in case of the approach of the In- 
dians. In 1663 John (2) Gushing was sur- 
veyor of highways; in 1667, receiver of ex- 
cises; in 1674 was deputy to the colony and 
was often re-elected; in 1673 he was on the 
committee for dividing the Scituate lands ; and 
in 1676 he was chosen to report to the govern- 
ment a statement of all services of the soldiers 
of Scituate in the war with King Philip. Mr. 
Gushing was selectman from 1674 to 1686, 
inclusive, and county magistrate (Plymouth 
county) from 1685 to 1692. He was assistant 
of the Old Golony government of Plymouth 
colony from 1689 to 1691, and representative 
to the general court at Boston in 1692 and for 
several succeeding years, member of the coun- 
cil in 1796 and 1707, and was colonel of the 
Plymouth regiment. On January 20, 1658, at 
Hingham, Massachusetts, John (2) Gushing 
married Sarah Hawke, daughter of Matthew 
and Margaret Hawke, who was baptized at 
Hingham, August i, 1641, and died at Scitu- 
ate, March 9, 1679. Her father was the third 
town clerk of Hingham. To John (2) and 
Sarah (Hawke) Gushing were given twelve 
children : John, born April 28, 1662 ; Thom- 
as, December 26, 1663; Matthew, February, 
1665; Jeremiah, July 13, 1666; James, Jan- 
uary 27, 1668; Joshua, August 27, 1670; 
Sarah, August 26, 1671 ; Galeb, whose sketch 
follows; Deborah, 1675; Mary, August 30, 
1676; Joseph, September 23, 1677; Benjamin, 
February 4, 1679. 

(IX) Rev. Caleb, seventh son of John (2) 
and Sarah (Hawke) Gushing, was born at 
Scituate, Massachusetts, in January, 1673, and 
was baptized on May 1 1 of that year. He died 
January 25, 1752, after a pastorate of fifty- 
six years at Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was 
graduated from Harvard Gollege in 1692, and 
went to Salisbury in March, 1696, and was 
ordained minister of the first parish, Novem- 
ber 9, 1698. He was one of the numerous 
signers of documents in 1745, unfavorable to 
the itinerary of Whitefield, and endorsing the 
proceedings of Harvard Gollege in 1744 rel- 



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ative to VVhitefield's career. The preacher of 
Mr. Cushing's funeral sermon said of him: 
"We know not the man in the County of Es- 
sex who has moulded a broader and deeper 
influence on the minds of the people than this 
venerable divine." The Boston Ei'ciiing Post 
stated : "He was of excellent natural parts, 
judgment and memory vvhich so rarely meet, 
yet met in him in so eminent degree that it 
was not easy to say in vvhich he excelled, and 
at the same time, he had the easiest and hap- 
piest temper, and most benign soul. He was a 
learned, solid divine, and of exemplary con- 
versation, condescending, prudent, benevolent 
and a wise counsellor, remarkable for hospi- 
tality." The painting of him still preserved 
shows a man of large build, with a long yet 
rather full face, a prominent aquiline nose, 
keen dark eyes, and rather a humorous mouth. 
There is a certain family resemblance, par- 
ticularly about the eyes and nose, to Chief 
Justice William Cushing and to Lieutenant- 
Governor Thomas Cushing. Reverend Caleb 
Cushing is represented in wig and bands, ac- 
cording to the custom of the times. On March 
14, 1698, Rev. Caleb Cushing married Mrs. 
Elizabeth (Cotton) Ailing, daughter of the 
Rev. John Cotton, and widow of Rev. James 
Ailing, Mr. Cushing's predecessor at Salis- 
bury. There were four children, all of whom 
filled creditable positions in life. i. Caleb 
Cushing, the eldest son, born October 10, 1703, 
became chief justice of the court of common 
pleas, was a deacon in the church at Salis- 
bury, was colonel of the Essex Regiment, and 
for twenty-seven years a representative to the 
general court. 2. Rev. James, follows in the 
next paragraph. 3. Rev. John, born April 10, 
1709, was graduated from tiarvard College in 
1729, and became the first minister of the sec- 
ond church at Boxford, Massachusetts. 4. 
Elisabeth, married Rev. Joshua Moody, of the 
Isles of Shoals. 

(X) Rev. James, second son of Rev. Caleb 
and Elizabeth (Cotton) (Ailing) Cushing, was 
born at Salisbury, iMassachusetts, November 
25, 1705, died May 13, 1764. He was grad- 
uated from Harvard College in 1725, was or- 
dained December 2, 1730, and settled as the 
first minister at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and 
Plaistow, New Hampshire. In the Collec- 
tions of the Massachusetts Historical Society 
we find : "Reverend James Cushing was a 
solid and fervent preacher, in conduct upright, 
prudent and steady, and recommended the 
amiable religion of his Master, by meekness 
and patience, condescension and candor, a 
tender sympathy with his flock, and a studious 



endeavor to maintain and promote the things 
of peace." On October 16, 1730, Rev. James 
Cushing married Anna Wainwright, daughter 
of John Wainwright, and great-granddaughter 
of Simon Wainwright, who was killed by the 
Indians at his own door. She died Februarv 
12, 1810, having reached the great age of 
ninety-nine years. There were seven children, 
one of whom became a minister, and two of 
whom married ministers, i. Caleb (2), men- 
tioned in the succeeding paragraph. 2. Rev. 
James, born May 8, 1739, died at Pondicherry, 
in the East Indies, June 2, 1764. 3. Eliza- 
beth, born November 6, 1741, married (first) 
Rev. Jacob Emery, of Pembroke, New Hamp- 
shire, and (second) Captain Alexander Todd, 
of Goffstown, New Flampshire. 4. Moses, 
born July 14, 1745, served as a private in the 
revolutionary w-ar. 5. Lucy, born August 12, 
1747, married Rev. Giles JMerrills, who suc- 
ceeded her father as minister at Haverhill and 
Plaistow, preaching there till his death in 
1801. 6. Dr. John, born December 11, 1749, 
was twice married, and died at Goffstown, 
New Hampshire, in 1833. 7. Thomas, born 
June 28, 1754, died at the age of ten years. 

(XI) Caleb (2), eldest child of Rev. James 
and Anna (Wainwright) Cushing, was born 
May 28, 1737, at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 
and died there October 6, 1806. He fought 
at Lexington, and served all through the revo- 
lutionary war, first as quartermaster, and later 
as brigade quartermaster. On August 13, 
1761, Caleb (2) Cushing married Sarah Saw- 
yer, born November 16, 1742, who died at 
Salisbury, January 10, 1832, in her ninetieth 
year. There were eight children: Ann. born 
January 19. T763, married Timothy Dunstan ; 
James, March 9, 1765; Caleb, September 4, 
1767; Theodore, March 9, 1770; Sarah, De- 
cember 26, 1771, married Ananiah Bohonan ; 
Elizabeth, November 13, 1775, married Ben- 
jamin Stark, of Derryfield, New Hampshire, a 
son of General John Stark of the revolution ; 
Abigail, October 3, 1778; and John Wain- 
wright, whose sketch follows. 

(XII) John Wainwright, youngest of the 
eight children of Caleb (2) and Sarah (Saw- 
yer) Cushing, was born at Haverhill, Massa- 
chusetts, Julv 23, 1782, and died at Burling- 
ton, Vermont, in August, 1836. He spent his 
life at Haverhill, and married, September 29, 
1807, Sarah Swett, of Salisbury. They had 
three children : James William ; Joseph '\\'ain- 
wright, whose sketch follows ; and ]\Iary. 
There were also two W'ho died in infancy. 

(XIII) Joseph Wainwright, second son of 
John Wainwright and Sarah (Swett) Cush- 




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ing, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 
about 1812, and died at Brownsville, i\laine. 
He lived at Milo and Sebec, Maine, and built 
and operated woolen-mills in both places. The 
first woolen-mill ever erected in Piscataquis 
was built by Mr. Gushing. On November 26, 
i8..|0, he married Anna Morrill, daughter of 

John and Morrill, of Sebec. There 

were seven children : Wainv.-right, whose 
sketch follows; Sarah Martha, born May 28, 
1843; Caleb, January 17, 1845, was killed in 
the battle of the Wilderness; Celia Ann, March 
17, 1847, married Edwin C. Prentiss, of Bos- 
ton; Maria Josephine, June 17, 1850, died 
February i, 1851 ; Clara Elizabeth, November 
ig, 1854 (Mrs. Frank Ellis) ; William Edwin, 
July 3, 1856, married Ida L. Perry, and lives 
at Somerville, Massachusetts. 

(XI\') Wainwright, eldest child of Joseph 
Wainwright and Anna (Morrill) Cushing, 
was born August 12, 1841, at Sebec, Maine. 
He was educated in the town schools and at 
Foxcroft Academy, and worked in his father's 
woolen mills at Sebec. In 1861 Mr. Cushing 
enlisted in the Sixth Maine Regiment, Com- 
pany A, and later re-enlisted in the First 
Maine \'eterans, a company made up of the 
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh regiments. Mr. 
Cushing served under Burnside and Hooker at 
Williamsburg, in front of Richmond, at the 
Second Battle of Bull Run, at Antietam and 
F"redericksburg, and campaig'ned in the Shen- 
andoah \'alley under Sheridan. He enlisted 
as a private, was twice wounded, and was dis- 
charged July 5, 1865, as a lieutenant. After 
the war was over, Mr. Cushing returned to 
Sebec, and went to work in the mill as dyer. 
In 1869 he moved to Dover, Maine, and went 
to work for the Brown Woolen Company, 
where he had charge of the dye-house for 
thirteen years. \\'hile engaged in this work 
he conceived the idea of developing a business 
absolutely new to the world by perfecting a 
set of household dyes that would replace the 
family dye-pot, in which there had been no 
practical improvement for hundreds of years. 
Mr. Cushing experimented for a whole decade 
in his little shop near the mill where he was 
employed during business hours, and in 1880 
he started an establishment on his own ac- 
count. He had now to educate the world to 
the value of his goods and his methods. As 
his ready means were small, his progress was 
naturally slow, but he was materially aided 
by his modest salary as register of probate 
for Piscataquis county, which office he held for 
six terms. Persevering in the introduction of 
his goods, which, under the name of Cushing 



Perfection Dyes, soon became locally known 
and largely used, in 1886 Mr. Cushing began 
to advertise in a small way by means of cir- 
culars and samples. In six years there were 
placed upon the books the names of over 
twenty-five hundred regular customers, many 
of them dealers, agents and Indian-traders, lo- 
cated not only in every section of the United 
States, but in other countries, civilized and 
uncivilized, from Dakota to India. Mr. Cush- 
ing's original shop or laboratory has grown 
into a large factory with commodious offices, 
and his mail and express business lias attained 
extensive proportions, and is constantly in- 
creasing. It was in 1892 that he buift his 
present large plant, containing some sixteen 
thousand square feet. The business is now 
run under the name of Cushing's Perfection 
Dyes, and the product is sold all over the 
world. The firm is composed of Mr. Cushing 
and his son, Caleb H. 

Mr. Wainwright Cushing has a beautiful 
home on the banks of the Piscataquis river, in 
Foxcroft, of which town he is a valuable and 
public-spirited citizen. He is a Republican in 
politics, and served on the executive council 
of Governor H. B. Cleaves during 1895-96. 
He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, and 
has served as worshipful' master of Mosaic 
Lodge, and high priest of Piscataquis Chap- 
ter, Royal Arch j\Iasons, and belongs to Ban- 
gor Council and to all the Scottish Rite or- 
ders. He is past chancellor of Onawa Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias, past master workman of 
Protection Lodge, Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, and past master of Piscataquis 
Lodge, New England Order of Protection. In 
the Grand Army of the Republic he has been 
commander of C. S. Prouty I^ost, No. 21,, 
of Foxcroft, and in 1893 was department 
commander of the Department of Maine. He 
also belongs to the military order of the Loyal 
Legion of the United States, and to the Union 
Veterans' Union, and has been department 
commander of the Department of Maine of 
the latter organization. He is active in the 
Christian Science faith. 

On October 20, 1866, Wainwright Cushing 
married Flora A. Mclntyre, of Sebec. Maine. 
She was born at Rockport, Maine, December 
13, 1849. daughter of Captain LViah and 
Susan (Boardman) Mclntyre, the former a 
retired sea captain. Two children have been 
born to the Cushings : Caleb H., October 20, 
1868. at Sebec; and Annie F., April, 1872, at 
Foxcroft. Caleb H. Cushing was educated 
in the schools of Foxcroft and at Foxcroft 
Academy, and is now engaged in business 



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with his father. He has served three terms 
as county treasurer, and is trustee of the Pis- 
cataquis County Savings Bank. He married 
Mary F. Fogler, daughter of J. F. Fogler, of 
Rockland. Annie F. Gushing was educated in 
the schools of Foxcroft and at Foxcroft 
Academy, and was graduated from Lasell 
Seminary, Auburndale, Massachusets, in i8g6. 
On April 30, 1902, she was married to Cap- 
tain Walter J. Mayo, son of John G. Mayo, 
of Foxcroft. 



There were many pioneers 
STEVENS bearing this name identified 
with the earliest settlement of 
Massachusetts, and their descendants have 
been numerous and widely scattered, and have 
born no inconsiderable part in the develop- 
ment of this nation. John Stevens, of New- 
bury and Andover, Massachusetts, was born 
about 1606, and settled in Andover about 1645 ; 
he had six sons. William Stevens, of New- 
bury, Massachusetts, left three sons; Ser- 
geant John Stevens, of Amesbury, Massachu- 
setts, was born about 161 1, and resided early 
in Salisbury; he left three sons. Deacon 
Thomas Stevens, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, 
was a sawyer and husbandman, and a promi- 
nent citizen of the town. He left three sons. 
Another John Stevens, of Amesbury, left two 
sons. It is probable that the line herein traced 
is descended from John Stevens, of Andover. 

(I) John and Elizabeth Stevens lived in 
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in 1679. 

(II) Joseph, son of John and Elizabeth 
Stevens, was born March 24, 1679, in Chelms- 
ford, and was a resident of Woburn, Massa- 
chusetts, whence he removed to Billerica, same 
state, in 1710. He was probably born about 
1675. In 1723 he removed to Groton, Massa- 
chusetts, and seven years later to Townsend, 
same colony, where he died in 1738. He was 
an able and active citizen ; selectman of Bil- 
lerica, and at the incorporation of Townsend, 
in 1732, was delegated by the general court to 
call the first town meeting. He was modera- 
tor and selectman almost continually until his 
death, and was deacon of the church. He was 
married in Woburn, September 24, 1701, to 
Elizabeth Tidd, who was born September 19, 
1679, '" that town, daughter of John and 
Elizabeth (Fifield) Tidd, and granddaughter 
of John and Rebecca (Wood) Tidd. She died 
in Billerica, February 6, 1714, and he subse- 
quently married Elizabeth Sherman. The 
first wife was the mother of four of his chil- 
dren and the second of eight. They were : 
Joseph (died young), James, Elizabeth, Jona- 



than, Joseph (died young), Esther, Joseph, 
Ephraim, William, Jonas and Lucy. 

(Ill) Jonas, eighth son of Joseph Stevens 
and seventh child of his second wife, Eliza- 
beth (Sherman) Stevens, was born April 26, 
1727, in Groton, Massachusetts, and grew up 
in Townsend, whence he removed to Falmouth, 
Maine, and thence to the town of Gray, not 
far from Falmouth. He cleared up a farm 
in the wilderness and there made his home 
until his death. He was a soldier of the revo- 
lution, going from Gray as a private in Cap- 
tain Moses Merrill's company of Colonel 
Thomas Phinney's (third) regiment, enlisting 
April 15, 1775, and was allowed subsistance 
for seven weeks and two days. He received 
an order for a bounty coat at Cambridge 
Fort No. 2, October 26, 1775, and was among 
those recruited by New Gloucester for the 
Continental army, enlisting for three years, 
or during the war, under Captain Paul Ellis, 
in Colonel Timothy Bigelow's regiment, be- 
ing then a resident of Gray. His name ap- 
pears in the pay accounts from March 23, 
1777, to the same date, 1780. No record of 
his marriage appears, but his children are 
accounted for as follows: i. Jonas, bom 
1747, married Mary Crandall and had chil- 
dren: Benjamin, William, Jane, Elizabeth, 
Amos, Ruth, Sarah, Joseph, Jonathan. 2. 
Joel, born 1751, died May 18, 1850; married 
for third wife Olive Hobbs, and had children : 
Joel, William, Eleanor, Polly, Charlotte, Olive, 
Jeremiah, Job Eastman, Dresser, Miriam, 
Moses, Sally, William, Irene, Ezra. 3. Joseph, 
see forward. 4. Nathaniel, born in Townsend, 
Massachusetts, February, 1761, died June 30, 
1816. Married Rebecca Cobb, born in Cape 
Elizabeth, and had children : Abigail, Charles, 
Susanna, Susan, Rebecca, Rhoda, Nathaniel, 
Orpha, William and George. 5. Ruth, born 
1762, married James Doughty, of Gray. 6. 
Susanna, married Samuel Winslow. 

(I\') Captain Joseph (2), third son and 
child of Jonas Stevens, came to Norway, 
Maine, from Massachusetts, in 1787, and built 
the first frame house in the town. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Hobbs, and they had children : 
I. Daniel, see forward. 2. Jonas, born 1782, 
married Mary Hobbs. 3. Amy, 1784, died 
unmarried. 4. Apphia, 1786, married Benja- 
min Eastman, of Conway, New Hampshire. 
5. Joseph, born in Norway, May 31. .1788, 
married Ruth Bradbury. 6. Elmira, 1794, 
married Dr. John Eastman, of Conway. 7. 
Simon, August 10, 1798, married Rebecca 
Atherton, of Waterford. 

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Elizabeth (HobbsJ Stevens, was born in 
Greenwood, Maine, in 1780. He followed 
the occupation of farming throughout his life. 
He married Miriam Fowler and had chililren : 
I. Edmund, born November 18, 1804, died in 
Missouri. 2. Ruth, December 21. 1807, went 
west and is unmarried. 3. Daniel, May 31, 
1809, resided in Manchester, New Hampshire. 
4. Ansel, see forward. 5. Amy S., January 28, 
1812, died young. 6. Mary Jane, married 
John G. Robinson. 7. William, who also went 
west. 

(VT) Ansel, third son and fourth child of 
Daniel and Miriam (Fowler) Stevens, was 
born in Greenwood, Oxford county, Maine, 
July 16, 181 1, and died in 1857. Like his 
forefathers, he was a farmer. He moved 
from Maine to Manchaug, town of Sutton, 
Massachusetts, from thence to Michigan, and 
still later to Illinois, where he died. He was 
a corporal at the time of the Aroostook war, 
and went as far as Augusta at that time. He 
married Sarah Kniglit. of Greenwood, who 
died at the age of forty-eight years. Their 
children were : Ferdinand Ivsley, Lewis Ansel, 
Amy Ann, Sarah Octavia, Daniel Atwood, see 
forward : Charles Peter, Ruth Ellen. 

(\TI) Daniel Atwood, third son and sixth 
child of Ansel and Sarah (Knight) Stevens, 
was born in Greenwood, July 26, 1845. He 
was educated in the public schools of Sut- 
ton, to which town his parents had removed 
when he was seven years old. His attendance 
at school was confined to the winter months, 
as his assistance was required on the farm 
during the summer. At the age of seventeen 
years he commenced an apprenticeship to the 
machinist's trade at Whitinsville, Massachu- 
setts, but in July, 1863, when the civil war 
was at its height, he responded to the call for 
volunteers and enlisted in the Second Massa- 
chusetts Heavy Artillery. His term of serv- 
ice extended to September 3, 1865, when he 
was honorably discharged. Returning to 
Whitinsville, he finished his apprenticeship and 
subsequently worked at his trade until 1878, 
when he engaged as clerk for W. M. Walker,^ 
in York Village. Finding himself better 
adapted to mercantile duties than to mechani- 
cal labors, he established a store of his own 
in 1 881 in the town of York, and has since 
conducted a successful business. He is a 
Republican in politics and was postmaster 
under Harrison's administration. He was ap- 
pointed postmaster at York Village in 1905, 
but resigned. He has been actively engaged 
in many useful enterprises, and is always 
ready to assist in promoting any project for 



the good of the community. Believing thor- 
oughly in the elevating power of religion, he 
is "an active member of the Congregational 
church, is a deacon, and has been parish clerk 
for many years. He is a member of St. Aspin- 
quid Lodge, No. 198, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons ; Knights of Pythias ; and Or- 
der of the Golden Cross. He married, May 
5, 1871, Clara E., daughter of Richard H. and 
Clarissa (Wilson) Walker, and they have one 
child, Alice Emma, born March, 1873. She 
attended the town schools of York and a 
private school in New Hampshire. She mar- 
ried, 1905, Walter C. Badger, of_ New York, 
an electrician. They are now living in York, 
Maine. 



The name Stevens occurs in 
STEVENS the records of Maine at an 

early date, and as early as 
1720 John Stevens, from whom the Stevenses 
of this article may be descended, was in Ken- 
nebunkport. Thirty-five pages of the record, 
"Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the 
Revolution," are given to accounts of the 
Stevenses. 

(I) Moses Stevens, the earliest known an- 
cestor, married, November 16, 1703, Elizabeth 
Butland, of Wells. 

(II) Benjamin, son of Moses and Elizabeth 
(Butland) Stevens, married, December 3, 
1735, Mary Hatch. He moved to Kennebunk 
in 1751. 

(III) Joel, son of Benjamin and Mary 
( Hatch) Stevens, was born in Kennebunk, 
1744, died April 2, 1840. He was a farmer 
in Kennebunk; a revolutionary soldier and 
pensioner. He married, March 10, 1774, Mary 
Webber. 

(IV) Calvin, son of Joel and Mary (Web- 
ber) Stevens, was born in Kennebunk. March 
14, 1793, died March 31, 1877. He was a 
cabinetmaker and farmer in Standish. He 
married (first) Lydia P. Moulton, who died 
June 2, 1852, and they were the parents of 
Lorenzo, Leander and George. He married 
(second) Mrs. Lucy Paine, a widow. 

(V) Leander, second son of Calvin and Ly- 
dia P. (Moulton) Stevens, was born in Stand- 
ish, March 8, 1822, died in Portland, Novem- 
ber 27, 1903. He was engaged in the grocery 
business in Boston and in the hardware busi- 
ness in New York ; then was a clerk in a Bos- 
ton hotel ; in 1857 removed to Portland, 
Maine, where he was in the employ of a gro- 
cery firm three years. For a time he was a 
messenger on the road between Portland and 
Montreal. He was clerk at the Preble House, 



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Portland, for some years, until the opening of 
the Falmouth in that city; was then clerk at 
:the Falmoutli from 1868 to 1876, and pro- 
prietor 1876-79, and was for ten years clerk 
at the American House, Boston. After a 
.term as clerk at the Poland Spring Hotel he 
retired and spent the remainder of his life in 
Portland. In politics he was an independent 
voter. He served one year in the Portland 
city council. He married Maria Jane Han- 
.cock Wingate, born in Gorham, November 7, 
1825. She was the third child of John and 
Salome (Small) Wingate, of Gorham, and 
descended from the first John Wingate who 
■settled near Dover, New Hampshire, about 
1658. (See Wingate VI.) Their children 
were: i. Leander L., born November 20, 
[849, married, December 16, 1874, Mrs. Lucy 
Blanchard, and they have had two children : 
Leander Elwood and Alice G., died young. 
2. John Calvin, mentioned below. 3. Lydia 
Maria, born August 10, 1859, married Stephen 
E. Winslow, and died April 27, igoo. 4. 
Henry Wingate, born January 8, 1869, mar- 
ried Frances Seely, and has three children : 
"Wingate Irving, Theodore Moulton and 
Frances Louise. 

(\T) John Calvin, second son of Leander 
and Maria J. H. (Wingate) Stevens, was 
born in Boston, October 8, 1855, and was 
taken by his parents when two years old to 
Portland, where he has since spent his life, 
except a year and a half in Boston. He re- 
ceived his early education in the Portland 
schools, and graduated from the Portland high 
school in June, 1873. In the fall of the same 
year he entered the office of Francis H. Fas- 
sett, architect, in Portland, remaining in this 
connection until 1880, when he was admitted 
to partnership with his employer, the firm 
taking the name of Fassett & Stevens. A 
branch office was opened in Boston, of which 
Mr. Stevens took charge and there remained 
eighteen months. While there he won, in com- 
petition with other architects, the award for a 
design of the Hotel Pemberton, afterward 
built at Windmill Point, Hull, in Boston har- 
bor. Returning to Portland in the latter part 
of 1881, he continued with j\Ir. Fassett until 
the spring of 1884, when he opened an inde- 
pendent office in the First National Bank 
building, where he remained until his removal 
to his present office in the Oxford building. 
In 1888 he took in a partner, A. W. Cobb, of 
Boston, but this relation was soon dissolved, 
and he continued alone until 1906, when his 
son, John Howard Stevens, was admitted as 
an associate in the business. The firm of 



Stevens & Cobb published a book, "Examples 
of American Domestic Architecture," which 
has received much commendation from the 
members of the architectural profession and 
the general public. Among prominent build- 
ings designed by Mr. Stevens, which are men- 
tioned here as conveving some estimate of the 
character and extent of his work, are : The 
exterior of the Brown block on Congress 
street, designed while in partnership with F. 
H. Fassett; the remodeling of the Union Mu- 
tual Life Insurance building for the U^nion Safe 
Deposit and Trust Company ; the Oxford build- 
ing on Middle street ; the Eye and Ear In- 
firmary, New Surgery building, at the Maine 
General Hospital ; the rebuilding of State 
Street Church; Maine Medical School build- 
ing; Portland Athletic Club building; North- 
eastern Telephone building ; many of the finest 
residences in Portland and a large number 
of the best summer residences about Portland, 
such as those of James Hopkins Smith and 
Henry St. John Smith. A great deal of his 
work has been out of town, scattered through 
the state, including the fine residence of Judge 
Powers in Houlton ; the residence of Governor 
John F. Llill in Augusta ; nearly all the re- 
cent buildings at the Soldiers' Home at To- 
gus ; the fine residence of F. E. Boston in 
Gardiner ; the Academy building in Houlton ; 
the Academy and Dormitory at Hebron ; the 
Maine State Sanatorium for Pulmonary Dis- 
eases. Hebron ; many of the smaller Baptist 
churches throughout the state ; the dining-room 
wing of the Poland Spring Hotel ; the hotel 
at Belgrade ; the Checkley House at Prout"s 
Neck ; many summer residences at Front's 
Neck and Kennebunkport ; the Eastern Maine 
Insane Hospital at Bangor ; residences at Bar 
Harbor and Hancock Point ; numerous pieces 
of work outside the state, including houses in 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and New Castle, In- 
diana; a Baptist church in Colorado; several 
fine residences in Boston ; Library building at 
Rumford Falls ; Library building at Houlton ; 
remodelling and fire-proofing of the south 
wing of the State House at Augusta. The 
firm is now building the Municipal building 
at Skowhegan, and are carrying on extensive 
remodelling at the Soldiers' Home at Hamp- 
ton, Mrginia, involving the expenditure of 
more than five hundred thousand dollars, and 
has been selected associate architects with 
Carrere & Hastings, of New York, for the 
new City Hall at Portland. In the summer of 
1892 Mr. Stevens, with F. A. Elwcll. of the 
Portland Transcript, organized an architectu- 
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ern and central France, which was very suc- 
cessful. The party included twenty-three 
members, and traveled over a thousand miles 
awheel, visiting many picturesque towns lying 
off the route of the ordinary tourist. 

Mr. Stevens is a fellow of the American In- 
stitute of Architects, and has served upon its 
board of directors ; is a member of the Boston 
Society of Architects; a member of the Ar- 
chitectural League of New York ; member of 
the Portland Art Society, of which he was 
president in 1893, and has served upon its 
executive committee since its organization ; 
member of the Rlaine Charitable Mechanics' 
Association, serving as president in 1890-91 ; 
member of the Portland Athletic Club, of 
which he was third vice-president in 1894-95 
and president in igoo; was a member of the 
Portland Wheel Club, was president of the or- 
ganization in iS88-8g, and was at that time 
chief consul of the Maine division of the 
League of American Wheelmen. Fie is also a 
member of the board of trustees of the Maine 
Eye and Ear Infirmary, and an honorary mem- 
ber of the Portland Yacht Club. He is a 
prominent Mason, being a member of An- 
cient Landmark Lodge, Mount Vernon 
Royal Arch Chapter, Portland Council of 
Royal and Select Masters, Portland Com- 
mandery of Knights Templar, and Maine Con- 
sistory of the Sublime Princes of the Royal 
Secret. He is also a member of Maine Lodge 
of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican, and in i8go was a member of Portland 
city council from ward seven. 

John Calvin Stevens married, in Portland, 
December 25, 1877, Martha Louise Waldron, 
born in Buckfield, Maine, daughter of Howard 
D. and Caroline (Baker) Waldron. Chil- 
dren: John Howard, married, September i, 
1903, Agnes McFadden, of Portland, Maine; 
Caroline Maria, Margaret Louise, Dorothy 
Winsfate. 



"The English family of Win- 
WINGATE gate is of great antiquity. It 

had existed for several gen- 
erations previous to the settlement of the fam- 
ily at Sharpenhoe, in the parish of Streatty, 
in County Bedford. The manor of the family, 
in the parish of Ellesborough, in Bucking- 
hamshire, in early days called Wyngate's, is 
now known by the name of Grove." Win- 
gate was used as a surname in South England 
and Scotland prior to 1200, but a writer states 
that the first known of the family was a cer- 
tain "Hemyng de Wingate," that is, Hemyng 
of Wyngate, who was lord of that manor 



about the reign of King Henry II, 1 154-1 189. 
From him are descended eleven generations of 
Wingates, but no connection between the Eng- 
lish and the American Wingates can be traced. 
That the Wingates of America were like their 
British relations, worthy people, is known from 
the fact that the name Wingate occurs with 
frequency and dignity in the history of the 
early colonial enterprises in America. The 
latitude in the spelling of the name was as 
great in this case as in the average of instances 
in colonial times. 

(I) John \\'ingate, immigrant, was born in 
England and came to New Hampshire with- 
out a family. All the members of the Win- 
gate family now in this country can be traced 
back to this one immigrant. John Wingate 
was a planter at Hilton's Point, now Dover, 
as early as 1658. Few facts are known of 
him, but enough to indicate a good standing 
among his fellow men for probity, energy 
and success in life. He was "received inhabe- 
tant of Dover 18, 4 mO. 1660," but this must 
refer to citizenship and not to settlement, as 
he had received land of the town 11, 11, 1659, 
when twenty acres were given him "at the 
head of Thomas Laytons twenty acker lott on 
the west side of the back River that joyneth to 
Elder Nutter's 20 acker lott." It seems that 
on John Wingate's first coming to Dover he 
was in the service of Thomas Layton ; so it 
would appear from a record in Dover's oldest 
town book, that states that there was con- 
veyed to him by the selectmen 23, 10, 1658, a 
lot of twenty acres on the west side of Back 
river, "at the head of the twenty acker loet 
given unto the afoersayed John Wingett by his 
master, Thomas Layton, decesd." The rec- 
ords show that John had other lands also : 
whereas "John Wingett has tenn acres of land 
granted him by the inhabetants of Dover 
Necke" between little John's creek and Ralph 
Twambley's lot. It was laid out 3, 3, 1669. 
He soon made his homestead on Dover Neck, 
where a beautiful farm of nearly one hundred 
acres very near the city of Dover has always 
been in the possession of the Wingate family, 
having been handed down in uninterrupted 
descent to the sixth generation, almost two 
hundred and fifty years. John Wingate paid 
attention to his own aiTairs and prospered, 
and became one of the principal land-holders 
of Dover; but he was sometimes in the public 
service, and was grand juror and selectman in 
the years 1674-86-87, being chairman the lat- 
ter year. He was in active military service 
in 1675, the year which King Phillip's war 
broke out. John Wingate died December 9, 



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1687. His will, made in the spring of 1684, 
was proved before Judge Barefoot, March 23, 

1688. He married (first) Mary Nutter, 
daughter of Hateville Nutter (See Nutter I). 
He married (second) about 1676, Sarah, 
widow of Thomas Canny, whose maiden name 
was Taylor; she was a daughter of Anthony 
Taylor, who died November 4, 1687, aged 
eighty years, and who came to Hampton prob- 
ably in the summer of 1640; Philippa, his 
wife, died September 20, 1683. John Wingate 
had five chiklren by his last wife. The list in 
full is : Anne, John, Caleb, Moses, Mary, 
Joshua and Abigail. 

(H) John (2), eldest son of John (1) and 
Mary (Nutter) Wingate, was born in Dover 
Neck, July 13, 1670, and died in 1715. He 
inherited the paternal homestead and lived 
upon it all his life. He was prominent in 
military afifairs. When a little under fifty 
years of age he commanded a company in the 
expedition against Port Royal, but whether the 
first or second expedition is not certain. The 
records for the province for April 19, 171 1, 
show that "Captain John Wingett was al- 
lowed 249 pounds 5 shillings 9 pence for the 
muster roll of the company under his com- 
mand upon an expedition to Port Royal," and 
for November ig, 1712, they show that he 
was allowed 13 pounds 9 shillings, 7 pence, for 
muster roll. His will, made December 28, 
1714, was probated in 171 5. He gave to his 
sons, Moses and Samuel, "/\11 that hundred 
acres of land which I had of my grandfather 
Nutler, lying neare Mr. Reyner's farme." The 
son Edmund, thirty acres granted to him by 
the town "in Barbadoes Woods." To wife 
Ann, and eldest son John, the dwelling-house, 
farm, orchards, etc., and Marsh flats: "my 
part of a saw-mill at Tole End," to enable 
them to bring up my small children, also live 
stock, household goods, ready money, debts 
and so forth. To his daughters five pounds 
each. Of the wife of John we know only her 
Christian name, which was Ann. She mar- 
ried (second) December, 1725, Captain John 
Heard. The twelve children of John and Ann 
Wingate were: Mary, John, Ann, Sarah, 
Moses, Samuel, Edmond, Abagail, Elizabeth, 
Mehitable, Joanna, Simon, whose sketch fol- 
lows. 

(HI) Simon, twelfth and youngest child of 
John (2) and Ann Wingate, was born at 
Dover Neck, September 2, 1713. He moved 
to Biddeford, Maine, was admitted to the first 
church of that town October 17, 1742, and 
became a deacon. He married Lydia Hill, 
daughter of Ebenezer and Abiel (Snell) Hill. 



She was admitted to the first church, Novem- 
ber 25, 1744. It is probable that she married 
a second time, September 29, 1774, Captain 
Daniel Stover. Simon and Lydia had twelve 
children : Anna, Elizabeth, Hannah, Snell, 

Simon, John, Lydia, Edmund, , Lucy, 

Sarah and Susanna. 

(IV) Snell, eldest son of Simon and Lydia 
(Hill) Wingate, was baptized February 3, 
1744. He settled in that part of Buxton now 
Buxton Centre, and lived and died in a house 
which he probably built on lot 12, range D, 
of the third division. Fie was selectman eleven 
years. He married (first) December i, 1768, 
Margaret Enjery, of Biddeford, who died No- 
vemlDcr 29. 1783; (second) June, 1788, Me- 
hitable Crocker, of Dunstable, Massachusetts, 
widow of Elijah Crocker, a sea captain, and 
sister of Solicitor-General Daniel Davis. Snell 
Wingate had five children by his first wife and 
six by his second wife, as follows : Molly, 
Samuel, Daniel, Abigail, Simon, Robert Davis, 
Elijah Crocker, Snell, Ansel, Margaret Em- 
ery, John, next mentioned. 

(V) John (3), youngest child of Snell and 
Mehitable (Crocker) Wingate, was born April 
28, 1788, and died in 1859. He resided in 
Gorham. He was married (first) January 22, 
1821, to Salome Small, of Buxton, who was 
born December 10, 1802: (second) September 
22, 1829, Widow Sophia Frost, who was born 
September 5, 1799. He had by his first wife 
three children and by the second wife eight: 
Ansel D., Sarah P., Maria J. H., Rebecca I., 
Salome S., Henry F., James I. (died young), 
James I., Mary G., Ellen I. and John P. 

(VI) Maria J. H., third child of John (3) 
and Salome (Small) Wingate, was born No- 
vember 7, 1825. and married. November 3, 
184S, Leander Stevens (see Stevens V). 



It is generallv supposed 
REYNOLDS that the names Runnels 
and Reynolds have a com- 
mon origin ; and many branches of the fam- 
ily with the former spelling have changed it 
to the latter under the impression that Run- 
nells is but a corruption of Reynolds. As- 
suming that the patronymics are identical, no 
less than forty-nine different orthographies 
have been found in written records. Some of 
the most noticeable are Runals, Renels, Ronals, 
Runils, Renold, Runolds, Renls, Roynalds, 
Ronels, Reinolds. Add to these the variations 
that may come from doubling the middle let- 
ters n and 1, and it will be readily seen that 
a multiplicity of forms will result. 

Rev. Moses T. Runnels, for some time pas- 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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tor of the Congregational church at Sanborn- 
ton, New Hampshire, is incHned to favor an 
independent origin of the two principal forms, 
Runnels and Reynolds. He has devoted much 
time to genealogical research, and thinks that 
Runnels is of Scotch origin, and that Reynolds 
is English and Irish. Reynolds is generally 
admitted to have been derived from the old 
German Reginald, or, possibly, the old Nor- 
wegian Ronald, while Runnels is thought to 
have been taken literally from the Scotch 
term, runnel, meaning a small brook or rivu- 
let. The only coat-of-arms that has been 
found has for its principal features : "A plate 
charged with a rose, gules, barbed and seeded, 
between two fleurs d lys, or. Crest, a fox pas- 
sant, or. holding in its mouth a rose, as in the 
arms, slipped and leaved, vert. Motto: Mu- 
rus Aheneus Esto (Let him be a wall of 
brass). Underneath is the word Runnells, 
and on the back of the document is the state- 
ment : "The family of Runnells is originally 
from the town of Biddeford, in the County of 
Devon. These are five descents in Sir Will- 
iam Seager's visitation in 1619." Notwith- 
standing this bit of heraldric testimony. Rev. 
M. T. Runnels stoutly maintains the Scotch 
origin of the Runnels name ; and perhaps the 
armorial bearings, if they prove anything, 
merely emphasize the inextricable confusion 
of the two families Runnels and Reynolds. 

Scarcely any name is more numerously rep- 
resented among the early settlers of this coun- 
try. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary men- 
tions no less than twenty-tw^o as being heads 
of families in New England prior to 1690, 
most of whom wrote themselves Reynolds, 
Renold or Renolds. These were Richard, 
"passenger 1634"; John, Watertown, 1634; 
Robert. Watertown, 1635 ; William, Duxbury, 
1636: William, Providence, 1637; William, 
Salem, 1640: Henry, Salem, 1642; James, 
Plymouth, 1643; John, Isles of Shoals, 1647; 
Nathaniel, Boston, 1657; John, Norwich, Con- 
necticut, 1659; John, Weymouth, 1660; Thom- 
as, New London, 1664; John, Wcathersfield, 
1667; Jonathan, Stamford, 1667; Robert, Bos- 
ton, 1670; John, Josiah and Samuel, Wick- 
ford, 1674; John, Providence, 1676; Francis 
and Henry, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1686. 

(I) Robert Reynolds, the first American 
ancestor of the following line, was born in 
England about tlie end of the sixteenth cen- 
tury, but the exact date and place are un- 
known. He died in Boston, April 27, 1659. 
He is known to have been located in that 
town as early as 1632, and he was mentioned 
as a "shoemaker and freeman, September 3, 



1634." Soon after he moved to the neighbor- 
ing village of Watertown, and finally migrated 
with his brother John to Wcathersfield, Con- 
necticut, being dismissed by the church, March 

29, 1636, to form a church at Wcathersfield. 
He soon returned to Boston, however, and 
there spent the remainder of his life. His 
wife's first name was Mary, and she tlied Jan- 
uary 18, 1663. There were five children, all 
born in England : Nathaniel, whose sketch 
follows; Ruth, married John Whitney; Tabi- 
tha, married Matthew Abdy ; Sarah, married 
Mason ; Mary, married Richard San- 
ger, or Sawyer. 

(II) Nathaniel, only son of Robert and 
Mary Reynolds, was born in England, prob- 
ably about 1620, and died at Bristol, Rhode 
Island, July 10, 1708. When a child he came 
to this country with his people, and lived in 
Boston or its neighborhood until 1680, when 
he moved to Bristol, where he spent the last 
twenty-eight years of his life. He was a shoe- 
maker and became a freeman in 1665. In a 
record dated Chelmsford, February 25, 1676, 
he was called Captain Nathaniel Reynolds, 
probably for service in King Philip's war. He 
was recognized in the first town meeting at 
Bristol, "and became one of the principal men 
of that town." He was twice married and 
had eleven children in all, three by the first 
and eight by the second wife. On November 

30, 1657, Captain Nathaniel Reynolds was 
united in marriage by Governor John Endi- 
cott to Sarah, daughter of John Dwight, of 
Dedham. She died July 8, 1663, leaving three 
children : Sarah, born July 26, 1659, married 
John Fosdick; Mary, November 20, 1660, died 
"January 28, 1663, aged two years and two 
months, and Nathaniel (2), whose sketch fol- 
lows. Before February 21, 1666, Captain 
Nathaniel Reynolds married his second wife, 
Priscilla Brackett, daughter of Peter Brackett, 
"a well-to-do tradesman of Boston." There 
were eight children by this marriage: John, 
August 4, 1668, died in his eighty-ninth year, 
without direct heirs; Peter, January 26, 1670; 
Philip, September 15, 1672, died previously to 
1706; Joseph, January 9, 1677, lived to be 
eighty-two years of age; Hannah. January 15, 
1682, married Samuel Rayall ; Mary, 1684, 
married Nathaniel Woodbury; Benjamin. May 
10, 1686; Ruth, December 9, 1688, married 
Josiah Gary. 

(III) Nathaniel (2), only son of Captain 
Nathaniel (i) and his first wife. Sarah 
(Dwight) Reynolds, was born March 3, 1662- 
63, probably in the neighborhood of Boston, 
and died October 29, 1719, probably at Bristol, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Rhode Island. His wife's name is said to 
have been Ruth, and it is thought that there 
were seven children, of whom the names of 
two only are recorded: Nathaniel (3), whose 
sketch follows ; John, born March 29, 1696. 

(IV) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) 
and Ruth Reynolds, was born September 11, 
1689, probably at Bristol, Rhode Island, and 
died in Boston in 1740. He came from Bristol 
to Boston in 1735, and owned a store there. 
In 1 71 2 Nathaniel (3) Reynolds married 
Mary Snell, and they had two sons ; Nathaniel, 
born 1716-17, and Thomas, mentioned below. 
After the early death of Nathaniel (3) Rey- 
nolds his widow moved to North Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts, taking her two sons with her. 

(V) Thomas, younger of the two sons of 
Nathaniel (3) and ]\Iary (Snell) Reynolds, 
was born March 19, 1718, probably at Bristol, 
Rhode Island, and died in 1775, probably at 
Bridgewater, Massachusetts. On November 
3, 1748, Thomas Reynolds married Elizabeth 
Turner, and raised up a family of eight chil- 
dren, probably at North Bridgewater : Amy, 
born October 29, 1749, died May 9, 1752; Jo- 
seph, whose sketch follows : Amy, February 
25, 1753, married Silas Dunbar; Elizabeth, 
June 22, 1755; Susanna, April 24, 1757, mar- 
ried Oliver Howard ; Martha, March 23, 
1759. married Parmenas Packard ; Thomas, 
January 27. 1762. married Tabitha Thayer, 
1785; Josiah, July i, 1766, married a Phillips 
and moved to Vermont. 

(VI) Joseph, elder son of Thomas and 
Elizabeth (Turner) Reynolds, was born June 
22, 1751, at North Bridgewater, Massachu- 
setts, but the date of his death is unknown, 
though it probably occurred in Maine, where 
he moved in early life. On September 17, 
1772, Joseph Reynolds married Jemima Per- 
kins, and they had eleven children : Ichabod, 
whose sketch follows; Joseph, Daniel, Simeon, 
Azel, Thomas, Olive, who married a Macom- 
ber ; Amy, married a Howard ; Vesta, married 
a Clapp : Susanna and Jemima. 

(VII) Captain Ichabod, eldest son of Jo- 
seph and Jemima (Perkins) Reynolds, was 
born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, March 
27. 1773. au'l flied at Auburn, Maine, April 
3, 1855. On January 21, 1796, he married 
at Bridgewater, Polly Brett, daughter of Isaac 
and Priscilla (Jackson) Brett, who was born 
at Bridgewater, March i, 1777, and died at 
Auburn, Maine, May 19, 1866. She was 
seventh in descent from John and Priscilla 
(]\Iullins) Alden, who are among the most 
famous of the "Mavflower" Pilgrims (Alden 
VII). Captain Ichabod and Polly (Brett) 



Reynolds moved to Minot, ]\Iaine, where they 
had eleven children: Otis, Ichabod (2), men- 
tioned below ; Madison, Luke, Samuel L.,. 
Adoniram J., Polly, who married a Kinsley; 
Nancy, married a Bird ; Betsy, married a Far- 
rington ; Clara, married a Kinsley ; Laura, 
married Franklin Reynolds. 

(VIII) Ichabod (2), second son of Captain 
Ichabod (i) and Polly (Brett) Reynolds, was 
born at Minot, Maine, August 7, 1804, and 
died at Bethel, Maine, June 26, 1867. On 
January 17, 1831, he married Laura Ann 
Woodman, daughter of Jacob Woodman, who 
was born at Minot, Maine, December 4, 1810,, 
and died at Holyoke, Massachusetts, May 13, 
1881. They had three children: Roscoe Clin- 
ton, whose sketch follows : Franklin O., of 
]\lichigan; Julia E., married E. M. Bartlett, a 
minister, with charge at Brandon, Vermont. 

(IX) Roscoe Clinton, son of Ichabod (2) 
and Laura A. (Woodman) Reynolds, was born 
at Windsor, ]\Iaine. February 24, 1838. He 
was educated in the public schools of Lew'is- 
ton and at Lew^iston Falls Academy. In 1854, 
JNIichigan ; Julia E., married E. M. Bartlett, a 
at the age of sixteen, he learned the machin- 
ist's trade, and in 1857 became master me- 
chanic at Bates Mills, Lewiston, where he re- 
mained for thirteen years. He went from 
there to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he 
filled a similar position in the Everett Mills 
for five years. Returning to Lewiston, he be- 
came agent of the Lewiston Machine Com- 
pany, which position he held for twenty-four 
years. In 1900 he retired from active busi- 
ness, to enjoy a well-earned leisure. Mr. 
Reynolds is a Democrat in politics, and has 
taken as active a part in city affairs as busi- 
ness interests would allow. In 1870-71-78 he 
was a member of the common council. an<i in 
1883 he was president of that body. In 1885 
he was elected alderman, and in 1871 was 
representative to the legislature ; he was city 
marshal in 1871. In 1895 he was made a 
member of the board of water commissioners,, 
again in 1901 and again in 1907. ]\Ir. Reyn- 
olds attends the Universalist church, and be- 
longs to the Masons, the Mystic Shriners and 
to the Knights Templar. On January 10, 
i860, Roscoe Clinton Reynolds married Cath- 
erine Gilmore, daughter of John Francis and 
Betsey (Cushman) Gilmore, wdio was born at 
Leeds, Maine, February ig, 1840. Mrs. Cath- 
erine (Cilmore) Reynolds is seventh in de- 
scent from Captain Miles Standish, of Dux- 
bury. (See Standish. ATI.) They have one 
son, George F., mentioned below. 

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ton and Catherine (Gilmore) Reynolds, was 
born at Lewiston, March 28, 1865. On April 
26, 1888, he married Martha L. Holland, of 
Lewiston. They have two children : Roscoe 
Clinton, born January 4, 1893, and Katherine 
G., March 29, 1901. 



In Lancashire, England, 
STANDISH there stands a stately Stand- 
ish Hall inherited by a fam- 
ily which has been there since the Norman 
Conquest. If we may accept the history pre- 
served of their exploits, they were distin- 
guished mainly as soldiers. Under Richard 
n, a John Standish was knighted for hav- 
ing stabbed the fallen Wat Tyler after the 
mayor had struck him from his horse. "Stand- 
v\cich" is the spelling in Froissart, where the 
story is told, and he is said to have been one 
of the king's squires, being created knight ap- 
parently on that very day, and being sent as 
one of three to parley with the rioters at 
Smithfield, near London. Sir Ralph Standish 
fought at Agincourt under Henry V in the 
wars against France. Sixty-seven years later 
Alexander Standish was knighted for bravery 
in Scotland. Still later, Ralph Standish mar- 
ried the daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, 
and lost his estate for rebellion against the 
Crown in supporting the Pretender. 

There were two branches of the Standish 
family, one living at Standish Hall, the other 
at Duxbury Hall. At the Reformation the 
two separated, the Standish Hall family re- 
maining Romanists, while the Duxbury 
branch became Protestants. It is believed 
that IMyles Standish, the great Puritan cap- 
tain, belonged to the Protestant branch, since 
he named his home in America Duxbury. Yet 
in his will he says that he is a great-grandson 
of a younger brother from the house of Stand- 
ish, and he bequeaths the title to these vast 
estates to his eldest son. The rent-roll of 
these lands is half a million yearly, and to 
defeat the claim of his line, it is supposed that 
the page containing the parish record of his 
birth was fraudulently defaced. 

(I) Captain Myles Standish was born about 
1584 in the parish of Chorley, Lancashire, 
England, which would indicate his belonging 
to Duxbury Hall, since this is between Stand- 
ish Hall and the Chorley parish church. It is 
probable that his lands were "surreptitiously 
detained" from him : at least that is what his 
will says ; so we may believe that he began life 
without any considerable property. We know 
nothing of his history till we find him commis- 
sioned a lieutenant among the troops sent over 



by Queen Elizabeth to help the Dutch to main- 
tain their cause against the Spanish. It is not 
known just how he happened to cast in his 
fortunes with the Pilgrims ; but it is probable 
that when the English refugees came to Ley- 
den they made the acquaintance of the captain. 
At all events he became the shield and defense 
of our Forefathers, coming over in the first 
ship, the "Mayflower," in 1620. He lived in 
Plymouth till 1639. when he moved to the 
northern part of the harbor at Duxbury, and 
died there October 3, 1556, aged seventy-two. 
Myles Standish was an original proprietor of 
Bridgewater, and a principal member of the 
committee who purchased the plantation from 
Massasoit, the Indian sachem, in 1649. Cap- 
tain Myles Standish brought with him his wife 
Rose who could not endure the rigors of the 
New England cHmate, and died a month after 
the arrival of the "Mayflower," January 29, 
1621. His second wife was named Barbara, 
and it is thought that she came over in the sec- 
ond ship in 1621. They had six children: 
Alexander, mentioned below ; Miles, Josiah, 
Charles, Lora and John. Lora died before her 
father, and John died young. Miles Standish 
lived and died at tiie foot of the hill in Dix- 
bury, named after him "Captain Hill !" 

(II) Alexander, son of Captain Myles and 
Barbara Standish, was born at Duxbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, in 1635, and died at the sarne place 
in 1702. He lived on the paternal estate at 
the foot of Captain's Hill, and was made a 
freeman in 1648. Like his father, he was twice 
married. The first wife of Ale.xander Standish 
was Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Pris- 
cilla (Mullins) Alden, who was born at Dux- 
bury in 1625, and died there in 1687. (See 
Alden I.) They had seven children: Miles, 
Ebenezer, whose sketch follows ; Lorah, mar- 
ried Abraham Sampson ; Lydia, married Isaac 
Sampson; Mercy, married Caleb Sampson; 
Sarah, married Benjamin Soule ; and Eliza- 
beth, married Samuel Delano. The second 
wife of Alexander Standish was a woman 
whose maiden name was Desire Doten ; but 
when she married Standish, she had already 
been twice a widow, first of William Sherman 
and second of Israel Holmes. The children 
of Alexander and Desire (Doten) (Sherman) 
(Holmes) Standish were three; Thomas, born 
in 1687; Ichabod, married Phebe Ring; and 
Desire, married a Weston. 

(Ill) Ebenezer, second son of Alexander 
and his first wife, Sarah (Alden) Standish, 
was born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1672, 
and died at the same place, March 9, 1755. 
He married at Plymouth, Hannah Sturtevant, 



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who was burn in that town, January 8, 1687, 
and (lied at Duxbury, January 23, 1759. 
They had seven children : Ebenezer, Zechariah, 
Moses, Hannah, Zeruiah, mentioned below, 
Sarah and Mercy. 

(IV) Zeruiah, second daughter of Ebene- 
zer and Hannah (Sturtevant) Standish, was 
born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, January 7, 
1707 ; the date and place of her death are un- 
known. On May 20, 1724, she was married 
to Andrew Ring, who was born at Plymouth, 
March 28, 1695, and died at North Yarmouth, 
Maine, November 17, 1744. Among their chil- 
dren was Sarah, mentioned below. 

(V) Sarah Ring, daughter of Andrew and 
Zeruiah (Standish) Ring, was born at Ply- 
mouth, Massachusetts, September 2, 1737, and 
died at South Brookfield, Massachusetts, June 
22, 1809. She married Isaiah Cushman, who 
was born February 2, 1730, and died at Upper 
Canada, November 2, 1818. Among their 
children was Andrew, mentioned below. 

(VI) Andrew Cushman, son of Isaiah and 
Sarah (Ring) Cushman, was born at Plymp- 
ton, Massachusetts, January 6, 1761, and died 
at Leeds, Maine, February 6, 1844. On July 
2, 1788. he married at Winthrop, Maine, Bath- 
sheba Jennings, who was born at Sandwich, 
Massachusetts, August 12, 1769, and died at 
Leeds, Maine, May 12, 1842. Among their 
children was Betsy, mentioned below. 

(VII) Betsey Cushman was born at Leeds, 
Maine, January 11, 1814, and died at Lewiston, 
Maine, September 25, 1894. On May i, 1839, 
she was married at Leeds to John Francis 
Gilmore, who was born at North Easton, Mas- 
sachusetts, May 10, 1816, and died at Leeds, 
November 2, 1845. Their daughter was Cath- 
erine Gilmore, who was born at Leeds, Feb- 
ruary 19, 1840, and was married at Auburn, 
Maine, January 10, i860, to Roscoe Clinton 
Reynolds. (See Reynolds, IX.) 



This is a name of Teutonic-Scan- 
ALDEN dinavian origin, being found in 

Holland, Germany, Denmark and 
Sweden under such forms as Van Alden, Aul- 
den and Auldine. The prefix "al" or "el" 
in Anglo-Saxon meant brave, strong, noble, 
illustrious — as in Albert, "the nobly bright." 
"Dene" is an old spelling for the word Dane ; 
hence we have Alden, the brave or noble Dane. 
This does not necessarily imply that the an- 
cestral Aldens were natives of Denmark, be- 
cause the term was applied in a general way to 
inhabitants of the northwestern portion of 
Europe ; and even our Saxon forefathers some- 



times called themselves Danes in very early 
times. 

In England the name of Alden was wide- 
spread at the time of the Norman Conquest in 
1066. In the Domesday Book, the Conquer- 
or's census taken 1086, Aldens and Aldines 
are recorded in nearly all of the eastern coun- 
tries from Hertfordshire north to York. Many 
of them are entered as "tenants in capite," 
that is, as holding lands directly from the 
king. It is apparent from these records that 
many Aldens were men of importance and 
long establishment in England under the Sax- 
on rule. There are several coats-of-arms 
connected with the Alden name, but none of 
them is of ancient date. The earliest of which 
we have any record was granted to John Al- 
den of the Middle Temple in 1607. Guillim's 
"Display of Heraldry," published in 1610, 
speaks of it as follows: "He beareth Gules, 
three Crescents within a Bordure engrail'd Er- 
mine by the name of Alden." Another work 
gives the crest ; "Out of a ducal coronet per 
pale, gules and sable, a demi-lion, or." The 
three crescents and the demi-lion seem to be^ 
the constant features in armorial bearings of 
this name, though one Alden coat has two 
bats' wings, both on the shield and on the 
crest. 

No name among the early settlers of this 
country is associated with more romance than 
that of John Alden ; and according to one 
writer, "No Pilgrim blood has percolated 
further through American society than that of 
Alden." Large families have been the rule, 
and it is estimated that a complete genealogy 
of the descendants of John and Priscilla Al- 
den would contain at least thirty thousand 
names. The first President Adams was a 
g'-eat-great-grandson, through John Alden's 
daughter Ruth, who married John Bass. Long- 
fellow traced his descent through John Al- 
den's eldest daughter Elizabeth, who married a 
Paybodie. Bryant was descended through 
Anna (Alden) Snell, daughter of Zachariah 
Alden, a younger son of John. Many bearing 
the Alden name have done good w^ork in the 
professions, notably the ministry, and in vari- 
ous literary avocations, among them Mrs. Isa- 
bella Alden, better known as "Pansy," Dr. 
Joseph Alden, editor of Bryant's works, and 
his son, William L. Alden. But the most un- 
usual career of all was that followed by Gen- 
eral Tom Thumb, who, although his real name 
was Charles S. Stratton, had Alden blood in 
his veins. 

(I) John Alden, the Pilgrim, was born in 



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England in 1599, and died at Duxbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, September 22, 1687. He came to 
America in the "Mayflower," which landed at 
Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 22, 1620. 
Governor Bradford wrote of him: "John Al- 
den was hired for a cooper, at South Hampton, 
where the ship victualed ; and being a hopeful 
young man, was much desired, but left to his 
owne liking to go or stay when he came here ; 
but he stayed, and maryed here." From the 
very beginning he seems to have been one of 
the most useful men in the colony. As early 
as 1627 his name appears as one of the eight 
"Undertakers" who bought out the "Adven- 
turers," and assumed the financial responsibili- 
ties and indebtedness of the colony. From 
1640 to 1650, almost continuously, he was 
deputy froin the town of Duxbury to the Co- 
lonial councils, and in 1665 he was styled 
deputy governor. It is probable that John Al- 
den and Priscilla Mulliness (also written Mul- 
lens and Mullins) were married late in 162 1 
or early in the following year. Her father, 
William Mullines, and his wife and their son 
Joseph, all of Priscilla's family, died within a 
few months after the landing, and she was left 
without kin in the new world. The Alden- 
Mnllines marriage must have been one of the 
first to take place in the colony, because their 
eldest child Elizabeth was the first white fe- 
male born on New England soil. John and 
Priscilla (Mullines) Alden had eleven children 
in all. Elizabeth, born 1623-24; Captain John, 
1626; Joseph, whose sketch follows; Sarah, 
1629; Jonathan, 1632-33; Ruth, 1634-35; Re- 
becca, about 1637; Priscilla; Zachariah, about 
1641 ; Mary, about 1643 ! David, about 1646. 

Elizabeth, the eldest child, married William 
Paybodie on December 26, 1644, and after liv- 
ing forty years in Duxbury, they moved to 
Little Compton, Rhode Island, their final home. 
Mrs. Elizabeth (Alden) Paybodie lived to be 
linety-two, and saw her own granddaughter 
Bradford with a grandchild. It was this hap- 
Dening which gave rise to the well-known 
:ouplet : 

"Rise, daughter, to thy daughter run : 
Thy daughter's daughter hath a son!" 

Captain John Alden probably had the most in- 
:eresting career of any of the children. He 
noved to Boston where he became master of 
I merchantman, and for many years comman- 
ler of the armed vessel belonging to the Col- 
ony of Massachusetts Bay, which supplied the 
Maine posts with provisions and stores. Dur- 
ng the witchcraft craze, Alden was one of 
hose accused, and he was imprisoned in Bos- 



ton, but made his escape after he had been 
confined fifteen weeks. Plis gravestone is one 
of three preserved under the portico of the 
New Old South Church in Boston ; he was a 
charter member of that organization. Sarah, 
the second daughter of John and Priscilla Al- 
den, married Alexander Standish, son of Cap- 
tain Myles and Barbara Standish, thus accom- 
plishing the union of the two families, and 
bringing about a sort of poetic justice, and 
possibly reconciling the doughty captain to his 
loss of Priscilla years before. ( See Standish 
II.) Ruth Alden, the third daughter, mar- 
ried John Bass. The old record reads: "12 
mo. 3d. 1657, John Bass and Ruth Aulden 
were married by Mr. John Aulden of Dux- 
bury." They had seven children : John, 
Samuel, Ruth, Joseph, Hannah, Mary and 
Sarah. Hannah, the second daughter of John 
and Ruth (Alden) Bass, was married to Jo- 
seph Adams, of Braintree, and became the 
grandmother of President John Adams. 

(II) Joseph, second son of John and Pris- 
cilla (Mullines) Alden, was born at Plymouth. 
Massachusetts, in 1627, and died at Bridge- 
water, that state, February 8, 1697. He was 
named after Priscilla's brother, one of the first 
victims of that fatal winter following the 
landing of the Pilgrims. Joseph Alden moved 
to Bridgewater in 1679, where he held lands 
deeded him by his father. He seems to have 
been a man of good repute, and was often 
elected to local office. In 1659 he married 
Mary, daughter of Moses Simmons, and of 
this marriage were born five children: Isaac, 
Joseph, John, Elizabeth and Mary. 

(III) Isaac, eldest child of Joseph and 
Mary (Simmons) Alden, was born at Bridge- 
water, Massachusetts, in 1660. On December 
2, 1685, he married Mehitable Allen, who was 
born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, January 20, 
1685. They had nine children: Mehitable, 
Sarah, mentioned below, Mary, Isaac, Ebene- 
zer, John, Mercy, Abigail and Jemima. 

(IV) Sarah, second child of Isaac and Me- 
hitable (Allen) Alden, was born at Bridge- 
water, Massachusetts, September 24, 1688. On 
October 13, 1712, she was married in that town 
to Seth Brett, who was born at Bridgewater, 
February 24, 1688, and died there January \\, 
1722. Among their children was Samuel, men- 
tioned below. 

(V) Samuel, son of Seth and Sarah (Al- 
den) Brett, was born at Bridgewater, Massa- 
chusetts, August 22, 1714, and died at the 
same place, March 7, 1807. He married Han- 
nah Packard, December 21, 1737, who was 



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born at Bridgewater, March i8, 1718, and died 
there February 14, 1802. Among their chil- 
dren was Isaac, mentioned below. 

(\T) Isaac, son of Samuel and Hannah 
(Packard) Brett, was born at Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts, September 19, 1738, and on 
January 17, 1765, married Priscilla Jackson of 
that town. Among their children was Polly, 
mentioned below. 

(VII) Polly, daughter of Isaac and Pris- 
cilla (Jackson) Brett, was born at Bridgewa- 
ter, March i, 1777, and died at Auburn, Maine, 
May 19, 1866. She was married at Bridge- 
water, January 21, 1796, to Captain Ichabod 
Reynolds, who was born at Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts, March 2-j, 1773, and died at 
Auburn, Maine, April 3, 1855. (See Rey- 
nolds, VII.) 



The Worthies of England of 
GLOVER this name are legion. Anciently 
written Glofre,then Glove in the 
middle of the fourteenth century, and since that 
time the name appears only as Glover. The 
proverbial carelessness of New England clerks 
and recorders sometimes have it written 
Glouer. As to Christian names, William and 
John predominated in the middle of the four- 
teenth century. Sheriffs, gentlemen, heralds 
and heraldic writers, vicars, church-wardens, 
Robert the Martyr, heretics, authors, knights, 
• attorney s-at-law, poets, merchants, members 
of parliament, benefactors, aldermen, have 
dignified and made historical the name of 
Glover, and America has not been lacking in 
men bearing the name who won honor and 
renown in the New World. The father of 
the earliest immigrant of the name in Amer- 
ica was Thomas Glover, tanner, of Rainhill 
Parish, Prescot, Lancashire, England, and his 
mother was Margery, daughter of John 
Deane, of Rainhill. They had eleven chil- 
dren, as follows: i. Ellen, born 1595, married 
William Barnes. 2. and 3. John and Eliza- 
beth (twins), born and died July 27, 1599. 4- 
John (q. v.), August 12, 1600. 5. Henry, 

February 15, 1603, married Abigail , 

and came to New England 1640. 6. Annie, 
born and died 1605. 7. Thomas, 1609, mar- 
ried Deborah Rigby, of Cranston, November 
24, 1664. 8. William, 1609, married Mary 
Bolton, of Rainhill, 1664. 9. George, 161 1, 

married Margaret . 10. Jane, 1612, 

married Watts. 11. Peter, 161 5, mar- 
ried . Thomas, the father, died at 

Rainhill, December 13, 1619. 

(I) John, eldest son of Thomas and Mar- 
gery (Deane) Glover, was baptized in the 



church of Rainhill Parish, Prescot, Lan- 
cashire. England, August 12, 1600. He in- 
herited large estates in Rainhill, Eccleston, 
Knowlsbury and other parishes in England 
when but nineteen years of age, and he was 
made an executor of his father's will, his 
mother being executrix. He lived on his es- 
tates, and in 1625 married and three children 
were born to him by his wife Anna, the last 
in 1629. He was a member of the London 
Company formed in England in 1628 to en- 
courage the early planting of New England. 
He was also a member of the Ancient and 
Honorable Artillery Company of London, and 
held the rank of captain of that venerable 
company. He was also in fellowship with a 
lodge of Free Masons in London, and was 
sometimes called "the Worshipful Mr. Glov- 
er." His name appears in 1628 as one of the 
eighteen adventurers who subscribed £2,150 to 
the stock of the Adventurers for a plantation 
intended at Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- 
land in America," his share being £50. The 
gentlemen who composed this company, headed 
by Sir Richard Saltonstall, Knight, were 
strictly Non-conformists and were styled Puri- 
tans. They set themselves apart for a holy 
work — that of planting a colony for religious 
growth and freedom. Mr. John Glover took 
passage with the other members of the Dor- 
chester company in the "Mary and John," 
which sailed from England, March 20, 1629- 
30, and the vessel was under command of 
Captain Squeb Jr., probably arrived at Nan- 
tucket, May 31, 1630, where the first pas- 
sengers were put ashore, although they had 
the promise of the captain to land them at 
Charles Towne. Here some took boats and 
proceeded to their original destination, while 
others made their way to the Indian planta- 
tion called by them Mattapan, which is now 
known as Dorchester Neck, antl about June i 
commenced a settlement and called the place 
Dorchester Plantation. Mr. Glover brought 
over with him a great number of cattle, pro- 
visions and implements, and several men- 
servants for the purpose of establishing a tan- 
nery, as the company required each member 
to establish some trade on his estate. This 
business he subsequently transferred to Bos- 
ton, where he was succeeded by his son 
Hobackuk. He had been made a freeman 
before he left England, accompanied by his 
wife Anna and three children, the youngest 
but one year old. He was a selectman of the 
town of Dorchester, 1636-50, a representative 
in the general court from 1636 to 1652, an 
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causes 1646-47, and he was appointed to im- 
portant duties by the general court outside 
the towns of Dorchester and Boston, he hav- 
ing "sat at judgment" in Salem, Charles- 
town and Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Col- 
ony, and he also rendered valuable service in 
council in cases requiring judicial knowledge 
at Barnstable and other places in Plymouth 
Colony. He died at his home in the town of 
Boston, February 11, 1653. The children of 
John and Anna Glover were: i. Thomas, born 
in Rainhill Parish, Prescot, Lancashire, Eng- 
land, January 8, 1627, married, in 1682, Re- 
becca, her father's name being unknown. 2. 
Hobackuk, May 13, 1628, married Hannah 
Eliot, of Roxbury. 3. John, October 11, 1629, 
married Elizabeth Franklin, of Ipswich, in 
1688. 4. Nathaniel (q. v.). 5. Pelatiah, No- 
vember, 1637, married Hannah CuUick. of 
Boston. 

(II) Nathaniel, the fourth son of John, im- 
migrant, and Anna Glover, was born in 
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 
1630-31, died in Dorchester, May 21, 1657. 
He succeeded to the homestead at Dorchester 
when his father removed to Boston in 1652, 
and the same year he was married to Mary, 
daughter of Quartermaster John and Mary 
(Ryder) Smith, of Toxteth Park, England, 
immigrants to Dorchester, Massachusetts. 
Nathaniel Glover was admitted as a freeman 
upon taking the oath May 3, 1654. was a se- 
lectman of the town of Dunbarton, 1656-57. 
The children of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) 
Glover, all born in Dorchester, were: i. Na- 
thaniel (q. v.), March 30, 1653. 2. John, 
F'ebruary 15, 1654. 3. Anne, 1656, married 
William Rawson, of Boston. Nathaniel Glo- 
ver Sr. died in Dorchester, May 21, 1657, and 
his widow married, March 2, 1659-60, Hon. 
Thomas Hinckley, of Barnstable, who was 
subsequently made governor of Plymouth 
Colony, and by this marriage she had : Mercy, 
Experience, John, Abigail, Thankful, Ebe- 
nezer and Reliance Hinckley, who all grew 
up and married during her lifetime, except 
Ebenezer. who married after her death, which 
occurred July 29, 1703, in the seventy-third 
year of her age. 

(III) Nathaniel (2), the eldest .son of Na- 
thaniel (i) and Mary (Smith) Glover, was 
born in Dorchester, Alassachusetts, March 30, 
1653. In 1660 he was placed under the guar- 
dianship of his uncle Hobackuk Glover, of 
Boston, who succeeded his mother at the time 
of her marriage to Governor Hinckley, and 
removal to Braintree. He attended school in 
Boston and boarded v\ith his grandmother. 



Mrs. Anna Glover, and after her decease 
with his uncle and guardian. In 1672-73, at 
the age of twenty, married Hannah Hinckley, 
fourth daughter of Governor Thomas Hinck- 
ley by his first wife, Mary Richards, grand- 
daughter of Thomas and Welthea (Loring) 
Richards, early settlers of Weymouth. He 
carried on the business of tanning which he 
inherited and which had been carried on by 
father and grandfather since 1631. In 1700 
he resigned the business to his eldest son, 
Nathaniel Jr., and the next year removed 
with his family to the Newbury Farm estate 
in Dorchester, which he partly inherited and 
partly owned by deed of gift from his uncle, 
John Glover. With his wife Hannah he was 
received in the church at Dorchester by own- 
ing the covenant on "the second day of the 
eighth month, 1677," and served the town 
first as constable and afterwards as selectman, 
1683-1715. The children of Nathaniel and 
Hannah (Hinckley) Glover, all born in Dor- 
chester, were: i. Nathaniel, February 24, 
1674, died when three days old. 2. Nathaniel, 
August 7, 1675. died the same year. 3. Na- 
thaniel, November 16, 1676, married Rachel 
March, of Braintree. 4. Mary, April 12, 
1679, died after 1743. 5. Hannah, July 26, 
1681, married Thomas Laws, of Marblehead. 
6. Elizabeth, July 26, 1683, died unmarried 
April II, 1725. 7. John (q. v.), September 
18, 1687. 8. Thomas, December 26, 1690, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Clough, of Boston. In 1687 
Nathaniel Sr. made a division of land with 
Ebenezer Billings, who had purchased some 
of the rights in Newbury Farm, purchased by 
his grandfather from Mr. Pynchon when he 
removed from Dorchester to Springfield. Han- 
nah (Flinckley) Glover was born in Barn- 
stable, April 15, 1650, and died at Newbury 
Farm, in Dorchester, April 30, 1730. Her 
husband died at Newbury Farm, January 6, 
1723-24, and husband and wife were buried 
in the Avent burial-ground, in the westerly 
part, and the gravestones remain with inscrip- 
tions worn by time as make the names and 
dates scarcely decipherable. 

(IV) John (2). fourth son of Nathaniel 
(2) and Hannah (Hinckley) Glover, was 
born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, September 
18, 1687. He married (first) Susannah El- 
lison (1690-1724), of Boston, January I, 
1714, and (second) December 22, 1724, Mary 
Horton, of Milton, who died in Braintree, De- 
cember 19, 1775, aged seventy-one years. 
John Glover died in Braintree, July 6, 1768. 
The children of John and Susannah (Ellison) 
Glover were: i. Susannah, born January 8, 



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17 1 5, married Lazarus Pope, of Stougliton. 
2. John, April 4, 171 7. 3. Joseph, June 16, 
1720. 4. Jerusha, December 3, 1722, married 
Colonel William Burbeck. The children of 
John and Mary (liorton) Glover were: 5. 
Nathaniel, born and died 1725. 6. Josiah, De- 
cember 2, 1726. 7. Elisha, January 9, 1729. 
8. Nathaniel, December, 1730. 9. Ezra, 
January 25, 1732. 10. Enoch (q. v.). May 
14, 1734. n. Mary, April 21, 1736, married 
Elijah Belcher, of IBraintree. 12. Jacob, July 
29, 1737, died in infancy. 

(V) Enoch, eighth son of John (2) and 
Mary (Horton) Glover, was born in Dor- 
chester, i\Iassachusetts, May 14, 1734, and 
baptized in tlie First Church, Braintree, May 
19, 1734. Fie was a landed proprietor and 
an innkeeper. His mansion house was one 
mile nearer Boston than the Dorchester "Four 
Corners,* and in 1867 was the property of 
Edmund Wright, of Boston. He married, 
November 23, 1756, Susannah, daughter of 
Benjamin and Johannah (Harris) Bird, of 
Dorchester. She was born in 1736, and died 
Octolier 26, 1802. Their children were born 
in Dorchester as follows: i. Johannah, Feb- 
ruary 3, 1758, married Aaron Bird, of Dor- 
chester. 2. Susannah, April 2, 1759, married 
Ebenezer Baker, of Dorchester. 3. Mary, Oc- 
tober 18, 1760, married Ebenezer Clap, of 
Dorchester. 4. Enoch, November 5, 1762, 
died unmarried February 13, 1817. 5. Eliza- 
beth, November i, 1764, married Benjamin 
Lyon, of Dorchester. 6. Benjamin, April 29, 
1766. died unmarried March 17, 1833. 7. 
.\nna, January 17, 1768, married Stephen 
Wales, of Dorchester. 8. Samuel (q. v.), born 
March 29, 1770. Enoch Glover, the father 
of these children, died in Dorchester, Novem- 
ber 21, 1801. 

(\T) Samuel, third son of Enoch and Su- 
sannah (Bird) Glover, was born in Dorchester, 
IVIassachusetts, j\larch 29, 1770. He married, 
June I, 1796, Martha, daughter of Dr. Phine- 
has Holden (1776-1864), and granddaughter 
of Dr. William Holden, born in Cambridge, 
March 4, 1713, who practiced medicine in 
Dorchester. Samuel and Martha (Holden) 
Glover resided in Dorchester, near the home- 
stead occupied by his father, and on land 
belonging to the homestead estate. Here he 
cultivated choice fruit, propagating new va- 
rieties and marketing rare and beautiful speci- 
mens in the Boston markets daily during the 
frnit season. They had two children : i. Alar- 
tha Holden, born in Dorchester, August 11, 
1797, married Samuel Davis, of Brighton, 
Massachusetts. Thev removed to Cincinnati, 



Ohio. 2. Phinehas Holden (q. v.). born Oc- 
tober 16, 1807. Samuel Glover died in South 
Boston, Massachusetts, suddenly on Decem- 
ber 13, 1837. 

(VH) Phinehas Holden, only son of Sam- 
uel and Martha (Holden) Glover, was born 
in Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 16, 
1807, died February 28, 1884. He removed 
to Calais, Maine, where he was a surveyor of 
lumber and also engaged in the lumber trade. 
He was for a time deputy collector of L^nited 
States customs at Calais, Maine. Upon re- 
tiring from active business he removed from 
Calais, Maine, back to ^Massachusetts and 
lived the remainder of his days at Quincy, 
where he died. He married. ]\Iarch 31, 1833, 
Mary Carlton, of Portland, ?\Iaine, and they 
had seven children, born in Calais, Maine, as 
follows: I. Mary Lizzie, born March 9, 
1834, died April i, 1835. 2. Mary .\bbot, Jan- 
uary 10, 1836, died unmarried. 3. Phinehas 
Holden, October 12, 1S37. 4. Edward Kent, 
October 12, 1837. 5- JMartha Holden, No- 
vember 19, 1838, married Albert Mortimer 
Nash, of Harrington, Maine, born April 15, 
1833. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Nash : Mary 
C. Nash, married Dr. F. S. Nickels, of Cherry- 
fieW, Maine; Grace P. Nash; Elijah Hamlin 
Nash, who became a citizen of the state of 
Washington. 6. Captain Russell (q. v.), born 
1841. 7. lohn Abbott, born March 21, 1849, 
died 1856." 

(VTII) Captain Russell, only living son of 
Phinehas Holden and Mary (Carlton) Glov- 
er, was born in Calais, Alaine, October 12, 
1841. He received his school training at the 
Calais public school and at Calais Academy, 
and when seventeen years old he left school 
and went to sea before the mast in the mer- 
chant service. He continued in this service 
about seven years, and in 1864 was commis- 
sioned as a lieutenant in the United States 
revenue cutter service. He continued in ac- 
tive service for thirty-nine years, his promo- 
tion to captain coming to him in 1878, after 
fourteen years' service as lieutenant. The 
port of Galveston, Texas, is the only one in 
the L^nited States and Alaska in which he has 
not served, and for about nine years he was 
superintendent of construction of the United 
States revenue cutter service, and twenty-three 
life-saving stations were constructed under hi? 
supervision, many of them being located on 
the Great Lakes and including the first series 
of life-saving stations. Captain Glover was 
retired in 1903 and joined his family at their 
home in Harrington, Maine. Captain Glover 
joined the Masonic fraternity while in Sitka, 







I ^y q/Wi^ etJiCS^ 



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Alaska, where he was initiated by Alaska 
Lodge, No. 14. He was made a member of 
Tomah Tribe, No. 67, Improved Order of Red 
Men, Harrington, Maine. He joined the .Vrmy 
and Navy Club at Sitka, Alaska, and the 
Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. He 
is a member of the Congregational church, 
Baltimore, Maryland. Besides his winter home 
at Harrington, Maine, he maintains a summer 
home at Point Ripley, on the coast of Alaine. 
He married. November 15, 1874, Elizabeth 
Coffin Nash, daughter of Stillman Wass and 
Melissa Wass (Nash) Nash, who was born 
in Harrington, Maine, August 22, 1845. Still- 
man Wass Nash was born in Harrington, 
Maine, May 31, 1809. He was a merchant 
and shipbuilder, also postmaster for twelve 
years. He died May 22, 1880. Stillman W. 
and Melissa Wass Nash had nine children as 
follows: I. Albert ]\Iortimer, born April 15, 
1833. 2. Irene Lucy, January 12, 1S35, mar- 
ried Isaac H. Nickerson, of Boston, Massa- 
chusetts. 3. Rebecca Eliza, June 31, 1837, 
died February 28, 1839. 4. Frederick Sydney, 
February 28, 1840, died April 13, 1840. 5. 
Mary Longhurst, August 23, 1841, died Jan- 
uary 17, 1849. 6. Elijah Hamlin, September 
17, 1843, <i'sd October 15, 1866. 7. Elizabeth 
Coffin, August 22, 1845. 8. Stillman E., July 
17, 1847, died May 22, 1880. 9. Annie Edith, 
March 17, 1855, married Charles Coffin, of 
Harrington, and had one child, Florence, who 
died May, 1883. The children of Captain Rus- 
sell and Elizabeth Coffin (Nash) Glover were. 
I. Russell Henry, born at Portland, Maine, 
April 23, 1878, is a mining engineer, Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology, class of 
1901. 2. Philip Holden, born at Portland. 
February 23, 1883, graduated as civil engineer 
from the University of Maine, class of igo6. 



The immigrant ancestor of 
LAUGHLIN the family whose history is 

traced below left descend- 
ants who by the use of the good qualities they 
inherited have become well known and influ- 
ential citizens in Maine. 

( I ) Thomas Laughlin was a worker in iron. 
He is said to have been born in Scotland, to 
have lived some time in Ireland, and then 
come to New Brunswick with his wife and 
some of their children. He was buried in St. 
Stephen, New Brunswick. His wife, Agnes 
(Clark) Laughlin, was a native of Scotland. 
She was buried in St. Stephen. Their children 
were : Alexander, Mary, Thomas, Jane, Rob- 
ert, David, William, Arthur, Katherine, Henry 
C, Joseph and James. 



( H) Thomas (2), second son of Thomas 
(I) and Agnes (Clark) Laughlin. was born 
Belfast, Ireland, in 1817, and died in Port- 
land, May 23, 1890. He came to America 
with his parents and lived most of his early 
life in New Brunswick, at St. Stephen. In 
the forties he removed to Pembroke, Maine, 
where he lived until 1870, when he removed 
to Portland, and went into partnership with his 
son in blacksmithing, the firm being Thomas 
Laughlin & Son. This relation was kept up 
till the death of the senior partner. The busi- 
ness was prosperous, and Mr. Laughlin died 
well-to-do. For years he held the office of 
justice of the peace in Pembroke. He married 
in 1838, Mary Murphy, who was born in St. 
David, New Brunswick, 1818, and died ■ in 
Portland, 1893. Children : i. Nancy Jane, 
married Roderick McKenzie, of Boston. 2. 
Thomas S., mentioned below. 3. Hannah R., 
married Frank C. White, of Portland, and had 
two children, Lester L. and Ernest M. 4. 
Arthur W., married Gertrude Knowlton and 
has three children : Ethel, James K. and 
Thomas Earl. 5. Clara F., resides at Boston, 
Massachusetts. 6. Flelen C, lives at Boston. 
V (III) Thomas S., eldest son of Thomas (2) 
and Mary (Murphy) Laughlin, w-as born in 
St. Stephen, New Brunswick, April 13, 1842, 
and died in Portland, Maine, February 15, 
1908. When he was a small boy his parents 
settled in Pembroke, Maine, and there he re- 
ceived his early school-training. He worked 
with his father in the blacksmith-shop at Pem- 
broke and learned the blacksmith trade, 1856- 
57. He then came to Portland and started a 
small shop of his own, which was burned in 
1866. His father came to Portland and went 
into partnership with him in 1870. Later the 
firm had a shop at 18-20 Center street. Still 
later salesrooms were occupied on Commercial 
street. In 1890 the buildings on the present 
site on Fore street were purchased and the 
manufacturing plant moved there. Upon the 
death of the father the firm was incoiporated 
and became the Thomas Laughlin Company. 
The works have been enlarged from time to 
time, and the business steadily increased until 
it has become one of the principal industries 
of the city. Within six months previous to his 
death, two fires had broken out in the Laugh- 
lin factory, and following these ^Ir. Laugh- 
lin had considered the installation of an auto- 
matic sprinkling system. On the day of his 
death he made an inspection of his plant, in 
company with his foreman, whom he left about 
5 130 p. m., and w'as never seen alive again. 
His bodv was found in a tank of water into 



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which it is supposed he accidentally fell and 
was drowned. Thomas S. Laughlin was pres- 
ident of the shipsniith and ship-chandlery 
business which he founded, a director of the 
Associated Charities, a member of the board 
of trustees of the Portland Public Library, 
prominent in Masonry, an Odd Fellow, in- 
terested in, though not a member of, the Chest- 
nut Street and St. Lawrence churches, a val- 
ued friend of the Pearson Gospel Mission, as 
he was the friend and associate of the founder 
of that institution, an authority on political 
economy, was often chosen to represent Maine 
at public gatherings in other states, and in 
general was a public-spirited, broad-gauged 
man of affairs, who was a leader, though de- 
clining again and again to accept political 
honors. 

Mr. Laughlin was a firm believer in total 
abstinence and lent a helping hand to anv 
victim of the drink-habit who was in lowly 
circumstances through that agency, securing 
him work whenever opportunity offered. His 
stand on the temperance question is too well 
known to require comment, and during his 
long period of active life in Portland he has 
shown no shadow of turning. He was one of 
the bulwarks of prohibition in Cumberland 
county, and gave his firm support to Rev. 
Samuel F. Pearson in his crusade against the 
saloons, and gave his time and money to aid 
in the work of maintaining the Pearson Mem- 
orial Mission. He also supported Sheriff 
Pearson in his campaign and afterward dur- 
ing his administration, and may be said to 
have been one of the most active leaders in the 
temperance cause in the state of I\Iaine. As 
a student of political economy, Mr. Laughlin 
had no peer in Maine, if he had in New Eng- 
land. He had one of the most extensive and 
best-selected libraries on this subject extant, 
and knew that library from beginning to end. 
He was often called upon to speak as a re- 
sult of his well-known researches in this di- 
rection, and when once into the subject his 
hearers were held spellbound by his grasp of 
the essential properties of this tremendous 
problem. While he was best known as a deep 
student of political economy in all its branches, 
he also became a master of the tariff question, 
especially as applied to American conditions, 
as well as in the abstract. His library called 
forth expressions of admiration from all who 
were privileged to enter it. It embraced 
every subject of general interest, well selected 
as to quantity and pertinence to the great 
whole and containing just those books neces- 
sary to the man who was its master mind. It 



has been called Mr. Laughlin's workshop, and 
no other expression tells the story quite as 
well. He worked in it whenever his other ex- 
tensive duties permitted him, and it was so 
selected and so arranged that, busy man as 
he was, a few moments with his books gave 
him ready access to the knowledge which he 
sought. These odd moments of study, snatched 
as they must have been from the life of a 
true captain of industry, gave to Mr. Laugh- 
lin a knowledge of affairs of the world en- 
joyed by few men, even students whose time 
was much less valuable and who had much 
more time for study and research. It has been 
said of Mr. Laughlin that no deserving man 
ever came to him and asked aid that he did 
not receive not only that which he asked, but 
oftentimes much more. Every charitable in- 
stitution was remembered by him at Christ- 
mastide and Thanksgiving. Few gave as 
liberally and none more cheerfully. The little 
children occupied a warm place in his heart, 
and he chose to show his regard for them in 
smaller charities throughout the year, but 
every summer a steamer from one of the har- 
bor lines was chartered, and the little ones 
were treated to a free excursion among the 
beautiful islands of Casco Bay which will re- 
main a sweet memory till they reach the years 
of manhood and womanhood. Few will mourn 
the death of Mr. Laughlin as will the children 
of Portland, to whom he has been so kind. 
Socially Mr. Laughlin was very popular. His 
friends believed in the quiet man, the head 
of a great and growing business, and no man 
in private life was more respected than he. 
He came of good stock, and the name of 
Thomas Laughlin stood for many years here 
for honesty in business matters and for ster- 
ling independence of character. The son had 
all his life followed in the footsteps of his 
father, and no more was asked of him. His 
home was beautiful. His house was like the 
man. No outsi<le show and no ostentation, 
but his life was a home life, and he enjoyed 
being with his family. 

Thomas S. Laughlin married, in Falmouth, 
May 6, 1880, .-Mice H. Sargent, who was born 
in Portland, March 29, 1856, daughter of 
Fitz-Edward and Clarissa Jane (Hood) Sar- 
gent. (See Hood \'III.) There was born of 
this union one daughter, Clarissa Mary. Sep- 
tember 12, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin 
adopted Walter J., his nephew, son of William 
J. Laughlin, when a child. He grew up to 
a thorough knowledge of the business of 
which he was superintendent and conducted it 
with signal success. 



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Hood is the name of one of the 
HOOD pioneer famihes of Massachusetts 

whicli came from England, and is 
probably of the same stock as Thomas Hood, 
the distinguished poet, and Admiral Hood, of 
the British navy, for the latter of whom Mount 
Hood, Oregon, is named. 

(I) John Hood, of Halstead, Essex county, 
England, was a weaver by trade. His will 
was dated November 6, 1662, and proved No- 
vember 20, 1662. He died at Halstead, leav- 
ing his real estate to his son John, and his 
wife Anne was executrix of the will. She 
married (second) Thomas Beard. John 
Hood's children : John, mentioned below ; 
Anne, James, Averse, Catherine, Grace, Mary 
and Rose. 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) and Anne 
Hood, was born in England about 1600, and 
came to America about 1638. He was a 
weaver and planter ; settled at Cambridge as 
early as October 20, 1638, and leased his prop- 
erty at Halstead. He then removed to Lynn, 
where he was living in 1650. While there he 
took an apprentice named Abraham Tilton, 
son of Widow Tilton, of Lynn, December 6, 
1653. He returned to England and sent word 
to his wife, Elizabeth, to deliver the appren- 
tice to his mother, who had married a second 
time to Roger Shaw, of Hampton, Massachu- 
setts, and had died. Accordingly, the boy was 
sent to his brother, Peter Tilton, of Connec- 
ticut, but Mrs. Hood revoked this act on 
learning that the Hampton court had assigned 
the lad to his stepfather, Shaw. ( Norfolk 
Deeds, L 103.) Hood leased his property at 
Halstead in possession of his mother Anne, 
and her second husband, Thomas Bear<l. Hood 
was living in Kittery, Maine, about 1652. On 
August 14, 1654, he sold to William Crofts, 
of Lynn, yoeman, three tenements in Halstead, 
forty shillings to be paid each of John Hood's 
sisters, according to the will of their father. 
Mary Truesdale in her will in 1672 mentions 
John Hood's two children. One of them, 
according to all evidence in hand, was Rich- 
ard, mentioned below. 

(HI) Richard, son of John (2) and Eliza- 
beth Flood, came from Lynn, Regis, in the 
county of Norfolk, England, and. settled in 
Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1650. He was a 
freeman in 1691, and died September 12, 
1695. In the deed of L}nn and Read- 
ing and the two Nahants September 4, 
1686, by the Indians, David Kunkshamoo- 
shaw and Abigail, his wife, and Cicely alias 
Su George, and James Quonopohit and Mary 
his wife, mention is made of the place "where 



Richard Hood now dwelleth." He lived in 
what is called "Nahant Street." In his age he 
he enjoyed special privileges in the church, 
which indicate he was a person of respecta- 
bility and influence. In 1692 the following 
was entered in the church record : "It is voted 
that Thomas Farrar, senior; Crispus Brewer; 
Allen Breed, senior ; Clement Caldam, Robert 
Rand, senior ; Jonathan Hudson, Richard 
Hood, senior and Sergeant Haven should sit 
in the pulpit." Previous to 1700 there were 
three houses on Nahant, and they were owned 
by Breed, Llood and Johnson. Descendants 
of Richard Hood remain on the estate of their 
ancestor on Nahant to this day. "In those 
early days, a young man, who was inclined 
to indulge in the laudable custom of courting, 
went to visit a young lady of this family 
named Agnes. As he was returning, late one 
evening, he was overheard saying to himself, 
'Well, so far proceeded towards courting Ag- 
nes'. This phrase became common, and has 
been introduced into an English comedy." 
There is no mention of Richard Hood's wife. 
His children were : Richard, Sarah, Rebecca, 
John, Hannah, Samuel, Ann, Joseph and Ben- 
jamin. 

(IV) Richard (2), eldest child of Richard 
(i) Hood, was born November 18, 1655, in 
Lynn, where he died before May 20, 1718. He 
is referred to in the records of Lynn as a hus- 
bandman, but these records make no mention 
of his wife. About the only reference to him 
is found in the mention of his son. 

(V) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Hood, 
was born March 30, 1692, in Lynn, and died 
in that town, October 4, 1762. It is presum- 
able that he was like his father, a husband- 
man. He was married i\lay 20, 1718, in 
Lynn, to Theodate Collins, daughter of Sam- 
uel Collins, the gunsmith, and his wdfe Re- 
becca. She was born July 5, 1700, but her 
death is not recorded. They were the par- 
ents of Theodate, Jedediah, Content, Rebeka, 
Hannah, Patience, Abner and Abigail. 

(\T) .Abner, younger of the two sons of 
Richard (3) and Theodate (Collins) Hood, 
was born September 20, 1733, in Nahant, and 
died there Ivlarch 11, 1818. He was married 
there June 11, 1783, to Keziah, daughter of 
Benjamin and Ruth (Allen) Breed, of Lynn. 
She was born August 14, 1750. and died No- 
vember 4, 1825. They were the parents of 
six children, namely: Abner. Richard, Theo- 
date, Benjamin and Ebenezer (twins) and 
Content. 

(VII) Richard (4), son of Abner and 
Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born March 13, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



1786, in Nahant, and passed his life in that 
town. The vital records of Lynn do not give 
his death, hut it is a matter of family knowl- 
edge that he continued in his native town 
through life. lie was a shoemaker by trade, 
became a master mariner, and was proprietor 
of the Hood cottage, whose hospitality was 
widely known. He was married (intentions 
published November i, 1812) to Clarissa Her- 
ick, of Reading, who was born about 1791, in 
that town, daughter of Dr. Martyn and Sarah 
(Wright) Ilerick. They were the parents of 
five children : Martin, Elmira, Sarah Maria, 
Clarissa Jane and Susan Charlotte. 

(VIII) Martin, eldest child of Richard (4) 
and Clarissa (Herick) Hood, was born Sep- 
tember 15, 1813, in Nahant, and resided in 
Lynn, where he acquired wealth in the sole- 
leather trade and was a prominent citizen, 
participating in the city government. He mar- 
ried Sarah Goodhue Hay and had a son Oliver, 
who died at the age of twenty-one years. 

(VHI) Elmira, eldest daughter of Richard 
(4) and Clarissa (Herick) Hood, became the 
wife of Eli Sargeant and had children : El- 
vira, Abby, Martin, Clara, Eli, Alice, died 
young; and Charlotta. The first of these be- 
came the wife of John F. Randall, of Port- 
land, Maine, and had seven children (See 
Randall). The second daughter married Jo- 
seph Randall, a brother of her sister's huslaand, 
and they were the parents of Alice, Martin and 
Ernest. Clara, third daughter of Eli Sar- 
geant, married Albert Morgan and had three 
children : Fred, Arthur and Charles. Car- 
lotta, youngest daughter, married Porter Ham- 
ilton and was the mother of five children : 
Fred T., Richard, Guy, Porter and Carlotta. 
Eli Sargeant died in the army at or near Sa- 
vannah, Georgia. 

(VHI) Sarah Maria, second daughter of 
Richard (4) and Clarissa (Herick) Hood, was 
born May 26, 1818, became the wife of Thom- 
as Swain, and had three children : Annie, 
Henry and Elmira. 

(VIII) Clarissa Jane, third daughter of 
Richard (4) and Clarissa (Herick) Hood, was 
born January 22, 1821. She was married 
November 24, 1842, to Fitz-Edward Sargent, 
who was born April 13, 181 7, and died in Fal- 
mouth, January 18, 1903. He was probably a 
native of Cape Ann, as he removed from that 
place to Portland, and after serving some time 
as a clerk, became a jiartner with Mr. Loveitt, 
and under the firm name of Sargent & Love- 
itt they dealt in fish for many years. He had 
five children: i. Erlward Henry, born March 



20, 1844, married Mary Coding and had a 
daughter Jenny. 2. George D., born August 
18, 1846, married Olive F. Titcomb, and had 
four children : Oliver F. H., Fred B., Horace 
E. and Marian. The eldest of these married 
Mabel Brooks and had a daughter Bernice and 
son Caroll, the latter of whom was drowned. 
The second, Fred B., married Lena Cook, and 
had three children : R. Clifton, Eleanor and 
Ruth. 3. Horace H., born February 17, 1857, 
married Joanna Sweat and had four children : 
Fitz-Edward, Margaret, Helen and Grace. 4. 
Susan Jane, born April 19, 1853, married 
Stephen B. Locke (See Locke). 5. Alice H., 
born March 29, 1856, married Thomas S. 
Laughlin (See Laughlin III). 

(VII) Benjamin, third son of Abner and 
Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born April 7, 
1790, in Nahant, and married Sarah Phillips. 
They had four children : namely, Louisa, who 
married Albert Wyer ; Anna Amelia, died 
young; Julia and Ann. The last name<l mar- 
ried Dexter Stetson and had a daughter 
Helen. 

(VII) Ebenezer, fourth son of Abner and 
Keziah (Breed) Hood, and twin of Benjamin, 
had a wife whose baptismal name was Abbie. 
They were the parents of a son and a daugh- 
ter, Elbridge and Katharine Emery. The son 
married Nancy Tarbox, and they had two 
sons : Elbridge and John Flenry. The daugh- 
ter married a Mr. Tibbetts and had seven 
children : Henry, Elbridge, William, George, 
Kate, Mary and Abbie. 

(VII) Theodate, elder daughter of .\bner 
and Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born May 
23, 1787, married Jabez Breed, and had five 
daughters: i. Abigail, married Hiram Clif- 
ford ; children : Ann Augusta, Emily and 
George Cliflford. 2. Augusta ]\Iaria, married 
a Mr. Haskill. 3. Sarah, married a Mr. 
Briggs. 4. Lucinda, married a Mr. Hudson. 
5. Cynthia, married a Mr. Warren. 

(VII) Content, younger daughter of Abner 
and Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born Decem- 
ber 21, 1792, and became the wife of Gideon 
Phillips. They had two daughters and a son : 
Annie, Lucy and Charles. 



This name appears in the 
BOSWORTH very early days of Massa- 
chusetts Bay Colony. 
Zacheus or Zachariah Bosworth was of Bos- 
ton in 1630, probably having come over in the 
fleet with Winthrop. Benjamin Bosworth was 
of Hingham in 1635. John Bosworth, of 
Hull, was a freeman in 1634. Hananiel Bos- 



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worth was a citizen of Ipswich in 1648. From 
these and others came the Bosworths of to-day 
in New England. 

(I) Robert Bosworth came from Connecti- 
cut and settled in Bath, Maine, and was com- 
mander of many ships and vessels owned and 
sailing from that port in the foreign trade. 
He married Sarah Peterson, who was born in 
Bath. They had five children: Robert, Na- 
thaniel, John, Sarah and Elizabeth. 

(II) Robert (2), eldest son of Captain 
Robert and Sarah (Peterson) Bosworth, was 
born in Bath, March 17, 1800, died there 
July, 1852. He was captain of many ships 
sailing from that port in the foreign trade, 
retiring as captain in 1851. He was a Whig 
in politics and a Baptist in religious views. He 
married, about 1828, Mary A., born in Rox- 
bury, Massachusetts, about 1805, daughter of 
Captain Jacob McDonald. They had six chil- 
dren : Ann, Adriana, Frederic Stead, Mary, 
Eleanor and Robert. 

(III) Captain Frederic Stead, eldest son of 
Captain Robert (2) and Mary A. (McDon- 
ald) Bosworth, was born in Bath, Maine, 
1835. Captain Bosworth's career as a seaman 
and shipmaster was remarkably active and the 
narrative is of deep interest. He left school 
at an early age, and shipped at Bath in the 
ship "Rockaway," loaded with a general car- 
go, and after a nine days' passage arrived 
at New Orleans. There a cotton cargo was 
taken aboard, and landed in Liverpool. From 
Liverpool the ship sailed with a general cargo 
to Philadelphia, then going to St. John, where 
it took aboard lumber and three hundred emi- 
grants, bound for Philadelphia. The next 
voyage was in the same ship, from St. Jolin 
to Londonderry, with lumber, and thence to 
Philadelphia with a company of emigrants. 
Mr. Bosworth then engaged as second mate 
on the ship "Magnolia," one thousand tons, 
in which he made a voyage to Mobile, thence 
to Liverpool, and back to New Orleans, where 
the vessel became idle, and he came home 
in the "Mary E. Whittier," bound for New 
York. He next voyaged in the new ship 
"Lawson," to New Orleans, Liverpool and 
Philadelphia. His next ship was the "Mes- 
sina," owned by Arnold & Curtis, of Bath, in 
which he made a voyage from Boston to St. 
John, thence to Liverpool, and then to Bos- 
ton. There he was made first officer, and 
sailed for Mobile, and thence to New Orleans. 
The vessel having changed hands, the new 
owners put their own captain in charge, but 
retained Mr. Bosworth and the other of^cers. 
After visiting various ports, the ship reached 



New Orleans, where yellow fever was found 
raging, and Mr. Bosworth came home in a 
steamship. He ne.xt shipped in the "N'igilant," 
and voyaged to Nova Scotia ports and thence 
to Wales, where a cargo of railroad iron was 
taken aboard for New Orleans. The rebels 
had just begun the civil war by firing upon 
Fort Sumter, and "Yankees" in the Crescent 
City were in a dangerous predicament. At the 
beginning of this voyage Mr. Bosworth had 
been made commander, and it required great 
discretion for him to save his vessel from the 
insurgents. Loading with staves and cotton 
for Bordeaux, he left the port. The owner- 
ship of the cargo being New Orleans people 
probably saved his vessel to him, the rebel 
tugs helping him out of harbor, while at the 
same time northern vessels were being seized. 
Outside the bar, the "Vigilant" was brought 
to by a United States man-of-war, whose 
commander was disposed to seize her, but 
finally permitted her to proceed on her voyage. 
After unloading at Bordeaux, Captain Bos- 
worth brought his ship in ballast to New 
York, and there relinquished his command on 
account of sickness in his family. Shortly 
afterward the "Vigilant" was burned at sea 
by the Confederate cruiser "Sumter." This 
was a severe blow to Captain Bosworth, who 
had all his savings invested in the vessel. He 
next sailed in the "Valencia," from Cardif?, 
Wales, as commander, to Ceylon, loaded with 
coal ; thence in ballast to Rangoon, where he 
took in a cargo of rice for London, where the 
ship lay some months, wanting a purchaser. 
Disappointed in this, he loaded in coal at 
Sunderland and sailed for Genoa, where he 
sold the ship and came home overland via 
Mont Cenis Pass to the French coast, thence 
to Liverpool, and by steamer to Boston. He 
was next placed in command of the "Free- 
man Clark," in which he sailed to England, 
China, Germany, New York, San Francisco, 
South America and Spain ; to Savannah, New 
Orleans, Havre, Wales, New Orleans, and at 
the last port left the ship, to visit his family, 
leaving in charge his brother Robert, who was 
first officer. Having returned to New Orleans 
and engaged a cargo, he received a telegram 
from the owners giving him leave, if he so 
desired, to place his brother Robert in com- 
mand, and come to Bath to take charge of 
the new ship "Carrollton," then nearing com- 
pletion. He accepted, and joined her before 
she was launched, and sailed her to New 
York, where she was loaded for San Fran- 
cisco. This was in the palmy days of deep- 
sea ships. The freights for the outward voy- 



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age amounted to $31,500; for the voyage from 
San Francisco to Liverpool to $40,000. At 
New York the ship was sold for $96,000, hav- 
ing more than paid for herself within a year. 
As the ship was then nearly loaded, and the 
owners' captain was not there, Captain Bos- 
worth sailed her to San Francisco, and re- 
turned overland to Bath. There he was given 
command of the new "Continental," built by 
the Sewalls. When ready for sea, the Kenne- 
bec v^'as frozen over, and a way to the sea was 
cut through the ice. After a voyage to New 
York, the vessel was there sold for $112,500, 
and Captain Bosworth again returned to Bath 
and took command of the ship "Harvester." 

His experiences in the "Harvester" were of 
thrilling interest, and a shipwreck came well- 
nigh being among the incidents. Outbound 
for Liverpool, she developed cranky traits, 
being not well ballasted, and with strong side 
winds took in water over her lee rails. In St. 
George's Channel, near Liverpool, in a severe 
gale, the ship, lying well on her side, drifted 
rapidly inshore. The situation was very dan- 
gerous. A Liverpool pilot had come aboard 
shortly before : being asked by Captain Bos- 
worth if there was any enterable opening un- 
der his lee, he said there was Beaumaris, a 
small port, but the channel was so crooked 
and narrow that he had never entered it ex- 
cept in a pilot boat, but that the water was 
deep enough if he could keep the channel. 
Captain Bosworth said he might as well go 
ashore trying to get in as to do so by drifting, 
and the pilot consented to make the attempt. 
It vtas in December, but a few hours of day- 
light remained, and if the attempt was not 
made the ship would go ashore at any rate. 
The pilot headed for the channel, and went 
in under the full force of the gale, the surf 
breaking against them and the shoals close 
abeam. The ship steered badly, but made the 
passage. It was on a Sunday, and a church 
on the overrising clifi was emptied of its wor- 
shipers, and the life-boat crew was mustered, 
the captain of which afterward said that in 
such a gale and sea their boat could never 
have been launched. On arriving in safe 
water, it was learned that a ship, under similar 
circumstances, had been wrecked in that very 
spot, within view of the villagers, and every 
man on board drowned. The "Harvester" 
sailed to New Orleans, back to Liverpool, to 
San Francisco, and again to Liverpool. After 
other voyages. Captain Bosworth returned in 
1880 to Bath. Decided upon giving up sea- 
faring, he went to Portland. Oregon, where he 
conducted a ship-brokerage business for a 



couple of years. The business gradually fall- 
ing into the hands of Englishmen, he aban- 
doned it, and went to San Francisco. There 
he was placed in command of the "Solitaire," 
which he sailed to Oueenstown, then to Dublin, 
where he turned her over to the owner, and 
returned to Portland, Oregon, where he be- 
came surveyor for the Underwriters, and also 
for the American Record. He returned to 
Bath in 1900, with the enviable record of 
never a wreck or serious accident at sea. Cap- 
tain Bosworth now resides at Bath. 

He married, in i860, Juliette Marsh, born 
in Bath, daughter of Charles and Rachel 
(Sewall) Crooker, of Bath. Among the chil- 
dren of Charles and Rachel (Sewall) Crooker 
were Emma D., Juliette M. and Adelaide L. 
Emma D. married Arthur Sewall. of Bath, 
ship-builder ; Adelaide L., married Captain 
John P. Delano. Children of Frederic S. and 
Juliette M. (Crooker) Bosworth: i. Charles 
Crooker, died in childhood. 2. Edward Percy, 
born 1863, graduated from Bath high school, 
went into the banking business and was em- 
ployed in the Pacific National Bank, of Bos- 
ton, lie later removed to Portland, Oregon, 
and was teller in the First National Bank 
of that city until ill health forced him to 
sever his connection. He died at the age of 
thirty-five years. 3. Arthur Sewall, see for- 
ward. 4. Frederic Marsh, died in childhood. 

(IV) Arthur Sewall, third son of Captain 
Frederic S. and Juliette Marsh (Crooker) 
Bosworth, was born in Antwerp, January 6, 
1867. He was taken to Bath by his parents 
at the age of three years, and was educated in 
the public schools of that city, graduating 
from the high school in June, 1885. He be- 
came a clerk in the office of the vice-president 
and general manager of the Maine Central 
railroad, remaining two years, after which he 
was transferred to the car accountant's office, 
serving under W. B. Drew up to the spring of 
1889. He acted as secretary to the general 
manager ( who personally superintended the 
building of the road) during the year 1889, 
while the road was being extended from 
Fabyan to Scott Junction. In the fall of 1889 
he was made general storekeeper, in charge 
of company's stock of general supplies, later 
given the title of supply agent, and had charge 
of purchasing supplies for the IMaine Central 
road, and the title of purchasing agent was 
conferred upon him, in which capacity he 
served until his resignation in June, 1898. In 
October, 1893, Mr. Bosworth and Mr. Samuel 
Cony Manley founded The Maine Central, the 
official organ of the Maine Central railroad, 



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under the name of Bosworth & Manley, and 
much of its success was due to the efforts of 
Mr. Bosworth. December 7, 1892, Mr. Bos- 
worth was elected treasurer and clerk of the 
West End Land Company ; January 25, 1893, 
he was elected clerk of the corporation and 
board of directors of the Knox & Lincoln rail- 
way ; in August, 1897, was elected a director 
of the Bath National Bank; January 31, 1898, 
elected treasurer, general manager and direc- 
tor of Seaboard Coal Handling Company, 
which conducted business in Portland for ten 
years and then closed out; November, 1899. 
elected treasurer and director of the Maine 
Water Company ; under a special charter 
grantefl bv tlie Maine legislature of 1891 the 
Maine Water Company was formed ; it was 
a consolidation of the Gardiner Water Com- 
pany, constructed in 1885, the Bath Water 
Supply Company, constructed in 1886, the 
^Vaterville Water Company, Calais Water 
Company, and the St. Croix Electric Light & 
Water Company, constructed in 1887- the 
Maine Water Company supplied water to the 
following cities and towns : Bath, Benton, 
Brunswick, Calais, Dover, Fairfield, Farming- 
dale, Foxcroft, Gardiner, Waterville, Wins- 
low, \\'oolwich, in Maine, and St. Stephens 
and Milltown, New Brunswick, which have 
a combined population of over seventy thou- 
sand people; July, 1900, elected treasurer and 
director of the Sagadahoc Light & Power 
Company, a public franchise company doing 
an electric lighting and power business in the 
city of Bath; 1902 elected director of the 
Central Wharf Tow Boat Company, and in 
the same year an incorporator and director 
of the Ignited States Trust Company; 1905 
elected vice-president of Portland Golf Club ; 

1906 elected treasurer Portland Golf Club; 

1907 elected treasurer and member of board 
of governors Portland Country Club ; elected 
to Cumberland Club, 1895, and served on 
executive committee for eight consecutive 
years ; February, 1908, elected treasurer and 
director of Brunswick Electric Light St Power 
Company, a public franchise company doing 
electrical business in Brunswick, Maine. In 
addition to the above-named clubs, Mr. Bos- 
worth is a member of the Portland Athletic 
Club and the Economic Club. He is a Demo- 
crat in politics and a Congregationalist in re- 
ligion. 

Mr. Bosworth married, in Portland, 1902, 
Mary Wood, born in Portland, November 29, 
1879, daughter of James C. and Virginia H. 
(Barker) Jordan (see Jordan VHIJ. They 
have one child, Barbara, born in Portland. 



The arms of Jordaine or Jor- 
JORDAN dan, of Dorsetshire, are de- 
scribed by Burke and others as 
"Azure semee de crosses crosslet, a lion ram- 
pant or," which arms are said to have been 
used as early as Edward L Hutchins, in his 
History of Dorset, says : "The Jordans were 
an ancient family in Dorsetshire, and occur 
very early in Coker-Frome, at Frome-White- 
field, where they had some interest, about 
1400. Their arms, similar to those here de- 
scribed, are quartered with Trenchard and 
Mohun, upon the painted glass windows of 
the ancient Manor House of Wolverton, long 
since in ruins, but for the time when it was 
built one of the grandest in England. These 
windows are its noblest remaining ornament, 
and contain almost a complete pedigree of the 
family. Wolveton or Wolverton Klanor lies 
about eight miles from Weymouth ; John Jor- 
dain. its ancient owner, was escheator of the 
county, the fifth of Henry IV, and his name oc- 
curs in a list of gentlemen the twelfth of 
Henry VT. He bought this place of John 
Mohun and Alice, his daughter, heir to Henry 
Trenchard, of Hampshire. John, son of this 
John of Wolveton, married Christie, one of 
the heiresses of John Chantruarle, by whom 
the Manors of East Stoke, Beltwale, and 
Stoke Hyde, near Blanford, or part of them, 
accrued to the Jordaines." Among the mem- 
bers of the Dorset family of Jordans who 
were locally prominent were : John Jordan, 
who held land at Weymouth in 1440; John 
Jurdeyne, a member of parliament, 1553; and 
Richard Jordain, mayor of Melcomb, 1596. 
The name Jordan was first adopted as a sur- 
name probably by some man who had been 
a crusader or pilgrim to Palestine, and looked 
upon the historic stream. 

( I ) Rev. Robert Jordan, a clergyman of the 
Church of England", was established at Rich- 
mond's Island, near Portland, Maine, as the 
successor of Rev. Richard Gibson, as early as 
the year 1641. The exact time of his arrival 
here is not known, nor the place of his nativ- 
ity in England, but it is probable that he came 
in 1639 from Dorsetshire or Devonshire, the 
district from which many settlers came to 
Maine, and where the Jordan name is quite 
common. In a letter from agent John Winter 
to Robert Trelaway, one of the proprietors 
of a grant including Falmouth (Cape Eliza- 
beth) and Richmond's Island, Winter thus 
speaks of Mr. Jordan : "Heare is on Mr. 
Robert Jordan, a mynister, wch hath been wth 
vs this three months, 2 ch is a very honest re- 
ligious man by anything as yett I can find in 



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him. I have not yett agreed wth him for 
staying heare but did refer yt tyll I did heare 
Som word from you ; we weare long wthout a 
mynister & weere but in a bad way & so we 
shall be still iff we have not the word of God 
taught vnto us. Sometymes the plantation 
at pemaquid would willingly have him or the 
(y) desire he might be their on halfe of the 
yeare & the other halfe to be heare wth vs. 
1 know not how we shall accord uppon yt as 
yett he hath been heare in the country this 2 
yeares & hath alwaies lived wth Mr. Pur- 
chase wch is a kinsman unto him." 

Rev. Robert Jordan married, at Richmond's 
Island, Sarah, only child of John Winter; 
and on the death of Mr. Winter, in 1646, Jor- 
dan was made the administrator of the estate. 
By his marriage with Sarah Winter, Mr. Jor- 
dan became one of the great land proprietors 
and wealthy men of the reign ; "a source of 
influence," says a writer, "which he never 
failed to exert in favor of his church and poli- 
tics." In 1648 he petitioned the general court 
to allow him as administrator to sell the 
property of Trelawney, and settle up the es- 
tate of a Mr. Winter. His request was 
granted, and Mr. Jordan afterward removed 
from the island, and settled on the mainland 
portion of the estate of Mr. Winter. The 
plantation there was called Spurwink, a name 
which has been retained to the present day. 
It lies in Falmouth, now Cape Elizabeth. Mr. 
Gibson and ]\lr. Jordan were the pioneers of 
episcopacy in Maine. Mr. Gibson left the 
country about the year 1642, but Mr. Jordan 
remained at the post of duty, and never re- 
linquished his stand as a churchman or his 
professional character. He was the soul of 
the opposition to Massachusetts, and a chief 
supporter to the royal commissioners and the 
anti-Puritan polity. Owing to his religious 
affinities and associations, Mr. Jordan was an 
object of suspicion and hostility to the Puri- 
tan government of Massachusetts, who for- 
bade him to marry or baptize. He paid no 
attention to this order, and continuing to dis- 
charge the duties of his office, the general 
court of Massachusetts ordered his arrest and 
imprisonment in Boston jail. He was in- 
carcerated twice, once in 1654 and once in 
1663. His petition for release, written while 
in jail during the latter year, is still extant. 
His case was heard by two commissioners, 
and he was released on the following declara- 
tion : "I hereby declare that I will be sub- 
ject to yr authority, so far as I may keep the 
law, and my conscience inviolate, and promise 
and bind myselfe to leave peaceably, for the 



future: Subscrbed this 4th of 7 br (63) pr. 
me Robert Jordan, Clerk :" 

Mr. Jordan was judge, or one of the judges, 
for many years. In the second Indian war 
he was compelled to leave Spurwink, and to 
flee from the Indians. He left home in haste, 
and probably left all his papers in his house. 
Everything was in flames before he was out 
of sight. This may account for the fact that 
so few of his papers have ever been found. 
He went to Great Island, now Newcastle, New 
Hampshire, which is at the mouth of the 
Piscataqua river. Many other persons were 
at the same time driven from Falmouth, who, 
like Mr. Jordan, did not return. It is stated 
that "One Mr. Thorpe, a drunken Preacher, 
was gotten to Preach at Black Point under 
the appearance and profession of a minister of 
the gospel," and that having a spite against 
Goody Bayly, he attempted to make it appear 
that she was a witch, and had bewitched to 
death a cow belonging to Mr. Jordan. But 
when Thorpe had her questioned for a witch, 
Mr. Jordan interposed in her behalf; and 
said his cow died of his servant's negligence, 
and to cover their own fault they were will- 
ing to have it imputed to witchcraft, and were 
willing to act with Thorpe in his guilty plan 
to harm Mrs. Bayly ; and so unriddled the 
knavery and delivered the innocent." "The in- 
famy was averted by the common sense and 
courage of Robert Jordan." We must at- 
tribute it, not to Jordan's education or asso- 
ciations, but solely to his clear-headed com- 
mon sense — his native discernment. "For 
more than thirty years," writes Tristram 
Frost Jordan, the compiler of the Jordan 
Memorial, from which this sketch is extracted, 
"Rev. Robert Jordan occupied a large share 
in the affairs of the town and the province. 
He was an active, enterprising man, and well 
educated. Although, being a presbyter of the 
Church of England, he came hither as a re- 
ligious teacher, the affairs of the world in 
which he lived and the achievement of his 
ambitious designs appear soon to have ab- 
sorbed the most of his attention, and to have 
diverted him from the exercise of his pro- 
fession — a result originating and hastened, 
doubtless, by the hostility of the government. 
His posterity for many years exercised very 
great influence in the concerns of the town, 
and long maintained a high standing in the 
province." A descendant in the ninth genera- 
tion lived on the old plantation a few years 
ago. Rev. Robert Jordan, the progenitor of 
the race of Jordans in America, ended his 
active and eventful life at Portsmouth, New 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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Hampsliire, in 1679, in the sixty-eighth year 
of his age. His will, made at Grand Island, 
in the Piscataqua river, January 28, was proved 
July, 1679. He lost the use of his hands be- 
fore death, and was unable to si^n his will. 
He left six sons, all born before 1664, among 
whom his great landed estate was divided 
according to the provisions of his will. His 
wife Sarah survived him, and was living at 
Newcastle, in Portsmouth Harbor, in 1686. 
Their children w ere : John, Robert, Domini- 
cus, Jedediah, Samuel and Jeremiah. 

(li) Dominiciis, third son of Rev. Robert 
and Sarah (Winter) Jordan, was born before 
1664, at Spurwink, now Cape Elizabeth, Cum- 
berland county, Maine. He left Spurwink 
with his father's family at the beginning of 
King Philip's war, 1675, \vhen the settlement 
was attacked and their house was destroyed 
by the Indians. Six years later he returned 
w ith his wife. It appears he had selected a 
piece of land, and his father consented it 
should be his at the proper time. In 1678 he 
administered upon the estate of his father-in- 
law, Ralph Tristram. July i, 1678, by the 
provisions of his father's will, he came into 
possession of one thousand acres of land at 
Spurwink. It is conjectured that part of the 
six years prior to his return to Spurwink was 
passed at Winter Harbor, only twelve miles 
distant from Spurwink. Dominicus Jordan 
was a prominent man in the settlement, and 
was one of the trustees to whom the township 
of Falmouth was deeded by President Dan- 
forth. The second Indian war again brought 
danger to the settlement, and in i6go, when 
Falmouth was devastated, Spurwink was again 
deserted, and remained unoccupied till the 
peace of 1698. According to tradition, Do- 
minicus was a man above the common size 
and of great strength and endurance. The 
gun he used was over six feet in length. It 
was in the possession of his descendants 
( eighteen inches of the barrel having been 
cut off) until some twenty or thirty years 
ago it was presented to the Maine Historical 
Society by Captain Samuel Jordan, of Deer- 
ing, Maine. It was the custom of Dominicus 
to keep his gun and ammunition close at 
hand all the time. He was called the "Indian 
Killer," and was greatly feared by the savages. 
In war he was their deadly enemy ; in peace, 
friendly. While at work on his plantation, 
vi-hich bordered the Spurwink riveV, where he 
had a blockhouse on a flat piece of land, his 
gun was strapped on his back, ready for im- 
mediate use if necessary. In times of peace 
the Indians were accustomed to call on him. 



and were hospitably received, while they ex- 
changed their furs for such articles as they 
wanted. On the breaking out of hostilities in 
1703, a party of Indians, apparently friendly, 
called on Dominicus August 10 of that year, 
to buy some goods. He had no suspicion of 
their treacherous design, and was waiting on 
them, when one of them who had watched the 
opportunity, unnoticed by Dominicus, struck a 
hatchet into his head. Death soon followed. 
His wife and family of six children and his 
younger brother Jeremiah were made pris- 
oners, and led through the wilderness to 
Canada. All were finally restored to liberty 
and native land, but a daughter who remained 
with her masters in Canada. Dominicus Jor- 
dan married, in 1681, Hannah, daughter of 
Ralph Tristram, of Winter Harbor, now Bid- 
deford, Maine. Ralph Tristram settled at 
Biddeford several years before 1655, in which 
year he was made a freeman. He was for 
years a useful, worthy townsman, and died in 
1678. The children of Dominicus and Han- 
nah were : Dominicus, Samuel, Mary Ann, 
Elizabeth, Hannah and Nathaniel. 

(Ill) Captain Samuel, second son of Do- 
minicus and Hannah (Tristram) Jordan, was 
born in 1684, at Spurwink, and died Decem- 
ber 20, 1742. At the time of his father's 
death he, then eighteen years old, with his 
mother and all her children, was made pris- 
oner by the Indians and taken to Trois 
Rivieres, Canada, where he was kept a cap- 
tive for seven years — six with the Indians and 
one year with the French. After his return 
he was asked which he liked better — Indians 
or French — and he replied, Indians. With 
two other white men, prisoners like himself, 
he escaped by the agency of an Indian woman 
named Mary, who guided them through the 
woods to Casco Bay. They subsisted during 
their journey on roots and berries. When 
they arrived at the fort at Falmouth, not being 
known, they were refused admittance. The 
Indian woman climbed upon a large log, lying 
upon the ground a short distance from the 
fort, and called out in loud voice : "I be Molly 
Mun, you know Molly Mun !" Some of the 
men in the fort recollected the name, and, after 
close examination, the wanderers were ad- 
mitted. This must have been in 1710, or about 
that time. None of the Jordan family then 
resided at Spurwink. Samuel, no doubt, went 
to visit his maternal relatives at Winter Har- 
bor, where his uncles Samuel, Nathaniel and 
Benjamin then lived. His name first appears 
in the records of Winter Harbor in 1717. 
There he began business as a trader, and for 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



many years he had the only store m the place. 
On account of his knowledge of the Indian 
language, acquired during his captivity, Sam- 
uef Jordan was of great service to the govern- 
ment in the capacity of interpreter. He filled 
this ofiice August 9-12, 1717, when Governor 
Shute made a treaty with the Indians. He did 
similar service at the time of making the 
treaty with the Chief of the Penobscots, De- 
cember, 1725, and at the ratification of that 
treaty by the Sachems of other tribes, August 
6, 1726. The name of Samuel Jordan is borne 
on that treaty. After the treaty of 1717, Mr. 
Jordan was Indian agent, as well as inter- 
preter, and supplied the Indians with the goods 
they wanted, ordering them from the govern- 
ment at Boston. He was also captain in the 
militia. At the time of his decease, Samuel 
and his eldest son were in business together. 
They were never known to sue or distress a 
customer. He built a house about 1727 on the 
north side of the gut or strait leading into the 
pool, and standing in good condition in 1872, 
built in the style of one hundred and fifty 
years ago. In 1739 he soW to Robert Mitchel 
his share of land from his father's estate at 
Cape Elizabeth, containing one hundred and 
forty-three acres. Captain Samuel Jordan was 
a man of great energy and perseverance, 
prominent as a business man and in public 
afTairs, and in the Congregational church of 
which he was a member. He was a farmer 
and merchant, and resided at Biddeford. He 
married, in York, Maine, 1718, Olive Plaisted, 
who was born May i, 1698, and died in 1763, 
daughter of James and Mary (Rishworth) 
Plaisted, of Brunswick. She survived him and 
married (second) January 31, 1744, Rev. 
James Smith. The children of Samuel and 
Olive were : Richworth, Alice, Sarah, Han- 
nah, Samuel, Tristram and Mary. 

(IV) Colonel Tristram, youngest son of 
Captain Samuel and Olive (Plaisted) Jordan, 
was born at Winter Harbor, May 31, 1731, 
and died November i, 1821. He was eleven 
years old when his father died. His eldest 
brother, Richworth, administered upon the es- 
tate of his father and was guardian for Tris- 
tram. Folsom says : "Among the first mer- 
chants or traders of whom we have any ac- 
count, on the east side of Saco River, at the 
falls, were Tristram Jordan, Andrew Brad- 
street, Thomas Cutts, Thomas Donald, David 
King. Colonel Jordan married, 1749, when 
but eighteen years of age, and took the Pep- 
perell House. In 1754 he was one of the 
selectmen of the town, although but twenty- 
three years of age, and about the same time 



received a commission as captain of militia, an 
ofiice which it was not customary at that 
period to bestow on young men. He was a 
thorough business man, industrious and enter- 
prising, not only in business but in the church. 
He was elected senator of the county of York 
to the Massachusetts legislature, 1787, and 
selectman of the town from 1754 to 1762. 
Colonel Jordan moved from the falls to his 
estate at Deep Brook, two miles north on the 
Buxton road, about the close of the revolution- 
ary war, where he died in 1821. He was emi- 
nently the "father of the town." No other 
individual was so often entrusted with the 
direction of its affairs, or exercised an. equal 
degree of influence during the early period of 
its separate incorporation. At a later date 
Colonel Jordan was best known as a magis- 
trate, having performed the greater part of 
the duties of a justice of the peace, for the 
east side of the river, until quite advanced in 
age. By the council of Alassachusetts, 1776, 
he was appointed Colonel." He married 
(first) in Berwick, 1749, Hannah Goodwin, 
who was born July 24, 1730, and died July 
10, 1775, daughter of Captain Ichabod Good- 
win. He married (second) in Falmouth, De- 
cember, 1778, Dorcas, who died December 19. 
1 78 1, witiiout issue. He married (third) in 
Berwick, May 21, 1784, Hannah Frost, who 
died September 26, 1789. The children by 
the first wife were: Elizabeth, Hannah (died 
young), Sarah, Hannah, Olive, Tristram, 
Ichabod, Mary, Alehitable ; and by the third 
wife : Dorcas, Samuel and Richworth. 

(V) Captain Ichabod, second son of Colo- 
nel Tristram and Hannah (Goodwin) Jordan, 
was born in Saco, September 24, 1770, and 
died in the same house where he was born. 
May 20, 1865. In early life he went to sea, 
and with his active brain and energy he be- 
came master of a ship about the time he was 
twenty-one years old. Known to be scrupu- 
lously honest, being a thorough sailor, and pos- 
sessing good business talents, his services were 
in demand. Some of the incidents in the life 
of Captain Jordan were found in an old memo- 
randum book in the captain's own handwri- 
ting. From this it appears that the brig 
"Fame," Ichabod Jordan, master, sailed from 
Portland to Tobago for Portland, May 20, 
following. On the 23rd of the same month 
she was taken by a British ship called the 
"Favorite," commanded by Arthur Wood, 
Esq., who took from the brig her captain and 
his papers, put a prize-master on board and 
ordered her to Granada. But a few days later 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



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possessed the prize-master and his people of 
the brig, sent them ashore in a boat, and then 
put the brig for Portland. On June i6th they 
were taken by a French schooner called the 
"Flying Fish," and carried to Santo Domingo. 
The ship was condemned, the authority stated, 
for want of captain and papers, and taken to 
Porto Rico, and there sold. The vessel and 
cargo, which was principally rum, were valued 
at $20,158.19. In 1805 Captain Jordan com- 
manded the American ship "Ocean," which 
was a vessel of 246 tons, a large vessel for 
that time, and went to Stockholm, Sweden. 
The event of the first arrival of an American 
ship at that place was celebrated by the city, 
and the King and Queen came on board and 
dined. In the war of 1812 Captain Jordan 
was a prisoner on the British frigate "Boxer" 
at the time of the engagement of that ship 
with the United States frigate "Enterprise." 
A short time after the close of the war with 
England, he gave up going to sea, and settled 
on the old homestead of his father at Saco. 
He became a prominent politician — a Demo- 
crat of the stamp of Jefferson and Jackson. 
He voted for Washington for president, and 
for every president to Lincoln. In the war 
of the rebellion he was a war Democrat. He 
reached the great age of ninety-four years, 
five months, twenty-six days, and died in the 
same house in which his father had died. 
Captain Ichabod Jordan married, February 5, 
1797, at Saco, Mary, daughter of James Cof- 
fin, who died October 10, 1859, aged eighty- 
five years. They had : Tristram, Mary, 
James Coffin, Ichabod Goodwin, Enoch Cof- 
fin, George Vaughan and Lawrence. 

(\T) Captain James Coffin, second son of 
Captain Ichabod and Mary (Coffin) Jordan, 
was born December 16, 1803, and died June 
28, 1839, i" the city of New York. Captain 
Jordan left home to go to sea. The ship he 
was to command was about ready to leave 
New York on a long voyage. On his arrival 
at New York he was taken suddenly sick and 
died in a short time. His body was brought 
to Saco and buried in the family cemetery. 
He married. May 27, 1839, at Portland, Mary 
C, daughter of Wintlirop and Mary J. Stan- 
wood, of Portland. They had one child, James 
Coffin, whose sketch follows. 

(VII) James Coffin (2), only son of James 
Coffin (i) and IMary C. (Stanwood) Jor- 
dan, was born in Portland, January 22, 1840. 
He engaged in the manufacture of matches, 
became proprietor of the Star Match factory, 
and was very successful in business. He mar- 
ried, September 20, 1861, at Standish, Vir- 



ginia H. Barker, who was born in Hiram, 
May 20, 1841, daughter of Benjamin and Zil- 
pah Barker. Six children were born to thetn: 
Samuel Spring, Marion Curtis, Margaret 
Stanwood, Gertrude Bradford, Mary Wood 
and Robert Richworth. 

(\TII) Alary Wood, youngest child of James 
Coffin (2) and \'irginia H. (Barker) Jor- 
dan, was born in Portland, November 29, 
1879, ^^^ married Arthur Sewall Bosworth. 
(See Bosworth I\'.) 



The Crookers of Maine are 
CROOKER principally of Scotch extrac- 
tion and descended from 
tliree brothers who settled in 1748 in that 
part of the province of Maine which was then 
the frontier. From Isaiah has descended a 
large progeny, several of whom have been 
ship-builders and prominent citizens. 

(I) Isaiah Crooker was born in Glasgow, 
Scotland, in 1730, and was one of five broth- 
ers who settled at Scituate on Cape Cod, fam- 
ily tradition states. It is further stated that 
two of the brothers remained there, an<l Isaiah 
and the other two took a vessel and went to 
Maine. They were shipwrecked in coming 
past Sequin, and although none of them were 
lost they were separated. One was a doctor 
and settled somewhere east of the Kennebec; 
one went into Oxford county, and Isaiah went 
to Longreach, which then comprised only half 
a dozen farms. At eighteen years of age 
Isaiah Crooker came to Bath, at that time 
being the possessor of ten thousand dollars, 
a large sum for that day. Realizing that 
every man should have a trade at his com- 
mand, he served an apprenticeship as a black- 
smith, which trade embraced carriage-making, 
carpentering, house-shoring, and, above all, 
nail-making, he being an expert at the latter, 
which in those days was considered a great 
feat to do well. In 1761, when the first church 
was built at Witch Spring Burying Ground, 
on land given by Nathaniel Donnell, men- 
tioned hereafter, a large two-story structure, 
Mr. Crooker's donation to it was all the nails 
used in the building, w'hich were made bv his 
ov. n hands. Fie was also a ship-builder, and 
the last vessel built by him was constructed 
on a spot a short distance north of Center 
street, near a stream which ran in a valley 
now occupied by the track of the Maine Cen- 
tral railroad. The yard was on the west 
bank of the stream. He bought a large tract 
of land, four miles in length, extending from 
the Kennebec river on the east to the New 
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of a few lots which were already occupied 
and cultivated. His purchase included Rocky- 
hill. On this he erected a large house, called 
Crookcr's Folly, on account of its size. Mr. 
Crooker was one of the earliest and most 
prominent citizens of Bath, residing until his 
death on High street. He died September 15, 
1795, aged sixty-five years. Fie was a very 
heavy man and weighed 350 pounds ; he had 
a chair made to order, which is still a clioice 
relic of his descendants. Flis six sons were 
all stalwart men, standing over six feet in 
their stockings, with the exception of one 
short one ; one son weighed 400 pounds. 

Isaiah Crooker. married (first) October 24, 
1750, Betsey Philbrook, daughter of Jonathan 
Philbrook, and had one child, Priscilla, born 
in 1757, who married a Lunt. Mrs. Crooker 
died not long after her marriage. Mr. Crooker 
married (second) in July, 1760, Hannah 
(Harding) McKenney, a widow from Truro, 
by whom he had ten children: i. Isaiah, born 
in 1762, who married a McDonald. 2. Hul- 
dah, born May 2, 1724, married John Whit- 
more. 3. Jonathan Harding, see below. 4. 
Elizabeth, born March 29, 1769, married Will- 
iam Webb. 5. Gamalia, born May 20, 1771, 
married Martha Foster. 6. Timothy, who died 
at sea. 7. Francis Winter, born June 27, 
1775, married Jane McCobb. 8. William 
Swanton, born in 1777, married a Jewett. 9. 
Zachariah, born in 1778, married a Merritt. 
10. Hannah, born 1781. married General 
Denny McCobb. General Denny and Jane 
McCobb were brother and sister. 

(II) Jonathan Harding, second son of Isa- 
iah and Hannah (Harding) (McKenney) 
Crooker, was born in Bath, October, 1767. He 
was a ship-builder by occupation ; he learned 
the blacksmith trade, in accordance with the 
wishes of his father, who had all his sons 
learn a. trade. Fie resided in Bath. He mar- 
ried Hannah Duncan, who was born in 1774, 
died 1858, aged eighty-four years. She was 
a daughter of Dr. Samuel Duncan, surgeon 
in the revolutionary war, who was one of the 
first physicians of the town of Bath. Dr. 
Duncan married Hannah Donnell, daughter of 
Benjamin Donnell, who came from Old York 
before 1734; he was a son of Nathaniel Don- 
nell. of York. Jonathan H. and Hannah 
(Duncan) Crooker had children: Samuel 
Duncan, Charles, see below, Lydia Duncan, 
John, Arthur Harding, William Donnell. 

(HI) Charles, second son of Jonathan H. 
and Hannah (Duncan) Crooker, was born in 
Bath, September 20. 1797, died February 14, 
1877, aged eighty. He attended the common 



schools while a youth, and after arriving at 
manhood engaged in building vessels with 
James Church, under the firm name of Church 
& Crooker, and afterward built with his 
brother, William D., under the firm name of 
C. & W. D. Crooker, until 1853, when he re- 
tired from the activities of business. He was 
a Republican and a staunch supporter of his 
party. Flis residence was on South street. 
He married Rachel Sewall, 1818, by whom he 
had children : Lucy Holmes, died in infancy ; 
Charles H., died in infancy; Emma Duneen, 
Juliette Marsh, Adelaide Lydia. 

(IV) Juliette Marsh, daughter of Charles 
and Rachel (Sewall) Crooker, was born in 
Bath, March 11, 1839, died October 4, 1891. 
She married Captain Frederic Stead Bos- 
worth, of Bath. (See Bosworth III.) 



The armorial bearings of this 
CRANE family were ar. a crane sa. 
standing on a staff raguly in 
base vert. The name appeared in England in 
1272, when there was a William de Crane. 
The cognomen is derived from the town of 
Crannes, in Maine, an ancient province of 
northern France. Crannes, or Craon, has for 
its root the Gaelic cran, meaning water, and 
the birrl of that name received its appellation, 
doubtless, because it frequented watery places. 
The Cranes were without doubt Normans who 
came over with the Conqueror, who is said 
to have started from Crannes on the river 
Oudin. Cranae was an island of Laconia in 
the Mediterranean. Cranus, a town of Caria, 
in Asia Minor, and there was a king of Ath- 
ens bearing the name. Cranea was a small 
country in Greece on the Ionian sea, Craneus 
was the first king of Macedonia. Crania was 
the ancient name of Tarrius in Cilicia, and 
Crane a city of Arcadia, in Greece. In the 
successive migrations of the population from 
the east and south to the north and west it is 
probable they carried with them their local 
geography. We can in any event see that 
the name of our family is a most ancient one. 
The English home of the Cranes was in Suf- 
folk. In 1382 William Crane, of Stow- 
market, married Margaret, daughter and co- 
heir of Sir Andrew Butler, Knight, by wdiich 
he came into possession of Chilton in the 
Hundred of Stowe. It remained in the fam- 
ily over three hundred years. The line of 
heirs is delineated for twelve generations, and 
among them was a long roll of aristocratic 
land holders. 

(I) Henry Crane, the .American forefather 
of this race, was born in England in 1621, 



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came to this country and located in Milton, 
Massachusetts, in 1667. He was an iron- 
worker. The house in which he lived was sit- 
uated on the north side of Adams street, at 
East Milton, in the rear and between the 
houses of W. Q. Baxter and E. B. Andrews. 
The open place in that section was called 
"Crane's Plains." He married, in England, 
Tabitha. He married (second) Elizabeth, 
daughter of Stephen Kinsley, of Braintree, 
Massachusetts: children, born in Milton: 
Benjamin, Stephen, John, Elizabeth, Ebene- 
zer, Anna C. M., Mary, Mercy and Samuel. 
The children had the limited advantages of a 
farm home in those early days. There was a 
sternness and simplicity to life then, but from 
the hardships and rough realities of that gen- 
eration were evolved the unflinching patriots 
of the next, who successfully opposed the ob- 
noxious oppression of the mother country. 

(H) Ebenezer, son of Henry and Eliza- 
beth (Kinsley) Crane, was born August 10, 
1665. In August, 1690, he enlisted in the 
Dorchester and Milton Company of seventy- 
five men, and went with Sir William Phipps' 
disastrous expedition to Quebec. Of the two 
thousand troops comprising the land force, 
two hundred were lost, and of the two hun- 
dred and forty-six that belonged to his com- 
pany he was one of the twenty-nine that re- 
turned home. He married Mary, daughter of 
Thomas Talman. Among their children was 
Abijah. 

(Ill) Abijah, twelfth child of Ebenezer and 
Mary (Talman) Crane, was born in Milton, 
Novemlaer 2, 1714. He married Sarah Field, 
of Braintree, and after her decease Sarah 
Beverly. 

(I\') Brigadier-General John, third son of 
-Abijah and Sarah (Field) Crane, was born in 
Milton, December 7, 1744, and died at Whit- 
ing, Maine, August 21, 1805. In 1759 his 
father was drafted as a soldier in the French 
war, but being enfeebled by his infirmities, 
John, then fifteen, went in the place of him. 
In 1769 he assisted Gilbert Dubois in planting 
the "Paddock elms," which came from Mr. 
Robbins' farm on Brush Hill. In 1767 he 
was in Boston, where he lived eighteen years 
on Tremont, opposite Hollis street. In 1773 
he was one of the "Boston Tea-party," and 
was the only man injured in the melee. He 
was found twenty-four hours later in the hold 
of the vessel, disabled. On removing his 
boots there was found therein a quantity of 
tea. This was preserved by the family, and 
more than a century afterward this very tea 
was shown at an exhibition on Washington 



street. In 1774 he was commissioned lieu- 
tenant of artillery in Rhode Island, and the 
next year the lieutenant marched on Boston 
with the Rhode Island army. Lieutenant 
Crane was one of the party with Major Vose 
that burned the Boston light. In 1776 he 
was in the siege of Boston at Cambridge and 
Dorchester Fleights, as major in Knox's ar- 
tillery. In August of that year Major Crane 
was at the battle of Brooklyn ; in September 
he lost a portion of his foot by a cannon-ball 
from the "Rose'' frigate, in the East river, and 
came near dying from lockjaw; in December 
he was in Boston again, building powder-mills. 
In 1777 he was promoted to the colonelcy of 
the i\Iassachusetts regiment, and led in person 
that body of men at the battles of Monmouth, 
Branclywine, Germantown and Red Bank. In 
17S0 Colonel Crane took part in the unsuc- 
cessful pursuit of Benedict Arnold, and in 
1783 was commissioned brigadier-general for 
active and meritorious service. He was con- 
sidered the most expert artillerist on the 
American side. General Crane went to Quod- 
dy, Maine, now Lubec, in 1784, and was the 
first merchant on Moose Island, now East- 
port. In 1786 he removed to Orangetown, 
now Whiting, Maine. He was appointed the 
first judge of the court of common pleas for 
Washington county. The name of his wife 
was Sarah, and their children were : Abijah, 
Isaac, John, Charlotta. 

(V) Abijah (2), son of John and Sarah 
Crane, married Rgbecca Crane. Children : 
William P., Isaac, Abigail, Rebecca, Zebiah, 
Lucretia, Edward B. and Abijah. 

(\T) Abijah (3), son of Abijah (2) and 
Rebecca (Crane) Crane, lived in Whiting. He 
married Lydia T. Gilpatrick, and had : Ada- 
laide, Rufus T., James E., Leander, Hancock, 
John Wesley and Lucy H. 

(VII) Rufus Trussell, first son of Abijah 
(3) and Lydia T. (Gilpatrick) Crane, was 
born in Whiting, February 25, 1832. He re- 
moved to Machias, and was a druggist there 
for fifty years. He married (first) .A.ngelia 
Gardner, (second) Elizabeth, daughter of 
William S. Peavey. Children : Edna P. and 
Frank T. 

(Vni) Frank Trussell, son of Rufus T. 
and Elizabeth (Peavey) Crane, was born at 
Machias, April n, 1869. He received his pre- 
liminary training in the public school, grad- 
uating from the Machias high, and from the 
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1891. 
He immediately went into the drug business 
with his father, and is now general manager 
of the same. Mr. Crane is a member of Har- 



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:TATE of MAINE. 



wood Lodge, No. 91, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, of Macliias, of which he is 
senior deacon : he has been accorded the cap- 
itular degree in the Washington Chapter, of 
which he has been liigh priest : he was admit- 
ted to the rites of St. Elmo Commandery, No. 
18, Knights Templar, of which he is past com- 
mander ; he is also a member of the Lodge 
of Perfection, and has taken ten York de- 
grees in Masonry and fourteen in the Scot- 
tish Rites. He is a member, too, of the Ben 
Hur Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, of 
which he is past chancellor : of the Eastern 
Star, of which he is past patron. In addition 
to these, he is a member of the Maine Phar- 
maceutical Association, of which he has been 
president. Lie belongs to the Sons of Amer- 
ican Revolution. He is a believer in the Jack- 
sonian principles of democracy, and has been 
member of the Democratic county committee. 
Mr. Crane was chairman of the JMachias 
school board for five years, and he is at pres- 
ent chief of the city fire department. 

Mr. Crane married Bertha I., daughter of 
Thomas B. and Lucia (Tuller) Magie, of New 
Haven, Connecticut. She is a member of the 
Daughters of the Revolution, past regent of 
the Hannah Weston Chapter, and past matron 
of Machias Chajiter, O. E. S., and at present 
associate grand conductress of the Grand 
Chapter of ]\laine. The Cranes are Congre- 
gational people, and Mrs. Crane is superin- 
tendent of the Machias Valley Junior Chris- 
tian Endeavor Society. Mr. and Mrs. Crane 
have three children : Grace Magie, born Sep- 
tember 4, 1893; Lucia Elizabeth, September 
22, 1897, and Edna Peavey, December, li 
They are attending the public schools. 



Hezekiah Crane, immigrant an- 
CRANE cestor of this branch of the 

Crane family, was born in Wind- 
sor. Counecticrt, 1773, died at Constable, New 
York, April 30, 18 10. He married, at Weth- 
ersfield, \'er!Uont, November 29, 1796, Pru- 
dence Lake, born at Rindge, New Hampshire, 
February 24, 1778, died July 19, 1853, daugh- 
ter of Enos and Prudence (Page) Lake. 
Enos Lake was born at Topsfield, Massachu- 
setts, October 26, 1756, married at Rindge, 
New Hampshire, December 18, 1777, Pru- 
dence Page, born March 9, 1760, at Groton. 
Massachusetts, died September 16, 1794. Chil- 
dren of Enos and Prudence (Page) Lake: 
Prudence, aforementioned ; Enos, David, Hit- 
ta, Abigail, Sewall, Rebecca, Silas and Sally. 
twms. Children of Hezekiah and Prudence 



(Lake) Crane: i. Prudence, born in Wethers- 
field, January 16, 1798, married a Mr. Davis, 
of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and had two 
sons and two daughters. 2. Hezekiah, born 
in Wethersfield, August 25, 1799, died March 
18, 1800. 3. Gilman, born in Wethersfield, 
June 30, 1801, died July 21, 1888; married, 
August 13, 1S24, Rosalinda Ginn, of Orland, 
Maine, daughter of Abraham Ginn ; chil- 
dren : Flezekiah, Harriet C, Hezekiah, Pru- 
dence, Rosalinda, Gilman, Catherine, Alpheus, 
Laura. 4. Harriet, born in Eden, Mt. Desert 
Island, July 31, 1803, married a Mr. Choate. 
5. Oberia, born Eden, April 16, 1807, died 
i\Iay 16, 1807. 6. Oberia Hill, born in Eden, 
June 26, 1808, died at South Reading, Massa- 
chusetts, September i, 1854; married Calvin 
C. Salsbury, of Eden, in 1833, and had two 
daughters, Frances and Laura. 7. Sewall 
Lake, mentioned below. 

(II) Sewall Lake, son of Hezekiah and 
Prudence (Lake) Crane, was born in Eden, 
Mt. Desert, April 13, 1816, died March 16, 
1856. He was a prominent citizen of Bucks- 
port, Maine. He was a blacksmith and a 
Republican. He married Elizabeth Lewis 
Howes, of Bucksport, born June 15, 1816, died 
December 23, 1885, daughter of Solomon 
Lewis Llowes, of Provincetown, Massachu- 
setts, and of Sarah (Rich) Howes, who was a 
native of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. These 
parents were the representatives of some very 
strong old New England families. Solomon 
L. Howes was born December 18, 1779, died 
March 16, 1856; his wife was born August 30, 
1778, died May 22, 1862. Solomon L. Howes, 
father of Mrs. Sewall Lake Crane, came to 
Maine when a young man, settling at North 
Bucksport. He became a master mariner. He 
was a Whig politically, and he and his wife 
were members of the Methodist church. They 
are buried at Winterport, Maine. He married 
Sarah Rich, and they were the parents of 
eleven sons and one daughter, the only survi- 
vor (1908) being Sarah, widow of Sylvester 
Snowman, of Bucksport, Maine. She is now 
in her ninetieth year and remarkably active 
and well preserved. She is tenderly loved and 
cherished in the home of her son, Walter 
Snowman, in Bucksport. Abner Howes, the 
father of Solomon Lewis Howes, having been 
a brave soldier in the revolutionary war from 
Provincetown, Massachusetts, was killed in 
battle. The children of Sewall Lake Crane 
were: Clifton Parker, Charles L., Joshua L., 
Sewall Lake Jr., Albert A., Sarah R., who 
married Gilman Campbell, of Winterport, 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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Maine: Caroline E., who married Thomas 
Houston, Marcia, who married Williard S. 
Dilloway ; Ella and George Dana. 

(Ill) George Dana, son of Sevvall Lake 
and Elizabeth Lewis (Howes) Crane, was 
born in Frankfort, Maine. August 27, 1847, 
and is now a well-known resident of Bucks- 
port. He studied diligently in the schools of 
P'rankfort, now W'interport. until he was four- 
teen years of age and then became a clerk at 
Bangor. He enlisted in the LTnion army from 
Frankfort, February 11, 1864, in Company D, 
the Fourteenth Maine Infantry Volunteers, 
under the command of Captain John D. Quim- 
by, and was honorably discharged at Hilton 
Head, South Carolina, on the 28th of July, 
1865, having been a brave soldier of the 
truest type. He took an active part in many 
important battles, among these being the bat- 
tle at Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 
1864, Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864, and 
Cedar Creek, October 22, 1864, and is now 
a United States pensioner. After the civil 
war Mr. Crane was employed by the Penob- 
scot Express Company for two years, and 
then went to sea for six years, making voy- 
ages to foreign ports, and rising from a sea- 
man before the mast to first mate of the bark 
"Libertad," commanded by Captain William 
Henry Jordan, of Bucksport. On June 3, 
1872, J^lr. Crane entered the service of the 
European and North American Railway Com- 
pany, which is now a part of the Maine Cen- 
tral system, as a telegraph operator, was pro- 
moted to train-despatcher and held that po- 
sition for eight years and a half. He resigned 
this position to accept that of agent and 
operator of the iMaine Central railroad at Ells- 
worth, remaining there for six years, when, in 
1890, he was transferred to Bucksport in the 
same capacity, and is still the very popular 
station-master in that town. ■ Mr. Crane is 
Independent in religion and politics. He is a 
very enthusiastic Free and Accepted Mason ; 
was made a Mason in Lodge No. 47, Spring- 
field, Maine. He is also an Odd Fellow, and 
a member of Fort Knox Lodge, No. 127, of 
Bucksport, being past noble grand of that 
lodge. He was elected to the ofiice of sec- 
ond selectman of Bucksport in 1899, and as 
first selectman and chairman of the board in 
the years 1900-01-02-03-04-07. Mr. Crane 
married, August 27, 1873, Nellie M. Hayes, 
who died July 2, 1908. She was the daugh- 
ter of Thomas Hayes, of a strong old English 
family, and Mary Ellen Hayes, who came of a 
sturdy Irish family. Mr. Crane's children 
were two: i. Charles, who died at the age of 



three and one-half years. 2. Dr. Harold 
Hayes Crane, a prominent physician of Ban- 
gor; he was graduated from the Jefferson 
Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania, in 1903 ; he married Lucy Sawyer Hink- 
ley of Millbridge, Maine. Blanche Nellie 
Hayes, the adopted daughter of George Dana 
Crane, married Reginald H. Muir. of Boston. 

Amos Bartlett Haggett was 
HAGGETT born in Edgecomb, Maine, 
October 23, 1835, and is a 
son of Amos Haggett, who was born in Essex 
county. New York, and a grandson of Benja- 
min Haggett, a soldier of the continental army 
during the revolutionary war. 

(I) Benjamin Haggett was a native of Scot- 
land and came to America previous to the rev- 
olution. He settled at Ticonderoga in the 
province of New York, in a region which was 
the scene of frequent visits of both the Ameri- 
can and British armies, and there, too, was 
fought one of the memorable battles of that 
great struggle for national independence. As 
has been mentioned Benjamin Haggett was a 
soldier of the American army in that war and 
bore his part well. In domestic life he was a 
farmer in old Essex county, living there until 
1790, when he removed to Maine and settled 
in the town of Edgecomb, where he died. His 
children were : William, Amos, Benjamin, 
John, Mary, Sarah and Ann. 

(II) Amos, son of Benjamin Haggett, was 
born at Ticonderoga, New York, July 29, 
1788, and died in Edgecomb, Maine, Novem- 
ber 10, 1863. He was a farmer and lived 
nearly his entire lifetime in this state. He 
married Abigail, daughter of Joshua and Polly 
Merry; children: i. Martha, born February 

9, 1813. 2. Matilda, July 15, 1815. 3. Mary 
Ann, July 24, 181 7. 4. Li da, November 18, 
1818. 5. Samuel, twin with Lida, November 
18, 1818. 6. Kezia, November 14, 1820. 7. 
Sarah Ann, May 26, 1822. 8. Eliza Jane, 
February 23, 1824. 9. Nancy, April 25, 1826. 

10. Nandana, February 20, 1828. 11. George 
K., January 3, 1830. 12. Betsey, April 3, 1833. 

13. Amos B., October 23, 1835, see forward. 

14. Josiah K., June 3, 1838. 

(III) Amos Bartlett, youngest but one of 
the sons and daughters of Amos and Abigail 
(Merry) Haggett, was born October 23, 1835, 
and for the last more than fifty years has been 
closely identified with the great shipbuilding 
industry of Bath, Maine, and in manv other 
ways has been an important factor in the busi- 
ness life of that city. His young life was 
spent in the town of Edgecomb, where he was 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



born and received his early education, and at 
the age of about sixteen years he went to 
Damariscotta, learned the trade of ship carpen- 
tering there and also acquired a good under- 
standing of the business of shipbuilding in the 
yards of Metcalf & Norris, famous shipbuild- 
ers in their day. After about four years in 
the yards at Damariscotta Mr. Haggett re- 
moved to Bath and for the next five years was 
employed by the shipbuilding firm of Trufant 
& Drummond, then, beginning in 1865, he be- 
came connected with the yards of Gross, Saw- 
yer & Packard, at first in the capacity of prac- 
tical workman, then as superintendent or fore- 
man of the firm's extensive works, and later 
as a member of the firm ; the practical man of 
the firm, with a thorough understanding of the 
business of shipbuilding from the laying of 
the keel to the launching of the completed ves- 
sel and the finishing work after the hull was 
afloat. In the course of time he came to be 
the head of the firm and virtually directed its 
great business enterprises; and later, in 1898, 
when the former firm reorganized and became 
the New England Shipbuilding Company, Mr. 
Haggett was its largest stockholder, one of its 
directors, and general superintendent of con- 
struction work in the yards. This is his pres- 
ent relation to the company and its business, 
and it may be of interest to mention the fact 
at this time that since 1865, the year in which 
he came to Bath, Mr. Haggett has had charge 
of the work of construction of three hundred 
and twenty vessels of all kinds — ships, barks, 
barges, schooners and steam craft ; and of this 
total number there have been several clipper 
steamers which were built after designs origi- 
nated and plans drawn by Mr. Haggett him- 
self, and they have been numbered among the 
most serviceable vessels engaged in the coast 
trade. From this it must be seen that the 
many years of persevering efYort have not been 
spent in vain, have not gone without their just 
reward, and it is equally clear that not he 
alone, but the city of Bath as well and its 
wage-working people have benefited by his 
business enterprise and capacity to build up 
and successfully direct large operations. 

But his time has not been given exclusively 
to personal concerns, for he has long been 
identified in various ways with the best in- 
terests and institutions of the city. Political 
afifairs, too, have claimed and received a share 
of his attention, he having served two years 
as member of the board of aldermen and two 
years in the city council. He is a Republican 
by principle, a firm party adherent with the 



fortunate capacity of being able to express 
his views freely on all public questions, 
whether of local or general import, but he is 
not and never has been in any sense a poli- 
tician or a seeker after office, and never in- 
trudes his opinions in the presence of unwilling 
hearers. Mr. Haggett is a member of the 
board of trustees of the Bath Savings Institu- 
tion and the Bath Trust Company, a director 
and vice-president of the Bath Building and 
Loan Association, a member of Arcadia 
Lodge, No. 13, Knights of Pythias, and a reg- 
ular attendant at the services of the North 
Street Baptist Church and a generous con- 
tributor to its support and the maintenance of 
its benevolent and charitable dependencies. He 
is known, too, as a liberal and public-spirited 
citizen, considerate of the rights of all men and 
especially of the hundreds and perhaps thou- 
sands who have been employed in the ship- 
yards in which he has for so many years been 
interested. 

He married (first) in 1855, Lucy, daughter 
of the late Moses Benner. She died in 1881, 
and he married (second) in 1882, Elizabeth 
A., daughter of Benjamin Stimpson. Seven 
children were born of his first, and three of his 
second marriage: i. Ella, January 27, 1857, 
married William Cahill, of Bath. 2. Edith, 
March 29, 1859, married John Madden, of 
Bath. 3. Frank H., January 27, 1861. 4. 
Clara, died young. 5. Annie, died young. 6. 
William B., May 18, 1869, married Katherine 
McCay. Mr. Haggett is foreman of the ma- 
chine department of the Bath Iron Works. 7. 
Lucy E., May 2, 1872, married R. G. Hillman, 
of Bangor, Maine. 8. Benjamin S., October 
2, 1883, graduated A. B., Bowdoin College, 
1905; now principal of Asbury Park (New 
Jersey) high school. 9. Fred B., August 23, 
1886, now bookkeeper for the W. O. Parker 
Company of Bath. 10. Amos Bartlett Jr., 
February 18, 1894, student. 



According to the best-preserved 
REMICK records in the Remick family, 

the name was originally spelled 
Remish and the ancestor of the line in Amer- 
ica is said to have come from Holland. 

(I) Christian Remick, immigrant, came 
from Holland at an early day and settled in 
Kittery, Maine. He married and had a son 
Jacob. 

(II) Jacob, son of Christian Remick, was 
born in Kittery, November 23, 1660. He 
was a ship-builder and farmer. He died 1745- 
He had a son John. 



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(III) John, son of Jacob Remick, was born 
in Kittery, October 7, 1692. He had a son 
Enoch. 

( lY) Enoch, son of John Remick, was born 
in Kittery, April i, 1730, died May 11, 1800. 
He married Abigail Trefethen. They had six 
sons and four daughters, among whom was a 
son William. 

(V) William, son of Enoch Remick, mar- 
ried Abigail Gilman, and had the following 
children: i. Jacob Gilman, born in Tamworth, 
New Hampshire, March 17, 1798, married 
Hannah Shaw. 2. Samuel, born Tamworth. 
3. Daniel, see forward. 4. Susan, born in In- 
dustry, New Hampshire, August 7, 1808, mar- 
ried, August 12, 1829, Shubael Stevenson. 5. 
Louisa, never married. 6. Catherine Board- 
man, born in Industry, September 14, 1810, 
married John Wilkins Rice. 7. George, of 
Orrington, unmarried. 

(\T) Daniel, son of William Remick. born 
July I, 1801, in Tamworth, New Hampshire, 
removed to the town of Industry, ■Maine, at an 
early age, where he became a very worthy citi- 
zen. Tie was a very ingenious cabinetmaker. 
He married, June 14, 1840, Rhecardo Tom- 
son Sherburne, who came from England to 
Boston, Massachusetts, in the year 1822, when 
she was eleven years of age. From thence 
she removed to Castine, Maine, and later on 
to Bucksport. She was a woman of great 
strength of character. The children were; i. 
Mary S.. born June 24, 1843, married George 
F. Peaks. 2. Anne Frances, February 7, 1845, 
died October i, 1866. 3. Alice, 1847, married 
Charles B. Morse, who is deceased. 4. Will- 
iam Arthur, see forward. 

(VII) William Arthur, son of Daniel and 
Rhecardo Tomson (Sherburne) Remick, was 
born in Bucksport, August 8, 1849. He was 
educated in the public schools of Bucksport 
and for a time was a student at the East Maine 
Conference Seminary in Bucksport. He went 
to sea at the age of eighteen years, and fol- 
lowed this life until six years later, soon be- 
coming an "able bodied seaman, and finally 
rising to be the very efficient first mate of a 
fine ship." He then returned to Bucksport and 
applied his wonderful energy and clear- 
sightedness about business methods to the fur- 
niture and upholstering business, in which he 
became engaged in the year 1874, and has 
been very successful in all the years since 
then. Mr. Remick was town clerk of Bucks- 
port for thirteen years, from 1887 to 1899. He 
was collector of taxes from 1888 to 1900. He 
was appointed justice of the peace in 1888 and 
still holds that office. In 1898 he was ap- 



pointed recorder of Western Hancock Munici- 
pal Court, and his term of office will not ex- 
pire until January, 1910. The jurisdiction of 
this court extends over fourteen towns : Bucks- 
port, Orland, Penobscot, Castine, Blue Hill, 
Deer Isle, Stonington, Brooksville, Dedham, 
\'erona, Sargentville, Swan's Island, Sedgwick 
and Brookline. He is a very enthusiastic 
Mason, being a member of Felicity Blue 
Lodge, No. 19, of Bucksport, which is one of 
the oldest Masonic Blue Lodges in the state 
of Maine, having been instituted in the year 
1809. He is past master of this lodge, and 
has also filled most of the subordinate offices 
in this lodge. He is also a Chapter Mason, 
being a member of Hancock Royal Arch Chap- 
ter. No. 19, of Bucksport, Bangor Council, 
No. 5, Blanquefort Commandery, No. 13, 
Knights Templar, of Ellsworth, Maine, and 
member of Kora Temple, Mystic Shrine, of 
Lewiston. He has taken all the York rite 
of Masonry. In politics Mr. Remick is a 
staunch Republican, an Independent in reli- 
gion, and a member of the New England 
Order of Protection, of Bucksport, Knowlton 
Lodge, No. 108. William A. Remick mar- 
ried (first) in 1872, Jennie M. Holt, of Blue 
Hill, born 1850, died September 24, 1881. 
Two children were born of this marriage, Fan- 
nie and Charles Morse Remick, both of whom 
died in infancy. Married (second) May 3, 
1886, Minnie Blanche Dow, of Prospect, 
Maine, daughter of George Washington Dow. 
They have no children. 



Andrew Murchie came from 
MURCHIE Paisley, Scotland, to St. 
Stephen, New Brunswick, on 
tlie east bank of the St. Croix river and op- 
posite Calais, Maine, about 1784. He brought 
with him from Scotland the enterprise and 
thrift that belong to the fortunate holders of a 
birthright in that conservative but determined 
nation, that won the respect of the world in 
their stand for the rights of religious and per- 
sonal liberty. He married, in the Province of 
New Brunswick, Janet, daughter of Colin 
Campbell, of the noted Campbell clan of Scot- 
land. Andrew Murchie was among the origi- 
nal "Loyalist founders of the Settlement of 
Quoddy," which became the thriving town of 
St. Stephen, and he carried on a farm which 
afforded his family a very respectable support. 
(II) James, son of Andrew and Janet 
(Campbell) Murchie, was born in St. Stephen, 
New Brunswick, August 16, 1813. He was 
sent to the common school of St. Stephen and 
assisted his father on the farm until he had 



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passed his majority by two years. In 1836 he 
married Mary Ann, daughter of Jolin Grim- 
mer, of St. Stephen. His father-in-law subse- 
quently served as collector of customs for the 
port of St. Stephen. James Murchie after his 
marriage engaged in farming and in cutting 
and marketing logs during the winter season. 
He obtained a permit from the government to 
cut logs on the common lands of the Province 
of New Brunswick on paying a small sum per 
square mile for the privilege, and he soon 
became the largest single operator in timber 
in the woods of the Province, which he readily 
sold to the various mill-owners. He continued 
this business for eighteen years, when he re- 
tired with a fortune of $20,000. With this as 
a capital, he began the manufacture of lumbci 
in Calais, Maine, and in connection with that 
business he carried on a general store. He 
was captain of a company of local militia of 
the Province; was justice of the peace ; 
held offices in the local government of the 
Province at St. Stephen. He built or 
chased several vessels for the prosecution of 
his business beyond the confines of the home 
yards, and his son John G. became a captain 
of his first vessel when he had attained the 
age of twenty-one years, having studied navi- 
gation for that purpose. In 1862 he launched 
the bark "Bessie Simpson," and Captain John 
G. Murchie was transferred to the command 
of the new bark, and his third son, James S., 
sailed with him and fitted himself for the 
future command of a vessel, and a few years 
later he was made captain of the bark "Mary 
Rideout." As business increased, Mr. Mur- 
chie admitted his sons, one by one, his sons 
John G. and William A. becoming partners in 
1862, and Captain James later, and the name 
of the firm became James Murchie & Sons, 
which grew to be one of the most extensive 
business concerns in the state of Maine, with 
home office and yards at Calais. In 1903 the 
business was incorporated as James Murchie 
Sons' Company, Calais', Maine. In the Do- 
minion of Canada their mills are located at 
Benton Deer Lake, Edmuston and Frederick- 
ton. The corporation is a large owner of 
timber lands in Maine, New Brunswick and 
Quebec. The children of James and Mary x\nn 
(Grimmer) Murchie were: i. John Grimmer, 
born September 2, 1838, was mayor of Calais 
for several terms. 2. William Andrew (q. v.), 
born March 25, 1841. 3. James Skiffington, 
born February 12, 1843. 4. Elizabeth Caro- 
line, born September 20, 1844, married Charles 
H. Porter, and as her second husband Adam 
Gillespie. 5. Mary Adeline, born May 28, 



1846, married Alexander McTavish. 6. Annie 
M., born October 21, 1847, married Fred- 
erick Hall and has one child, Charles Skiffing- 
ton Hall, born June, 1887. 7. George Albert, 
born September 16, 1849. 8. Charles Fred- 
erick, born February 25, 1851. 9. Emma Jane, 
born August 28, 1852, married Henry B. 
Eaton and had no children. 10. Horace B., 
born April 7, 1854, married Annie Eaton and 
has three children living : Lillian, Wilfred 
and Howard. The mother of these children 
died in 1857, and James Murchie married 
(second) in i860 Margaret, daughter of Jack- 
son Thorpe, of St. George, New Brunswick. 
Their children : 11. Alice Mabel, born October 
24, i860, married Charles F. Eaton, and has 
James, Muriel, Emerson, Freedom and Henry. 

12. Flenry Simpson, born October i, 1862, 
married Harriet H. Caldwell and had two 
children: Ralph Dean, born October 24, 1889, 
an undergraduate at Dartmouth College in 
1908, and Harris Foster, born November 14, 
1893, a student at Calais high school in 1908. 

13. Frank Campbell, born February 6, 1871, 
married, September 6, 1899, Lillian Lenora, 
daughter of Thomas and Alice P. (Lane) 
Sadler, of Maine. Mrs. Margaret (Thorpe) 
Murchie died in 1873. Mr. James Murchie 
was one of the stockholders of the New Bruns- 
wick and Canada railway, and the difficulties 
he met and overcame in carrying out this 
work were apparently unsurmountable. He 
was one of the builders of the church at Old 
Ridge, New Brunswick, and the cotton mill 
at Milltown, New Brunswick, the second 
largest in Canada. He was a member of 
the legislature of the Province of New Bruns- 
wick in 1874; he supported the non-sectarian 
school system and was a member of the legis- 
lature up to 1878. 

(Ill) William Andrew, second son of James 
and Mary Ann (Grimmer) Murchie, was born 
in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, ]\Iarch 25, 
1841. He was educated in the public and 
high schools of St. Stephen. He married, 
November 15, 1868, Ella, daughter of William 
Todd, of Milltown, New Brunswick. The chil- 
dren of William Andrew and Ella (Todd) 
Murchie were: i. Mabel Clarissa, born at St. 
Stephen, New Brunswick, November 21, 1870. 
2. Guy, December 5, 1872, graduated at Har- 
vard College, A. B., 1895, attended Harvard 
Law School and became an attorney and 
counsellor at law in Boston, Massachusetts; 
he was in the Spanish- American war as a mem- 
ber of the First L^nited States Volunteer Cav- 
alry ("Rough Riders"), Colonel Leonard 
Wood, Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roose- 



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1235 



velt, and he was appointed by President Roose- 
velt United States marshal at Boston in 1898 : 
he has law offices at 45 Milk street, Boston. 
3. Louise Victoria, May 24, 1877, at Calais, 
S'laine, married Frank P. Lane, of Bangor, 
Maine. 4. William Todd, April 15, 1879, mar- 
ried Caroline . Mrs. Ella (Todd) Mur- 

chie, the mother of these children already 
named, died in Boston, Massachusetts, Octo- 
ber 25, 1885, and Mr. Murchie married (sec- 
ond) August 22, 1893, Mina De Hart Rounds, 
and they have two children : Margaret Wins- 
low, born July 22, 1895, and James Norwood, 
born December 25, 1904. William Andrew 
Murchie, while a resident of St. Stephen, New 
Brunswick, was a member of the Milltown 
Volunteer militia, holding rank first as ensign, 
then as lieutenant, and finally as captain of 
company. The government of New Bruns- 
wick awarded him a medal for gallant service 
during the Fenian raids in 1868. In the busi- 
ness of the firm of James Murchie & Sons, he 
was partner in 1862, and in the corporation of 
James Murchie Sons' Company he holds the 
office of director, and has charge of the cor- 
respondence of the company. 



The surname Sedgly, Sedg- 
SEDGELEY ley, Sedgely or Sedgeley, is 

not found by the writer in 
any work on English surnames or heraldry. 
It may be a modification of the very common 
name Sedley or Sedgwick. 

( I ) John Sedgeley, immigrant ancestor, was 
born in England before 1700. He came to 
York, Maine, when a young man and was 
a turner by trade. He married, about 1715, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Adams, of 
York. Her father gave them a lot of land at 
York, March 19, 1715-16, adjoining land of 
Daniel Simpson. They had another gift of 
land from her father January 12, 1716, and 
four acres on the southeast side of Scituate 
Plain farms, adjoining land of Adams and 
Sedgeley, December 15, 1726. John also 
bought about thirteen acres of John Harmon 
at York, April 2, 1724. Some of the land 
given to them by Adams was deeded to their 
neighbor Simpson June 27, 1729. It was situ- 
ate on the country road opposite John Par- 
sons' and west of Daniel Simpson Sr.'s land. 
Her parents, Thomas and Hannah Adams. 
were born in England about 1640-50 and came 
to York. As their children came of age or 
married they gave them home lots, viz. : i. 
Nathaniel Adams, thirty-four acres at York, 
November 18, 171 1. 2. Hezekiah Adams, 
twenty acres at York, January 12, 1715. 3. 



Philip Adams, land adjoining Hezekiah's, 
January 16, 1716. 4. Thomas Jr., the home- 
stead of forty acres on the highway from the 
meeting-house to the corn-mill, York, reserv- 
ing two acres and half the income of the 
farm ; also twenty acres between Daniel 
Black's and Scituate Plain ; married Sarah 

. 5. Samuel Adams, house lot of three 

or four acres, February 3, 1721-22; also land 
on the southwest side of the York river, ad- 
joining lands of Lieutenant Charles Frost and 
William Pepperell on the Kittery line, re- 
serving orchard, November 15, 1711. 6. Eliza- 
beth Adams, wife of John Sedgeley, as stated 
above. Thomas Adams Sr. was in York as 
early as 1678 and most of his children were 
born there. He received a grant from the 
town, March 12, 1678, of forty acres on the 
south side of the York river, adjoining the 
estate of Lieutenant Job Allcock. 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) Sedgeley, 
was born about 1730 in York. He removed 
from York to Waterville, Maine, and finally 
to Limerick, Maine. He married, but the 
name of his wife is not known. Children: i. 
William, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, soldier 
in the revolution, private in Captain Samuel 
Sayer's company. Lieutenant Samuel Young, 
Major Littlefield's regiment, in the Penobscot 
expedition, 1779; also in Captain James Le- 
mont's company, at Georgetown, in 1775, and 
in Captain Benjamin Lemont's company. Ma- 
jor Lithgow's regiment, in 1779, with rank of 
corporal. 3. James (twin). 4. Jonathan 
(twin). 5. Timothy. 6. John, soldier in revo- 
lution, private in Captain Solomon Walker's 
regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Prime, 
from April to December, 1780, under Briga- 
dier-General Wadsworth in Maine. 7. Betsey. 

(III) William, son of John (2) Sedgeley, 
was born about 1770. He resided at Limerick 

and was a farmer. He married . 

Children, born at Limerick: i. Timothy, men- 
tioned below ; Edwin, Irving, Levi, William 
Jr., Pattie, Tabitha, Roxy, Betsey. 

(IV) Timothy, son of William Sedgeley, 
was born in Limerick, Maine, January 6, i8(X2, 
died in 1871. He was educated in the common 
schools, and learned the trade of brick mason. 
He followed his trade and also conducted a 
farm at New Portland, Maine. He married 
(first) February 28, 1828, Sarah P. Burbank, 
born in Standish, Maine, January 4, 1807, died 
in 1852. He married (second) a Miss Stow- 
ers, who bore him one child, Ella, who died 
in early life. Children of first wife: i. John, 
born April 11, 1829, died September 3, 1830. 
2. John, May 21, 1831, now living, retired, in 



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Stratton, Maine. 3. Mary, May 22, 1833. 4. 
Sarah, April 7, 1835. 5. Caroline, September 
21, 1836. 6. William, October 21, 1838, was 
a soldier in the civil war. 7. Daniel, June 30, 
1841, mentioned below. 8. Walter F., Decem- 
ber 19, 1842. 9. George, born about 1851, died 
August, 1867. 

(V) Daniel, son of Timothy Sedgeley, was 
born in New Portland, June 30, 1841. He 
was educated there in the common schools. 
He began early in life to work on his father's 
farm and has followed farming all his life. 
He resides in Phillips, Maine. In pohtics he 
is a Democrat, in reHgion a Universalist. He 
married, March 29, 1871, Mary J. Burbank, 
born in Freeman, October 26, 1836, died in 
Phillips, January 20, 1908, daughter of Ben- 
jamin M. and Betsey (Bray) Burbank. Chil- 
dren: I. George Burbank, born December 16, 
1872, mentioned below. 2. Albert Raymond, 
August 12, 1875, married Grace Harndin ; 
children : Clarence, Maurice, Lucile, Marian. 
3. Lillian May, born May, 1878, married Dan- 
iel F. Hoyt, merchant, of Phillips, Maine. 

(VI) George Burbank, son of Daniel Sedge- 
ley, was born in Phillips, December 16, 1872. 
He was educated in the public schools of his 
native town and at the Farmington Normal 
school. He taught school for two years in the 
vicinity of his home and worked on the farm 
one year. He embarked in the retail dry- 
goods business at Phillips in 1897. The pres- 
sent name of his firm is Sedgeley, Hoyt & 
Company. Mr. Sedgeley is a Republican. He 
married, August 23, 1906, Lillian M., born 
April 29, 1878, daughter of Frederick B. and 
Jane (Staples) Sweetser, of Phillips, Maine. 



This name was originally 
MESERVE spelled Messervy, and was 

changed by members of the 
American branch of the family to Meserve, 
the final letter of the word being pronounced 
for a time; but later generations have pro- 
nounced the name in two syllables. The 
genealogist of the family states that the 
Meservy family,- like several others, is probably 
of pure Jersey origin, all persons bearing this 
cognomen being descendants of those who 
formerly lived in the Isle of Jersey in the 
English Channel. As to the origin of the 
name, one can only make conjecture. The 
most plausible appears to be that which "The 
Armorial de Jersey" gives, and according to 
which the name could be nothing but the par- 
ticiple of the old French verb, "Messervyr," 
and signifies the "ill-treated." This epithet 
was given to an ancestor at the time of the 



cession of Normany to France in 1207. The 
family of Messervy has given to the Isle of 
Jersey many civil ofticials, a large number of 
whom held offices in the law courts. Few 
families have given so many officers to the 
army of their country as the Messervy family 
of the United States. The arms of the Mes- 
servy family of Jersey registered in 1665 are: 
"Messervy : Or, three cherries gules, stalked, 
vert. Crest: A Cherry tree proper. Alotto: 
Au valeureux coeur rien impossible" — to the 
valiant heart nothing is impossible. Agri- 
culture and the mechanic arts seem to have oc- 
cupied the time of most of the members of 
the family, although it has had its share of 
professional men, lawyers, clergymen and doc- 
tors, while the name figures but slightly in 
court records either as defendants or criminals, 
showing honesty, integrity and uprightness in 
the race. 

(I) Clement Messervy, whom tradition 
makes to have come from the Isle of Jersey to 
America, was a taxpayer in Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire, in 1673, took the oath of alle- 
giance in 1685, and had a seat in the meeting- 
house in 1693. Later he lived in Newington, 
New Hampshire. On August 6, 17 10, he con- 
veyed the homestead in Newington to his son 
Clement. Both he and his wife- died previous 
to 1720. He was very probably son of John 
Messervy, of Gorey, Grouville, and of Mary 
Malcolm, his wife, and his supposetl ancestry 
is traced some generations in Jersey. His 
wife's name was Elizabeth. No list of the 
children of Clement, the immigrant, has been 
found and we only knov^f positively that Clem- 
ent (2) and John were his sons because so 
called by him in deeds, in 1705 and 1710; but 
as the same documents speak of "other sons, 
and daughters," and as tradition has always 
made three branches of the family, in Maine, 
New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, the as- 
sumption seems warranted that he had : Aaron, 
Clement, Daniel, John, Elizabeth, Mary and 
Jamison. 

(II) Clement (2), son of Clement (i) and 
Elizabeth Messervy, was born probably in 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 1678, and 
was in William Redford's company of militia 
in 1696. On Jul}- 15. 1726, he and Daniel 
Moody, of Stratham, New Hampshire, pur- 
chased of William Cotton, of Portsmouth, one 
hundred acres of land at Black Point, Scar- 
borough, Maine, and in 1729 they bought one 
hundred and fifty acres more adjoining. He 
evidently removed to Scarborough soon after 
the purchase of Cotton, and was admitted to 
the first church of Scarborough, August li, 



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1237 



1728. He married, September 24, 1702, Eliza- 
beth Jones. The marriage was solemnized by 
Rev. John Pike, in Portsmouth. They both 
owned the covenant, and were baptized in the 
church at Newington, March 10, 1723, when 
Mrs. Aleserve joined the church, and was ad- 
mitted to full communion. She died, and he 
married (second) August 14, 1738, Mrs. 
Sarah Stone, who survived him. He died 
(probably) in 1746, in Scarborough. His will 
dated February 18, 1740, describes him as 
■■Joyner, aged of body." His will was proved 
November 5, 1746. The inventory returned 
by Elliott Vaughan, Daniel Fogg and Samuel 
Sewall, appraisers, amounted to £896 15s. 7d. 
His children, all born probably in Portsmouth 
or Newington. were : Clement, Nathaniel, 
Elizabeth, John, Abigail, George, Peter, Dan- 
iel and Joseph. 

McLillan's "History of Gorham" says : "Of 
the dwellers in the fort on Fort Hill, during 
the seven years' Indian war commencing in 
1745, was one Clement Meserve, or, as the 
name was often called, "Harvey." On con- 
sulting the best authorities written or read, we 
have come to the conclusion that the Meserves 
of Scarboro and Gorham came from Dover or 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the name 
appears to have been quite common. There 
was a Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Meserve, 
of the New Hampshire troops, who dis- 
tinguished himself in the Louisburg expedi- 
tion in 1745; he is said to have been of the 
same family that came to Maine, and a brother 
to the Gorham Clement. Southgate, in his 
history of Scarboro, says Clement Meserve 
was in that town in 1725 ; that he was a joiner 
by trade." 

(III) John, third son of Clement (2) and 
Elizabeth (Jones) Meserve, was born March 
21, 1700. He married Jemima Hubbard, by 
whom he had : John, George, William, Clem- 
ent, Joseph, Thomas, Dorothy, Abigail, Mary 
(died young), Mary. 

(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (i) 
and Jemima (Hubbard) Meserve, was born in 
1738. He married, in 1762, Abigail Small, by 
whom he had : Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel 
Small, John (died voung), John, Abigail, 
Dorothy and Annie. 

(V) Joseph, eldest son of John (2) and 
Abigail (Small) Meserve, was born in 1763. 
He married, in 1788, Mary Stone, and they 
were the parents of Rufus, Joseph (died 
young), Joseph, Benjamin, Solomon, Abigail, 
Tabitha, Mary and Lydia. 

(VI) Captain Benjamin, fourth son of Jo- 



seph and Mary (Stone) Meserve, was born in 
1805, died in Livingston. He married, in 1830, 
Hannah Anderson, daughter of Abel Ander- 
son. The only issue of this marriage was 
Albion K. P., whose sketch follows. 

(VII) Dr. Albion Keith Paris, only child 
of Benjamin and Hannah (Anderson) Me- 
serve, was born in Limington, June 8, 1833, 
and died at his home in Portland suddenly, 
September 15, 1904, of cerebral apoplexy, es- 
teemed, respected and honored by the people 
among whom he lived. Nathan Goold, secre- 
tary of the Maine Historical Society, wrote of 
him : "Dr. Meserve was a man who was sin- 
cere, serious and conscientious and did right 
simply because it was right, hating shams. 
He had few intimates and was of few words, 
gaining his standing by the character of his 
life. With his patients he vi'as not only their 
physician, but also a valued friend. He had 
good understanding, the mind of an investi- 
gator, and was thoroughly conversant with the 
subjects that make up life, always willing to 
adopt the latest methods when convinced of 
their merits. Work was his pleasure and he 
made a success of his material affairs, all being 
done without ostentation." 

Dr. Albion K. P. Meserve was educated in 
the common schools and Standish Academy, 
and graduated at the Medical School of Maine 
in 1839. He first practiced medicine in Stand- 
ish. but shortly afterward removed to Buxton, 
where he lived until 1881, when he moved 
to Portland, where he afterwards resided. He 
was interested in the welfare of the community, 
and assumed his responsibilities in life. He 
served as president of the Maine Medical As- 
sociation, secretary of the United States Pen- 
sion Examining Board, chairman of the Board 
of Health, of Portland, secretary of the Maine 
State Board of Registration of Medicine, and 
was a member of the National Confederation 
of Examining and Licensing Board. He was 
a charter member of the Maine Academy of 
Medicine and Science, member of the Board 
of Consulting Physicians and Surgeons of the 
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, and was active 
and gave freely of his time to the charitable 
work of that institution. He was a member 
of the Maine Historical Society, and was vice- 
president of this society from 1889 until his 
death, being deeply interested in the work of 
the society, and in the subject of family his- 
tory. He represented the town of Buxton in 
the legislature, and was the supervisor of 
schools of that town ; was a member of the 
Congregational church there, and of the Wil- 



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liston church in Portland, in both of which he 
served as superintendent of the Sunday- 
schools. 

Dr. Meserve compiled the Meserve geneal- 
ogy, and a history of Standish, Maine, both of 
which are in manuscript. He contributed, in 
other ways, much historical and genealogical 
knowledge which remains to us. The Vital 
Records of Buxton were copied by his eldest 
son, annotated by himself, then bound and 
presented by him to the Maine Genealogical 
Society's library. Dr. Meserve was industri- 
ous and did good work, the results of which 
are the cherished heritage of the family and 
friends. At the time of his death it was said 
of him : "The community has not only lost 
a valued and respected citizen, a kind and 
true neighbor, but as well a skilled physician, 
the church a faithful member, and his asso- 
ciates a sincere friend." 

Dr. Albion K. P. Meserve married, June 
10, 1857, at Freedom, New Hampshire, Mary 
M. Johnson, only child of Thomas and Doro- 
thy (Libby) Johnson, of Gorham. She was 
born in Gorham, February i, 1836. Thomas 
Johnson, son of Alatthew and Hannah (John- 
son) Johnson, married (first) Mary Hamblin ; 
(second) Dorothy Libby, daughter of Edward 
and Elizabeth Libby. Mary M. Johnson was 
the only child of this second marriage. Mrs. 
Meserve is a lady of education and refine- 
ment and an artist of recognized ability. The 
walls of her handsome home in Emery street 
are decorated with many pictures in oil, the 
product of her skill. To Dr. and Mrs. Me- 
serve were born two sons : Dr. Charles Albion, 
who died February i, 1892, aged thirty-three 
years, and Lucien \V., born October 5, 1869, 
married Geneva Adams, and now resides in 
Westbrook and is engaged in conducting a 
poultry-farm. 



Daniel Clarke, the earliest an- 
CLARKE cestor of Charles Lorenzo 

Clarke (YHI) in America,* is 
first mentioned in the records of Ipswich, 
Massachusetts, December 29, 1634, when the 
town granted him land. Prior to August 5th 
of that year the place was called Aggawam. 
He possessed a planting lot in 1635. Under 
date of December 19, 1648, he appears in a 
list of inhabitants of Ipswich, who subscribed 
to the fund paid to Mayor Daniel Dennison as 



•The ancestry of Charles U Clarke, back of his grand- 
father, Samuel Clarke (VI), is incorrectly given in 
"Men of Progress. Blog. Sketches and Portraits of Lead- 
ers in Business and Profesional Life in and of the State 
of Maine." Boston. 1897. The error was due to the in- 
experience of Mr. Clarke in genealogical research at that 
time, which led to a wrong conclusion from improper data. 



military leader of the town, A part of Ips- 
wich, known as New Meadows, was named 
Topsfield, in October, 1648, and set ofT as a 
separate township in October, 1650, about 
which time Daniel Clarke was probably living 
there, where he remained until his death. In 
1669 he was granted a license to keep an or- 
dinary for "selling beer and victuals," which 
was renewed from time to time up to 1681, 
and on one occasion was fined ten shillings 
and costs for selling a gill of liquor to In- 
dians. He was returned as an inhabitant of 
Topsfield, when he took oath of allegiance in 
December, 1677, and January, 1678, and again 
on December 18, 1678, under the special or- 
der of Charles II. In the town records for 
March 2, 1676-77, he is referred to as "good- 
man" Clarke, a term of special respect in those 
days. He was admitted to church on Febru- 
ary 27, 1686. From the date of his will, which 
is on file at Salem, Massachusetts, and date of 
probate, his wife Mary, whose family name is 
unknown, died before January 10, 1688-89, 
he was then living and died before Alarch 25, 
1690. The will mentions sons: John, Daniel, 
Humphrey and Samuel ; the latter then "in 
England," and refers to daughters and grand- 
children, some of the latter Howlett and 
Home by name. Children: i. Mary, born 
November i, 1645. 2. Elizabeth, born No- 
vember 10, 1647; married William Perkins, of 
Topsfield, October 24, 1669. 3. Dorothy, born 
January 10, 1649-50. 4. Sarah, born January 
31, 1651-52; married Samuel Howlett, of 
Topsfield, January 3, 1670-71. 5. Martha, 
born November 22, 1655. 6. Daniel, born Oc- 
tober 26, 1657; died January 17, 1660-61. 7. 
Judith, born January 21, 1659-60. 8. John, 
born August 2j, 1661 ; married Hannah Stan- 
ley, September 20, 1689. 9. Samuel, born De- 
cember 8, 1663. 10. Daniel, born November 
20, 1665 ; married Damaris Dorman, May 29, 
1689. II. Humphrey, born August 3, 1668; 
perhaps moved to Ipswich and married Eliza- 
beth Patch, June 27, 1701. 

(II) Daniel (2), tenth child of Daniel and 
Mary Clarke, was born in Topsfield, Massa- 
chusetts. November 20, 1665, and lived there 
all his life. He was an inn-holder. Begin- 
ning in 1691 with the minor office of con- 
stable, he held various town offices, such as 
cattle pounder, road surveyor, tithing-man, 
timber inspector, fence viewer and selectman, 
besides serving on jury and grand jury. In 
1716 and 1722 he was chosen by the town as 
representative to the general court at Boston. 
He is several times referred to in records 
between 1710 and 1717 as "Seargeant," that 



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doubtless being his rank in the "trainband," 
or Company of Topsfield militia organized, 
as was then required in all communities in 
New England, for protection against Indians. 
He married (first) Way 29, 1689, Damaris, 
daughter of Thomas and Judith (Wood) Dor- 
man. Damaris was born August 3, 1666, and 
died September 20, 1727. He married (sec- 
ond) January 7, 1728-29, widow Hannah 
Derby, of Salem, Massachusetts, who survived 
him, and was living February 13, 1748-49. He 
died January 18, 1748-49. His will, dated 
June 7, 1746, and probated February 13, 1748- 
49, on file at Salem, mentions wife Hannah, 
sons Samuel, Israel, Daniel, children of son 
Jacob deceased, daughter Mercy Dorman and 
children of daughter Sarah Bradstreet, de- 
ceased. To his grandson Daniel (4), son of 
Samuel (3), he left "one of my guns." Chil- 
dren: I. Samuel, born January 13, 1690-91; 
married Dorothy Bradstreet, of Topsfield, De- 
cember I, 1712. 2. Elijah, baptized April 2, 
1693. His father applied, in 1712, to the gen- 
eral court for compensation for this son's death 
from wounds in the service. 3. Mary, born 
August 16, 1694, died August 22, 1694. 4. 
Daniel, born July 3, 1695. 5. Jacob, born 
March 23, 1696-97; married Mary Hewlett, 
December 22, 1729. 6. Damaris, born June 17, 
1698, died June 30, 1698. 7. Mercy, born 
September 10, 1699 ; married Jacob Dorman, 
December 31, 1722. 8. Israel, born Septem- 
ber 28, 1 701 ; married Mercy Porter, July 21, 
1730. 9. Humphrey, born December 18, 1703. 
10. Sarah, born January i, 1705-06; married 
Samuel Bradstreet, August 3, 1822. 11. Dan- 
iel, born September 2, 1707; married Martha 
Redington, June 17, 1731. 12. David, "still 
born," December 12, 1709. 

(Ill) Samuel, first child of Daniel (2) and 
Damaris (Dorman) Clarke, was born at Tops- 
field, Massachusetts, January 13, 1690-91. He 
was at York, Maine, as early as July 23. 1709 
(York deeds), and permanently settled there 
at Cape Neddich Harbor. He was a carpenter 
by trade. In his generation Cape Neddick 
Harbor was a trading port from which con- 
siderable commerce was carried on in schoon- 
ers and large sloops. The small basin, well 
protected from the sea, was lined with wharves 
and wareliouses, and at the end of navigation 
stood a dam and tide grist-mill. There were 
also general trading-stores for supplying the 
wants of the neighborhood and back country. 
He was an owner in the grist-mill, and in 
wharves and warehouses, besides having an 
interest in a sawmill at the falls on Cape Ned- 
dick river, where fresh water and tide water 



meet; he was an extensive land-owner. Much 
of this commerce and prosperity continued 
until the coming of railroads, when it was 
diverted to larger ports. The tide-mills, 
wharves, warehouses and stores were dis- 
mantled or fell into decay, so that to-day not 
a vestige of them is left, and Cape Neddick 
Harbor is once more only a sleepy inlet of the 
sea. He early built a home on the north side 
of the river, on a rising bank about opposite 
to and a little east of the old short bridge, 
near the head of tide-water. The house was 
strongly built of hewn timber, with overhang- 
ing second story, for better defence against 
possible attacks by Indians. It was known as 
the Clarke garrison, and was occupied until 
1839, when it was torn down. 

Samuel Clarke was a public-spirited citizen, 
ever ready to serve his town in its various 
offices. His first position was constable in 
1 72 1, and the last position held by him was 
highway surveyor in 1760. Between these 
dates he was chosen selectman at different 
times for nineteen years, and assessor for 
eighteen years, beginning in both instances in 
1734 and ending in 1757, and was twice 
elected representative to the general court at 
Boston, in 1741 and again in 1742. He was a 
member of the First Parish Committee for 
several years, and an active member of the 
First Congregational Church of York. He 
married, December i, 1712, Dorothy, daugh- 
ter of John Bradstreet (2), of Topsfield, Mas- 
sachusetts, and granddaughter of Governor 
Simon Bradstreet and wife Anne Dudley (2), 
who was daughter of Major-General and Gov- 
ernor Thomas Dudley (i), and celebrated as 
the first American poetess. The important 
services which Governors Dudley and Brad- 
street rendered the ]\Iassacliusetts Colony are 
a matter of well-known historical record, and 
need no mention here. Dorothy was baptized 
at Topsfield, October 25, 1691, and died at 
Cape Neddick, February g, 1780. Samuel 
Clarke died before her, on September 17, 
1778. Their remains lie unmarked with others 
of later generations, in a burial-lot marked by 
four corner-posts of rough-hewn granite, 
joined by iron chains, in the old cemetery, a 
few rods east of Cape Neddick post-ofiice, on 
the road to Bald Head Cliff. His will, on 
file at Alfred, Maine, is dated July 8, 1777, 
and mentions wife Dorothy; five children of 
a deceased son Daniel, viz. : Samuel, Daniel, 
Jeremiah, Dorothy and Ann ; two children of 
a deceased daughter Mary Foster, viz. : Sam- 
uel and Hannah: and daughters Mercy Por- 
ter and Dorothy Porter. He appointed "my 



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Grandson Thomas Porter" as executor. Chil- 
dren born at York: i. Dorothy, born January 
21, 1721-22; married EHjah Porter, of Tops- 
field, Massachusetts, intentions published Oc- 
tober 6, 1744. 2. Daniel, born June 8, 1724; 
married Lucy Moulton, of York, February 25, 
1748. 3. Mary, born March 20, 1727-28; 
married William Foster, of Boxford, Massa- 
chusetts, April 21, 1748, and died a widow at 
York, June 14, 1776. 4. Satnuel, born Jan- 
uary 21, 1729-30; died February 25, 1729-30. 
5. Mercy, born August 2, 1731 ; married 
Thomas Porter, of Danvers, Massachusetts, 
October 16, 1755, and living there October 5, 
1794. 6. Anne, born January 7, 1733-34; died 
May 22, 1754. 

(IV) Daniel (3), second child of record of 
Samuel and Dorothy (Bradstreet) Clarke, was 
born at Cape Neddick, York, Maine, June 8, 
1724. From 1747 to 1761 he held various 
minor town offices, but was not active in pub- 
lic matters. His attention appears to have 
been given principally to business affairs. He 
left no will, but the long inventory of his es- 
tate, dated July 12, 1763, on file at Alfred. 
Maine, is -replete with interesting information. 
The estate was appraised at 1221 pounds 
sterling, besides a considerable sum due him 
on bonds and notes. The inventory discloses 
his partnership with his father, then still liv- 
ing, in the homestead and dwelling, "Mills, 
Wharfes & all the other Buildings thereon." 
He was a part owner in the "Sawmill" on 
Cape Netlwick River ; owned "one Negro man 
Silas," valued at 53 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 
pence, and "one woman Negro Phillis," valued 
at 44 pounds, the institution of slavery being 
then recognized in New England, and had a 
one-half interest in "ye Sloop Friendship," at 
200 pounds, and one-quarter interest in "ye 
Sloop Charming Sallev," at 87 pounds, 10 
shillings. The stock in "the shop" is given in 
the inventory. 

Daniel Clarke married, February 25. 1748, 
Lucy Moulton (4), daughter of Colonel and 
Judge Jeremiah Moulton (3), son of Joseph 
Moulton (2) and Thomas Aloulton (i), and 
York's most famous citizen both in military 
and civil life. Daniel Clarke last appeared in 
the town records under date of ]\Iarch 10, 
1761. and died before July 12, 1763. His 
wife, Lucy Moulton (4), was born Septem- 
ber 4, 1728; she was living at York, Novem- 
ber 4, 1787, but the time and place of her 
death are unknown. It has been suggested 
that she may have died at the house of her 
son-in-law, Joseph Bradbury, when he was 
living at Saco, Maine. Children, born at 



York, Maine: i. Dorothy, born February 24, 
1749-50; married Joseph Bradbury, of York, 
August 12, 1768. 2. Samuel, born July 2, 
1752; married Anna Lamson, of Topsfield, 
Massachusetts, intentions published June 30, 
1771 ; died at York, October 19, 1786. She 
died June 12, 1838. 3. Daniel, born March 2, 
1754; married Hannah Berry, of York, Febru- 
ary 26, 1784. 4. Anna, born January 6, 1756; 
married William Hasty, of Scarborough, 
Maine, May i, 1781. 5. Jeremiah, born Octo- 
ber 7, 1759; married Elizabeth Hirst Chaun- 
cey, of Kittery, Elaine, intentions published 
October 3, 1789. 

(V) Daniel (4), third child of Daniel (3) 
and Lucy (Moulton) Clarke, was born at Cape 
Neddick, York, Maine, March 2, 1754. He 
was a juryman in 1783, highway surveyor in 
1786, and deer reave from 1787 to 1794, when 
he disappears from the records. Little is 
known of his life, but disposition of property 
by his widow, who on November 17, 1804, 
sold land with dwelling, bam, two stores, a 
wharf and grist-mill, indicates that he had 
been prosperous, and probably inherited the 
business and trading instincts of his father. 
According to records of revolutionary war 
service in the office of the Secretary of State 
of Massachusetts, he served at Dorchester, 
Massachusetts, during August, September, 
October and November, 1776, in Captain Sam- 
uel Leighton's company. Colonel Ebenezer 
Francis' regiment. He married Hannah Berry, 
of York, February 26, 1784, and died at Cape 
Neddick, August 15, 1795, "of fever." She 
married (second) Joel Bennett, of Wells. 
Maine, intentions published October 20, 1809, 
but returned to Cape Neddick, where she was 
still living May 20, 1826. Children, born at 
York, Maine: i. Mary, baptized June 19, 
1785; married (first) John Talpey, of York. 
intentions published November 12, 1803: 
(second) John Norton, of York, intentions 
published September 23, 1809. and again Oc- 
tober 17. 1812. 2. Hannah, baptized Septem- 
ber 12. 1787; married Timothy Winn, of 
Wells, Maine, intentions published November 
23, 181 1. 3. Samuel, baptized August 25, 
1790; married (first) Susan Wilson, who died 
at Portland. Maine, May 25, 1815, aged 
twentv-four years; and (second) Patience 
Chamberlain. October 28, 1816. 4. Sophia. 
baptized May 22, 1792; died unmarried. 

(VI) Samuel (2), third child of Daniel 
(4) and Hannah (Berry) Clarke, was born at 
Cape Neddick, York, Maine, and baptized 
August 25, 1790. He moved in early life to 
Portland, Maine, where, after learning the 



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trade, he carried on the business of blacksmith 
and shipsmith. His business proved unsuc- 
cessful, and he removed to the Danish West 
Indies about 1828 or 1829, and continued his 
business at Christiansted, on the island of St. 
Croix. There he prospered, and returned to 
Fortland in 1840, with the intention of again 
resuming business there, which, however, he 
never did. He lived the remainder of his 
life on Hancock street. He served September, 
1814, on the staff of the Second Brigade 
("Irish Juniors"), Twelfth Division of In- 
fantry, Massachtisetts ]\lilitia (Maine was a 
province of Ivlassachusetts at that time), with 
rank of deputy master, for the defense of 
Portland in the war of 1812. .According to 
records covering the years 1807 to 1825, in an 
orderly book of a company of light infantry 
called the Mechanic Blues, which was organ- 
ized April 30, 1807, he was elected ensign of 
the company on February 8, 1816, and elected 
captain on November 27, 1818. His commis- 
sion, dated December 17, 1818, and signed by 
Governor Brooks, refers to him as "Captain 
of a Company of Light Infantry anne.xed to 
the Third Regiment in the Second Brigade 
and Twelfth Division of the Militia of this 
(Massachusetts) Commonwealth." He re- 
signed and vi'as honorably discharged from 
service, March 7, 1821. He became a mem- 
ber of the Maine Charitable Mechanic's Asso- 
ciation, September 21, 1841. He was a pew- 
holder in the First Universalist church. Sam- 
uel Clarke married (first), Susan Wilson, 
whose parents, it is stated, came to Portland 
from South Newmarket, New Hampshire. She 
died May 25, 1815, aged twenty-four years, 
according to the slate (gravestone) over her 
grave in the Eastern Cemetery in Portland. 
He married (second) October 28, 1816, Pa- 
tience Chamberlain, daughter of Thomas and 
Patience Chamberlain, of Pepperellborough 
(now Saco), Maine. She died September 5, 

1845. aged fifty-three years. He died March 
21, 1 85 1, aged si-xty-two years. His remains 
lie with those of his second wife in the tomb 
of Isaac Knight, next to that of Commodore 
Preble, in the Eastern Cemetery. Child by 
wife Susan: i. Susan, born Portland, May ig, 
1815: married Thomas Starbird. Children by 
wife Patience : 2. Daniel, born Portland, Au- 
gust 4, 1817: married Mary Lewis Bragg, 
March 10, 1852, at Haverhill, Massachusetts. 
3. Charles, born Portland, September 21, 1819. 
He was a sailor and died at home June 27, 

1846, of "ship fever," unmarried. His grave, 
with marble headstone, is in the Eastern Ceme- 
tery, Portland. 4. Eglina Bowers, born 



Christiansted, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, 
August 4, 1832; married (first) Melville Bev- 
erly Cox Files, of Portland, October, 1852; 
(second) William Henry Sargent, of Port- 
land, September 18, 1870; and died April 8, 
1876. 

(VII) Daniel (5j, second son of Samuel 
(2) Clarke and second wife, Patience Cham- 
berlain, was born at Portland, Maine, August 
4, 1817. He learned the trade of printer in the 
office of the Portland Courier, and received a 
certificate of his apprenticeship, November 28, 
1838. Shortly after he joined his parents, 
then at St. Croix, Danish West Indies, where 
he worked as overseer on sugar plantations. 
He did not, however, remain there long after 
the return of his parents to Portland, in 1840, 
but went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he 
worked in newspaper offices at his trade as 
printer for a number of years, until he moved 
to Portland, in the early fifties, and went into 
the retail boot and shoe business, which be- 
came the firm of Clarke & Lowell, the leaders 
in their line in the State of Maine, and was 
carried on in a store on Middle street, oppo- 
site the head of Union street. He retired 
from the firm and permanently from business, 
April 30, 1878. His disposition was jovial, 
although he never participated in formal so- 
ciety functions, and he was highly esteemed by 
a host of business friends on account of his un- 
swerving integrity. He was a faithful hus- 
band and kind father, indulgent even to an ex- 
tent not perhaps always warranted by his 
means, when he believed some advantage was 
thereby to be gained to his children, from 
whom, nevertheless, he always expected 
prompt and explicit obedience to his wishes. 
He held in detestation any form of trickery or 
vain and presumptions show and living beyond 
one's means. The death of his son "Willie," 
in 1876, the pet child of his old age, was a 
blow too hard to recover from ; he carried it to 
the grave. 

Daniel Clarke married Mary Lewis Bragg, 
of Portland, March 10, 1852, at the home of 
one of her brothers in Haverhill, Massachu- 
setts. She was born at Errol, New Hamp- 
shire, December 11, 1830, daughter of Captain 
James Frye Bragg and wife Sarah Graham. 
She was a descendant of Ingalls Bragg (5), 
of Andover, jMassachusetts, and later of An- 
dover, Maine, and his celebrated father-in- 
law, Colonel James Frve (4), both of whom 
were in the battle of Bunker Hill, the latter 
a colonel in command, and the former a pri- 
vate in Colonel Frye's regiment. Her family 
line descends through Edward Bragg (i), of 



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Ipswich, Massachusetts, Timothy Bragg (2), 
of Ipswich, Edward Bragg (3), of Wenham 
and Andover, Massachusetts, and Thomas 
Bragg (4), of Andover, Massachusetts. She 
was a rare woman, with native talents many, 
including the gift of a beautiful soprano voice, 
but which she never had the opportunity to 
cultivate. Her life was fully, freely and lov- 
ingly devoted to home duties and the welfare 
of husband and children ; the sound of her 
sweet voice, as she went cheerfully caroling 
from room to room at her work, was a joy ever 
to be remembered. She was proud of her 
self-respect, which she zealously guarded, and 
sensitive to a slight, but with self-command to 
conceal it from the giver. She was quick of 
temper, but harbored no resentment against 
the cause of it ; her loving and generous na- 
ture made her quickly forgive and forget. The 
only living child of these good parents can 
testify to what he kno'ws must have been large 
sacrifices, silently and cheerfully made by them 
on his behalf, but will doubtless ever be ignor- 
ant of countless others, so naturally and quietly 
were they bestowed. Daniel Clarke died in his 
home at 3 Park Place, March 14. 1885, after 
a long but fortunately painless illness. His 
wife soon followed him, dying at the then 
home of their surviving son, at Orange, New 
Jersey, December 19, 1885, a communicant of 
the Protestant Episcopal church. Their re- 
mains lie buried with those of their two sons 
who went before, in Evergreen Cemetery, 
Portland. Children, born in Portland: i. 
Charles Lorenzo, born April 16, 1853. 2. 
Frank Maynard, born April ig, 1856; died 
February 28, 1858. 3. William Bragg, born 
April 17, 1866; died December 3, 1876, of 
diphtheria. 

(VHI) Charles Lorenzo, first child of Dan- 
iel (5) and Mary Lewis (Bragg) Clarke, was 
bom at Portland, IMaine. April 16, 1853. He 
received his early education in the public 
schools of his native city, graduating from the 
Portland High School in 1870, and receiving 
the Brown Memorial Medal for scholarship — 
standing highest in rank among the boys for 
the four years' course. Soon after graduating 
he was articled to a civil engineer of Portland, 
and spent a year in general surveying, becom- 
ing near the end of that period first assistant 
engineer on the Portland division of the Bos- 
ton & Maine railroad, which at the time was 
the Western division of the present Boston & 
Maine system between Portland and Boston. 
He gave up this position to get a technical 
education, and took a four years' course in 
civil engineering at Bowdoin College, from 



which he graduated in 1875, an honor man, 
and was made a member of the Phi Beta Kap- 
pa fraternity. In college he was a member 
of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. At graduation 
he received the degree of B. S., which was 
supplemented by the post-graduate degree of 
M. S. in 1879, and C. E. in 1880. In Sep- 
tember, 1875, he went abroad, to visit and 
study engineering works, such as docks, 
bridges, steel works, etc., in England, Wales, 
Ireland, France, Belgium and Germany, re- 
turning home in May, 1876. At that time 
commerce and industries in the United States 
were completely prostrated, and Mr. Clarke 
had to meet with those discouragements which 
are the lot of most young 'men trying to get 
an opening in life. A large percentage of pro- 
fessional engineers in all branches were un- 
employed, and a position was not obtainable 
with the best of introduction and credentials. 
Mr. Clarke finally took up teaching, and be- 
gan almost to consider that was to be his life 
work, when a turn in the tide presented an 
opening. On the first day of February, 1880, 
he entered the laboratory of the renowned 
inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, at Menlo Park, 
New Jersey, as one of his assistants. Edison 
had just invented the electric incandescent 
lamp, now in such universal use, and Mr. 
Clarke's training as an engineer and mathe- 
matician was brought to bear to assist in per- 
fecting the details of a complete system of 
electrical generation and distribution, upon 
which Edison was working, to make the new 
lamp as easily and universally applicable to 
general lighting purposes as gas, and which 
included dynamos, high-speed steam-engines, 
underground system of conductors for distrib- 
uting the electric current, regulating and con- 
trolling devices, etc. In 1881, the details of 
the system having been sufficiently perfected 
to warrant efiforts for its commercial introduc- 
tion, Edison moved to New York City with 
some members of his laboratory staflf, and in 
March of that year Mr. Clarke was appointed 
first assistant and acting chief engineer of the 
Edison Electric Light Company, which posi- 
tion he held until February, 1884. As engi- 
neer he superintended the designing and con- 
structing of an electric lighting central station 
for the Edison Electric Illuminating Company 
of New York City, at 257 Pearl street, which 
began operation on September 4, 1882, and 
was the first comprehensive electric lighting 
station in the world. This station was 
equipped with six so-called "Jumbo" dynamos 
designed by Mr. Clarke, and driven by direct- 
coupled high-speed engines making 350 revo- 





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lutions per minute. Each dynamo weighed 
complete 2"] short tons, not including the en- 
gine, which weighed 6, 500 pounds, and were 
giants for their day. The station continued in 
successful operation until it was destroyed by 
fire, January 2, 1890. Other "Jumbo" dyna- 
moes, built in 1882 and 1883, were in opera- 
tion in Milan, Italy, until 1900, when they 
were put out of service after being in use for 
seventeen years, to give place to dynamos of 
more modern design and better economy. In 
February, 1884, Mr. Clarke resigned from the 
Edison companies to become manager of the 
Telemeter Company in New York, organized 
to exploit inventions of his own for electrical 
apparatus for indicating and recording tem- 
perature, pressure, height of water in reser- 
voirs, etc., at any desired distant point. He 
remained with that company until 1887. The 
enterprise did not prove a success, although 
much money was spent upon it. The field that 
had to be depended upon to make the under- 
taking a commercial success was the intro- 
duction of the apparatus for transmitting and 
recording temperature in refrigeratoring plants 
of all descriptions ; but no metallic thermom- 
eter, which is the only kind applicable for 
making an electric contact, could be found or 
devised that was free from tremor if the in- 
strument received a mechanical jar, and ab- 
sence of tremor was essential to give such a 
firm electric contact as was necessary to in- 
sure preserving the transmitting thermometer 
and the distant receiving indicator and re- 
corder in unison. Application of the apparatus 
to transmitting and recording the height of 
water has proved entirely successful, because 
a large float operating the electric contact can 
be kept free from tremor in a standpipe with 
small openings. In 1887 Mr. Clarke became 
electrical engineer of the Gibson Electric Com- 
pany in New York, manufacturers of storage 
batteries, and continued in that capacity for 
two years. In the fall of i88g he started in 
business in New York as consulting electrical 
and mechanical engineer and patent expert. 
The principal employment that followed was 
as patent expert, and he was called upon to 
testify in several leading litigations over elec- 
trical patents. Since December 16, igoi, he 
has been in the employ of the Board of Patent 
Control, New York City, a directorate com- 
posed of representatives of the General Elec- 
tric Company and the Westinghouse Electric 
and Manufacturing Company, for managing 
their mutual patent interests. His duties 
mainly relate to expert electrical engineering 
and patent expert matters. Mr. Clarke was a 



member of the National Conference of Elec- 
tricians, held in Philadelphia in 1884, and 
member of the Board of Examiners at the In- 
ternational Electrical Exhibition in Philadel- 
phia, the same year, serving on sections of 
the board, whose province was to pass upon 
dynamo-metrical measurements, steam en- 
gines, electrical conductors and underground 
conduits. He was also a member of the In- 
ternational Electrical Congress, held in con- 
nection with the World's Columbian Exposi- 
tion, at Chicago, in 1893. He has been a mem- 
ber of the American Society of Mechanical 
Engineers since November 2, 1882, and at 
present is a member of its library committee. 
He is a charter member of the American In- 
stitute of Electrical Engineers, his connecting 
therewith as associate member dating from 
April 15, 1884, and as member from January 
6, 1885 ; he has served on its board of man- 
agers and board of examiners, was chairman 
of its editing committee, and at present is 
chairman of the Edison Medal Committee, 
which awards the gold Edison Medal for 
"Aleritorious Achievement" in electrical sci- 
ence, electrical engineering and the electrical 
arts. He is a member of the New York 
Electrical Society, New York Historical So- 
ciety, Society of Colonial Wars in the State 
of New York, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of 
New York, and Bowdoin Alumni Associa- 
tion of New York. He is, however, domestic 
in tastes, and typical clublife is not to his 
liking. He is a member of the Evangelical 
Lutheran church. In politics Mr. Clarke has 
always been a Republican, but has never been 
publicly active or held political office. He re- 
sides in Plainfield, New Jersey. 

Mr. Clarke married (first) September 14, 
1 88 1, Helen Elizabeth Sparrow, born at Port- 
land, May 22, 1854, daughter of John and 
Helen (Stoddard) Sparrow. They were di- 
vorced at Lincoln county. South Dakota, No- 
vember 6, 1893. They have one son, John 
Curtis Clarke, born at East Orange, New 
Jersey, August 4, 1886. Mr. Sparrow stood 
in the first rank in the old school of me- 
chanical engineers, who had, of course, to 
serve their time as apprentices in the machine- 
shop. For years he was manager of the old 
Portland Company Works, makers of marine 
engines, boilers and locomotives ; later in life 
he was manager and part owner of the Eagle 
Sugar Refinery, where brown sugars were 
early made by the centrifugal process. He 
was one of the pioneers interested in the in- 
troduction of the beet sugar industry into 
America. 



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Mr. Clarke married (second) September 
20, 1894, at Hoboken, New Jersey, Henrietta 
Mary Augusta VVillatowski, of Sioux Falls, 
South Dakota. They have two children, both 
born at Mt. Vernon, New York : Mary Willa- 
towski Clarke, born September i, 1896, and 
Daniel Willatowski Clarke, born September 
25, 1898. Mrs. Clarke was born December 7, 
1875, at Kiel, the principal naval station first 
of Prussia and then of the German Empire ; 
and with four sisters was brought by her 
widowed mother to the home of an uncle in 
Sioux Falls, sailing from Hamburg May 23, 
1886, in the steamship "Westphalia," land- 
ing at Floboken, New Jersey, June 6, and ar- 
riving at Sioux Falls on June 9th. Her father, 
Robert Julius Willatowski, born February 22, 
1834, at Putzig-bei-Danzig, was a chief en- 
gineer in the Royal Prussia and later Imperial 
German navy. His first service was with the 
military force, beginning October 10, 1855. 
He began service as engineer in the navy, 
July 15, 1859, and received his warrant as 
chief engineer December i, 1864. Because of 
disability, by order of the Admiralty, dated 
October 11, 1879, he was retired October 31, 
after twenty years' continuous naval service. 
He served on the warships "Arcona," "Ari- 
adne," "Basilisk," "Elizabeth," "Medusa" and 
"Vineta" ; and was on the "Basilisk" in the 
sea-fight off Helgoland, May 9, 1864, between 
the Prussian and Danish navies, where the 
latter was defeated. He was at one time chief 
engineer of the Imperial yacht "Hohenzollern," 
in the reign of Emperor William I. He re- 
ceived several decorations for distinguished 
services and bravery. After retiring from the 
navy he became superintendent of the Neu- 
werk salt-works at Werl, province of West- 
phalia, where he died, February 26, 1884, and 
his remains are buried. Mrs. Clarke's mother, 
Marie (Heynsohn) Willatowski, comes from 
ancestry who have lived for generations in 
Cuxhaven, Germany, at the mouth of the river 
Elbe, where she was born December 30, 1846. 
She is now living at Moscow, Idaho. 

The accompanying portrait of Mr. Clarke is 
from a photograph taken April 16, 1903, the 
fiftieth anniversary of his birth. 



The Woodburys originated 
WOODBURY in southern Devon"; Eng- 
land, and the name has 
been a very common one in that locality for at 
least eight centuries. The New England 
Woodburys are the posterity of John and 
William Woodbury, brothers, who came from 
Somersetshire and were among the original 



settlers of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts. 
Those of the name now residing in Saco are 
descended from William. John Woodbury, 
known in local history as the "old planter," 
emigrated about the year 1624, setted first at 
Salem and still later in Beverly, where he 
died in 1644. He was one of the most promi- 
nent men in the colony, serving as deputy to 
the general court, and he was among the 
original members of the Frist Church m Sa- 
lem. William Woodbury was married at South 
Petherton, Somersetshire, on the Devon 
border, January 29, 1616, to Elizabeth Patch, 
and three of their sons were baptized at 
Burlescombe, a parish of Devon. About the 
year 1630 he came to Massachusetts, accom- 
panied by his family, and joining his brother 
at Salem, they settled in Beverly upon lands 
granted them in the immediate vicinity of 
what is now known as Woodbury's Point. 
William Woodbury died in Beverly, January 
29, 1677, ^^ the age of about eighty-eight 
years. In his will he mentions his wife Eliza- 
beth, sons Nicholas, William, Andrew and 
Hugh, and one daughter, Hannah Haskell. 

(I) Captain William Woodbury, a descend- 
ant of William and Elizabeth (Patch) Wood- 
bury, is mentioned in the records as William 
4, which would indicate that he was a great- 
grandson of the immigrant. He was a native 
of Beverly and a shipmaster. During the 
revolutionary war he commanded a privateer, 
was captured by the British and held a pris- 
oner at Halifax for one year. He was noted 
for his courage and good seamanship. In 
1796 he abandoned the sea and, settling in 
Bridgton, ]\Iaine, lived to an advanced age. 
February 26, 1772, he married Susannah 
Byles, born November 27, 1753, daughter of 
Nicholas and Susannah Byles. She bore him 
two children, Andrew and Susan. The latter, 
who was born January 12, 1788, became the 
wife of Benjamin Cleaves and was the grand- 
mother of Hon. Henry B. Cleaves, late gov- 
ernor of Maine. 

(II) Andrew, son of Captain William and 
Susannah Woodbury, was born in Beverly, 
March 18, 1776. When a young man he ac- 
companied his parents to Bridgton, and about 
the year 1800 settled in Sweden, Maine, erect- 
ing the first frame house in that town and 
becoming a very prosperous farmer. He died 
in 1858. In 1798 he married Sally Stevens, 
born in Andover, Massachusetts, 1778, daugh- 
ter of James Stevens, who at one time owned 
the entire township of Bridgton. Mrs. Sally 
Woodbury died at Sweden in i860. She was 
the mother of ten children, the last survivor of 



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whom, Judge Enoch Woodbury, of Bethel, 
was living in 1898. The others were: Sally, 
Susan, Andrew, Martha, Aaron, Esther, Will- 
iam, Lucy Ann and Harriet. 

(III) Aaron, son of Andrew and Sally 
(Stevens) Woodbury, was born in Sweden. 
He resided in his native town and died there. 

He married Sarah , and his children 

were : Roliston, Lincoln, Clinton, Edward, 
Hattie, Kate and Sarah. 

( IV) Roliston, son of Aaron and Sarah 
\\'oodbury, was born in Sweden, December, 
1838. From the Bridgton Academy he en- 
tered Bowdoin College, but suspended his 
studies at the commencement of the great civil 
strife of 1861-65 in order to enlist in the Fifth 
Maine Battery, and he served until the close 
of the war. Instead of returning to Bowdoin 
he went to the State Normal school at Farm- 
ington, where after graduating he was re- 
tained as an instructor, and became assistant 
principal of that well-known institution. In 
1878 he was chosen principal of the State 
Normal school at Castine, and he continued 
to serve in that capacity for the remainder of 
his life, which terminated November i, i888. 
As an educator and as a school director he 
possessed superabundant qualifications, and his 
untimely death cut short the usefulness of one 
of the most efficient preparatory teachers in 
the state. In politics he acted with the Re- 
publican party. He was a member of the Con- 
gregational church, and actively interested in 
religious work. He was made a Master 
Mason in the Blue Lodge at Farmington. 
Bowdoin College conferred upon him the hon- 
orary degree of Master of Arts. Mr. Wood- 
bury married, first, Nellie Lovejoy, daughter 
of Jacob Lovejoy, of Albany, Maine. He 
married, second, Maria Billings, of Fayette, 
Maine. He reared three sons: i. Ernest 
Roliston, see forward. 2. Nelson Lovejoy, 
now a clerk in the auditing department of the 
Maine Central railroad. 3. William Billings, 
graduate of Deering high school and Bowdoin 
College; taught at Bucksport (Maine) Semi- 
nary ; principal of Pittsford ( Vermont ) high 
school; Hanover (New Hampshire) high 
school; Farmington (New Hampshire) high 
school; now principal of the York (Maine) 
high school. 

(\') Professor Ernest Roliston, son of Rolis- 
ton and Maria (Billings) Woodbury, was born 
in Farmington, July 3, 1871. He pursued his 
preliminary studies in the public schools of 
Castine, was graduated from the State Normal 
school in that town in 1889, concluded his 
collegiate preparations at the Deering (Maine) 



high school in 1891, and took his bachelor's 
degree at Bowdoin with the class of 1895. 
Being thus well equipped for educational 
work, he accepted the position of principal of 
the Fryeburg Academy, which he retained for 
five years, and in 1900 was called to the Kim- 
ball Union Academy at Meriden, New Hamp- 
shire, in a similar capacity, remaining there 
for a like period. From 1905 to the present 
time he has been principal of Thornton Acad- 
emy, Saco. While residing in Meriden he 
served upon the school board, and also as town 
auditor. In politics he is a Republican. He is 
well advanced in the Masonic order, affiliating 
with Saco Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons; York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
Mame Council, Royal and Select Masters, and 
Bradford Commandery, Knights Templar. He 
IS also a member of the Theta Delta Chi fra- 
ternity of Bowdoin College. He is a member 
of the Congregational church. 

On August 8, 1898, Professor Woodbury 
married Fanny Louise Gibson, born in North 
Conway, New Hampshire, August 21, 1878, 
daughter of James Lewis and Addie w! 
(Dow) Gibson (see Gibson, IX). Professor 
and Mrs. Woodbury have three children: 
Roliston Gibson, born April 19, 1899. Wen- 
dell DeWitt, August 22, 1901. Dorothea, 
February, 1903. 



It has not as yet been definitelv 
GIBSON determined whether the mother 
country of the Gibsons was 
England or Scotland. John Gibson, immi- 
grant, appeared in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
shortly after its settlement. As there is no rec- 
ord of his arrival in the colony it is impossible 
to ascertain from whence he came, but as the 
Scotch did not begin to emigrate as early as 
the English, it is quite probable that his former 
home was in England. 

(I) John Gibson, born about 1601, probably 
in England, was in 1634 granted six acres of 
land in Cambridge (then Newtowne), and he 
was admitted a freeman there in 1637. If he 
came to New England wrth the Rev. Thomas 
Hooker, as has been supposed, he did not 
accompany that religious leader to Hartford, 
as he became a member of the First Church in 
Cambridge under the pastorship of the Rev. 
Thomas Shepard and in its early records is 
referred to as Goodman Gibson. His name is 
frequently mentioned in the early town rec- 
ords of Cambridge in a manner which shows 
that he was a man of prominence, and he died 
in 1694, aged ninety-three years, leaving for 
his descendants "as a legacy the escutcheon of 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



an honest man." His first wife, whose chris- 
tian name was Rebecca, (Hed in 1661, and the 
following year he married Mrs. Jane Prentice, 
widow of Henry Prentice. His children were : 
Rebecca, Mary, Martha, John and Samuel. 

(II) John (2), fourth child and eldest son 
of John ( I ) and Rebecca Gibson, born in 
Cambridge about 1641, died there October 15, 
1679. He served in King Philip's war. In 
1668 he married Rebecca Errington. daugh- 
ter of Abraham and Rebecca (Cutler) Er- 
rington ; she died in Cambridge, December 4, 
1713. Their children were: Rebecca, j\Iar- 
tha, Mary and Timothy. 

(III) Deacon Timothy, youngest child and 
only son of John (2) and Rebecca (Erring- 
ton) Gibson, was born in Cambridge about 
1679. H's father died w'hen Ue was an infant, 
and prior to his majority he went to reside in 
Stow, Massachusetts. He later spent some 
time in Sudbury, but returned to Stow and 
owned a farm in that part of the town which 
is now within the limits of Maynard. His 
death occurred in Stow, July 14, 1757. He 
married (first) at Concord, 1700, Rebecca 
Gates, born in Marlboro, Massachusetts. July 
23, 1682, daughter of Stephen and Sarah 
(Woodward) Gates. She died January 21, 
1754, and in the ensuing year he married (sec- 
ond) Mrs. Submit Taylor, of Sudbury, who 
died in Stow. January 29, 1759. His children 
were : Abraham, Timothy, Rebecca, John, 
Sarah, Samuel. Stephen (died young), Er- 
rington, Stephen, Isaac, Mary and Reuben. 

(I\') Captain Timothy (2), second child of 
Deacon Timothy (i) and Rebecca (Gates) 
Gibson, was born in Stow*. January 20, 1702. 
When a young man (1725) he located in 
Groton, Massachusetts, but returned to Stow a 
few years later and resided there until 1774. 
In the latter year, when seventy-tw'o years old, 
he removed to Henniker, New Hampshire, 
where he signed the "Association Test"' in 
1776, and he rendered financial aid to the cause 
of national independence. Pie died in Henni- 
ker, January 18, 1782. He married. Decem- 
ber 29, 1723, Persis Rice, born in Sudbury. 
January 10, 1706-07, daughter of Jonathan 
and -Anne (Darby) Rice, granddaughter of 
Joseph and great-granddaughter of Deacon 
Edmund Rice, an immigrant from England 
who settled at Sudbury in 1639. Persis died 
in Henniker, March 22, 1781. She was the 
mother of nine children : Jonathan, Timothy 
(died young), Timothy, Persis, Lucy. Abel, 
John, Joseph and Jacob. 

(\') Captain Timothy (3), third child of 
Captain Timothy (2) and Persis (Rice) Gib- 



son, was born in Stow, December 17, 1738. 
During the French and Indian war. while in 
his minority, he enlisted in Captain Abijah 
Hall's company, Colonel Willard's regiment, 
which joined the expedition to Crown Point in 
1759, anil he served in the colonial army from 
May 9 of that year to January 12, 1760, attain- 
ing the rank of sergeant. He was afterward 
known as Captain Gibson, although there is 
no record of his having been commissioned as 
such. Settling at Henniker in 1774, he be- 
came a prominent figure in local and state 
political aftairs, serving as a delegate to the 
provincial congress held at E.xeter in 1775 
and also to the convention at Concord in 1788 
for the formation of a state government, and 
in addition to these important services he was 
a member of the board of selectmen in Hen- 
niker and represented that town in the New 
Hampshire legislature. He signed the "As- 
sociation Test" in 1776 and assisted in pro- 
curing both money and recruits for the Conti- 
nental service. In 1798 he removed from 
Henniker to Brownfield, Maine, settling upon 
nine hundred acres of land on the west side 
of the Saco river, and his death occurred in 
that town Januarj' 16, 1814. He was mar- 
ried in 1773 to Margaret Whitman, born in 
Stow, January 14, 1755, daughter of "Zecha- 
riah" and Elizabeth (Gates) Whitman, and 
a descendant in the fifth generation of John 
\\'hitman, an English emigrant, who settled at 
Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1638, through 
"Zechariah" (2), John (3), and "Zechariah" 
(4). Margaret died in Brownfield, June 29, 
1838. The children of this union were: 
Martha, Jonathan, Daniel, Timothy, Zacha- 
riah. Henry, Polly, Robert. Abel, Margaret, 
Jane and Samuel. 

(\'I) Lieutenant Robert, sixth son and 
eighth child of Captain Timoth\- (3) and Mar- 
garet (Whitman) Gibson, was born in Hen- 
niker, August 22, 1787. He served in the 
second war with Great Britain (1812-15), 
attaining the rank of first lieutenant by pro- 
motion, and his commission as such in the 
Thirty-fourth Regiment United States In- 
fantry was signed December 27, 1814, by 
President IMadison to date from August 13 of 
that year. After the close of the war he lo- 
cated in Bangor, Alaine, where he died March 
12. 1866. He married, February 12, 181 5, 
Sarah Kast McHard Molineaux. daughter of 
Robert and Peggy McHard (Kast) Moli- 
neaux, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Hop- 
kinton. New Hampshire. Sarah died in Frye- 
burg. Maine, December 13, 1837. She became 
the mother of five children: Sarah M., Rob- 



STATE Ul' MAINE. 



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ort M., Maria Emclinc, James Molincaux and 
(.icorge Lafa)ettc. 

(\'1I) James Molitieaux, second son and 
fonrlh child of Lieutenant Robert and Sarah 
K. M. (MoHneaux) Gibson, was born in 
r.rownficld, June 17, 1821. He was a well- 
known hotel keeper in the White Mountains, 
and from 1868 to 1878 was proprietor of the 
Washington House, at North Conway, New 
Hampshire, formerly carried on by IXiniel 
Eastman, whose daushler he married. Re- 
moving to Butte county. California, he first 
carried on a lumber business at Cohasset, and 
was later engaged in the cultivation of fruit 
at Pine Creek. October 18. 1854, he married 
Martha 1.. Eastman, daughter of Daniel and 
Martha L. (Chadbourne) Eastman. She was 
Iwrn in North Conway, May 13, 1827. She 
bore him seven children : James Lewis, 
George Kast, Charles I'Mgar, Robert. Daniel 
Eastman. Helen Maria and Anna Molineaux. 

(VHI) James Lewis, eldest child of James 
M. and Martha L. (Eastman) Gibson, was 
born in Eryeburg, December 2, 1855. He re- 
sided in North Conway. January 2, 1877, he 
married Addie W. Dow, born June 30, 1854, 
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Chase) Dow. 
The children of this union are : Eanny Louise, 
born A\'orlh Conway, August 21, 1878, and 
Harvey Dow, born North Conway, March 15, 
1882. ■ 

(IX) Eanny Louise, eldest child of James 
Lewis and Addie W. (Dow) Gibson, was 
married August 8, 1898, to Professor Ernest 
R. Woodbury, now of Saco (see Woodbury, 
V). She is a graduate of Eryeburg (Maine) 
Academy, 1896; attended Lasell Seminary. 
Aubnrndale, Massachusetts, 1896-97; Colby 
College, Watervillc, Maine, 1897-98. 



The name Pingree, which 
PINGREE means Green Pine, is an hon- 
ored one and is of Erench ori- 
gin ; it was probably taken into England by 
a Huguenot refugee. Many of the name still 
reside in Erance. Alexander Guy Pingree 
was the discoverer of Pingree's comet, also 
court librarian ; a bust of hiin is in the Palace 
at \'ersailles. Aaron and Moses Pengry, as 
the}- spelled the name, were the first settlers 
of this cognomen in New England. In the 
records the name appears as Pengry, Pingry, 
Pingrew and Pingree. 

(1) Moses Pingree, from England, was a 
freeman in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 164 1. 
"1641, I2lh day ist mo. Barnabas Norton of 
Ipswich, baker, sold inito Moses Pengry six 
acres of land within the common fence. Rich- 



ard Bisgood on the southeast. 1642 Novem- 
l)er 25, John Tuttell, yeoman, sold to him land 
lately purchased of Richard Lnin])kin, de- 
ceased. 1646, February 4, William Whitred 
sold to Moses Pengry, Saltmaker, a dwelling 
house and lot. Aug. 26, 1652, Richard Sco- 
field. leather dresser, sold Moses Pengry, yeo- 
man, a liouse and land for L\y. . Nov. 26, 
1673, Jacob Foster sold Moses Pengry a half 
acre house lot on the corner of Summer and 
Water Sts. <ln the river bank near the spot 
now occupied by Glover's coal wharf. Deacon 
Moses Pengry had his salt pans and works 
for the manufacture of salt from sea water, 
as early as 1652. In 1673 he had a ship-yard 
on the river bank, and in 1676 Edward Ran- 
dolph wrote to Eng. that ship-building was 
an extensive industry in Ipswich. Moses also 
kept an ordinary and dispensed spirit. The 
records state that Deacon Moses Pengry was 
nominated as a suitable person, and received 
his license on Sept. 7, 1658." His name is on 
the list of voters December 2, 1679, and on "A 
list of the names of those p'sons that have 
right of comonage, according to law & order 
of the Towne," February 13, 1678. Febru- 
ary 7, 1667, Moses Pengry sold Benedict Pul- 
cifer "the house and orchard wherein Pulcifer 
dwells." In 1666 he was one of the signers 
of the "loyalist petition." Another petition 
addressed to the King was drawn up by the 
"Inhabitants of Gloucester, alias Cape Ann, 
and other places adjacent," and presented to 
the general court on February 16, 1682. They 
claimed rightful title to their lands upon the 
grant of the general court, under the charter 
of the Massachusetts I'ay Colony, and their 
purchase from the natives. This was signed 
by representatives from Gloucester, Rowley, 
Newbury and other towns, and by fifteen Ips- 
wich men, one of whom was Moses Pengry, 
Sr. Deacon Pengry was selectman, 1661 ; 
representative, 1665; lithingman, 1677; select- 
man, 1678. He died January 2, 1695. aged 
eighty-six years. He married .Abigail Clem- 
ent, daughter of the first Robert Clement. She 
came from London in 1642, and died January 
16, 1676. 

(II) Aaron, son of Moses and Abigail 
(Clement) Pingree, was born in 1652, moved 
to Rowley. 1696, and died there in 1697. He 
resided on High street, next to John fjrown. 
He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and 
assigned his wages to Ipswich, but no time of 
•service is specified in any extant records. He 
married Ann, daughter of John Pickard, of 
Rowley, who died February 20, 1716. 

(HI) Job, son of .Aaron and .Ann (Pickard) 



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Pingrce, was born in Ipswich, October 17, 
1688, and died April 25, 1785. He married 
(first) November i, 1717, Elizabeth Brockle- 
bank, who died February 12, 1747; (second) 
Dorothy Doad, of Topsfield ; (third) Mrs. 
Elizabeth Platts. 

(IV) Samuel Eliot, son of Job and Eliza- 
beth (BruCklebank) Pingree, was born Janu- 
ary 12, 1719, and lived in Methuen, where he 
died at the age of thirty-five. He married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer Carlton. 

(V) Stephen, son of Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Carlton) Pingree, was born in Methuen, 
August 7, 1752, and died April 30, 1840. He 
was a revolutionary soldier, served under 
Washington in New York, and was granted a 
pension. The "Massachusetts Soldiers and 
Sailors in the War of the Revolution" con- 
tains two records of military service of 
Stephen Pingrey ; the former may refer to the 
Stephen of this sketch, the second undoubtedly 
does. They are as follows : "Pingrey, Stephen. 
Private, Capt. Aaron Jewett's Co., Col. Job 
Cushing's regt. : enlisted July 27, 1777; dis- 
charged Aug. 29, 1777; service i mo., 3 
days; company raised in Littleton, Westford, 
Groton, Shirley, Tovvnsend, and Ashby, and 
marched to Bennington on an alarm; also, 
Capt. Aaron Jewett's Co., Col. Samuel Bul- 
lard's regt.; enlisted Aug. 29, 1777; dis- 
charged Nov. 29, 1777; service, 3 mos. 12 
days with Northern Army, including 11 days 
(220 miles) travel home; company marched 
to Saratoga ; roll dated Littleton. Pingrey, 
Stephen. Private, Capt. John Porter's Co., 
Col. Samuel Denny's (2d) regt.; enlisted Oct. 
19' 1779; discharged Nov. 23, 1779; service 
I mo. 15 days, at Claverack, including 10 
days (200 miles) travel home; regiment raised 
for 3 months." After his marriage he moved 
to New Salem, New Hampshire, thence moved 
to Derryfield in 1785, and to Norway, Maine, 
in 1808. He had visited Norway five years 
previously, and .selected a lot of land in the 
northern part of the town. He was a devoted 
Methodist in religious faith ; a Whig in poli- 
tics, he held various offices of responsibility. 
"He was an intelligent, industrious, and valu- 
able citizen." He married, September 21, 
1773, Ruth Hoyt, of Methuen, who died Octo- 
ber 21, 1836. His seven sons and one daugh- 
ter were residents of the same neighborhood 
with their parents. Their names were : Dolly 
Baker, Samuel, Stephen, Abner, Hezekiah, 
John, Hoyt and William. 

(VD Hoyt, seventh child of Stephen and 
Ruth (Hoyt) Pingree, was born in Manches- 
ter, New Hampshire, May 14, 1779, and died 



in Waterford, Maine, June 23, 1865. He was 
a soldier in the war of 1812. In early life he 
was a Whig, and later a Democrat. In re- 
ligion he was a Swedenborgian. He and his 
wife were among the first settlers of Nor- 
way, Maine. He married Sarah Turner, of 
Durham, Maine, who died in 1876, aged 
eighty-six. Their children, all born in Nor- 
way, were named respectively : Mary Lowell, 
Luther Farrar, Dexter Bearce, Aaron Wilkins, 
Hoyt Milton, Levi Whitman, Ruth Hoyt died 
young; John Washington, Hannah Goodrich, 
Dexter Milton and Lawson M. 

(VII) Luther Farrar, second child and 
eldest son of Hoyt and Sarah (Turner) Pin- 
gree, was born in Norway, May 25, 1813. He 
spent his minority in working upon the farm 
and in attending the district schools. He then 
served an apprenticeship as a machinist and 
pattern maker, and after that time gained 
honorable distinction as a mechanic and in- 
ventor. He received numerous diplomas and 
medals for useful inventions, and also for 
superior work, both from associations and 
from the L'nited States patent office. Among 
the products of his skill were steam engines, 
carriages, mills for the manufacture of lum- 
ber, models for the patent office, and he was 
himself a patentee of artificial limbs which 
eminent surgeons pronounced the best .in the 
world. He was always a practical worker, 
but was also a close student in the natural 
sciences, literature, and music, which were the 
pastime and delight of his life. He was in- 
terested in military aiYairs, served out four 
commissions in the old state militia ; was on 
duty as aide-de-camp and orderly officer when 
the troops were recruited for the "Aroostook 
War," and was among the first to enlist in 
Maine for service in the war with Mexico. 
He had membership in several mechanical and 
charitable associations, and was a prominent 
Odd Fellow. He was a citizen of Portland 
for twenty-five years. Later he resided at 
Ferry Village, Cape Elizabeth. In religious 
faith he was an ardent Swedenborgian, and 
devoted himself lecturing and distributing re- 
ligious tracts. For a number of years he was 
a missionary in the New Church and was a 
great worker in Maine, Connecticut and New 
York. He was a "War Democrat" in the time 
of the civil war. He held various offices of 
trust in Portland. He married Elizabeth 
Marsh, daughter of Deacon David Dexter, of 
Bath, who was born November 9, 1816, and 
died September 28, 1893. Their children 
were: lone Amelia, Helen Jane Guthrage, 
Frank Roundy Ashton, Sarah Charlotte Dex- 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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ter, Consuelo Imogene, Malcolm Cameron, 
Virginia Dean and David Henry. 

(VIII) Malcolm Cameron, sixth child and 
second son of Luther F. and Elizabeth Marsh 
(Dexter) Pingree, was born in Portland, Sep- 
tember g, 1852, and died in South Portland, 
October 13, 1901. He was educated in the 
public schools, graduating from the Portland 
high school. He was a civil engineer for ten 
years, employed in the department of public 
works in Portland. In 1870 he began the 
study of medicine, and graduated from the 
New York Homoepathic Medical College in 
1881, and then practiced in Portland. He was 
a Free Mason and Odd Fellow, a Knight of 
Pythias, a member of the Improved C)rder of 
Red Men, and of the Golden Cross. He mar- 
ried, September 18, 1859, Cora Louise Dodge, 
only child of Dr. Rudolph L. and Harriet 
(Eaton) Dodge, of Portland, granddaughter 
of Moses and Louisa (Colifin) Dodge, and 
great-granddaughter of Abner Dodge, born 
August 18, 1765, died April 28, 1843, who 
married Lois Somers, who was born March 
25, 1772, and died December 31, 1851. Dr. 
Dodge was born in Searsport, October 2, 1840. 
He was brought to Portland in 1844 and lived 
there until his death. He was educated in the 
public schools, and at the age of twenty-one 
enlisted in the first Maine cavalry and served 
during the war. He entered Bowdoin Medi- 
cal School in 1874, and took a course at the 
Boston University Medical School, from 
which he graduated the following year. He 
returned to Portland immediately and prac- 
ticed medicine there. He died suddenly July 
28, 1907, while riding with his wife in his 
automobile, near Pride's Corner. 

Dr. and Mrs. Pingree were the parents of 
one child, Harold Ashton, whose sketch fol- 
lows. 

(IX) Harold Ashton, only son of Dr. Mal- 
colm C. and Cora Louise (Dodge) Pingree, 
was born in Portland, January 16, 1877. He 
graduated from Portland high school in 1894, 
and from the Maine Medical College in 1901. 
After practicing in Stonington and Portland, 
Maine, he became an interne at the Maine 
General Hospital, and held that position dur- 
ing the years 1902-03, and then settling in 
Portland, he joined Dr. E. G. Abbott in the 
practice of orthopedics, and together these two 
physicians have built up a famous practice and 
a payinir business. Dr. Pingree is a Repub- 
lican. He is a Free Mason, member of Port- 
land Lodge, No. I. He is a member of the 
Cumberland County Medical Society, the 
Maine Medical Association, the Portland Med- 



ical Club, the Practitioners' Club, the Port- 
land Club, and the Phi Chi Medical Fra- 
ternitv. 



This line has a gene- 
WHITEHOUSE a logical foreground 

worthy of any people. 
The name comes from two words, "white" 
and "house." Way back in very early Saxon 
times the first to bear the name was the man 
who lived in a white house, and to distinguish 
him from his neighbors he was called Mr. 
Whitehouse. The family was first settled in 
this country in the state of New Hampshire, 
from whence certain members emigrated to 
the state of Maine. Judge William P. White- 
house, of the Maine supreme court, is of this 
lineage. 

(I) Thomas Whitehouse was in Dover, 
New Hampshire, in 1658, and was the progeni- 
tor of the branch of the family herein treated. 
He was received as an inhabitant of Dover in 
1665. upon the terms that he was to have what 
he brought with him, together with common- 
age for cattle, and no other privilege, the town 
having all it could accommodate. He was a 
blacksmith by trade, and in 1689 prayed pro- 
tection of Massachusetts. He was the father 
of two children, Thomas and Edward. He 
died December 3, 1707. 

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Whitehouse, was born in Dover, New Hamp- 
shire. He married a daughter of William 
Pomfret, and they had a son, Pomfret. 

(III) Pomfret, son of Thomas (2) White- 
house, was born in Dover, New Hampshire. 
He married Rebecca — ■ ; children : Wil- 
liam, Pomfret, Elizabeth, Judith and Edward, 
twins, Thomas, Rosemes, Samuel, John and 
Moses. 

(IV) William, eldest son of Pomfret and 
Rebecca Whitehouse, was born in Dover, New 
Hampshire, June 8, 1705. He married Eliza- 
beth — ■ , and they were both baptized May 

12, 1728. Children: Turner, John, Mary, 
William, Nathaniel, Lucy and Moses. 

(V) Turner, eldest son of William and 
Elizabeth Whitehouse, was born in Dover, 
New Hampshire, December 19, 1742, and 
after arriving at adult age removed to Roches- 
ter, New Hampshire, a town adjoining Dover. 
By occupation he was a tanner and shoemaker. 
He married a Miss Hanson, who bore him 
eleven children, among whom was Nathaniel. 

(VI) Nathaniel, son of Turner and 

(Hanson) Whitehouse, was born in New 
Hampshire. He, with several of his brothers 
when thev attained manhood, settled in Mid- 



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dleton, Strafford county, New Hampshire, 
near Moose mountain, felled the forests and 
paved the way for civilization in that border- 
land of the Cocheco settlement. He married 
and among- his children was Benjamin. 

(VII) Benjamin, son of Nathaniel White- 
house, was born in Middleton, New Hamp- 
shire, January 14, 1790. He came to Oxford, 
Maine, in 1812, anc! cleared a farm on which 
he resided until his death in 1870. having 
attained the age of eighty-nine, retaining his 
faculties to a remarkable degree. He married 
Sally (Pike) Buzzcll, who lived to the ad- 
vanced age of ninety-two, expiring on her 
birthday. Children: Jonathan, Benjamin, 
Joan, Daniel, Harriet, Sarah, Jane and De- 
borah. 

(A'TII) Benjamin (2), second son of Ben- 
jamin (i) and Sally (Pike) (Buzzell) White- 
house, was born in Oxford, Maine, in 181 5, 
died 1876, beloved and regretted by all who 
knew him. After attending the common 
schools, he engaged in agricultural pursuits, 
continuing throughout the active years of his 
life. He was one of the soldiers in the civil 
war from Maine, one of his sons enlisted in 
the Seventeenth Maine Regiment, and his 
son-in-law gave his life for the cause of free- 
dom. Mr. Whitehouse was a Universalist in 
religion, a Republican in politics, and was a 
consistent member of the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows. He married, in 1839, Susan 
C, daughter of Jacob and Susan (Cobb) Put- 
nam (see Putnam, VIII). Children: i. 
George H. 2. Eunice E., married (first) 
Osmond Town; (second) F. P. Putnam; they 
reside at Rumford Falls. 3. Francis Clarke, 
mentioned below. 4. Alice M., married B. W. 
Marston ; resides in Norway. 5. Alfred W. 
6. Edwin B. Benjamin Whitehouse married 
(second) and had one child, Freeland E. 

(IX) Francis Clarke, second son of Benja- 
min and Susan C. (Putnam) Whitehouse, 
was born in Oxford, Maine, September 18, 
1845. When he was eight years old his 
parents removed to Norway, RIaine, and in 
the schools of that town he acquired his educa- 
tion. At the age of eighteen he left home and 
began life on his own account. At first he 
clerked in a general store, and then in a drug 
store as an apprentice in pharmacy. At the 
breaking out of the civil war, 1861, he en- 
listed, but was rejected on account of his 
youth, though his patriotism never waned. As 
express messenger on the Grand Trunk he ran 
from Portland to Montreal, and in this re- 
sponsible position acquitted himself in a way 
that was eminently satisfactory to his em- 



ployers, and upon his severing his connection 
in 1867 regrets were entertained and expressed 
freely. But a man of Mr. Whitehoiise's abil- 
ity was destined for a broader career, to con- 
trol men and to be the fiduciary custodian of 
vast sums. The dry goods business at Me- 
chanics Falls offered a fine opening, and in 
that thriving town of rapid growth, then in 
the embryo period of its development, he en- 
tered upon his active career. In locating and 
investing in Mechanics Falls Mr. Whitehouse 
displayed his good business foresight. In 
1872 he became connected with the Dennison 
Paper Company ; in 1888 he was manager of 
the Lisbon Falls Fibre Company, superin- 
tended the erection of their large mill, and 
later was made treasurer of the company ; in 
1893 he organized the Pejepscot Paper Com- 
pany, of which he was treasurer, and the dams 
and mill construction of this concern were all 
built under his personal supervision ; he is 
president of the Bowdoin Paper Company ; in 
1904 he organized the Bay Shore Lumber 
Company, purchasing one hundred and fifty 
thousand acres of timber land in New Bruns- 
wick and the Provinces, operating mills at 
each point ; in 1906 he promoted the Sagada- 
hoc Towing Company, of which he was made 
treasurer, and this company owns large ocean- 
going tugs and barges, conveying the products 
of the mills to Portland as a distributing point 
by rail. Mr. Whitehouse has great organizing 
ability, is a fine executive officer and is capable 
of enlisting the aid of capital seeking invest- 
ment in large industrial enterprises. To such 
men as he Maine owes its prominence in the 
manufacturing and business world. He is a 
thirty-second degree Mason and a Knight 
Templar, has held all the honors ami been 
through all chairs to which one can aspire, 
and is a member of the Benevolent and Pro- 
tective Order of Elks. He attends worship 
with the LTniversalists. and has been a Repub- 
lican since attaining his majority. Mr.vWhite- 
house married, in 1869, Mary E. Pettie. 
Children: i. Ada F., married Henry H. 
Wood, of Brooklinc, Massachusetts. 2. Ab- 
bie E., married Rev. Norman i\IcKinnon, of 
Middleboro, Massachusetts. 3. Francis A., 
died young. 4. Susan M., resides with her 
parents. 

Elder Henry Cobb, progenitor of Susan 
(Cobb) Putnam, whose daughter, Susan C, 
married Benjamin Whitehouse, came to Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts, 1629, on the second trip 
of the "Mayflower." He was at Scituate in 
1633, and died at Barnstable, Cape Cod, 1679. 
In 163 1' he married Patience, daughter of 




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Deacon James Lothrop. of Plymouth. She 
died .May 4. 1648. He married (second) 
Sarah, daughter of Samuel Hinckley, who 
survived him. They left fifteen children. 

iH) James, second son of Elder Henry 
and Patience (Lothrop) Cobb, was born Jan- 
uary 14, 1634, in Scituate, Massachusetts. He 
married Sarah, daughter of George Lewis, and 
died in 1695. They were the parents of eleven 
children. 

(HL) James (2), fifth son of James (i) 
and Sarah (Lewis) Cobb, was born, probably 
in Barnstable, July 8, 1673. He married 
there and reared nine children. 

(IV) James (3), first son of James (2) 
Cobb, married Elizabeth Hallett, and among 
their seven children was Sylvanus, see for- 
ward. 

(X'^l Sylvanus, son of James (3) and Eliza- 
beth (Hallett) Cobb, was born in October, 
1701. He married Ivlarcia Baker, November 
7, 1728. They were the parents of seven chil- 
dren, among whom was Ebenezer. 

( \T ) Ebenezer, son of Sylvanus and Mar- 
cia ( Baker) Cobb, was born March 17, 1759. 
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel 
Cobb, of Carver, Cape Cod. She was also 
descended from Elder Henry Cobb, mentioned 
above. Children : Elizabeth, Susannah, Su- 
sannah, Ebenezer, Lucy, Cyrus, Churchill, Syl- 
vanus and Samuel. 

(VH) Lucy, fourth daughter of Ebenezer 
and Elizabeth (Cobb) Cobb, was born Feb- 
ruary 28, 1792, married Jacob Putnam (see 
Putnam). She was aunt to Sylvanus Cobb 
Jr., the prolific novelist, who was born in \Va- 
terville, Maine. 



The lineage of a very large 
PUTNAM part of Putnams of New Eng- 
land is traced to John Putnam, 
the immigrant, the ancestor of several very 
prominent citizens of the early days of Massa- 
chusetts, and of the famous General Israel 
Putnam of the Revolution. The name comes 
from Puttenham, a place in England, and this 
perhaps from the Flemish word pi'ittc, "a 
well," plural piittcii and ham, signifving a 
"home." and the whole indicating a settlement 
by a well. 

(I) John Putnam, of Aston Abbotts, in 
the county of Bucks, England, was born about 
1580, and died suddenly in Salem Village, 
now Danvers, Massachusetts, December 30, 
1662, aged about eighty years. It is known 
that he was resident in Aston Abbotts, Eng- 
land, as late as 1627, as the date of the bap- 
tism of his youngest son shows, but just when 



he came to New England is not known. Fam- 
ily tradition is responsible for the date 1634, 
and the tradition is known to have been in 
the family over one hundred and fifty years. 
In 1641, new style, John Putnam was granted 
land in Salem. He was a farmer and exceed- 
ingly well off for those times. He wrote a fair 
hand, as deeds on file show. In these deeds 
he styled himself "yeoman" ; once, in 1655, 
"husbandman." His land amounted to two 
hundred and fifty acres, and was situated be- 
tween Davenport's hill and Potter's hill. John 
Putnam was admitted to the church in 1647, 
six years later than liis wife, and was also a 
free man the same year. The town of Salem, 
in 1644, voted that a patrol of two men be 
appointed each Lord's day to walk forth dur- 
ing worship and take notice of such who did 
not attend service and who were idle, etc., and 
to present such cases to the magistrate ; all 
of those appointed were men of standing in 
the community. For the ninth day John Put- 
nam and John Hathorne were appointed. The 
following account of the death of John Put- 
nam was written in 1733 by his grandson Ed- 
ward : "He ate his supper, went to prayer 
with his family and died before he went to 
sleep." . He married, in England, Priscilla 
(perhaps Priscilla Gould), who was admitted 
to the church in Salem in 1641. Their chil- 
dren, baptised at Aston Abbotts, were : Eliza- 
beth, Thomas, the grandfather of General 
Israel Putnam of the Revolutionary war, John, 
Nathaniel, Sara, Phoebe and John. 

(II) Nathaniel, the fourth child and third 
son of John ( i ) and Priscilla Putnam, was 
baptised at Aston Abbotts, October 11, 1619, 
and died at Salem Village, July 23, 1700. He 
was a man of considerable landed property ; 
his wife brought him seventy-five acres addi- 
tional, and on this tract he built his house and 
established himself. Part of his property has 
remained uninterruptedly in the family. It is 
now better known as the "old Judge Putnam 
place." He was constable in 1656, and after- 
wards deputy to the general court, 1690-91, 
selectman, and always at the front on all local 
questions, whether pertaining to politics, reli- 
gious affairs, or other town matters. "He had 
great business activity and ability and was a 
person of extraordinary powers of mind, of 
great energy and skill in the management of 
affairs, and of singular sagacity, acumen and 
quickness of perception. He left a large 
estate." Nathaniel Putnam was one of the 
principals in the great law suit concerning the 
ownership of the Bishop farm. His action in 
this matter was merely to prevent the attempt 



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of Zerubabel Endicotl to push the bounds of 
the Bishop grant over his land. The case was 
a long and complicated affair, and was at last 
settled to the satisfaction of Allen and Putnam 
in 1683. On December 10, 1688, Lieutenant 
Nathaniel Putnam was one of four messengers 
sent to Rev. Samuel Parris to obtain his reply 
to the call of the parish. Parris was after- 
wards installed as the minister of the parish, 
and four years later completely deceived Mr. 
Putnam in regard to the witchcraft delusion. 
That he honestly believed in witchcraft and in 
the statements of the afflicted girls there 
seems to be no doubt, that lie was not inclined 
to be severe is evident, and his goodness of 
character shows forth in marked contrast with 
the almost bitter feeling shown by many of 
those concerned. He lived to see the mistake 
he had made. That he should have believed in 
the delusion is not strange, for belief in witch- 
craft was then all but universal. The physi- 
cians and ministers called upon to examine the 
girls, who pretended to be bewitched, agreed 
that such was the fact. Upham states that 
ninety-nine out of every one hundred in Salem 
believed that such was the case. There can 
be no doubt that the expressed opinion of a 
man like Nathaniel Putnam must have in- 
fluenced scores of his neighbors. His eldest 
brother had been dead seven years, and he 
had succeeded to the position as head of the 
great Putnam family with its connections. He 
was known as "Landlord Putnam," a term 
given for many years to the oldest living 
member of the family. He saw the family of 
his brother, Thomas Putnam, afflicted, and be- 
ing an upright and honest man himself be- 
lieved in the disordered imaginings of his 
grandniece, Ann. These are powerful reasons 
to account for his belief and actions. The fol- 
lowing extract from Upham brings out the 
better side of his character: "Entire confi- 
dence was felt by all in his judgment, and de- 
servedly. But he was a strong religionist, a 
lifelong member of the church, and extremely 
strenuous and zealous in his ecclesiastical re- 
lations. He was getting to be an old man and 
Mr. Parris had wholly succeeded in obtaining, 
for the time, possession of his feelings, sym- 
pathy and zeal in the management of the 
church, and secured his full co-operation in the 
witchcraft prosecutions. He had been led by 
Parris to take the very front in the proceed- 
ings. But even Nathaniel Putnam could not 
stand by in silence and see Rebecca Nurse 
sacrificed. A curious paper written by him is 
among those which have been preserved : 
"Nathaniel Putnam, senior, being desired by 



Francis Nurse, Sr., to give information of 
what I could say concerning his wife's life and 
conversation. I, the above said, have known 
this said aforesaid woman forty years, and 
what I have observed of her, human frailties 
excepted, her life and conversation have been 
to her profession, and she hath brought up a 
great family of children and educated them 
well, so that there is in some of them apparent 
savor of godliness. I have known her differ 
with her neighbors, but I never knew or heard 
of any that did accuse her of what she is now 
charged with."' 

In 1694 Nathaniel and John Putnam testi- 
fied to having lived in the village since 1641. 
He married, in Salem, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson, 
of Salem Village. She was born August 20, 
and baptised at Arnold, England, August 30, 
1629, and died June 24, 1688. In 1648 both 
Nathaniel and his wife Elizabeth were admit- 
ted to the church in Salem. Their children, 
all born in Salem, were : Samuel, Nathaniel, 
John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Mary. 
Benjamin and descendants receive mention in 
this article. 

(HI) Captain Benjamin, sixth child and 
fifth son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hutch- 
inson) Putnam, was born in Salem Village, 
December 24, 1664, and died there about 1715. 
He was a prominent man in Salem, held many 
town offices, and always had the title "Mr." 
unless other titles were given. He held the 
positions of lieutenant and captain (1706-11). 
From the time he was chosen tything man at 
the village in 1696, hardly a year passed but 
what he was honored by his fellow townsmen. 
He was constable and collector in 1700, was 
constantly chosen tything man and surveyor 
of highways at the village. In 1707-13 he was 
one of the selectmen, and the frequency with 
which he was returned to the grand and petit 
juries shows that his judgment was con- 
sidered valuable. He is last mentioned on the 
Salem records in 171 2 when he was one of 
those chosen to delineate the bounds between 
Salem and Topsiield. Decemlier 30. 1709. he 
was chosen deacon of the church at the village, 
receiving every vote of the church except his 
own. The title of "Landlord" was often given 
to the oldest living Putnam, and Benjamin is 
thus designated in the diary of Rev. Joseph 
Green. In June, 1707, j\Ir. Green's diary men- 
tions "News of Captain Putnam having come 
to Marblehead" ; and "Our country in great 
confusion, some of the army, and others 
against it. I went to Boston to ye Governor 
to release Benjamin Putnam" ; but for what 



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reason Captain Putnam was imprisoned can 
not now be discovered. He died in 1714 or 
171 5. He was a prominent man in Salem 
during the problem of the terrible witchcraft 
delusion, but does not appear to have taken 
any part in the persecutions. It seems that 
the members of the good family who had been 
the victims of this bloody hallucination were 
dependents in Captain Putnam's family, and 
when the indemnities were paid by the general 
court to the heirs of those accused and im- 
prisoned and murdered, William Good, 
through the instrumentality of Benjamin Put- 
nam, obtained a large proportion. Among the 
signatures to the certificate of character of 
Rebecca Nurse, one of the victims of the time, 
both those of Benjamin and his wife Sarah are 
found. He never seems to have appeared as 
a witness of any account, and probably kept 
clear as far as he was able of the whole affair. 
He married, according to the Salem records, 
Hanna ; another authority says Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Thomas Putnam. His wife 
died December 21, 1705, and he married (sec- 
ond), July I, 1706, Sarah Holton. His chil- 
dren, all by the first wife, were: Josiah, 
Nathaniel, Tarrant, Elizabeth, Benjamin, 
Stephen, Daniel, Israel and Cornelius. 
( Stephen and descendants receive notice in 
this article.) 

(IV) Deacon Nathaniel (2), second son 
and child of Captain Benjamin Putnam, was 
born in Salem Village, August 25, 1686, and 
died October 21, 1754, aged sixty-eight. He 
was a yeoman, and lived in Danvers, perhaps 
part of the time in North Reading. He was 
elected deacon of the First Church at Danvers, 
November 15, 1731. He married, in Salem, 
June 4, 1709, Hannah Roberts, who died about 
1763. Their children, born in Salem Village, 
were: Nathaniel (died young), Jacob, Na- 
thaniel (died young), Sarah, Archelaus, 
Ephraim, Hannah, Nathaniel, Mehitable and 
Kezia. 

(V) Jacob, second son and child of Deacon 
Nathaniel (2) and Hannah (Roberts) Put- 
nam, was born in Salem Village. March 9, 
171 1, and died in Wilton, New Hampshire, 
February 10, 1781. He was a pioneer of 
Salem, Canada, now Wilton, New Hampshire, 
and it is claimed that he was there in 1738. 
It is known that in June, 1738, Ephraim and 
Jacob Putnam and John Dale, all of Danvers, 
made the first permanent settlement in Wil- 
ton, and the remains ■^f a cellar mark the site 
of his house. This house was of two stories in 
front and one in the back. For three years 
the wife of Jacob Putnam was the only woman 



who resided permanently in the town. During 
one winter the depth of the snow and distance 
from neighbors prevented her from seeing any 
one but members of her immediate family for 
six months. It is said that the brothers — 
Jacob, Ephraim and Nathaniel — were all early 
at Wilton, and finding the Indians trouble- 
some returned to Danvers, then a second time 
settled at Wilton and Lyndeborough, both of 
which towns were parts of Salem. Jacob Put- 
nam settled on second division, lot number 
three. He was a man of great industry, and 
at one time operated a saw mill, besides his 
farm. In his old age he employed himself in 
making cans. He was a leading citizen, and 
filled the office of selectman. He married 
(first) in Salem, July, 1735, Susanna Harri- 
man (written Henman on the Salem records), 
of Danvers. Married (second) Susanna 
Styles, who died January 27, 1776. Married 
(third) Patience, mentioned in his will proved 
February 28, 1791. His children were: 
Sarah, Nathaniel, Philip (died young), 
Stephen, Philip, Joseph, Mehitable, Jacob, 
Archelaus, Caleb, Elizabeth and Peter. 

(VI) Stephen, third son of Jacob (i) and 
Susanna (Styles) Putnam, was born in Wil- 
ton, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, Sep- 
tember 4, 1 74 1, and settled in Temple, same 
state, later coming to Rumford, Maine. He 
married Olive Varnum, of Dracut, Massachu- 
setts. Children : Stephen, Olive, Samuel, 
Esther, Mary, Elizabeth, Israel, Abigail, 
Rachel, Jacob Harriman and Ruth. 

(VII) Stephen (2), eldest son of Stephen 
(i) and Olive (Varnum) Putnam, was born 
in Temple, New Hampshire, August 31, 1765- 
He removed to Rumford, then New Penna- 
cook, which was settled from Concord, New 
Hampshire, and according to the usual cus- 
tom the original inhabitants bestowed upon the 
infant settlement on the banks of the turbulent 
Androscoggin the name of the old home they 
had recently forsaken on the banks of the 
musical Merrimac. He was the first black- 
smith to locate, and accordingly he prospered. 
He married Sally Elliott, who was also of 
New Hampshire stock, having been reared in 
Newton, Rockingham county. The Rev. John 
Strickland is reported to have officiated. Sally 
wove the first web of cloth in New Penna- 
cook. Children : Stephen, Sally, Jacob, 
Pamelia, Nehemiah, Abiah, Benjamin, Peter, 
Harriman, Abigail, Webster, Daniel Fillemore 
and Betsey Abbott. 

(VIII) Jacob (2), second son of Stephen 
(2) and Sally (Elliott) Putnam, was born in 
Rfimford, September 7, 1790. He married 



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Lucy Cobb, whose pedigree has been traced 
back to tlie "Rfayflower." Children: i. Susan 
C, married Benjamin Whitehouse (see White- 
house). 2. Peter. 3. Eunice Waite. General 
Israel Putnam, who left the plow standing in 
the furrow when "the shot heard around the 
world" was fired, was of this genealogy, also 
Rev. George Putnam, D.D., a celebrated 
divine of Boston, George P. Putnam, the New 
York i)ublisher, and Judge William L. Put- 
nam, of the United States circuit court, of 
Maine. 



This ancient English name was 
WIGHT early planted in the New Eng- 
land colonies, and has been sub- 
sequently identified with every movement cal- 
culated to promote their progress. It has been 
connected with the pioneer settlement of 
Massachusetts. New Hampshire, and Maine, 
as well as many other states. 

( I ) Thomas Wight, who was of English 
birth and parentage, is first known on record 
in this country at Watertown, Massachusetts, 
where he spent the winter of 1633-36. With 
eleven others he was an admitted inhabitant 
of Dedham, July 18, 1637. At that time he 
had a wife Alice (sometimes written Elsie), 
and three sons : Henry, John and Thomas. 
He was first granted twelve acres of land for 
a homestead, and with his wife was received 
into the church of Dedham, September 6, 1640. 
On October 8 of the same year he was made a 
freeman. He was selectman of the town for 
six years, beginning w-ith 1641, and was often 
otherwise engaged in the public service, his 
name appearing frequently in the records. His 
name is fourth on the list of those pledged to 
support schools, and as a result of this pledge 
the first free school in Massachusetts was es- 
tablished. In 1650 he was a member of a 
committee to erect a village for the Indians at 
Natick. He was identified with a movement 
in 1649 for the establishment of the new town 
of Medfield. and soon after removed to that 
town. He was a deacon of the church there 
in 1677, and was one of a committee ap- 
pointed November 4, 1669, to frame a plan 
of government for the town. In 1654 he was 
elected a selectman of the town, continuing the 
service, with the exception of the years 1656- 
57. until his death, starch 17. 1674. He re- 
ceived a grant of twelve acres in the first regi- 
ment at Medfield, of which town he was one 
of the wealthiest citizens, and subsequently 
received numerous other grants. He was also 
among the proprietors of the town of Medway, 
where some of his children settled. The valu- 



ation of his property in 1660 was two hundred 
sixty-six pounds. He and all his surviving 
sons in Medfield, as well as his son-in-law, 
subscribed for the new brick college at Cam- 
bridge, now known as Harvard University. 
His wife Alice died July 15, 1665, and he was 
married .(second) December 7, same year, to 
Lydia (Eliot) Penniman, widow of James 
Penniman and sister of John Eliot, the apostle 
to the Indians. The children of Thomas 
Wight were : Henry, John, Thomas, Mary, 
Samuel and Ephraim. 

(II) Ephraim, youngest child of Thomas 
and Alice Wight, was born January 27, 1645, 
in Dedham, and was baptized there February 
8 of the same year. He was one of the execu- 
tors of his father's will, and residuary legatee 
in that instrument. He had previously re- 
ceived a deed of the homestead on Green 
street in Medfield, where he resided. He was 
among the proprietors of Medfield in 1675, 
and was among those who subscribed two 
bushels of "Endian Corne" to the building of 
the new brick college at Cambridge. He was 
an owner of property in Medway, where some 
of his children lived, and with his wife was 
a member of the church of Medfield in 1697. 
He died there February 26, 1723. He was 
married March 2, 1668, in Medfield, to Lydia 
Morse, who was baptized in Dedham, April 

13, 1645, ^"d died July 14, 1722. Their chil- 
dren were : Lydia, Esther, Ephraim, Miriam, 
Nathaniel, Daniel, Bethia, Deborah, and Ruth. 

(III) Ephraim (2), eldest son of Ephraim 
(i) and Lydia (Morse) Wight, was born Jan- 
uary 25, 1672, in Medfield, and settled in the 
northern part of that town, on what is now 
Farm street, in or before 1722. He was a 
selectman of the town in 1732, and died Feb- 
ruary I, 1744. He was married, Se]itember 

14, 1702, in Medford, to Sarah Partridge, who 
died June 28, 1763. Their children were : 
Stephen, Sarah, Seth (died young), Seth, 
Caleb, Ruth, and Mary. 

(IV) Seth, third son of Ephraim (2) and 
Sarah (Partridge) Wight, was born October 
g, 1709, in Medfield, and died February. 1780, 
on the homestead in that town, where he re- 
sided. He was a selectman in 1754. In 1736 
he bought a residence in Dedham, but did not 
move there. This may have been a real es- 
tate speculation. He was married j\Iarch 10, 
1741, in Medfield, to Sarah Pratt, who was 
born August 18, 1718, and died in Medfield, 
October 12, 1746, He was married (second) 
March 14, 1751, to Hannah Morse, who was 
born May 2, 171 2. Three children were born 
of the first wife, and a like number of the sec- 



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Olid, namely : Joel, Olive, Nahum, Eneas, 
Seth, and Sarah. 

(V) Joel, eldest child of Seth and Sarah 
(Pratt) Wight, was born December 27, 1741, 
in Medfield, and learned the trade of shoe- 
maker. In 1768 he removed to Dublin, New 
Hampshire, where he was a pioneer settler, 
and two years later was one of the twenty- 
three voters in the town. He enlisted as a 
soldier of the revolution January i, 1776, at 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and held a lieu- 
tenant's commission in Captain Wadkins"s 
company of Colonel Phinney's regiment. At 
the time of his request for a pension, in April, 
1818, he was totally blind, and was then resid- 
ing in Dublin. His name, written "White," 
appears on page 16 of the New Hampshire 
Heads of Families of the First Census of the 
United States (1790). In 1819 he removed to 
Gilead, Maine, to reside with his son, Seth 
Wight, and died there February 19, 1824. He 
was married. May 30, 1768, to Elizabeth 
Twitchell, who was born July 27, 1743, in 
Sherborn, Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph 
and Deborah (Fairbanks) Twitchell. She was 
a member of the Congregational church of 
Dublin, and is referred to in the annals of 
that town as a very pious and good woman. 
She died there April ig, 1800, and he was 
married (second) May 28, 1801, to Mary, 
daughter of Thomas and ]\Iary (Kenney) 
Mower of Jaffray, New Hampshire. Some- 
time after 1824 she maried Daniel Wight, of 
Bethel, Maine. Joel Wight's children were : 
Hannah, Ephraim. Eli (died young), Anna, 
Olive, Elizabeth, Seth, and Eli. 

(\^I) Ephraim (3), eldest son of Joel and 
Elizabeth (Twitchell) Wight, was born May 
20, 1771, in Dublin, New Hampshire, and set- 
tled in Gilead, Maine, about the beginning of 
the nineteenth century. He was a pioneer set- 
tler and cleared up the farm there on which 
he died October 3, 1826. He was married, 
November 15, 1797, to Susannah Patch. They 
were the parents of : William, Eliza, Gard- 
ner, Timothy, Emily, Caleb, Polly Patch, 
Susannah, Almira, Hannah, and Ephraim. 

(\'II) Timothy, third son of Ephraim (3) 
and Susannah (Patch) Wight, was born Jan- 
uary 13, 1805, in Gilead, and passed most of 
his life in that town. In the spring of 1833 
he removed to Bethel, Maine, and remained 
there nearly two years, after which he re- 
turned to his native town, where he died 
March 13, 1847. He was an enterprising 
farmer, a man of agreeable social qualities, 
and as a citizen public-spirited and influential. 
Frequently in winter he taught district school. 



For a short time he was deputy sheriff of Ox- 
ford county. Both he and his wife were mem- 
bers of the Methodist church. He was mar- 
ried in Gilead, May 13, 1828, to Mary Ami 
Green, who was born January 2, 1810, daugh- 
ter of Hezekiah and Lydia (Lombartl) Green, 
of Otisfield, Maine. She was married (sec- 
ond), October 5, 1852, to Caleb Strong Pea- 
body of Gorham, New Hampshire, to whom 
she bore a son, Albert Caleb. Timothy 
Wight's children were : Laurentia, Selvina, 
Obando, Wesley, Ephraim, Lydia Green, 
John Green, Timothy Nason, and Mary Ann. 
(Vni) John Green, fourth son of Timothy 
and Mary Ann (Green) Wight, was born 
March 2, 1842, in Gilead, and went with his 
mother to Gorham at the age of ten. There he 
grew to manhood. While living in Maine he 
had small opportunity for schooling, but bet- 
ter facilities were afforded in Gorham. Under 
the instruction there he made rapid progress, 
a small part of each year being given to at- 
tendance in private high schools. Among his 
instructors were several who afterwards filled 
places of distinction, one being Henry C. Pea- 
body, judge of the supreme court of iMaine, 
who awakened in him ambition for a college 
training. Preparation for this was made at 
Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine, and at Maine 
State Seminary in Lewiston, now Bates Col- 
lege. It is gratefully recorded that his brother 
Wesley, with rare generosity, gave him finan- 
cial assistance in obtaining an education. En- 
tering Bowdoin College, he was graduated in 
the class of 1864, and thereafter gave several 
months to the study of law at Lancaster, New 
Hampshire. His attention was, however, soon 
turned to teaching, which has been his life 
work. In the spring of 1865 he became an 
assistant in Bridgton Academy at North 
Bridgton, Maine, under Charles E. Hilton, at 
that time principal. In May of the same year 
he was made an assistant in Cooperstown 
Seminary at Cooperstown, New York, George 
Kerr, LL. D.. being the principal. He held 
the chair of mathematics in that institution for 
over two years. In the fall of 1867 he was 
recalled to Bridgton Academy as principal and 
continued in that position until the spring of 
1870, teaching the classics in the meantime. 
He was then recalled to Cooperstown to be 
principal of the LTnion School and Academy 
in that place. He held this position for more 
than twenty years. In the summer of 1890 he 
was elected principal of the Classical High 
School at Worcester, Massachusetts, at that 
time the largest mixed high school in New 
England, and remained there four years. In 



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1894 he was made priiiciiial of the Girls' High 
School of Philadelphia, and continued in that 
position three years. This was one of the 
largest high schools in the United States, hav- 
ing eighty teachers and twenty-five hundred 
students. In 1897, the year of the establish- 
ment of high schools in New York City, he 
was made principal of the Wadleigh High 
School for Girls, at 1 14th street and 7th ave- 
nue, which position he still holds. This school 
has in a single year enrolled more than thirty- 
five hundred students, and at the time, with 
its corps of one hundred twenty teachers, was 
the largest known high school. Dr. Wight 
received from Bowdoin College the degree of 
A. B. in 1864, and in 1867 that of A. M. In 
1887 he received the degree of Ph. D. from 
Hamilton College, and that of Litt. D. from 
his alma mater in 1898. He has held mem- 
bership and received honors in various asso- 
ciations, educational and other. In 1883 he 
was president of the Inter-Academic Literary 
Union, an organization representing over 
three hundred secondary schools, public and 
private, in New York State; he was the first 
president of the Cooperstown Shakespeare 
Club ; was for one year, while residing in 
Worcester, president of the Natives of Maine 
Society ; in 1898 was president of the School- 
masters' Association of New York City and 
Vicinity; in 1899 was president of the Asso- 
ciation of Colleges and Preparatory Schools 
of the Middle States and Maryland ; in 1905 
was president of the Bowdoin Alumni Asso- 
ciation of New York City; and in 1907 was 
president of the Head Masters' Association, 
in which are represented nearly one hundred 
leading secondary schools, public and private, 
essentially college preparatory, and chiefly of 
the Middle States and New England. Dr. 
Wight has decided literary tastes and is a 
student by nature and habit. He has fre- 
quently read papers before educational and 
other societies and has contributed to various 
periodicals. He has edited "The Last of the 
Mohicans," and "Selections from the Bible." 
He is identified with the Protestant Episcopal 
church, and, politically, with the Republican 
party. He is a member of the Masonic Order 
and of the Grand Army of the Republic, being 
eligible to the latter through the service of one 
year in the navy during the civil war. His 
college fraternity is Delta Kappa Epsilon. His 
residence is Marbury Hall, 164 West 74th 
street, New York City. Dr. Wight was mar- 
ried. May 13, 1865 to Flora Annetta Stiles, 
daughter of Valentine Little and Betsy Ad- 
ams (Burnham) Stiles. She was born in 



Shelburne, New Hampshire, September 15, 
1844. At the time of her marriage she re- 
sided at Gorham. She was the second of a 
family of seven children, five girls and two 
boys. Both parents were natives of Gilead. 
Her father, a contractor and builder, and later 
in life a merchant, was in his day one of the 
most influential business men in the Upper 
Androscoggin Valley. Her mother counted 
among her ancestors on the Burnham side the 
sister of General Israel Putnam. Two chil- 
dren, a son and a daughter, are the issue of 
Dr. Wight's marriage : Percy Loyall, born 
October 22, 1869, at North Bridgton, Maine, 
and Sarita Stiles, born December 30, 1873, ^' 
Cooperstown, New York. 

(IX) Percy L. Wight was prepared for col- 
lege under his father at Cooperstown, and was 
graduated from Hamilton College in 1891. He 
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and subse- 
quently received from the college the degree 
of A. M. His college fraternity is Delta Kappa 
Epsilon. After graduating he chose teaching 
as his profession. For four years he was an 
instructor in the Polytechnic Institute of 
Brooklyn, since which time he has been princi- 
pal of the high school at Clinton, Oneida 
county, New York. He is a member of the 
Masonic order, and a warden of St. James's 
Protestant Episcopal church of Clinton. He 
was married, June 30, 1897, to Mary Emily 
Carter of Wayside, New Jersey. Miss Carter 
was born in Knowlton, Quebec, August 28, 
1871, a daughter of Richard Lee Carter, a 
native of North ShefTord, Quebec, and Mary 
Emma (Knowlton) Carter, born at Knowlton. 
The children of Percy Loyall and Mary Emily 
(Carter) Wight are: John Carter, born Sep- 
tember 18, 1900 (died March 2, 1905), Pris- 
cilla, born March 15, 1903, and Dorothy, born 
January 16, 1907. 

(IX) Sarita Stiles Wight, the daughter, 
was married June 23, 1898, to Robert Den- 
niston, M. D., of Dobbs Ferry, New York, 
which place has since that time been her home. 
Dr. Denniston was bom in Erie, Pennsylvania, 
March 19, 1870. He is a graduate of Prince- 
ton LTniversity, and of the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons of New York City, .'\fter 
graduating from the latter college, he studied 
for about a year in Germany. Dr. Denniston 
is the son of Admiral Henry M. Denniston, 
Pay Director in the L^. S. Navy, bom at 
Washingtonville, Orange county. New York, 
and Emma Jane (Dusenberry) Denniston, 
born in New York City. The Denniston fam- 
ily has been for several generations distin- 
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of New York State. To Dr. and Mrs. Den- 
niston three children have been born : Rob- 
ert, born March 14, 1900; JMary Wight, born 
March g, 1901, and Henry Scott, born No- 
vember 5, 1904. 



Freeman, the EngUsh his- 
HASTINGS torian, says there are only 
five families in England that 
can really trace their lineage back of the time 
of Edw^ard III. 1327-77), and that the Hast- 
ings family is one of those. The name is 
older than the Norman Conquest, for the castle 
and seaport of Hastings were held by that 
family when William the Conqueror came 
over in 1066. The region of the battle of 
Hastings was in possession of the family be- 
fore the Normans had settled in Gaul (911), 
for as early as the time of Alfred (871-901) 
we hear of a Danish pirate by the name of 
Hastings who struck terror to the Saxons by 
occupying with his followers a portion of Sus- 
sex. Many patronymics can be traced to their 
original derivations from a locality, an occu- 
pation or a personal characteristic. The fact 
that no such explanation has been found for 
Hastings leads us to believe that it has been 
corrupted from some Danish word. 

The first of the familv who was elevated to 
the peerage was Henry, Lord Hastings, son 
of William de Hastings, steward of Henry II 
(1154-89). George, third Lord Hastings, was 
created Earl of Huntington in 1529, and mar- 
ried the daughter of David, King of Scotland. 
He attended Henry VIII during the French 
wars, and at the capture of Thurnay in 1513. 
The full name of the fourteenth and present 
Earl of Huntington is Warner Francis John 
Plantagenet Hastings, whose estate is at 
Sharavogue, Kings county. Ireland. One of 
his ancestors, John de Hastings, was seneschal 
of Aquitaine, and a claimant of the Scottish 
throne. Sir William, the first Baron Hast- 
ings, became Master of the Mint under Ed- 
ward IV., and first coined nobles. He built 
Ashley Castle, for a time the prison of Mary 
Queen of Scots. He became very powerful, 
and was beheaded by Richard of Gloucester. 

The full name of the present and twenty- 
first Raron Hastings is Albert Edward Delaval 
Hastings, whose estates comprising twenty- 
one thousand acres lie at Melton Constable, 
Norfolk, and Seaton Delaval, Northumber- 
land. The name is quite prominent in army 
and navy circles in England, where are now 
living Admiral .Alexander Plantagenet Hast- 
ings, Lieutenant General Francis William 
Hastings, Major General Francis Eddowes 



Hastings and Brigadier General Edward 
Spence Hastings. The family of Hastings has 
enjoyed nineteen peerages, but all are now e.\- 
tinct except the two previously mentioned. 
Despite the number of titles borne by the fam- 
ily, the member of it who is most widely 
known to the popular mind is Warren Hast- 
ings, first governor general of British India, 
whose fariious trial has been immortalized by 
the genius of Macauley. 

(I) Thomas and John Hastings were both 
Puritans, and were obliged by persecution to 
leave their homes for the New World. John 
Hastings arrived in 1638. the year that his 
mother died. She was the first wife of Sir 
Henry Hastings, fifth Earl of Huntington, 
and was Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of 
Sir Francis Willoughby, of Woolston, county 
Notts, by whom he had a daughter and five 
sons, John probably being one of the younger 
sons. The arms would also indicate as much : 
"Ermine on a chief azure (blue) two mallets 
or (gold). Crest: Star or (gold) known by 
name of Hastings ; motto : "In veritate vic- 
toria" (in truth, victory). The arms of Hast- 
ings, of which an ancient painting is pre- 
served, are : First: Argent (white) a manche 
(sleeve of an ancient robe) sable (black). 
Second : The arms of France and England 
quarterly. Third: Or (gold) a lion rampant ; 
gules (red), being the ancient arms of Scot- 
land. Fourth: Barry eight martlets (swal- 
lows of Palestine) gules for Valence. Crest: 
A bull's head erased (torn of?) sable, gorged 
(crowned) with a ducal coronet or. Motto: 
"In veritate victoria." (In truth there is vic- 
tory.) The manche in the Hastings arms was 
given to his office as hereditary steward to 
the Kings of England. The arms of France 
and England denote him as one of the heirs 
of the Plantagenet by marriage with the Prin- 
cess Ida. The arms of Scotland were given 
to him as representing King David the Lion, 
by the Earl of Huntington, who married 
David's daughter and was thus co-heir. The 
arms of Valence signify a service of honorable 
distinction which the martletts indicate were 
worn in Palestine (the Holy Laud), and were 
taken from the heirs of the Dv^e of Valence 
in France. (Genealogical Dictionary of New 
England, p. 375. )_ 

John Hastings's children by his first wife 
were: Walter, born 1631 ; Samuel, brought 
from England : John, born on the passage ; 
and Elizabeth, born July 2, 1634. John Hast- 
ings's first wife died, and he married (second) 
the widow of John Means, who had by her 
first husband a daughter Sarah, who married 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Walter Hastings (2) for his first wife. They 
had eight children : Jonathan, John Sarah, 
Robert, Samuel, Abigail, Hannah and Su- 
sanna. Walter Hastings's first wife, Sarah 
Means, died August 27, 1673, aged thirty- 
four; he then married a daughter of Deacon 
Henry Bright, of Watertown, July 23, 1674. 
She died July 23, 1702, aged fifty-six, and he 
married Elizabeth, widow of Elder Clark, 
January 3, 1703. His children were numer- 
ous. Walter Hastings resided on the estate 
inherited by his first wife, on the corner of 
North Avenue and Holmes Place, and after- 
wards bought lands in Cambridge and moved 
there, and afterwards to Haverhill, where his 
son Robert (3) married Elizabeth, daughter 
of James and Elizabeth (Eaton) Davis, Octo- 
ber 31, 1676, and their sons Robert and John 
(4) married sisters Elizabeth and Edna, 
daughters of Joseph Bailey, of Rowley, who 
was the son of Richard, who came from Eng- 
land in 1635 and built the first cloth mill in 
America. 

(V) John (3), son of John (2) and Edna 
(Bailey) Hastings, was born in Haverhill, 
Massachusetts, January 23, 1718. He married 
Rebecca Bailey (sometimes incorrectly called 
Kelley), June 29, 1743. Children, recorded 
in Salem records: i. John, born April 11, 
1744; a seaman, who was drowned. 2. Rich- 
ard, October 12, 1745. 3. Rebecca, 1746. 4. 
Jonas, November 9, 1747. 5. Timothy, April 
12, 1750. 6. General Amos; see forward. 
John Hastings married (second) Mary Amy, 
March 29, 1759. Children : 7. Levi, born 
June 6, 1762. 8. Evan, July 12, 1764. 9. 
Mollie, September 12, 1766. 10. Joshua, June 
7, 1768. II. Abigail, August 2. 1770. 12. 
Ann, March 3, 1772. 13. David, June 17, 
1774. John Hastings died at his home in 
West Haverhill, Massachusetts, November 
24, 1794, and his widow went to Fisherfield, 
now Newbury, New Hampshire, where some 
of her children had settled and where she died. 

(VI) General Amos, youngest child of John 
and Rebecca (Bailey) Hastings, was born at 
Haverhill, Massachusetts, February 3, 1757. 
He took an active part in the revolution, was 
at the battle of Lexington, helped to dig the in- 
trenchments at Bunker Hill, participating in 
the battle next day, came out of the army with 
a captain's commission, and was afterwards 
promoted to colonel and brigadier-general. 
General Amos Hastings was one of the first 
settlers of Bethel, Maine, coming there soon 
after his marriage. He was prominent in 
eaily aflfairs there, was a frequent town officer 
and a leading citizen. He married, September 



10, 1778, Elizabeth Wiley, of Fryeburg, 
Maine. Children: i. Jonas, married a Baker. 
2. Amos, married Deborah Howe, and lived 
in Fryeburg. 3. Betsy, married Samuel Rus- 
sell, and moved to Michigan. 4. Susan, born 
May 31, 1788; married Jonas Gay, of Ray- 
mond, and moved to Saratoga, New York. 5, 
Timothy, October 31, 1791 ; married Hannah 
Bean, and died at Bethel, in 1844. 6. Lucinda, 
April 17, 1794; married Thomas Fletcher, of 
New Sharon. 7. John, mentioned below. 8. 
Huldah, April 17, 1798; married Nathaniel 
Barker, of Newry. There was no Sally in 
this family, as erroneously mentioned by Lap- 
ham, in Bethel history. 

(VTI) John (4), third and youngest son 
of General Amos and Elizabeth (Wiley) 
Hastings, was born at Bethel, Maine, May 6, 
1796. He was the well-known village black- 
smith for many years at Bethel Hill. He was 
a progressive man, and had much to do with 
the upbuilding of the town, and held many 
offices. He was coroner several years, and 
treasurer and trustee of Gould's Academy. 
He was also quartermaster of the First Regi- 
ment, Second Brigade, Sixth Division, State 
Militia, being honorably discharged in 1831. 
He married, May 25, 1820, .Abigail, daughter 
cf Gideon and Mary (Robinson) Straw, of 
Newfield, Maine; children: i. Gideon Al- 
phonso ; see forward. 2. David Robinson, 
born August 26, 1823; married Mary J. Ellis; 
lived in Fryeburg. 3. John Decatur, June 11, 
1825 ; married Emma Kimball. 4. Daniel 
Straw, August 12, 1828, died July 31, 1833. 
5. Solon S., August 25, 1832, died June 2, 
1833. 6. Moses Mason, December 2, 1834; 
married Louise Gould ; lived in Bangor. 7. 
Agnes Straw, August 8, 1837; married Wil- 
liam O. Straw. 8. Daniel Straw, May 5, 
1840; married Eugenia L. D. Roberts; has a 
sheep ranch in the west. John Hastings died 
April 5, 1859, at Bethel. 

(VIII) Gideon Alphonso, eldest child of 
John and Abigail (Straw) Hastings, was born 
February 18, 1821, at Bethel, Elaine. He 
learned the blacksmith's trade with his father, 
but soon found that he needed a wider scope 
for his activities, and took up contracting, 
taking all kinds of work that could be done 
under contract. He soon accumulated con- 
siderable money, and with another man en- 
gaged in the lumber business in Berlin, New 
Hampshire. About the beginning of the civil 
w'ar his partner disappeared, taking all the 
available funds, and when Mr. Hastings had 
paid the debts of the firm he found himself 
without property. Every interest at this time 





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centered in the suppression of the rebelUon, 
and all available men were enlisting. Gideon 
A. HastinQis was mustered into .service as cap- 
tain of Company A, Twelfth Maine Volun- 
teers, November 15, 1861. was promoted to 
major, transferred to the Twelfth Maine Bat- 
talion, and mustered out April 18, 1866. He 
was commissioned to the latter rank in June, 
1863, was present at the capture of New Or- 
leans, and served in all the campaigns of the 
Gulf Department. He also served in the 
Shenandoah \'alley under General Sheridan, 
and took part in the bloody battles of Fisher's 
Hill and Cedar Creek, in the autumn of 1864. 
It is noteworthy that the Twelfth Maine Regi- 
ment was largely officered by the Hastings 
family — Major Hastings's brother, David B. 
Hastings, preceded him as major, October 5, 
1 861, an uncle went out as colonel, and a 
cousin as lieutenant. After the close of the 
war Major Hastings was appointed provost 
judge, and also served as provost marshal of 
"West Georgia, with headquarters at Thomas- 
ville. Later he was detailed to serve in the 
Freedmen's Bureau for Southwestern Georgia, 
with headquarters at Albany. Here he held 
both civil and military command over that sec- 
tion of the country for ten months. These 
several positions were highly responsible, re- 
quiring tact, good judgment, firmness and de- 
cision. Major Hastings was a planter in the 
south about two years, and finding that he 
had recouped himself financially he returned 
to Bethel with about twelve thousand dollars 
which he invested in the lumber business. 
When he died he owned the Batchelder grant, 
a part of an undivided tract of Fryeburg 
Academy, part of the town of Gilead, and in 
connection with his sons seven-eighths of the 
town of Mason. The jJostoffice of Hastings 
is named for him. He was a Democrat in poli- 
tics, and served for many years as town clerk, 
selectman, county commissioner, and repre- 
sentative to the state legislature. 

Major Gideon A. Hastings married, Octo- 
ber 3, 1847, F)olly Keyes, daughter of Moses 
F. and Mary (Bean) Kimball, of Rumford 
Point, Maine. Children: i. Moses Alphonso, 
born December 31, 1848: married Annie F. 
Poor. 2. William Walter, February 13, 1851. 
3. Frank Wallace, September 25, 1852, died 
Jul}- 2, 1872. 4. Florence Arabella, May 11, 
1854, died August 18 same year. 5. David 
Robinson ; see forward. 6. O'Neil W. R., 
March 28. 1859: died February, 1891. 7. 
Herbert Bryant, June 25, 1861. 8. Tom Fos- 
kett, January 14. 1871 ; was a member of 
Maine troops in the Aladawaska war, caused 



by a dispute over the boundary line between 
Maine and New Brunswick, and the com- 
pany to which he belonged was mustered out 
at Augusta without participating in any bat- 
tles. 

(IX) David Robin.son, fourth of the seven 
sons of Major Gideon Alphonso and Dolly 
( Kimball ) Hastings, was born January 24, 
1858, at Bethel, Maine. He was educated at 
Gould's Academy in his native town, and at 
the age of seventeen began work with a sur= 
veyor's party on the upper Maine Central 
railroad, where he was employed two years. 
He then returned to Bethel to attend and teach 
school. In 1879, at the age of twenty-one 
years, he closed his career as school teacher 
and entered upon what is known as a lumber 
operator's calling, confining his operations to 
cutting and hauling logs to the river, and sell- 
ing to down-river companies. In 1882 he be- 
came junior member of the mill company 
known as Locke & Hastings, for the purpose 
of manufacturing lumber of all kinds, the mill 
being located at what is now known as 
Hastings, succeeding Locke & Hastings, and 
for several years manufacturing under the 
name of D. R. Hastings, and in turn being 
succeeded in the manufacturing industry by the 
corporation known as the Hastings Chemical 
Company, for the joint purpose of manufac- 
turing lumber and extracting wood alcohol 
and its by-products, viz. : acetate of lime and 
soda, and charcoal, also dealing in pulp wood 
and timber lands. Mr. Hastings is president 
and general manaper of the corporation, his 
associates being his brothers, W. W. and T. T. 
Hastings, of Bethel, and his son, Marshall R. 

Hastings, who lives in Hastings. Besides its 

. . . t 

manufacturing business, the corporation has 

large holdings of wild land in Albany, Green- 
wood, Gilead, Newry, Riley, Andover, Peru, 
Stowe, Stoneham, Mason and Batchelder's 
Grant. 

Although Mr. Hastings is at the head of 
large lumbering and manufacturing industries, 
he has found time to do much public service, 
and has filled many offices. When twenty-six 
years of age he was made chairman of the 
school board of the town of Gilead, and- the 
following year was made chairman of the 
board of selectmen, which position he filled 
until his removal to Hastings in 1886. In 1890 
he returned to Gilead with his family, and 
was commissioned postmaster of the town, un- 
der President Cleveland's second administra- 
tion, and was also the nominee of his party 
as a representative to the state legislature, 
carried his own town, hut failed of election. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



as his district was strongly Republican. For 
the purpose of giving his children the bene- 
fit of a higher education, Mr. Hastings moved 
to Auburn July i, 1895, and became interested 
in the coal and wood business, being senior 
member of the firm of Plastings & Smith, of 
that town. 

In 1900 he was elected alderman in Ward 
Two, and was re-elected in 1901. He was his 
party's candidate for mayor in 1902, and for 
representative to the legislature, but was de- 
feated, his party being in the minority. In 
March, igo6, he was again nominated for 
mayor, and was the only Democrat elected on 
the ticket from the four up-town wards. In 
September, igo6, he was his party's candidate 
for county sheriff, and was elected, and from 
January i, 1907, to March 20 of same year 
was both mayor of the city of Auburn and 
sheriff of Androscoggin county, to which of- 
fice he was elected in September, igo8, and 
now holds. As mayor Mr. Hastings was a 
worker for good roads and good sewers, and, 
first in all school improvements, was instru- 
mental in having the salaries of the school- 
teachers increased, thereby securing the serv- 
ices of the best teachers. During his term 
of service as sheriff, he has effected marked 
changes that are beneficial to the interests of 
the county of Androscoggin and conducive to 
the better interests of the prisoners. He is a 
director in the Shoe and Leather Bank, and 
treasurer of the Skimauc Land and Lumber 
Company, both of Auburn. 

Mr. Hastings married. May ig, 1881, Jo- 
sephine A. Sanderson, a daughter of ^^larshall 
and Hannah (McWain) Sanderson, of Water- 
ford. To them was born one child, Marshall 
Robinson, August 29, 1883. He was edu- 
cated at Edward Lillie high school and at 
Brow'U L'niversity, Providence, Rhode Island, 
and is now associated with his father in the 
Hastings Chemical Company and D. R. Hast- 
ings & Son. 

David R. Hastings married, November, 1905, 
Norma Linscott, a native of Auburn, Maine. 
One child has been born to them : Ruth Ella, 
February 24, 1907. Mrs. Josephine (Sander- 
son) I-Iastings died Tune 20, i88.:|. and Mr. 
David R. Hastings married (second) Novem- 
ber 2, 1887, Ella J. Coffin, daughter of Solon 
A. and .Selicia (Farwell) Coffin, of Gilead, 
Maine. One daughter, Florence O'Neil, was 
born to this union, June 2, 1888. She received 
her preliminary education in the public schools 
and Edward Lillie high school at Auburn, and 
is now a sophomore in Wellesley College, 
Wellesley, Massachusetts. 



The early history of New Eng- 
GERRISH land shows no Gerrish e.xcept 

William Gerrish and those de- 
scended from him ; and it is probable that all 
those of the name in America may trace de- 
scent from the same immigrant forebear. 
Twenty-four enlistments in the revolutionary 
rolls of Massachusetts are of men named 
Gerrish. The name is variously written and 
there are other enlistments under various or- 
thographies. 

(I) Captain William Gerrish, immigrant, 
was born in Bristol, Somersetshire, England, 
August 20, 161 7. He came to New England 
in 1638, probably with the family of Percival 
Lowle (Lowell), and lived in Newbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, until 1678, when he removed to 
Boston. He was the first captain of the mili- 
tary band in Newbury ; was confirmed as lieu- 
tenant of the troops of Essex county, March 
27, 1649; was representative of Newbury 
1650-1653, and of Hampton 1663-70; was 
chosen one of the commissioners for trying 
civil causes, March 25, 1651. He was owner 
of No. 3 Long Wharf, Boston, where he car- 
ried on business. He died in Salem, August 
9, 1687, at the house of his son Benjamin, 
whither he had gone a few days before, in the 
hope of regaining his health. He married 
(first) .\pril 17, 1644, Joanna, daughter of 
Percival Lowle, his former employer, and 
widow of John Oliver, of Newbury. She died 
June 14, 1677, aged fifty-eight years. He 
married (second) in Boston, Ann, widow of 
John Manning, and daughter of Richard 
Parker. He had ten children by his first wife 
and one child by his second wife : John, Abi- 
gail, William, Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth, 
Moses, Mary, Ann, Judith and Henry, the 
last child being by his second wife. 

(II) Captain John, eldest son and child of 
Captain William and Joanna (Lowell) Ger- 
rish, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, 
February 12, i64.t, and died in 1714, aged 
sixty-nine years. In 1666 he settled in Dover, 
and was a merchant and farmer. In 1670 he 
was quartermaster of troops ; captain of mili- 
tia in 1672; high constable in 1683; member 
of the special assembly convened by Governor 
Canficld in 1684; representative from Dover 
to the general assembly under the administra- 
tion of Governor Andros in i68g-QO. In 1692 
he became a royal councillor of New Hamp- 
shire, and April 27, 1697, he was appointed 
by the assembly assistant justice of the su- 
perior court of pleas of New Hampshire, and 
this office he held until the time of his death. 
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daughter of Major Richard Waldron, of 
Dover. Children : Richard, John, Paul, Na- 
thaniel, Timothy, Joseph and Benjamin, and 
three daughters. 

(Ill) Paul, third son and child of Captain 
John and Elizabeth (Waldron) Gerrish, was 
born in 1674, lived in Dover, New Hamp- 
shire, and died there June 6, 1743. He mar- 
ried October 2, 1712, Mary Leighton, of Kit- 
tery, Maine. Children: Paul, born 1713; 
Elizabeth, 1714; Mary, 1614; Samuel, 1722, 
a distinguished captain of the old French and 
Italian wars; Jonathan, 1726; Lydia, 1730; 
Benjamin, 1732. 

(I\') Jonathan, son of Paul and Mary 
(Leighton) Gerrish, was born May 24, 1726, 
and settled in Falmouth (now Portland). He 
was a lieutenant in the company commanded 
by his brotlier. Captain Samuel Gerrish, and 
served under General Abercrombie and Gen- 
eral Amherst. He participated in the battles 
at Crown Point, Ticonderoga and Fort Ni- 
agara. He married August 23, 1749, Eunice 
Tobey, of Kittery. Children : Nathaniel, 
born 1750; Mary, 1751 ; Martha, 1753, mar- 
ried Benjamin Frye, of Sumner, Maine: 
Eunice T., 1775, married Jedediah Leighton, 
of Falmouth. 

(\') Nathaniel, son of Jonathan and 
Eunice (Tobey) Gerrish, was born in 1750, 
and died October 31, 1846. He settled in Fal- 
mouth, and taught school in that and neigh- 
boring towns during the greater part of his 
life. He was a man of education and a very 
successful teacher. He is remembered as hav- 
ing been a fine penman, and it is said that his 
chirography looked like copper-plate engrav- 
ing ; and he also was an accomplished per- 
former on the violin. He married (first) 
March 25, 1787, Alice Abbott, of Berwick. 
She died in 1828, and he married (second) 
Hannah Ward, of Standish. He had nine 
children by his first wife, and one child by his 
second wife: Nathaniel, born 1787: Moses, 
1789; Betsey, August 6, 1791, died June 21, 
1849, married (first) James Frye, (second) 
Jonathan Frye, and had Eben, Benjamin, Jo- 
siah, Mary Ann, Nathaniel, and Daniel Frye ; 
Josiah, born December i, 1793, died July 6, 
1867, married (first) April 4, 1822, Eunice 
Leighton, of Falmouth, (second) December 
25, 184.:!, Hannah Mayberry, and had Eunice 
L., Martha, Ann, Lorana, Caroline W. and 
Ephraim Marston ; Stephen, born April 3, 
1796, died March 13, 1879, married (first) 
May 25, 1832, Susan Elliott, (second) No- 
vember 26, 1840, Melinda Elliott, and had 
Angelia ; William, born February 26, 1798, 



died November 4, 1865, married 1817, Sarah 
Hall, and had Louisa H., Alice Jane, Phoebe 
Ann, William, Horatio, Augustus and Augus- 
tine (twins), John Henry and Sarah Helen; 
Nancy, born July 6, 1803, died October 7, 
1859, niarried Asa Graham, and had three 
children, all now dead. 

(VI) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i) 
and Alice (Abbott) Gerrish, was born April 
26, 1787, and died May 27, 1863. He settled 
in the town of Sumner and spent his life 
there, a farmer and dealer in stock. He mar- 
ried February 23, i8og, Charlotte Morrill; 
children : Betsey .\nnstrong, born March 8, 
1810, died August 6, 1845, married Levi Mor- 
rill, and had Lucinda, Levi W., Lucy Ann, 
Charlotte G. and Nancy E. Morrill; Nathaniel, 
born 1812; William A., born 1814; Alice J., 
born 1817; Nancy, born March 13, 1819, mar- 
ried (first) Charles Gowor, (second) Moses 
Frye: George M., born April 15, 1821, went 
west ; Leonard H., born September 25, 1825 ; 
William Armstrong, born January 20, 1830, 
married November 17, 1853, Elizabeth A. 
Emery, and had: Elizabeth L. (1855), Charles 
A. (i8s8), Benjamin F. (1863), John D. 
(1867), Matty S. (1872). 

(VII) Captain Nathaniel (3), son of Na- 
thaniel (2) and Charlotte (Morrill) Gerrish, 
was born August 20, 181 2, and died Decem- 
ber 15, 1878. During the earlier part of his 
business life he lived for a short time in West- 
brook, but spent the greater part of his life 
in Sumner, wdiere he was a farmer and stock 
dealer, and afterward engaged in the business 
of packing beef. In 1843, during the admin- 
istration of Governor Kavanaugh, he was 
commissioned captain of militia and served in 
that capacity seven years. He married March 
3, 1840, Sarah Jane Gowor, of New Glouces- 
ter ; children : Orvillc Knight, born April 27, 
1841 : Eliza E., born 1843; Caroline F., born 
August 6, 1844, died June 10, 1907, married 
June 10, 1865, Dr. A. H. Burroughs, for many 
years a respected and highly successful physi- 
cian of the city of Westbrook ; Charles F., 
born 1850: Luella B., born October 16, 1863. 

(VIII) Orville Knight, son of Captain Na- 
thaniel and Sarah Jane (Gowor) Gerrish, was 
born April 27, 1841. He lived for many years 
in Portland, and afterward became a very suc- 
cessful nurseryman in Lakeville, Massachu- 
setts. He married (first) July 27, 1870, Lydia 
B. Hoard, of Livermore, and (second) Au- 
gust 8, 1884, Alice K., daughter of William 
Arad and Ella Mason (Williams) Thomp- 
son, of Middleboro, Massachusetts. 

(VII) Leonard H., son of Nathaniel and 



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Charlotte (Morrill) Gerrish, was born Sep- 
tember 25, 1825, and died March 27, 1854. 
He married December 4, 1848, Mary Eliza 
Staples; children: Emma, born 1849; Leon- 
ard II., born 1852; Franklin S., born 1854. 

(VIII) Leonard H. (2), son of Leonard H. 
(I) and Mary Eliza (Staples) Gerrish, was 
born in Sumner, April 11, 1832, and died Au- 
gust I, 1908. He lived in Portland after he 
was about two years old. He married Sep- 
tember 20, 1876, Mary L. Stevens, of Port- 
land, and they had four children, two of whom 
grew to maturity : Leonard H., born 1878, 
and Harold D.. born 1883. The elder of these 
sons died in July, 1908, and his father's death, 
which followed very soon afterward, was in 
a great measure caused by grief over the death 
of his son. 

(III) Nathaniel, fourth son of Captain 
John and Elizabeth (Waldron) Gerrish, was 
born in 1672. He lived in Berwick, Maine, 
and afterward in r\irtsmouth, New Hamp- 
shire. He married P.ridget, daughter of Hon. 
William \'aughn, of Portsmouth : children : 
Nathaniel, William, Charles, George, Richard 
and Bridget. 

(IV) Major Charles, third son of Nathaniel 
and Bridget (Vaughn) Gerrish, was born in 
Berwick, Maine, in 1716, and removed to Fal- 
mouth (Portland) in 1748, and afterward to 
Durham (then called Royalsborough), where 
he was the first settler. He was frequently 
moderator of the plantation meetings. He 
married Mary Frost, of Berwick ; children : 
William, Charles, Nathaniel, George, James 
and Mary. 

(V) William, eldest son of Major Charles 
and Mary (Frost) Gerrish, was born in Ber- 
wick, Maine. June 27, 1744, and was known 
as Lieutenant Gerrish. He married April 3, 
1766, Esther Parker; children: i. Nathaniel, 
born August 29, 1767, died January 8, 1856; 
see forward. 2. Betsey, born 1769. 3. Rich- 
ard. 1772. 4. Benjamin, April 22, 1774; died 
August 20, 1854, married November 28, 1788, 
S?llie True and had Almira, born 1799, Ar- 
zilla 1801, Hannah 1803, Mary 1803, Sally, 
Abigail 1814, David T., 181 3. 5. Caroline, 
date of birth unknown. 6. Jane, born 1776. 
7. James, born September 16, 1778, died Octo- 
ber 8, 1863, married November 6, 1801, Su- 
sanna Roberts, and had: Mercy 1802, An- 
sel 1804, Sally 1806, Irena 1809, Susanna 
1812, Angelina 1813, Salina 1816, Marcy 
1819. James William 1820, John 1821. 8. 
Sarah, born 1781. 9. Molly, born 1783. 10. 
William, born Royalsborough, May 20, 1786, 
died Durham, 1862, married (first) 181 1, 



Mary Sydleman, (second) 1821, Sophia 
Thomas (third) 1849, ^l""*- (Hoyt) Adams, 
and had Emily, born 18 12, Jane M. 1813, 
Maria 1820, Jabez Woodman 1824. Charles 
1826, Edwin 1829, Henry 1832, Sophia 1838. 
(V) Charles (2), .son of Major Charles (i) 
and Mary (Frost) Gerrish, was born in Ber- 
wick, I\laine, October 18, 1746. He married 
August 7, 1770, Phoebe Blethen ; children: 
Huldah, born 1771 ; Betsey, born 1772; Jere- 
miah, born October 10, 1774, died 1822, mar- 
ried 1800, Mary Duvan, and had Hezekiah 
born 1801 ; Matthew, 1804; Elsey, 1806 
Sewall, 1809; Phebe Jane, 1810; Sally, 1810 
Mary, 1778; Charles, 1780; William, 1782 
Margaret, 1783; Sally, 1789. 

(V) Nathaniel, son of Major Charles and 
Mary (Frost) Gerrish, was born April 7, 
1 75 1, and died November 28, 1799. He was 
a soldier of the revolution. He married, Oc- 
tober 30, 1777, Sarah Marriner; children: i. 
George, born January 24, 1779; married, 
1803, Esther Woodbury, and had: Angeline, 
born 1809; George Washington, 181 1; Jo- 
seph Alarriner. 181 1 ; Priscilla, 1812 ; Rebecca. 
1813; Abner Harris, 1817. 2. Joseph Mar- 
riner, 1783; see forward. 3. Loruhannah. 
1783. 4. Sarah, 1788. 3. Abigail, 1790. 6. 
Thirza, 1792. 7. Moses, 1794. 8. Nathaniel, 
1797. 

(VI) Nathaniel, son of William and Esther 
(Parker) Gerrish, was born August 29, 1767, 
and died January 8. 1836. He married, in 
Harpswell, Maine, ]\lrs. Sarah Strout Mc- 
Grav; chil4ren : i. Elizabeth, born 1792. 2. 
Joshua S.. born 1795. 3. Esther, horn 1799. 
married a Jones. 4. Sophia, born 1803. mar- 
ried a Roberts. 3. Mary, born 1806. married 
David McFarland. of Lisbon. 6. Joseph, born 
1806. Nathaniel Gerrish married (second) 
Phoebe Weymouth ; children : 7. Charles 
William, born 1830, died 1879; served through 
the civil war. and was afterwards a success- 
ful hardware merchant in Lisbon ; married, 
1837, Hannah Hinkley ; one daughter. Stella, 
now living in Boston, 8. .Mpheus. born 1836, 
now deceased; removed to California, where 
his family reside. 

(VII) Joshua Strout. eldest son of Na- 
thaniel and Sarah Strout (McGray) Gerrish. 
was born in Durham, Maine, May 27, 1795. 
He married Charlotte Sydleman, of Durham, 
and later moved to Lisbon, Maine. Children : 
I. Nathaniel, born 1818. died 1842. in Choc- 
taw, Mississippi. 2. .\nn Elizabeth, torn 
1820, died 1824. 3. Charlotte A., born 1823, 
died 1893, married Dr. David B. Sawyer. 4. 
Marv Eliza, born 1826, died 1842. 5. Everett 



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Munroe, see forward. 6. Edwin Hobart, born 
iji Lisbon, 1840, died 1901; he was for many 
years a prominent druggist in Lisbon and 
Lewiston ; he married Abbie Woodbury, of 
Bangor, Maine ; children : Bessie, a graduate 
of Bates College, 1894, now a teacher in Lew- 
iston high school : Christine. 

(VIII) Everett Munroe, second son of 
Joshua Strout Gerrish, born in 1835, died in 
1901, was educated in the public schools, and 
after his graduation entered business with his 
father, and for half a century was a success- 
ful drygoods merchant. He was a public- 
spirited man, a staunch Republican, an active 
member of the Methodist church, and for 
twenty years superintendent of its Sunday 
school. For several years he was superintend- 
ent of public schools. He was a diligent 
reader, and a very scholarly man. He was a 
pleasing writer, with much newspaper ability, 
and for years was correspondent of the Lewis- 
ton Evening Journal. He married, in 1874, 
Georgia Pierpont, of Livermore Falls, Maine, 
and to them were born two sons, Lester Pier- 
pont and Harold Sydleman. 

(IX) Lester Pierpont, eldest son of Everett 
Munroe Gerrish, was born in Lisbon, Maine, 
in 1875. He was educated in the public 
schools and Nichols's Latin School. In 1896 
he was graduated from Bates College with 
honors. He was a prominent athlete during 
his years in college. For four years follow- 
ing his graduation he was principal of the 
South Paris high school. In 1900 he took up 
the study of medicine, and four years later 
was graduated from the Harvard Medical 
School, and then served two years as physi- 
cian and surgeon in the Boston City Hospital. 
At present he is practicing medicine in Lis- 
bon. Maine. He married, January 23, 1907, 
Anna Howard ; they have one child, Everett 
Pierpont, born January 14, 1908. 

(IX) Harold Sydleman, second son of 
Everett Munroe Gerrish, was born in Lisbon, 
Maine, in 1879. He was educated in the pub- 
lic schools and Hebron Academy, and is now 
continuing in his father's business. He mar- 
ried, 1902, Mary E. Locke, of West Paris, 
and has one child, Elva Louise. 

(VI) Joseph Marriner, son of Nathaniel 
and Sarah ( Marriner) Gerrish, was born 
March 24, 1783, and died in Portland, Maine, 
in 1853. He filled various offices of trust, and 
in all respects proved himself a capable officer. 
He was deputy sherifif for many years, treas- 
urer of the city of Portland, and representa- 
tive to the state legislature. He was pro- 
prietor of the Portland Advertiser, and held a 



prominent position in Free-Masonry. "His 
death was deeply lamented by the community, 
which he had served with the utmost fidelity 
for nearly half a century. His purity of char- 
acter, his kindness and his marked courtesy 
won the admiration of all who knew him." 
Mr. Gerrish married (first) in 1807, Barbara 
Scott, and (second) in 1842, Mrs. Mary Ann 
Hersey. He had thirteen children, all born of 
his first marriage: Adeline, born 1808, mar- 
ried W. E. Edwards ; Frances Ann, born 

1810, married (first) William Bartol, (sec- 
ond) Reuben Ordway; Joseph Frederick Au- 
gustus, born 1812; Martha Martin, born 1814, 
married Rufus Rand; Ellen Lucretia, born 
1816; Joseph, born 1817; Edward Payson, 
born 1819, married Julia W. Scott; Ellen 
Louise, born 1821, married Henry W. Hersey; 
Frederick Augustus, born 1823, married Mar- 
tha J. Ordway; Augustus Franklin, born 1823, 
married Caroline Elizabeth March ; William 
Oliver, born 1827; Mary Kidder, born 1828; 
William Scott, born 1830. 

(V) George, fourth son and child of Major 
Charles and Mary (Frost) Gerrish, was born 
in Durham, June 16, 1753, and died May 23, 
1814. He was a farmer, and lived on the 
parental homestead. He married, December 
20, 1781, Mary Mitchell, of Freeport, born 
June 21, 1758, died December 11, 1816; chil- 
dren: Susannah, born September 10, 1782, 
died June i, 1868, married March 1801, 
Thomas Bagley, and removed to Troy, New 
York; James, born November 22, 1784; John, 
born June 10, 1787, married September 15, 

181 1, Joanna West, and had Lucy B., born 
1813; George, 1814; Mary, 1816; Alvin, 1818; 
Lydia, 1820; Charles, born August 7, 1789, 
married March, 181 2, Betsey Woo4l3ury, and 
removed to New York state ; Mary, born April 
3, 1792, died May 7, 1819, married May 18, 
1817. Thomas Winslow. 

(VI) James, eldest son and second child of 
George and Mary (JNIitchell) Gerrish, was 
born November 22, 1784, and died June 8, 
1834. He was a farmer and shoemaker. He 
married October 8, 1808, Mary Sylvester, 
born 1787, died August 20, 1859, daughter of 
Barstow Sylvester, of Freeport ; children : 
Harrison, born January 27, 1810, married 
Jane T. Small, of Lisbon, and had : Melissa 
Jane, born 1836, Charles Harrison, 1838, 
Alary Adelaide, 1841, Julius Alonroe, 1844; 
George Barstow, born July 3, 181 1, died Au- 
gust 28. 1850, married November 17, 1841, 
Eliza Field, and had : George Henry, born 
1846, Eliza Ella, 1848, Sarah Eliza, 1850; 
Emeline, born March 7, 1817, married, March 



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29, 1840, Amos Field, and had James 
Lewis, Emeline and Clarence H. Field ; 
Stephen S., born March 23, 1820, died May 6, 
1864, married October 18, 1848, Harriet N. 
Conner, and had : Horace Greeley, born 
1850; Arthur F., 1854; Antoinette, 1856; 
Helena, 1858; Alice and Agnes, i860; John 
Jordan, born December 21, 1821. 

(VH) John Jordan, yoimgest child of 
James and Mary (Sylvester) Gerrish, was 
born in Durham, Maine, December 21, 1821, 
and died in Portland, April 7, 1904. After 
his marriage he settled in Portland. He was 
employed on the Atlantic and St. Lawrence 
railroad (now Grand Trunk) from the time 
the work of construction was begun, and later 
on he became a successful merchant. After 
leaving the service of the Grand Trunk, Mr. 
Gerrish built the old Portland horse railroad 
(now a part of the city cystem of electric 
street railways) and was its superintendent 
for several years. Later on he became super- 
intendent of Eutopean and Northern railroad 
(now part of the Maine Central system) and 
filled that position during the next two years. 
In 1 871 he established himself in business in 
Portland as a dealer in railroad supplies, and 
for the next twenty-four years was actively 
identified with the business life of the city. He 
retired from active pursuits about 1896. Be- 
sides being a successful business man, Mr. 
Gerrish was somewhat prominently identified 
with the public and political aiifairs of the 
city, serving in various capacities, and for 
many years he was one of the influential Re- 
publicans in the city and county. He repre- 
sented ward one in the council and also in 
the board of aldermen, was a trustee of Ever- 
green Cemetery for eleven years, a prominent 
Mason, member of the Maine Historical So- 
ciety, the St. Lawrence Congregational church, 
and at the time of his death he was with a 
single exception (Henry Bodge) the oldest 
railroad man in the state. He lived a life of 
much usefulness and was highly respected by 
all persons to whom he became known. It is 
to his early researches that we are indebted 
for much of the information contained in this 
narrative which relates to the branch of the 
Gerrish family to which he belongs. Mr. Ger- 
rish married, December 21, 1848, Susan Rich 
Small, born May i, 1822, died March 13, 
1896, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Teb- 
bets) Small : children : Ella Susan, born 
March 14, 1851 ; Mary Ida, May 4, 1855 ; John 
Herbert, October 13. 1858; George Lester, 
x^ugust 9, i860; Hattie Small, April 7, 1864; 
Elmer Grenville, December 28, 1865. 



(VIII) George Lester, second son and 
fourth child of John Jordan and Susan R^ 
(Small) Gerrish, was born in Portland, 
Maine, August 9, i860, graduated from Port- 
land high school in June, 1878, and for the 
next ten or eleven years worked for his father 
in connection with the various business enter- 
prises in which he was interested. In 1889 he 
associated himself with Moore & Wright, who 
were then engaged in deep water dredging. 
In 1895 he, with Mr. A. R. Wright, of the 
above firm, engaged in the wholesale and re- 
tail coal business, incorporating under the 
name of A. R. Wright Co., of which ]\Ir. 
Wright was president until his death in 1900, 
being succeeded in this position by George E. 
Runyan, with Mr. Gerrish its treasurer and 
general manager, both of which positions he 
still fills. He is a Republican in politics, and 
takes an especial interest in the educational 
afifairs and institutions of the city, having been 
a member of the superintending school com- 
mittee for two terms. Mr. Gerrish is treas- 
urer and a deacon of the St. Lawrence Con- 
gregational church. He married, Alay 17, 
1888, Mary Emily, daughter of Charles P. 
and Ada (Perry) Kellogg, of Minot, Maine. 
Three children have been born of this mar- 
riage: Gertrude Kellogg, November 2, 1890; 
Stanley Small, June 2, 1896; Lester Newton, 
December i, 1901. 

(HI) Colonel Timothy, fifth son of Captain 
John and Elizabeth (Waldron) Gerrish, was 
born in Dover, New Hampshire, April 21, 
1683 (or 1684), and died probably in Kit- 
tery, Maine, in 1756. He settled in Kittery, 
and became a successful and wealthy farmer 
and merchant in that town ; and he filled cred- 
itably various public offices. He married, 
November 14, 1706, Sarah Eliot, born Octo- 
ber I, 1687, died October 27, 1770, daughter 
of Hon. Robert and Margery (Batson) Eliot, 
and who received as her marriage dowry the 
eastern end of the Champernowe Island, 
which contains nearly one thousand acres of 
land, and which for almost two hundred years 
has been known by the distinguishing name of 
Gerrish's Island, and this island is still the 
place of residence of some of the Gerrish de- 
scendants. Colonel Timothy's children were 
Robert Eliot, John, Timothy, Sarah, Anne, 
William, Abigail, Nathaniel. Andrew, Eliza- 
beth, Benjamin, Jane and Joseph. 

(I\') Andrew, sixth son and ninth child of 
Colonel Timothy and Sarah (Eliot) Gerrish, 
was born in Dover, New Hampshire, August 
4, 1724, and died in Exeter, New Hampshire. 
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first two children were born in Providence, 
Rhode Island. The baptismal name of his 
wife was Hannah, but her family name is not 
known. Their children were Sarah, who died 
young; Elizabeth, Hannah, Joseph, Timothy, 
Sarah and Jean. 

(Vj Timothy (2), second son and fifth 
child of Andrew and Hannah Gerrish, was 
born in Dover, New Hampshire, April 7, 
1756; and died in Portsmouth, New Hamp- 
shire, December 30, 1815. He was a gold- 
smith and silversmith by principal occupa- 
tion, but during the last si.xteen years of his 
active life he was deputy sheriff and jailer. 
He married February 6, 1780, Dorothy Pat- 
terson, of Portsmouth ; children : Abigail, 
Sarah, Andrew, Joseph, Thomas Patterson, 
Dorothy, Lydia, Oliver, Caroline and Mary. 

(VI) Dorothy, sixth child of Timothy and 
Dorothy (Patterson) Gerrish, was born Jan- 
uary I, 1 79 1, and died September 27, 1867. 
She married (first), September i, 1808, 
William Senter, and bore him seven children 
(see Senter). She married (second), Octo- 
ber 12, 1829, Thomas Currier, and bore him 
tvi-o children. Three of her sons (William, 
Timothy Gerrish and Andrew Gerrish Sen- 
ter) lived in JMaine. All of her children were 
born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (see 
Senter). 

(VI) Caroline, daughter of Timothy and 
Dorothy (Patterson) Gerrish, was born in 
Portsmouth. New Hampshire, July 8, 1798, 
and died February ig, 1871. She married 
October 21, 1821, Nathaniel Pearson, of E.xe- 
ter, New Hampshire, and by him had four 
sons and two daughters. Both daughters died 
in infancy. The sons were Oliver Gerrish, 
Edmund, Nathaniel and Augustus William 
Pearson. Nathaniel, the third of these sons, 
was born July 23, 1826. He learned the trade 
of watch making with his uncle, Oliver Ger- 
rish, of Portland, and after working at that 
trade for several years in New York City, he 
returned to Portland and became partner with 
his uncle under the firm name of Gerrish & 
Pearson. For many years this firm carried 
on a large and successful business in Port- 
land, and the junior partner was a valued 
member of the household of the senior partner. 
Failing health compelled Mr. Pearson to re- 
tire from active pursuits, several years before 
his death, which occurred in Bridgton, Maine. 

(VI) Oliver, fourth son and eighth child 
of Timothy and Dorothy (Patterson) Gerrish, 
was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 
January 4, 1796, and died in Portland, Maine, 
December 3, 1888, aged ninety-two years. At 



the age of fourteen he began an apprentice- 
ship to the trade of watchmaking, and served 
his master until he attained his majority. In 
1807 he went as a journeyman to Boston and 
there learned the business of dealing in gold 
and silver wares; but in 1819 he .settled in 
Portland and spent the remainder of his long 
and usetul life in that city. He had very little 
practical schooling during his boyhood ; but, 
appreciating the advantages of an education, 
he did his utmost to remedy the deficiencies of 
his youth in that respect ; and surely one who 
met him in middle life or in his advanced 
years would not have suspected the defects in 
his early training. He became possessed of 
one of the finest private libraries in the city, 
and gave to each of his children an excellent 
education, lit possessed great love of horti- 
culture, and his flower garden was always one 
of the very finest in Portland. He early be- 
came interested in the theological writings of 
Swedenborg, and was a devout communicant 
of the church, which is based on these doc- 
trines, as well as a principal supporter of the 
society of that sect in Portland. His public 
spirit was always in evidence, and he freely 
contributed by his personal effort and his 
money to the benevolences and philanthropies 
of the region. From the time of its founda- 
tion, he was one of the trustees of the Port- 
land Savings Bank, and was its president for 
a number of years previous to his death. He 
also was concerned in the Portland Athen- 
aeum, the outgrowth of which is the present 
Public Library ; of the Provident Associa- 
tion, the Portland Dispensary, and other insti- 
tutions established and maintained for the 
public good. He became a Free Mason in his 
early manhood and ever afterward felt a deep 
interest in the work of that ancient craft. He 
held membership in Ancient Landmark Lodge, 
F. and A. M. ; Mount Vernon Chapter, R. A. 
M.; Blanquefort Commandery, K. T. ; and 
other bodies in the York rite ; and he took 
thirty-two degrees in the Scottish rite. In 
several of these bodies he held offices of trust 
and honor, and was treasurer of the Grand 
Chapter for thirty-four years. On the fif- 
teenth anniversary of his being made a Master 
Mason the lodge presented him with a beauti- 
ful gold junior grand warden's jewel. In the 
great fire which swept through Portland in 
1866, both his house and his store were de- 
stroyed, with the greater part of their con- 
tents. Just before that disaster he was about 
to retire from active pursuits, but his losses 
were such that he was compelled to relinquish 
his desired purpose and remain at his bench 



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for further work, although he was seventy 
years old, and he worked on uncomplainingly 
for twenty more years. His strength gradu- 
ally waned, however, during his last two years, 
and at the end of that time, without disease or 
suffering he sank gently into the eternal sleep. 
His was a very long life, filled with usefulness 
to his fellow men, and he left a memory of 
uprightness of conduct and nobility of char- 
acter which are most exemplary ; and even 
now he is spoken of with admiration, rever- 
ence, and affection. Mr. Gerrish married, 
January 6, 1825, Sarah Little, born in Wind- 
ham, New Hampshire, in 1802, daughter of 
Paul and Sarah (Redington-Emerson) Little. 
The five children born of this marriage were : 
Frances, Sarah Caroline, Charles Oliver, Wil- 
liam Little and Frederic Henry. 

(VH) Charles Oliver, eldest son and third 
child of Oliver and Sarah (Little) Gerrish, 
was born in Portland, Maine, March 19, 1834, 
and died January 24, 1896. For many years 
he was a jeweler and watchmaker in Saco, 
Maine. He marrieil, March 19, 1867, Julia 
Perkins Jordan, born January 13, 1843, 
daughter of Samuel Scamman and Clarissa 
Hovey (Perkins) Jordan, of Saco. The chil- 
dren of this marriage are William Little Ger- 
rish, dealer in real estate and collector of cus- 
toms at Saco, e.x-city clerk, and a member of 
the Society of Colonial Wars ; and Clara Ara- 
bella, widow of Donald McLean Barstow, 
M.D., late of New York City. 

(VH) William Little, second son of Oliver 
and Sarah (Little) Gerrish, was born in Port- 
land, Maine, August 31, 1841, graduated from 
Bowdoin College in 1864, and promptly en- 
tered the volunteer service during the civil 
war, enlisting in the Nineteenth Maine In- 
fantry. He left the state as orderly sergeant, 
was soon promoted second lieutenant, and then 
became acting adjutant, and that regardless 
of the fact that there were several iirst lieu- 
tenants in the regiment. His commission as 
first lieutenant was on its way to him at the 
time of his death, which was the result of a 
congestive chill at Hatcher's Run, before 
Petersburg, Virginia, February 11, 1865. His 
standing as a student was of the highest or- 
der, his soldierly qualities were tested in sev- 
eral battles and found true, and he was a great 
favorite among his fellows, both in college and 
in the army ; his ability, unflinching courage, 
fidelity to duty, and winning personality being 
recognized by all who knew him. 

(VII) Frederic Henry, third son and 
youngest child of Oliver and Sarah (Little) 
Gerrish was born in Portland, Maine, March 



21, 1845, graduated from Bowdoin College in 
1866, received the degrees of Master of Arts 
and Doctor of Medicine from the same insti- 
tution in 1869, and since that year has prac- 
ticed general medicine in Portland. He has 
given much attention to professional teaching, 
having occupied successively the chairs of 
microscopy and histology, physiology, anat- 
omy, and surgery in the Portland School for 
Medical Instruction ; the professorships of 
materia tnedica and therapeutics, anatomy, 
and, finally, of surgery, in the Medical School 
of Maine (the medical department of Bowdoin 
College) : and the chair of therapeutics and 
physiology- in the Medical College of the L^ni- 
versity of Michigan, 1873-75. --Mmost from 
the inception of the Maine General Hospital 
he has held official positions in it : first as 
secretary of the corporation and board of 
directors, then for a long term as visiting sur- 
geon, and now and for many years past as 
consulting surgeon. He was largely instni- 
mental in effecting the establishment of the 
State Board of Health, in 1885, and was its 
first president, resigning that office in i88g. 
The passage of the anatomical bill in 1897 
was to a great e.xtent due to his efforts, and 
under its operation and workings the study of 
practical anatomy is pursued with much more 
ease and advantage than ever before in this 
state. In 1904, the University of Michigan 
conferred on him the honorary doctorate of 
laws, and the same degree was given him by 
his alma mater in 1905. He is a member of 
.\lpha Delta Phi fraternity, and also is a Phi 
Beta Kappa, an overseer of Bowdoin College, 
a trustee of the Portland Public Library, 
president of the Portland Charitable Dispen- 
sarv, member of the Maine Historical So- 
ciety, Maine Genealogical Society, Society of 
Colonial Wars, and also of the Fraternity, 
Cumberland, Athletic, Economic, Country and 
Naturalists clubs. Among professional or- 
ganizations he is a member of the American 
Surgical Association, fellow and ex-president 
of the American Academy of Medicine, presi- 
dent ( 1908-9) of the American Therapeutic 
Societv, member of Societe Internationale de 
Chirurgie, the Association of .'\merican Anat- 
omists, the American Congress of Physicians 
and Surgeons, the American Society of 
Naturalists, the National Association for the 
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the 
Maine Medical Association (and its ex-presi- 
dent) and member and ex-president of the 
Cumberland County Medical Society; he is at 
this time county examiner of insane convicts. 
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a number of contributions, being editor and 
in large part author of the "Text-Book of 
Anatomy by American Authors" (1889) 
translator and editor of "Championniere's 
Chirurgie Antiseptique" (1881); author of 
"Prescription Writing" (1878) ; of articles in 
Dennis" "System of Surgery" (1895), Park's 
"Treatise on Surgery" (i8g6), and Keen's 
Surgery ( igo6) ; and of many articles con- 
tributed to various journals and the transac- 
tions of societies. Dr. Gerrish married, De- 
cember 31, 1879, Emily Manning Swan, 
daughter of Francis Keyes and Emily ( Brad- 
bury) Swan, of Portland (see Swan). 



William Senter married, Sep- 
SENTER tember i, 1808. Dorothy, born 
January i, 1791, died Septem- 
ber 27, 1867, daughter of Timothy and Doro- 
thy (Patterson) Gerrish (see Gerrish). After 
the death of William Senter his widow Doro- 
thy married, October 12, 1829, Thomas Cur- 
rier. By her first husband she had seven chil- 
dren, among them sons William, Timothy 
Gerrish and Andrew Gerrish, all of whom 
were born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 

(II) William, son of William and Dorothy 
(Gerrish) Senter, was born October 11, 1813, 
and died December 22, 1888. He served an 
apprenticeship with his uncle, Oliver Gerrish, 
of Portland, and made his home in his 
master's family ; and the intimacy thus estab- 
lished ripened into an enduring friendship. 
Having completed his term of service, Mr. 
Senter at once formed a partnership with 
Abner Lowell, who had been his fellow ap- 
prentice under Mr. Gerrish, and the new firm 
rapidly built up in Portland a large business as 
dealers in watches, clocks, jewelry and orna- 
mental wares, and also as general repairers of 
watches and jewelry. Mr. Senter was pos- 
sessed of a frank and kindly nature, which, 
combined with an incorruptible character and 
rare good comradeship, attracted and held to 
him a large number of friends. His mind was 
distinctly scientific and so well stored with 
valuable information that it was often said of 
him that if one were puzzled for a fact he 
should ask Mr. Senter. He loved nature in 
all of her aspects, and found much enjoyment 
in the fields and woods with their flora and 
fauna, and in the ocean with its ever-changing 
beauties. His yacht "Sparkle" was a novelty 
and a wonder in its time and his hunting dogs 
were trained to perfection. His affection for 
dumb companions was shown in the burial of 
a favorite setter dog, in the same lot where 
his own body was to lie — a fact not revealed 



until after his death. He was not an office- 
seeker, but the demands of his friends and 
fellow citizens made him repeatedly alderman 
of his ward, and afterward for several years 
mayor of the city. His name is worthy of 
lasting remembrance in these annals. 

(II) Timothy Gerrish, son of William and 
Dorothy (Gerrish) Senter, was born Febru- 
ary I, 1817, and died August 7, 1872. He 
taught in the pnlilic schools of Portsmouth 
from 1836 to 1858; became principal of Ward 
4 grammar school in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 
1858, and held that position until 1866, and 
then removed to Franklin, Massachusetts, to 
become first principal of Dean Academy. He 
filled this responsible position until 1871, and 
then resigned to take much needed rest. He 
afterward removed to Portland, where all of 
his children who grew to maturity are now 
living. Mr. Senter was greatly interested in 
Free Masonry and Odd Fellowship, and 
ranked high in each of these orders. In the 
profession of pedagogy he was remarkably 
successful, and his natural acuteness of mind, 
perfect poise, judicial habits and thorough 
kindliness peculiarly fitted him for the arduous 
duties of his profession and gained for him a 
wide celebritv in educational circles. His pres- 
ence inspired a degree of confidence which 
never was disappointing on more intimate ac- 
quaintance. He was loved and honored by all 
who came within the circle of his acquaintance. 
Professor Senter married, IMarch 18, 1841, 
Emeline Dodge, and of their children three 
attained ages of maturity : Joseph Herbert, 
Emma Dodge and William. 

(II) Andrew Gerrish, son of William and 
Dorothy (Gerrish) Senter, was born Septem- 
ber 19, 1819, and died October 23, 1861. He 
lived during the greater part of his life in 
Portland and was chiefly employed by his 
brother William. He was a skilled workman 
in his business occupation, a genial com- 
panion, an exemplary husband and devoted 
father, and a patient sufferer during years of 
protracted invalidism. He married, August 8, 
1847, Eliza Ann Stubbs, and of their four 
children, two died in infancy. His daughter, 
Annie Hay, is the widow of James E. Jen- 
kins, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and has one 
child, Helen Jenkins. His son, Frank Gerrish, 
born January 23, 1856, married .^nnie S. 
Palmer, of Exeter, New Hampshire, and now 
lives in Mexico. 

(III) Joseph Herbert, son of Timothy Ger- 
rish and Emeline (Dodge) Senter, was born 
September 24, 1842, graduated from Harvard 
College in 1861, the youngest man in his 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



class. lie studied theology in the Harvard 
Divinity School and entered the ministry of 
the Unitarian church. His tastes, however, 
were decidedly in another direction and after 
several years in the work of the ministry he 
left it for library work, and since that time 
he has held important positions in the libraries 
of Harvard University, in the city of Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, the Century Club, of New York 
Citv, and also in the Astor Library in New 
York. 

(HI) Emma Dodge, daughter of Timothy 
Gerrish and Emeline (Dodge) Senter, lives in 
the city of Portland, Maine, and is promi- 
nently identified with the work of many 
worthy philanthrophies. 

(HI) William, son of Timothy and Eme- 
line (Dodge) Senter, was born November 5, 
1850. He learned his trade with his uncle, 
and ultimately succeeded him in business. He 
is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, member of 
the Society of Colonial Wars, the Cumber- 
land Club, the Athletic Club, the Country Club 
and the Yacht Club, having been commodore 
of the latter for seven years. He married, 
October 30, 1894, Grace, daughter of Win- 
throp S. Jordan, of Portland, Maine. 



In the early days of the colonies 
SWAN several settlers of the surname 

Swan found homes in Massachu- 
setts Bay, and among them Henry Swan ap- 
pears to have been the first of his own sur- 
name. On the revolutionary muster rolls of 
Massachusetts are found no less than sixty-six 
men who bore the surname Swan. 

(I) Henry Swan, immigrant, came from 
England to New England in the ship "Castle," 
of London, and landed in Charlestown, in the 
colony of Massachusetts Bay, in July, 1638. 
He soon settled in the plantation at Salem, 
where he had a grant of half an acre of land 
in 1639, was admitted to church communion 
in May of same year, and in the latter month 
also was made freeman. The exact date of 
his death is not known, but it was previous to 
1652. He married Joanna, daughter of 
Thomas Ruck ; children : Thomas, Elizabeth, 
and one other. 

(II) Thomas, eldest child and only son of 
Henry and Joanna (Ruck) Swan, was bap- 
tized February 26, 1643, ^"d died February 
8, 1687. He was a chirurgeon, and is said to 
have practiced medicine and surgery in Rox- 
bury and Boston. He married Mar>', daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Dorothy Lamb, of Rox- 
bury, and by her had ten children. 

(III) Thomas (2), third child of Thomas 



(i) and Mary (Lamb) Swan, was born Feb- 
ruary 16, 1669, and died October 19, 1710; 
graduated from Harvard College in 1689, and 
was a teacher, physician, and also registrar of 
probate of [Middlesex county, jMassachusetts. 
The last seven years of his life he "did prac- 
tise physick and chirurgery" at Castle William, 
in Boston Harbor, where he died. He mar- 
ried Prudence, daughter of ilajor Jonathan 
Wade, of Medford, and granddaughter of 
Governor Thomas Dudley. 

(IV) Ebenezer, son of Thomas (2) and 
Prudence (Wade) Swan, was born May 12, 
1686, was a mariner, captain of a ship, and 
died at sea about 1716. He married, Decem- 
ber 23, 1706, Prudence, daughter of Timothy 
Foster, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. 

(V) William, only son of Ebenezer and 
Prudence (Foster) Swan, was baptized in 
1715 and died in 1774. His occupation was 
that of gold and silversmith, and he had a 
place of business in Boston. He married (in- 
tentions published December 27, 1742) Livina, 
daughter of Gershom Keyes. Of their thir- 
teen children, a daughter Livina, born 1749, 
was grandmother of the famous artist, William 
Morris Hunt, and a son Edward, born 1754, 
a soldier of the revolution. 

(\T) Wilham (2), second son and child 
of William (i) and Livina (Keyes) Swan, 
was born in Boston in 1746, and died June 
24, 1835. He was a merchant in Groton, 
Massachusetts, for a number of years, then 
removed to Maine and lived successively in 
the towns of Otisfield, Gardiner and Winslow. 
During the revolution he was an officer in the 
Sixth Massachusetts regiment of militia, and 
his commission, dated in 1778, is signed by 
fifteen members, "a major part of the council 
of the state of Massachusetts Bay." In 1789 
he was commissioned justice of the peace, with 
authority to act as trial justice, and his com- 
mission bears the signatures of John Han- 
cock, governor, and Samuel Adams, lieuten- 
ant governor. Mr. Swan is remembered as 
a genial, cultivated christian gentleman, and 
he appears to have enjoyed in a marked de- 
gree the respect and confidence of all men 
with whom he was acquainted. Although a 
devout communicant of the Protestant Episco- 
pal church, he always manifested a hearty 
sympathy with all efforts to promote the cause 
of religion in other branches of Christ's great 
family. In 1776, he married Mercy Porter, of 
Weymouth ; children : Sarah, Elizabeth. Wil- 
liam, Edward, Francis, Thomas, Sophia, 
Mary, Lavina and Catharine. 

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Mercy (Porter) Swan, was born in Groton, 
Massachusetts, in 1783, and died in Gardiner, 
Maine, in i860. He was brought up and 
trained to mercantile pursuits, but for many 
years was cashier of the old Gardiner Bank. 
Subsequently he became president of the Co- 
basseconte Bank of Gardiner, and for many 
years occupied a prominent position in the 
business life of that town and subsequent city. 
He served as representative and also as sen- 
ator in the state legislature, was a member of 
the electoral college which placed Mr. Lin- 
coln in the national presidency in i860, and 
was one of the first mayors of Gardiner under 
the city charter. He was president of the first 
marine insurance company incorporated under 
the laws of this state, and in many other re- 
spects was a leading man in the community 
throughout the long period of his active life. 
His character for integrity was above sus- 
picion, and the soundness of his judgment 
was recognized wherever he was known ; and 
like his father, he won and always held the 
unbounded confidence of the entire com- 
munity. He was a communicating member in 
the Protestant Episcopal church. He married 
(first) Susan Shaw, died 1847, daughter of 
Benjamin Shaw, of Gardiner. In 1849 he 
married a second wife. He had nine children, 
all born of his first marriage : Edward 
Bridge, married Sarah Ann Davis ; William, 
married Elizabeth Wylde, of Runcorn, Eng- 
land ; Catherine, married Joseph Adams ; 
Thomas, married Margaret Shaw ; Margaret, 
married Peter Grant ; George ; Christina ; 
Mercy Porter, married Charles Barnard 
Clapp : Emma Jane Gardiner, married Frank- 
lin Glazier. 

(VII) Francis Swan, third son and fifth 
child of William (2) and Mercy (Porter) 
Swan, was born in Groton, Massachusetts, 
June 26, 1785, and began his business career 
in Gardiner, Maine, in partnership with his 
brother Edward, in 1807. In 1809 he entered 
mercantile pursuits in Winslow, where he con- 
tinued to live until 1834, then removed to 
Calais and lived there until the time of his 
death, in June, i862._ His removal to Calais 
was determined by his having purchased with 
several others the so-called Fowler and Ely 
township of wild land, about twenty-two miles 
from Calais, the management of which he 
controlled for many years, he retaining one- 
third of the property during his life. He re- 
tired from active mercantile pursuits in 1848. 
He was a man of firm principles, undoubted 
integrity, and of very superior judgment. In 
religious sympathies he was an orthodox Con- 



gregationalist, and for more than a (|uarter 
century was a consistent member of the church 
of that denomination in Calais. The old man- 
sion house in Winslow which Francis Swan 
occupied still stands, delightfully situated on 
the bank of the Sebasticook river, near its 
junction with the Kennebec, directly facing 
the site of Fort Halifa.x on the opposite side 
of the Sebasticook, which with the old block- 
house (still standing) was built in 1757 dur- 
ing the French and Indian war. Francis 
Swan married, November 12, 1814, Hannah 
Child, born at Augusta, Maine, March 2, 1795, 
daughter of James and Hannah (Gushing) 
Child. She died in Calais May 20, 1869, hav- 
ing borne her husband six children : Sarah 
Porter, James Chikl, William Henry, Francis 
Keyes, Charles Edward and Eugene. Each 
of these children receive brief mention in 
these annals. 

(VIII) Sarah Porter Swan, eldest child 
and only daughter of Francis and Hannah 
(Child) Swan, was born February 5, 1816, 
and died at Santa Cruz, West Indies, whither 
she had gone for the benefit of her health, 
December 21, 1841. She married, November 
7, 1840, Richard Henry Manning, of Brook- 
lyn, New York, for many years a merchant of 
New York city. He died November 2, 1887. 
They had one daughter, Sarah Augusta Man- 
ning, born July 24, 1841, married June 13, 
1865, Dean Sage. 

(VIII) James Child Swan, eldest son of 
Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was born 
in Winslow. Maine, August 4, 18 17, and died 
in Calais, October 15, 1853. He was one of 
the pioneers of Texan colonization from the 
north. In 1838, having associated with Dr. 
Cyrus Hamlin (brother of Hannibal Ham- 
lin), he chartered a vessel, and with a full 
cargo and a colony of thirty young men from 
eastern Maine sailed for the "'Lone Star" 
state, arriving at Galveston, their port of 
destination, in December of the same year ; 
but after nearly three years of trying experi- 
ences, among which was the loss from yellow 
fever of one-third of the colony, including Dr. 
Hamlin, Mr. Swan returned north and to his 
old home in Maine. A portion of the follow- 
ing year he spent in Nassau, N. P., where he 
was associated in business with Timothy Dar- 
ling, then United States consul at Nassau. In 
1844 he engaged in mercantile pursuits at 
Calais, and continued in business until the 
time of his death, most of that time being in- 
terested with James S. Pike in their various 
enterprises. He was an active promoter of the 
construction of the Calais '& Baring railroad. 



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the first railroad in Eastern Maine, and was 
its treasurer and managing director from 1849 
to 1853. In 1849-50 he was city treasurer of 
Calais. Mr. Swan married September 9, 
1845, Helen Trask, of Portland, and by her 
had four daughters, two of whom died in in- 
fancy. The two daughters who grew to ma- 
turity are Sarah Porter and Anna Child Swan, 
both of Portland. 

(VIII) William Henry Swan, second son 
of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was 
born January 13, 1819, and died at Poland 
Spring, Maine, July 5, 1890. He was con- 
nected with the commission house of Grin- 
nell, Minturn & Co., of New York city, at 
first in the capacity of clerk, and as partner 
from 184 1 until 1887, when he retired from 
active business life. Mr. Swan is buried in 
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland. 

(\'ni) Francis Keyes Swan, third son and 
fourth child of Francis and Hannah (Child) 
Swan, was born October 20, 1820, and died 
May 28, 1896. He entered Waterville Col- 
lege (now Colby) in 1836, but was compelled 
by ill health to abandon his college course in 
1838. From 184 1 until 1848 he was engaged 
in business with his father in Calais, and in 
1849 and 1850 he was cashier of the Gardiner 
Bank, Gardiner, Maine. In 1852 and 1853 
he was cashier of the Calais Bank, and re- 
signed that position on the death of his 
brother James to take the latter's place as man- 
ager and treasurer of the Calais & Baring 
railroad. He was the first banking commis- 
sioner of the state, and held that office from 
1 861 until 1866; and from 1853 ""^il 1867 he 
also was engaged in fire and marine insur- 
ance. In the fall of 1865 he removed to Port- 
land, and two years afterward formed a part- 
nership with George Potter Barrett under the 
firm style of Swan & Barrett, bankers and 
dealers in investment securities, in which firm 
he continued an active member for almost 
nineteen years and then retired from business 
pursuits, in 1885. Mr. Swan had a remark- 
able capacity for business, having keenness of 
penetration, breadth of view, rapidity of cal- 
culation, and unquestioned integrity. His ex- 
perience as bank commissioner gave him a 
wide acquaintance throughout the state and 
brought him into association with men of 
finance, and this was of especial advantage 
when he established himself in business in the 
city of Portland. In his new field he intro- 
duced methods previously untried in the re- 
gion and he quickly built up a large and profit- 
able business. He was urged to accept a 
mayoralty nomination when his candidacy 



would have been equivalent to election, but he 
felt impelled to decline the proffered honor 
because of the limitations of his physical 
strength, which from youth had been much 
impaired by ill health; but he always was in- 
terested in public affairs and felt it a duty to 
participate in them as fully as possible. His 
nature was profoundly religious, and he took 
an earnest interest in the work of his church. 
His disposition was most genial and kindly, 
generous and charitable in the best sense, and 
to a wonderful extent he diffused an at- 
mosphere of affection around him. After his 
retirement from business he devoted much 
time, energy and money to genealogic study, 
particularly in respect to his own family and 
the family of his wife ; and the greater part 
of our present narrative is taken from his 
manuscripts. Francis Keyes Swan married 
September 16, 1843, Emily Bradbury, born in 
Alfred, Maine, May 18, 1821, died in Port- 
land. December 4, 1877, daughter of Jere- 
miah and Mary Langdon (Storer) Bradbury, 
and by whom he had four children : Henry 
Storer, a physician of Lakeville, Massachu- 
setts; Emily Manning, wife of Frederic Henry 
Gerrish, M.D., of Portland (see Gerrish) ; 
Marcia Bradbury and Florence Wainwright, 
both of Boston. 

(VTII) Charles Edward Swan, fourth son 
and fifth child of Francis and Hannah (Child) 
Swan, was born September 5, 1822, and died 
Tuly 13, 1908, after a brief illness, in the 
homestead built by his father in 1836. It is 
given to few men to be so universally hon- 
ored and respected in his own community as 
was Dr. Swan. He was graduated from Bow- 
doin College in 1844, and received his degree 
in medicine from that honored institution in 
1847. After a valuable hospital experience in 
New York City and Boston he settled per- 
manently in Calais, Maine, and practiced his 
profession for more than sixty }ears. Dr. 
Swan took an earnest and commendable in- 
terest in public affairs in Calais, and twice 
filled the office of mayor of the city ; for many 
years he was the Nestor of his profession in 
that part of the state. Dr. Swan married 
(first) September 26, 1S49, Mary D., daugh- 
ter of Hon. George Downes, of Calais, by 
whom he had two daughters, both of whom 
died in infancy. He married (second) Sep- 
tember 8, 1890, Mrs. Minerva K. Horton, 
daughter of Gilman D. King. 

(VIII) Eugene Swan, youngest son and 
child of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, 
was born July 23, 1824, and passed nearly the 
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in Calais. He died March 30, igcx), in Bald- 
winville, Massacliusetts, wliere he had gone 
for the benefit of his health. 



The name of Durgin is not a 
DURGIN common one, though it is fairly 

numerous in certain parts of 
New Hampshire, notably Sanbornton and the 
Franconia valley. The first American an- 
cestor appears to have been William Durgin, 
who is said to have come from England in 
"1690 and settled in Massachusetts. As in the 
case of most patronymics, there have been con- 
siderable variations in the spelling, Durgen, 
Durgan, Durgain and Durgin, being found in 
some of the older records. In Colonial times 
Benjamin Durgan, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 
appears on the muster roll of Captain Joseph 
Smith's company, and in 1776 James Durgen 
was in the company of Captain Moses ]\lac- 
Farland, Colonel Nixon's regiment. In later 
times Dr. Samuel Holmes Durgin. born at 
Parsonfield, Maine, 1839, has been a conspicu- 
ous figure in the medical profession, having 
been a lecturer at the Harvard Medical School 
since 1884, and president of the American 
Flealth Association. 

(I) Job Durgin, grandfather of Dr. Henry 
I. Durgin, of Eliot, Maine, was born in Ver- 
mont about 1800. He conducted farming 
operations in Eaton, New Hampshire, being 
among the first to plant apple and other fruit 
trees and in the raising of fine graded sheep 
and cattle, and he was assisted in this work by 
his eldest son, Joshua. He married Betsey 
Durgin, of Eaton, New Hampshire, who bore 
him ten children, namely : Joshua, Calvin, 
Lydia, Elizabeth, Newell, Lorenzo, Lucetta, 
Francena, Adeline and Alvinza. 

(II) Joshua, son of Job and Betsey (Dur- 
gin) Durgin, and father of Dr. Flenry I. Dur- 
gin, was born October 31, 1825. He attended 
the public schools of Freedom, New Hamp- 
shire. In early manhood he purchased a large 
tract of wooded land which he cleared and 
converted into a valuable stock farm, which 
was a source of admiration to his neighbors ; 
the improved methods of farming followed by 
him, the diversity of crops, the large quantity 
of fruit raised, especially apples, also the fine 
sheep, cattle and hogs, as well as the excellent 
farm buildings, were an uncommon sight in 
those primitive days. He made excellent ex- 
hibits at the early district, county and state 
fairs, and created a large trade in blooded cat- 
tle, sheep and horses. His oxen and steers 
became famous owing to the skill with which 
he matched and trained them. His superior 



methods made his farm well known, and in 
1878, finding an opportunity to dispose of it 
to good advantage, accepted the ofifer and re- 
moved with his family to Cornish, Maine. He 
remained there until 1881, engaged in lumber- 
ing and milling, and then purchased a large 
farm in Centre Effingham, New Hampshire, 
which he materially improved and on which 
he continued to live until the death of his wife 
in 1900, when he was induced to make his 
home with his son, Dr. Henry I. Durgin. 
Joshua Durgin died in Eliot, September 20, 
1905. Joshua Durgin married, September 17, 
1847, ^lary Elizabeth, born March 28, 1827, 
died in Centre Effingham, May 15, 1900, 
daughter of John and Folly (Thurston) Ken- 
ison, of Effingham, New Hampshire. Their 
children, all born in Freedom, New Hamp- 
shire, were: i. Evelyn A., married (first) 
Alonzo Ward, by whom she had two children, 
Lilla M. and Grace E. Ward ; she married 
(second) Joseph Marslon. 2. Susan Lilla, 
died at the age of thirteen years. 3. .Adeline, 
died in infancy. 4. Henry Irwin. 

(Ill) Henry Irwin, only son of Joshua and 
Mary E. (Kenison) Durgin, was born in 
Freedom, New Hampshire, April 21, 1864. 
He attended the district schools of Freedom, 
New Hampshire, and high school at Cornish, 
IMaine, later the New Hampton Literary In- 
stitute, New Hampton, New Hampshire, 
where he was prepared for college, but on 
account of impaired health he abandoned his 
studies and from 1881 to 1885 taught school 
and also served as assistant in the Masonic 
Charitable Institute at Effingham. Subse- 
quently he took up the study of medicine with 
Dr. J. E. Scruton, after which he pursued one 
year's course in the L'niversity Medical Col- 
lege of Vermont, and then entered the medi- 
cal department of the L'niversity of the Cit)f 
of New York, from which he was graduated 
with the degree of M.D. in March, 1889. He 
received an appointment on the medical staff 
of Lincoln Hospital and Home in New York, 
and during this service gained a valuable ex- 
perience which proved of benefit in his active 
career. During the summer of i88g he went 
to Newfield, Elaine, and November 5 of the 
same year went to Eliot. Maine, where he 
purchased the estate of the late Calvin H. 
Guptill, who had practiced medicine in the 
town of Eliot for forty-four years, gaining a 
large practice during this extended period of 
professional life. The house was built by Dr. 
Horace Stacey in 1845 o" Bolt Hill, sold by 
him to Dr. Mark F. \\'entworth, from whom 
it passed to Dr. Guptill. In addition to his 



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practice, which has steadily increased in vol- 
ume and importance with each passirig year, 
Dr. Durgin has always taken an active interest 
in educational affairs, and he was for eight 
years elected a member of the school board, 
and also a member of the building committee 
entrusted by the town with the erection of a 
new high school building. Dr. Durgin holds 
membership in the American Medical Associa- 
tion, Maine Medical Association, York County 
Medical Society, having served in the ca- 
pacity of president, and the Portsmouth Med- 
ical Society. By right of inheritance he was 
admitted to memberehip in the Society of Sons 
of the American Revolution, and is past presi- 
dent of the Paul Jones Club of that society. 
Pie is a member and past master of Naval 
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of 
Kittery, Maine; Unity Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons, of South Berwick, Maine ; Maine 
Council, Royal and Select Masters; De Witt 
Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He is a thirty- 
second degree Mason of the Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Rite ; being a past thrice potent grand 
master of Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfec- 
tion, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; a member 
of Grand Council, Princes of Jerusalem, of 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire ; New Plamp- 
shire; Chapter, Rose Croix, of Dover, New 
Hampshire; and of New Hampshire Con- 
sistory, of Nashua, New Hampshire. He is 
a member of Kora Temple Order of the Mystic 
Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine. He is also a 
member of the Royal Arcanum, Patrons of 
Husbandry, Eastern Star, Improved Order of 
Red Men, of which he is past sachem, Knights 
of Pvthias. of which he is past chancellor com- 
mander, Navy League of the United States 
and the Warwick Club of Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire. 

Dr. Durgin marriel, December 3, i8go, Alta 
Moulton, daughter of Ira Sewall and Susan 
Abigail (Pinkham) Knox, of Milton, New 
Hampshire. Her ancestors in America em- 
brace several noted New England families, 
and we trace them by generations as follows : 

(I) Thomas Knox, immigrant, came from 
Scotland to Dover, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 
in 1652. He had a son Sylvanus. 

(II) Sylvanus, son of Thomas Kno.x, had a 
son Zachariah. 

(III) Zachariah, son of Sylvanus Knox, 
had a son Zachariah. 

(IV) Zachariah (2), son of Zachariah (i) 
Knox, married Judith Pitman and had a son 
John. 

(V) John, eldest son of Zachariah (2) and 



Judith (Pitman) Knox, was a soldier in the 
American revolution, enlisting in Berwick, 
Maine, between May 30, and June 15, 1775, 
for a term of three years in Captain Samuel 
Derby's company. Colonel John Bailey's bat- 
talion. In the muster rolls in the "Massachu- 
setts Archives" his name appears as "John 
Noox." He was a private at Valley Forge, 
January 25, 1778; served from May i, 1777, 
to December 31, 1779, and from January i, 
1780, to May 21 following. Before going to 
the war he married ]\Iolly Grant and removed 
to Lebanon, Maine, and is recorded as a pen- 
sioner living in that town as late as 1820. One 
son of John and Molly (Grant) Knox was 
Samuel, evidently named in honor of Captain 
Samuel Derby. 

(VI) Samuel, eldest son of John and Molly 
(Grant) Knox, was born in Lebanon, Maine, 
in 1767, and died in 1852. He married Sally 
Gerrish, born in 1768, daughter of George 
and Mary (James) Gerrish ; children : Mary, 
George, John, Samuel, Ada, Sarah and La- 
vinia. The mother of these children died in 
Lebanon, December 20, 1846. 

(\TI) John (2), second son of Samuel and 
Sally (Gerrish) Knox, was born in Lebanon, 
Maine, in 1799. He married Betsey Jones; 
children : George Orrin and Ira Sewall. 

(VIII) Ira Sewall, son of John (2) and 
Betsey (Jones) Knox, was born in Lebanon. 
Maine, January 17, 1830. He married Susan 
x'\bigail Pinkham, born in Milton, New Hamp- 
shire, February 29, 1828, daughter of James 
Knox and Sally Dearborn (Jewett) Pinkham, 
and they are the parents of Clara Jane, Ella 
Jeanette, Frank Irwin, and Alta Moulton, who 
became the wife of Dr. Henry Irwin Durgin, 
of Eliot. 

Sally Gerrish, wife of Samuel Knox, and 
grandmother of Alta JNIoulton (Knox) Dur- 
gin. was the dau.ghter of George Gerrish of 
the fifth generation, granddaughter of John 
Gerrish of the fourth generation, who married 
Margery Jackson, daughter of Dr. George and 
Joanna (Pepperell) Jackson, and grand- 
daughter of Colonel William and Margery 
( Brav) Pepperell, of Kittery, Maine. Colonel 
William Pepperrell came to Cape Cod, Massa- 
chusetts Bay Colony, from Tavistock, Corn- 
wall, England, and engaged in the fishing 
trade first on the Isle of Shoals and subse- 
quently at Kittery, where he was married, and 
their only son, General William, was the first 
native born American to be created a baronet 
of Great Britain, and for services in the 
French and Indian war was commissioned 
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Massachusetts colony 1756-58; was commis- 
sioned Jieutenant-general in 1759, and died at 
Kittery, Maine, July 6, 1759. In the Gerrish 
line from John of the fourth generation we 
have Colonel Timothy of the third. Captain 
John of the second, and Captain William, the 
immigrant. In this way we trace her direct 
line of descent from three distinct and notable 
families of the early history of New England. 
Thomas Knox, the immigrant, with his de- 
scendants prominent in the history of the 
American Revolution ; Captain William Ger- 
rish, another immigrant of note ; William Pep- 
perrell, who gave New England history pe- 
culiar brilliancy through his son, Sir William, 
the distinguished Colonial military and civil 
officer. It would be interesting to trace the 
descent of Mrs. Durgin through the Pitmans, 
Grants, Jacksons, Joneses, Sewalls, Pinkhams, 
but space will not permit. 



This name, first a forename 
GEORGE and later a surname, is derived 
from two Greek words and sig- 
nifies "earth-worker," or "farmer." The 
families of this name are probably of different 
ancestors, and are scattered throughout the 
United States. The members of the George 
family who settled in Massachusetts Bay 
Colony about the middle of the seventeenth 
century came from the south-eastern part of 
England and as traditions of the family indi- 
cate were three brothers, arriving in America 
at nearly the same time. 

(I) Gideon George, from Yorkshire, Eng- 
land, with his wife and son Gideon, sailed for 
Salem, Massachusetts, about 1680. A son 
John was born during the ocean voyage, and 
left a numerous progeny. His descendants 
have been active and useful citizens. 

(II) John, second son and child of Gideon 
George, was born upon the ocean about 1680. 
He lived in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and his 
name is found in the list of petitioners for a 
schoolhouse in the northeastern part of Haver- 
hill, in 171 1. He was drowned while attempt- 
ing to cross the Merrimack river on the ice, 
February 27, 1715. He married, about 1700, 
Ann Swaddock, who died February 7, 1763. 
Their children were : John Swaddock, Wil- 
liam, Augustin, Elizabeth and Gideon. 

(III) Gideon (2). fourth son and youngest 
child of John and Ann (Swaddock) George, 
was born in Haverhill, May 27, 1712, and 
lived in Haverhill and Bradford, Massachu- 
setts. He married. April 14, 1737, Elizabeth 
Jewett, born in Rowley. June 18, 1718, daugh- 



ter of Deacon Daniel and Elizabeth (Hopkin- 
son) Jewett. 

(IV) William, son of Gideon (2) and 
Elizabeth (Jewett) George, was born in Brad- 
ford, November 18, 1737, and died in 
Plymouth, New Hampshire, January 12, 1820. 
After his marriage he lived in Haverhill about 
four years, and then removed to Hampstead, 
New Hampshire. From thence he removed to 
Plymouth, New Hampshire, in 1777. In the 
midst of a large and fertile farm he built a 
log house, and as he prospered, afterward built 
a frame house. He was a selectman for four 
years, and December 21, 1784, was appointed 
a coroner for Grafton county, an office he re- 
signed December 13, 1792. From the date of 
this appointment he was styled William 
George, Esq., but was not a justice of the 
peace. He was a prosperous farmer and a 
respected citizen. He married (first) May 26, 
1763, Ruth Hastings, born in Haverhill, 
Massachusetts, August 8, 1742, died June i, 
1809, daughter of Robert Jr. and Ruth (San- 
ders) Hastings. He married (second) Feb- 
ruary 19, 181 1, Abigail Dearborn, daughter of 
Benjamin Dearborn. She had previously been 
married to Peter Hobart, Thomas McCulner 
and Rev. Samuel Currier. She survived her 
husband and died April 8, 1839. William 
George had four children, all by first wife : 
Robert, see forward; ^\'illiam, King, Moses. 

(V) Robert, son of William and Ruth 
(Hastings) George, was born in Hampstead, 
January 5, 1768. He was a farmer in 
Plymouth and built a house in South Ply- 
mouth, where he probably resided. He died 
by accident in 1834; while crossing a brook 
upon a log he fell and was drowned. He mar- 
ried. May 5, 1793, Sarah Dearborn, born April 
21, 1774, daughter of Samuel and Sarah 
(Clough) Dearborn. She died January 18. 
1851. They were the parents of children: 
Gideon, Leonard, Clarissa. Samuel Dearborn. 
Hiram, Malvina, Moor Russell, Mary Ann 
and Ruth. 

(V) King, second son of William and Ruth 
(Hastings) George, was born in Hampstead. 
New Flampshire, May 19, 1771. Plymouth, 
New Hampshire, at the confluence of the Mer- 
rimack and the Pemigewasset, heretofore a 
trackless wil(!erness, the home of savage beasts 
and more savage Indians, was to blossom into 
a prosperous pioneer settlement with the ad- 
vance of man and the quickening influences of 
civilization. Thither removed King George 
before 1787, then the outpost of intruding 
northern settlement. In that year the Congre- 



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gatioiial cluirch was burned, and Mr. George 
allowed the worshipers to meet in his spacious 
barn, which stood near the present residence 
of ]\lrs. Solomon A. Smith, on the Riimney 
road. He seems to have been very prominent 
in the church, and had received in youth some 
education, for he taught school in Plymouth, 
and was also a farmer. He married Ruth 
Eaton : children : Eaton, William, Daniel, 
David and Asa. 

(VI) Asa, son of King and Ruth (Eaton) 
George, was born in Plymouth, Grafton 
county, New Hampshire, November 2, 1809, 
died May 6, 1887. He moved to Groton, 
then old Cockermouth. New Hampshire, 
a near-by town, and in 1850 became a 
resident of Charlotte, North Carolina. Like 
his respected father, he was deeply interested 
in the Orthodox church, and possessed a strik- 
ing physique. In the south Asa George was 
an extensive land-owner and planter. He 
married, February 22, 1832, Adeline Kemp, 
who died in 1843. Children: David Kemp, 
died aged two years ; Edward Payson, see for- 
ward ; Mary Adeline (Mrs. Prather), a 
widow, residing in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

(VII) Edward Payson, son of Asa and 
Adeline (Kemp) George, was born in the 
town of Groton, Grafton county. New Hamp- 
shire, July 4, 1840. He took a collegiate 
course at Davidson College, North Carolina, 
and at the outbreaking of the civil war joined 
the Confederacy, becoming a captain in the 
commissary department. After the cessation 
of hostilities he removetl to Denver, Colorado, 
and engaged in the insurance business. He 
next studied dental surgery in Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, locating soon after in Frankfort, 
Germany. It was there he met the lady who 
became Mrs. George. Returning to America 
he located in Thomaston, Maine. Seven 
years more and we find him again in Europe, 
this time at Hanover, Germany, besides travel- 
ing extensively on the Continent. When in 
the United States again he settled on the old 
Creighton homestead in Thomaston, his wife's 
birthplace. He was a devoted member of the 
Congregational church. February i, 1887, he 
married Harriet Rose, daughter of James 
Alexander Creighton, of Thomaston. Mr. and 
Mrs. George had three children : Alice Creigh- 
ton, born in Frankfort, Germany, November 
21, 1888; Hilda Mav, Thomaston, Maine, Oc- 
tober 8, 1891 ; Donald Payson, Portland, 
Maine, February 5, 1893. Mr. George died 
December 19, 1907. In his will he bequeathed 
the following benefactions: To the town of 
Thomaston, six thousand dollars, to aid the 



needy poor requiring hospital service. To the 
Congregational church, two thousand dollars. 
To Thomaston Public Library, one thousand 
dollars. He also had in his lifetime given 
liberally to Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee 
Institute, the Children's Aid Society of New 
York, and Jacob Riis' worthy schemes in tene- 
ment district work in New York. A leading 
newspaper in the state has this to say of him : 

"Dr. Edward P, George was an educated, 
refined and cultured gentleman, with the 
graceful manners of the old school. He had 
decided opinions on the questions of the day, 
but did not advertise them or obtrude them 
upon others. He was always considerate, and 
treated every one with extreme courtesy. He 
came to Thomaston a stranger, but at once and 
always commanded the highest respect and es- 
teem of our people, and his death is mourned 
bv the entire community. He was unosten- 
tatiously charitable. ''' '^ * 

"While he resided in Thomaston, he took 
great interest in local affairs, and especially in 
beautifying the town and promoting the effi- 
ciency of its schools. He was instrumental in 
the establishment of the \'illage Improvement 
Society in Thomaston, and was active in hav- 
ing the street sides kept neat and trim. -^ * * 
It was through his energetic and diplomatic 
efforts that the town finally voted to introduce 
the study of music in the schools." 

The line of Creighton runs back to David, 
who was a Scotch-Irish settler in Warren, 
Maine, and was killed by the Indians in 1744. 
His children were : .Abraham, Samuel and 
David. 

(II) Samuel, second son of David Creigh- 
ton, married Lucretia Howell, of Bridge- 
water, Maine. Their children were : Captain 
James, John and Jane (Mrs. Jonathan Ful- 
ler). Samuel died November 10, 1783. 

(HI) John, second son of Samuel and Lu- 
cretia (Howell) Creighton, was born March 
24, 1774, and married Joanna Jordan. Their 
children were : Captain Samuel, Robert, John, 
Captain Ebenezer, Keziah, Joshua, Jordan, 
Captain James Alexander and Lucretia J. 

( I\' ) Captain James Alexander, sixth son 
of John and Joanna (Jordan) Creighton, was 
born June 6, 182 1. He went to sea at an 
early age and was master mariner at twenty- 
one, following aboard ship till he was thirty- 
two, wdien he returned to Thomaston, and 
began the burning of lime. The captain was 
as prosperous on land as he had been on deck, 
and built up a large business. He also oper- 
ated a grist-mill, a general store, coal and 
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Nathaniel Meserve)-, of Rockland, Maine. The 
children were: i. Emily, married Sidney 
Smith. 2. Clara A., deceased. 3. James Ed- 
win, died in infancy. 4. Harriet R., widow of 
Dr. Edward Payson George, of Thomaston, 
whose ancestors are sketched in this work. 5. 
Elizabeth, died in childhood. 6. John M., see 
forward. 7. Charles A., interested in the firm 
of J. A. Creighton and Company. 8. James 
Arthur, died in childhood. Captain Creigh- 
ton married (second) Isabelle Lewis, of Al- 
fred, Maine, who died in 1900, without issue. 
Captain Creighton died in December, 1893. 

(V) John M., eklest son of Captain James 
Alexander and Emily (Meservey) Creighton, 
was born November 8, 1856. His education 
was due to the local schools of Thomaston, and 
at the age of nineteen he entered the store of 
his father as clerk. In 1879 h^ was made a 
member of the firm of J. A. Creighton & 
Company. He married Hattie May, daughter 
of Ferdinand Robinson, of Worcester, Mas- 
sachusetts, and has one child, Emily Creigh- 
ton. 



This name, which is spelled 
TWITCHELL Twitchell, Tuchill and 
Twitchwell, was borne by 
three men who were probably immigrants, 
that is, Benjamin of Dorchester, probably of 
Medfield, 1663, and Francis and Joseph, both 
of Dorchester, 1633. 

(I) Joseph Twitchell, perhaps a brother of 
Francis, was of Dorchester, JMassachusetts, in 
1633; was admitted freeman May 14, 1634, 
and was still a resident of Dorchester in 1656. 
He was a man of irreproachable character, and 
tradition represents him to have been a Cy- 
clops in stature and a Hercules in strength. 
He had a son Joseph and four daughters. 

(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Twitch- 
ell, was a soldier in King Philip's war. "A 
List of Captain Samuel Mosselys Company 
taken at Dedham the 9th day of Xber 1675," 
includes the name of "Joseph Touchwill." 
Among those "Credited with Military Service 
under Captain Mosely, December loth 1675" 
is "Joseph Twitchell £4 19s 04d." Joseph 
Twitchell settled in Sherborn immediately after 
King Philip's war and died in Sherborn, Oc- 
tober 24, 1 710. He united with others to 
extinguish the Indian titles in Sherborn and 
became the owner of one hundred acres of 
the first grants there in 1682. 

(III) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) 
Twitchell, was born in Sherborn, September 
3, 1688, and died there January 31, 1728. He 
married, March 27, 1718, Elizabeth, daughter 



of John and Silence Holbrook, the latter a 
daughter of Jonathan Wood, who was massa- 
cred by the Indians the day before her birth, 
and whose mother expired soon after. 

(IV) Captain Joseph (4), son of Joseph 
(3) and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Twitchell, was 
born in Sherborn, February 13, 1719, and 
died there March 12, 1792. His home in 
Sherborn was on the east side of a place still 
known as "Dirty Meadow," on the south side 
of a steep, rocky hill. Among the trusts im- 
posed on him was the guardianship of the 
Natick Indians, in settling their estates. Long 
after these estates were settled and he was 
deceased, the Indians were in the habit of 
coming to the old homestead then occupied 
by his son Peter, to see if there was not still 
something due them. He was a man of good 
judgment and common sense, and the follow- 
ing anecdote illustrates his practicality. He 
had been on a business trip to Halifax, and 
while returning the vessel in which he sailed 
encountered a violent storm, lost her rudder, 
and became unmanageable. The captain was 
in utter despair and considered his ship as 
good as lost. Captain Twitchell examined 
the nature of the accident, and at once sug- 
gested a remedy ; a man was suspended head 
downward over the stern of the ship, being 
held by his ankles, and in that position, with 
an a.x, cut a hole through the ship into the 
cabin, and through this hole he fastened a 
temporary tiller by means of which the vessel 
was steered safely into Boston Harbor. The 
historian of Sherborn says of him : "Tradi- 
tion has brought down a high character for 
this man, and the record confirms it. He was 
captain of the militia, commissary for the 
army in the war of 1776, town clerk, repre- 
sentative and negotiate, and the leading man 
of the town until succeeded by his half- 
brother, Hon. Daniel Whitney." In the month 
of June, 1768, a township of land situated on 
both sides of a river in Maine was granted to 
the descendants of those men who went from 
Sudbury, Massachusetts, and adjacent towns 
on the Canada expedition in 1690. This grant 
was called Sudbury Canada, and is now 
Bethel. Joseph Twitchell, a man of affairs, 
was chosen president of the proprietors, and 
took great interest in the plantation. He be- 
came a very large proprietor by bidding oflf 
lands sold for taxes, and by purchasing rights 
of others, so that he had nearly a controlling 
interest in the soil. Neither he nor any of 
the other original proprietors were residents, 
but four of his sons became residents of Sud- 
bury Canada, and spent the remainder of their 



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days there. Josepli Twitchell caused a grist- 
mill and a sawmill to be built on tlie Mill 
brook at the foot of Bethel hill in 1774. These, 
save perhaps a nule camp or two, were the 
first buildings erected in the township. In 
1779 a house was built for the use of the 
miller, the first framed building erected for 
a dwelling. He married (first) June 28, 
1739, Deborah Fairbanks, daughter of Joseph 
F. Fairbanks, of Sherborn, and with her was 
received into the church July 27, 1740. He 
married (second) Widow Deborah (Sanger) 
Fasset, January 5, 1786. He was the father 
of fourteen children, all by the first wife: 
Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Eleazer, Ezra, 
Martha, Deborah (died young), ATjel, De- 
borah, Molly, Amos, Eli, Peter and Julia. Eli 
and Peter served in the revolutionary war. 
Eli left no descendants. Eleazer and Eli lived 
in Bethel. 

(V) Deacon Ezra, fifth child and fourth 
son of Joseph (4) and Deborah (Fairbanks) 
Twitchell, was born in Sherborn, Massachu- 
setts, June 23, 1746, and died in Bethel, Maine. 
He settled in Bethel about the time his brother 
Eli died, and was a farmer. He first re- 
sided in Dublin, New Hampshire, where his 
brother Samuel also lived, Ezra Twitchell 
was in the battle of Saratoga and several other 
engagements in revolutionary war, and the 
sword he carried is in the possession of the 
family. While in Dublin four of his children, 
all that were then born to him, died in one 
day of throat distemper (diphtheria). So 
stupefied were the parents by this terrible 
stroke that they could not shed a tear at the 
time. He was chosen deacon of the Congre- 
gational church in Bethel, and worthily filled 
the office till his death. He married Susanna 
Rice, of Framingham, Massachusetts, by 
whom he had eleven children: Susanna (died 
young), Hannah (died young), Anna (died 
young), Calvin (died young), Susanna, Cal- 
vin, Eliza, Eli, Thaddeus, Anna and Nathan F, 

(VI) Ezra (2), seventh child and third 
son of Deacon Ezra (i) and Susanna (Rice) 
Twitchell, was born November 24, 1781, and 
died 1874. He was a farmer and masofi, and 
lived on the north side of the Androscoggin 
river, below Mayville. He married Betsey 
Coffin, Their children were : Daniel, Alphin, 
Nancy, Cynthia, Abiah, Samuel (died young), 
Samuel Birge, Richard Eastman, Betsey Chap- 
man and Lucian. 

(VII) Alphin, second son and child of Ezra 
(2) and Betsey (Coffin) Twitchell, was born 
in Bethel, DecemlDer 27, 1804. Fie lived near 
Mavville, was an active business man and 



dealer in cattle, often in town office, a good 
citizen and highly respected. He married 
Roxanna A. Twitchell, his cousin, who was 
born December 20, 18 16, and died September 
15, 1892, daughter of Thaddeus and Betsey 
(Barker) Twitchell. They had seven chil- 
dren : 

I. Adelbert B., born December 14, 1836, 
was an officer in the Seventh Battery in the 
civil war ; married Marietta Northrup, and 
had three children : Richard, Adelbert B., mar- 
ried Catherine Mead, and Henry F., married 
Leslie Wells; two sons: John, born October, 
1903, and David, 1908. 2. Adeltha, April 13, 
1840, married Colonel Benjamin Thompson, 
of Minneapolis, and had two children : How- 
ard and Harry. 3. Amelia J., September 2, 
1842, married ]\Iajor John M. Gould, and had 
three children : Annie A., missionary in China 
and killed during the Boxer trouble in that 
country ; Oliver C. and Theodore. 4. Adelia 
B., died in infancy. 5. Mary Ella, April 23, 
1849, married Ed^vard C. Chamberlain, of 
Bethel, and has three children : Beulah, Albert 
and Alice. 6. Herbert F., mentioned below, 
7. Clara F., May 25, 1864, married Horatio 
N. Upton, of Bethel, 

(VIII) Herbert Francis, second son and 
sixth child of Alphin and Roxanna A. 
(Twitchell) Twitchell, was born in Bethel, 
November 16, 1859, He was educated in the 
Bethel public schools and at Gould's Academy, 
and was then a clerk in a retail drygoods store 
for a year. In 1880 he matriculated in the 
Maine Medical School, from which he took his 
degree in 1883. The following year he was 
interne at the Alaine General Hospital, and 
in 1884 commenced the general practice of 
his profession at Freeport, where he remained 
until 1892. He then settled in Portland, where 
he has practiced medicine and surgery, and at- 
tained much success, ranking now among the 
leaders of the profession in the state. He is 
surgeon and clinical instructor in surgery in 
the Maine General Hospital. He is a mem- 
ber of the Pathological Club, the Portland 
Medical Club, the Academy of Medicine and 
Science, the Cumberland County Medical So- 
ciety, and the Maine Medical Association ; also 
the Portland Club. He was made a Mason in 
Rising Star Lodge, of Freeport, Maine. In 
politics he is a Republican, and in religious 
views a Congregationalist. Dr. Herbert F. 
Twitchell married. May 14, 1885, Alice J. 
Gould, who was born in Avon, Maine, June 
12, 1855, daughter of Rev, Samuel L. and 
Ann (Poor) Gould, of Andover, Massachu- 
setts, 



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There were several an- 
WAKEFIELD cestors bearing this name 

who settled very early in 
the New England colonies, and their descend- 
ants have been conspicuous for good citizen- 
ship through the numerous generations that 
have taken their turn upon the stage of life. 
A town in Massachusetts has been named for 
the family, and its members have been con- 
spicuous in the fields of education, medicine, 
law and the ministry. They have also been 
active as business men and have contributed 
universally to the mental and moral growth 
of society as well as the material develop- 
ment of the commonwealth in which they lived. 
( I ) John Wakefield, the progenitor of the 
family which has been very numerously rep- 
resented in ]\Iaine, was a native of England. 
The first record of him found in this country 
bears date January i, 1637, when at the town 
meeting held at Salem he was assessed fifteen 
shillings as an inhabitant of Marblehead in the 
colony of Massachusetts Bay. It is presum- 
able that he came as early as the previous 
summer. On the fourteenth of the same 
month, among the several portions of land 
laid out at Marblehead, he received four acres 
"on the Neck." Prior to 1648 he lived in 
Salem, which then included the present town 
of Marblehead. He first appears on record 
in IMaine in 1641, when he and his brother- 
in-law, John Littlefield, received a grant of 
what is known as the Great Hill Farm. The 
hill at that time extended much farther into 
the sea than it now does, and with the pro- 
jecting land at the eastern end was called the 
Great Neck. This was in the ligonia patent, 
and neither of the grantees took possession 
probablv on account of the uncertainty as to 
their title. John Wakefield settled in the town 
of Wells, where he attained considerable 
prominence. He served as commissioner and 
selectman in 1648-34-57. In each instance his 
father-in-law, Edmund Littlefield, served in 
the same capacity. In 1652 John Wakefield 
purchased Wakefield's Island and removed 
to it in that year and there resided for a time. 
He subsequently purchased land in Scarboro 
and resided upon it several years. Thence he 
removed to that part of Biddeford which is 
now Saco, where he remained until his death. 
That he was a man of considerable substance is 
evidenced by the fact of his buying and selling 
lands, and he was frequently called upon to 
witness deeds for others. In 1670, when he 
was probably incapacitated by illness or the 
infirmities of age, his wife acted as his at- 
torney in selling parcels of land. He died 



February 15, 1674, and was buried at Bidde- 
ford. The destruction of the records of Wells, 
Maine, leaves us no accurate data as to the 
time of his marriage or his birth or the births 
of his children. His wife Elizabeth was a 
daughter of Edmund and Annis Littlefield, of 
Wells. Her death is not recorded. Their 
children included : John, James, Henry, Will- 
iam, Mary and Katherine. 

(II) James, second son and child of John 
and Elizabeth (Littlefield) Wakefield, was 
born about 1670, probably at Wells, Maine, 
where his father, the original immigrant of 
this line, had settled as early as 1648, having 
moved down the coast from Salem, Massachu- 
setts. James Wakefield lost his life by drown- 
ing on October 25, 1707. In 1699 he was 
granted a tract of one hundred acres of land 
on the Kennebunk river, near the landing. 
Like most of the men of that time and re- 
gion, he was probably as much engaged in 
fishing as farming. On the day that he lost 
his life he had gone out with his brother, Will- 
iam Wakefield, Moses and Job Littlefield, and 
Job Storer (2). Bourne's History of Wells 
and Kennebunk says that they "went out in a 
small sloop to fish, there was a heavy sea at 
the bar, and as they attempted to drive the 
sloop over it; she was upset and all were 
drowned ; bodies of four were recovered. 
These men were all valuable citizens and their 
aid was greatly needed." Some time prior 
to 1700 James Wakefield married Rebecca 

Gibbons, daughter of James and 

(Lewis) Gibbons, of Saco. James Gibbons 
was "master of the magazine," and a landed 
proprietor of Saco. His wife was a daughter 
of Thomas Lewis, one of the original owners 
of the "Lewis and Boynton Patent," through 
whom he inherited an estate. James Gibbons 
died in 1730 and provided for his daughter, 
Rebecca Wakefield, among his other children. 
To James and Rebecca (Gibbons) Wakefield 
were born : James, who married Mary Dur- 
rell, on December 18, 1719; John (2), whose 
sketch follows; Keziah, married. May 27, 1724, 
Philip Durrell (2) ; Nathaniel, married Han- 
nah Emmons in 1730; Samuel, married Ruth 
Godfrey, about 1736; Gibbons, who served in 
the expedition against Rasle in August, 1724. 

(HI) John (2), second son and child of 
James (i) and Rebecca (Gibbons) Wakefield, 
was born, probably at Saco, Maine, about the 
year 1700. but the date of his death is un- 
known. He was a resident of Kennebunk, 
and previous to the building of the new meet- 
ing-house in 1750 meetings were held at his 
house. On August 25 of that year he was 



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one of the committee to receive the answer of 
Mr. Daniel Little, who was invited to settle 
with them as minister. By the tax-list of the 
new pari.sh, 1750, John Wakefield was assessed 
two pounds, one shilling. In early life he saw 
military service, for in August, 1724, he was 
in the company of Captain Moulton at Nor- 
ridgewock, Maine, in the expedition against 
Rasle. His brothers, Nathaniel and Gibbons 
Wakefield, were also in this expedition. On 
May 27, 1724, John (2) Waketield married 
Elizabeth Durrell, and on the same day his 
sister Keziah married Philip Durrell (2), evi- 
dently a double wedding of two brothers and 
two sisters. To John (2) and Elizabeth 
( Durrell ) Wakefield were born eight chil- 
dren : John, April 16, 1725, married Ruth 
Cousins; Gibbons, March 7, 1726-27, married 
Mary Goodwin; Elizabeth, August 20, 1730, 
died October 7, 1736; Rachel, June 24, 1733, 
married Nicholas Bunnell ; James, whose 
sketch follows; Elizabeth, April 14, 1740, mar- 
ried Jonathan Taylor; Jacob, July 26, 1742, 
died on August 10 of that year; Isaiah, De- 
cember 29, 1743, married Susanna Fiske. 

(IV) James (2), third son of John (2) and 
Elizabeth (Durrell) Wakefield, was born May 
7, 1736, at Kennebunk, Maine, and died in 
October, 1779. He was a farmer near Wells, 
Maine, and in the quaint language of one his- 
torian, "was one of those early settlers who 
thought more of the house of God than their 
own." This inference is drawn from the 
fact that at his death his house was appraised 
at seventy-three dollars and his pew in church 
at sixty-seven. This does not imply, however, 
that he was a man of little means, for the total 
inventory of his estate amounted to five hun- 
dred and forty-seven pounds and twenty shil- 
lings. James (2) Wakefield married, July i, 
1756, Miriam Burbank, daughter of John Bur- 
bank, one of the first settlers of Arundel and 
a lieutenant at the taking of Louisburg in 
1745. Six children were born to James (2) 
and Miriam (Burbank) Wakefield: Eliza- 
beth, married Jacob Waterhouse ; Sarah, mar- 
ried Joseph Dennet ; Miriam, married Lewis 
Martin ; Hannah, married William Water- 
house ; Abigail, married Peter Roberts ; James, 
whose sketch follows. Fifteen months after 
her husband's death, Mrs. Miriam (Burbank) 
Wakefield married Lewis Martin, of Wells; 
this marriage occurred January 27, 1781. 

(V) James (3), only son and youngest of 
the six children of James (2) and Miriam 
(Burbank) Wakefield, was born in Kenne- 
bunk, IMaine, October 4, 1775, and died at 
Etna, October 8, 1848. He was a lumber- 



man by occupation, and lived at Buxton and 
Etna, Maine. About 1796 he married Han- 
nah Smith, who was born February 25, 1777. 
They had seven children : Elisha, January i, 
1797; Abigail, May 26, 1799; Harriet, Sep- 
tember 18, 1801 ; James, November i, 1803; 
Hannah, August 4, 1806; Darius, March 9, 
1809; and Archibald, whose sketch follows. 
Four of the children, Abigail, Harriet, James 
and Hannah, joined the Poland Shakers and 
lived there till their death. Their mother, 
Mrs. Hannah (Smith) Wakefield, lived till 
November 2, 1872, dying at the age of eighty- 
eight. 

(VI) Archibald, fourth and youngest son of 
James (3) and Hannah (Smith) Wakefield, 
was born at Buxton, Maine, August 23, 181 1, 
and died at Lewiston, Maine, February 2, 
1882. Like some of his elder brothers and 
sisters, he was brought up by the Poland 
Shakers, with whom he lived till he was 
twenty years of age. He lived at different 
times at Buxton, Alfred, Poland and Lewis- 
ton, Maine, and at Boston, Massachusetts. On 
November 27, 1834, he married Sarah Davis, 
daughter of David and Mary (Curtis) Davis, 
of Lewiston. Her father, David Davis, was 
the second male child born in that town, the 
date occurring September i, 1775. Archibald 
and Sarah (Davis) Wakefield had seven chil- 
dren: David Davis, born January 12, 1837, 
died at the age of four months ; Seth Davis, 
whose sketch follows; Edwin, March 15, 1840; 
Harriet, July 5, 1843 ! Flannah R., November 
21, 1849; Sarah A., September 30, 1853; 
Helen, November 3, 1855. 

(VII) Seth Davis, second son and child of 
Archibald and Sarah (Davis) Wakefield, was 
born at Lewiston, Maine, February 22, 1838. 
He received his early education in the public 
schools of Lewiston, at Lewiston Falls Acad- 
emy, Kent's Hill and Litchfield Liberal In- 
stitute. In 1856 he went into the drygoods 
business in the old Garcelon Block, under the 
firm name of Clark and W'akefield. He re- 
mained there till the latter part of 1857, when 
he went to Dubuque, Iowa. In 1858 he re- 
turned to Auburn, Maine, and went into the 
dry-goods business under the firm name of 
Parcher & Wakefield. When his father built 
a store in Central Block, in Lewiston, he 
moved into it. After a time Seth D. Wake- 
field thought he wanted to see something of 
the country, so he started for California, go- 
ing by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, 
which was a tedious journey in those days, 
requiring about a month. Having seen as 
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turned to Lewiston and started the Merchants' 
Express, Lewiston to Boston by way ot the 
Bath boat, an enterprise which is still doing 
business. Mr. \\"akefield's next venture was 
in the shoe business, under the firm name of 
Gorham & Wakefield, which became the S. D. 
Wakefield Company after the death of Mr. 
Gorham. After six years of this, Mr. Wake- 
field had an opportunity to learn something of 
the drug business. Finding it to his liking, on 
December i. 1868, he purchased the drug 
business of A. G. Rankin, which he still con- 
ducts, after forty years of successful con- 
tinuance. The firm name became Wakefield 
Brothers upon the admission of Edwin Wake- 
field, and after the death of the latter in 1899 
^Ir. Seth D. Wakefield conducted the business 
alone, but still retained the early name. In 
addition to his regular occupation, for four 
years (1897 to 1901) i\Ir. ^Vakefield was in- 
terested in a coal and wood business in Au- 
burn, under the firm name of Wood & Wake- 
field ; but he eventually sold out to his part- 
ner. Mr. S. D. Wakefield's father, Archibald 
Wakefield, was for many years a director of 
the First National Bank of Lewiston, and 
upon his death in 1882 Seth D. Wakefield was 
elected to fill his place ; and still later was 
made vice-president of the bank, which posi- 
tion lie still holds. He is also a director of 
the Androscoggin County Savings Bank, of 
Lewiston. He is a Democrat in politics, but 
in 1875 he was elected to the state legislature, 
largely by the help of the Republicans, as his 
own party was in the minority. He has also 
served on the board of assessors, and in 1876 
was on the commission for readjustment. He 
is an attendant of the Universalist church. On 
August 25, 1859, Mr. Wakefield married Mary 
E. Coffin, daughter of Aaron and Fear Parker 
(Drisco) Coffin, of Washington county, 
Maine. Two sons were born of this mar- 
riage, both in Lewiston : Archibald C, Feb- 
ruary 18, 1861 : and Frederick S., December 
10, 1873. Archibald C. is a clothing merchant 
in Albany, New York. Frederick S. married 
Jane Kerr, of New York City, and is a physi- 
cian living in Lewiston, making, a specialty of 
the eye. ear, nose and throat. 



The family of Morrison is 
MORRISON very numerous in Scotland 

and the surname has been 
fixed there and in the adjacent island of 
Lewis for many centuries, probably for a thou- 
sand years. It is an old surname in the coun- 
ties of Lincoln, Hertford and Lancaster, Eng- 
land, where persons of the name were knighted 



and received coats-of-arms. The family has 
spread over England, Ireland and America. 
It appears to be evident that all of the name 
spring from the same stock and have a com- 
mon origin. The island of Lewis, on the west 
coast of Scotland, is undoubtedly the place 
where the family originated, though its 
founder was probably of Norwegian origin. 
The family has two tartans — a beautiful red 
clan tartan and a green hunting tartan. While 
there is more than one coat-of-arms, that in 
most general use and presumed to be the most 
ancient is : Azure three Saracen heads con- 
joined in one neck proper, the faces look to 
the chief, dexter and sinister sides of the 
shield. This design is in general use as a 
crest, and the three Moors' or Saracen heads 
in other designs are on the shields of other 
Morrison families. Motto: Pretio prudentia 
praestat. (Prudence excels reward. Or, Pru- 
dence is better than profit ; or Long-headed- 
ness is above price.) It is claimed that the 
arms and crest were bestowed upon a Morri- 
son during the Crusades for some deed of 
daring by Richard Coeur de Lion. The name 
has been variously spelled Maryson, Moreson, 
Moryson, Morreson, Moorison, Morrisson, 
Morson, Morisown, Morisone, Morison, Mor- 
rison, Murison and Morrowson. In early 
days the family in Scotland, England, Ireland 
and America almost invariably spelled the 
name Morison. About 1800 Morrison came 
into general use in Scotland, England, Ire- 
land and America, and has continued to the 
present time. The best authority on the origin 
of the name state that it means the son of 
Mary, Moore or Maurice, and the name as 
originally written in Sa.xon English would be 
Moores-son or j\lores-son, or, if the Gaelic 
form were retained, Mhores-son. In Norse 
the name would be Moors-son, Moorsonm, 
Mhors-son, everything indicating a close con- 
nection between the Moor and Morrison fam- 
ilies. 

(I) Daniel Morrison, immigrant ancestor, 
was born about 1669, undoubtedly of Scotch 
ancestry, but whether born in England or 
Scotland is yet unknown. He settled in New- 
bury, Massachusetts, before 1690 and was a 
farmer there for many years afterward. On 
May 20, 1695, he and Thomas Staples pur- 
chased of Abiel Long and wife Hannah, eigh- 
teen acres of land. On February 28, 1696, he 
was one of sixty-four persons taxed for build- 
ing the West End Meeting-house. On March 
14, 1699-1700, then of Newbury, he bought 
of Moses Chase of that town fifteen acres ; 
February 3, 1706-07, he purchased of Stephen 



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Greenleaf. of Newbury, twenty-seven acres, 
known as the Rate lot. He married (first) 
Hannah Griffin, daughter of John and Lydia 
(Shatswell) Griffin. Lydia was a daughter of 
Theophilus Shatswell, son of Theophilus Sr., 
of Haverhill. Massachusetts. Hannah (Grif- 
fin) Morrison was born in Bradford with her 
twin brother John, April 2, 1671, and died in 
Newbury, October 9, 1700. His widow, Lydia 
Griffin, and children deeded to Stephen 
Barker, April 7, 1709, for one hundred and 
five pounds a tract of one hundred and sev- 
entv-eight acres of land given to the Widow 
Griffin by her father, Theophilus Shatswell. 
This land was on the north side of the river 
at Haverhill. In this deed Daniel Morrison 
signs in behalf of his former wife, Hannah 
Griffin. Daniel bought land June 20, 1710, in 
partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas 
Staples. He deeded forty acres of land in 
Newbury "for love and affection" March 16, 
1726, to his son John. He sold for seven hun- 
dred and ninety pounds a house and thirty- 
two acres of land, probably his homestead, 
April I, 1731, to Timothy i\lorse, and bought 
a home in Rowley of John Stevens, December 
23, 1 73 1, with thirty acres of land. He and 
his wife Mary deeded thirty acres at Row- 
ley for love and affection to Roger Chase and 
his wife Abigail, of Newbury, mentioning the 
dwelling-house, barn and orchard. His wife 
Hannah died October 9, 1700. He married 
(second) March 27, 1707, Mary, dattghter of 
Deacon John Foulson, of Exeter, New Hamp- 
shire. She was born September 27, 1664, and 
died February 14, 171 1. He married (third) 

Mary , who survived him. His will, 

dated November 3, 1736, was proved May 10, 
1737. To his wife Mary he gave ten pounds 
bill of credit "provided she accept of this last 
will and testament. In case she does not ac- 
cept this my last will then I do not give her 
anything. The reason why I thus deal with 
her is because I have given her forty pounds, 
which she hath disposed of, which money was 
in lieu of a bargain made betw^een us before 
marriage." ChiUh-en : i. Daniel, born in 
Newbury, August i, 1691, resided in Row- 
ley. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, 
Newbury, January 27, 1695-96. 4. Ebenezer, 
Newbury, October 6, 1697, resided in Stra- 
tham. 5. Mary, Newbury, March 20, 1699, 
married Charles Annis. 6. Abigail, married 
Roger Chase, of Newbury. March 16, 1725. 
Children of second wife: 7. Lydia (twin), 
February 4, 1710, died young. 8. Beriah 
(twin), February 4, 1710, died young. 9. and 
10. Twins born and died April i and 2, 1712. 



(II) John, son of Daniel Morrison, was 
born, in Newbury, iMarch 28, 1693. On De- 
cember 9, 1 717, he bought a house and land 
on the north side of the King's Highway, in 
Exeter, New Hampshire, of Nathaniel Ladd, 
of Stratham. , He was a resident of Newbury, 
Massachusetts, however. On ^ larch 16, 1726, 
he received a deed of gift from his father 
Daniel, forty acres of land in Newbury, on 
the Bradford road. Later he was a resident 
of Haverhill, apparently in the east parish; 
was a rate-payer there in 1741 and signed 
petitions there in 1743 and 1748. His will, 
recorded at Salem, was dated August 18, 
1769, and proved February 7, 1770. He was 
a cordwainer by trade. He married Lydia 
Robinson. She was allowed one hundred and 
thirty-four pounds, five shillings, five pence, 
out of her husband's estate, which was 
rendered insolvent September 24, 1770. His 
son-in-law, John Goodrich, was executor. 
Children: i. Bradbury, born iMarch i, 1720, 

married Elizabeth . 2. Daniel, settled 

in Gilmanton or Kingston, New Hampshire. 

3. David, born 1732-33, lived in Sanbornton. 

4. Samuel, lived in Sanbornton. 5. Ebenezer, 
lived in Sanbornton. 6. Jeremiah, "went to 
some unknown region." 7. Hannah. 8. Abi- 
gail, married Folsom, of Gilmanton. 

9. Lydia, married John Goodrich. 10. Jona- 
than, died young. 11. ^lolly. 12. John, men- 
tioned below. 

(III) John (2), son of John (i) Morrison, 
was born in Sanbornton about 1750. He re- 
sided in Epping and Candia, New Hampshire, 
and is the progenitor of the Candia family of 

Morrisons. He married . Among their 

children was David, mentioned below. 

(IV) David, son of John (2) Morrison, 
was born in Candia, New- Hampshire, March 
30, 1792, and died in Palermo, Maine, April 
25, 1833. He married Eleanor Lang, born in 
Candia, February 22, 1793, died in Madrid, 
Maine, June 24, i860. Children: i. David 
Jr., born April 1812, died July 30, t86o. 2. 
James, February 10, 1814, mentioned below. 
3. Moses Baker, December 4,' 18 15. 4. Ben- 
jamin Lang, April 19, 1818. 6. Louisa Jane, 
June I, 1820. 6. Cyrus, April 2, 1822, died 
December 30, 1863. 7. Dairus, August 2, 
1824, died October 27, 1825. 8. Salome, Sep- 
tember II, 1826, died November 5, i860. 9. 
Mary, May 9, 1828, died October 27, 1850. 

10. Eleanor, April 15, 1831. 

(V) Captain James, son of David Morrison, 
was born in Candia, New Hampshire, Febru- 
ary ID, 1814, and died in Phillips, Maine, No- 
vember 12, 1884. He was educated in the 




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common schools in Candia, and when twelve 
years old removed with his parents to Waldo 
county, Maine, where his father built a saw 
and grist-mill in Palermo. When a young 
man he settled in Madrid, Franklin county, 
and built mills which he conducted for many 
years. Later he bought a farm in Phillips. 
Maine, but retained the mills at Madrid. He 
was in active business up to the time of his 
death. In politics he was a Republican. He 
was captain of the militia company at Madrid. 
He married Mary Leach Doten, born in 
Buckfield. Maine, May 13, 1807, died July 14, 
1887. Children: I. James, mentioned below. 
2. Mary Ellen, born June 17, 1845, married 
Leroy A. Smith, who died in 1896; had two 
children, Bertha and Eugene Smith ; resided 
in Rangely, but at present in Los Angeles, 
California. 

(\T) Hon. James (2), son of Captain 
James (i) Morrison, was born in Madrid, 
Maine, March 14. 1841. When he was six 
years old his parents removed to Phillips, 
Maine, and he worked on the farm and in his 
father's sawmill, attending school as he found 
opportunity. At the age of twenty-two he 
enlisted in the second regiment, Maine Cav- 
alry, in the civil war, and served in the De- 
partment of the Gulf. He was at New Or- 
leans, Thibodeaux, Louisiana ; Brashear City ; 
Pine Barren Creek and Milton, Florida, Pol- 
lard, Alabama, and the taking of Mobile, and 
was with the cavalry detachment that led the 
Sixteenth Army Corps up through Alabama, 
and occupied the city of Montgomery. At 
the close of the war he came home and re- 
sumed the occupation of teacher, which he had 
engaged in from time to time. He began the 
study of law, and was admitted to the Frank- 
lin county bar in September, i86g. He was 
superintending school committeeman, one of 
the selectmen of Phillips for about tw-elve 
years, representative to the general court in 
1877, senator in 1878 and 1879, serving one 
term as chairman of the committee on legal 
affairs and one term on the judiciary. He 
was appointed judge of probate for Franklin 
county by Governor Robie in 1883, to fill a 
vacancy, elected for four years in 1884, re- 
elected in 1888-92-96. He continued in the 
practice of law for five years after his admis- 
sion to the bar, but failing health, the result 
of hardships and exposure during the war, 
compelled him to partly give up his ofiice 
work and devote much of his time in work 
upon his farm, although he still retains an 
office. Fie is interested in the raising of 
blooded stock, and also in the buving and sell- 



ing of timber lands. Judge Morrison has 
always been a Republican and served six years 
on the Republican state committee, and has 
done considerable work in the field and on 
the stump. He is a radical temperance advo- 
cate, and believes in the Maine law prohibiting 
the manufacture and sale of into.xicating 
liquor. A man of sterling character and strict 
integrity, he commands the confidence and 
esteem of all his townsmen. He is a member 
of Blue Mountain Lodge of Free Masons, at 
Phillips, Maine; of Franklin Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons, Farmington ; of Jephtha Coun- 
cil, Royal and Select Masters, Farmington ; of 
Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, 
Farmington ; of Sherburne Chapter, Eastern 
Star, Phillips. He is a member also of Mount 
Saddleback Lodge of Odd Fellows, Phillips, 
and of Hope Lodge of Rebekahs ; of Franklin 
Grange, No. 186, Patrons of Husbandry, of 
the Pomona and State Grange. He married, 
March 14, 1871, Louisa E. Chick, of Madrid, 
Maine, born December 14, 1850, died Novem- 
ber 4, 1903, daughter of Benjamin Chick, a 
native of Ossipee, New Hampshire. Chil- 
dren, born in Phillips: I. Grace Winnefred, 
born January 25, 1872, educated in the public 
schools, at Phillips Academy and at the Farm- 
ington Normal school ; married Orrin Young, 
a carpenter, in Greenville, Maine, Moosehead 
Lake; child, Rodney Young. 2. Cassandra 
Mary, born September 20, 1880, married Har- 
old W. Worthley, of Avon, a farmer; chil- 
dren: Herbert M. Worthley, Louisa Worth- 
ley and George Worthley. 3. James Blaine, 
born August 10, 1884, law student in the 
office of Hon. Frank W. Butler, Farmington, 
Maine. 



is a family name of local 
KENDALL derivation, borrowed probably 
from Kendal, a noted town in 
Westmoreland county. England, on the bor- 
ders of the river Ken, and signifying the val- 
ley of the Ken ; or, as it is thought by some, 
from Kent-dale, that is, a dale in the county 
of Kent. From one or the other of these 
sources the Kendalls in England and their 
descendants in America derived their origin 
and their name. The family in England is 
very large and widely distributed, many of 
the branches bearing arms and having dis- 
tinguished members. The name is found com- 
mon in Bedfordshire, at Basingborne, Esse.x ; 
in Lancashire; at Smithby, Derbyshire; in 
Cornwall ; in Devonshire ; and Hertfordshire. 
In 1575 a branch of the family settled in 
Thorpthules, Durham, a younger son of the 



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Kendall family of Ripon, Yorkshire, where 
the family lived at an early date. Among the 
early Kendalls who were prominent was John 
Kendall, sheriff of Nottingham, killed in the 
battle of Bosworth in 1485, fighting in the 
army of Richard III. 

(I) John Kendall, progenitor of the Amer- 
ican family, lived in the county of Cambridge, 
England, 1646, died there in 1660. Two of 
his sons came to America: i. Francis, men- 
tioned below. 2. Deacon Thomas, who was 
a proprietor of Reading, Massachusetts, in 
1644: was admitted freeman May 10, 1648; 
had nine daughters and one son. One daugh- 
ter and the son died in infancy, thus leaving 
no descendants bearing his name. 

(II) Francis, son of John Kendall, born 
1620, in England, is supposed to have been 
the ancestor of all of his name in New Eng- 
land prior to the revolution. He came from 
Kent, England, and was in Charlestown, in 
1640, where he subscribed the "Town Or- 
ders" for Woburn in December of that year ; 
and was taxed among the earliest inhabitants 
of Woburn, 1645, arid built the first grist- 
mill there. His house was about one mile 
west of Woburn Center, on the Lexington 
road. A family tradition, communicated many 
years ago by the Rev. Dr. Kendall, of Wes- 
ton, is that in order to conceal from his par- 
ents his intention to emigrate to this country, 
he embarked in England under an assumed 
name. Miles. Perhaps he was related to Miles 
Kendall, governor of the Bermuda Islands in 
1619. He died in 1708, when according to 
testimony given by him in court, 1700, he 
must have been eighty-eight years old. He 
was a gentleman of great respectability and in- 
fluence in the place of his residence. He 
served the town at different times, eighteen 
years on the board of selectmen, and w^as often 
appointed on important committees, especially 
on one for distributing the common lands of 
the town, 1664; and on another respecting the 
erection of the second meeting-house, 1672. 
In his will, dated May g, 1706, when he was 
"stricken in years" (he writes) ''and expecting 
daily his change," he styles himself a miller; 
and gives one-half of his mill, with a propor- 
tionate interest in the streams, dams and uten- 
sils thereto belonging, to his son John, one- 
quarter to Thomas, and one-quarter to Sam- 
uel. This mill has ever since been in the 
possession of his posterity. He remembered, 
likewise, in his will the eight daughters of his 
brother Thomas, one of the first settlers of 
Reading. The record of his marriage reads 
thus : "Frances Kendall, alias Miles, and 



Mary Tedd (Tidd) Maryed 24th of 10 mo. 
(24 of December) 1644." This lends sup- 
port to the family tradition as to his feigned 
name. Mrs. Kendall was the daughter of 
John and Margaret Tidd, died in 1705. Their 
children were : John, Thomas, Mary, Eliza- 
beth, Hannah, Rebekah, Samuel, Jacob and 
Abigail. All the sons made Woburn their 
place of residence, where their descendants be- 
came very numerous, though now but few re- 
main. 

(Ill) Thomas, second son of Francis and 
Mary (Tidd) Kendall, was born January 10, 
1649, "i Woburn, where he lived, was a 
farmer, and died May 25, 1730. He married 
(first) in 1673, Ruth, daughter of Samuel and 
Ruth (Iggleden) Blodgett, of Woburn. She 
was born December 28, 1656, in that town, 
and died December 18, 1695. He married 
(second) March 30, 1696, Abigail Broughton, 
who died December 31, 17 16. She was the 
widow of Captain John Broughton, of Salmon 
Falls, now Berwick, Maine, who was killed by 
Indians, June 19, 1689, and daughter of Rev. 
John Reyner, of Dover, New Hampshire. His 
children, all born of the first marriage, were : 
I. Ruth, February 17, 1675, married John 
Walker. 2. Thomas, May 19, 1677, who 
settled in Framingham. 3. i\Iary, February 
21, 1 68 1, married Joseph Whittemore in 1699. 
4. Samuel, October 29, 1682, was lieutenant 
under Governor Belcher. 5. Ralph, mentioned 
below. 6. Eliezer, November 16, 1687. 7. 
Ephraim, i6go, who lived in Wilmington. 8. 
and g. Jabez and Jane, twins, September 10, 
1692. ID. Son, still-born. The youngest 
daughter married Joseph Russell in 171 2, and 
Jabez remained in Woburn. 

( I\' ) Ralpn, third son of Thomas and Ruth 
(Blodgett) Kendall, was born May 4, 1685, in 
Woburn, and lived in that town until 1719-20, 
when he moved to Lancaster, Massachusetts, 
and there passed his last years. He was mar- 
ried in May, 1707, in Woburn, to Abigail, 
daughter of Lieutenant John and Ruth ( Burn- 
ham) Carter, of that town. She was born 
March 30, 1689. Their first seven children 
were born in Woburn, and six more in Lan- 
caster, as follows: t. Ralph, died at the age 
of four days. 2. Peter, born October 14, 1710. 
3. Abigail, August 14, 1712. 4. Esther, Feb- 
ruary 14, 1714. 5- Jonathan, February 14, 
1716. 6. Bezell, April 7, 1718. 7. Keziah, 
January 12, 1719. 8. Uzziah, .-Kpril 11. 1721, 
in Lancaster. 9. .^biarthar, February 22, 
1723. 10. Ruth, February 9, 1725. 11. Abi- 
gail, July 20, 1728. 12. Benjamin, September 
12, 1731. 13. Eunice, May 14, 1733. 



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(\') Benjamin, twelfth child of Ralph and 
Abigail (Carter) Kendall, was born Septem- 
ber 12, 1731, in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and 
like most of his father's children settled in 
Maine. He located at first at Georgetown, 
where his first two children were born, and 
subsequentl}- lived in Dresden, Maine. The 
last fifteen years of his life were spent at 
Freeport, Maine, where he died February 28, 
1805. Benjamin served in Captain Eicazer 
Melvin's company, 1754, in the Shirley expe- 
dition against Niagara. He married Jennie 
Rogers (styled in her father's will Jean), who 
was born June 25, 1733, in Londonderry, New 
Hampshire, and survived him nearly three 
years; died April i, 1808. She was a grand- 
daughter of George Rogers, a Scotch Presby- 
terian, who came from Londonderry, Ireland, 
about 1720, and lived at Londonderry, New 
Hampshire, before he settled at Georgetown, 
New Hampshire. He was born about 1662 in 
Ireland, and died October 30, 1743, in George- 
town. His wife, Isabella, was born about 
1678 and died December 5, 1743. Their 
gravestones are still to be seen in the Dro- 
more burying-ground at Phippsburg, Maine. 
Their son. William Rogers, the father of Jen- 
nie Rogers, was born in northern Ireland in 
1702 and was still a minor when he came to 
America with his father. He married Dinah, 
daughter of Hugh Rankin, and settled about 
1735 at Georgetown, now Phippsburg, where 
he died February 23, 1763. The children of 
Benjamin Kendall were: Abigail, William, 
Benjamin, Annie, John, Hugh Rogers, Thom- 
as, Fanny and Robert Rogers. 

(VI) Captain Robert Rogers, youngest 
child of Benjamin and Jean (Rogers) Kendall, 
was born March 21, 1773, in Dresden, Maine, 
and settled in Freeport, Maine, soon after 
the incorporation of the town. He built a 
house on Main street at what is known as 
Kendall's Corner, and this, though enlarged, 
is still standing and occupied by his descend- 
ants. He died May 25, 1858. He was a sol- 
dier in the war of 1812, and was a prominent 
and liighly respected citizen. Fle was noted 
as a swordsman, and it is related that in a 
test of his skill as a swordsman he success- 
fully defended himself against two men at- 
tacking him simultaneously with bayonetted 
guns. He was married May 25, 1797, to his 
cousin, Margaret Miller Rogers, daughter of 
\\'illiam and Eleanor (Stanwood) Rogers. 
She was born February 26, 1778, in Bruns- 
wick, Maine, and died at Freeport, January 24, 
i860, surviving her husband nearly two years. 
Their children were : William Rogers, Hora- 



tio Gates, Robert Pope, Eleanor Jane, Nathan 
Nye and Julia Margaret. 

(VII) William Rogers, eldest child of Cap- 
tain Robert Rogers and Margaret M. (Rog- 
ers) Kendall, was born .\ugust 18, 1799, in 
Freeport, and in his earlier years was a fisher- 
man, captain of a mackerel "handliner." Later 
in life he was a farmer upon the paternal 
homestead in Freeport, where he died about 
1880. Like his father he was a member of 
the Freeport Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons, and each in turn occupied the chair in 
the East. His ruling passion was the desire 
to shoot wild geese and for this purpose he 
always kept behind the "entry" door an old 
flint lock Queens Arm and a bored-out .Spring- 
field rifle ever loaded. It is said that the only 
chance he ever had to shoot any geese was on 
a foggy morning when a flock flew low be- 
tween his barn and house. Never thinking of 
his guns, he ran out, seized a stick of wood 
from the fuel-pile and let it go at the disap- 
pearing birds. The proof of this story lies in 
the fact that the guns are still in the posses- 
sion of his grandson, though the charges have 
been drawn. He w'as noted in the neighbor- 
hood as a drummer. He married in Decem- 
ber, 1829, to Minerva Converse, of Freeport, 
Maine. She was a woman of marked social 
gifts, and was especially noted as a skilful 
whist-player. She was a descendant of Cap- 
tain George Rogers, was a daughter of Dr. 
John and Sally (Hanson) Converse, of Dur- 
ham, Maine, and was born February 2^, 1807, 
in Durham. One of her relatives, named Rog- 
ers, was an officer during the war of 1812, 
probably on the ship "Enterprise," and among 

the relics preserved by her descendants is a • 
round mahogany dining-table that was taken 
from the "Enterprise" or "Boxer" after the 
naval battle of Portland in 1813. Mrs. Ken- 
dall died in Freeport in 1881 at the age of 
seventy-five years. She was devoted to her 
grandchildren and it was due to her persistent 
insistence that her grandson, Dr. William C. 
Kendall, of Washington, D. C, was kept in 
school. Her children were : William Pote, 
John Converse, Sarah and Horatio. . 

(VIII) William Pote, eldest child of Will- 
iam Rogers and Minerva (Converse) Kendall, 
was born .\ugust 12, 1831, in Freeport, and 
died March i, igoi. By trade he was a 
painter and was employed almost exclusively 
on the ships built during the heighth of that 
industry, for which Freeport was for a long 
time noted. After the decline of ship-building 
he engaged in painting buildings and was also 
a grainer, paper-hanger and glazier. He took 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



little interest in public affairs and was not 
identified with any church or fraternal or- 
ganization outside of the Grand Army Post 
at Freeport, of which he was a past com- 
mander and chaplain. Shortly after the out- 
break of the civil war, with his brother John 
C, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth 
Maine \'ohintecrs, in which he had the rank 
of corporal and in which his brother became 
major. William P. Kendall nearly lost his 
life of typhoid fever at Arlington, and re- 
tired from the service after the expiration of 
the nine months for which he had enlisted. 
The brother re-enlisted in the Thirtieth Regi- 
ment and became captain of his company. 
William P. Kendall found his chief recre- 
ations in fishing for brook trout and hunting 
grouse. He married Mary Frances, daughter 
of Barnabas Bartol and Mary (Cofifin) Carver, 
and granddaughter of Seth and Jane (Brown) 
Carver, of Freeport. She was born February 
24, 1832, and resides in Freeport. Their chil- 
dren were : William Converse, Nathan Nye, 
Fanny G. and Sarah Schieffelin. The elder be- 
came the wife of Arthur Grant, of Freeport, 
and died one day previous to her husband. 
The younger is the wife of Linwood E. Porter, 
of Freeport, and has two daughters, Vivian 
Kendall and Frances. 

(IX) William Converse, elder son of Will- 
iam P. and Mary Frances (Carver) Kendall, 
was born April 4, 1861, in Freeport, and 
spent his early life in that town. In his 
schooldays he seldom had even a summer vaca- 
tion, being kept in a private school after the 
public schools were closed. As soon as he was 
old enough he was the constant companion of 
his father in fishing and hunting expeditions, 
developed a great enthusiasm in those sports 
and is still fond of traversing the fields where 
he spent so much time with his father. He 
graduated from Bowdoin College in 1885, with 
a degree of A. B., and received the degree of 
A. M. from that institution in i8go. He en- 
tered the medical school of Georgetown Uni- 
versity, from which he was graduated with 
the degree of M. D. in 1896. For a few 
years he was engaged in school-teaching, and 
in 1889 joined the United States fish com- 
mission, with which he is still connected as 
naturalist. His numerous scientific papers 
have appeared mainly in the bulletins and 
reports of the commission and in the pro- 
ceedings of the United States National Mu- 
seum. He has, however, contributed articles 
on natural history subjects and short stories 
to the popular magazines. He is a fellow 
of the American Association for the Advance- 



ment uf Science, a member of Washington 
Academy of Science, the Washington Biologi- 
cal Society, Maine Ornithological Society, 
American Fisheries Society, American For- 
estry Association, Portland (Maine) Society 
of Natural History, and was for some time 
an associate member of the American Ornitho- 
logists Union. He was formerly a member of 
A. C. Pray Camp, No. 2, Sons of Veterans, of 
Auburn, Maine, and is one of the founders of 
the Geological Society of Washington, from 
which organizations he resigned after a mem- 
bership of about two years each. In college 
he was a member of the Fraternity, Theta 
Delta Chi. He is a member of the Harra- 
seeket Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Pythias, of 
Freeport, Maine, and of Freeport Lodge, No. 
23, Free and Accepted Masons, in which both 
his great-grandfather and grandfather were 
presiding officers, and is also a member of the 
Maine Grange. Dr. Kendall was married 
April 3, 1893, in Washington, to Ida Wilhel- 
mina, daughter of Henry Aschenbach, of that 
city, and they have one child, Minerva ( Con- 
verse) Kendall, born June 29, 1897, in Wash- 
ington. 

(IX) Nathan Nye, younger son of William 
P. and Mary Frances (Carver) Kendall, was 
born April 15, 1864, in Freeport, where he 
now resides. He married Linnie Marston, of 
Freeport, and they have a son, Lloyd Mayne. 



(For preceding generations see John Kendall I.) 

(IV) Samuel, son of Thomas 
KENDALL Kendall, was born October 
29, 1682. He married Eliza- 
beth . Giildren, all born in Woburn : 

I. Rev. Samuel, born June 30, 1708, married 
Annie Green; died January 31, 1792: pastor 
of church at New Salem. Massachusetts, many 
years. 2. James, born April 28, 17 10, married 

(first) Lydia ; (second) July 21, 1735, 

Sarah Richardson; (third) March i, 1740, 
Lydia Richardson; died November 25, 1796. 
3. Josiah, born September i, 1712, mentioned 
below. 4. Ezekiel, born March 14, 171 5. mar- 
ried (first) March 3, 1742, Hannah Pierpont; 
(second) December 21, 1752, Mary May; died 
December 28, 1802. 5. Timothy, born March 
23, 171 7, married, November 13, 1740, Esther 
Walker; died July 21, 1780. 6. Elizabeth, born 
September 3, 1719, married John Brooks. 7. 
Jonas, born March 10, 1721. married, August 
8, 1751, Elizabeth Bennet ; died July 22, 1799. 
8. Sarah, born April 16. 1723, married John 
Kendall. 9. Susanna, born July 5, 1724. un- 
married. 10. Obadiah, born September 3, 
1725, married, October 17, 1755. Elizabeth 



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Miles; died February 10, 1841. 11. Jesse, 
born May 15, 1727, married Elizabeth Evans; 
dietl April 14, 1797. 12. Seth, born January 

4, 1728-29, married Deborah ; died 

July 5, 1790. 13. Abigail, born February 27, 
1730-31, married Jacob Pierce. 14. Ephraim, 
bom November 9, 1732, died February 16, 
^733- 15- Jerusha, born February 13, 1734-35' 
married Reuben Richardson Jr., of Woburn. 

(V) Josiah, son of Samuel Kendall, was 
born in Woburn, September i, 1712. He re- 
moved to Lancaster soon after his marriage 
and settled, with two brothers, in the west 
parish, on Chocksett hill, later known as Ken- 
dall hill. His homestead is or was lately 
owned by Daniel and James F. Kendall, direct 
descendants. He was admitted to the church 
January 13, 1745. He was selectman from 
1743 to 1746, inclusive, also from 1777 to 
1781. He was a man of strong convictions, 
and often was in trouble on account of his 
quick tongue. He had a controversy with the 
pastor of the church, but was exonerated from 
all blame in the trial of the case. It is said 
that when he differed with any statement that 
the pastor made in his sermon he would sig- 
nify his disapproval by rapping on the pew in 
a very decided and telling manner. He was 
an ardent patriot and a leading man in the 
cause of liberty. He purchased in 1777 land 
known as the Charlestown grant. He mar- 
ried, March 17, 1736, Tabitha Wyman, born 
April 7, 1714, died April 22, 1800. He died 
July 22, 1785. Their gravestones are in the 
old cemetery at the foot of Kendall hill. She 
was a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth 
Wyman, among the first settlers of Woburn : 
Children: i. Josiah, born j\Iay 3, 1738, mar- 
ried, March 26, 1760, Esther Sawyer; died 
January 10, 1816. 2. Heman, born May 20, 
1740, mentioned below. 3. Lucy, born No- 
vember 3, 1743, married (first) July 8, 1762, 
Stephen Smith; (second) June 30, 1779, Jona- 
than Whitney; died October 11, 1817. 4. 
Ethan, born September 25, 1748, married, 
July 4, 1771, Thankful Moore; died Septem- 
ber 22. 1834. 5. Esther, born January 23, 
1750, died March 10. 1756. 

(VI) Heman, son of Josiah Kendall, born 
May 20, 1740, died June 9, 1800. He resided 
in that part of Sterling known as the "Leg," 
and a portion of his farm was bounded by the 
Holden line. He was a soldier in the revo- 
lution, at one time stationed in New York. 
He died intestate. He married, June 20, 
1765, Mary Fairbanks, born February 22, 
1744, died July 18, 1827, daughter of Thomas 
and Dorothy Fairbanks, of Lancaster. Thev 



are buried in the Leg cemetery, and his grave- 
stone contains the following stanza : 

"Why do we mourn departed friends. 

Or shake at death's alarms? 
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, 

To call them to his arms." 

Children, the first four born at Westminster, 
the others at Lancaster: i. Abel, born June 
19, 1766, married, February 6, 1791, Betty 
Wilder; married (second) April 4, 1816, Mrs. 
Polly Brewster; died i\lay 29, 1825. 2. Molly, 
born April 21, 1768; married Jeremiah Burpee 
Jr.; died April 7, t8oi. 3. Lucy, born June 8, 
1770, married Theodore Gibbs; died Novem- 
ber 22, 1865. 4. Dolly, born August 6, 1772, 
married Fortunatus Eager; married (second) 
Helon Brooks; died March 8, 1835. 5. Eunice, 
born June 11, 1774, married Mannasseh 
Houghton ; died February 28, 1857. 6. Susey, 
born December 11, 1776, married. May 28, 
1800, Nathaniel Smith, of Dana. 7. Nathan, 
born August 11, 1779, mentioned below. 8. 
Azubah, born April 3, 1781, married Theo- 
philus Eveleth; died 1839. 9. Heman, born 
July 22, 1783, married (first) Submit Tuttle; 
(second) Mrs. Sarah H. Brooks; died Au- 
gust 28, 1857. 10. Betty, born June 16, 1785, 
died unmarried April 28, 1821. 11. Peter, 
born May 12, 1787, married, December 28, 
1814, Susanna Keyes ; died April 8, 1817. 

( YII) Nathan, son of Heman Kendall, born 
August II, 1779, died October 4, 1869. He 
settled in Alfred, Maine, in 1807, and was a 
merchant. He held the following military 
commissions: Captain, March 23, 1812, by 
Caleb Strong, governor and commander-in- 
chief of Massachusetts: major, April 6, 1813; 
colonel, October 15, 1816, by John Brooks, 
governor. He was deacon of the Congrega- 
tional church from 1822 to the time of his 
death. He married, March 7, 1812, Lydia 
Emerson, born April 17, 1789, died February 
23, 1850, daughter of Joseph L. and Lydia 
(Durrell) Emerson, of Topsfield. Lydia w:as 
daughter of Major Durrell, of Kennebunk, 
Maine. Children: i. Nathan Otis, born May 
I, 1 81 3, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born 
July I, 1816, died July 28, 1816. 3. Mary 
Elizabeth, born April 17, 1818. 4. Lydia 
Emerson, born February 22, 1820, married, 
March 16, 1841, Benjamin Franklin Chad- 
bourne. 5. Joseph Augustus, born May 7, 
1823, married, December 9, 1849, Mary Anna 
Cole. 6. Sarah Maria, born April 20, 1825, 
living in Alfred : graduate of the public 
schools and academy ; member of the Con- 
gregational church at Alfred. 

(Vni) Nathan Otis, son of Nathan Ken- 
dall, born May i, 1813, died October i, 1878. 



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He settled in Sanford, Maine, but soon re- 
moved to Saco, and in 1847 to Biddeford, 
Maine. He was a merchant. He married, 
October i, 1844, Susan Eliza Lowe, born 
February 21, 1819, daughter of Captain Jo- 
seph and Susanna Lowe, of York, Maine. 
Children: i. LeRoy Sidney, born April 30, 
1846, in Sanford, married, March 28, 1878, 
Dora A. Whittier, of Allsworth, Maine, born 
September 27, 1855. 2. Lelia Florence, born 
February 2, 1850, in Biddeford, married, Au- 
gust 19, 1873, Rev. John D. Emerson, born 
]\iay 29, 1828; children: i. Winifred Emer- 
son, born September 24, 1874; ii. Ralph Otis 
Emerson, born March 3, 1876; iii. Leon Lowe 
Emerson, born February 13, 1878; iv. Alfreda 
Emerson, born October 10, 1880. 3. Lucius 
Harvey, mentioned below. 

(IX) Lucius Harvey, son of Nathan Otis 
Kendall, was born in Biddeford, ^Maine, Jan- 
uary I, 1853. He was educated in the public 
schools of Biddeford, graduating from the 
high school in 1869. He learned the trade of 
merchant tailor and followed it for a number 
of years. Owing to ill health he gave up his 
business and engaged in the manufacture of 
bricks in order to have an outdoor occupa- 
tion. In 1890 he entered partnership with J. 
H. Dearborn, in the manufacture of ladies' 
shoes, under the firm name of Dearborn & 
Kendall, and continued for years, when he 
withdrew from the firm and since then has 
devoted his attention to the care and improve- 
ment of his real estate. Colonel Kendall has 
been ])romincnt in military affairs, and is one 
of the best-known militia officers of the state. 
Lie enlisted in the Biddeford Light Infantry 
in 1876: was elected second lieutenant Au- 
gust 30. 1876: fir.st lieutenant ^lay 27, 1880: 
captain December 31, 1880. He was ap- 
pointed commissary with the rank of major 
on the staff of Governor Joshua L. Chamber- 
lain, February 20, 1884, but the legislature of 
1885 failed to choose a successor to General 
Chamberlain: he resigned and was discharged 
March 31, 1885. A few months later, Au- 
gust 18, 1885, he was unanimously elected to 
his old command, captain of the Biddeford 
Infantry. He rose finally to the rank of colo- 
nel, being elected in 1889, and held that com- 
mission for eighteen _\'ears, and served at 
the head of his regiment in the Spanish war 
in 1898. He was retired with rank of briga- 
dier-general, August 6, 1907. In politics 
Colonel Kendall is a Republican. He has 
been candidate of his party for mayor of Bid- 
deford several times and received a handsome 
vote, though his party was in the minority. 



He was a state senator in 1889, and has been 
influential and prominent in the councils of 
his party for many years. He is a member of 
the Knights of Pythias Lodge, of Biddeford, 
of Lodge of Odd Fellows and of York En- 
campment and Canton J. H. Dearborn. He is 
a prominent Free -Mason, member of Dunlap 
Lodge, of Biddeford; of York Chapter, Royal 
^•Vrch JMasons ; of Maine Council, Royal and 
Select Masters. He is an attendant of the 
Methodist Episcopal church of Biddeford. 

He married, August 26, 1874, Fannie Adesta 
Lee Hall, born August 25, 1856, in Levviston, 
daughter of John Randall and Rebecca (Lee) 
Hall. Children, born in Biddeford: i. Clar- 
ence F., born January 15, 1876, mentioned be- 
low. 2. iMarion Hall, born November 20, 
1893. 

( X ) Dr. Clarence Fairbanks, son of Lucius 
Harvey Kendall, w'as born at Biddeford, Jan- 
uary 15, 1876. He attended the public schools 
of his native city, graduating from its high 
school June 25, 1894, and from Bowdoin Col- 
lege in the class of 1898. He studied his pro- 
fession in the Maine Medical College, gradu- 
ating with the degree of M. D. in 1901. He 
practiced medicine the following year in Bid- 
deford ; then accepted the appointment of house 
doctor in the Maine General Hospital in Port- 
land for one year. He located then at Jones- 
port, Washington county, Maine, but in 1905 
returned to his native city and since then has 
practiced successfully in Biddeford. In poli- 
tics Dr. Kendall is a Republican. He has 
served the city as city physician. He is a 
member of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons, of 
Biddeford, in 1907 was senior w^arden of that 
lodge, and in December, 1907, was elected 
master of lodge. He is a member of the Bid- 
deford and Saco Medical Club, the York 
County Medical Society, the Maine ]\Iedical 
Society and the American iMedical Society : is 
assistant surgeon of the medical department 
of tbe national guard of the state. He at- 
tends the Methodist Episcopal church. 

He married, December 30. 1903, Annie L, 
Norton, born January 25, 1880, daughter of 
Thomas P. and Matilda L. (Pittman) Nor- 
ton, of Jonesport. Children: i. Lucia .\., 
born November 29, 1904. 2. Otis A., No- 
vember 23, 1906. 



This family traces its .\mer- 
SAFFORD ican ancestry from Thomas 

Saft"ord, the immigrant, to 
Ipswich, ^Massachusetts Colony, through a 
long line prominent in the formation and ad- 
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colonies, and on the record of each the verdict : 
"He did what he could for the betterment of 
the human kind with which he was brought 
in contact" is true and just. From the Eng- 
lish ancestral record.s we find that the sur- 
name occurrs frequently in the early part of 
the thirteenth century and appears to be of 
Saxon derivation. The name appears in the 
inscription engraved on the seal of an ancient 
town on the English coast, and reads as fol- 
lows : "Sigillum Burgensium de Saffordia." 
It also appears among the lists of immigrants 
who came from England to the Colony of 
Virginia between 1613 and 1623. 

(I) Thomas Saflford was born in Suffolk 
county, England, and first appeared in Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts Bay Colony, prior to 
1630. He owned land in Ipswich before xApril 
6, 1641 ; was made a freeman by the general 
court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Decem- 
ber ig, 1648. He died February 20, 1667, 
having before his death made provision for the 
certain support of his widow and unmarried 
daughters, directing that a fixed amount 
should be paid to them annually out of the 
first proceeds from the product of his farm 
of sixty acres and this annuity to be continued 
during the life of his widow and her depend- 
ent daughters. His widow, Elizabeth, died 
March 4, 1671, in Ipswich. Their children 
were: i. Joseph, born in Ipswich in 1631. 2. 
John, see forward, and the three daughters 
for whom provision was made in his will were : 
Elizabeth, Mary and Abigail. 

(II) John, second son of Thomas and Eliza- 
beth Safford, was born in Ipswich in 1633. 
He evidently lived on the farm of his father 
and was engaged in its cultivation probably in 
partnership with his brother Joseph, and be- 
fore his death made provision similar to that 
made by his father, by which his wife, Sarah, 
and daughter were placed beyond danger of 
want in any contingency, by an annuity to be 
paid out of the product of the farm, and his 
wife joined him in the conveyance of the 
sixty-acre farm on such condition, the deed 
being signed by them September 5, 1665. He 
and his wife Sarah had children: i. Sarah, 
born July 14, 1664, died July 21, 171 2. 2. 
Margaret, February 28, 1666. 3. Rebecca, 
August 30, 1667. 4. Mary, February 26, 
i66g. 5. Elizabeth, February 27, 1671. 6. 
Thomas, see forward. 7. Joseph, March 12, 

1675- 

(III) Thomas (2), eldest son and sixth 
child of John and Sarah Safiford, was born 
in Ipswich, October 16. 1672. He lived on 
the farm cultivated by his ancestors and added 



to it by the purchase of six or more parcels of 
land. He married (first) October 7, 1698, 
Elinor Setchwell, who died December 22, 

1724. Their children were: i. Sarah, born 
March 29, 1701, died July 10, 1702. 2. Thom- 
as, see forward. 3. Joseph, March, 1704-05. 
4. Daniel, 1706. 5. John. 6. Nathan, March 
16, 1712. 7. James, June 2-], 17 14. 8. Steph- 
en. March 10, 1716-17. 9. Titus, baptized 
February 24, 1722-23, died April 11, 1729. 
Thomas Safi'ord married (second) June 29, 

1725, Sarah Scott, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 
who bore him no children. 

(IV) Thomas (3), eldest son and second • 
child of Thomas (2) and Elinor (Setchwell) 
Safford, w-as born in Ipswich, April 28, 1703. 
He married Sarah Dresser; child, Moses, see 
forward. 

(V) Moses, son of Thomas Jr. (3) and 
Sarah (Dresser) Safiford, was born in Ips- 
wich, July, 1746. He removed to York, Maine, 
m 1768. He married (first) Mary, daughter 
of Nathan Hood, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, 
and had children : John, born in York, :\Iaine, 
September 19, 1769, married and had chil- 
dren: I. Moses, see forward. 2. Jeremiah, 
born May 20, 1772, not named in his father's 
will and presumably died before the making of 
the testament, as there is no record of his adult 
life. 3. Israel Putnam, August 14, 1775, mar- 
ried and had children. Moses married (sec- 
ond) i\Iay 3, 1777, Mary, daughter of An- 
drew Sargent, of York, Maine, and had chil- 
dren: 4. Thomas, April 5, 1778. 5. Elizabeth, 
November 12, 1780. 

(\T) Moses (2), second son and child of 
Moses (i) and Mary (Hood) Saflford, was 
born in York. Maine, March 9, 1771, and died 
in Kitter}', Maine, April 28, 1816. He or- 
ganized the first Christian (Disciples) Church, 
of Kittery, in 1805, with the co-operation of 
Ephraim Stinchfield, of New Gloucester, and 
was pastor of the church for about ten vears, 
nearly to the time of his death. He married 
Sarah, daughter of Roger and Abigail (Ger- 
rish) Mitchell, of Kittery, and granddaughter 
of Robert Eliot Gerrish and "of Roger and > 
Mary (Goold) Mitchell. Sarah Mitchell was 
born August 14, and baptized August 20, 
1776, and died July 7, 1845. They had chil- 
dren: I. Roger Mitchell, born in Kittery, 
July 31, 1795; served as a soldier during the 
war of 1 81 2 and died a prisoner of war in 
Dartmoor Prison, England, 1814. 2. Mary 
Hood. September 2, 1797, married James Pet- 
tigrew. 3. Sarah Ann, September 6, 1799. 4. 
Abigail Mitchell, July 30, 1801. 5. Moses, 
June 22, 1804, died June i, 1823. 6. Edward 



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Bearing, see forward. 7. Robert Gerrish, Jan- 
uary 4, 1809, died in Springfield, Wisconsin, 
October 16, 1891 ; be married Louisa Boston. 
of York, Maine, and had children : Robert 
H., Mary A., Louisa and Alice. 8. Hannah 
Jane, October 29, 181 1, died in October, 1820. 

(VH) Edward Bearing, third son and sixth 
child of Moses (2) and Sarah (Mitchell) Saf- 
ford, was born in Kittery, Maine, July 17, 
1806, and died in the same town, August 19, 
1856. He attended the public schools of his 
native town until he was nine years of age, 
leaving home at that time to become a sailor, 
and as he became older was advanced through 
the various grades until he attained the rank 
of master mariner in command of a ship. 
While living on shore he learned and carried 
on the business of blacksmith. His interest in 
politics made him a useful and active member 
of the Bemocratic party and he served his 
town on the board of aldermen, and repre- 
sented Kittery in the legislature of the state 
of Maine in 1851-52-33. He was a con- 
sistent and earnest member of the Baptist 
church and held the office of deacon for sev- 
eral years prior to his death. The evils of 
intemperance which he had witnessed in his 
career on the sea led him to take an active 
part in temperance organization and he was 
a member of the Sons of Temperance many 
years, filling at various times all the positions 
of honor and the offices in the executive work 
of the order. He married, Becember 22, 
1832, Mary R., daughter of Bavid and Anna 
(Wilson) Lewis, granddaughter of Peter and 
Elizabeth (Haley) Lewis, and a descendant 
in a direct line of John Lewis, the immigrant 
settler in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Col- 
ony, 1640. She was born in Kittery, Maine, 
January 7, 1808, and died there September 2, 
i860. The children of Edward Bearing and 
Mary R. (Lewis) Saflford were: i. Moses At- 
wood, see forward. 2. Edward F., born Au- 
gust 29, 1835, died October 16, 1898, having 
been the proprietor of the Pepperell Hotel at 
Kittery Point for many years ; he married, 
March 15, 1868, Eunice G. Seward. 3. John 
S., September 21, 1837, is now living at Kit- 
tery Point; he married. May 12, 1857, Lizzie 
G. Frost. 4. Ann Mary, March i, 1845, "J'S*^' 
in infancy. 

(Vni) Moses Atwood, eldest child of Ed- 
ward Bearing and Mary R. (Lewis) SafTord, 
was born at Kittery Point, Maine, Septem- 
ber 28, 1833. He attended the public schools 
of Kittery, was graduated from the high 
school and later became a student at the New 
Hampton Literary Institute, New Hampton, 



New Hampshire. He served as page in the 
house of representatives, at Augusta, Maine, 
in 1853; clerk in the office of the secretary of 
state during the regime of Governor Wells, 
1856; read law with Stillman B. Allen, of 
Kittery, and in the office of Josiah H. Brum- 
mond, of Waterville, Maine, and was admit- 
ted to the bar in September, 1861. In that 
year he volunteered in the United States navy 
as yeoman on board the ship "Constellation," 
Portsmouth navy yard, then fitting out for 
service, and was subsequently ordered to the 
Mediterranean Sea, where, after some years' 
cruising, the ship was ordered to join Far- 
ragut's squadron at Mobile Bay, the ship being 
placed out of commission in January, 1865, and 
was later used as a school-ship at Newport, 
Rhode Island. Mr. SafTord resumed the prac- 
tice of law after being discharged in Norfolk, 
Virginia, in 1865, opening an office at Kit- 
tery, and in addition to his law practice dis- 
charged the duties of clerk in the United 
States navy yard for a time. He succeeded to 
the practice of Francis Bacon, of Kittery, in 
1871, and for more than twenty years his was 
the only law office in the place. He is a Re- 
publican in party politics and has served as 
selectman of the town, town agent, superin- 
tendent of schools, member of school com- 
mittee, register of probate for York county, 
1877-85, and representative in the state legis- 
lature in 1907. He is president of the Rice 
Public Library, of Kittery, having been a 
leading spirit in securing this institution to 
the town, and served as chairman of the build- 
ing committee. He was one of the organizers 
of the Piscataqua Pioneers and served as first 
president of that body. He affiliates with the 
Masonic fraternity as a member of Naval 
Lodge, No. 184, of Kittery, was a commander 
of E. G. Parker Post, No. 99, Grand Army of 
the Republic, and has served in the state and 
National department offices, in the couiicil of 
administration and holds the office of judge 
advocate and inspector. He has represented 
the state in the National Encampments of the 
Grand Army of the Republic for many years, 
and in meetings of local, state and national 
council he was a recognized leader. In early 
life he was a member of the Free Baptist 
church of Kittery, but later associated hituself 
with the Protestant Episcopal church, becom- 
ing a communicant of Christ church, Ports- 
mouth. 

He married, November 29, 1866, Catherine 
Cecelia, daughter of John H. and Fanny 
(Keen) Bellamy, granddaughter of John and 
Tamsen (Haley) Bellamy and great-grand- 



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daughter of John and Alary (Burnham) 
Bellamy. John Bellamy Sr. was a resi- 
dent of New Haven, Connecticut, and 
probably a son of Matthew Bellamy. Cath- 
erine Cecelia Bellamy was born in Kit- 
tery. Maine, December 13, 1830, and died 
in the same town, December 5, 1907. Upon 
the death of her father, September 22, 1831, 
her mother married Charles G. Bellamy, 
brother of her deceased husband, and by this 
marriage eight children were born between 
April, 1836, and October, 185 1. Moses At- 
wood and Catherine Cecelia (Bellamy) Saf- 
ford had children: i. Moses Victor, born in 
Kittery, 1867, was graduated Bachelor of Arts 
from Dartmouth College in i8go, and Doctor 
of ]\Ie(licine from the medical department of 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He 
was a practising physician in New York City ; 
surgeon of the Department of Emigration on 
Ellis Island, New York Harbor, for several 
years, and is now surgeon of the United States 
emigration department in Boston, Massachu- 
setts. He married, October 5, 1899, Mary 
Westaway Steward. 2. Mary Bellamy, Jan- 
uary 29, 1869, resides with her father in Kit- 
tery. 3. Edward Hart, July 20, 1871, died 
March 31, 1904; was graduated Bachelor of 
Arts from Dartmouth College in 1894, and 
Bachelor of Laws from the Boston University 
Law School in 1897: he practiced law in Bos- 
ton up to the time of his death. 4. Stanley, 
October 27, 1872, died in infancy. 



George Vaughan, immigrant 
VAUGHAN ancestor, was born in Eng- 
land in 1621, died October 
20, 1694, at Middleborough, Massachusetts. 
He married, in 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Edmund Hincksman, of Marshfield. She died 
June 24, 1693, aged sixty-three. He settled 
first in Scituate as early as 1653 and removed 
to Middleborough in 1663. He appears to 
have had a liking for litigation, as he appears 
frequently in the court records, both as plain- 
tiff and defendant. For a time he resided 
at Marshfield also. He was appointed on 
a committee June i, 1669, with William Cro- 
w'ell. to determine the boundary line between 
Nantasket Men's Land, called the Major's 
Purchase, and the towns of Marshfield, Dux- 
bury and Bridgewater. He kept the first li- 
censed ordinary in the town. In 1671 he w^as 
placed on a committee to view the damage 
done by horses and dogs of the English to 
property of the Indians. He bought part of 
the land in the Twenty-six Men's Purchase. 
He" was one of the town garrison in King 



Philip's war. His will was dated June 30, 
1694, and proved November 10, 1694. His 
house was in that part of Middleborough 
known as Nappanucket. Children: i. Eliza- 
beth, born April 8, 1653. 2. Joseph, August 
20, 1654, mentioned below. 3. Daniel. 4. 
John, 1658, drowned at the age of eighteen. 

5. Mary, married, 1683, Jonathan Washburn. 

(II) Captain Joseph, son of George 
Vaughan, was born in Middleborough, Au- 
gust 20, 1654, died there March 2, 1734. He 
married, May 7, 1680, Joanna Thomas, who 
died April 11, 1718, aged sixty-one. He mar- 
ried (second) December 2, 1720, Mrs. Mercy 
Fuller, widow of Jabez Fuller. (Married by 
Peter Thatcher.) He was ensign of the Mid- 
dleborough military company as early as 1706, 
and lieutenant in 1712. His house was known 
as the Captain Nathaniel Wilder house and he 
owned much land in the town. He owned a 
share in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase also. 
Children: i. Elisha, born February 7, 1681, 
lived in Middleboro. 2. Jabez, April 30, 1682, 
mentioned below. 3. George, October 3, 1683, 
married (first) Rebecca— , who died Feb- 
ruary I, 1718-19; married (second) Faithful 
— , who died April 5, 1753, aged sixty- 
six. 4. Ebenezer, February 22, 1684. 5. 
Elizabeth, March 7, 1686, married, December, 
171 1. 6. Hannah, November 18, 1688, died 
April 6, 171 5. 7. Joseph, October 2, 1690, 
died April 5, 1718. 8. John, September 8, 
1692, married, February 19, 1718, Jerusha 
Wood, at Middleborough. 9. Mary, October 

6, 1694. 10. Josiah, February 2, 1698-99, died 
February 13, 1723-24. 11. Joanna, January 
26, 1701-02. 

(III) Jabez, son of Joseph Vaughan, was 
born in Rliddleborough, April 30, 1692. He 
married, November 23, 1710, Deborah Ben- 
nett and resided in i\Iiddleborough. Children, 
born there: i. Daniel, born October 29, 1712, 
died young. 2. Elizabeth, September 21, 
1713, died March 22, 1714. 3. Hannah, July 
6, 1716, died September 15, 1716. 4. Deborah, 
September 11, 1717. 5. Daniel (twin), April 
9, 1719. 6. Joanna (twin), April 9, 1719. 7. 
Jabez (twin), September 7, 1722, mentioned 
below. 8. Ebenezer (twin), September 7, 
1722. 

(IV) Jabez (2), son of Jabez (i) Vaughan, 
was born in Middleborough, September 7, 
1722. 

(V) Jabez (3), believed to be son of Jabez 
(2) Vaughan, was an early settler in Pomfret, 
Vermont. A Lieutenant Jabez Vaughan was 
a soldier in the revolution from Lyme, New 
Hampshire, in 1775, in Colonel David Ho- 



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bart's regiment. Jabez \'aughan was in Cap- 
tain Bartholomew's Vermont company in the 
revolution, 1781. According to the federal 
census of 1790, the only family of this sur- 
name in Pomfret was that of Jabez. He had 
two sons under sixteen and three females in 
his family at the time. 

(VI) Jonah, son of Jabez (3) X'aughan. 
was born August 15, 1781, at Pomfret, and 
died at New Vineyard, Maine, May 24, 1855. 
He removed to New Vineyard when a young 
man and had a farm there. He also owned a 
saw-mill and a grist-mill at New Vineyard. 
He married Rebecca Morton, born in Middle- 
borough, Massachusetts, September 25, 1785, 
died July 10, 1845. Children: 1. Ira, born 
July 12, 1807, died February 9, 1849. 2. 
Zephaniah, July 10, 181 1, mentioned below. 
3. Jonah Jr., October 10, 1813, died June, 
1894. 4. Daniel, April 17, 1817, died August 
2, 1885. 5. Joseph D., December 17, 1819, 
died December 5, 1889. 6. William, Septem- 
ber 10, 1822, died March 20, 1877. 7. George 
M., March 11, 1825, died Jime 23, 1884. All 
the children were born at New Vineyard. 

(VII) Hon. Zephaniah, son of Jonah 
Vaughan, was born in New Vineyard, July 10, 
181 1, died June 17, 1882. He was educated 
in the common schools. He helped his father 
on the homestead and later cleared his own 
farm. He learned the trade of carpenter, and 
in addition to his farming was a builder dur- 
ing his active life. He built many of the 
houses and mills in New Vineyard. He was 
a prominent citizen there. After the organiza- 
tion of the Republican party he was a zealous 
supporter of its principles and candidates. He 
was a selectman for several years and held 
various other offices of trust and honor in the 
town. He represented his district in the state 
legislature two terms and was state senator 
one term, serving on important committees. 
He was a member of the Odd Fellows and 
active in the Free-will Baptist church. He 
married (first) July 30, 1832, Catherine L. 
Johnson, who died May 2, 1839. He married 
(second) October 9, 1839, Clarissa McLain, 
born at New Vineyard, December 14, 18 15, 
died October 4, 1870, daughter of Charles and 
Betsey (Merchant) McLain, and granddaugh- 
ter of Ichabod McLain, a revolutionary sol- 
dier of Scotch origin. Children of first wife : 
I. Melville, born July 11, 1833, died February 
25, 1 90 1. 2. Augustus, October 21, 1836, 
died March 18, 1879; served in the civil war 
in Company G, Seventeenth Maine Regiment, 
and took part in the battles of the Wilderness, 
Gettysburg and Antietam, among others. 



Children of second wife : 3. Sylvester, Novem- 
ber 4, 1840, served in the same company at 
the same time, three years, as his brother Au- 
gustus. 4. Rebecca P., January 9, 1842. 5. 
Charles M., October 7, 1843, served one year 
in the navy in the civil war. 6. Roscoe, Octo- 
ber 10, 1845. 7. Zephaniah, June 5, 1848. 
8. Jonah, April 30, 1851. 9. Catherine L., 
August 20, 1853. 10. William, mentioned be- 
low. 

(V'lllj Rev. William, son of Zephaniah 
Vaughan, was born in New Vineyard, Maine, 
September 21, 1855. He attended the public 
schools of his native town, Wilton Academy, 
Kent's Hill Seminary, completing his prepara- 
tion for college in New Brunswick, New Jer- 
sey. He graduated in 1881 with the degree 
of A. B. from Rutgers College, at New Bruns- 
wick. He then entered the New Brunswick 
Theological Seminary, where he was grad- 
uated in the class of- 1883. His first charge 
was the Dutch Reformed church of Jersey 
City, New Jersey, in 1883. He resigned this 
pastorate in 1888, to become pastor of the Col- 
legiate Reformed Church in New York City 
and continued until 1902, when on account of 
failing health he resigned and removed to Bel- 
fast, Maine. Here, by request of his neigh- 
bors, services were held in a schoolhouse, and 
from this small beginning grew Trinity Re- 
formed Church, a congregation organized un- 
der and belonging to the Classis of New York 
City, with Mr. Vaughan as the first pastor. 
The church has been singularly prosperous 
and useful during the period of his ministry. 
The congregation numbers thirty-six mem- 
bers and has built on Searsport avenue a neat, 
beautiful stone building, in which they wor- 
ship. In addition to his pastoral duties he 
has conducted a farm of one hundred and fifty 
acres, and until recently has carried on a 
large dairy business. In politics Mr. Vaughan 
is a Republican. He is a member of Phenix 
Lodge of Free Masons, Belfast. He married, 
August 30, 1883, Amanda Irene, born in 
Farmington, Maine, October 22, 1856, daugh- 
ter of Moores J. and Irene Bass, of Farm- 
ington IMaine. 

Children: i. Otto Bass, born in Farmington, 
July 23, 1884, graduate of Trade School of 
New York City; assists father in management 
of the farm. 2. Clarissa Belle, born in Jer- 
sey City, January i, 1886, graduate of the 
Belfast high school. 3. William Jr., born in 
Jersey City, January 23, 1888, educated in the 
Belfast public schools, a graduate of high 
school, student in LTniversity of Maine, at 
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born in New York City, April 7, 1893. 5. 
Malcolm, born in New York City, November 
15, 1894. 6. Austin Knox, born in Farming- 
ton, Maine, June 8, 1899. 



Edward Ingraham, immi- 
INGRAHAM grant of this line of In- 
graliams, was born in Eng- 
land, probably in 1721, came to this country 
when a young man and settled in York, Maine. 
He died at Kittery, March 6, 1807. (See 
Necrology of York, Historical Deeds, \'ol. 10, 
Series H.) He married Lydia, daughter of 
Joseph Holt, of York. The records of York 
of that time show that he was the proprietor 
of the village inn, was a highly respected citi- 
zen, and took an interest in all that pertained 
to the welfare of the town. He was a man of 
quiet and retiring manners and was promi- 
nent in the affairs of the village church. Chil- 
dren : I. Elizabeth, born August 6, 1743. 2. 
Edward, January i, 1746. 3. Lydia. March 
28, 1749. 4. Joseph Holt, February 10, 1752. 
5. Mary. May 14, 1755. 6. Ruth, October 22, 
1758- 7- William, September 25. 1761. 

(H) Joseph Holt, .son of Edward and Ly- 
dia (Holt) Ingraham. was born in York. Feb- 
ruary 10, 1752, and his early youth was spent 
in his native town. In 1768, when only six- 
teen years of age. he moved to Portland and 
established himself in the silversmith's trade. 
By his industry and thrift he built up a large 
business, but reverses followed through no 
fault of his. He lived in a troublous time, 
for no sooner did he move to Portland than 
the germs of the revolutionarv war were be- 
ginning to take root. In 1775 Captain Mow- 
att bombarded and burned the town and the 
comfortable home of Joseph Holt Ingraham 
was laid in ashes. Not discouraged, however, 
he erected in 1777 the first dwelling-house in 
Portland after the bombardment. (See Wil- 
lis' History of Portland, page 550.) His in- 
vestments must have taken the form largelv 
of real estate, as the early records show he had 
large holdings in this line. In 1793 he built 
Ingraham wharf, now called Commercial 
wharf. In 1799 he laid out State street with 
its beautiful rows of trees which makes it 
to-day a magnificent residential street of 
which the city of Portland is justly proud. 
He gave this street from Congress to the har- 
bor to the town of Portland, and it is this 
gift which places him among the greatest bene- 
factors and public-spirited citizens of Port- 
land. He also opened Market street from 
IMiddle to Fore. In 1801 he built the beau- 
tiful house on the easterly corner of State and 



Danforth streets, which in later years has 
been known as the Churchill and Dole House. 
In addition to his magnificent gift of State 
street to the city of Portland, he gave other 
valuable property, and the early records of the 
city clerk's office speak of his generosity. In 
1805 he gave a lot of land on the corner of 
Milk and Market streets, where the armory 
now stands, to be used for a market place. 
As evidence of his public spirit, there is in the 
deed conveying this property a clause which 
reads as follows: "With a view to serve the 
interests of the town and to accommodate the 
inhabitants thereof." 'Interested in the educa- 
tion of the youth of his day, he gave a lot of 
land on Spring street, near State, on which 
the town erected a schoolhouse. This lot is 
now used by the city for fire department pur- 
poses, being occupied by Engine Company No. 
4. To show his love for Portland, there is in 
the deed conveying this property a clause 
which reads as follows : "In consideration of 
my regard and attachment for the town of 
Portland." His next gift was that of the 
three-acre lot on what is now Portland street, 
just west of Deerings Oaks, for the site of the 
City Alms House, and here that institution 
stood till 1905, when it was removed to the 
Deering district. He also gave his time and 
services for the public good of his town. For 
eleven years he served as one of the select- 
men and for ten years represented Portland in 
the general court of Massachusetts when Maine 
was a part of that commonwealth. 

He w-as married three times; married (first) 
Alarch i, 1775, .Abigail, of Portland, daugh- 
ter of James Milk. One child, James Milk. 
Abigail died May 17, 1783. (See Smith and 
Dean's Journals, page 353.) Married (sec- 
ond) in 1786, Lydia Stone, of Brunswick. 
Maine. She only lived a short time. They 
had one child, William Stone, who died at 
forty years of age, unmarried. Married 
(third). Ann Tate, in 1789. She was born 
March 18, 1767, died March 25, 1844. in 
Portland. (See Smith and Dean's Journal, 
page 250, and Willis' History of Portland, 
page 841.) She was a niece of Admiral Tate, 
of the Russian navy. Children of third mar- 
riage : I. Elizabeth Ross, born September 17, 
1791. 2. John Hermiker, June i. 1793, died 
at twenty-four years of age. 3. George Tate, 
September 13. 1795. 4. .Samuel Parkman. No- 
vember 22, 1796. 5. Edward Tyng, Septem- 
ber 3, 1799, died 1828. 6. Holt, May 22, 
1800, died October 2, 1877. 7. .Ann Tate, 
March 23, 1802, died February 26, 1844. 8. 
Joseph \\'hite. January 18, 1804, died at four- 



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teen years of age. 9. Mary Little, September 

13, 1806, died at about six years of age. 10. 
Lydia, died at fifteen years of age. 11. Na- 
thaniel, died at ten years of age. 

Joseph Holt Ingraham built and for years 
lived in the house now occupied by Mr. Elias 
Thomas on the corner of Danforth and Win- 
ter streets, and it was in this house that he 
died October 30, 1841, at the age of eighty- 
nine years. He was buried in the old In- 
graham tomb in the Eastern cemetery in Port- 
land, overlooking the scenes of his activities, 
the town he loved so well. 

(III) Samuel Parkman, son of Joseph H. 
and Ann (Tate) Ingraham, was born in Port- 
land, November 22, 1796, died there June 26, 
1863. On June 15, 1825, he married Mary 
Adams, born October 15, 1798, in Thomaston, 
Maine, died in Portland, February 4, 1876. 
He was a merchant and always attended to 
his business in a quiet but successful way. He 
was in business in Haliowell, Maine, for sev- 
eral years, under the firm name of Ingraham, 
Smith & Company, which business was dis- 
solved August I, 1827. He then moved to 
Camden, Maine, where he continued in the 
business of a general store-keeper for some 
years and later moved to Portland. He took 
no part in public afifairs, but was respected 
and honored as a citizen. Their children 
were: i. George B. C, born June 22, 1826, 
in Haliowell, died May i, 1865, in Hono- 
lulu ; married a Pattengall, of Pembroke, 
Maine ; two children, Mary and Clara, who 
now live in Washington, D. C. 2. Lydia 
Adams, January 6, 1829, in Camden, died Au- 
gust 22, 1845, while a student at the Gor- 
ham Normal school. 3. Darius H., October 

14, 1837, ill Camden. 

(IV) Darius Holbrook, son of Samuel P. 
and Mary (Adams) Ingraham, was born in 
Camden, Maine, October 14, 1837. He was 
educated at Bridgton Academy, and in 1853 
received the appointment to the United States 
Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he stayed 
for a year and a half, when ill health com- 
pelled him to resign. After regaining his 
health he studied law for one year in the office 
of John Neal, and completed his studies in 
the office of Deblois & Jackson, and was ad- 
mitted to the Cumberland bar in 1859. In • 
i860 he was elected clerk of the common 
council, and a member of the school committee, 
which position he held for three years. In 
1876 he served as secretary' of the Democratic 
state committee, and later served on the con- 
gressional committee. In 1879 he was one of 
the representatives to the legislature from 



Portland. In July, 1885, he was appointed by 
President Cleveland consul at Cadiz, Spain, 
which position he held until October, 1889, 
when the administration changed. In 1892 he 
was elected mayor of Portland and in the 
same year was nominated by his party for 
congress. In June, 1893, he was appointed by 
President Cleveland consul-general to Hali- 
fax, Nova Scotia, where he remained until 
August, 1897, another change of administra- 
tion having taken place. In 1899 and in 1903 
he was the Democratic nominee for mayor of 
Portland, and in 1908 one of the nominees 
for presidential elector. He is a member of 
the Cumberland Club and the Maine Historical 
Society. He married, June 25, 1868, Ella, 
daughter of William Moulton, of Portland. 
Children: i. Alice, born March 28, 1869. 2. 
William Moulton, November 2, 1870. 

(V) William Moulton, only son of Darius 
H. and Ella (Moulton) Ingraham, was born 
in Portland, November 2, 1870. He attended 
the public schools and fitted for college in the 
high school, from which he went to Bowdoin 
College, and there graduated with the class 
of 1895. He then attended Harvard Law 
School for one year and completed his legal 
studies in the office of Hon. Augustus F. 
Moulton, of Portland, and was admitted to the 
bar October 19, 1897, and has since been en- 
gaged in the practice of law in his native city. 
He traveled extensively in Europe in 1896 
and 1900. On September 10, 1906, he was 
elected on the Democratic ticket judge of the 
probate court of Cumberland county for the 
term of four years, and assumed the duties of 
the office January i. 1907. He is a member 
of the Cumberland Club, also of the Maine 
Historical Society, the Society of Colonial 
Wars, Sons of the American Revolution and 
American Bar Association. He married Jes- 
samine Phipps Damsel, in Evanston, Illinois, 
June I, 1901. She was born in Mansfield, 
Ohio, April i, 1877, daughter of William H. 
and Susan R. (Nace) Damsel. Mr. Damsel 
is vice-president of the Adams Express Com- 
pany. 



(For preceding generations see William Moulton I.) 

(V) Daniel (2), fifth son of 
MOULTON Captain Daniel (i) and 
Grace (Reynolds) Moulton. 
was born in Scarborough, May 25, 1764. died 
February 17, i8..;9. He was called "No 
finger Daniel" from the fact of his having lost 
the fingers on one hand. He lived at Scar- 
borough Corner, where John and William 
Moulton, his grandsons, now live. He mar- 



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ried, November 20, 1790, Deborah Dyer, who 
died April 13, 1852. aged eighty. Children: 
James, John, Daniel, Gratia, William, Eliza, 
Morris, Mehitable and Dorcas. 

(VI) William, fourth son of Daniel (2) 
and Deborah (Dyer) Moulton, was born in 
Scarborough, March 27, 1801, died Decem- 
ber 28, 1868. He lived first on his father's 
place in Scarborough, afterwards removed to 
Hartford, Oxford county, and then to Port- 
land. He was called the "Duke of Scar- 
borough." He was engaged in the wholesale 
grocery business in Portland with Charles 
Rogers, and for years was president of the 
Cumberland National Bank. In politics he 
was a Democrat and although he never sought 
political office or took a very active part, he 
was always interested in whatever pertained to 
the welfare of the party. He was one of the 
nominees for presidential elector in i860. He 
was an attendant at High Street Congrega- 
tional church. He married, October 31, 1836, 
Nancy McLaughlin, daughter of Henry V. S. 
and Catherine (McLaughlin) Cumston, of 
Monmouth, Maine, but formerly of Scarbor- 
ough. Children: I. Sarah Cumston, born in 
Portland, January 11, 1838, died in that city, 
November 12, 1849. 2. Ella, born in Port- 
land, January 27, 1842, married Darius H. 
Ingraham (See Ingraham IV), June 25, 1868. 
Children: Alice, born March 28, 1869, and 
William Moulton, November 2, 1870 (See 
Ingraham V). 3. William Henry, born in 
Portland, March 18, 1852, graduated from the 
Portland high school, class of 1870, and from 
Bowdoin College in the class of 1874. He has 
been engaged in the banking business, and for 
years has been a director and president of the 
Cumberland National Bank, trustee of the 
Portland Savings Bank and vice-president and 
director in the Portland Gas Company. He 
has been interested in the Maine General Hos- 
pital and has served many years on the board 
of directors of that institution. He is a mem- 
ber of the Cumberland Club and the Maine 
Historical Society. On December 15, 1880, 
Mr. Moulton married Dora Adelaide Deering, 
oldest daughter of the late George W. Deer- 
ing, of Portland. She died in Portland, Jan- 
uary 21, 1904. 

The Cumston (formerly spelled Conip- 
ton) family arrived in this country from 
England as early as 1750 and settled in Bos- 
ton. The immigrants of this line of Cumstons 
were John and Elizabeth. Their children were 
John and Edward, twins, born February 10, 
1752. and Henry, a half-brother of John and 
Edward, who was born in England and died 



in Boston. John and Edward served in the 
revolutionary war. They accompanied Arnold 
on his march to Quebec. John was a lieu- 
tenant in Captain Goodrich's company and 
was taken prisoner at the storming of Quebec. 
(See the diary of General Henry Dearborn in 
the Boston Public Library.) John Cumston 
married Sarah Moody, of Kittery, November 
20, 1771. She was born June 15, 1753, died 
May 17, 1795. She was the niece of Sir Will- 
iam Pepperell, was brought up in his family 
and was highly cultivated and very beautiful 
in person. John Cumston died in Saco, Maine, 
April 26, 1787. Children: i. Henry Van 
Schaick, born August 22, 1782, died in Mon- 
mouth, Maine, iVIay 6, 1870. 2. Joshua 
Moody, August 8, 1784, died July 18, 1835. 
3. John Greenleaf Clark, October 20, 1786, 
died January 31, 1787. 

(II) Henry Van Schaick, son of John and 
Sarah (Moody) Cumston, married Catherine 
McLaughlin, December 16, 1812. She was 
born July 3, 1785, died November 19, 1877. 
They were both from Scarborough. He repre- 
sented the town of Scarborough in the Maine 
legislature in 1824 and 1826 and the town of 
Monmouth in 1842, having moved to the lat- 
ter town in 1834. Children: i. Nancy ]Mc- 
Laughlin, born in Scarborough, August 11, 
1814, died in Portland, January 21, 1898. She 
married William Moulton, of Scarborough, 
October 31, 1836 (see Moulton VI). Their 
children were : Sarah Cumston, born January 

11, 1838, died November 12, 1849; Ella, Jan- 
uary 27, 1842, married Darius H. Ingraham, 
June 25, 1868 (See Ingraham IV) ; William 
Henry (See Moulton Genealogy), March 18, 
1852. 2. Joshua, born May 16, 1816, died 
in Monmouth, July 9, 1891. 3. Robert Mc- 
Laughlin, born November 3, 1817, died of 
cholera at Panama while on his way to Cali- 
fornia, August 4, 1849. 4. Sarah, born Au- 
gust 9, 1820, died in Monmouth, January, 
1900. 5. Charles McLaughlin, born January 

12, 1824, died February 11, igo6. 

(Ill) Charles McLaughlin, youngest child 
of Henry \^an Schaick and Catherine (Mc- 
Laughlin) Cumston, was educated at ]\ Ion- 
mouth .\cademy and Bowdoin College, grad- 
uating from that institution in the class of 
1843. After graduating he gave his atten- 
tion to teaching and made that his life's work. 
In 1844 he taught at Alfred .Academy, in 1845 
at North Reading, Massachusetts, then at Wo- 
burn in 1846. In 1847 ^^^ became master of 
the North Phillips grammar school at Salem. 
Massachusetts, and in 1848 became usher in 
the English high school at Boston. He was 



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elected sub-master in the same school in 1854, 
and in 1869 became head master, which po- 
sition he held until 1874, when he retired. In 
1870 Bowdoin College conferred the degree of 
LL.D. upon him. Reference is hereby made 
for a more complete record of this family to 
the Cumston Genealogy written by Charles M. 
Cumston, in the Library of the Maine Genea- 
logical Society. 



There is no question what- 
CLE\"ELAND ever as to the antiquity of 
the English branches of 
the Cleveland family, which traces to one 
Thorkil de Cliveland, whose name appears in 
history about the time of the Norman con- 
quest ; and from that time coming down 
through the centuries there were those bear- 
ing the surname in some of its various ortho- 
graphical forms who were peers, dukes and 
earls, titles conferred by sovereigns as marks 
of royal favor, for deeds of valor in the wars 
or service to the crown in official station. 
With titles there also were coats-of-arms, 
some of them suggesting an ancient Welsh 
origin; and while all of these marks of dis- 
tinction were put away when the immigrant 
American ancestor crossed the Atlantic to the 
shores of this country, his numerous descend- 
ants look with satisfaction on these emblems 
of gentility in their family in ancient times. 
That which appears to be the accepted coat- 
of-arms of the Cleveland family of the branch 
under consideration in this place is thus de- 
scribed in Burke's "Peerage": "Per chevron 
sable and ermine, a chevron engrailed counter- 
changed." Crest: A demi old man proper, 
habited azure, having on a cap gules turned 
up with a fair front holding in the dexter hand 
a spear, headed argent, on the top of which is 
fixed a line proper, passing behind him, and 
coiled up in the sinister hand." Burke gives 
no motto, but three such at least are inscribed 
on the scrolls accompanying the arms : "Pro 
Deo at Patria" — For God and Country; 
"Semel et Semper" — Once and Always ; "Vin- 
cit Armor Patriae" — Love of Country Con- 
quers. 

Even greater antiquity is accorded the Cleve- 
land family than that suggested in a preceding 
paragraph, if we may accept the conclusions 
of students whose researches have carried back 
into the remote ages antedating the Christian 
era to B. C. 55, to Caesar, who led the Romans 
into Britain and subdued the aborigines, which 
conquest was made complete A. D. 72. Then 
the district now known as Cleveland, in York- 
shire, England, was given the name Caluvium, 



which name by the time of the Norman con- 
quest, 1066, had become Cliveland — a name 
descriptive of the region — and in the course of 
time became Cleveland, as now known, the 
seat of the family in the north riding of York- 
shire. 

Such in brief is a mere outline of pre-Amer- 
ican history of the Cleveland ancestor who 
transplanted the name into the fertile region 
of New England in the year 1635, and from 
whom has sprung a numerous family of de- 
scendants, now scattered from ocean to ocean, 
from the far north to the gulf on the extreme 
south ; and towns and cities have been named 
in allusion to his descendants, while one who 
bears this honorable name has been twice ele- 
vated to the highest seat in our national gov- 
ernment — in its character and dignity a seat 
as exalted as that of any foreign potentate. 

(I) Moyses Cleaveland — ^Moses Cleveland 
— the common ancestor of all who bear this 
surname and are of New England origin, 
went from Ipswich, Suffolk county, England, 
to London, and thence sailed for America in 
the year 1635, landing at Plymouth or Bos- 
ton, then being, according to family tradition, 
about eleven years old, for the court files in 
Woburn in 1663 state his age as thirty-nine. 
There are various traditions regarding his 
immigration to America, and the question 
never has been settled satisfactorily; and we 
only know that he was a boy of less than 
twelve years when he came to this country. 
He settled in Woburn and was admitted free- 
man there in 1643, had lands granted him, 
was a member of the trainband, married and 
died there. He died January 9, 1701-02. He 
married, September 26, 1648, Ann Winn, of 
whom one tradition says that she was born in 
Wales, and another in England, about 1626, 
and died in Woburn before May 6, 1682. The 
lecords of births, deaths and marriages for 
Woburn mentions their eleven children as fol- 
lows : I. Moses, born September i, 1651, died 
before October 30, 1717; married, October 4, 
1676, Ruth Norton. He was a soldier in 
King Philip's war. 2. Hannah, born August 
4, 1653 ; married, September 24, 1677, Thomas 
Henshaw, a soldier in King Philip's war. 3. 
Aaron, born January 10. 1655, died Septem- 
ber 14, 1716; married (first) September 26, 
1675, Dorcas Wilson; (second) about 1714-15, 

Prudence . He was a soldier in King 

Philip's war. 4. Samuel, born June 9, 1657 
(see post). 5. Miriam, born July 10, 1659, 
died August 31, 1745; married, December 10, 
1683, Thomas Foskett, son of John and Eliza- 
beth (Leech) Foskett. 6. Joanna, born Sep- 



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tember 19, 1661, died March 12, 1667. 7. Ed- 
ward, born May 20, 1664, died Pomfret, Con- 
necticut, 1746; married (first) about 1684, 
Deliverance Palmer; (second) January i, 
1722, Zeruiah Church. 8. Josiah, born Feb- 
ruary 26, 1666-67, died Canterbury, Connecti- 
cut, April 26, 1709; married, about 1689, Mary 
Bates. 9. Isaac, born May 11, 1669, died Nor- 
wich, Connecticut, August 10, 1714; married, 
July 17-18, 1699, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, widow 
of John Curtis and daughter of Samuel and 
Mary Pierce. 10. Joanna, born April 5, 1670, 
died Westfield, Massachusetts, March 18, 
1758; married. May 28, 1690, Joseph Keyes. 
II. Enoch, born August i, 1671, died August 
I, 1729; married (first) October 9, 1695, 
Elizabeth Counce ; (second) July 9, 1719, 
Elizabeth Wright. 

(II) Sergeant Samuel, third son and fourth 
cliild of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland, 
was born in Woburn, June 9, 1657, and died 
in Canterbury, Connecticut, March 12, 
1735-36. He was a soldier in King Philip's 
war and held the rank of sergeant, serving in 

1675 under Major Simon Willard, and in 

1676 under Captain Joseph Sill. He was made 
freeman in 1689-90, and lived in Chelmsford, 
Massachusetts ; returned to Woburn in 1693 
and in the same year removed to Canterbury, 
Connecticut. In the latter town he took a 
prominent part in public affairs and was one 
of the men selected for considering "all that 
may tend to the good well fare of this town." 
Sergeant Cleveland married (first) in Chelms- 
ford, May 17, 1680, Jane Keyes, born in New- 
bury, Massachusetts, June 25, 1660, died No- 
vember 14, 1681, daughter of Solomon and 
Frances (Grant) Keyes. "Serg. Solomon 
Keies from England, of Newbury, Mass., 
1653, he and his brother Joseph took up land 
in Chelmsford 1664-5. town clerk, tything 
man, his old homestead still stands in West- 
ford, Middlesex co., Mass.; married Oct. 2, 
1653, Frances Grant." Samuel Cleveland 
married (second) May 23, 1682, Persis Hil- 
dreth, born in Chelmsford, February 8, 1660, 
died in Canterbury, February 22, 1698, daugh- 
ter of Richard and Elizabeth Hildreth. He 
married (third) July 25, 1699, Mrs. Margaret 
Fish, widow of John Fish. Samuel Cleveland 
had nine children: i. Jane, born about 1681, 
died Southborough, Massachusetts, April 12, 
1745; married, 1702, Colonel William Ward. 
2. Persis, born April 21, 1683; married, Octo- 
ber 24, 1706, Thomas Hewitt. 3. Samuel, 
born January 12. 1685, died Canterbury, Octo- 
ber I, 1727. 4. Ephraim, born April 10, 1687, 
died Canterbury, March 13, 171 1. 5. Joseph, 



born July 18, 1689, died Canterbury, March 
II, 1766; married (first) February 7, 17 10- 11, 
Abigail Hyde, born Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts, August 8, 1688, died Canterbury, 
December 16, 1724; married (second) March 
31, 1725, Sarah Ainsworth, or Ensworth, born 
Plainfield, Connecticut, June 12, 1699, died 
Canterbury, June 21, 1761. 6. Elizabeth, born 
June 26, 1693; married (first) April 21, 1717, 
John Ensworth; married (second) May 2, 
1733, Christopher Huntington. 7. Mary, born 
June 14, 1696, died March 11, 1766; married, 
October 5, 1719, Joseph Ensworth. 8. Abi- 
gail, born April 23, 1700, died February 23, 
1717-18. 9. Timothy, born August 25, 1702, 
died January 19, 1784. 

(Ill) Joseph, third son and fifth child of 
Samuel and Persis (Hildreth) Cleveland, his 
second wife, was born in Chelmsford, Massa- 
chusetts, July 18, 1689, and died in Canter- 
bury, Connecticut, March 11, 1766. He was 
called sergeant and sometimes was addressed 
as mister, in order, it is said, to distinguish 
him from his cousin of the same name. He 
held an important place in town affairs and 
served as surveyor of highways, hayward and 
fenceviewer. Married (first) Abigail Hyde, 
February 7, 1710-11. She was born in Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts, August 8, 1688, and 
died in Canterbury, December 16, 1724, 
daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Kidder) 
Hyde. Jonathan Hyde, born Newton, Massa- 
chusetts, April I, 1655, was a son of Sergeant 
Jonathan Hyde, born 1626, and was of New 
Cambridge (Cambridge) Massachusetts. His 
wife was Mary French. For his second wife 
Joseph Cleveland married, March 31, 1725, 
Sarah Ainsworth, born in Plainfield, Connec- 
ticut, June 12, 1699, died June 21, 1761. He 
had nine children, seven by his first and two 
by his second marriage: i. Ephraim, born 
February 3, 1711-12, died after 1781. 2. 
Jonathan, born May 9, 1713, died Canterbury, 
March 19, 1754; whether single or married 
unknown ; inherited property from his father. 
3. Benjamin, born May 20, 1714, died East 
Brookfield, Orange county, Vermont, 1797; 

married, 1736, Rachel . 4. Dorothy, 

born March 31, 1716, died probably unmar- 
ried ; admitted to the church at Canterbury, 
October 25, 1739. 5. John, died Canterbury, 
March 5, 1754. 6. Elijah, born January 5, 
1720-21, died Hillsdale, Columbia county. 
New York, September 28, 1794; married, 
about 1748, Alice Lawrence. 7. Persi% born 
1723, baptized Canterbury, April 7, 1723 ; mar- 
ried, Pomfret, February 18, 1754, Henry 
Bacon. 8. Ezra, born 1726, baptized Canter- 



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bury, April 17, 1726, died 1802. 9. Samuel, 
born June 7, 1730, died Royalton, Vermont, 
September, 1809; married (first) May 7, 
1751, Ruth Darbe ; married (second) March 
II, 1784, Anna Welch. 

(IV) Ephraim, eldest son and child of 
Joseph Cleveland, was born in Canterbury, 
Connecticut, February 3, 1711-12, and died 
later than 1781. He left Canterbury and set- 
tled at Dedham, Massachusetts, and in 1743 
owned land in Hardwick. He afterward lived 
in West Bridgewater and in 1762 located in 
Hardwick, where he was a saddler. He was 
assessor in 1781. He married (first) Janu- 
ary 14, 1734-35, Abigail Curtis, bom in Rox- 
bury, November, 17 16, died at Dedham, Au- 
gust 30, 1738, daughter of Jonathan and 
Sarah (Lyon) Curtis. He married (second) 
November 21, 1738, Ruth Nichols, who died 
October 14, 1744; married (third) March 26, 
1746-47, Mrs. Hannah Hay ward, whose fam- 
ily name was Paige. Ephraim Cleveland had 
fourteen children: i. Ephraim, born Septem- 
ber 13, 1737; married, November 15, 1770, 
Dorothy (or Dolly, or Lydia) Whipple. 2. 
Jacob, born October 3, 1739, baptized First 
Church, Dedham, October 7, 1739. 3. Sarah, 
born December 21, 1740. 4. Rebekah, born 
July 3, 1742; married, 1763, Simon Chamber- 
lain. 5. Abigail, born May 21-28, 1744; mar- 
ried Amos Hunter. 6. Louis, twin, born Jan- 
uary 9, 1747-48, died December 22, 1752. 7. 
Louisa, twin, born January 9, 1747-48; mar- 
ried John Gardner, dwelt Hardwick. Gard- 
ner, Worcester county, Massachusetts, named 
for descendants. 8. Joseph, born April 26, 
1749, died Richmond, New York, April 9, 
1844; married (first) May 4, 1772, Elizabeth 
Wheeler, died 1827; married (second) Mrs. 

, widow. 9. Benjamin, born December 

18, 1 751; reported to have settled in Oneida 
county. New York. 10. Elijah, born June i, 
1753-54, died July 15, 1812. 11. Ebenezer, 
twin, born December 21, 1755, died Decem- 
ber 7, 1800; married, November 28, 1790, Bet- 
sey Barnard. 12. Lucia, twin, born December 
21, 1755; marriage published December 4, 
1780, Ichabod Eddy. 13. Olive, born Febru- 
ary 14, 1759; married, April 17, 1785, Silas 
Whittaker. 14. Persis, born February 25, 
1760, died Richmond, New Hampshire, 
December, 1798; married, October 9, 1783, 
Aaron Cooley, born 1743, died June, 1833. 

(V) Elijah, son of Ephraim and Hannah 
(Paigel (Hay ward) Cleveland, his third 
wife, was born June i, 1753 (or 1754) and 
died in Hardwick, Massachusetts, July 15, 
1812. He succeeded to the farm formerly 



owned by his father which afterward passed 
to his own son Elijah. His wife, whom he 
married May 15, 1789, was Sarah Alarsh, who 
died April 2, 1842, daughter of Thomas and 
Sarah (Olmstead) Marsh (whose baptismal 
name was Ephraim) was a son of Thomas 
and Mary (Trumbull) Marsh, grandson of 
Samuel and Mary (Allison) Marsh, great- 
grandson of John Marsh, whose first wile was 
Annie (Webster) Marsh, and great-great- 
grandson of John Marsh, of Braintree, Eng- 
land, who was of Chelmsford, Massacliusetts, 
in 1638. Elijah and Sarah (Marshj Cleve- 
land had seven children: i. Elijah, born 
October 16, 1790, died October 28, 1856; mar- 
ried, December 14, 1819, Lucy Barnes. 2. 
Royal, born March 25, 1793, died February 
26, 1875; married, June i, 1820, Sarah Smith. 
3. Polly, born May 12, 1797, died Greenwich, 
Massachusetts, May i, 1854; married, Decem- 
ber 31, 1818, Rufus Barnes. 4. Joseph, born 
August 16, 1800, died May 15, 1894. 5. Cal- 
vin, born October 2, 1803, or 1804, died Fitch- 
burg, Alassachusetts, June 4, 1878; married, 
December 16, 1829, Sarah Eaton. 6. Alvin, 
born August 23, 1807, married, Surrey, New 
Hampshire, February 5, 1836, Rosetta Darte. 
7. Cutler, born 181 1, died 1812. 

(VI) Joseph (2), fourth child of Elijah 
and. Sarah (Marsh) Cleveland, was born in 
Hardwick, Massachusetts, August 16, 1800, 
died there May 15, 1894. Although but a boy, 
he served in the war of 1812-15 as a drummer, 
and the drum he used in service is still in the 
possession of his descendants. By occupation 
he was a farmer. He was twice married. His 
first wife, whom he married a week after 
Thanksgiving day in 1820, was Amy Barnes, 
who was born in Hardwick in December, 
1806, died there March 17, 1823, a daughter 
of Adonijah and Chloe (Knights or Wheeler) 
Barnes. His second marriage, published in 
Hardwick, September 12, or 15, 1825, was 
with Bathsheba Burgess, who was born in 
Hardwick, January 14, 1806, died there No- 
vember 5, 1881, daughter of Luther and Sarah 
(Carpenter) Burgess. One child was born 
to the first wife and twelve to the second: i. 
Jason Welcome, born July 30. 1822, married, 
January 24. 1842, Lucy Harriet Smith. 2. 
Joseph Andrew, born February 20, 1827, died 
Coldbrook, Massachusetts, January 16, 1883; 
married, November 22. 1846, Mary Elizabeth 
Chamberlain. 3. Son, born February 24, 1828, 
died in infancy. 4. Henry Luther, born Au- 
gust 5. 1829, married, October 23, 1851, 
Amanda Keith. 5. Charles Cutler, born Au- 
gust 18, 1 83 1, died February 22, 1885; mar- 



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ried, 1855. Eliza Alaria Lovell. 6. Charlotte 
Samantha, born December, 1833, died August 
14, 1835. 7. Frederick Mortimer, born Jan- 
uary 20). 1836, died December 9, 1876. 8. 
Alviii Albert, born May 7, 1838; married 
(first) December 22, 1858, Mary Jane Lowe, 
died April 28, 1878; married (second) August 

25, 1879, Mrs. Mary (Bennett) Stone. 9. 
William Harrison, born March 25, 1841, died 
August 29, 1862, while being removed on a 
boat from Fredericksburg, \'irginia, to Alex- 
andria, Virginia; married, July 17, 1861, Mary 
Alice Atwood ; served in civil war. 10. 
Dwight S., born November 22, 1843, served in 
nineteen battles in civil war ; married, June 

26, 1861, Sarah Jane Atwood. 11. Franklin 
Herbert, born December 11, 1846, served in 
civil war; married, June 11, 1870, Ida Maria 
Lamb. 12. Alpheus Austin, born June 3, 
1852, married .Vrabella Warner. 13. Son, 
born December 29, 1854, died December 31, 
1854. 

(VII) Frederick Mortimer, seventh child 
and sixth son of Joseph (2) and Bathsheba 
(Burgess) Cleveland, was born in Hardwick, 
Massachusetts, January 29, 1836. Early 
thrown on his own resources, he determined 
to obtain a thorough education and succeeded, 
by dint of hard work and close application, so 
well that he was able to take up teaching as a 
business. He followed that profession for 
twenty-two years and won an excellent repu- 
tation as an educator. In 1876 he visited the 
centennial exposition at Philadelphia, and 
upon returning to his home was taken with 
typhoid fever and died December 9, 1876, at 
Hardwick. He married, in Hardwick, May 
4, 1864, Ellen Jane Barnes, born at Hard- 
wick, March 11, 1843, daughter of William 
Sumner and Lucinda Howe Barnes. After 
the death of her first husband, Mrs. Cleveland 
married, at Greenwich, Massachusetts, Octo- 
ber 19, 1880, Hervcy Walker King, who was 
born in Hardwick, August 16, 1852, son of 
John and Mary (Richardson) King. Children 
of Frederick Mortimer and Ellen Jane 
(Barnes) , Cleveland: i. Eugene Sumner, 
born March 31, 1865; married, Charlestown, 
Massachusetts, December 25, 1889, Carrie 
Belle Poland, born Friendship, Maine, March 
19, 1872, daughter of Captain Sylvester Mor- 
ton and Frances Ellen (Condon) Poland; 
children : Frederick Eugene, Ethel Francis, 
Morris M. and Richard Sumner. 2. Leslie 
Linwood, born March 10, 1871, graduated 
from Athol, Massachusetts, high school, 1887; 
Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachu- 
setts, 1889; Williams College, 1893. 3. Heber 



Howe, born September 3, 1872 (see post). 4. 
Ernest Elgin, born July 23, 1876, graduate of 
Massachusetts Institute Technology, Boston. 

(VIII) Heber Howe, third son and child 
of Frederick Mortimer and Ellen Jane 
(Barnes) Cleveland, was born in Barre, 
Massachusetts, September 3, 1872. His father 
died when he was but four years old, and he 
was left in nuich the same position in which 
his father had been in his youth. When 
eleven years old he began to make his own 
way in the world, earning money by peddling 
shavings at ten cents per barrel. In this con- 
nection may be mentioned an incident which 
will show the discouragements and difficulties 
that even a child may meet when he faces the 
world alone. Setting out one day with four 
or five barrels of shavings, he called on a 
man who told him that the shavings were not 
pressed down properly. Mr. Cleveland in- 
formed him that he had trodden them down as 
best he could, whereupon the man began 
treading down the shavings, and being a heavy 
man, finally succeeded in getting the shavings 
from three barrels into one, then pompously 
informing him that he "called that a barrel- 
full," he handed him ten cents and told him 
to "run along." Soon after this he was given 
the chance to "pile staves" at eight cents per 
thousand; working before and after school 
hours he soon became expert and often on 
Saturday earned as much as two and a half 
dollars. This work he continued until he en- 
tered the high school, where as janitor he 
paid his way. After graduating from the 
high school he entered Cushing Academy at 
Ashburnham, Massachusetts, worked his way 
by doing whatever he could find and gradu- 
ated in 1891. After leaving the academy he 
taught school for two years, in the same school 
where his father had taught for so many years 
and where many of his pupils were children of 
parents who had been taught by his father. 
He then entered Williams College, at Willams- 
town, Massachusetts, and one year later, in the 
fall of 1895, took up the study of medicine at 
Harvard Medical School, where he graduated 
M.D. in 1899. During his college course he 
won a scholarship of two hundred dollars, and 
also earned his way through college by tutoring. 
While in his senior year at Harvard he passed 
the state medical examination, and after gradu- 
ation began the practice of medicine in Bos- 
ton, where he remained until 1900, when he 
removed to Auburn, Maine. In his practice 
he has specialized in surgery and in 1903 was 
appointed to the staff of attending surgeons 
of the Central Maine General Hospital, which 



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position he still holds. He is a member of 
the Medical Research, Androscoggin County 
Medical Society, Maine Medical Association, 
American Health Association, National Aux- 
iliary Committee of Medical Legislation, 
Tranquil Lodge, No. 29, A. F. and A. M., 
Bradford Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M., Lewis- 
ton Commandery, No. 6, Dunlap Council of 
Auburn, Kora Temple, and Conwav Castle, 
No. 3, K. G. E. 

Dr. Cleveland married, June 25, 1901, Josie 
L. Blanchard, born July 17, 1877, daughter of 
George W. and Theodosia (Hutchinson) 
Blanchard, and granddaughter of Calvary 
Blanchard. Two children have been born to 
this marriage, Frederick George, born March 
18, 1904; and Theodosia Helen, born June 10, 
1907. 



Ralph Jones, immigrant ancestor, 
JONES was born in England. He was a 

settler at Plymouth before 1643, 
when his name appears :n the list of those 
able to bear arms. He removed to Barn- 
stable as early as 1654 and lived in the sec- 
tion called Scorton. His house was on the 
main land a few feet from the Sandwich line, 
and many of his descendants have lived in the 
town of Sandwich. He was a farmer and 
owned lands with the Fuller family with which 
he was connected by marriage. As early as 
1657 he was inclined to the Society of Friends, 
for in that year he was fined for not attend- 
ing meeting, though the meeting house of the 
parish was six miles away. He took the pre- 
scribed oath of allegiance in 1657, an oath 
that Quakers did not take as a rule. But he 
soon became a zealous member of the Society 
of Friends, as shown by the following quaint 
account by George Keith of his persecution by 
the Puritan zealots : "From an honest man, 
a Quaker, in the town of Barnstable, were 
taken four cows with some calves, the 
Quaker's name being Ralph Jones, who is yet 
alive, and these cattle were taken away by the 
Preacher of that town — his son-in-law who 
had married his daughter and returned to the 
Priest as a part of his wages. The Priest 
sent to Ralph Jones to tell him he might have 
two of his cows returned to him if he could 
send for them. But he never sent and so the 
priest used them and disposed of them as his 
own, killed one of the calves and sent a part 
of it to his daughter that lay in child bed ; she 
no sooner did eat a little of the calf but fell 
into great trouble and cried : 'Return home 
the man's Cows. I hear a great noise of 
them ;' and so died in that trouble. The Priest 



alleged the Quakers had bewitched the 
daughter although it cannot be proved that 
ever they had any business with her. But to 
what evil construction will not malice and 
Hypocrisie and covetousness bend a thing? 
Sometime after — the said Preacher killed some 
of these cows to be eat in his house saying he 
would try if the Quakers would bewitch him, 
and not long after he died even before the 
flesh of these cows was all eat. This passage 
is so fresh in that town that it is acknowledged 
by divers of the neighbors to be true." This 
account was printed as early as 1693 and 
again in 1702. It would be explained that 
the Quakers refused to pay rates to support 
the ministers of the Puritan town churches; 
the cows were taken for delinquent taxes and 
the constable (probably Deacon Job Crocker) 
who took the cows was son-in-law of the min- 
ister. Rates were paid in cattle, grain, etc., 
by the citizens and received at a stipulated 
amount by the minister, money being not avail- 
able even to pay taxes and minister's salaries. 
Crocker was son-in-law of Rev. Thomas 
Walley. 

Jones made his will May 11, 1691 ; it was 
proved April 29, 1692, bequeathing to "my 
friends called Quackers" ; to wife "land 
bought by my father Fuller" ; to sons Shubael. 
Ralph, Samuel, Matthew, Ephraim and John ; 
daughters Mercy, Mary and Mehitable (Hit- 
table). He married, April 17, 1650, Mary, 
daughter of Captain Matthew Fuller, of 
Plymouth. Children, born at Barnstable: i. 
Mehitable, born about 165 1, probably at 
Plymouth ; married John Fuller Jr. and set- 
tled "at East Haddam, Connecticut. 2. 
Matthew, married, January 14, 1694-95, Mary 
Goodspeed. 3. Shubael, born August 27, 
1654, was living in Sandwich in 1692. 4. 
Jedediah, born August 14, 1656. married, 
March 18, 1681-82. Hannah Davis: his son 
Isaac had a son Jedediah, who married. April 
14, 1737, Mary Fuller, of Sandwich. 5. John, 
born August 14, 1659, removed from Barn- 
stable. 6. Mercy, born November 14, 1666. 
7. Ralph, born October i, 1669. 8. Samuel, 
married, June 26, 1718, Mary Bliss. 9. 
Ephraim. 10. Mary. 

(I) Eliphalet, descendant of Ralph Jones, 
and probably of his son Shubael who settled 
in Sandwich, was born and lived in Sand- 
wich. The condition of the records makes it 
impossible to trace the two or more genera- 
tions between Shubael and Eliphalet, but it 
is known that all the Sandwich family are de- 
scended from Ralph Jones. Eliphalet was 
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wright by trade. He removed to Boston, 
where he married Prudence Hall. Their son 
Eliphalet is mentioned below. 

(II) Eliphalet (2), son of EHphalet (i), 
Jones, was born in Boston, August 31, 1797. 
He attended the Eliot School in Boston under 
Masters Little and Tileston in the palmy days 
of the ferule and rattan, and made a cred- 
itable record for scholarship. He was at 
graduation one of the Franklin medal schol- 
ars, and on selectmen's day had the honor 
with the other Franklin medal scholars of 
dining with the dignitaries in Fanueil Hall. 
In 181 1 he became junior clerk in the store of 
Norcross, Mellen & Company, dealers in 
crockery, earthenware and pottery, Boston. 
He became a partner of Otis Norcross, the 
senior member of this firm, a few years later 
and the firm name became Otis Norcross & 
Company. This name continued as long as 
Mr. Jones was in the firm, although Otis Nor- 
cross Jr. succeeded his father in the firm. 
The business was very prosperous and made 
several fortunes. In 1847 ^^''^- Jones retired 
from business to enjoy the wealth he had 
acquired. He made his home in Boston dur- 
ing and after his business activity and was a 
leading citizen. For seven years he was a 
member of the old volunteer fire department. 
In 1847 he was a member of the common 
council of Boston from ward five, and in 1850 
he represented his district in the general court. 
In politics he was originally a Whig, but a 
Republican after that party was organized. 
He was for many years a director of the 
Union Mutual Fife Insurance Company. Mr. 
Jones was greatly respected in the business 
community for his intelligence, industry and 
integrity and highly prized by his numerous 
personal frientls for his genial, liberal and 
manly characteristics. He was interested in 
history and was a prominent member of the 
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 
a liberal contributor to the fund for the pur- 
chase of the present building on Somerset 
street. Many of the facts of this sketch are 
taken from a memoir in the proceedings of that 
society, written by George Montfort, of Bos- 
ton. Mr. Jones died March 17, 1873. and was 
buried at Mount Auburn cemetery. He mar- 
ried, March 28, 1824, Sally Paine Adams Rust, 
bom April 18, 1802, died July 6, 1883. (See 
Rust, VII.) Children, born in Boston: i. 
Henry Rust, born January 19, 1826, died July 
30, 1838. 2. Otis "Norcross. mentioned below. 
3. Mary, born March 14, 1830, died young. 

(Ill) Otis Norcross, son of Eliphalet (2), 
Jones, was born in Boston, March 6, 1828, 



died May 20, 1892. He was educated in the 
public schools and at a boarding school. He 
became a clerk in his father's firm, Otis Nor- 
cross & Company, when a young man. Be- 
sides dealing in glassware, crockery, earthen- 
ware, etc., this firm established a glass fac- 
tory at Sand\\ich, Massachusetts, one of the 
first in successful operation in this country, 
though glass had been made on a small scale 
much earlier. He traveled extensively. When 
he was twenty-one years old he made a trip 
around the world. He lived for some time in 
Hong Kong, China, in Calcutta and Bombay, 
India, and in Paris, France. He joined the 
gold-seekers who went to California in 1849 
and was in the mining districts about a year. 
In politics he was a Republican. He was a 
member of the Unitarian church. He married, 
May 27, 1869, Kate H. Frost, born in Nor- 
way, Maine, Alay 2, 1844, daughter of William 
and Lydia E. (Foster) Frost. (See Frost, 
VII.) Children: i. William Frost, men- 
tioned below. 2. Otis Norcross Jr., born Feb- 
ruary 19, 1873, died at Colorado Springs, 
aged twenty years. 3. Mary Ellen, August 3, 
1874, married Professor Henry C. Metcalf, of 
Tufts College. 

(IV) William Frost, son of Otis Norcross 
Jones, was born in Boston, April 5, 1871. He 
attended the public schools in Boston, the Bos- 
ton Latin school and Harvard College where 
he was graduated with the degree of A.- B. 
in the class of 1892. He accompanied his 
brother, whose health had failed, to Colorado 
Springs and remained with him until his 
death. He returned to his home at Norway, 
Maine, and read law in the ofiice of Charles 
E. Holt, was admitted to the bar in 1898 and 
began to practice his profession in Norway 
immediately. He has been in active and suc- 
cessful practice since. At the present time he 
is judge of the municipal court in Norway. 
In politics he is a Republican. He has been 
a member of the school board, trustee of the 
public library and superintendent of schools. 
He married, June 22, 1897, Elinor Frances 
Hunt, born December 21, 1871, daughter of 
George W. and Ella F. Hunt, of Bath, Maine. 
Children: i. ICatherine H., born July 30, 
1898. 2. Otis N., December 26, 1899. 3. 
Frances, December 7, 1901. 4. Mary E., Jan- 
uary 17, 1903. 



The surname Rust is an ancient 
RUST one, a Hugh Rust having lived in 

England as early as 131 2. The 
naine is also common in Germany. Henry 
Rust, immigrant ancestor, came from Hing- 



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ham, county, Norfolk, England, and settled 
in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1633 or 1635. 
He was the first of the name in this country, 
and was a glover by trade. He had a grant of 
land at Hingham in 1635 in June, and other 
grants March 5, March 23 and August 14 of 
the same year. He was admitted a freeman 
March, 1637-38. February 16, 1638, he was 
chosen to "make the rates," and in 1645 was 
town clerk of Hingham. He was admitted as 
an inhabitant of Boston, and March 31, 1651, 
bought property of Audrey Palmer, a house 
and" land. This land he deeded later to his 
son, Nathaniel Rust, and son-in-law, Robert 
Earle. The site is now occupied by Trinity 
church, corner of Summer and Hawley streets, 
then Bishop's alley. The seven Star Inn, or 
Pleiades, formerly stood there. The wife of 
Henry Rust was admitted to the church with 
him February 20, 1669. Children: i. Sam- 
uel, baptized at Hingham, August 5, 1638, 
married Elizabeth Rogers. 2. Nathaniel, bap- 
tized February 2, 1639-40, mentioned below. 
3. Hannah, baptized at Hingham, November 
7, 1641, married Robert Earle. 4. Israel, bap- 
tized November 12, 1643, married Rebecca 
Clark. 5. Benjamin, baptized April 5, 1646. 
6. Benoni, baptized October 23, 1649. 

(II) Nathaniel, son of Henry, was baptized 
at Hingham, February 2, 1639-40. He fol- 
lowed his father's trade of glover. He re- 
irioved to Ipswich, was living there in 1661, 
and resided there until his death. He was 
often appraiser of estates, and was lot layer 
in 1692-93. He died in 1713 and his estate 
was administered December 23, 17 13, by 
Daniel Rindge and Thomas Norton. He mar- 
ried Mary, born 1642, died July 7, 1720, 
daughter of William and Alice Wardell. 
Children: i. Mary, born June, 1664, married 
Captain Daniel Rindge. 2. Nathaniel, March 
16, 1667, married Joanna Kinsman. 3. Mar- 
garet, February 7, 1669, married Samuel 
Williams. 4. Elizabeth, March 14, 1672, mar- 
ried, December 7, 1693, William Fellows. 5. 
Mercy, married, November 14, 1700, Thomas 
Norton. 6. Dorothy, born March 10, 1682, 
died November 10, 1684. 7. John, born July 
9, 1684, mentioned below. '8. Sarah, born 
1686, died January 26, 1739; married January 
I, 1706-07, Nathaniel Hart, born April 3, 
1677, died September 9, 1746. 

(HI) John, son of Nathaniel Rust, was 
born July 9, 1684, and died at Ipswich, Jan- 
uary, 1713. He married, September 26, 1705, 
Sarah (Potter) Fellows, born December 11, 
1685, daughter of John and Sarah Potter, and 
widow of Jonathan Fellows. She adminis- 



tered his estate, being appointed January 22, 
1716-17. Children: i. John, born March 18, 
1707, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, October 
20, 1708, died August 17, 1724. 3. Sarah, 
June 28, 1 710, married, December 17, 1729, 
Thomas Hovey. 4. Nathaniel, March 29, 
1713 (posthumous), married Sarah Wallis. 

(IV) John (2), son of John (i) Rust, was 
born at Ipswich, March 18, 1707, died Novem- 
ber, 1750. He was a tanner by trade. He was 
a soldier in the French and Indian war, and 
ensign in the eighth company under Captain 
Thomas Stanford, Colonel Robert Hale's fifth 
regiment, in the Louisburg expedition in 1745. 
He married, November 12, 1730, Sarah, 
daughter of .Abraham and Abigail Foster. 
She was appointed administratrix of his 
estate; she married (second) October 31, 
1752 (intentions published October 28), Jacob 
Parsons, of Gloucester. Children: i. John, 
born May 22, 1732, sea captain, died unmar- 
ried. 2. Sarah, September 25, 1735, married, 
in New Gloucester, Maine, January 5, 1755, 
William Parsons. 3. Henry, August 23, 1737, 
mentioned below. 4. Mary, July 16, 1737. 3. 
Abigail, November 6, 1742, married, January 
18, 1763, Benjamin Witt. 6. Daniel, June 21, 
1747, killed by a horse. 

(V) Henry (2), son of John (2) Rust, was 
born at Ipswich, August 23, 1737, died at Sa- 
lem, September 28, 18 12. He was educated in 
the public schools, and learned the trade of 
joiner as apprentice of Jonathan Gavet. During 
the revolution he made money, taking consider- 
able risks in shipping. He began in business 
as a cabinetmaker and merchant and became 
interested in manufacturing as well as ship- 
ping. He built a brick store in Salem in 1786 
on the site of the old court house and had 
large holdings in land in the vicinity of Rust 
street which he opened when developing his 
property for house lots. In 1787 he bought 
six thousand acres of land for four hundred 
and fifty pounds, the site of the township of 
Rustfield, now Norway, Maine, and his three 
sons, Henry, John and Joseph, settled in that 
town and became influential citizens. Captain 
Rust settled Essex county and often visited it, 
coming on horseback or in his chaise, which 
upon the occasion of his first trip in it, in 1804, 
had the distinction of being the first wheeled 
carriage seen in the town of Norway. He 
built a summer home at Pike's Hill, the door- 
step for which, cut from solid rock, still marks 
the site of the buildings. He was kind and 
generous to the settlers, selling land to them 
without money, taking his pay in labor at the 
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each had a homestead of his own. He built a 
saw mill and grist mill in Norway in 1789 and 
later a tannery and opened a general store. 
He gave land for the church and cemetery. 
He brought the first glass windows to the 
town, small four-square windows with panes 
six by eight inches and distributed them, two 
or three to each settler. In 1797 he took his 
grandson, Henry Rust, then ten years old, to 
spend the summer with him in Rustfield. His 
will was dated July 10 and proved October 5, 
1812. He married (first) December 25, 1759, 
Lydia James, born JMay 12, 1740. died August 
24, 1808, daughter of Joseph and Lydia 
James, of Salem. He married (second) May 
28, 1809, Abigail Benson, widow of Captain 
Thomas Benson. She died at Salem, January, 
1823. Children, all by first wife: i. Henry, 
born September 21, 1760, married Sally 
Archer. 2. John, April 4, 1762, married 
Nancy Mansfield. 3. Joseph, January i, 1767, 
married Ruth Lash, of Boston. 4. Lydia, Jan- 
uary ' 7, 1765, married Joseph Austin. 5. 
Sally, March 5, 1767, died September 29, 
1768. 6. Polly Hooper, August 5, 1768, died 
August 18, 1770. 7. Daniel, June 23, 1770, 
died November 8, 1771. 8. Daniel, July 22, 
1772, married Elizabeth Leach, of Salem. 9. 
Jacob Parsons, August 15, 1774, mentioned 
below. 10. Sally, May 18, 1776, married, 
December 28, 1801, John Daland, died Feb- 
ruary 5, 1803. II. Nathan, February 28, 
1778, died September 28, 1778. 12. Nathan, 
June, 1779, died aged three days. 13. Nathan, 
August, 1780, died aged five days. 14. 
Nathan, June, 1781, died aged five hours. 15. 
Israel, July 18, 1782, died August 18, 1795. 
16. Polly Jane, November 6, 1783, died 
December 25, 1843, married, December 2, 
1810, Samuel Lee Paige, who died at Salem, 
December 22, 1824. 

(VI) Jacob Parsons, son of Henry (2) 
Rust, was born at Salem, August 15, 1774, 
died January 6, 1828. He is buried in the 
old Granary cemetery at Boston. He was a 
merchant and owned a house, land and store 
in Salem, and land and buildings on Prince 
street, Boston ; also a right in the Charles 
river bridge. His son Jacob was appointed 
administrator of his estate January 14, 1828, 
and the division was made April 27, 1829. He 
married (first) April 23, 1797, Mary Adams, 
of Boston. He married (second) November 
3, 1823, Abigail Reynolds, who died January 
I, 1837. Children of first wife: i. Thomas 
Adams, born January 15, 1798, married (first) 
Abbie Williams; (second) Harriet Freeman; 
(third) Phebe Chamberlain. 2. Mary, July 



30, 1799, died August, 1799. 3. Jacob, July 
19, 1800, died unmarried at Somerville, Au- 
gust 5, 1847; merchant. 4. Sally Paine 
Adams, April 18, 1S02, mentioned below. 5. 
Diana Adams, March 28, 1806. married Henry 
Hooper and resided at Boston. 6. William 
Paine Adams, January 26, 1808, married, Jan- 
uary 25, 1832, Caroline J. Chase, died May 
29, 1857; carpenter; had Lucy Ann, died 
October 2y, 1843. 7- Joseph Henry, Decem- 
ber 5, 1809, married Emily White, died Sep- 
tember 18, 1835, and is buried in the old 
Granary burying ground ; widow married 
(second) A. A. Dana and had three sons. 8. 
John, March 8, 1814, married Susan West. 
Children of second wife : 9. Mary Adams, 
March 17, 1825, married, July 8, 1845, Edwin 
Howdand, died May 10, 185 1. 10. George 
Reynolds, August 26, 1827, died November 
27," 1828. 

(VII) Sally Paine Adams, daughter of 
Jacob Parsons Rust, was born April 18, 1802, 
died July 6, 1883. She married, March 28, 
1824, Eliphalet Jones. (See Jones, II.) 



George Frost lived at Winter 
FROST Harbor, Saco, Maine, and was 

appraiser of the estate of Richard 
Williams in 1635. He served on the grand 
jury in 1640. Goody Frost was assigned to 
a pew in the church at \\'inter Harbor next 
to the pew of Goody Wakefield, September 
22, 1666. He is supposed to be the father of 
the following children: i. Rebecca, married 
Simon Booth ; removed to Enfield, New 
Hampshire, and died in 1668. 2. John, mar- 
ried Rose . 3. William, mentioned be- 
low. 

(II) William, son of George Frost, wit- 
nessed a deed in Winter Harbor in 1667 and 
bought land in Saco of William Phillips in 
1673. It may have been he who had a grant 
of land on Crooked Lane in Kittery in 1658. 
The Indian war drove him to Salem, Massa- 
chusetts, where he was living from 1675 to 
1679. William Frost, cordwainer, of Salem, 
bought land in Wells, Maine, in 1679, ''"^ 
had various grants and mill privileges in 
Wells until 1690. His estate was adminis- 
tered in 1690 by Israel Harden, and William 
Frost Jr. was his bondsman. Roger Hill 
wrote to his wife May 7, 1690, "The Indians 
have killed Goodman Frost and James Little- 
field and carried away Nathaniel Frost and 
burnt several houses here in Wells." William 
Frost married Mary, daughter of John and 
Elizabeth (Littlefield) Wakefield, and grand- 
daughter of Edmund and Annis Littlefield. 



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Children: i. William, married (first) Rachel; 
(second) April 5, 1796, Elizabeth Searle ; died 
September 23, 1721. 2. Nathaniel, captured 
by the Indians in 1690. 3. Elizabeth, married, 
November 8, 1698, Daniel Dill. 4. Mary, born 
at Salem, July 31, 1677. 5. Abigail, married, 
January 14, 1702-03, Samuel Upton. 6. 
James, mentioned below. 

(III) James, son or nephew of William 
Frost (Hist, of Kittery, Maine), married, 
May 15, 1707-08, Margaret, daughter of 
William and Deliverance (Taylor) Goodwin. 
He was a planter and owner of a mill in South 
Berwick, RIaine. He and his wife were mem- 
bers of the Congregational church. His will 
was made in 1744, proved July 4, 1748. Chil- 
dren, baptized at South Berwick: 1. James 
born November 5, 1708, married Sarah Nason. 
2. William, February 15, 1710, married Love 
Butler. 3. Nathaniel, August 14, 1713, men- 
tioned below. 4. John, baptized October 22, 
1716, went to Nova Scotia. 5. Stephen, bap- 
tized April 12, 1719, married Lucy . 6. 

Mary, baptized September 29, 1723, married 
Major Charles Gerrish. 7. Jeremiah, baptized 
December 24, 1725, married Miriam Harding; 
went to Nova Scotia. 8. Jane, baptized May 
10, 1728, married, March 10, 1747. Caleb 
Emery. 9. Margaret, baptized July 13, 1730, 
married, June 18, 1752, William Haskell. 

(IV) Nathaniel, son of James Frost, was 
born August 14, 1713, and died about 1763. 
He lived in Falmouth and Gorham, Maine. 
He married Elizabeth, who died about 1768. 
Children: i. Abigail, born about 1741, mar- 
ried, December, 1758, James i\iosher. 2. Ben- 
jamin, born about 1742, married Susanna 
Frost, 1765. 3. David, mentioned below. 4. 
Peter, born about 1746, married Margaret 
• . 5. Nathaniel, born about 1748, mar- 
ried (first) June 3, 1780, Polly Berry; (sec- 
ond) June 16, 1787, Sally Brown, of Fal- 
mouth; (third) October 3, 1801, Mrs. Rebecca 
Higgins, of Standish. 6. Enoch, born about 
1750, married, April 24, 1780, Alice Davis. 7. 
Elizabeth, born about 1752, married, Novem- 
ber 26. 1778, Benjamin Adams; (second) 
Charles Patrick. 8. Hannah, born about 1754, 
married, February 3, 1775, Joshua Adams. 

(V) David, son of Nathaniel Frost, was 
born about 1744 in Gorham, Maine, or Fal- 
mouth. He married (intention dated April 
10, 1766) Mary Johnson. Four of hie^sons 
settled on Frost Hill, Norway, Maine, and 
late in life he also settled there. Children, 
born in Gorham: i. David Jr., removed to 
East Machias. 2. William, married, July 2, 
181 5, Polly Stevens. 3. Charles, resided in 



Portland. 4. Peter, married Sarah, daughter 
of Samuel Perkins. 5. Nathaniel settled in 
Gorham. 6. Eunice, married Samuel An- 
drews; resided in Norway. 7. Nancy, mar- 
ried Joseph Hamblen ; resided in Norway. 9. 

Jennie, married Webster. 10. John, 

resided in Norway ; married Jane Richmond. 

11. Robert, mentioned below. 

(\T) Robert, son of David Frost, was born 
in Gorham. Alaine, March 26, 1782. He mar- 
ried Betsey Jordan, born at Otisfield, Feb- 
ruary 26, 1789. He settled in Norway in 
1803. Children, born in Norway: i. Mercy, 
November 8, 1807; married (first) Thomas J. 
Everett; (second) Jacob Parsons. 2. Charles, 
December 13, 1809, married Hannah Foster. 
3. William, January 9, 1812, mentioned be- 
low. 4. Robert, June 9, 1814, died March i, 
1816. 5. Timothy J., April 17, 1816, married 
Mary A. Goss. 6. Eliza, July 8, 1818, mar- 
ried Simon Lewis. 7. Polly, October 22, 1820, 
married John Davis. 8. Robert J., February 
25, 1823, married, April 30, 1856, Alice N. 
Shedd, born July 27, 1829. 9. David W., July 

12, 1825, married Vesta Briggs. 10. Esther, 
born June 12, 1827, married Joshua Crockett. 
II. Aaron, September 8, 1829, died April 23, 
1832. 12. Catherine, May 26, 1833, died May 

1, 1840. 

(VII) William, son of Robert Frost, was 
born in Norway, January 9, 18 12. He mar- 
ried, 1842, Lydia Foster, who died September, 
1851. Married (second) 1853, Mrs. Mary A. 
Whitcomb, nee Harris. Children: i. Kate 
H., born in Norway, May 2, 1844, niarried 
Otis Norcross Jones in 1869 (see Jones, HI). 

2. Lydia Ellen, June 17, 1847, died June 30, 
1894. 



Nathaniel M. Jones emigrated 
JONES from Wales to Turks Island, 

West Indies, by the way of Ber- 
muda, where he made a brief tarry. He was a 
goldsmith by trade and also engaged in the 
manufacture of salt at Turks Island. His wife 
Harriet accompanied him, and their son, 
Hiram Thomas, was born there in 1837. 

(II) Hiram Thomas, son of Nathaniel M. 
and Harriet Jones, was born in 1837 and re- 
ceived his school training in Turks Island, 
West Indies, which was his birthplace. When 
of age he became a merchant and manufac- 
turer of salt, which business had been carried 
on by his father for several years. He re- 
moved to Bangor, Maine, in 1876 and became 
head bookkeeper for the Hinckley & Egery 
Iron Company for a time, and then engaged 
with G. W. Merrill in the furniture business. 



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When he left Turks Island, he arranged to 
have his business continued, and he attended 
to it by correspondence. He was married in 
Turks Island to Helen Ewing, daughter of the 
Rev. James Morrison, a Presbyterian divine, 
who were attendants of the Methodist church. 
They have seven children all born in Turks 
Island, West Indies, and their names accord- 
ing to the order of their birth are as follows : 
I. Nathaniel M. (q. v.). 2. Emily H., 
married John M. Jones, of New Yerk 
City. 3. Hiram Thorborn, died 1902. 4. 
Lilla A. 5. James W., who removed to Oak- 
land, California. 6. Hilton B., who also re- 
moved to Oakland, California. 7. Ella Stew- 
art, born in Bangor, Maine, married George 
W. Thoms, a lawyer, of Lincoln, Maine. 

(Ill) Nathaniel Morrison, eldest child of 
Hiram Thomas and Helen Ewing (Morrison) 
Jones, was born in Turks Island, West Indies, 
and was educated in the best schools that 
island afforded. He came to Bangor, Maine, 
alone, in 1874, and engaged as clerk in the 
office of T. J. Stewart & Company, where he 
remained for several months, leaving to take 
a position with James E. Crosby, a grocer, as 
clerk and bookkeeper, for whom he worked 
for about eighteen months. He was next a 
stevedore on the river docks and next a clerk 
in a meat market and a helper in the produce 
commission house of James A. Greenacre. In 
1880 he went into the fruit and produce busi- 
ness on his own account, which business he 
sold out in 1882 and became express messen- 
ger for the Bangor and Boston Express Com- 
pany on the Boston & Bangor Steamship line, 
and after two seasons of such work went with 
the Hinckley & Egery Iron Works Company 
as bookkeeper and secretary where he re- 
mained seven years. In 1890 he bought an 
interest in the water power at Howland Falls, 
Maine, and assisted in organizing the How- 
land Falls Pulp Company, in which he owned 
stock. He was made general manager after 
first year and held this position for three 
years when the mills were burned. He at once 
drew plans for new mills, which were accepted 
by the company, and he directed the building 
of the mills. At about this time he secured 
by purchase the property of the Lincoln Pulp 
& Paper Company at Lincoln, Maine, and re- 
built both mills. He also furnished detail 
plans and built a mill at Ausable Forks, New 
York, for J. J. Rogers & Company, and a 
mill at Fort Edward, New York for the Glens 
Falls Paper Company, and one at Lockport. 
New York, for the Traders' Paper Company. 
This business as a mill architect came to him 



through the success he had made at the How- 
land Falls Mills. The patents, designs, and 
methods used by him in the construction of 
the mills and the handling of the material 
attracted the attention of the paper and pulp 
manufacturers over the entire country. In 
1895 he resigned his position as general man- 
ager of the Howland Falls Paper & Pulp 
Company, and sold out all his interests in the 
other mills as enumerated, and devoted his 
time to the oversight of the Katahdin Pulp & 
Paper Company of Lincoln, Maine, of which 
he was general manager. He was made a 
director of the Merchants' National Bank, and 
a member of the executive board of the East- 
ern Trust and Banking Company, both of 
Bangor. He was appointed a state survey 
commissioner. He was the Republican repre- 
sentative from the Howland and Lincoln dis- 
tricts in the Maine state legislature, 1895-98, 
serving one term from each district, and he 
was state senator from the Bangor district, 
1899-1902, a member of Governor Hills' 
council, 1903-04, and of Governor Cobb's 
council, 1905-06, being chairman of the coun- 
cil during the years of 1905-06 of the last 
named governor. He was instrumental in 
1905 in obtaining an appropriation from the 
state legislature to build a bridge across the 
Penobscot river at Howland, Maine, and he 
was made a member of the commission ap- 
pointed to plan and superintend its construc- 
tion. He discharged this diity to the entire 
satisfaction of the public. He is a thirty-sec- 
ond degree Mason, belonging to Composite 
Lodge, F. and A. M., La Grange, Alaine; 
Royal Arch Chapter at Mattawamkeag; St. 
John's Commandery, K. T. ; Eastern Star 
Lodge of Perfection ; Palestine Council, 
Princes of Jerusalem ; Bangor Chapter Rose 
Croix (Scottish Rite bodies) ; the Maine Con- 
sistory at Portland and the Mystic Shrine at 
Lewiston, Maine. He is also a useful mem- 
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
and of the Knights of Pythias. 

He married, December 5, 1880, Hattie T., 
daughter of Josiah B. Harthorn, of Bangor, 
Maine, and their children are : Sidney Mor- 
rison, a graduate of the L^niversity of Maine, 
and Hattie Harthorn, educated in the public, 
grammar and high schools of Bangor, and 
Miss Porter's School of Farmington, Con- 
necticut. James Morrison, father of Helen 
Ewing (Morrison) Jones, and maternal grand- 
father of Nathaniel Morrison Jones, was 
a Presbyterian divine of Glasgow, Scotland, 
and in the middle of the nineteenth century 
went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



a professor in the theological school of the 
Presbyterian church. He was later sent to 
Bermuda, where he built the first Presbyterian 
church erected in Bermuda. 



The surname Templeton 
TEMPLETON is of local origin. There 
is a village of this name 
in Devonshire, antl another in Pembrokeshire, 
and the family originally took the name of the 
place, after a common custom, when adopting 
a surname. The family of Templeton in Scot- 
land bore these arms as early as the si.xteenth 
century : Gules a temple argent on a chief 
sable a star or. The English family bears : 
Azure a fess or in a base a church argent. 
Crest : A holy lamb regardant argent sus- 
taining over the shoulder a banner gules. The 
word originally meant, of course, a town in 
which a temple or church was located. 

(I) Adam Templeton was of the Scotch 
family, from a brancli located in Ulster with 
the Scotch Presbyterians. The family had 
not been in Ireland long before he came to 
America. Even he himself may have been 
born in Scotland. The family is still some- 
what numerous in county Antrim. Adam 
Templeton came from Ireland with his 
brother-in-lav\', .-Xlexander Simpson, about 
1735 or a little later, and both settled in Wind- 
ham, a part of the original New Hampshire 
colony of Scotch-Irish. He bought nine and 
three-quarters acres of land of James Wilson 
for one hundred and ten pounds, old tenor, 
November 24, 1747, and located with Simpson 
in the meadow southeast of Robert Simpson's 
horse, where each built a log cabin. Temple- 
ton afterwards built a house in a more health- 
ful locality near the present Robert Simpson 
house. He was a wheelwright by trade and 
made spinning wheels used by all the early 
settlers. He carried his wheels about on 
horseback through the section and sold them 
to the Scotch settlers, at the same time that 
he was struggling to clear his farm. His 
name appears on the town records as early as 
1753 and as late as 1776. He went to Antrim 
in his old age and died there at the home of 
his son Matthew in 1795, aged eighty-four 
years. Children: i. John, mentioned below. 
2. Daniel lived in Hillsborough, but died or 
removed before 1790 from the state of New 
Hampshire. 3. James, resideil in Peter- 
borough, New Hampshire : removed to Mont- 
pelier, Vermont, in 1800, and died there in 

1807; rnarried Jennet ; children: i. 

Agnes, born September 24, 1758; ii. Mary, 
April 10, 1760; iii. William, October 24, 1762. 



married Mary Moore, of Sharon ; iv. John, 
November 14, 1764; v. Jenny, 1766, married 
Charles McCoy. 4. Matthew, born in Ireland 
and came to Windham with his parents, was 
a soldier in the French and Indian wars in 
1758, was constable, removed to Peter- 
borough as early as 1770 and to Antrim in 
1775; married Jennie Harkness, who died 
1780, aged forty-three; he returned to Peters- 
borough in 1784 and died there May 30, 1809, 
aged seventy-three ; a very rigid and stern 
Presbyterian; children: i. Betsey, born 1770, 
married John Holmes and settled in Mont- 
pelier; ii. .Samuel, 1772, married Jane Miller 
and succeeded to the homestead ; iii. Jean, 
1774, married Hugh Miller, of Peterborough, 
and died June 9, 1845; v. Jennie, 1778, at 
Antrim, died unmarried February 19, 1849. 

(II) John, son of Adam Templeton, was 
born about 1740. He married Mary ]\Iay- 
hew and settled in Windham, the only one of 
the sons to remain in that town. He signed 
a petition of Windham inhabitants 1787. 
Children: i. Isaac, married, March 15, 1814, 
Mary Ross ; lived in Hillsborough, Antrim and 
Deering, New Hampshire, and died at Hills- 
borough, April 19, 1869; thirteen children. 2. 
John, mentioned below. Probably others. 

(III) John (2), son of John (i), Temple- 
ton, was born in Windham, New Hampshire, 
about 1780-90. He was a soldier in the War 
of 1 81 2. He settled afterward in Ossipee, 
New Hampshire. He married Betsy Eldridge. 
Children : Charles, Nathaniel, Andrew Jack- 
son, mentioned below; John, Ira, Abiel, Eliza- 
beth, Jerusha, Harriet. 

(IV) Andrew Jackson, son of John (2) 
Templeton, was born April 13, 1816, at Ossi- 
pee, New Hampshire, died April i, 1879. He 
was educated in the public schools of Ossipee. 
At the age of seventeen he went to work in 
a cotton mill and learned the business 
thoroughly. He held responsible positions in 
the employ of various manufacturers. He 
started in business on his own account during 
the civil war and manufactured cotton batten 
in Auburn, Maine, until his death. He mar- 
ried Mary A. Muzzey, born May 17, 1820, 
died May 11, 1869. Children: i. Albert La- 
Roy, born November 4, 1842, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Alice Jane, September 22, 1845, <^'^f' 
July 29, 1895. 3. Emma Josephine, October 
18, 1850. died June 6, 1900. 

(V) .Albert LaRoy. son of Andrew Jack- 
son Templeton. was born November 4, 1842, 
in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was educated 
in the public schools of Lake \'illage, Man- 
chester, New Hampshire, Providence. Rhode 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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Island, and Lewiston, Maine. At the age of 
seventeen he began work as clerk in the Lew- 
iston Falls Bank and later was merged into 
the First National Bank, Lewiston, where he 
worked under Cashier Albert H. Small. He 
was promoted step by step and in 1874 became 
cashier, a position he has filled with conspicu- 
ous ability and success to the present time. In 
1908 he had completed forty-eight successive 
vears in the service of this bank. His honesty, 
integrity and fidelity have become proverbial 
in the community. He is known in banking 
circles throughout the state and ranks high in 
the estimation of banking men. He is among 
the oldest bank cashiers of New England still 
in active life. Few men have so completely 
won the love and esteem of their townsmen as 
Mr. Templeton. He is kindly and democratic 
in his manner, inviting confidence, retaining 
respect and coining friendships year after 
year. He is a member of the Rabboni Lodge 
of Free Masons, Lewiston; treasurer of the 
Knights of Honor and of the Congregational 
church, of which he is a prominent member. 
He is a Republican, but not active in politics. 
He married, December 22, 1874, Nellie L. 
Sands, daughter of James and Caroline 
(Bradford) Sands, of Waterborough, Maine, 
and a descendant of Governor William Brad- 
ford of the "Mayflower." Children: i. Car- 
rie E., born March 3, 1876, died April 9, 1878. 
2. Mabel L., January, 1878. 3. Bessie Sands, 
April 12, 1 88 1, a teacher in the kindergarten 
schools of Lewiston, Maine. 4. James An- 
drew, April 8, li ' 



The Farrington name 
FARRINGTON dates far back in English 

history, and in old 
Saxon was called Ferndon, signifying Fern 
hill. There is an ancient town called Farring- 
don in Berks county, west of London. There 
is a township named Farrington in Lancaster 
county, and a parish of the same name in 
another part of Englanfl. The most ancient 
family of Farringdons live at Shaw Hall in 
Lancashire. They arose at the time of the 
Conquest, and have since preserved an unin- 
terrupted male succession. They lived in the 
township of Farrington till the time of Eliza- 
beth, continued at Wearden till the close of 
the sixteenth century, and have since resided 
at Shaw Hall ; all these places are in the Parish 
of Leyland and county Palatine of Lancaster. 
The manor and hundred of Levland was held 
by them of King Edward the Confessor ; and 
the men of the manor, which was of a su- 
perior order, as well as those of Salford, en- 



joyed the privilege of attending to their own 
harvest instead of the king's. Another family 
of Farringtons, who spell their name with the 
double fF, are lineal descendants of John de 
Ffarington in the time of Henry HI. His will 
was dated 1549. and the motto of his armorial 
bearings was "Domat Omnia Virtus" (\'irtue 
Subdues All). Sir Anthony Farrington was 
knighted in 1766, and from him are descended 
the Farringtons of Blackheath, County of 
Kent. 

One of the earliest Farringtons to come to 
this country was Edmund, who emigrated 
from Southampton, England, and settled first 
at Lynn, Massachusetts. In May, 1640, he 
with some others embarked at Lynn in a ves- 
sel commanded by Captain Howe, and arrived 
at Cow Bay, Long Island, where they pur- 
chased from the Indians a tract of land ex- 
tending from the eastern part of Oyster Bay 
to Cow Bay. They were afterwards dispos- 
sessed by the Dutch Governor Kieft, and Far- 
rington returned to Lynn ; but two of his sons, 
Thomas and Edmund, subsequently settled at 
Flushing, Long Island, and from them the 
New York Farringtons are descended. 

(I) John Ffarrington, son of Edmond and 
Eliza Ffarrington, was born in Olney, Buck- 
inghamshire, England, about 1624, and sailed 
to this country in the ship "Hopewell" in 1635. 
He died at Dedham, Massachusetts, April 27, 
1676, and administration of his estate was 
granted to his "relict Mary and son John" on 
June 29 of that year. In 1646 John Ffarring- 
ton was admitted a townsman of Dedham and 
granted two acres of upland, and in 1648 he 
bought William Barstow's grant of eight 
acres. In 1652 he was taxed one poimd, two 
shillings and tenpence, and he was elected 
woodreeve in 1635-37-58. He was made a 
freeman, that is. joined the church, March 9, 
1667. His wife was admitted to the church 
fifteen years earlier. May 16, 1652. In 1649 
John Ffarrington married Mary, daughter of 
William Bullard, and ten children were born 
to them: i. Mary, January 26, 1650, married 
John Pidge. 2. Sarah, July i, 1652. 3. John, 
February 25, 1654, married Mary James. 4. 
Nathaniel, June 6. 1656. 5. Eleazer, February 
II, 1660. 6. Hannah, July 22. 1662. 7. 
Daniel, whose sketch follows 8. Judith, June 
I, 1666, died March 3, 1676. 9. Abigail, April 
30, 1668. 10. Benjamin, June 15, 1672. 

(II) Daniel, fourth son of John and Mary 
(Bullard) Farrington, was born in Dedham, 
Massachusetts, April 10, 1664, and died in 
Wrentham, that state, April 7, 17 18. He re- 
moved to W^rentham about 1690 and there 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



married, October 5, 1691, Abigail Fisher. 
Eleven children were born of this marriage : 
I. Jemima, May 11, 1695. 2. Abigail, Octo- 
ber II, 1696. 3. Daniel (2), whose sketch 
follows. 4. Milcah, June i, 1700. 5. Han- 
nah, August 22, 1703. 6. Elisha, April 2, 
1705- 7- ^lary, September 22, 1706. 8. Eli- 
jah, March 14, 1709. 9. Ruth, December 15, 
171 1. 10. Benjamin, March 12, 1714-15. 11. 
Athemar, November 18, 171 7. 

(III) Daniel (2), eldest son of Daniel (i) 
and Abigail (Fisher) Farrington, was born 
in 1698-99, probably at Wrentham, Massachu- 
setts, and died February 5, 1755. He held the 
title of lieutenant, and in 1731 married 
Bethiah Mann. 

(IV) Daniel (3), probably the son of 
Daniel (2) and Bethiah (Mann) Farrington, 
was born in 1771, lived in Vermont. In mid- 
dle life he moved with his family to Keene. 
New York, where he cleared a farm on which 
he lived till his death, August 25, 1854. He 
married Rebecca Kendall, either in Westmore- 
land, New Hampshire, or in some place in 
Vermont. She was born in 1776, died Octo- 
ber 28, i860. They had ten children: Daniel, 
Isaac, Jacob, Rufus, whose sketch follows ; 
Ira P., Horace, Harriet, Lucinda, Lucy and 
Laura. It is thought that these children were 
all born in Western Vermont. 

(V) Rufus, son of Daniel (3) and Rebecca 
Farrington, was born October 28, 181 8, in 
Vermont, and died at Fort Ann, New York, 
February 6, 1893. In early life he moved with 
his parents to Keene, New York, and became 
owner of the home farm there, which he sub- 
sequently exchanged for a store at West Fort 
Ann. About i860 he was made postmaster, 
which position he held several years ; he later 
sold his store and purchased a farm in Fort 
Ann, New York. Mr. Farrington married 
Maria S. Holt, born January 14, 1823, died 
April 24, 1887, daughter of Alva and Polly 
(Pease) Holt, of Keene, New York. Chil- 
dren : I. Ira Kendall, born July 31, 1841, died 
in Chicago, April 26, 1891. 2. Alva Monroe, 
born February 2, 1845, resides in Whitehall, 
New York. 3. Albert Henry, born February 
II, 1848. 4. Clayton James, see forward. 5. 
Fred R., born December 15, 1852. 6. Frank 
William, born May 12, 1857, died June or 
July, 1865. 7- Jennie Maria, born October 5, 
1864, married Dr. Douglass. 

(VI) Clayton James, fourth son of Rufus 
and Maria (Holt) Farrington, was born 
March 31, 1849, at Keene, New York. At the 
age of eleven he left home and began work on 
a farm with the privilege of attending school 



during the winters. In his fifteenth year he 
was a pupil at a private school, and at the age 
of sixteen he went to Portland, Alaine, where 
he entered the employ of his uncle, Ira P. 
Farrington, in the retail clothing and gents' 
furnishing business. While there he attended 
evening school for some time, and at the age 
of nineteen was taken into partnership with 
his uncle. Upon the retirement of the latter, 
Clayton J. Farrington continued the business 
until 1893. In November, 1896, he came to 
Lewiston and became interested in the Bates 
Street Shirt Company, and upon its incor- 
poration, ten years later, was elected vice- 
president of the concern, with which he is 
connected at the present time (1909). Mr. 
Farrington is a Republican, attends the Uni- 
versalist church, and has been grand coin- 
mander, Knights Templar, for the state of 
Maine. 

On July 7, 1869, Clayton James Farrington 
married Ella Leontine Adams, daughter of 
Elijah and Cordelia (Knight) Adams, of 
Portland, Maine. Mrs. Farrington is a de- 
scendant in the eighth generation of John and 
Priscilla Alden, and a descendant in the fifth 
generation of Joseph Adams, of Braintree, 
Massachusetts, the grandfather of President 
John Adams. (See Adams, VIII.) Three 
daughters were born to Clayton J. and Ella L. 
(Adams) Farrington: Leontine .\dams, De- 
cember 19, 1869, married Frederick J. 
Stevens, who died .^pril 18, 1908. Delia 
Maria, Jamiary 14, 1871, married R. W. 
Hilliard, has one son, Clayton Adams, .\lice 
T., January 16, 1873, married Henry S. Hig- 
gins. 



The career of a success- 
FARRINGTON ful business man not 

only benefits society, but, 
when the result of individual effort, it afifords 
an incentive to others for high endeavor and 
the achievement of like success. For this 
reason, worthy examples not only justify, but 
merit a place on the historic page. Ira Put- 
nam Farrington's career was in the line of 
these observations. The theatre of his activi- 
ties was in the city of Portland, but his birth 
and early training were in the country, a fact 
quite noticeable in the lives of distinguished 
men in all ranks and professions. He was 
born in Weston, Vermont, November 18, 1820, 
and was one of a family of fourteen children, 
all of whom survived. His father Daniel (see 
preceding sketch), when this son was about 
four years of age, removed to Keene, New 
York, and cultivateil a farm, assisted by Ira 




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until the latter reached the age of sixteen 
years. But, dependent upon his own efforts 
for fighting the battle of life, his tastes led 
him to choose a different pursuit from that 
which his father contemplated for him. 

In the spring of 1845 'i^ came to Portland. 
There he established himself in business, occu- 
pying a store on Middle street, near Exchange 
street, where he remained, using it later as an 
office, until his death, December 17, 1894. He 
transacted a large and profitable business until, 
by unremitting industry and the application of 
those cjualities which insure success, his 
property interests had assumed a magnitude 
to demand his exclusive attention. To the 
management of these he devoted himself 
mainly in his later years, and by assiduity and 
unusual skill he accumulated a large estate, 
and became one of the most prominent capital- 
ists in Portland and the state. 

It was well said by one of the Portland 
journals in a tribute to his memory, that 
■'though never seeking honors or notoriety, the 
community was not slow to appreciate his 
capacity for business and trustworthiness, and 
hence availed itself of his service in many 
local and prominent institutions. Among the 
trusts to which he was invited was that of 
director (and afterwards president) of the 
Casco National Bank, president of the Sail- 
ors' Home, of the Eye and Ear Infirmary and 
of the Home for Aged Men, a trustee of the 
Portland Benevolent Society, an active partici- 
pant in the financial management of Preble 
Chapel and of the First Parish (Unitarian) 
Church, in whose prosperity he was warmly 
interested." His death was deplored as a pub- 
lic loss, and elicited from the press and from 
various institutions with which he was iden- 
tified honorable tributes to his memory, and 
usefulness, some of which may well be placed 
on record. 

It was said in the Christian Register by one 
who knew whereof he spoke: "He has always 
been associated with the most worthy charities 
of the city, and usually in some official ca- 
pacity. His judgment in business affairs was 
of a high order. This ability he has always 
freely shared with the organization in which 
he was active. For twenty-seven years Mr. 
Farrington was treasurer of the Ministry at 
Large, known as Preble Chapel. This is the 
means by which the First Parish reaches the 
poor of Portland. In this office Mr. Farring- 
ton had the practical control over the work- 
ing of the institution." 

The managers of the Home for Aged Men 
placed on its records the following tribute to 



his memory: "Resolved, that in the death of 
our late associate we have sustained a loss 
which \yords fail to express. A prime mover 
in the foundation of the institution, he con- 
tinued to be its supporter and friend, and 
ready to give assistance in the promotion of 
this charity, his_ life stands as an example for 
us who remain, while his memory will be 
cherished as long as the Home endures." 

At the annual meeting of the institution a 
further memento was placed on record as fol- 
lows : "This institution met with a serious loss 
in December, when Mr. Ira P. Farrington, one 
of the pioneers in this undertaking, and for 
many years its president, passed to another 
life. His interest in everything that pertained 
to the House was unflagging. He knew its 
needs, he hoped for it a great usefulness. Now 
that his earthly presence is missing, he has 
emphasized his belief in the cause by a munifi- 
cent bequest, a remembrance which will give 
fresh impetus and solve some troublesome 
problems." 

The Board of Trustees of the Maine Eye 
and Ear Infirmary, at a special meeting, en- 
tered the following record : "It is with feel- 
ings of deep sorrow that we record the death 
of the President of the corporation of the 
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, and one of the 
esteemed associates of this Board, Mr. Ira 
Putnam Farrington, who died at his residence 
on Free street on Monday, December 17, 1894. 
Mr. Farrington early saw the importance of 
the work of the infirmary, and the field it was 
destined to occupy as a state institution. He 
was constant in his attendance at our meet- 
ings, and always took a great interest in the 
work, and welfare of the institution, annually 
contributing liberally to its support. He was 
a careful observer, painstaking in his methods 
to ascertain the facts, and possessed a high 
ideal of how things should be done. We there- 
fore deem it a high endorsement of the man- 
agement of the infirmary that the methods 
pursued met his entire approval. He early 
recognized that in its origin, in its method of 
management, and in the scope, extent and 
variety of its usefulness, the infirmary was 
unique in its existence, and without a parallel 
in its accomplishments. The munificent gift 
of a portion of his estate, as provided in his 
will, is the final consummation of his benefi- 
cent acts, and the highest evidence of the es- 
teem in which he held the institution." 

Mr. Farrington gave in his will many large 
and beneficent charitable bequests : T?o the 
American Unitarian Association, in aid of the 
church building fund, twenty thousand dol- 



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lars; to the trustees of the Portland .Ministry 
at Large, twenty-one thousand dollars, to be 
known as the Farrington fund, the income of 
fifteen thousand dollars to be used for the 
benevolent purposes of the society, and that 
of the remainder to be paid over to its minis- 
ter and missionary, now Rev. W. T. Phelan, 
for distribution to the poor of- the mis.sion ; to 
the Home for Aged Men at Portland, forty 
thousand dollars, the income to be applied to 
the charitable purposes of the institution ; to 
the Home for Aged Women, ten thousand 
dollars, under the same conditions ; and to the 
Female Provident Association, two thousand 
dollars. He divided between the Maine Eye 
and Ear Intirmar\ and the Portland Public 
Library a large residuary fund estimated at 
about three hundred thousand dollars. 

Mr. Farrington was exact in all his methods, 
and required exactness of all with whom he 
had business relations. But while on the one 
hand he demanded the strict fulfillment of all 
agreements, on the other he was free and 
generous in his charities, although discrimi- 
nating carefully in their bestowment b)' con- 
fining them to such as he found to be worthy 
and meritorious. He was simple in his habits 
and mode of life, but he indulged in all things 
needful to make his home an abode of com- 
fort and refinement, and for travel in the 
United States and abroad. To him the for- 
mer was the most attractive on either conti- 
nent, and his domestic life was most fortunate 
and happy. He was twice married ; his sec- 
ond wife survived him to mourn his loss, but 
he left no children. 



In all lands and in all ages cir- 
ADAMS cumstances have created oppor- 
tunities for gifted men to dis- 
tinguish themselves above their fellows. In 
some instances inherited talent has made it 
possible for men in successive generations of 
the same family to fill high positions in the same 
general line, as in finance, literature or states- 
manship. This ability to see opportunities and 
this strength to perform great labor was not 
a fortuitous gift to the individual, but is a 
characteristic that has often developed in this 
great family, for nearly all the Adamses of 
New England are of one stock. Its individual 
members have, as a rule, been persons of abil- 
ity, industry, energy, honor, honesty, sobriety, 
of genial disposition, good neighbors and 
steadfast friends, persons of substance and in- 
fluence. From this sturdy family that landed 
on the shores of New England nearly three 
centuries ago have come a host, who as 



yeoman, bankers, manufacturers, lawyers, doc- 
tors, clergymen and statesmen have serveil 
well in the situations they have been called to 
fill. 

(I) Henry Adams, of Braintree, is called 
thus because he was one of the earliest or first 
settlers in that part of Massachusetts Bay 
designated "Mt. Wollaston," which was in- 
corporated in 1640 as the town of Braintree. 
then including what is now Quincy, I'raintree 
and Randolph, Massachusetts. He is believed 
to have arrived in Boston with his wife, eight 
sons and a daughter, in 1632 or 1633, but 
whence he came is a matter of conjecture, ex- 
cept that he was from England. The colonial 
authorities at Boston allotted to him forty 
acres of land at "the Mount" for the ten per- 
sons in his family, February 24, 1640. The 
name of his wife is not known, nor where or 
when she died. Henry Adams died in Brain 
tree. October 6, 1646. It is known that he was 
a maltster as well as a yeoman or farmer, and 
a plain, unassuming man of tact and ability 
who came to America for a better opportunity 
for his large family. His sons were: Lieu- 
tenant Henry, Lieutenant Thomas, Captain 
Samuel, Deacon Jonathan, Peter, John, Joseph 
and Ensign Edward. 

(II) Joseph, seventh son of Henry Adams, 
of Braintree. Massachusetts, and his wife, 
whose maiden name is unknown, was born in 
England in 1626, and died at Braintree, 
Massachusetts, December 6, 1694, at the age of 
sixty-eight. He was a maltster by occupation, 
and was made a freeman in 1653 and select- 
man of the town in 1673. On November 26, 
1650, Joseph -Adams married at Braintree 
Abigail Baxter, daughter of Gregory and 
Margaret Baxter, of Boston: she died in Bos- 
ton. August 27. 1692, at the age of fifty-eight. 
Twelve children were born to Joseph and Abi- 
gail (Baxter) .\dams : Hannah, November 
13, 1652, married Deacon Samuel Savil ; Jo- 
seph (2). whose sketch follows: John, Feb- 
ruary 13. 1656, died January 27, 1657: Abi- 
gail, February 27. 1658. married John Bass 
(2) : Captain Tohn, December 20, 1661, mar- 
ried (first) Hannah Webb, (second) Hannah 
Checkley : Bethia (twin), December 20. 1601. 
married John Webb; Mary, September 8, 
1663. died young; Samuel, September 3, 1665, 
died in infancy ; Mary, February 25, 1668, 
married Deacon Samuel Bass ; Captain Peter, 
February 7, 1670, married Mary Webb; Jona- 
than. January 31, 1671 ; Mehitable, November 
■23. I '^73- niarried Thomas White (2). 

(HI) Joseph (2), eldest son of Joseph (i) 
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Braintree, Massachusetts, October 24. 1654, 
and died there February 12, 1737. He was 
selectman of his native town in 1673 and in 
1698-99. In August, 1676, he and John Bass 
were credited to Braintree for services in the 
war with the Indians. Joseph (2) Adams was 
thrice married, and he had eleven children in 
all, two by the first, eight by the second and 
one by the third marriage. On February 20. 
1682, Joseph (2) Adams married Mary 
Chapin, who was born .August 27, 1662, and 
died June 14, 1687. They had two daughters: 
Mary, born at Braintree, February 6, 1683, 
married Ephraim Jones (2); Abigail, Febru- 
ary 17, 1684, married Seth Chapin (2). In 
1688 Joseph (2) .-Vdams married Hannah 
Bass, daughter of John and Ruth (Alden) 
Bass, who was born June 22, 1667, and died 
October 24, 1705. This woman was the grand- 
daughter of John and Priscilla (MuUins) .\1- 
den, whom Longfellow has immortalized ; and 
she was destined to become the grandmother 
of John Adams, second president of the 
United States. She had reason to be proud 
of her ancestry, but her posterity were des- 
tined to bring her more reason. To Joseph 
(2) and Hannah (Bass) Adams were born 
eight children ; Reverend Joseph, January 4, 
1689; Deacon John, February 8, 1691-92; 
Samuel, whose sketch follows; Josiah, Feb- 
ruary 18, 1696, married Bethia Thompson; 
Hannah, February 21, 1698, married Benja- 
min Owen; Ruth, March 21, 1700, married 
Rev. Nathan Webb, of U.xbridge, Massachu- 
setts; Bethia, June 13, 1702, married Ebenezer 
Hunt; Captain Ebenezer, December 20, 1704. 
married Annie Boylston, sister of Susanna 
Boylston. Of this family Rev. Joseph Adams, 
the eldest son, was graduated from Harvard 
College in 1710, was ordained and settled at 
Newington, New Hampshire, where he re- 
mained as pastor sixty-six years, and where 
he died May 20, 1783, in his ninety-fifth year. 
Deacon John .\dams, the second son, married 
Susanna Boylston, daughter of Peter and .\nn 
(White) Boylston, of Brookline, Massachu- 
setts ; she lived to be ninety-eight years and 
six weeks old, dying April 17, 1797. They 
had three sons : John, who became the sec- 
ond president of the United States ; Captain 
Peter Boylston, who lived at Braintree and 
was representative to the general court ; and 
Captain Elihu, who lived at Randolph. Mas- 
sachusetts, and died during the revolution, 
aged thirty-five. The father of President John 
Adams was a farmer and cordwainer, which 
in its original meaning signified a worker in 
Cordovan leather, and was finally applied to 



all cobblers and shoemakers. Joseph (2) 
-Adams had a third wife, Elizabeth Hobart, 
daughter of Caleb Hobart, of Braintree, whom 
he married about 1706-07. There was one 
child of this third marriage, who lived but 
nine days: Caleb, born May 26, died [une 
4. 1 710. 

(I\') Samuel, third son of Joseph (2) 
Adams and his second wife, Hannah ( Bass) 
Adams, was born at Braintree. Massachusetts, 
January 28, 1694, and died July 17. 1751. 
This Samuel was first cousin of Samuel 
Adams, the elder, as he is usually called, to 
distinguish him from his son, Samuel Adarns, 
the patriot. On October 6, 1720, Samuel 
Adams married Sarah Paine, daughter of 
Deacon Moses Paine ; she died in Aledway, 
Massachusetts, June 23. 1777, aged seventy- 
nine. Samuel and Sarah (Paine) Adams 
lived in Braintree, now Quincy, Massachu- 
setts, where their eight children were born : 
Samuel, June 15, 1723: Sarah, March 4, 1726; 
Mary, .\pril 4, 1728: Joseph, December 17, 
1730; Moses, January 31, 1733; Aaron, July 
29, 1736: Elijah, whose sketch follows; and 
Nathaniel, January 19, 1745. 

(V) Elijah, fifth son of Samuel and Sarah 
(Paine) Adams, was born at Braintree, Mas- 
sachusetts, March 16, 1738, and died in Bos- 
ton. August 22, 1798. He was twice married, 
and had two children by the first wife. About 
1760 Elijah Adams married Mrs. Deborah 
Miner, who died February 14, 1778, at the age 
of forty years. There were two children : 
Captain Elijah, born at Boston, .\pril 5, 1762, 
who followed the sea, and died at the age of 
eighty-three; and Moses, whose sketch fol- 
lows. Elijah Adams married for his second 
wife Mrs. Judith Townsend, widow of Nathan 
Townsend, who died August 22, 1808, in her 
fifty-fifth year. 

(VI) Moses, second son of Elijah and 
Deborah (Miner) .A.dams. was born in Bos- 
ton, in 1767, and died at Portland. Maine, 
March 7. 1820. On March 30, 1796, he mar- 
ried Nancy Paine, who died October 30, 1838, 
aged sixty-four. They lived in Portland, 
Maine, where their nine children were born : 
Sophia, 1797, died April 20, 1845; Mary A., 
1800, married Elijah .Adams; Adeline, 1802, 
died June 10, 1840; William, 1804, died Au- 
gust 30, 1820; Loui.sa, 1806, married Elijah 
Adams; Charles P., 1808, died September 11, 
1827; Maria G., 1810, died November 14, 
1840; Elijah, 1812, died .August 21, 1813, 
aged ten months; Elijah (2), whose sketch 
follows. 

(MI) Elijah (2). youngest and only sur- 



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viving son of Moses and Nancy (Paine) 
Adams, was born in Portland, Maine, March 
I, 1814, and died there September i, 1875. 
His death was sudden, and was occasioned by 
heart disease. On March 2, 1845, Elijah (2) 
Adams married Cordelia Knight, daughter of 
Captain Benjamin and Mary (Hutchinson.) 
Knight, of Portland. Mrs. Adams died July 
19, 1853, in her thirty-fifth year, leaving chil- 
dren : Frank Eugene, born December 2, 1846; 
Charles Moses, November 6, 1847, married 
Lizzie Ann Quinn ; Harriet M., died young; 
Ella Leontine, mentioned below ; Delia Maria, 
May 18, 1853, died January 3, 1871. On 
March 26, 1855, Elijah (2) Adams married 
his second wife, Mrs. Olive P. (Hanscom) 
Talcott. There were no children by this mar- 
riage. 

(MH) Ella Leontine, daughter of Elijah 
(2) and Cordelia (Knight) Adams, was born 
in Portland, Maine, April 29, 1850. On July 
7, 1869, she was married to Clayton James 
Farrington, a resident of Portland, who was 
born at Keene, New York, March 31, 1849. 
They have three daughters : Leontine A., 
Delia M. and Alice T. (See Farrington, VL) 

The coat-of-arms of the English 

EATON family of Eaton is: Azure fret 

on a field. Crest : An eagle's 

head erased sable in the mouth a sprig vert. 

Motto: "Vincit Omnia Veritas." (Truth 

conquers all things.) 

The surname Eaton is of Welsh and Saxon 
origin, a place name meaning hill or town 
near the water. In Welsh "Aw" means 
water, and "Twyn," a small hill; Awtyn, 
called "Eyton," a small hillock near the water. 
In Saxon "Ea" means water and "Ton" town 
■ — the same significance, viz. : A town or hill 
near the water. And from some place bearing 
this name the first of the family to use tlje 
surname took their home-town name, after a 
very common custom. The name of the fam- 
ily is spelled in various ways : Eton, Etton, 
Eyton and Eaton by all authorities during the 
early days, but the latter spelling became gen- 
erally used several generations before the first 
emigrant came to America. The English an- 
cestry has been traced as follows : 

(I) Banquo, Thane of Lochabar, A. D. 
1000. 

(II) Fleance, son of Banquo, married 
Guenta Princess, of North Wales. 

(III) Alan Fitz Flaald, son of Fleance, mar- 
ried Amieria. 

(IV) WiUiam Fitz Alan (son of Alan) 
»ii?rried Isabel de Say. 



(V) Robert de Eaton, son of William Fitz 
Alan. 

(VI) Peter de Eaton, son of Robert de 
Eaton. 

(\TI) Sir Peter de Eaton, son of Peter de 
Eaton, married Alice . 

(\TII) William de Eaton, son of Sir Peter, 
married Matilda . 

(IX) Sir Peter de Eaton, son of William 
de Eaton, married Margery . 

(X) Peter de Eaton, son of Sir Peter. 

(XI) John de Eaton, son of Peter de Eaton. 

(XII) Peter de Eaton, son of John de 
Eaton. 

(XIII) Humphrey Eaton (dropping the 
preposition de (of), son of Peter. 

(XIV) Georgius Eaton, son of Humphrey 
Eaton. 

(XV) Sir Nicholas Eaton, son of Georgius 
Eaton, married Katerina Talbott. 

(XVI) Louis Eaton, son of Sir Nicholas, 
married Anna Savage. 

(X\TI) Henry Eaton, son of Louis Eaton, 
married Jane Cressett. 

(X\TII) William Eaton, son of Henry 
Eaton. 

(XIX) William Eaton, son of William 
Eaton, married Jane Hussey. He died before 
1584; his widow Jane died that year, leaving 
a will dated August 27, 1584, and proved De- 
cember 29 following. She left instructions 
to be buried in the churchyard of St. James, 
at Dover, England, where the family lived. 
She named her son-in-law, James Huggen- 
son, executor, and gave directions for the 
education of her sons John, Peter and Nicho- 
las, and her eldest son William. One of the 

daughters married Allen and Barbara 

Allen administered her father's estate a few 
months after her mother's death. 

(XX) Peter Eaton, son of William Eaton, 
married Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson. Children : 
I. William, came to Reading, Massachusetts, 
from Staple, England, sailing from Sandwich 
before June 9, 1637; settled first at Water- 
town, where he was a proprietor as early as 
1642; removed to the adjacent town of Read- 
ing, where he was a proprietor in 1644 and 
a town officer later; he, his wife and children 
were legatees in the will of his wife's sister, 
Margaret Lane, of London, England, dated 
September 3, 1662; he died at Reading, May 
i3> 1673. 2. Jonas, mentioned below. Per- 
haps others. 

(I) Jonas Eaton, immigrant ancestor of 
this branch of the American family, was son 
of Peter Eaton. He first settled with his 
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and had his residence there in 1643. He and 
his brother WilHam were among the first set- 
tlers of Reading, Massachusetts. Jonas and 
his wife Grace were admitted to the church 
at Reading, September 29, 1648, or eariier. 
He was admitted a freeman in 1653 and was 
selectman of Reading for several years. His 
residence and farm were on Cowdrey's Hill, 
in the northwest part of the town, now within 
the limits of Wakefield. He and several of 
his neighbors were fined sixpence each for 
being late to town meeting on one occasion. 
He died February 24, 1674, and his widow 
married, November 18, 1680, Henry Silsbee, 
of Lynn. His will was proved April 7, 1674. 
He bequeathed to his wife Grace, sons John, 
James, Joseph, Joshua, Jonathan and daugh- 
ter Mary. Children: i. Mary, born February 

8, 1643-44, died 1731. 2. John, September 10, 
1645, mentioned below. 3. Jonas, born and 
died September 10, 1645. 4- Jonas, born and 
died September 24, 1648. 5. Sarah, 1650. 6. 
Joseph, January 5, 1651. 7. Joshua, December 

4, 1653. 8. Jonathan, December 6, 1655. 9. 
David, September 22, 1657, died October 7, 

1657- 

(H) John, son of Jonas Eaton, was born 
September 10, 1645, ^i^d was called "John of 
the Plains." He died in Reading, Massachu- 
setts, May 25, 1691. He married, November 
26, 1674, Dorcas Green, and settled in Read- 
ing. Children: i. Jonas, born March 13 
1676, died March 28, 1676-77. 2. Grace 
January 12, 1677, married John Boutelle. 3 
Noah, January 26, 1678, died 1701. 4. Thorn 
as, June 22, 1679, died November 30, 1679 

5. Jonas, May 18, 1680, mentioned below. 6 
Joseph. April 18, 1681. died April 29, 1681 
7. Benjamin, January 16, 1683-84, died Febru 
ary 2, 1683-84. 8. Joseph, settled in Reading, 

9. Benjamin, settled in Roxbury. 10. Dorcas 
July 26, 1688, died young. 11. Stephen, Au- 
gust II, 1689, died August 25, 1689. 12 
Phebe, August 25, 1690, married Jonathan 
Nichols. 

(HI) Jonas (2), son of John Eaton, was 
born Alay 18, 1680. He was a carpenter and 
bricklayer and settled in Framingham. He 
was selectman there in 1717. He purchased, 
March 10, 1705-06, the east half of what was 
known as the "Half Mile Square," and died 
there August 13, 1727. He married, in 1705, 
Mehitable Gould. Children: i. Mehitable, 
born February 17, 1706-07. 2. Noah, July 
22, 1708. 3. John, September 3, 17 10, settled 
in Killingly, Connecticut. 4. Phebe twin), Oc- 
tober 22, 1714. 5. Jbnas (twin), October 22, 



1714, mentioned below. 6. Joseph, March 12, 
1716. 7. Mary, March 12, 1718. 8. Joshua, 
July I, 1 72 1, settled in Voluntown, Connecti- 
cut. 9. Benjamin, October 9, 1723. 10. Ebe- 
nezer, September 2, 1727, cordwainer. 

(IV) Jonas (3), son of Jonas (2) Eaton, 
was born October 22, 17 14. He married, Au- 
gust 3, 1738, Mary Emerson. He was taxed 
from 1739 to 1773 in Framingham, and then 
removed to Charlestown, where he lived at the 
time the town was burned by the British. He 
made a claim in 1775 for loss of property for 
himself and his three sons, Jonas, Daniel and 
Ebenezer. Children: i. Jonas, born June 16, 
1739, died young. 2. Jonas, baptized Febru- 
ary 8, 1740-41, mentioned below. 3. Daniel, 
baptized January 16, 1743-44. 4. Ebenezer, 
baptized November 4, 1744. 5. Benjamin. 6. 
Mary, baptized November 6, 1748, married, 
1772, Silas Parker. 7. James, baptized Jan- 
uary 20, 1751-52. 8. Joseph, baptized July 22, 
1753. 9. Joshua, baptized March 28, 1757. 

(V) Jonas (4), son of Jonas (3) Eaton, 
was baptized February 8, 1740-41, and was 
a currier by trade. The marriage intentions 
between Jonas Eaton and Mildred Rand were 
published October 26, 1765, and were "For- 
bidden by the man himself." He married, 
December i, 1767, Mary Wyer, of Charles- 
town, where he settled. He owned a lot on 
Main street, part of which he sold to Benja- 
min Frothingham. He was taxed in Charles- 
town from 1762 to 1766. He served in the 
revolution in Captain Jesse Fames' company, 
Colonel Samuel Bullard's regiment. Fifth 
Middlesex, in 1776, and also in Captain David 
Brewer's company. Colonel Abner Perry's 
regiment, Tenth Middlesex, in the Rhode 
Island campaign. He died in 1787 and his 
estate was administered by his son Daniel. 
Children: i. Jonas, baptized February 11, 
1770, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth (twin), 
baptized March 8, 1772. 3. Mary (twin), 
baptized March 8, 1772. 4. Daniel. 5. Ben- 
jamin. 6. James. When Charlestown was 
burned in 1775, his wife and three children 
escaped in a rowboat and fled to Framingham, 
where Jonas joined them later, and from there 
enlisted for the war. 

(VI) Jonas (5), son of Jonas (4) Eaton, 
was baptized in Charlestown, February 11, 
1770, and was with his mother when they 
escaped from Charlestown in 1775, at the 
burning of the town. He married, in 1792, 
Mary Corey, whose father was a revolutionary 
soldier. He resided in Groton, Massachu- 
setts, where his children were born. Chil- 



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dren : Josluia, Alary, .-\iiielia, Jonas. Charlotte, 
\\'illiam,. Sara, Joseph Emerson, Susan and 
Henry Frankhn. 

(VJI) Henry Franklin, son of Jonas (5) 
Eaton, was born in Groton, Massachusetts. 
He was educated there in the public schools. 
He .settled in New Brunswick, and was very 
successful in the lumbering; business. He 
lived in Milltown, New Brunswick, and 
Calais, Maine. He married, October 17, 1842, 
Anna Louisa, born at Portland, Maine, De- 
cember 12, 1822, daughter of William and 
Esther ( Wigglesworth) Boardman. Chil- 
dren: I. Henry F., deceased. 2. George H. 

3. Henrietta AL, married Rev. J. J. Blair; 
three children : Helena, Annie and Kenneth. 

4. Henry B. 5. Franklin M. 6. Annie K.. 
married Horace B. Alurchie; three children: 
Wilfred, Howard and Lillian. 7. Wilfred L. 

( \in ) Hon. George Howard, son of Henrv 
Franklin Eaton, was born at Alilltown, New 
Brunswick, Alarch 14, 1848. He prepared for 
college at Phillips Academv, Andover, Alassa- 
chusetts, graduating in the class of 1866. He 
entered Amherst College, where he was grad- 
uated in the class of 1870, with the degree of 
A. B. He then became associated with his 
father and brother in the lumber business, 
under the firm name of Henry F. Eaton & 
Sons, at Calais, Alaine. The firm deals in all 
kinds of eastern lumber and has enjoyed a 
large and flourishing trade. It ranks among 
the largest houses in this line of business in 
that .section of the state. Mr. Eaton is a mem- 
ber of St. Croix Lodge, No. 46, Free Alasons, 
and of the St. Croix Club, of which he has 
been president. He is a member of the Calais 
Board of Trade : was president of the Calais 
National Bank for a number of years; now 
president of the International Trust and Bank- 
ing Company of Calais. He is a trustee of 
the Bangor Theological Seminary, and cor- 
porate member of the Board of Foreign Alis- 
sions, one of the vice-presidents of the Amer- 
ican Sunday-school Union. Mr. Eaton has 
been honored with various offices of trust and 
responsibility. He is a trustee of the Calais 
public library. In 1901 he was elected to the 
state legislature and served two terms with 
credit. He was state senator in 1906, serving 
on important committees, and was re-elected in 
1908. He married, in Alilltown, New Bruns- 
wick, August 22. 1 87 1, Elizabeth Woodbury, 
of Chicago, Illinois, born at Amherst, Massa- 
chusetts, August 27, 1849, daughter of James 
W. Boyden, a lawyer, of Beverlv, graduate 
of Harvard College, who settled in Amherst 
and later in life in Chicago, to practice his 



profession. Children : i. George Dudley, born 
August 31, 1872. 2. Elizabeth B., September 
I. 1874, graduate of Aliss Wheeler's School 
at Providence, Rhode Island. 3. John Boy- 
den, February 7, 1877. 4. Harris Dickinson, 
January 7, 1879. 5. Anna Louise, Alarch 7, 
i«8i. 6. Ahriam Breed, November 7, 188^ 7 
Alice Alay, June 20, 1887, graduate of Aliss 
Wheelers School, as were also all her sisters- 
now a student at Wellesley College, class of 
1910. 8. Louis Woodbury, Alarch 28, 1892. 

TTATr^x- '^'^'^ Eatons of the following 
Ii-AION line are not directly descended 
from the pioneer of that name 
wlio came to Alassachusetts before 1700 but 
are ot a family which came to these shores 
about a century ago (being descended from 
one of the pioneers who settled for a time in 
Connecticut and returned to England) and 
settled m Alaine soon after their arrival in 
America. 

(I) Thomas Eaton came from Warrington 
England, and .settled in Bellingham, Massa- 
chusetts, about 1805. He married, at Belling- 
ham Airs. Rebecca Barton, a widow with two 
children, Seth and Rebecca. He afterward 
moved to Bath, Alaine, where he was engaged 
as a ropemaker. By his second marriage he 
had four daughters and two sons: i Eliza- 
beth, married Robert Goddard. 2. Hannah 
married a Mr. Godfrey. 3. Alary Ann, mar- 
ried Zachariah T. Thornton. 4. 'William B 
died ,n infancy. 5. Sarah AL, died young! 
o. ihomas, see forward. 

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
and Rebecca Eaton, was born in Bellingham 
Massachusetts, December 18, 1813, and died 
m Brunswick, Alaine, August 16 1887 He 
resided in Bath from the time he was one 
year old until he removed to Brunswick, April 
1865. He was engaged in business as a har- 
ness and carnagemaker. He married, at Bath 
October 21. 1838, Emilv Bartlett Nash, who 
was born in Bath. November 22, 1819 dauo-h- 
ter of William and Lvdia (Shaw) Nash bemcr 
a descendant of Elder Brewster, who came 
over in the "Alayflower.'- Thev had six chil- 
dren: I. Maria Frances, married George S 
Berry, of Damariscotta, and has one Irhild 
living, George S., who resides in Denver 
Colorado. 2. Sarah Ellen, married Finley 
Lattimore. of Washington, D. C, and has 
t\vo children: Emily, the wife of Sidney 
Coombs, and Katharine. 3. Emma J. S., some 
years after the death of her sister Sarah E 
became the wife of Finlev Lattimore. 4 Ray 
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Abbif .M. ami Alice H. 3. Thomas H., see 
forward. 6. Charles H., who married Ella 
Blethen and has one child, Harold D. 

(Ill) Thomas H., fifth child and second 
son of Thomas (2) and Emily Bartlett (Nash) 
Eaton, was born in Bath, Maine, August 2t„ 
1849. He attended the public schools of his 
native city, where he prepared for college, and 
in 1865 entered Bowdoin College, from which 
he graduated with honors in the class of 1869, 
and three years later received the degree of 
M. A. After graduation he went to Burling- 
ton, Iowa, where he was a clerk in the office 
of the Chicago. Burlington & Ouincy rail- 
road. In 1873 he became clerk in the First 
National Bank of ]\Iadison, \\'isconsin, where 
he remained two years. From that place he 
went to the Iowa National Bank of Ottumwa, 
Iowa, and filled the position of bookkeeper for 
some years. In 1883 he went to London, 
England, as the representative of the Anglo- 
American Investment Company, where the 
business in which he was engaged required his 
presence eight months. After his return to 
Ottumwa he was made teller of the Iowa Na- 
tional Bank, and later was promoted to cash- 
ier of that bank. After a period covering 
twenty-two years he severed his connection 
with that institution and returned to Maine in 
1896. He immediately entered the employ of 
the Chapman National Bank of Portland, and 
two years later, i8g8. was made its cashier, 
and has held that place ever since. In politics 
he is a Republican, and a member of the Port- 
land Club, but he is not a politician, nor has 
he any affiliation with fraternal societies. 



This name, which is variously 
WINN spelled Winne and Wynne, also 

without the final e, is of ancient 
Welsh origin, being derived from gii'yn, mean- 
ing white. "Burke's Peerage" has this to 
say of the English family : "To the House of 
Gydir, now represented maternally in one of 
its branches by the Williams-Wynns of Wynn- 
stay, must be conceded the first rank in Cam- 
brian genealogy. This eminent family de- 
duces male descent through their immediate 
ancestor. Rhodri, Lord of Anglesey, vounger 
son of Owen Gwynedd, Prince of North 
Wales, from Anarawd, King of North Wales, 
eldest son of Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales. 
This last monarch, the descendant of a long 
line of regal ancestors, succeeded to the crown 
of Powys on the demise, in 843, of his father. 
Mer\-yn \"rych. King of Po-wys, and by in- 
heritance and marriage acquired the king- 
doms of North Wales and South Wales." 



Rhodri ap Owen Gwynedd, Lord of An- 
glesey, mentioned in the preceding paragraph, 
was born about the middle of the twelfth cen- 
tury, and married Agnes, daughter of Rhys ap 
Griffith ap Rhys ap Tewdyr Mawr, King of 
South U'ales. Tenth in descent from this 
couple was John Wynne ap i\Ieredith of 
Gwydir, county Caernavon, who died in 1559- 
He seems to have been the first to bear the 
name of Wynne in its present form. His 
grandson. Sir John Wynn, of Gwydir, born 
in 1553, was the well known author of the 
History of the Gwydir Family. The arms of 
Wynn of Gwydir are : Quarterly : first and 
fourth, -rert, three eagles, displayed in fesse, 
or^ for Owen Gwynedd, King of North Wales ; 
second and third, giilcs, three lions, passant, in 
pale argent, armed azure, for Griffith ap 
Cynan. King of North Wales. 

(I) Edward Winn, the progenitor of the 
New England family, was born about the be- 
ginning of the seventeenth century, and came 
with his family from Ipswich, England, to 
Massachusetts about 1638-40. He was one of 
the first settlers of Woburn. being there in 
1641, and he died in that town. September 5, 
1682. He was married three times. His first 
wife, Joanna, came from England with him, and 
their son Increase, born December 5, 1641, 
was the first child whose birth is found in the 
records of Woburn. It is probable that the 
son Joseph and the daughters Ann and Eliza- 
beth were older, and came from England with 
their parents. Joanna, wife of Edward Winn, 
died March 8, 1649, '"id on August 2 of that 
year he married Sarah Beal. She died March 
15, 1680, and Edward Winn married Mrs. 
Ann or Hannah Wood, widow of Nicholas 
W'ood, who survived him, dying in 1686. 
Children : i . Joseph, see forward. 2. Ann, 
married. September 26. 1648, Moses Cleveland, 
of Woburn. 3. Elizabeth, married. May 21, 
1649, George Polly, of Woburn. a carpenter 
by trade ; she died May 2, 1695. 4. Increase, 
married, in Woburn, July 13, 1665, Hannah, 
daughter of Richard Sawtell. 

(II) Joseph, eldest son of Edward and 
Joanna \\'inn, was born in England, and came 
to this country with his parents about 1640. 
He died in Woburn. where he spent his life 
and reared his family, in 1641. .About 1664 
Joseph Winn married Rebekah, daughter of 
William and Mabel Reed, and sister of the 
first George Reed, of Woburn. Joseph and 
Rebekah (Reed) Winn had children: i. Re- 
bekah. born ]\lay 25, 1665, died April 6, 1679. 
2. Sarah, November 9, 1666, married Ebenezer 
Johnson. 3. Joanna, 1668, married Edward 



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Knight. 4. Abigail. June 18, 1670, lived but 
one week. 5. Joseph, jNIay 15, 1672. 6. Jo- 
siah, whose sketch follows. 7. Timothy, 1676, 
died ]\larch 22, 1678. 8. and 9. Rebekah and 
Hannah (twins j, February 14, 1679. 10. 
Anne, November i, 1684, died September 13, 
1686. II. Timothy, February 27, 1687, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Brooks, who had a son. Deacon 
Timothy Brooks, who became wealthy. 

(Ill) Josiah, second son of Joseph and Re- 
bekah (Reed) Winn, was born at Woburn, 
Massachusetts, March 15, 1674, and died at 
Wells, ]\Iaine, in 1734. In 1700 he received 
a grant of ten acres of land at Wells, and 
moved there, probably increasing his holdings 
from time to time. He was one of the select- 
men, and took part in Lovell's war, which 
ended in 1726. He appears to have been a 
man who enjoyed the confidence of the com- 
munity, because the care of the estate and 
children of Josiah Littlefield, who had been 
captured by the Indians in 1708, was assigned 
him (Winn) by order of the probate court. 
Josiah Littlefield was an uncle of the wife of 
Josiah Winn, and the stewardship resulted in 
one of those long family quarrels which was 
not ended by the death of the chief partici- 
pants. The History of IVells and Kennehunk 
devotes several pages to the matter, and the 
author is inclined to blame Littlefield's second 
wife for all the trouble. From all accounts 
Winn had conducted affairs in a judicious 
manner, and Littlefield himself would have 
found no fault had he not been egged on bv 
his wife. The contest, originally a private 
one, assumed such proportions and involved 
so many people that the litigation lasted for 
forty years, from 1710 to 1750, and Edward E. 
Bourne, the historian of Wells, thinks it is 
without a parallel in New England. Josiah 
Winn married Lydia Littlefield, and there were 
two sons, Josiah and John, and probably some 
daughters. Josiah (2) was probably born 
about 1705, as a list of the ninety-one male 
inhabitants of the town, made in 1726, in- 
cludes him, as well as his father. They are 
the only Winns mentioned and the son prob- 
ably would not have been enrolled had he not 
been of age. 

(IV) John, son of Josiah and Lydia (Little- 
field) Winn, was born in 1710, probably at 
Wells, Maine. From the side lights we' are 
able to get on his career, he was a man noted 
for his bravery and decision of character. In 
1737 Captain John Winn, in company with 
John Webber and James Littlefield, purchased 
the schooner "Prosperous," of York. This 
vessel was engaged in the coasting trade, and 



was commanded by Captain Winn. How long 
the latter followed the sea is not known, but 
he was appointed one of the committee to 
build the new meeting-house in 1766. He saw 
some service in the revolution, for we read that 
in 1779 Captain John Winn, in company with 
Major Daniel Littlefield, Captain Samuel Saw- 
yer, and others of the most substantial and 
energetic citizens of Wells, was called upon 
to take part in the expedition to the Penobscot. 
The American fleet, consisting of seventeen 
vessels and a large number of transports, en- 
tered the bay on July 21, and a cannonade was 
soon begun. But a large addition to the ene- 
my's vessels arrived, and the failure of our 
own government to furnish the required num- 
ber of soldiers resulted in defeat, and the 
American army made their retreat in the best 
manner they could through the wilderness. 
They finally reached their homes after great 
suffering. Major Littlefield and Captain Saw- 
yer lost their lives in this expedition, but 
Captain \\'inn, though sixty-nine at the time, 
probably survived ; at least, we have no ac- 
count of his death. Captain John Winn was 
married probably as early as 1735; at least, 
we have record of a school being kept in his 
house about that date. He had two wives, 
Huldah and Abigail Littlefield, probably sis- 
ters, and there were five sons, and perhaps 
daughters. 

(V) John (2), eldest son of Captain John 
(i) and Huldah (Littlefield) \\'inn. was born 
in 1736, at Wells, ;\Iaine. The only informa- 
tion that we have been able to find concern- 
ing him relates to the seating of the new 
meeting-house in June, 1769. This was an 
important ceremony in old times, and people 
were seated according to their rank or wealth. 
John (2) \\'inn was assigned to the front rank 
in the gallery, where the pews were rated at 
six pounds, eight shillings. John (2) Winn 
married Priscilla Littlefield : their children 
were : Ebenezer, Isaac and three daughters. 

(VI) Ebenezer, son of John (2) and Pris- 
cilla (Littlefield) ^^'inn, was born at Wells, 
Maine, 1768. Nothing further is known about 
him except that he had two wives, the first 
Olive Goodwin, the second, Abigail Staples. 

(VII) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i) 
Winn, was born in 1818, died January 8, 
1852. He married Sally, daughter of Elihu 
and Sarah Hayes. Children: i. John, see 
forward. 2. Charles E. 3. Charles H. 4. 
Mary E., married James I. Shapleigh. 5. 
Hannah E., married John S. Peasley. 6. 
Laura J., married (first) W. P. Morrison; 
(second) George W. Janvrin. 





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(\"III) John (3), son of Ebenezer (2) and 
Sally (Hayes) Winn, was born at Lebanon, 
Maine, November 7, 1842. At the age of nine 
years, on account of his father's death, he 
went to work on a neighboring farm, gaining 
such education as the district schools of the 
time afforded. When a young man he learned 
the business of manufacturing cotton goods, 
and he has been engaged in this work ever 
since, at Lewiston, Maine. He belongs to the 
Masonic order, is a Republican in politics, and 
a Presbyterian in religion. October 25, 1864, 
John (3) Winn married Margaret O'Meara, 
of LeW'iston, Maine. They have two children : 
George Hayes, whose sketch follows ; and 
Therese Belle, born October 21, 1885. 

(IX) George Hayes, only son of John (3) 
and Margaret (O'Meara) Winn, was born at 
Lewiston, Maine, November 30, 1880, and ob- 
tained his early education in the public schools 
of that city. He was graduated from the 
University of Maine in the class of 1900 and 
from the law department of the same institu- 
tion in 1903. He was admitted to the bar, 
February 7, 1904. Mr. Winn is a Republican 
in politics, and has been secretary of the city 
committee for five years. He has twice been 
candidate for representative, but was defeated 
on account of the city being strongly Demo- 
cratic. During the session of the Maine legis- 
lature in 1907 he served as secretary of the 
committee on legal affairs. He is a member of 
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 
in which he is an active worker, has filled all 
chairs and is now exalted ruler. 



(For aucestry see preceding sketch.) ' 

(V) Nathaniel Winn was a con- 
WINN temporary of John Winn (4), 
probabl}- a cousin. He lived 
at Wells, Maine, and in 1769, when the seating 
of the new meeting-house was in progress, he 
was assigned by the committee one of the pews 
of second rank in the gallery, which was 
valued at five pounds. Nathaniel Winn was a 
blacksmith by trade, and in early middle life 
moved wdth his family to Clinton, Alaine, 
where he was among the first settlers. 

(VI) Japheth, son of Nathaniel Winn, was 
born at Wells, Maine, near the close of the 
eighteenth century, and died at Benton, Maine, 
in 1875. In his younger days he followed the 
sea as a cook aboard ship on the vessels that 
sailed from Wells. After a time he gave up 
his seafaring life, and learned the blacksmith's 
trade, at which he worked during the greater 
part of his days, having his home at Benton. 



He was a staunch Democrat, attended the 
Universalist church, and at one time was a 
major in the militia. About 1817 he married 
Annie Simpson, who was born at Winslow, 
Maine, and died at Benton. They had nine 
children : Charles H., Abigail A., Japheth M., 
whose sketch follows, George W., Olive J., 
Eliza A., Maria A., iSIary C. and Frances. 

(VII) Japheth Miles, son of Major Japheth 
and Annie (Simpson) Winn, was born at 
Clinton, jMaine, May 14, 1822. He was edu- 
cated in the schools of Clinton, which is now 
a part of Benton, and also at Benton Academy. 
He then learned the trade of blacksmith with 
his father. At twenty years of age he went 
to Boston, where he remained but a short time, 
when he went to Bingham, Maine, where he 
learned to make axes by hand, following gen- 
eral work for one year, working for Cyrus 
Hunter. In 1843 ]Mr. Winn returned to his 
native town of Clinton, where he built a black- 
smith-shop of his own ; shod many oxen, 
manufactured axes by hand, and conducted an 
extensive business in general work. In 1867 
he sold his business to Messrs. Hussey and 
Thompson, and became a dealer in lumber and 
wood. He supplied the Maine Central rail- 
road with wood until they adopted the use of 
coal. For two or three years he was asso- 
ciated with John Jewell in the ownership of a 
general store at Clinton, but in 1875 !Mr. Winn 
sold out his interest, and has since been re- 
tired from active business. He attends the 
L'niversalist church, and is a Democrat in 
politics. He was a member of the board of 
selectmen in Clinton during the years 1859-66, 
serving as chairman of the board, and with 
the exception of two years was town treasurer 
from 1867 to 1880; in 1880 served one year 
as county commissioner. IMr. Winn married, 
December 31, 1852, Eleanor S., born at Clin- 
ton, August 17, 1833, daughter of David (2) 
and Mary (Hay ford) Hunter. They had 
three children: Annie M., born April 18, 1854, 
died September 25, i860. 2. Mary A., Feb- 
ruary 5. 1857. died September 13, i860. 3. 
Frank, August 2, 1867, died April 10, 1869. 



The posterity of Rev. Will- 
TOMPSON iam Tompson, immigrant, of 
Braintree, and particularly 
the line written in the present article, is re- 
markable for the moral and mental qualities 
of many of those who constitute it, and the 
number of clerg\-men and graduates of Har- 
vard College which it has produced. 

(I) Rev. ^^'illiam Tompson, or Thompson, 
as the name was sometimes spelled, matricu- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



lated at Brazen Nose College, Oxford, Eng- 
land. January 28, 1620, at the age of twenty- 
one, but his degree is not found in the Fasti. 
He had been a preacher in Warwick, a parish 
of his native Lancashire, before he came to 
our side of the sea in 1637, and was engaged 
first at Kittery or York. He brought with 
him his wife .\bigail and sons Samuel and 
William, perhaps daughter Mary, and Elinor, 
who was born in 1626. He had born here 
Joseph and Benjamin. He settled in Brain- 
tree, Massachusetts, in 1639, ^''"^ "^"^'^s made a 
freeman Alay 13, 1640. and in the same year 
received a grant of one hundred and twenty 
acres of land. Also, on July 29, 1644, a 
grant was made to "Thompson, William and 
Flint, Henry Alarsh in the three hills march 
not formerly granted to J. Wheelwright, to- 
gether with two hillocks of upland." He 
owned and occupied an estate on the west side 
of the sea. now Chestnut street, and Rev. 
Peter Whitney and Rev. Henry Flint had 
property on the east side of the same street. 
"The Rev. Mr. Thompson, pastor of the First 
Church of Braintree, was selected as chaplain 
to sound the silver trumpet along with the 
army," when a draft w-as ordered on Brain- 
tree for soldiers, August 5, 1645, '^o fill a 
quota of two hundred men to go to tight the 
Narragansetts, but the deputies of Pessacus 
and the other chiefs averted war at that time. 
After the dismissal of Mr. Wheelwright, the 
people of Braintree called Mr. Tompson to 
be their pastor and Mr. Henry Flint to be 
their teacher. From a report of a committee 
made in 1657 it appears that they received 
fifty-five pounds as their salary. The original 
covenant, as signed by the members of the 
First Cluirch of Braintree, at their first gather- 
ing. September 16, 1639, had for its first sub- 
scriber "Wm. Tompson, Pastor." Mr. Tomp- 
son was ordained November 19, 1639, and ]\lr. 
Flint. March 17, 1640. According to the dis- 
tinction observed in those early times in 
churches, !Mr. Tompson became pastor and 
Mr. Flint teacher. One of the most important 
incidents in the life of Mr. Tliompson was 
his being chosen one of the ministers to go 
on a mission to \'irginia in 1642, upon a re- 
quest from certain individuals in that remote 
colony that competent ministers of the Con- 
gregational order should be sent to preach the 
gospel to them. The following e.xtract from 
Hubbard's History of New England will ex- 
plain the reasons and object of this mission: 
"In the same year, 1642, one Mr. Bennett, a 
gentleman of \'irginia, arrived in Boston, 
bringing letters with him from sundry w-ell- 



disposed jieople there, to the ministers of New 
England, bewailing their sad condition for 
want of the means of salvation, and earnestly 
entreating a supply of faithful ministers, whom 
upon experience of their gilts and godliness, 
they might call to office. Mr. Knowles and 
Mr. Tompson were sent away by the con- 
sent of their churches and departed on their 
way on October 7, 1642, to meet the vessel 
that should transport tliem, at Narragansett. 
They were long wind-bound at Rhode Island, 
and met many other difficulties, so as they 
made it eleven weeks of a dangerous passage 
before they arrived there ; but had this ad- 
vantage in the way, that they took a third 
minister along with them in the person of Mr. 
James, of New Haven. They found loving 
and liberal entertainment in the country, and 
were bestowed in several places by the care of 
some honest-minded persons, that much de- 
sired their company rather than by any care of 
the governor. And though the difficulties and 
dangers they w'ere continually exercised with 
in their way thither, put upon them some ques- 
tion whether their call were of God or not, 
yet they were much encouraged by the suc- 
cess of their ministry, through the blessing of 
God, in that place. Mr. Tompson, a man of 
melancholy temper and crazy body, wrote 
word back to his friends that he found his 
health so repaired, and his spirit so enlarged, 
that he had not been in the like condition 
since he first left England. But he fared with 
them as it had done before with the Apostles 
in the primitive times, that the people magni- 
fied them, and their hearts seemed to be much 
inflamed with an earnest desire after the Gos- 
pel, though the civil rulers of the country did 
not allow of their public preaching, because they 
did not conform to the orders of the Church 
of England : however, the people resorted to 
them, in private houses, as much as before. 
At their return, which was the next summer, 
by the letters which they brought with them, 
it appears that God had greatly blessed their 
ministry for the time, while they were there, 
which was not long; for the rulers of the 
country did in a sense drive them out, having 
made an order that all such as would not con- 
form to the discipline of the English Church, 
should depart the country by such a day. It 
appears from what is related concerning this 
mission that, although it did not succeed, as 
had been anticipated, and was abruptly ter- 
minated by the order from the authorities of 
the Virginia Colony, yet it was not wholly 
without fruit. ^lany seem to have been favor- 
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and his associates ; and Daniel Gookins re- 
moved from X'irginia and settled in Cam- 
bridge, and was later Major General of j\las- 
sachusetts Colony, and was author of "The 
Historical Collections of the Indians of New 
England.' Mr. Tompson met with a severe 
bereavement in the death, during his absence, 
of his wife, who died January i, 1643. She 
is described as a Godly young woman, and a 
comfortable help to him, being left behind with 
a comjiany of small children. She was taken 
away by death and all his children scattered, 
but well disposed of among his Godly friends. 
Mr. Tompson married (second) 1646 or 1647, 
Anne, the widow of Symon Crosbie, of Cam- 
bridge. Their only child, Anna, was born 
March 3, 1648. In 1648 Mr. Tompson was 
connected with the synod which convened at 
Cambridge, and framed the platform of church 
discipline for the Congregational churches. 
For several years before his death Mr. Tomp- 
son's happiness and usefulness appear to have 
been destroyed by a fixed melancholia which 
amounted at times to mental alienation. He 
left his public labors as a preacher in the 
year 1658, about seven years before his death. 
The state of his mind in the latter part of 
his life cloubtless incapacitated him for the 
management of his temporal affairs, as well 
as the discharge of his official duties. In the 
archives of the state is a documenf entitled 'A 
proposal for the issue of the complaints pre- 
sented by the beloved brethren, the Deacon of 
the Church of Braintree, in reference to our 
beloved sister, Mrs. Tompson, yet standing 
member of the Church of Cambridge, drawn 
up by the elders and some brethren of that 
church, who had a hearing thereof at Cam- 
bridge, October 15, 1661. This unhappy dif- 
ference between Mrs. Tompson and the offi- 
cers of the Braintree church seems to have 
continued. After the decease of her husband 
she presented a petition, in 1668, to the gen- 
eral court, in which she complains of certain 
moneys being withheld that were due to her 
husband for his services, and asks relief, al- 
though she humbly craves that she may not 
be interpreted to accuse the church of any 
acts of injustice or neglect in the place where 
she lives." In this connection it may be men- 
tioned that in the Dorchester church records 
is the following entry: "The 26 ( I ) '65. The 
day aforesaid, at the Motion of Mr. Mather, 
there was a contribution for Mr. Tomson of 
Braintree, into which there was given in money 
£6 OS 9d, besides notes for corn and other 
things above 30s ; and some more money was 
added afterwards to the value of 8s 3d." Mr. 



Tompson"s reduced circumstances were due 
probably to the mode of Raising the minister's 
salary in Braintree, which was by contribution, 
and varied from time to time. Death at length 
came to deliver the pastor from his outward 
straits, and to relieve his mental distress. It 
is gratifying to be assured that before his de- 
parture, the cloud that had settled upon him 
for years, lifted, and he enjoyed a brief season 
of peace. He died December 10, 1666. He 
was buried in the old Hancock cemetery, and 
his headstone, the oldest to be found there, 
bears the inscription: "Here lies buried the 
body of the Rev. Mr. William Tompson, the 
first pastor of Braintrey Church, who de- 
ceased December 10, 1666. Aetatis suae, 68. 
He was a learned, solid, sound divine, whose 
name and fame in both Englands did shine.' 
And by his side lies Mrs. Ann Tompson, his 
wife, deceased October ye 11, 1675. Aged 
68 years. Mr. Tompson died intestate. There 
is in the Suffolk Probate Office an inventory 
of his effects, which corresponds too closely 
with Mather's lines : "Braintree was of this 
jewel then possest. Until himself he labored 
into rest. His inventory then, with John's was 
took ; A rough coat, girble, with the Sacred 
book." 

(II) Deacon Samuel, eldest son of Rev. 
William and Abigail Tompson, was born in 
England in 1631, and died in Braintree, June 
18, 1695. The house in which the public 
Latin school was taught for many years was 
first in the possession of Mr. Samuel Tomp- 
son, who in 1672 sold it to the Rev. Moses 
Fisk, the second settled clergyman of the 
First Church. This estate then consisted of a 
house, barn, orchard and six acres of land, and 
was purchased for £115. Samuel Tompson 
was appointed ensign October 15, 1684. He 
was ordained deacon of the First Church in 
Braintree, November 2, 1679, though his 
name is not found in the list of freemen. He 
was an influential man in political affairs, and 
was representative from 1676 to 1686, except 
in 1681-82, and again filled that office in 1691. 
Among the bequests in the will of William 
Fenn, of Boston, were : "To Deacon Tompson, 
of Brantry, two pounds in silver ; and to 
his son Edward I give two pounds in Money." 
Samuel Tompson married (first) April 25, 
1656, Sarah, daughter of Edward Shepard, 
who died January 15, 1680, aged forty-three. 
He married (second) Widow Elizabeth Bil- 
lings, perhaps the daughter of Roger, of Dor- 
chester, who died November 5, 1706, aged 
sixty-nine. She was buried in the old Han- 
cock cemetery, and her gravestone is inscribed : 



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"Here lyes buried ye Body of Elizabeth 
Tompson, wife of Deacon Samuel Tompson 
of Braintry, aged 69 yrs. Died Nov. 5, 1706." 
The children of Deacon Samuel and Sarah 
(Shepard) Tompson were: Sarah (died 
young), Deborah, Samuel, Edward, Abigail, 
Sarah (died young). Hannah, William (died 
young), William and Sarah. 

(III) Rev. Edward, second son of Deacon 
Samuel and Sarah (Shepard) Tompson, was 
born in Braintree, April 20, 1665, graduated 
from Harvard College in 1684, and died 
March 16, 1705. He taught school several 
years before and after leaving college, and 
began to preach at Simsbury, June, 1687. He 
was ordained at jMarshfield, October 14, 1696, 
and remained there till his death. His wife's 
baptismal name was Sarah. Their children 
were : Samuel, Edward, William, John, Jo- 
seph, Sarah, Anna and Abigail. 

(IV) Rev. William (2), third son of Rev. 
Edward and Sarah Tompson, was born April 
26, 1697, died Februar>' 13, 1759. He grad- 
uated from Flarvard College in 1718. He be- 
gan preaching in Scarborough in 1728, and 
in September of the same year accepted a call 
to settle there in the ministry, and was or- 
dained to the charge of the newly formed 
society. The number of male members whose 
names were enrolled on the church record at 
the time of the organization was fifteen. This 
was the first regularly organized church 
within the town of which there is any record. 
The salary of Mr. Tompson was £100 the first 
year, £110 the second, £120 the third, and so 
to continue until the inability of the towns- 
men to pay more should prevent further addi- 
tion. When Mr. Tompson began his labors, 
in 1728, he preached at the house of Arthur 
Bragdon, who lived on the plains near the 
Black Point graveyard. In March following 
the town voted to build a meeting-house which 
was erected in the northwest corner of the 
present Black Point burial-ground, and soon 
afterwards another was built on what is now 
the common at Dunstan. Mr. Tompson 
preached alternately in these two divisions of 
the town until a second society was formed at 
Dunstan in 1744, by setting oflf fifteen males 
and as many females from the Black Point 
Society. Mr. Tompson continued his labors 
until his death. He was held in high esteem 
by his townsmen, and his loss was deeply felt 
and severely lamented by the whole commun- 
ity. The expenses of his funeral was de- 
frayed by the '"town as a town" ; and it was 
moreover voted in town meeting "that ex- 
clusive of cotton gloves, &c., for the funeral 



of the deceased, and all necessaries, that the 
Town will give a suit of mourning to the 
widow." The committee appointed to oversee 
the ceremonies returned an account of ex- 
penditures amounting to £22, of which there 
was allowed £3 6s. 8d. "for the Rings of the 
Bearers." Such items illustrate the customs 
of the day. February 21, 1759, the following 
entry was made in Father Smith's diary: "I 
rode with my wife to Mr. Tompson's Funeral. 
There was a great concourse of people : as 
many from my parish as there were Horses 
and Sleighs." Mr. Tompson married Anna 
Hubbard, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, who 
was born July 22, 1702, daughter of John and 
Jane (Collensby) Hubbard, of Salisbury. She 
v/as a granddaughter of Richard and Martha 
(Allen) Hubbard. The children of Rev. Will- 
iam and Anna (Hubbard) Tompson were: 
William, Anna and John. William was chief 
justice of the court of sessions of Cumberland 
county. A sketch of John follows. 

(V) Rev. John, second son of Rev. William 
(2) and Anna (Hubbard) Tompson, was 
born in Scarboro, October 3, 1740, and died 
in Berwick, December 21, 1828. He grad- 
uated from Harvard College in 1765, and was 
ordained October 26, 1768, the first settled 
minister of Standish. The ordination cere- 
monies were performed in Rev. Mr. Smith's 
meeting-hcruse in Falmouth (now Portland). 
At that time there was a church organized 
of seven male members, and there were in the 
town of Standish about thirty families. To 
the year 1766 he received his support princi- 
pally from the proprietors of the township, 
but after that year they withheld it, believing 
the inhabitants were numerous and able 
enough to maintain their minister themselves. 
Mr. Tompson on this occasion acted, in imi- 
tation of the Lord, the part of true, disin- 
terested benevolence, for he continued to 
preach there five years without compensation. 
In 1 781, however, he suspended his ministra- 
tions in Standish and sought other fields of 
labor, and in Alay, 1783, he was dismissed at 
his own request, and in the same month was 
installed minister of South Berwick, the suc- 
cessor of Rev. Jacob Foster. The prospects of 
Mr. Tompson in pecuniary alifairs were now 
bright and promising, for the parish owned a 
tolerable parsonage and other property to the 
amount of two thousand dollars, to which 
must be added General Lord's donation of 
fifteen hundred dollars to the funds of the 
society. But the church was small, no general 
revival of religion having ever, till lately, dis- 
tinguished its annals. Surely so good a min- 



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ister as IVIr. Tompson might often feel his 
heart bleed on perceiving lukewarmness so 
protracted among a people remarkable for so- 
briety and the best habits. Still, he believed 
there would be fruits to be failed not. He 
was persevering, therefore, in his labors like a 
primitive apostle, and he possessed "like pre- 
cious faith." His ministry was of uncommon 
length, being in the whole sixty years, forty- 
nine of which were at South Berwick. He 
married (first) November 22, 1768, Sarah 
Small, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, by 
whom he had eight children. His second wife 
was Widow Sarah i\Ierrill, and they had two 
children. 

(VI) Samuel, son of Rev. John Tompson, 
was born in Standish, October 11, 1773. He 
married Mary Lancaster, born January i, 
1774, daughter of Rev. Thomas Lancaster; 
she died February 11, 1813. Among their 
children was a son \\'illiam. 

(VH) Captain William (3), son of Sam- 
uel and Mary (Lancaster) Tompson, was 
born in Scarborough, November 20, 1796, and 
died in Scarborough, January 15, 1849. He 
was a master mariner, and resided at Scar- 
borough. He married, September 23, 1819, 
Rhoda Libby, who was born in Scarborough, 
June 13, 1792, and died in Portland, June 23, 
1876. Her parents were Seth and Lydia 
(Jordan) Libby (See Libby V). The chil- 
dren of Captain William and Rhoda Tompson 
were: Mary Lancaster, Benjamin Larrabee, 
Sally Hayman, John Adams and William. 

(\'III) John Adams, second son of Cap- 
tain William (3) and Rhoda (Libby) Tomp- 
son, was born in Scarborough, Z\Iarch 10, 1828, 
and died in Portland, December 21, i88g. He 
was educated in the common schools. Soon 
after his marriage he moved to Portland, 
W'here he engaged in the express and transfer 
business, which he followed the remainder of 
his life. He was a member of the common 
council in 1867. In religious affiliation he was 
a Congregationalist. He married, in Scar- 
borough, May 2, 1852, Mary Elizabeth Libby, 
who was born in Scarborough, March 22, 
1830, daughter of George and Lydia (Libby) 
Libby. (See Libby VI.) Their children 
were : Benjamin Franklin, born in Portland, 
August 26, 1853, died young; Frederick Au- 
gustus, whose sketch follows ;• Edward Fran- 
cis, July 30, i860; and Charles Howard, July 
27, 1863, died young. 

(IX) Frederick Augustus, second son of 
John A. and Mary Elizabeth (Libby) Tomp- 
son, was born in Portland, August 10, 1857, 
and was educated in the Portland public 



schools, graduating from the high school in 
1876. In the fall of the same year he en- 
tered the office of F. H. Fassett, architect, by 
whom he was employed for nine years. Jan- 
uary I, 1886, he became Mr. Fassett's partner, 
the firm taking the name of Fassett & Tomp- 
son, and continuing until January i, 1891. 
Since that time ]\lr. Tompson has been in 
business alone. He has prepared the plans and 
superintended the construction of many build- 
ings in Portland and vicinity, among which 
are Young Men's Christian Association's build- 
mg, Union ]\Iutual Life Insurance building, 
Exchange street; Deering high school. Con- 
gress Square Hotel Annex and Wilde Memo- 
rial Chapel. In politics Mr. Tompson is a 
Republican. ' He has never held a political 
office or aspired to one. He is a Free Mason 
and a member of the following divisions of 
that order : Ancient Landmark Lodge, Green- 
leif Chapter and Council, and St. Albans Com- 
mandery. He is an Odd Fellow and a 
member of Harmony Lodge, Eastern Star 
Encampment. He is a member of the Port- 
land Club, the Country Club, the Kotzschmar 
Club, the Portland Society of Art, American 
Institute of Architects. He married, in Port- 
land, October 17, 1894, Harriet Jane Larra- 
bee, who was born in Portland, May 17, 1863, 
(See Larrabee VH), daughter of George H. 
P. and Jane Bayes (Phillips) Larrabee. 

The derivation of this name, 
PERHAM its origin or the locality in 

England of the family has not 
been determined. In America the name is 
rare among the immigrant ancestors, and in 
fact we only find two families that might claim 
the name, and one of these disappears after 
the second generation. 

John Peram is found as early as 1643 •" 
the settlement made at Seaconk, in Plymouth 
Colony, on land owned by Elizabeth Pole, or 
Pool, and known as tlie Pole settlement. His 
name is given among the proprietors of the 
ancient town of Seaconk, versus Rehoboth, 
1643, written John Perram, John Peram, John 
Peren and John Perrum. His estate is valued 
originally at sixty-seven pounds sterling, and 
in the same list he acquires another estate 
valued at sixty-one pounds. On May 28, 
1672, his name is written John Perrim Senior 
when given among the proprietors of the lands 
of the North Purchase of Rehoboth in the 
division of lands, March 18, 1668-69. This 
purchase became the town of Attleborough in 
1694. His name as last written would suggest 
a son John and other records a son Abraham, 



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but as the name then entirely disappears it is 
probably due to accident of birth, the two 
brothers either not marrying or having only 
female issue. The only immigrant that posi- 
tively left male issue and became the forebear 
of the Perhams in America was the Chelms- 
ford, Massachusetts Bay Colony, immigrant. 

(I) John Perham appeared in Chelmsford 
as a young man in 1664, with no property, 
relatives or friends, and was bound out or 
apprenticed to meet the requirements of the 
law of the colony then in force. He evidently 
served his term of apprenticeship very faith- 
fully. He was born in England, probably 
about 1633, but just when or by which vessel 
he reached the coast of New England is not 
known. Evidently he learned the business of 
farming, as we find that to have been his 
life's occupation. He must have been thrifty 
and able to accumulate sufficient money to 
purchase a farm and establish himself as a 
freeman, as he is recorded as having taken 
the freeman's oath, as provided in the laws of 
the colony. He married, December 15, 1664, 
Lydia, daughter of John Shepley, of Chelms- 
ford, settled upon a farm in that town and 
died there, June 21, 1721, aged about eighty- 
eight years. The five children of John, the 
immigrant, and Lydia (Shepley) Perham, 
were born on his farm in Chelmsford, Middle- 
sex county, Massachusetts, as follows: i. 
Mary, January 8. 1665. 2. John (q. v.). 3. 
Joseph, October 22, 1669. 4. Lydia, February 
19, 1673. 5. Benoni, married, December 6, 
1704, Sarah Robbins, of Cambridge. The 
Perham farm acquired by John Perham, the 
immigrant, has the peculiar historic interest of 
having been the home of one or more of his 
descendants of the name of Perham through 
nine generations, and is still, 1909, by right of 
unbroken successive ownership, "the Perham 
Farm." It has always been celebrated for its 
fertility and healthfulness and notable for its 
fine apple orchards, the products of which in 
both fruits and apple-cider have been standard 
articles of merchandise in the Boston market 
and the occasion of regular autumnal visits to 
the farm to see the fruit-burdened trees and 
witness the process of cider-making. It is 
probable that the name has become more fa- 
miliar to New Englanders through "Perham 
Farm Apples" and "Perham Farm Cider" 
than falls to the lot of farmers. 

(II) John (2), eldest son and second child 
of John ( I ) , immigrant, and Lydia ( Shep- 
ley) Perham, of Chelmsford, Middlesex 
county, Massachusetts, was born in Chelms- 
ford, January 27, 1667, and died in Grafton, 



Worcester county, Massachusetts, July 29, 
1743. He removed from Chelmsford to L'p- 
ton in 1728, was a soldier in the Indian wars. 
He lived in Grafton after 1738 and was a 
farmer and probably an innkeeper. He mar- 
ried, December 29, 1692, Lydia, daughter of 
Samuel Fletcher and granddaughter of Rob- 
ert F'letcher, the immigrant," who came to New 
England in 1630. The children of John (2) 
and Lydia ( Fletcher ) Perham were born in 
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, as follows: i. 
Lydia, October 25, 1693. 2. John, January 
12, 1695, married Experience Powers. 3. 
Samuel, Alay 6, 1698. 4. IMary, December 

24, 1700. 5. Sarah, October 16, 1703. 6. 
William, January 16, 1706, married Susanna 
Powers, November 10, 17^0. 7. Benjamin 
(q. v.). 

(HI) Benjamin, youngest son of John (2) 
and Lydia ( Fletcher) Perham, was born in 
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, February 23, 
1707, and died in L^pton, Massachusetts. 
March 20, 1787. He was a hotelkeeper and 
a farmer ; served as soldier in the Indian 
wars, as did his father, his position in the 
military company being an ensign, and he 
became known as Ensign Perham. He mar- 
ried Esther, born March 19, 1709, died De- 
cember 16, 1790, daughter of Benjamin and 
Elizabeth Butterfield, of Chelmsford, in 1731. 
In his will dated Jul)- 14, 1770, he names his 
sons and daughters as follows : Benjamin. 
Lemuel (q. v.), Jacob, Esther Keys. Olive 
Tinney, Lydia Learned and Sybil Wood. Of 
these children, Benjamin Jr., born February 
I3» 1733' married Rachel Clemens and had 
five children born between 1757 and 1777. 

(IV) Lemuel, second son of Benjamin and 
Esther (Butterfield) Perham, was born in 
Upton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, May 

25, 1735, and died in Guilford, \"ermont, De- 
cember 6, 1814. He was brought up on his 
father's farm and aided him in the harvest ; 
he became a prominent citizen of Upton, 
serving as selectman, constable and land-sur- 
veyor. He served in the early part of the 
revolutionary war, and w^as an innkeeper at 
West Upton for forty years, up to 1804, when 
he removed to a farm in Guilford, \ ermont, 
where he died. He married, April 10, 1755, 
Mary, born July 28. 1735, daughter of Ben- 
jamin and Kezia Butterfield, of Westfield, Mas- 
sachusetts. He was with his mother, Esther, 
the sole executors of his father's will, made 
July 14, 1770. Children of Lemuel and Mary 
(Butterfield) Perham, were born in Upton, 
Massachusetts, as follows: i. Joanna. April 
10, 1757, died young. 2. Lemuel (q. v.). 3. 



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Bett_v. May 2},. 1764. 4. Joanna, March 3, 
1770. 5. Molly, April 13, 1774. 6. Lovicy, 
March 17, 1777. 

(\'j Lemuel (2). eldest son and second 
child of Lemuel (i) and Mary (Butterfield) 
Perham, was born in Upton, Worcester 
county, Massachusetts, Decehiber 29, 1760, 
and died in Woodstock, Maine, March i, 
1833. He was brought up in West Upton. 
Massachusetts, where his father was a town 
ofScer and innkeeper, and he removed to 
Paris, Oxford county, Maine, where he was 
an early settler and a farmer. He marrietl, in 
May, 1780, Betsey, daughter of Elisha and 
Jane (Kinginan) Gurney, of Worcester, Mas- 
sachusetts. Elisha Gurney removed from 
Worcester to Paris, Maine, in 1791, with his 
family. Lemuel Perham first lived on what 
was called the center lot, afterward moved to 
High street and about 1S12 to Woodstock. 
The children of Lemuel (2) and Betsey (Gur- 
ney ) Perham w ere born in Paris, O.xford 
county. Maine, as follows: i. Patty, April 6, 
1781, married Abiather Tuel, of Paris. 2. 
Jonathan, March 22, 1784, married Lucy Felt. 
3. Betty, August 28, 1787, died young. 4. 
Lemuel. November 10, 1788, married Sally T. 
Chase. 5. Lovicy, February 20. 1794, mar- 
ried Cyprian Cole. 6. Joel (q. v.). 7. Aziel, 
July 4, 1805, married Elvira Bowker. 

(VI) Joel, son of Lemuel (2) and Betsey 
(Gurney) Perham, was born in Paris Hill. 
Oxford county, Maine, March 31, 1797, and 
died in Woodstock, Maine, January 24, 1877. 
He was a farmer, merchant and large raiser 
of sheep, often caring for six hundred of these 
animals in his large barns through the long 
winters. He married Sophronia. born in 
Paris, Maine, April i, 180 1, died in Wood- 
stock, Maine, November 7, 1865, daughter of 
Rouse and Hannah (Carroll) Bisbee, grand- 
daughter of Calvin Bisbee and a descendant 
of Thomas Bisbee, who came from Europe to 
New England and landed in Scituate Harbor 
in 1634. The children of Joel and Sophronia 
(Bisbee) Perham were born in Woodstock. 
Oxford county, Maine, as follows: i. Sidney 
(q. v.). 2. Betsey G., March 13, 1821. 3. 
Kilborn, August 8, 1822. 4. Joel, May 8, 
1826, merchant at Bryant Pond. Maine, 1854- 
63 ; tow-n clerk and treasurer of Woodstock 
1856-57; justice of the peace 1852-70; United 
States commissioner of board of enrollment 
with the rank of lieutenant in United States 
army 1863-66 : messenger in United States 
senate 1867; government inspector 1869; real 
estate dealer, \\'ashington, District of Colum- 
bia, Auburn. Maine, Boston, Massachusetts, 



and Chicago, Illinois, up to the time of his 
death in Boston. 5. X'iania, April 10, 1832. 
6. Cynthia. June 27, 1839. 

( \ II) Si(hiey, son of Joel and Sophronia 
(Bisbee) Perham, was born in Woodstock. 
Oxford county, Maine, March 2j, i8ig. He 
was brought up on his father's farm and was 
a pupil in the public schools of Woodstock 
and at Gould's Academy, Bethel. Maine, and 
engaged in teaching school during the winter 
months, working on the farm in the summer, 
as had been his custom from early boyhood. 
In 1837 he purchased of his father the old 
homestead farm in Woodstock and continued 
the business of farming, stock-raising and 
sheep-husbandry. Like his father, his tlock of 
sheep numbered five hundred and were the 
especial pride of the neighborhood. He was 
made a member of the Maine board of agri- 
culture in 1853-54, being twice elected. He 
continued his agricultural pursuits even dur- 
ing his public duties up to 1886, when he 
made Washington his permanent home, but he 
still spent his summer vacations at Paris Hill. 
Maine. He became an active Democratic poli- 
tician soon after reaching his majority, and 
he was elected selectman of his native town 
in 1839 and continued in various town offices 
up to the time his public services interfered 
with his private duties. He was sent to the 
state legislature in 1854 and made speaker of 
that body on the opening of the session in 
1855, the first instance in the history of the 
state when a person without legislative experi- 
ence was so honored. He voted for A. P. 
Morrill for governor in 1853. helped to found 
the Republican party in Alaine in 1856, was 
presidential elector on the Fremont and Day- 
ton ticket in 1856. and in 1857 the Maine 
electors voted for the Republican candidate. 
He was an elector on the Harrison and Mor- 
ton ticket in 1888, when the Maine Republi- 
can electors were again chosen. He served 
his county as clerk of the supreme judicial 
court, 1858-62, and the second Maine district 
as representative in the thirty-eighth, thirty- 
ninth and fortieth congresses, 1863-69, his 
first election being by a majority of twenty- 
five hundred votes and he was re-elected by 
six thousand, five hundred votes. 

He was made a member of the committee 
on pensions at the opening of the thirty-eighth 
congress, which was, owing to the close of 
the civil war, a very important house com- 
mittee, and he served on the committee 
throughout his three terms in congress. He 
was largely responsible for the increase of in- 
valid pensions; for stated' pensions for loss of 



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STATE OF .MAINE. 



limb and additional pensions to soldiers' 
widows having minor children to support. He 
was honored with the chairmanship of the 
committee during the entire thirty-ninth and 
fortieth congresses. He was also active in in- 
fluencing national legislature and took a 
prominent part in the impeachment proceed- 
ings against President Johnson. He \yas 
elected governor of Maine for three successive 
terms, 1871-74, and his repeated re-elections 
are the highest compliment that could be paid 
a public servant, as it was the voice of the 
people of Maine who selected him to serve in 
the highest office in their gift, as an endorse- 
ment of his labor in behalf of prison reform, 
the establishment of free high schools and bi- 
ennial elections. He served as secretary of 
state of the state of Maine, appointed by 
Governor Dingley in the fall of 1875 to fill a 
vacancy, and he held the office until the legis- 
lature met in 1876 and elected S. J. Chadborne 
to the office. He next served as appraiser of 
the public store connected with the United 
States custom house in the port of Portland, 
Maine, 1877-85, receiving his appointment 
from President Hayes. In 1891 President 
Harrison appointed him a member of a com- 
mission to select a site on the coast of the 
United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico, 
suitable for the erection of a drydock for the 
use of the United States navy. His interest in 
education was manifested during his terms as 
governor, when he was instrumental in secur- 
ing for the state an Industrial School for 
Girls, and he was made the first president of 
the institution, serving for a period of twenty- 
seven years, 1872-99, and resigned in 1899. 
Governor Perham was also active in eiicourag- 
ing temperance associations, teacher's insti- 
tutes and educational conventions, before 
which gatherings he was a willing and effec- 
tive speaker. He served as president of the 
board of trustees of the Westbrook Seminary 
and Female College and gave to all the 
schools, under the direction of the Universalist 
denomination, his unqualified support. He 
helped to form the first temperance society in 
Woodstock and in 1857 he spoke in two hun- 
dred towns in Maine, urging the re-enactment 
of the repealed prohibition law. He became 
a worthy grand patriarch of the Grand 
Lodge, Order of the Sons of Temperance, of 
the state of Maine, and worthy grand templar 
of the Grand Lodge, Independent Order of 
Good Templars, of the state of Maine, and 
was often a representative in the national or- 
ganizations of both of these orders. His con- 
nection with the Universalist denomination 



commenced when he was nineteen years of 
age and he served as president of the Uni- 
versalist state convention and of the national 
convention. He was a member of the board of 
trustees of the general convention of the 
church for twenty-seven years and often 
served as president of the board. 

Governor Perham married, January i, 1843, 
Almena Jane, daughter of Lazarus and Lucy 
(Cole) Hathaway, of Paris, Maine. They had 
four children, including Captain A. S. Per- 
ham. Almena Jane (Hathaway) Perham died 
at her residence, 905 Westminster avenue, 
Washington, District of Columbia, June 5, 
1902, and her husband, Governor Perham, 
died April 9, 1907. Both were buried at Bry- 
ant Pond, near the place of his birth, and 
near the L'niversalist church, which was built 
largely through his efforts. 



The Danforths of Suiifolk 
DAN FORTH county, England, were of 

considerable repute in the 
county for many generations. At an early 
date the surname was very much varied, and 
the parish register at Framingham, county 
Sufifolk, recorded it in many ways : Daneford, 
Darneforde, Darnford, Derneforth, Danford 
and Danforthe. One authority gives the ori- 
gin of the name "the ford of the Danes." 
There is no evidence that the Danforths were 
of the gentry, for though highly esteemed, 
they were sometimes recorded "yeomen." Cot- 
ton Mather wrote of Nicholas Danforth, the 
emigrant from Framingham, Sufifolkshire, "he 
was a Gent of such Estate and Repute that it 
cost him a considerable sum to escape Knight- 
hood * * * and of such esteem in the 
church that he procured that famous Lecture- 
ship at Framingham where he had a fine 
Manour." This, however, seems not intended 
to convey an idea of great wealth, although 
his father's will shows film to have been in 
comfortable circumstances and owner of some 
property in England. Nicholas Danforth set- 
tled in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1636, but 
the records do not connect him with the 
Ipswich branch, yet it is not improbable that 
there was relationship and that County Suffolk 
was the common home. 

(I) William, the emigrant ancestor, was on 
record in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1660, in 
the employ of William Pritchell, and may 
have arrived there several years earlier. In 
a deposition which he made in court in behalf 
of William Pritchall, September 29, 1663, he 
stated that he was twenty-two years of age, 
therefore his birth date was 1640-41. In 1675 



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he removed to Byfield (or Newbury) and took 
the oath of alleg-iance 1678. In 1681 he was 
called to court "with his partner, William 
Longfellow, ancestor of the poet," for slaugh- 
tering animals belonging to others and fined 
the value of same. In 1688 his tax was 
abated, and tlie constable wrote the name Dan- 
forth, though he was previously known as 
Danford. William married (first) at Ips- 
wich, March 20, 1670, Hannah, daughter of 
pioneer Robert Kinsman, who was born at 
Ipswich about 1644. Her father left her by 
will, 1664, forty pounds. She died at New- 
bury, October 18, 1678, and he married (sec- 
ond) Sarah, daughter of Francis and Ann 
Thurloe. who deeded them land January i, 
1696. This land "William Danforth and 
wife Sarah sold in 1698." William's death 
occurred after March 27, 1721, when the sale 
of his wood-lot was recorded. Children by 
first marriage: William (?) and ^lary, born 
September 19. 1673. By the second mar- 
riage : Richard, born in Newbury, January 
31, 1679-80: John. December 8, 1681 ; Jona- 
than, iMay 18, 1685: Thomas, December 26, 
1688, whose inventory showed that he owned 
land at Casco Ba}-. in Falmouth ; Francis, 
March 16, 1691 ; Joseph, May 12, 1694, and 
"perhaps Rebecca." 

(II) John, third son of William and Sarah 
(Thurloe) Danforth, was born in Newbury, 
Massachusetts. December 8, 1681. The name 
of his first wife is unknown. He married 
(second) November 24, 1703, Doris White, 
a member of the Byfield church, in 1744. 
She died March 26, 1788, aged ninety or 
ninety-one. He died after two years of help- 
lessness, October i. 1772, aged nearly ninety- 
two. Children: Nathaniel, born 1703-04; 
Thomas, about 1705; William, about 1708; 
Samuel, December 11, 1715; John, February 
17, 1720; Oliver, baptized December 24, 1720; 
Moses: Sarah, married James Head; i\Iary, 
married James Gibson ; Elizabeth. 

(III) Nathaniel, eldest son of John and 
Doris (White) Danforth, was born in New- 
bury, 1703-04, was married in Bo.xford, Octo- 
ber 8, 1724, to Priscilla Wycom. He was 
baptized an "adult" in Rowley, Massachu- 
setts, December 3, 1727, and two of his chil- 
dren at the same time, and he probably re- 
sided there for a time. He removed to Con- 
toocook, New Hampshire, as shown by land 
transactions, and was styled in the deed "hus- 
bandman." He was one of the Contoocook 
soldiers who petitioned for protection from 
the Indians, I\Iarch 21, 1755. He removed 
to Boscawen, New Hampshire, before 1766, it 



is stated. Among the names of first settlers at 
Boscawen, which was "granted 1733 under 
the name of Contoocook," were those of 
William and Nathaniel Danforth and prob- 
ably Nathaniel (the son of William), moved to 
the part of the town then named Boscawen 
about 1766. Children of Nathaniel and Pris- 
cilla : Eunice and Nathaniel, baptized Decem- 
ber 3, 1727; Stephen, baptized October 5, 
1729; John and Jonathan, born in Boxford 
(Georgetown) January 14, baptized February 
3, and died February 14, 1744; Hepsibah, 
baptized February 22, 1746-47. 

(IV) Nathani'el (2), eldest son of Na- 
thaniel (i) and Priscilla (Wycom) Dan- 
forth, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, 
where he was baptized on the same day with 
his father and sister Eunice, December 3, 
1727. He went with his father to New Hamp- 
shire when young, and it is a family tradition 
that he and his brother Stephen were soldiers 
of the revolutionary war. The record of his 
marriage does not appear, nor can the name 
of his wife be learned at this writing, but 
there is conclusive evidence of the birth of a 
son bearing his name. The repetition of Na- 
thaniel for three generations has doubtless 
caused confusion, but the New Hampshire 
town records should be further consulted. .It 
is testified by a daughter of Nathaniel of the 
fifth generation that her father, Dudley D., 
told her that "his father, grandfather and 
great-grandfather were all named Nathaniel," 
and as this Nathaniel of the fourth genera- 
tion was the only one who went to New 
Hampshire, the record given is doubtless cor- 
rect. 

(Y) Nathaniel (3). son of Nathaniel (2) 
Danforth. was born in Concord, New Hamp- 
shire, November 5, 1768, and married his first 
wife there, name unknown. After her death 
he left his two children with her family in 
Concord, and went to the Kennebec river, 
[Maine, and settled at China. About 1800 he 
married (second) Ann Doe, who was born in 
China, November 28, 1776. They removed to 
Bangor, and thence to Argyle, Maine, where 
he died January 27. 1861, and his wife died 
January 11, 1834. Children by the first mar- 
riage: I. Rufus, born in Concord, New 
Hampshire, unmarried and blind. 2. Lucy, 
born in Concord, married Evans, of China, 
Maine. Children by second marriage : 3. Na- 
thaniel, married and died in Argyle, and had 
four children : Waldo. Matilda, Addie, and 
P. Dutton, who died in the civil war. 4. 
Sophia, married Thomas Roberts, of How- 
land, ]\Iaine, and had three sons : Thomas, 



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Danforth and Mark. 5. Louisa, married John 
Lamb, of Argyle, and had Rufus and Na- 
thaniel. 6. Dudley D., October 26, 1807, Hv- 
ing 1904, married, April 22, 1841, in Argyle, 
Maria R. Comstock, born April 2, 1823, died 
June 21, 1896, at Prescott, Wisconsin, where 
they removed from Argyle, October, 1854; 
they had seven children : Theodore R., born 
January 28, 1842, died August 30, 1881, at 
Hancock, Minnesota, married May, 1870, Fan- 
nie A. Ferris, of Illinois, and had two sons: 
Jesse and Charlie ; Charles W., May 29, 1843, 
enlisted in army at Prescott, Wisconsin, Au- 
gust 4, 1862, died January 13, 1863, Madison, 
Wisconsin; Maria J., born January 13, 1845, 
married, December 30, 1865, Jack Wilson, of 
Prescott ; Susan D., born June 18, 1852, died 
August 8, 1882, Hancock, Minnesota; Matilda 
\'., born Prescott, August 5, 1856, married, 
January 8, 1879, Frank W. Wilcox; Benja- 
min F., born September 18, 1859, married 
Mary P. Davidson, and had son Victor and 
one daughter, Lucy E., March 11, 1862, Pres- 
cott, where she resided. 7. William Doe, 
August 6, 1812 (see below). 8. Susan, born 
at Argyle, married George Brown, and moved 
to Westfield, New Jersey. 9. Nancy, married 
Ezra Clarke. 10. Lucy, married Gideon 
Clarke. 11. Debora, born in Argyle, married 
Edward Brown, and moved to Elizabeth, New 
Jersey. 

(VI) William Doe, third son of Nathaniel 
(3) and Ann (Doe) Danforth, was born in 
Argyle. Maine, x\ugust 6, 1812, and married 
in Greenbush, Maine, Nancy Jane, daughter 
of Jeremiah and Betsey Abbott, of that place, 
who was born in Farmington, Maine. Jan- 
uary 16, 181 5. and died in Carroll, Maine, 
November, 1880. He died there February 14, 
1893. They had seven children: David W., 
born January 29, 1839 (see below) ; Abigail, 
born in Carroll, May 17, 1842, died Novem- 
ber 26, 1903, in Minnesota; Betsy, born July, 
1844, died in Carroll, March, 1864; Martha 
E., born in Carroll, July 5, 1846, living in 
Peabody, Massachusetts: Charles W., born in 
Carroll, December 4, 1848; Frank E., born 
in Carroll, April 27, 1851 ; John A., born in 
Carroll, March 26, 1853. The last three re- 
side in Carroll. 

(\'II) David Worcester, eldest son of Wil- 
liam Doe and Nancy J. (Abbott) Danforth, 
was born in Greenbush, IMaine, January 29, 
1839. He married, in Carroll, November 28. 
1861, Jeannette M., daughter of Samuel and 
Rachel Peeples. who was born October 17, 
1836, at Steep Creek, Nova Scotia, and died 



at Peabody, Massachusetts, December 25. 
1906, where they had removed in 1893, ^^'^^ 
where her husband now resides. He is en- 
gaged in real estate business, and is a con 
carpenter and builder. Children: i. Waldo 
R., born February 23, 1863, died in Peabody, 
December 2, 1899, married. April 19, 1886, 
Bertha, daughter of Leonard and Vesta Stick- 
ney, born jMarch i, 1865, and had Mabel E., 
died in infancy; Earnest L., died aged fifteen, 
and Roland E., born 1898. \\'aldo R. was a 
machinist and millwright of considerable skill. 
2. \\'ill T., born March 29, 1866, married, 
January 17, 1897. Lima B., daughter of Gard- 
ner and Henrietta Conforth, born March i, 
1872. 3. Albion G., born February 26, 1868. 
4. Harland A., August 8, 1872. 5. Ralph M., 
July 4, 1878. 6. Mattie, May 15, 1881, died 
.\ugust, 1882. 

(Vni) Albion Gates (D. D. S.), third son 
of David W. and Jeannette (Peeples) Dan- 
forth, was born in Carroll, Maine, February 
26, 1868. He attended the public schools and 
Ricker Classical Institute at Houlton, Maine. 
In politics he is a Republican, and is a mem- 
ber of the following societies : Aroostook 
Valley Lodge, No. 88. I. O. O. F.; the local 
lodge. Knights of Pythias ; Caribou lodge, A. 
F. and A. M.; Garfield Royal Arch Chapter 
of Caribou. Dr. Danforth is a graduate of 
the Philadelphia Dental College, class of 1905. 
He practiced dentistry in Caribou, Maine, for 
six years, until failing health compelled a two 
years' rest. He then removed to New York 
City, where he pursues his profession at 55 
West Thirty-ninth street. He married (first) 
in Caribou, 1894, Gertrude M. Briggs, who 
died there October 28, 1895; and (second) in 
Carroll. ]\Iaine, Lulu R., daughter of John and 
Dina Brown, who was born in Carroll, and 
died May 25, 1908, in Tappan, New York, 
where the family resides. Children by first 
marriage : Gertrude Albion, born October 
21, 1895: by second marriage: John Roscoe. 
born in New York City, July 8, 1905, and in- 
fant son. born Mav 19, igo8. 

(VIII) Harland A. (M. D.), fourth son of 
David W. and Jeannette (Peeples) Danforth, 
was born at Carroll, August 8, 1872, and mar- 
ried at Lynn, Massachusetts, May 16, 1907, 
Bessie May, daughter of George and Georgi- 
ana Pinkham, who was born at Lynn, Septem- 
ber 29. 1878. He graduated from Ricker 
Classical Institute, Houlton, Maine, class of 
1896, and L^niversity of \'ermont Medical 
School, class of 1904. Dr. Danforth followed 
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1325 



chusetts, and then removed to Cliftondale, 
Massachusetts, where he has an extensive 
practice. 

(VIII) Ralph M. (D. D. S.), fifth son of 
David W. and Jeannette (Peeples) Danforth, 
was born at Carroll, Maine, July 4, 1878, and 
married in Littleton, North Carolina, May 30, 
1907, Rosa, daughter of Samuel J. and Betty 
Veach, who was born at Warsaw, North Caro- 
lina, October 9, 1877. Dr. Danforth is a 
graduate of Philadelphia Medical College, 
class of 1904, and since that date has been 
practicing dentistry at Lynn, where he resides. 



The Greenwoods of 
GREENWOOD Greenwood Lee, county 

York, England, have 
been located in that place since 1154. The 
name appears to have originated with Richard 
Greenwode, who was pursuant under Richard 
III, and was continued in that office for up- 
wards of ten years by Henry VII. He was 
also "Bailiff of Richmond Fee in the countie 
of NoriTolke." The Myles Greenwood fam- 
ily of Greenwood, Yorkshire, England, were 
doubtless descended from this stock, and the 
progenitors of at least two and probably three 
of the American immigrants was Myles or 
iSIiles Greenwood, a weaver of Greenwood, 
Yorkshire, who was admitted as a citizen of 
Norwich, May 3, 1627, having come to that 
place when very young and apprenticed to 
Josiah Robbs, a worsted weaver. He was the 
son of Myles and Anna (Scott) Greenwood, 
and was baptized in St. Peter's church, Sep- 
tember I, 1600, married Abigaill , and 

died in Norwich, England, in 1658, leaving a 
widow and several children. The coat-of-arms 
of the Greenwoods of Norwich is : "Argent, 
a fesse sable, between three spur-rowles in 
chief and three ducks in base, all of the sec- 
ond." This family arms is cut upon the tomb 
of Nathaniel and his brother Greenwood in 
the Copps Hill burial ground in Boston. Mun- 
sell's American Genealogy credits Miles 
Greenwood as the father of Nathaniel, Sam- 
uel and Thomas Greenwood, the distinctive 
heads of three New England families, and 
each of whom appear in Boston, Massachu- 
setts Bay Colony, about the middle of the 
seventeenth century. That Nathaniel and 
Samuel were his sons is left without doubt, 
but no other authority gives definite place to 
Thomas, and his name" does not appear on 
the English register of the children of Miles 
Greenwood. That he was an Englishman and 
a near relation of the other two immigrants is 
a reasonable supposition. 



(I) Thomas Greenwood, according to 
"Munsell's American Genealogy," the son of 
Miles and Abigaill Greenwood, of Norwich. 
England, first appeared in New England and 
was a weaver in the town of Boston in 1665. 
Munsell gives the date of his birth 1643, which 
birth date places him between the two known 
immigrant sons of Miles Greenwood, younger 
than Nathaniel and older than Samuel. 
Thomas Greenwood removed from the town 
of Boston as early as 1668 and received a 
grant of land in the town of Cambridge, the 
land being located on the south side of the 
Charles river and subsequently included in 
the town of Brookline. He was made a free- 
man by the general court of Massachusetts 
Bay Colony, and was admitted to church mem- 
bership in the South parish of Cambridge in 
1 681. He served the town of Cambridge as 
selectman, town clerk and constable. He was 
married July 8, 1670, to Hannah, daughter of 
John Wood, a freeman of the town of New- 
ton, and they had two children : John, who 
married Hannah, daughter of James Trow- 
bridge, made his home in Newton, where he 
became a prominent citizen, and where seven 
children were born of the marriage, and where 
he died August 29, 1737. Rev. Thomas, born 
January 27, 1673, married Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Noel Wiswell, had six children, and 
died September 7, 1720. Thomas Greenwood 

married as his second wife Abigail , 

and by her had two children : James and 
William. 

(II) William, son of Thomas and Abigail 
Greenwood, was born in Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts Bay Colony, October 14. 1689. He 
married, June 21, 1715. Abigail, daughter of 
John Woodward, of Cambridge, and removed 
to Sherborn about 1725, where he secured a 
considerable grant of land in the new town 
and engaged extensively in business, besides 
carrying on the cultivation of his farm. He 
was a deacon in the church at Sherborn, town 
clerk, selectman and a representative from the 
town in the general court of the colony. Wil- 
liam and Abigail (Woodward) Greenwood 
had at least nine children, their son Joseph 
being the ninth child. William Greenwood 
died in Sherborn. Massachusetts, about 1756. 
(Ill") Joseph, ninth child of William and 
Abigail (Woodward) Greenwood, was bom 
in .Sherborn, Massachusetts, Jun» 10, 1734. 
He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, 
and also employed his spare time in weaving, 
which occupation was an inheritance from his 
father and grandfather. He was married about 
T758 to his cousin Sarah, daughter of lo- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



siah Greenwood. Soon after liis marriage he 
removed to Holden, Alassaclnisetts, and thence 
to Dubhn, New Hampshire, where he became 
a useful and esteemed citizen and the most 
important business man in the town. He 
served at various times as schoohnaster, justice 
of the peace, town clerk, selectman, treasurer 
of the town, and he was sent as a delegate to 
the last Provincial congress of New Hamp- 
shire before the adoption of a state constitu- 
tion. In 1793 he removed to Bethel, Maine, 
where he died December 27, 1825, aged 
ninety-one years. The three sons of Joseph 
and Sarah (Greenwood) Greenwood were: 
Ebenezer, died young. John, born December 
24, 1760, died young. Nathaniel (q. v.). 

(IV) Nathaniel, youngest son of Joseph and 
Sarah (Greenwood) Greenwood, was born 
November 6, 1761, and was brought up in the 
town of Dublin, New Hampshire, where he re- 
ceived his school training. He was married, 
June 24, 1782, to Mary, daughter of Moses 
and Lydia (Knapp) Mason, of Dublin, New 
Hampshire, and in 1793 he removed with his 
own family and that of his father to Bethel, 
Maine, and the three sons by this marriage — 
Ebenezer, Nathaniel Jr. and Thaddeus — set- 
tled in Farmington, Maine. Thaddeus, who 
married Belinda Caldwell, of Hebron, subse- 
quently removed from Farmington to Indus- 
try, Maine, where he died in 1864. His wife 
Mary died in Bethel, February 25, 1825, and 
he was married in 1827 to Abigail Irving, of 
Paris, Alaine, and he had by this second mar- 
riage three children. He subsequently re- 
moved from Bethel to Farmington, where he 
spent the declining years of his life and where 
he died, surrounded by children and grand- 
children, November 7, 1846. 

(V) Nathaniel Jr. (2), second son of Na- 
thaniel (i) and Mary (Mason) Greenwood, 
was born in Dublin, New Hampshire, Decem- 
ber 2^, 1790. When three years old he was 
taken by his parents to Bethel, Maine, where 
he was brought up and where his school ad- 
vantages were very limited. He was, how- 
ever, a studious lad, and by self-instruction 
and reading he became well informed and able 
to take a prominent part in the business world 
in which he lived. He married and removed 
to Farmington, I\Iaine, and in January, 1832, 
purchased a farm in that town, now the prop- 
erty of L. 6. Manter, and he at the same time 
purchased the saw mills located on the Farm- 
ington Falls, where he carried on an extensive 
lumber business, employing a large number of 
men during the winter season in cutting and 
logging, preparatory to the spring freshets and 



summer manufacture of lumber at the mills. 
He was the first to manufacture hogsheads for 
use in the sugar markets of the south, for 
transporting molasses, and affording them at a 
reasonable price by knocking down each hogs- 
head or cask and securing these parts in well 
mowed shooks ready to reform into their 
original forms by inexperienced coopers when 
they reach the sugar plantation and were to be 
used at the cane mills. This device proved 
to be very profitable to both the maker and 
purchaser, and became generally adopted in 
the trade. He also engaged in farming, and 
he served his adopted town in various official 
positions. He was married on May 11, 1815, 
to Huldah, daughter of Jacob and Betty (Fos- 
ter) Howe. Jacob Howe had served in the 
army in the American revolution, and his 
daughter Huldah was born in Maine, May 25, 
1796. Nathaniel Jr. and Huldah (Howe) 
Greenwood had ten children: i. Julia, bom 
in Bethel, Maine, March 14, 1816, married 
George B. Brown, of New Sharon, Maine. 2. 
Mason Knob, July 17, 1818, died December 
9, 1827. 3. Albert Newton, August 14, 1820, 
married Alatilda A. Soule, resides in Fairfield, 
Maine, and has served as county commis- 
sioner. 4. Zina Hyde (q. v.). 5. Alfred Alan- 
son, February 25, 1827, married twice, had six 
children, and resides in Attica, Indiana. 6. 
Marcia Almeda, born March 28, 1829, mar- 
ried three times and has no children living. 7. 
Huldah Jennie, June 17, 1831, died ^larch 28, 
1885. 8. Alma Esther, May 11, 1833, married 
James H. Bullen, had five children, and re- 
sides in Perry, Oklahoma. 9. Charles Mel- 
len, 1834, died 1836. 10. Charles, February 
17, 1837, married Martha A. Prescott, of Hal- 
lowell, Maine, has three children, and was a 
hardware merchant first in Farmington, then 
in Augusta and later in Lewiston, Maine, now 
of Maiden, Massachusetts. Nathaniel Green- 
wood Jr. died in Farmington, Maine, April 
15, 1867, and his widow at the home of her 
son, Zina Hyde, in Farmington, 1892, in the 
ninety-seventh year of her age. 

(VI) Zina Hyde, third son of Nathaniel 
Jr. (2) and Huldah (Howe) Greenwood, was 
born in Bethel, Maine, September 21, 1824, 
He was educated in the excellent public 
schools of Farmington, learned the trade of 
carpenter and builder, worked at his trade in 
Augusta, Maine, upto 1854, and became an 
expert bridge builde'r in Farmington, being 
appointed by the town authorities to superin- 
tend the building of the large bridges that 
were yearly severely tested and frequently de- 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



1327 



to the tow 11, the reconstruction of some of the 
bridges costing many thousand dollars. He 
conducted a fire insurance business in Farm- 
ington from 1854 up to 1893, but was forced 
to find more active employment for the pres- 
ervation of his health. He purchased the farm 
owned by Jesse Butterfield Jr., and became a 
farmer and bridge builder. He also engaged 
in canning sweet corn for the market, and 
has formed a company, erected a large can- 
ning establishment and carried on a very use- 
ful and profitable business known as the 
Sandy River Packing Company. This addi- 
tional care obliged him to leave the farm in 
1885, and he purchased in 1887 nine acres of 
the Stewart farm on High street, and on this 
estate erected a handsome and substantial resi- 
dence and sold building lots to home seekers 
who were willing to improve and beautify the 
neighborhood. He served as selectman of the 
town for seven years, 1865-68 and 1876-77. 
He was made a life member of the Franklin 
County Agricultural Society and of the Maine 
State Agricultural Society. He was married 
November 8, 1849. to Emily Merrill, daugh- 
ter of Isaac and Sarah (Bradbury) Fellows, 
of Athens, Maine, born June 11, 1829. Zina 
Hyde and Emily M. (Fellows) Greenwood 
had six children: i. Edward, born November 
17, 1850, married Emma R. Dutton ; he has 
charge of the railroad shops at Phillips, Maine. 
2. Albert Mellen. February 2, 1853, married 
Affie yi. Sanborn, June 22, 1882; he was a 
jeweller in Phillips, Maine, now resides in 
Farmington. 3. (Drville Short, July 14, 1855, 
married Cora L. Prescott, and has three chil- 
dren: Mildred Francis, born January 5, 1883 ; 
Philip Prescott, October 9, 1884; Fred Al- 
bert, April 19, 1887. 4. Chester (q. v.). 5. 
Lizzie A., April 13, 1861, graduated at State 
Normal school and became a professional 
teacher. 6. Emilie, June 28, 1863, educated in 
the public and high schools, and engaged in 
preparatory gardening, bedding plants under 
glass for market gardens up to igo6. 

( VH) Chester, son of Zina Hyde and Emily 
M. (Fellows) Greenwood, was born in Farm- 
ington, Maine, December 4, 1858. He was 
educated in the Farmington public school and 
Wilton Academy. He patented an ear pro- 
tector, which he devised w'hen fifteen years 
old and patented when seventeen. It came into 
almost universal use, and to meet the demand 
of the trade he manufactured the protector 
on a large scale, first on the farm near Farm- 
ington and in 1883 moved the industry to 
West Farmington ; in 1887 he erected a large 
building for the purpose in Centre Milage, 



whicii he gave up in 1901 to take possession 
of a large brick factory which he had erected 
on Depot street. He invented his own machin- 
ery, and the factory continued to turn out 
sixty thousand pairs annually, and of late years 
as high as eighty thousand, the business being 
conducted as Chester Greenwood & Company. 
He organized the Franklin Independent Tele- 
phone Company, and was made president and 
manager of the corporation, and shortly after 
he negotiated a sale of the property to the 
Rockland Telephone Company. He is also 
largely interested as owner and trustee of val- 
uable and profitable real estate. He is a Pro- 
hibitionist in pc)litical faith, and a member of 
Franklin Lodge, No. 58, Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows, of Farmington. He was 
married October 12, 1884, to Sarah Isabel 
Whittier, of Chesterville, Maine. She is a 
daughter of Phineas Whittier, an extensive 
farmer and orchardist, and at one time known 
as the "Apple King" of Maine. The children 
of Chester and Sarah Isabel (Whittier) 
Greenwood are: i. Lester C, born July 28, 
1885, graduated at Dartmouth College, A.B., 
1908, and at once entered Institute of Tech- 
nology, Boston, in naval architecture and 
marine engineering. 2. Donald Whittier, Feb- 
ruary 17, 1887, matriculated at Dartmouth 
with the class of 1910. 3. Vodisa E., Octo- 



ber 



1888, matriculated at Smith College, 



class of 1912. 4. Clinton W., February 6, 
1893, a sophomore at Brewster Free Academy. 



The tradition of this family 
ELDER states that the early ancestors 
were Scotch and went to Ireland 
in the time of the great exodus from the for- 
mer to the latter country in the seventeenth 
century. The name Elder is from the Anglo- 
Saxon ealdor, meaning older or senior, and 
the earliest progenitor of the family, as well 
as the name, may have come from some point 
south of the Scotch border. 

(I) Samuel and Robert Elder, brothers, 
came from Ireland, one authority says from 
Londonderry, another says Artmore, county 
of Antrim, in the north of Ireland. Robert 
settled at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and Samuel 
made his settlement at Presumpscot Falls, in 
the year 1729, at which time a company of 
Scotch-Irish came to this state. In 1743 Sam- 
uel removed to Windham, then called New 
Marblehead, where he purchased home lots 
Nos. 45 and 46, and there he and his son Wil- 
liam made themselves a "Dubble house," as 
was sometimes done by well-to-do settlers. 
The ordinary house of pioneer days consisted 



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STATE QF MAINE. 



of a single room built (generally) of logs. 
The double house had two such rooms, and a 
space between them roofed and floored, but 
having no outer walls. This middle space was 
a very handy and comfortable place to work 
in warm weather. Samuel Elder married a 
Huston, by whom he had seven children: i. 
^Margaret, born in Ireland, married (first) 
1752, Samuel Watts; (second) November 9, 
1759, Isaac Gilkey, of Gorham. 2. William, 
mentioned below. 3. Isaac, born in Falmouth, 
January 19, 1739, married, October 16, 1761, 
Mary Hunnewell. 4. Elizabeth, born in Fal- 
mouth, 1741, married, July 23, 1761, Simon 
Huston, who moved in 1763 to Gorham, and 
died there. 5. Eunice, born 1745, married, 
January i, 1767, Gary McLellan, of Gorham. 
6. Samuel, born August 29, 1748, married 
(first) March 3, 1774, Hannah Freeman; 
(second) Mary Graffam. 7. Jane, whose date 
of birth is not known, married Eleazer Chase, 
of Standish, Maine, and settled in Windham, 
where she died. 

(II) William, eldest son of Samuel and 

■ ■ (Huston) Elder, was born in Ireland, 

and was brought in early childhood to Maine 
bv his parents. He married Mary Akers, and 
they lived and died in the "Dubble house," 
which stood on the River road, near the spot 
where Caleb Elder later lived, in the south 
part of Windham. They had twelve children : 
I. John, born August 20, 1752, married Re- 
becca Grafifam. 2. William, February ig, 
1754, married Keziah Hanson. 3. Prudence, 
June 30, 1756, died July 9, 1756. 4 and 5. 
Joseph and .Samuel, twins, July 26, 1757, Jo- 
seph married Hannah LeGrow ; Samuel died 
April 10, 1758. 6. Prudence, May 31, 1759, 
married Thomas Craig. 7. Samuel, March 
18, 1761, died March 30, 1761. 8. Reuben, 
June 22, 1762, married Elizabeth Huston. 9. 
Rebecca, August 27, 1764, married James 
Webb. ID. Charles, June 29, 1767, married 
Betsey Kingsbury. 11. Silas, March 2, 1789, 
married Abigail Chesley. 12. Isaac, next men- 
tioned. 

(III) Isaac, youngest child of William and 
Mary (Akers) Elder, was born December 9, 
1770, died December 3, 1844. He settled in 
East Windham, and cleared a farm of one 
hundred acres, the title of which has never 
since been out of the Elder name. The house 
he built on this farm is still standing, some- 
what modernized in its appearance, it is true, 
but many of its rooms remaining as he fin- 
ished them and the wooden cornice in the par- 
lor, around its upper part, remains exactly as 
he made it. In recognition of the fact that 



they were Scotch-Irish, and that their an- 
cestor, Samuel the emigrant, came directly 
from Ireland, the neighborhood and school 
district in which Isaac Elder cleared his farm 
and lived, was called Ireland, while the neigh- 
borhood next south, for similar reasons, was 
called Scotland, both of these localities retain- 
ing their respective names to-day. Isaac El- 
der married (first) Hannah Chesley, born 
July 12, 1792, died June 2, 1798. He married 
(second) Mary Jackson, born April 23, 1778, 
died July 11, 1832. By his first wife he had 
four children: i. Joseph, born February 18, 
1792, married Ruth Quint, and settled in An- 
son, Maine. 2. Mary, December 30, 1793, 
married, June 3, 1830, Major William Smith. 
3. Charles, December i, 1795, married Esther 
Lowry. 4. Rhea, November 8, 1797, married 
Harriet Fields. By his second wife, Mary 
Jackson, the children were as follows: i. 
Hannah, September 9, 1799, married Amos 
LeGrow. 2. Eleanor, February 16, 1801, died 
unmarried. 3. Betsey, November 17, 1802, 
married Ezekiel Mayberry. 4. Lydia, April 
8, 1905, died unmarried. 5. Richard Jackson, 
mentioned below. 6. Frances, born August 4, 
1810, married Edward Mayberry. 7. Esther 
A., May 25, 1813, married John E. Kemp. 8. 
Jane B., November 28, 1817, married Peter 
Craig. 9. Catherine, June 6, 1820, married 
Ebenezer Field. 

(IV) Richard Jackson, only son of Isaac 
and Mary (Jackson) Elder, was born in 
Windham, July 11, 1807, and died in Wind- 
ham, in the same house in which he was born, 
February i, 1877. He received a common 
school education, and devoted himself to culti- 
vating the soil and was a farmer in comfort- 
able circumstances. He was industrious, loved 
his home and had no use for secret societies. 
He was progressive in politics, kept abreast of 
public thought, and was a strong supporter of 
Lincoln and his war policy. He married 
(first) Roxcillana Washburn, born in Hebron, 
Maine, February 28, 1810, daughter of 
Stephen Washburn, of Hebron. She died in 
Windham, June 11, 1866. Stephen Wash- 
burn, a miller by trade, moved from Bridge- 
water, Massachusetts, to Hebron, Maine. He 
married Betsey Record, by whom he had 
Anna, 1792; Betsey, 1794; Stephen, 1796; 
Calvin, 1798: Luther, 1800; Otis, 1802; Hulda. 
1804; Thankful, 1806; and Mercy, 1806 
(twins). The children by his second wife 
were: Ruth, born in 1809; Roxcillana, 1810; 
Isaac, 1812 ; and Lovisa. Ruth married 

(first) Washburn; (second) Zacariah 

Field. Roxcillana, married Richard J. Elder. 




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Isaac, married Cynthia Stevens. Lovisa, mar- 
ried James Hadlock. Ruth had by second 
husband: James, who was drowned while 
young; Ellen who married Albert Libby, and 
Georgia, who died unmarried. Isaac had 
Charles, who died leaving no issue ; Emma, 
who married Warren Dorman, and had one 
child, Nellie W. Dorman ; Lovisa died leaving 
eight children. Richard J. Elder married 
(second) Adah S. Elder, widow of Peter El- 
der, who was born in 1805 and died in Lynn, 
Massachusetts, in 1895. Children of Richard 
J. and Roxcillana (Washburn) Elder were: 
I. Cynthia Jane, born December 14, 1838, mar- 
ried Jordan McLellan and died January 2, 
1894. They had: i. Stephen, died young; 
ii. ^linnie E., married Clarance Rolfe, and has 
five children : Luther Wiswel, born Novem- 
ber 18, 1883; Jennie Gertrude, August. 1885; 
Iris Ola, 1887; j\Iona Ball and Guy Ellsworth, 
ii. Lana, married William McLellan, and died 
in 1894, leaving five children, Mamie Gertrude, 
November 29, 1833, Jordan Elmo, 1885, Edna 
P., 1888, Bessie. 1890, and Ruby Lana, 1894. 
iii. Guy Richard, died young, iv. Wesley 
Mayberry, married Maud Barrows and has 
two children, Horace and Cynthia. 2. Isaac, 
born March 6, 1840, died March 24, 1846. 3. 
Stephen Washburn, born June 30, 1841, died 
February 5, 1843. 4. Mary Lovisa, born Feb- 
ruary 19, 1843, died unmarried, April 9, 1878. 
5. Almeda Louisa, born March 29, 1844, died 
single. May 26. i860. 6. Stephen Washburn, 
born June 2, 1845, enlisted in the Twenty-fifth 
Regiment, Maine Volunteers, when but six- 
teen years old, served his term of enlistment 
and was honorably discharged. He learned 
the carpenter's trade and worked in Boston 
and Portland ; then went to San Francisco, 
where he carried on a large business as house 
carpenter, contractor and builder, returning 
to Portland in 1879; ^^ married Lucetta F. 
LeGrow and settled in Portland, where he con- 
tinued his business. He died May 18, 1908, 
leaving one child, Cona Bertrand, who mar- 
ried Lizzie Smith, and with his mother con- 
tinues to live in Portland. 7. Isaac L., men- 
tioned below. 8. Ellen Maria, born Septem- 
ber 16, 1850, died March 31, 1851. 9. Elva 
Roselett. born August 7, 1851, began teach- 
ing at the age of fourteen, teaching in the 
towns of Windham, Westbrook, Falmouth, 
Orrington and Brewer ; she was assistant prin- 
cipal of Hampden Academy for one year and 
then went to San Francisco, where siic LaugnL 
in the public schools of that city for twenty- 
five years and then returned to Portland, 
where she is living with her brother Isaac. 



Elva R. graduated from Westbraok Seminary 
in the class of 1894. She was never married. 
(V) Isaac Luther, fourth son of Richard J. 
and Roxcillana (Washburn) Elder, was born 
in Windham, July 27, 1849. He attended the 
public schools in Windham and Westbrook 
Seminary, graduating from the seminary in 
the class of 1868. He entered Bowdoin Col- 
lege in 1869, and graduated in the class of 
1873. He acquired his higher education by 
dint of his own efforts, teaching school during 
the time in Falmouth, Windham, Westbrook 
and Bristol, and after graduation at Orring- 
ton for two years was principal of Hampden 
Academy. During a portion of the time he 
was put to much inconvenience by reason of 
trottble with his eyes, often suffering ex- 
tremely, and during his college course, for a 
period of six months, he was unable to use 
them at all, not reading a line of print in a 
book. But he was energetic and determined, 
and succeeded in securing his diploma with 
his class, in spite of all the obstacles which 
hindered but could not stop his progress. In 
1875 Mr. Elder entered the ofiice of Strout & 
Gage of Portland to read law, and in Octo- 
ber, 1877, passed his examination and was 
admitted to the bar of the supreme court. 
Soon afterwards he began the practice of law 
in Portland, where he has since built up a 
successful business. Politically Mr. Elder has 
been a lifelong supporter of the Republican 
party. From 1894 to 1896 he was city solici- 
tor of Deering, and from 1893 to 1897 judge 
of the Deering municipal court, when he re- 
signed because of his private business. From 
1902 to 1906 he was chairman of the Cumber- 
land County Republican committee. Since 
1896 he has been on the board of trustees of 
Westbrook Seminary. His ]\Iasonic standing 
is as follows : Made a Mason in Presumpscot 
Lodge, No. 127, at Windham; joined Deering 
Lodge, No. 183, Free and Accepted Masons, 
of which he is a past master; Mount Vernon 
Royal Arch Chapter, No. i ; Portland Com- 
mandery, No. 2, Knights Templar; Portland 
Council, No. i. Royal and Select Masters; 
and Deering Chapter, order of the Eastern 
Star. He is also a member of Fraternity 
Lodge, No. 6, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 51, Knights of 
Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor. He 
is also a past grand representative, past dep- 
uty errand chanc^'iiu. , past grand chancellor 
ana past supreme representative in that order. 
He is also a member of Cumberland Lodge, 
No. 45, New England Order of Protection, 
and Presumpscot Grange, No. 27, Patrons of 



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Husbandr}-, of which he is a past master. For 
many years Mr. Elder has Hved, first in the 
town of Deering, then the city of Deering, 
and then Ward 8, in the city of Portland, on 
Dalton street, Pearl street and finally on 
Coyle street, in one house which he built and 
from which he has never moved. 

Isaac L. Elder married (first) at Windham, 
October 31, 1875, Georgia A. Starbird, born 
in Gray, November 10, 1846, daughter of El- 
lery H. and Olive Ann (Wilson) Starbird, of 
Falmouth. ]\lr. Starbird was born in Gray 
and moved to Falmouth, where he was a far- 
mer, teacher, surveyor, and one of the lead- 
ing citizens for forty j-ears ; about 1878 he re- 
moved to Gray, where he died. Mr. Elder 
died in Deering, August 3, 1897, and was 
buried in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. Elder 
married (second) in Portland, October 18, 
1902, Mary Elizabeth, born in Standish, June 
28, 1849, daughter of William H. and Alary 
Jane (Hamlin) Moody, of Standish, and 
widow of Benjamin A. LeGrow. The chil- 
dren, both by first wife, were : i. Olive Marie, 
born November 2, 1879, graduated from 
Westbrook Seminary in the class of 1895 and 
entered Colby University. Unable by reason 
of ill health of entering upon her studies at the 
University, she spent several years in Cali- 
fornia and the west in a vain efifort to regain 
her health, finally returning to her father's 
house in Portland, where in 1904 she died and 
was buried in Evergreen cemetery, at the age 
of twenty-seven years. Ollie Marie was never 
married. 2. Harold Starbird, born June 24, 
1884, was taught by his mother until able to 
enter Westbrook Seminary, where he gradu- 
ated in the class of 1902, entering Bowdoin 
College, graduating from that institution in 
the class of 1906, and is now a student in his 
father's office. In college both father and son 
were members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon, a 
Greek letter fraternity, and both are members 
of Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 51, Knights of 
Pythias. 



The surname Babson is of an- 
BABSON cient English origin, derived 

like Robson, Batson, Watson, 
Jackson, from abbreviated personal names. 
The family has never been numerous in the 
mother country. The author of the history of 
Gloucester, Massachusetts, a learned man, and 
perhaps the most prominent of the American 
family, searched at the registrar-general's 
office in London and found no recent traces of 
the family in the L'nited Kingdom. Tradition 
in one branch of the American familv grave 



the English home as Bristol, but the records 
he examined showed no trace of the name. It 
is possible that the name is the same as Bat- 
son. 

( I ) James Babson and wife Isabel, together 
with infant son James, left England with a 
party of emigrants for the United States. On 
the trip over James died. Isabel Babson, 
widow, was the first of the name in America, 
and she and her only son James are progeni- 
tors of all of the name in this country. She 
was a mid-wife and nurse at Gloucester, 
Massachusetts. She had several grants of 
land, of which the earliest was in 1644. Even 
before this grant she bought a lot of Mr. Mil- 
ward, known as the Ashley lot, two acres, part 
of which is now the site of 73 and -jj Front 
street, which she left to her son James, valued 
at twenty-seven pounds, six shillings. The 
place remained in the Babson family a hun- 
dred and fifty years. She died at Gloucester, 
April 6, 1661, aged about eighty-four years, 
indicating that her birth-year was 1577. James 
appears to be her only child, although tradi- 
tion says there was a son John. 

(II) James (2), son of James (O and Isa- 
bel Babson, was born in England about 
1620-25. His age is given as about thirty in a 
deposition dated 1663, but he was married as 
early as 1647 and grantor in a deed of that 
year, and must have reached his majority. He 
settled in Little Good Harbor, Gloucester, and 
was a cooper by trade, making barrels for the 
fishermen, etc. He had a small farm also. 
The town granted December 23. 1658, twelve 
acres of fresh meadow lying above the mill, 
and twenty acres of upland lying alongside it. 
On this grant he settled and it finally passed 
into the hands of his son-in-law, Thomas 
Witham, husband of his daughter Abigail, and 
it has remained in the Witham family to the 
present generation. He died December 21, 
1683. His will was dated December 4, 1683, 
and proved March 25, 1684, bequeathing to 
wife Elinor, son John and other children, 
making his son Philip executor. The in- 
ventory of his estate amounted to one hundred 
and eleven pounds, sixteen shillings, an aver- 
age estate for his day. He married, Novem- 
ber 16, 1647, Elinor Hill, at Gloucester, who 
died March 14, 1714, aged eighty-three years, 
sister of Zebulon Hill, who came from Bristol, 
England. Children, all born at Gloucester : 
I. James, born September 29, 1648. 2. Elinor, 
June 13, 165 1. 3. Philip, October 15, 1654, 
settled in Salem, married Hannah Baker, Oc- 
tober 22, i68g; had daughter Anna, who mar- 
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1656-57, died 1676. 5. Thomas, May 21, 1658, 
soldier in King Philip's war. 6. John, Novem- 
ber 27, 1660, married, 1686, Dorcas Ehvell, 
had grant at Strattsmouth in 1695 to set up 
fishing; both he and wife died 1737; iiad nine 
children. 7. Richard. June i. 1663, mentioned 
below. 8. Elizabeth, October 8, 1665. 9. 
Ebenezer, February 8, 1668, a notorious char- 
acter, called by Cotton Mather a "playmate of 
the devil." 10. Abigail, 1670. 

(III) Richard, son of James (2) Babson, 
was born June i, 1663, at Gloucester. He 
married (first) Mary Jane Reading, \yho died 
February 14, 1718, aged fifty-four years. He 
married (second) October 14, 1718, Jane 
Reading, probably widow of John Reading. 
He was a mariner or coaster and may have 
removed to Falmouth, Maine, before 1727. as 
a deed conveying his house and land at Fresh 
Water Cove to his son John for thirty-four 
pounds was acknowledged at that place Octo- 
ber 10, 1720. He had ten daughters and one 
son. Five of the daughters lived to marry. 
Of the son John, mentioned below, there are 
many descendants. 

(IV) John, son of Richard Babson, was 
born July 9, 1687. He had the homestead of 
his father at Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester. 
He married, August 20, 171 1, Hannah Hodg- 
kins. Children: i. Thomas, born and died 
1712. 2. John, born 1713, married (first) Jan- 
uary II, 1739; (second) December 2, 1756, 
Abigail Allen, perhaps widow of John, and 
(third) March 20. 1771, Anne Savery ; he re- 
sided in what is known as the old Garrison 
House on Back street and died March, 1797, 
aged eighty-four years ; son Samuel settled in 
Lincoln, Massachusetts. 4. Samuel (twin), 
June 12, 1715. 5. Solomon (twin), June 12, 
1715, married, November 9, 1739, Elizabeth 
Parsons, probably daughter of John : had six 
daughters, and three sons. Solomon, John and 
Zebulon. 6. Philip. July 29. 1719. marrietl, 
July 24, 1744, Mary Elwell. 7. William, Octo- 
ber 18, 1721, married (first) July 24, 1744. 
Mary Williams; (second) Elizabeth Choate. 
8. Joseph, mentioned below. Others died 
young. 

(V) Joseph, son of John Babson. was born 
in Gloucester, July 18, 1732, died in Brooklin, 
Maine, January 15, 1815. In November, 1773, 
he removed to Naskeag (now Brooklin), 
Maine, where he was active in repulsing the 
encroachments of the British upon the terri- 
tory about Castine when it was occupied by 
them during the revolutionary war. and also 
upon their occupancy of Castine during the 



war of 1812; during that war he was captain 
and owner of privateer and captured at Cas- 
tine after having captured a vessel loaded 
with supplies for the British army. He mar- 
ried Martha Sonfes, June 12, 1755. Children: 
Joseph, born December 6. 1756, died in New- 
buryport, .April I, 1843; Martha, Abram, Eliz- 
abeth, Susanna, John, mentioned below ; 
James, born at Xaskeag. 1775, died 1863. 

(\'I) John (2), son of Joseph Babson, was 
born in Gloucester, December 11, 1768. He 
married Emma Brown. They lived in Brook- 
lin, Maine. Children, probably not in order 
of birth : John W., Sivilian, mentioned be- 
low ; Samuel Brown, mentioned below ; James 
Madison, Elizabeth, Sophia, Susan and 
Louisa. 

(VH) Captain Sivilian. son of John (2) 
Babson, was born in Brooklin, Maine, 1810, 
and died in Brookville, Maine, in 1888. He 
was educated in the public schools. Early in 
his youth he began to go to sea and he was 
mariner until 1873. when he retired. He be- 
came a master mariner when a young man 
and commanded his own vessel and owned his 
cargoes for many years. He traded between 
Boston and Baltimore to the south and to St. 
John, New Brunswick, to the northward. Dur- 
ing the civil war he owned several vessels 
chartered by the govenmient for transports. 
In politics Captain Babson was a Republican. 
He married Abbie Perkins, born in Penob- 
scot, Maine, 1823, died 1904. Children: I. 
Emma F., born 1849. died in 1863. 2. George 
Jay, born 1855, mentioned below. 3. Edwin 
P., born 1857, merchant at Blue Hill. Maine, 
married Rose A. Billings ; child. Mabel. 4. 
Clara P., born 1868. married William H. 
Chadbourne. of East Waterford. Maine ; raises 
fancy cattle and is a lumberman; children: i. 
Fred Chadbourne and Philip Chadbourne. 

( VIII) George Jay. son of Captain Sivilian 
Babson. was born in Brooksville. Maine. 1855. 
He was educated in the public schools of 
Brooksville. Maine, and at the State Normal 
school, Castine, Maine. He taught school for 
a time, then traveled through the west buying 
wool. He came to Foxcroft, Maine, in 1887, 
and was engaged in merchandizing and lum- 
ber business, and built up a large and flourish- 
ing business which was incorporated in 1907 
as Babson & Company. He married (first) 
in 1885, Lillian A. Perkins, born in Penob- 
scot, daughter of Horace Perkins. He mar- 
ried (second) in 1900, Jessie Oakes, born in 
Sangerville. daughter of William P. and Edith 
(Lewis) Oakes, of Foxcroft. Child of first 



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wife: Horace P., born June 19, 1889. Chil- 
dren of second wife : Keith O., born June 13, 
1901 ; George Jay Jr., August 2, 1905. 

(VII) Samuel Brown, son of John Babson, 
was born in Brooklin, Maine. October 2, 1812. 
Married Nancy Tapley, born Brooksville, 
Maine, March 29, 1811. Children: John 
Walker, mentioned below. Albert M., bom 
December 18. 1844, died July 31, 1848. James 
A., born November 7, 1847, died November 
4, 1889. 

(VIII) John Walker, son of Samuel Brown 
Babson, was born in Brooksville, Hancock 
county, Maine, August 15, 1835. He attended 
the local schools, Blue Hill Academy and the 
academy at Kent's Hill. He served as post- 
master of the town of Brooksville from 1856 
to 1859; appointed clerk to Hannibal Hamlin, 
vice-president of the United States in 1861 
and served in the United States capitol until 
1866, when he was transferred to the pension 
bureau and made deputy commissioner of 
pensions in 1869; in 1872 was transferred to 
the United States patent office and appointed 
chief of the issue and gazette division, which 
position he held for more than thirty-five 
years. A staunch Republican in politics, he 
has served as chairman of the county com- 
mittee four years. He is a member of B. B. 
French Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, 
Washington," D. C, 1866; National Geo- 
graphic Society; East Washington Citizens' 
Association ; Anthropological Society, and a 
director of the Board of Trade of Washing- 
ton, D. C. He married (first) November 5, 
1855, at Bangor, Maine, Louise A. Tibbetts, 
born in Brooklin, Maine, March 14, 1838. 
Married (second) September i, 1868, in Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, Eliza A. Tibbetts, born in 
Brooksville, Maine, February 8, 1838, daugh- 
ter of Noah N. and Elvina (Norton) Tib- 
betts, who were the parents of six other chil- 
dren : Elvina, Clara, Lydia, Minnie, Noah 
and James; Noah N. Tibbetts was a sea cap- 
tain for more than forty years. Children of 
first wife: i. May Winifred, born Brooks- 
ville, August 3, 1856, married, 1877, Dr. Wil- 
liam B. French at Washington, D. C. 2. Ab- 
bie Nancy, Brooksville, November 28, 1857, 
died October 2, 1861. 3. Eugene St. L., 
Brooksville, February 4, 1861, died February 
I, 1888. Children of second wife: 4. Rosie 
Myrtle, Washington, D. C, June 29, 1869, 
died March 8, 1904. 5. Don Hamlin, Wash- 
ington, D. C, January 19, 1871, died same 
day. 6. John Walker, Washington, D. C, 
April 22, 1876, educated in public schools and 
high school of Washington, graduating from 



the latter institution in 1893; immediately en- 
gaged in business with the Norris Peters Com- 
pany, lithographers, where he has gradually 
w-orked his way to the front until now he is 
secretary of the corporation. In 1899 he mar- 
ried Mary Elizabeth Halley in Washington, 
D. C. ; children: Isabel, Berwyn B., Beulah 
Louise and John W., the third. 7. Bertha 
Belle, Brooksville, August 28, 1878, died 
June 7, 1889. 8. Berwyn, Washington, D. C, 
July 27, 1879, died December 30, 1884. 



Occasionally one finds a name 
DEARTH so unusual that it seems to be 

in a class by itself. In such 
cases it is not unreasonable to suppose that 
the form under consideration may be a modi- 
fication, brought about either by accident or 
design, of some patronymic more widely dis- 
tributed. In this case it is possible that Dearth 
may be derived from Death, a surname rather 
uncommon in this country, but still more nu- 
merously found than Dearth. The family of 
Dearth appears to be non-existent in England, 
and in America it has been traced to but two 
localities outside of Maine. One Thomas 
Dearth, born March 26, 1777, lived at Brim- 
field, Massachusetts, where he married Me- 
hitable Bliss. Henry Golden Dearth, born at 
Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1863, is an artist of 
repute, and a member of the American Na- 
tional Academy. He is probably a descend- 
ant of Captain Golden Death who lived at 
Bristol in the early part of the nineteenth cen- 
tury and was part owner of a privateer during 
the war of 181 2. 

(I) Leonard Dearth was born at Sherborn, 
Massachusetts, in 1792, and died at East 
Sangerville, Maine, in 1880. In early life he 
moved from Massachusetts to Sangerville, and 
cleared the land where he spent the remainder 
of his days, and where all his children were 
born. Leonard Dearth married Fannie Cars- 
ley of Sangerville, and their children were: 
Freeman D., Leander, Henry L., Mercy, Hul- 
dah and Rebecca. 

(II) Freeman Daniel, youngest son of 
Leonard and Fannie (Carsley) Dearth, was 
born at Sangerville, Maine, about 1829, and 
died in that town in 1886. He was educated 
in the common schools and at Foxcroft Acad- 
emy. He was a farmer all his life and lived 
and died on the old home place, which his 
father had cleared and where he himself was 
born. He was a Republican in politics, and a 
member of the Methodist church. About 1853 
Freeman Daniel Dearth married Mary B. 
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(Knowlton) Spooner, of Sangerville, Maine. 
(See Spooner, VI). Freeman D. and Mary 
B. (Spooner) Dearth had children: Elwin, 
deceased; Charles F. and Amelia E. (twins), 
the former of Foxcroft and the latter of Bos- 
ton ; Leonard, of California: Albert E. and 
Alice (twins), the former of Lowell and the 
latter deceased; Freeman Daniel, mentioned 
below : Elbridge H., of Lowell ; Huldah H. 
(Mrs. Warnell), deceased; Asa E., of Lowell; 
Arthur L., of Boston; Gertrude M., of Dex- 
ter ; Blanche E., of Boston. 

(IIL) Freeman Daniel (2), fifth son of 
Freeman Daniel (i) and Mary B. (Spooner) 
Dearth, was born at Sangerville, Maine, April 
16, 1861. He obtained his preliminary edu- 
cation in the public schools, at Foxcroft Acad- 
emy, from which he was graduated in 1881, 
and at the Maine Central Institute, from 
which he was graduated in 1883. He entered 
Bowdoin College, from which he took his de- 
gree in 1887. After graduation he became the 
principal of the high school at Castine and 
also taught school at Bolton, Alassachusetts, 
for one year. He was then appointed to a 
government position in the railway mail ser- 
vice on the route between Bangor and Green- 
ville, and also between Bangor and Vance- 
boro. While holding these positions he be- 
gan reading law and studied in the office of 
Crosby & Crosby at Dexter. He was admit- 
ted to the Maine bar in 1896. He opened a 
law office in Dexter on November 16 of that 
year, and has been in successful general prac- 
tice there ever since. He is a Republican in 
politics, and has for three years served as 
judge of the municipal court. He resigned 
this office in order to accept that of postmaster, 
to which he was appointed in 1900. Mr. 
Dearth takes an active part in the afifairs of 
the town, and holds many positions of trust. 
He is a member of the board of trustees of 
the Abbott Memorial Library, is a director of 
the First National Bank, and has been chair- 
man of the school board. He belongs to 
Bedivere Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Dex- 
ter; and to Penobscot Lodge, No. 39, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons, also to the East- 
ern Star. He attends the Universalist church. 



This family is descended 
SPOONER from the Spooners of Ply- 
mouth and Dartmouth, Mas- 
sachusetts, who were among the first settlers 
in the last named town, and figured quite 
prominently in the early history of that sec- 
tion of Bristol county. One of the most 
notable representatives of the family was the 



Hon. Walter Spooner, a staunch revolution- 
ary patriot, and descendants of the original 
settler are scattered through the New Eng- 
land and other states. 

(I) William Spooner, the first of the name 
on this side of the ocean, probably arrived in 
New England from the mother country in 
1637, locating in Plymouth, and as he is first 
mentioned in the records of that town as an 
apprentice, it may be inferred that he was a 
minor. He was admitted a freeman in 1654 
and resided in Plymouth until about the year 
1660, when he removed to that part of Dart- 
mouth which is now Acushnet. He died at 
Dartmouth, 1684. He married (first) Eliza- 
beth Partridge, who died April 28, 1648. Mar- 
ried (second) March 18, 1652, Hannah, 
daughter of Joshua Pratt. His children were : 
John, Sarah, Samuel, Martha, William, Isaac, 
Hannah, Mercy and Ebenezer. 

(II) Samuel, elder son of William Spooner 
and his second wife, Hannah (Pratt) Spooner, 
was born, probably at Plymouth, Massachu- 
setts, January 14, 1655, and died at Dart- 
mouth, IMassachusetts, in 1739. When Sam- 
uel was five years old, his father removed to 
the new settlement of Acushnet in the Dart- 
mouth purchase, and the son spent all of his 
long life in that place or the immediate neigh- 
borhood. He inherited lands from his father, 
and his homestead contained one hundred and 
four acres and a half "Situate and being on 
ye eastward side of Acooshnet river." Sam- 
uel Spooner was constable in 1680 and also in 
1684, served on the grand and petit juries, 
and held other positions of trust. He and his 
brother John, with others of the Dartmouth 
proprietors, were successful defendants in 
suits brought by Zachary Allin, William 
Wood and others in 1684 and 1686. Samuel 
Spooner's will was dated September 27. 1731, 
and proven February 19, 1739. In it he pro- 
vides for his wife and eleven children ; but the 
provisions of the will indicate that he had 
already divided a considerable portion of his 
estate among the latter. About 1688 Samuel 
Spooner married Experience, daughter of 
Daniel Wing, and his second wife, Anna 
( Ewer) Wing. Daniel Wing came from Eng- 
land with his parents in 1632 and settled in 
Sandwich, Massachusetts, where he was sev- 
eral times fined for being a Quaker. On four 
of these occasions he was obliged to pay five 
pounds, and at another time ten. Experience 
(Wing) Spooner was born August 4, 1668, 
and was living in 1731. To her and her hus- 
band, Samuel Spooner, were born eleven chil- 
dren : William, February 13, 1689; Mary, 



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January 4. 1691, married Caleb Peckham ; 
Samuel, February 4, 1693 ; Daniel, whose 
sketch follows; Seth, January 31, 1695; Han- 
nah, January 27, 1697; Jashub, November 13, 
1698: Anna, April 18, 1700; Experience, June 
19, 1702; Beulah, June zj, 1705, married John 
Spooner; Wing, April 30, 17 — . 

(Ill) Daniel, third son of Samuel and Ex- 
perience (Wing) Spooner, was born Feb- 
ruary 28, 1694, at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 
and died at Petersham, that state, in 1797. He 
went from Dartmouth to Newport, Rhode Is- 
land, where he was admitted a freeman of the 
colony in May, 1732, and where he carried on 
the business of house carpentry in company 
with his brother. Wing Spooner. After a 
time Daniel returned to New Bedford, but he 
removed to Hardwick prior to June 16, 1748. 
In a deed of July 14, 1750, he is describetl 
as of Nichewoag (Petersham), but he moved 
there more than a year earlier, because on 
April 2, 1749, Daniel Spooner and his wife 
were received into the membership of the l-'irst 
Church at Petersham on letters from the 
church at Dartmouth. On July 11, 1750, Dan- 
iel Spooner was chosen one of the deacons of 
the First Church at Petersham, which office 
he held many years. Deacon Spooner was an 
energetic, reliable man and a sturdy patriot. 
Although eighty-one years of age when the 
revolution broke out, he took a decided inter- 
est in the struggle and gave his ardent sup- 
port to the American cause. In the town 
offices of Petersham he served in one capacity 
or another from 1755 to 1768. As an evi- 
dence of his vigorous old age, it is said that 
after he had passed his ninetieth year, he made 
the journey to Vermont on horseback to visit 
his sons. Although devoted to his family and 
an excellent provider, he was a stern disci- 
plinarian, after the fashion of the times. A 
great-grandson of his relates that the "Dea- 
con was a carpenter and joiner, and worked 
much from home during the week, and on his 
return Saturday night, he would call up his 
large family of boys, and, without any inquiry, 
would give each of them a whipping, presum- 
ing that, by their conduct through the week, 
they had deserved it." On October 10, 1728, 
Daniel Spooner married Elizabeth, daughter 
of John and Hannah (Devotion) Ruggles, 
who was born October 21, 1710, and died in 
August, 1767. They had ten children, many 
of whom seemed to have inherited their fath- 
er's trait of longevity, for three of them lived 
to be past eighty, and three more continued 
well along into the nineties. The children 
were: Lucy, born August 29, 1729, died 



April 2, 1821 ; Elizabeth, January 14, 1731, 
died November 24, 1756; Philip, December 13, 
1733, died September 30, 1826; Shearjashub, 
August 14, 1735, died April 25, 1785; Rug- 
gles, March 24, 1737, died in 1831 ; Wing, 
whose sketch follows; Eliakim, April 7, 1740, 
died January 3, 1820; Daniel, December 10, 
1741. died in November, 1828; Hannah, June 
25. 1743, died young; Paul, March 20, i'746, 
afterwards lieutenant governor of Vermont, 
died September 5, 1789. The next month 
after the deatii of his first wife, on September 
3, 1767, Deacon Daniel Spooner married 
Bethiah Nichols. The funeral baked meats 
must literally have furnished forth the mar- 
riage tables. Perhaps the good deacon must 
not be too harshly judged, however, for both 
his elder daughters had married at the age 
of eighteen, his youngest daughter had died 
young, the youngest of his seven sons was 
twenty-one, and house-keepers were probably 
hard to get. Wives were evidently to be had 
in indefinite succession, for on October 16. 
1780. at the age of eighty-six, he espoused his 
third, Mrs. Mary Dean, widow of Paul Dean, 
and daughter of Nathaniel and Rosilla 
(Coombs) Whitcomb. She was comparatively 
a young woman at the time of her Spooner 
marriage, being thirty-three years the junior 
of the Deacon, whom she survived a quarter 
of a century. Mary (Whitcomb) (Dean) 
Spooner was born October 9, 1727, and died 
i\Iay 9. 1822. She was admitted to the church 
in Petersham. September 10. 1781, on a letter 
from the church in Hardwick. 

( I\^ ) Wing, fourth son of Deacon Daniel 
and Elizabeth (Ruggles) Spooner, was born 
December 29. 1738, and died at Petersham, 
Massachusetts, December 7, 18 10. Like his 
elder brothers, Shearjashub and Ruggles, and 
his younger brothers, Eliakim and Daniel, 
Wing Spooner entered the army and fought 
in the wars of his country, finally reaching the 
rank of captain. At the breaking out of the 
French and Indian war. Wing Spooner, then 
only nineteen years of age, enlisted in the 
company of Captain Stone, and in 1758 was 
transferred to the company of Captain Alex- 
ander Dalrymple where he served for a long 
time. He was one of the first to advocate the 
cause of American independence, and was ac- 
tive and efficient in raising volunteers and in 
helping to devise ways and means for the 
prosecution of the war. So great was his 
patriotic ardor that he caused his two eldest 
sons to enlist in the Federal service when 
they were mere youths and not legally re- 
quired to bear arms. In April, 1775, Wing 



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Spooner enlisted in the company of Captain 
John Wheeler, and soon after was raised to 
the rank of captain. He commanded a com- 
pany in the regiment of Colonel Nathan Spar- 
hawk at the battle of Bennington, and took 
part in the battle of ^^^lite Plains and other 
important conflicts. He was a resident of 
Petersham most of his life, and the house 
where he and his wife passed the entire forty- 
eight years of their union was standing in 
that town in 1883, situated about half a mile 
west of the village. Wing Spooner held 
many important local offices, and showed good 
judgment in his management of public trusts. 
On January 27, 1763, Wing Spooner married 
Eunice, daughter of Joseph Stevens, who was 
born August 31, 1746, and died in August, 
1838. Twelve children were born to Wing 
and Eunice (Stevens) Spooner: Stevens, 
whose sketch follows ; Ruggles. April 18, 
1765; Hannah, January 7, 1767; Dolly, May 
12, 1769; Joel, April 26, 1771 ; Charles, Janu- 
ary 13, 1773; Wing and Eunice (twins) No- 
vember 20, 1775; Asa, February 20, 1778; 
Daniel, May 25, 1780, moved to Walpole, New 
Hampshire; Joseph, August 29, 1782, died on 
October 1 1 of that year ; Lois, December 24, 

1783- 

(V) Stevens, eldest child of Captain Wing 
and Eunice (Stevens) Spooner, was born at 
Petersham, Massachusetts, August 17, 1763, 
and died at Sangerville, Maine, August 17, 
1827. While a lad he enlisted as a soldier in 
his father's company, and later was a volun- 
teer in the company of Captain Peter Wood- 
bur)-. He saw considerable active service ; 
was engaged in the battle of Bennington ; was 
present at the surrender of Burgoyne (being 
but fourteen at the time these two events oc- 
curred) ; and was on duty at West Point at 
the time of the attempted treason of Arnold. 
Soon after marrying Mr. Spooner moved to 
Sangerville, ]\Iaine, where he bought land and 
became a farmer. He was an active, indus- 
trious and enterprising citizen, and enjoyed 
the respect of the community where he dwelt. 
On July 2, 1787, Stevens Spooner married 
Sally, daughter of John and Rebecca (Rice) 
Hodgkins, who died July 4, 1841. Eight chil- 
dren of this couple are recorded : Lois, De- 
cember 3, 1791 ; Lewis, August 23, 1793; 
Clarissa, October 26, 1795: Leonard, Septem- 
ber 10, 1798: Paul. December, 1800; Eunice, 
January 2, 1802; Lucretia, February, 1805; 
and Daniel (2), mentioned below. 

(VI) Daniel (2), youngest of the eight 
children of Stevens and Sally (Hodgkins) 
Spooner, was born at Sangerville, Maine, De- 



cember 26, 1808, and died November 19, 1884. 
On December 6, 1832, he married Jemima 
Knowlton, born April 2, 181 1, died Septem- 
ber 14, 1895; they had six children: Mary B., 
married Freeman Daniel Dearth (see Dearth, 
II) ; Benjamin F., died young; Asa S., Benja- 
min F., Lucretia, Ella Maria. 



This family was one of 
WOODCOCK the earliest in Massachu- 
setts, and its descendants 
now number many thousands. In early times 
they were prominent in Indian wars, and later 
in the revolution they bore their part. They 
have always been energetic and progressive. 

(I) The name of John Woodcock Sr. ranks 
high among the early colonists of Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts. In Hotten's Emigration Lists 
is given a John Woodcock, who emigrated 
March 20. 1635, from Weymouth, England, 
to New England, described as being a little 
over twenty years of age, and this is supposed 
to be the John referred to. He lived in the 
North Purchase, at which place he was al- 
lowed one and one-half acres, by Rehoboth, 
in 1666. His house was at Ten Mile River, 
now a part of the town of Attleboro. In 1673 
he was made ffeeman. He was a man of true 
worth, an enterprising and successful citizen, 
and a brave soldier. His house was a strate- 
gic point in Indian warfare in 1676, and many 
important meetings were arranged for at this 
place. His house was a landmark for many 
miles around, and was given prominence in 
directing the route of travellers who started 
out from Boston. About 1649 he married 
Sarah, the mother of his children. She died 
in 1676, at Attleboro, and by 1692 he had 
married Joanna, his second wife. His children 
were : John, Israel, Jonathan, Thomas, a 
daughter who became the wife of Thomas 
Estabrook, Mary and Deborah. 

(II) Jonathan, third son of John and Sarah 
Woodcock, married Mar}-, about 1698. and 
had children as follows : Deborah, Phosbe, 
Jonathan. Thomas, Benjamin and William. 

(III) Benjamin, third son of Jonathan and 
]\Iary Woodcock, was born June 12, 1707, at 
Attleboro, and died in 1759 or later. He mar- 
ried Margaret White, and their children were : 
I. Benjamin, born December 31, 1735. 2. 
Nathan, January 9, 1737-38. 3. Margaret, 
August 26, 1740. 4. David, June 4, 1742. 5. 
John, June 15, 1744. 6. Mary, March 13, 
1745-46. 7. Ruth, February 27, 1747-48. 8. 
A child, June 3, 1750. 9. Hannah, April 29, 
1752. 10. Jonathan, April 28, 1753. 11. Hep- 
zibah, June 4, 1758. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



(IV) David, third son of Benjamin and 
Alargaret (White) Woodcock, was born June 
4, 1742. He was a sergeant in Captain Jacob 
Ide's company, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, 
who marched on the alarm of the battle of 
Bunker Hill. He was also in Captain Stephen 
Richardson's company in the six weeks cam- 
paign at Roxbury in 1775, and was one of the 
company of five months men that "went to 
Yorke" in 1776. He was sergeant in Captain 
Alexander Foster's company from Attleboro, 
in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's regiment in 
the campaign at Rhode Island, from July 27 
to August 12, 1778. With his wife and six 
children, he removed from Attleboro to 
Union, Maine, in 1784, and at once became 
prominent in the affairs of the town. He set- 
tled upon what was called the "Mill Farm," 
where he built a grist-mill. He was active in 
church matters, and was one of a committee 
to raise funds for building a church. He was 
selectman in 1788, and in 1790 is mentioned 
as a tithingman ; the same year he was ap- 
pointed by the town as one of a committee to 
look for a plot of ground and secure it for a 
burying-ground. He died December 7, 1790, 
and was the first person interred in this "bury- 
ing-place." September 17, 1765, he married 
Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Hannah 
(Hastings) Holmes; she was born June 10, 
1741, and died September 25, 1823. Their 
children were : Benjamin, David, Hannah, 
Linda (Belinda), Nancy, Polly and Theodore. 
All except the last-named were born at Attle- 
boro, Massachusetts. 

(V) David (2), second son of David (i) 
and Abigail (Holmes) Woodcock, was born 
October 23, 1771, at Attleboro, Massachu- 
setts, and married Aphia Peabody. Their son, 
Dexter Hatch, was born September 11, 1795, 
and John Thompson was born November 25, 
1801, both at Union, Maine. (Further men- 
tion is made in this article of John Thomp- 
son Woodcock.) 

(VI) Dexter Hatch, elder son of David (2) 
and .A.phia (Peabody) Woodcock, was born 
September 11, 1795, at Union, Maine. In 
1 82 1 he married Jane Hovey, and their chil- 
dren were : Nancy Jane, John Calvin, David 
James, Dorothy Ann, .\aron Hovey, Hannah 
Smith, Thomas Jefferson and William Dexter. 

(VII) Aaron Hovey, third son of Dexter 
Hatch and Jane (Hovey) Woodcock, was 
born February 11, 1832, at Alexander, Maine, 
and died in 1906 at Calais, Maine. He was 
town clerk of Princeton, Maine, about 1870, 
and was elected from Princeton to the Maine 
legislature. He married (first) Olive Jane 



Gould, born at Baring, Maine. Their chil- 
dren were: i. Fannie Eva, married E. B. 
Larrabee, of Carroll, Maine, and has four 
children. Mrs. Larrabee now resides at 
Tewksbury, Massachusetts. 2. Lindsay Todd. 
3. Edna Gertrude, married Edgar H. PoUeys, 
of Baring, Maine, and has four children. 4. 
Fidelia Gould. Mr. Woodcock married (sec- 
ond) Addie Robbins, of Bailey ville, Maine, 
and they had children as follows: i. Dexter. 
2. Dora, who died in infancy. 3. Belle, now 
a teacher in the public schools of Calais, 
Maine. 4. George W., now residing in .Bovie, 
Minnesota. 

(VIII) Lindsay Todd, son of Aaron Hovey 
and Olive Jane (Gould) Woodcock, was born 
August 23, 1858, at Baring, Maine. He re- 
ceived his education in Princeton, JMaine, and 
his first business experience was in a country 
store. He had charge of the store of F. Shaw 
& Brother, Grand Lake Stream, Maine, for 
some time, until he removed to Chicago, in 
1876. In the following year he entered the 
service of Field Leiter & Company, in their 
retail store, and he has continued ever since 
in the employ of that firm and its successor, 
Marshall Field & Company. In 1878 he be- 
came assistant manager of the ribbons, jew- 
elry, fans and umbrella sections, and three 
years later became manager of these depart- 
ments. In 1889 he became superintendent of 
the retail establishment, and by his enterprise 
and zeal has contributed largely to the suc- 
cess of the firm. In January, 1907, he was 
made general manager of the retail store. He 
is a member of the New England Society, also 
of Sons of American Revolution. He is a 
director of the Young ]\Ien's Christian Asso- 
ciation of Oak Park, also of the Presbyterian 
League of Chicago. He is a member of Oak 
Park Club of Oak Park, the Westward Ho 
Golf Club of Oak Park, and the Union 
League Club of Chicago. j\lr. Woodcock is 
also director of the Oak Park Trust & Sav- 
ings Bank. He married, at Chicago, June 3, 
1884, Maude H., daughter of Charles K. and 
Josephine (.Abbott) Waterhouse. She was 
born January 2, 1865, at Boston, ]\Iassachu- 
setts. Their children are: i. Robert Lind- 
say, born September 21, 1886. 2. Marjorie 
Louise, December 28, 1894. 3. Helen Gladys, 
April 12, 1894. 4. Lois Todd, October 29, 
1899. 

(\T) John Thompson, son of David (2) 
and Aphia (Peabody) Woodcock, was bom 
November 25. 1801, at Union, Maine. He 
married, November 16, 1826, Harriet Jones, 
of Robinston, Maine, and their children were : 



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I. Alfred Carpenter, born March 16, 1828. 2. 
Sarah Ann, August 31, 1830. 3. Caroline 
Thaxter, October 11, 1832. 4. John Leigh- 
ton, January 30, 1836. 5 and 6. Elizabeth 
McAllister and Mary Brook, October 3, 1838. 

7. Belinda Thompson. February 14, 1841. 

8. Abigail Howe, April 26, 1844. 

( ^TI ) John Leighton, second son of John 
Thompson and Harriet (Jones) Woodcock, 
was born January 30, 1836. After attending 
the public schools of Calais, Maine, he went 
to St. Stephens Academy for a short time, 
after which he engaged in mercantile busi- 
ness at Calais. In 1856 he removed to Chi- 
cago, Illinois, and remained in that city for 
three years, when he returned to Maine. In 
1867 he came to Chicago again, and was for 
thirty-five years engaged in conducting vari- 
ous hotels. He was one of the firm of Wood- 
cock & Loring, who kept the Matteson House, 
corner Jackson street and Wabash avenue, 
also the Clifton House, corner of Monroe 
street and Wabash avenue. Mr. Woodcock 
was very successful in these enterprises, and 
in December, 1892, sold his interests and re- 
tired. He is a Republican in political views, 
and is a member of the Union Park Congre- 
gational Church. His residence is No. 1218 
W'ashington Boulevard. He married Elsie 
Watts, daughter of Samuel W. and Mary B. 
Haycock, of Calais, Maine, and their children 
are: i. Charles Price, born October 15. i860, 
at Calais. Maine ; secretary of firm of E. 
Schneider & Company. Chicago ; married 
Jeannet Service : one child, William Price. 2. 
Samuel Jones. July 11. 1862, died August 22, 
1863. 3. Elsie Gertrude, June 7. 1864. 4. Har- 
riet Farrar. September 12. 1866. 5. Alfred 
Kimball. September 21. 1868, at Chicago: is a 
resident of Kansas City, Missouri ; married 
Jessie Jackson and thev have two children : 
Willis j. and Charles J.' 6: Robert Hill, Au- 
gust 12, 1870, at Chicago: he is a resident of 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is employed 
in the treasurer's office of Allis-Chalmers 
Company ; married Alma Wilson and they 
have one son, Robert. 7. John Thompson, 
April 2, 1874. at Chicago, and is now a resi- 
dent of the state of Idaho : married Grace 
Gardner and they have one child, Ruth Alden. 
8. Ralph Emerson, January 21, 1878, died Jan- 
uary 14. 1883. 9. Grace Loring, September 
16, '1884. 



On the 31st of March, 1632, at Exeter, Eng- 
land, a license to marry was given to James 
Richards (i), of Silverton, Devonshire, and 
Wilmot Digon. Of the eight children born of 
this marriage, the one in whom this article 
is interested is the sixth child and fifth son, 
Henry. 

(II) Henry, fifth son of James and Wilmot 
(Digon) Richards, was born in Silverton and 
baptized in the church at that place, April 16, 
1634. He married Dorothy Pease, and had 
nine children. 

(III) James (2), eldest son of Henry and 
Dorothy (Pease) Richards, lived and died 

in Silverton, England. He married , 

and had four children. 

( I\' ) John, eldest son of James (2) and 
• Richards, of London and Edmonton. 



In England the family of 
RICHARDS Richards were principally 
yeomen, gentleman farmers 
and merchants engaged in shipping trade. 



was a merchant in London, and there carried 
on an extensive shipping trade with Spain and 
her colonies. He married Dorothy, daughter 
of Joshua Galliard. He died in August, 1736. 

(V) John (2). eldest son of John (i) and 
Dorothy (Galliard) Richards, was baptized 
March 4, 1737. in the church at Edmonton, 
England. He owned the estate of North 
House. Catherington, in Hambledon, Hamp- 
shire, England, on which he lived as a gentle- 
man farmer. He married Maria Downman, 
who died in Hambledon, November 11, 1826, 
having outlived her husband seven years, he 
having died at that place. July 27, 1819. The 
children of John and Maria (Downman) Rich- 
ards were : John, Richard, George, Dorothy, 
Maria, Anne, Frances. 

(VI) John (3), eldest son of John (2) 
and ^laria (Downman) Richards, of North 
House. Catherington, was born in Hambledon, 
Hants, May 9, 1768, and died in London, 
March 26, 1835. In his youth he came to this 
country in the employ of the Barings, and was 
afterwards a merchant in Boston, living on 
Chestnut street, where he was a friend and 
patron of Gilbert Stuart, the painter, whose 
portraits of members of the family are con- 
sidered his greatest works (vid. Century Cy- 
clopedia of Names). He married Susan 
Coffin, youngest daughter of Stephen Jones, of 
Machias. Maine, judge of probate court of 
Calais. Maine. His children were : John, 
George, Francis, Henry, ]\Iaria Downman, 
Charles Jones. After the panic of 1817 he re- 
turned to England, and lived with his sisters 
on his estate at North House. 

(\ 11) Francis, son of John (3) and Susan 
(Coffin) Richards, was born in Gouldsboro, 
Maine, May 13, 1805. He was educated at 
Hvde Abbey school, near Winchester, Eng- 



1338 



STATE OF MAINE. 



land, and returned to New England in or 
about the year 1827. living in Calais, Maine, 
where in com])any with his twin brother 
Henry, who accompanied him to America, he 
found employment on the Bingham estate in 
that place. They subsequently engaged in 
the lumber trade, manufacturing lumber on a 
large scale, and continued in this business up 
to 1832, when Francis removed to Gardiner, 
Maine, at the solicitation of his wife's uncle, 
Frederick Tudor, and engaged with him in 
the ice business. The business was ruined by 
the experiment of shipping ice to the West 
Indies and by the loss of the ice plant on the 
Kennebec river by a freshet. Mr. Richards 
tlien returned to England, where he studied 
the principles of the manufacture of paper, 
and acquiring the art in a paper mill in Eng- 
land he returned to Maine and started a paper 
mill in Gardiner with a partner, the firm be- 
ing Richards & Hoskins. They continued the 
business 1853-58, and in the latter year the 
firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. Rich- 
ards. He was a prominent member of the 
Protestant Episcopal church of Gardiner, was 
warden of Christ Church, and a prominent 
church worker in the diocese of Maine. He 
was married, September 18, 1832, to Anne 
Hallowell Gardiner, daughter of Robert Hal- 
lovvell and Emma Jane (Tudor) Gardiner, of 
Oaklands, Garfliner, Maine. .She was born in 
Boston, Massachusetts, December 5, 1807, died 
in Paris, France, 1876. The death of Francis 
Richards occurred in Gardiner, Maine, 1858. 
He had children : Francis Gardiner, George 
Henry, Sarah Sullivan, John Tudor, Robert 
Hallowell, Henry. 

(VHI) Henry, youngest son of Francis 
and Anne Hallowell (Gardiner) Richards, 
was born in Gardiner, Maine, July 17, 1848. 
He received his primary and secondary school 
training in Gardiner ; his intermediate course 
of instruction at Wellington College, Woking- 
ham, Berkshire, England, taking a five years 
course in that institution ; prepared for matric- 
ulation at Harvard College at Dixwell's school 
in Boston ; was graduated at Harvard Uni- 
versity, A.B., 1869: took a post-graduate 
course in architecture at the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology. He practiced this 
profession in Boston up to 1876, when he re- 
turned to Gardiner, where in company with 
his brothers, Francis G. and John Tudor, he 
took up the paper manufacturing business 
founded by his father which had been pur- 
chased from the estate by Francis G. and was 
carried on by him under the firm name of 
Richards & Company until his death in 1884. 



It was then formed into a joint stock com- 
pany known as the Richards Paper Company, 
and so continued up to 1900, when the busi- 
ness was consolidated with the International 
Paper Company, that great corporation pur- 
chasing the property. Henry Richards then 
engaged in architectural business during the 
winter season, and during the summer carries 
on a summer camp for boys at Great Pond in 
Belgrade, Maine. He has always been inde- 
pendent of political parties, voting for men 
and measures rather than with party organi- 
zations. He has served as chairman of the 
Gardiner school board : trustee of the Gardiner 
Water District ; director of the Public Library 
of Gardiner ; member of the city council. He 
is a communicant of Christ Church, Gardiner, 
and served as a vestryman for many years. 
He was married June 17, 1871, to Laura 
Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Gridley and 
Julia (Ward) Howe, of Boston. Laura E. 
was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 
2j, 1850; she was educated in private schools 
in Boston, and became widely known by her 
books, written principally for the young. 
Among the titles with year of first publica- 
tion are: "Sketches and Scraps," 1881 ; "Five 
Mice in a Mouse Trap," 1883; "The Joyous 
Story of Toto," 1885; "Toto's Merry Winter," 
1887; "Queen Hildegarde," 1889; "Captain 
January," 1890; "In My Nursery," i8go; 
"Hildegarde's Holiday," 1891 ; "Hildegarde's 
Home," 1892: "When I Was of Your Age," 
1893; "Glimpses of the French Court," 1893; 
"Melody." 1893; "Marie," 1894; "Nautilus," 
1895; "Jim of Hellas," 1895; "Five Minute 
Stories," 1895: "Hildegarde's Neighbors," 
1895; "Narcissa," 1896: "Some Day," 1896; 
"Isla Heron," 1896: "Three Margarets,'' 
1897; "Hildegarde's Harvest," 1897; "Rosin 
the Beau," 1898; "Margaret Montfort," 1898; 
"Love and Rocks," 1898; "Quicksilver Sue," 
1899; "Peggy," 1899; "Rita," 1900; "For 
Tommy," 1900; "Snow White," 1900; "Fernly 
House," 1901 ; "Geofifry Strong," 1901 ; "Mrs. 
Tree," 1902; "The Hurdy-Gurdy," 1902; 
"!\Irs. Tree's Will," 1905; "The Journal and 
Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe," 1906; "The 
Wooing of Calvin Parks," 1908; "The Golden 
Windows," 1903; "The Silver Crown," 1906; 
"The Piccolo," 1906; "Grandmother," 1907. 

Samuel Gridley Howe, the father of Laura 
Elizabeth (Howe) Richards, was born in Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, November 10, i8oi, son 
of Joseph N. and Patty (Gridley) Howe. He 
was graduated at Brown University, A.B., 
1821, and at Harvard Medical School, M.D., 
1824. He was a member of the Patriot army 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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in Greece, fighting for the freedom of that 
ancient country, 1824-30, and was surgeon of 
the Greek naval fleet, 1827-30. He visited the 
United States in 1827 and raised funds for the 
reHef of famine stricken people of the land 
whose cause he had espoused, and later 
founded a colony of Greeks on the Isthmus of 
Corinth. In 1830 he returned to Boston, and, 
under Dr. Fisher"s suggestion, prepared to 
start a school for the blind. With this end in 
view he visited Europe in 1831 to study the 
methods there in use for educating the blind. 
While in Paris his sympathies were enlisted in 
behalf of the Polish patriots, and he was made 
president of a committee organized for their 
relief by General Lafayette. While carrying 
the relief thus raised to a detachment of the 
Polish army he was arrested by the Prussian 
government, imprisoned for six weeks, and 
then conveyed to the frontier of France and 
liberated, after being forbidden to return 
within the Prussian borders. Having fulfilled 
his mission for the Polish Relief Committee, 
he returned to Boston to take up the more 
peaceful work of educating the blind, and 
there started in his father's house the school 
which was the foundation of wdiat is now 
known as the Perkins Institution and Massa- 
chusetts Asylum for the Blind, of which he 
was superintendent for forty-five years, up to 
the time of his death. His greatest achieve- 
ment in this undertaking was the education of 
Laura Dewey Bridgman, the blind and deaf 
mute, and the attention this remarkable ac- 
complishment called to his success, brought 
him pupils, endowments and patrons that in- 
sured his success. He also organized and 
founded the Massachusetts School for Idiots 
and Feeble-minded Youth, and he was super- 
intendent also of that institution 1848-75. (vid. 
The Journals and Letters of Samuel Gridley 
How'e, ed. Laura E. Richards.) He married, 
in 1843, .Tulia Ward, the well known author, 
woman suffragist and reformer, best known 
popularly as the author of the "Battle Hymn 
of the Republic," who in 1908, when eighty- 
nine years of age, was still actively engaged 
in her philanthropic work and an eloquent 
speaker before public assemblages. Mrs. Rich- 
ards is a writer of rare force, and her two 
score and more books for the young, and her 
innumerable short articles in prose and verse, 
which find place in current literary journals 
all over the English speaking world, are lov- 
ingly drawn from the beautiful home life en- 
joyed at Gardiner. Her parents named her 
Laura as a compliment to Laura Dewey Bridg- 
man (1829-1889). 



The seven children of Henry and Laura E. 
Richards are: i. Alice Maud, born in Bos- 
ton. July 24, 1872, now a teacher in the Gardi- 
ner high school. 2. Rosalind, born June 30, 
1874. 3. Henry Howe, born February, 1876, 
A.B., Harvard, 1898, teacher in Groton school, 
Groton, Massachusetts. 4. Julia Ward, born 
in Gardiner, Maine, 1878, married Carleton A. 
Shaw, teacher, Groton, Massachusetts. 5. 
Maud, born 1881, died in infancy. 6. John, 
born February 13, 1884, A.B., Harvard, 1907, 
student in Harvard Law School. 7. Laura 
Elizabeth, born February 12, 1886. 



In the tide of sturdy emi- 
SARGENT grants who left England's 

shores to settle along the 
"stern and rockbound coast" of New England 
in the early part of the seventeeth century 
was the ancestor of the Sargents, who have 
thought more about the clearing away of the 
wilderness, the making of homes and farms, 
the erection of workshops and factories, the 
rearing of churches and schoolhouses, and the 
founding of a great free nation, than of keep- 
ing a record of their acts. A brief account of 
some of them is here given. The earliest rec- 
ord seeming to bear on the origin of the Sar- 
gent family of this article appears in the Ab- 
bey church at Bath, England, under date of 
November 22, 1602, where the record of the 
marriage of Richard Sargent and Katherine 
Stevens is set out, and it states further "Ano 
Dom. 1630, Jenning Walters and Joane Sar- 
gent were married April 15," and under "Bap- 
tism," "Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard 
Sargent, 28 day, 1603, October; 1606, June, 
William the Sonne of Richard Sargent the 
28th ; March, 1609, Joane the daughter of 
Richard Sargent was baptised the 26th." No 
further record of father or son is found there, 
and it is inferred that they may have gone to 
London and William shipped from there. 

(I) One historian of the Sargent family 
says : "At first I was not inclined to believe 
this William was our ancestor, or from this 
part of England. But since learning that the 
father of William's first wife, 'Quarter Mas- 
ter John Perkins,' was at Agawam in .\ugust, 
1 63 1, a short time after arriving in .\merica, 
and that he came from near Bath, England, it 
seems quite probable that if William was from 
there and with Captain Smith in 1614, when 
the latter landed at Agawam and wrote up its 
beauties and advantages, William may have 
returned and induced John Perkins and others 
to emigrate." The first record found of Wil- 
liam is in the general court records of Massa- 



KW 



STATE UF .MAIXE. 



chusetts Colon\- in April, 1633, where a copy 
of an act appears to protect him and other 
grantees of land at Agawam, now Ipswich, 
Massachusetts, in their rights. The next rec- 
ord is that of his oath of allegiance and fidelity 
in 1639. It is shown hy records and deeds 
that he was one of the first settlers at Wessa- 
cucoh, now Newbury, in 1635; at Winnacun- 
net, now Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1638; 
at South Merrimac, now Salisbury, Massachu- 
setts, in 1639. and that "William Sargent, 
townsman and commissioner of Salisbury," 
had a tax rate December 25, 1650, of 7s. 4(1. 
He was next located at Salisbury New Town, 
now Amesbur}- and Merrimack, in 1655. 
where he resided until his death in 1675. He 
is believed to have married Elizabeth Perkins 
about 1633, as she came with her parents to 
America in the ship "Lion," in the spring of 
1631. She died before September 18, 1670, 
for William married at that time Joanna Row- 
ell, who survived him and married Richard 
Currier, of Amesbury. The children of Wil- 
liam Sargent seem to have been as follows, 
but owing to lack and contradiction of records 
there is uncertainty about them : Mary, Eliza- 
beth, died young; Thomas, William, Lydia, 
Elizabeth, died young; Sarah, died young; 
Sarah and Elizabeth. 

(II) Thomas, third child and eldest son of 
William and Elizfibeth Sargent, was born in 
Salisbury, Massachusetts, June 11, 1643, died 
February 27, 1706; he was a farmer, and re- 
sided on "Bear Hill." He took the oath of 
allegiance and fidelity at Amesbury before 
Mafor Robert Pike, December 20, 1677; ^'^'^^^^ 
public office, and was quite a prominent man 
in civil affairs, and a lieutenant in the militia. 
His will was dated February 8, 1706. and 
probated at Salem, April 8, 1706. He mar- 
ried, January 2, 1667, Rachel, born February 
3, 1648, daughter of William Barnes, of 
Amesbury and Salisbury. She died in 1719. 
Both were buried in the "Ferry Cemetery." 
Their children were : Thomas, died young ; 
John, died young ; Mary, Hannah, Thomas, 
Rachel, Jacob, William, Joseph, Judith, died 
young; Judith and John. 

(III) John, youngest son of Thomas and 
Rachel ( Ijarncs ) Sargent, was born in Ames- 
bury, Massachusetts. May 18, 1692. He was 
a farmer and held the position and rank of 
captain in the Colonial militia. He married, 
in Amesbury, January 12, 1713. Hannah 
Quimby, of Amesbury, born August 23, 1692, 
and they had eight children. Captain John 
Sargent died in Amesbury. May 19. 1762, and 
was buried there. His will was probateil in 



Salem in 1762. The children of Captain John 
and Hannah (Quimby) Sargent were all born 
in Amesbury. as follows: i. Mary, Septem- 
ber 16, 1714, married Stephen Patten. 2. 
Robert, October u, 1716, married Anne Cof- 
fin, of West Newbury, and he died F'ebruary 
20, 1796. 3. Joshua, November 5, 17 19. died 
October 22, 1757. 4 John (q. v.), March 18. 
1721. 5. Josiah, March 18, 1724. married 
Sarah, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Bag- 
ley) Sargent, and he died April 17, 1818. b. 
Thomas. March 20, 1727, married Sarah 
Clement, and died March 16, 1794. 7. Han- 
nah, February 25, 1730, married Mr. Colby. 
8. Rachel, February 19, 1732, married Aaron 
Sawyer, AI.D., of Amesbury. 

(R') John (2), third son of Captain John 
(I) and Hannah (Quimby) Sargent, was 
born in Amesbury, Alassachusetts, March 18, 
1 72 1. He was a farmer and resided in 
IMethuen after his marriage, February 26, 
1746, to Mary Tucker, of Amesbury, and they 
had ten children, all born in Methuen. Mary 
(Tucker) Sargent died February 28, 1777. 
and he married, September 30, 1777, ]\Iiriam 
Swan, of }iletluien, by whom he had no chil- 
dren. The children of John and Mary 
(Tucker) Sargent were: i. John, born 
March, 1746. died August 11, 1749. 2. John 
(q. v.). August 5, 1749. 3. Molly, January 
16, 1751. 4. Olive, February 14, 1753, mar- 
ried John Masten. 5. Ebenezer, October 26, 
1755, married Mar\- March and died Novem- 
ber 8, 1838. 6. Joshua. November 26, 1757. 
claimed to have served in the revolutionary 
war, married Abigail Ladd, and died February 
23, 1844. 7. Molly. September 6, 1759. 8. 
Alice, .-Xrgust 14. 1761, married Jonathan 
Swan, of Sunberton, New Hampshire. 9. 
Benjamin, September 2, 1763, married Olive 
Bodwell, of Alethuen. 10. Jacob, August 25, 
1765, married Mercy, daughter of James and 
Meribah (Ordway) Sargent. 

(\') John (3), son of John (2) and Mary 
(Tucker) Sargent, was born in Methuen, 
Massachusetts, August 5, 1749. He was a 
manufacturer of woolens and established the 
first fulling mill in that section of Massachu- 
setts now the center of both cotton and woolen 
manufactory of the United States. He also 
conducted a flour mill and had the first mill 
in which flour was bolted so as to separate 
the flour from the middlings, by a process of 
sifting that he introduced. He married, Sep- 
tember 12, 1771, Elizabeth Bodwell, of 
Methuen; children: i. Asa, born in Methuen, 
April 25, 1773. (He is supposed to be the 
Asa Sargent who was a surgeon in the L'nited 



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States army in 1800.) 2. Abigail, January 
26, 1775. married Stephen Runnells, of 
Methuen. 3. JNIolly, Methuen, April 21, 1777, 
married John Cluff, and had seven children. 
4. Elizabeth, May 20, 1779. died 1788. 5. 
Frederick, April 17, 1781. 6. Sally, May 17, 
1783, married Daniel Morrill, of Sutton, New 
Hampshire. 7. Sophia, April 27, 1785, died 
1788. 8. John, May 18, 1787, died young. 9. 
John Tucker, April 24, 1790, married .\biah 
M. Frye. and died March ig, 1840. 10. Wil- 
liam A., Januar)- 26, 1792, married W'ealthy 
Austin, of Salem, New Hampshire. 11. Eliza 
B., May 20, 1794, married Ebenezer Kimball. 
12. Rufus King, January 13, 1797, married 
Hannah Shaw, and died at Haverhill, Massa- 
chusetts, August 29, 1850. 13. Jedediah, Sep- 
tember. 1799, died young. Elizabeth (Bod- 
well) Sargent died in Methuen, Massachu- 
setts, November 29, 1803, and on October 12, 
1804, her husband married as his second wife 
Dorothy Huse, of Methuen, who was born in 
Wilton, New Hampshire, in 1773, and died at 
Methuen, August 8, 1852. The children of 
John and Dorothy (Huse) Sargent were: i. 
Jedediah Warren, born May 2. 1805, married 
Clara F. Smith, of Newton, Massachusetts. 
Jedediah Warren Sargent was a Baptist cler- 
gyman receiving his training in theology at 
the Newton Theological Institution, Newton 
Centre, Massachusetts, graduating in 1834. 2. 
Sulvanus Gilman, February 19, 1807, married 
Martha A. Richards, of Hallowell, Maine, was 
a graduate of Waterville College, 1834, be- 
came a Baptist clergyman and died at Au- 
gusta, Maine, February 21, 1896. 3. Walter 
Taylor (q. v.), February 3, 1809. 4. George 
Anson. February 22, 181 1. 

(VI) Walter Taylor, third son of John (3) 
and Dorothy (Huse) Sargent, was born in 
Methuen, Massachusetts, February 3, 1809. 
Fie attended the public school of Methuen, 
worked in his father's fulling mill, and after 
1828 in a woolen mill at Andover, Massachu- 
setts; again attended school 1831-32 in South 
Reading: Waterville Academy 1833-34; 
matriculated at Colby College, Waterville, in 
1834, but was obliged to leave by reason of 
continued ill health and he worked in his fath- 
er's fulling mill in ^lethuen and in 1836 took 
up an elective course at Colby and was li- 
censed to preach by the Baptist church of 
Methuen. He supplied churches at Billerica 
and Randolph, Massachusetts, and at Somers- 
worth. New Hampshire, and in 1837 took his 
first regular pastorate at Buxton, Elaine, and 
served that church one year.. In July, 1838, 
he accepted a call to the Baptist church at 



Damariscotta, Maine, and in August, 1838, 
was ordained as pastor, the service of ordina- 



tion being held August 14, i 



He went 



from there to Bowdoinham, where he was 
pastor of the Baptist church in that place up 
to the spring of 1842, when he went to Mount 
Vernon, where he served 1843-49; was at 
Acton, Maine, 1849-55; Sanford, ;\Iaine, 
1855-57; Green, Maine. 1857-64, where in a 
very small parish he baptized eighty-four 
converts. He was in Dexter, Maine, 1864-66; 
Richmond, Maine. 1866-70; Freeport, Maine, 
1870-75; retired from active service in 1875, 
but continued his residence in Freeport, v^'here 
he died in 1886. He married. May 3, 1837. 
Mary L. Hayden, of Winslow, ]\Iaine, born 
February 10, 1817, daughter of General 
Charles Hayden. The two children born to 
Rev. W'alter Taylor and Mary L. (Hayden) 
Sargent, were Charles and Walter, and both 
died in infancy. The mother died April 30, 

1840, The Rev. Samuel F. Smith, of New- 
ton Centre, author of "America," preached 
the funeral service of Mrs. Sargent, and min- 
istered at the burial of her two children, and 
he had less than three years before conducted 
the ceremony of the marriage of Mrs. Sar- 
gent. Mr. Sargent married (second) June 3, 

1841, Joan Greenleaf Quint, of Topsham, born 
in Bowdoinham, Maine, in 1820. Children: 
I. Marv Ellen, born Bowdoinham, Julv 28, 

1842, married A. R. G. Smith, M.D., of North 
Whitefield. 2. Maria Frances, born at Mount 
\'ernon, April 26, 1844, married James M. 
Sanborn. 3. Susan Jane, born at Brunswick, 
Maine, October 18. 1845, died May 17, 1878. 
4. Sarah Elizabeth, born in Topsham, July 16, 
1848. married Waterman T. Moore. 5. Anna 
Louisa, born in Acton, January 19, 1852, mar- 
ried Edward J. Wight, of Tacoma, Washing- 
ton. 6. Emma Caroline, born in Acton, Sep- 
tember I, 1854, a school teacher in Freeport. 
7. William Edward (q. v.). 8. Alice Crosby, 
June 5, 1864, deceased. 9. Kate Gertrude. 
June 7, 1866, deceased. 

(VII) William Edward, only son of Rev. 
Walter Taylor and Joan Greenleaf ( Quint ) 
Sargent, was born in Sanford, Maine, !\Iay 
23, 1856. He attended the public schools of 
Green, Dexter and Freeport, and was gradu- 
ated at Bowdoin College, A.B.. 1878. He was 
master of the Topsham high school 1878-80; 
of the Freeport high school 1880-85 • princi- 
pal of Hebron Academy since 1885. He has 
seen the school grow from sixty students in 
1885 to over two hundred in 1908, and he has 
been obliged to turn scores of applicants away 
each year. The original endowment of $60.- 



1342 



STATE OF MAINE. 



ooo in 1885 has grown to over $200,000, and 
the buildings to house the students. Hbrary, 
laboratory, gymnasium and classes are among 
the best appointed in the state. The acad- 
emy celebrated its one hundredth anniversary 
in 1904. Professor Sargent is a member of 
the Baptist church ; of the Republican party ; 
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of 
the Free and Accepted Masons: of the 
Knights of Pythias, and of several learned 
societies. He married. August 20, 1883. Ella 
Caroline Morgan, daughter of Captain Philip 
and Mary Ann ( Dickman ) Hale, of Balti- 
more, Maryland. 



The name Runnells is sup- 
RUXXELLS posed to be of Scotch ori- 
gin. The coat of arms 
borne by the family is as follows : Argent 
masoned, sable upon a chief indented of the 
last, a plate charged with a rose, gules, barbed 
and seeded, between two fleur-de-lis, or. 
Crest : a fox passant or, holding in its mouth 
a rose, as in the arms, slipped and leaved vert. 
Motto : Mitriis ahcnctis esto. Underneath, 
Runnells. 

(I) Sergeant Samuel Runnells was born, 
according to family tradition, in 1674, near 
Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The tradition says 
that he and an elder brother escaped from an 
attack of Indians or pirates on their father's 
residence near Halifax and came in an open 
boat to New England. He resided in Brad- 
ford, Massachusetts, where he owned a farm. 
He also owned land in Boxford, and erected 
a house there. He was admitted to full com- 
munion in the Bradford Congregational 
church November 27, 1709. His will was 
dated March 5, 1744-45 and proved Novem- 
ber 25, 1745. He married Abigail Middleton, 
about 1700. She died October 11, 1753, and 
he died October 27, 1745. Children: i. 
Stephen, born May 14. 1703. 2. Samuel, 
December 17, 1706. 3. John, March 9, 1710, 
died young. 4. John, born April 8, 1711, died 
July 6, 1713. 5. Job, born June 18, 1712. 6. 
Sarah, born October 31, 1716. 7. Abigail, 
November 11, 1722. 8. Ebenezer, November 
20, 1726, mentioned below. 

(II) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Runnells, 
was born in Bradford, November 20, 1726, 
and baptized the ne.xt day. He was a black- 
smith by trade, and bought January 7, 1744, 
from the town of Haverhill, a piece of land 
on the Merrimack river, and March 6, 1748, 
a lot and dwelling house. He was successful 
in his business, and dealt largely in real estate. 
He owned much land in Hollis, New Hamp- 



shire, and in Dunstable, Massachusetts. He 
was engaged considerably in the ironing of 
\'essels, and had an interest in shipbuilding in 
Newburyport. His residence was situated on 
the present \\'ashington Square, with the gar- 
den in the rear extending to the Little river. 
His shop was on the opposite side of the road, 
in the rear of the present Christian Baptist 
church. His will was dated February 10, 
1795, and he died August 4, 1795. He mar- 
ried (first) in 1747, Abigail Sollis, of Bev- 
erley, who died October 3, 1765. He married 
{ second ) Hannah Smith, born in Haverhill, 
May 31, 1742. died there March 29, 1814. 
Children of first wife: i. Benjamin, born 
Alarch 31, 1748, mentioned below. 2. Eben- 
ezer, born April 21, 1750. 3. John, born Au- 
gust 14, 1752, died September 14, 1753. 4. 
Stephen, born July 3, 1754. 5. John, born 
June 18, 1756, died June 16, 1760. 6. Molly, 
born July 1758. 7. Abigail, born December 7, 
1760. 8. Thomas, born December 14. 1763, 
died November 16, 1765. Children of second 
wife: 9. Samuel, born March 15, 1767. 10. 
Thomas, born February 7, 1769. 11. Nathaniel 
Stevens, born June 23, 1771. 12. Daniel, born 
October 22, 1773, died September 22, 1774. 
13. Daniel, born December 18 ( family record 
says September 22), 1775. 14. Ebenezer, born 
1778. 15. Hannah, born April 22, 1783, died 
February 22, 1787. 16. Hannah, born July 
12, 1787. 

(HI) Benjamin, son of Ebenezer Runnells, 
was born in Haverhill, March 31, 1748. In 
1769 he went to Pownalborough, Maine, and 
thence to what is now Augusta, where he was 
one of the first settlers. He afterwards sold 
his land in Augusta for two dollars an acre. 
He served about two years in the revolution, 
and was with the army in New York. He 
was a private in Captain Timothy Heath's 
company. Colonel Samuel McCobb's regi- 
ment June 30 to September 25, 1779. His 
trade being that of a blacksmith, he helped to 
forge the chain which was stretched across 
the Hudson at West Point to keep the. Brit- 
ish ships from going up the river. Meanwhile 
his family remained at Augusta, in constant 
danger from the Indians. One night seven 
Indians came to their house, ransacked it, and 
spent the night, to the terror of his wife and 
children. His wife always said that her life 
was only spared at the intervention of a squaw 
who was one of the party. In 1778 he re- 
moved farther up the river and built the first 
framed house in Waterville. about 1793. He 
did lumbering, and built a small vessel, claimed 
to be the first one launched on the upper Ken- 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1343 



nebec, and ran it to Augusta, twenty miles, 
before being rigged. He also built the first 
saw mill in W'aterville, and subsequently the 
first at Pittsfield. He was the first representa- 
tive from the combined towns of Waterville 
and Winslow to the general court at Boston, 
and became owner of so much land that he 
was nicknamed "King" Runnells. Later he 
lost much of his property through the failure 
of one Shepard, an English contractor, and by 
other misfortunes, especially by losing on a 
contract of his own for furnishing masts to 
be sent to England. He died in Winslow, 
Maine, June 22, 1802. He married, in 1768, 
Hepsibah Bradley, of Haverhill, who died 
December 25, 1798. The family burial ground 
was selected by her on the east bank of the 
Kennebec, a mile or two above Waterville. 
Children: i. James, born January, 1769, in 
Haverhill. 2. ^lary, born May, 1770, in Pow- 
nalborough, Maine. 3. John, born November 
19, 1771, mentioned below. 4. Benjamin, 
born April, 1773, in Augusta. 5. Stephen, 
born February, 1775, in Augusta. 6. Ruth, 
born December, 1776, in Augusta. 7. Abigail, 
born March 4, 1778, in Winslow, Elaine. 8. 
Rachel, born Alarch 24, 1782, in Winslow. 9. 
David, born October 5, 1783, in Winslow. 

(IV) John, son of Benjamin Runnells, was 
born November 19, 1771. He resided in 
Winslow, and later in Clinton, Maine. He 
married, October 19, 1795, Mary Brown, of 
Hancock Plantation. He died February 14, 
1807, aged thirty-six. His wife inscribed his 
gravestone with her own hands, at Benton, 
near Kendall's Mills, and died there in March, 
1856. Children, the two eldest born in 
Winslow, the others in Clinton: i. John, 
born November 12, 1796. 2. Oliver, born 
March 14, 1798, drowned near Kendall's 
Mills, in the Kennebec, November 28, 1818. 
3. Damon, born July 11, 1800. 4. Elnathan, 
born December 8, 1802, died at Winslow, 
December i, 1824. 5. James, born ]\Iay 9, 
1804, mentioned below. 6. Benjamin, born 
July 15, 1806. 

(V) James, son of John Runnells, was born 
in Clinton, Maine, May 9, 1804. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools and at Kent's Hill, 
and taught school up to the time he was si.xty- 
five years old. He had schools in Frankfort, 
Stockton, Sear.sport and Prospect, Maine. He 
settled in 1823, in Frankfort, where he re- 
sided most of his life. His last years were 
spent on his farm there. He was a lieutenant 
and afterwards captain in the militia at the 
time of the Aroostook war. He died in 1886. 



In religion he was a ]\Iethodist. He married 
(first) January 12, 1829, Mary Elizabeth 
Dwelley, of Prospect, Elaine, born September 
18, 1808. died December 29, 1855. He mar- 
ried (second) in May, 1859, Rosilla Luce, of 
L'nion, Maine. Children, all by first wife: i. 
Lydia Ann, born January 12, 1831. 2. Wil- 
liam Thomas Curtis, born October 3, 1835, 
mentioned below. 3. Artemiza, born August 
16, 1840, died at Frankfort, August 6, 1841. 
4. Aurelia Adelaide, born July 6, 1850. 

(\T) William Thomas Curtis, son of James 
Runnells, was born in Frankfort, Maine, Oc- 
tober 3, 1835. He was educated in the public 
schools and by his father, and studied three 
years under the tuition of Samuel Johnson, of 
Jackson, l\Iaine, a graduate of Bowdoin Col- 
lege. Fle read law in the offices of Nehemiah 
Abbott, of Belfast, ^Maine, and was admitted 
to the bar in i860. He began to practice in 
Searsport in the following year, and has con- 
tinued to the present time with eminent suc- 
cess. He was admitted to practice in the 
L'nited States courts in 1875. In politics he 
is a Prohibitionist. He has been a member of 
the school committee of Searsport, superin- 
tendent of the schools, and county attorney for 
two years. He married, January i, 1864, 
Caroline Sophia Frederika Hansen, born in 
Elsinore, Denmark, January 27, 1841, daugh- 
ter of Johan F. and Caroline (Hagedorn) 
Llansen, of Copenhagen, Denmark. Children : 
I. William Franklin, born February 18, 1865. 
mentioned below. 2. Lillian Grace, born Sep- 
tember 3, 1874, educated by her father, and 
in the State Normal School, Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts ; teacher in Searsport schools 
six years, in Rockland (Massachusetts) 
schools five years, and for the past three years 
in Melrose. Massachusetts. 

(\TI) William Franklin, son of William 
Thomas Curtis Runnells, was born in Sears- 
port, j\Iaine, February 18, 1865. He was edu- 
cated by his father, and taught school for sev- 
eral years. He read law under his father's 
instruction, and was admitted to the bar in 
Waldo county in 1886. He practiced his pro- 
fession in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, and Su- 
perior, Wisconsin, but after a few years re- 
turned east and located in Winterport, Maine. 
He left his practice there to take the position 
of superintendent and general manager of the 
foundry business of his wife's father at New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, which he has held 
for fifteen years, during that time enlarging 
the works and becoming a principal owner. 
;\Ir. Runnells married, r^Iarch 20, 1889, 



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Eleanor C. Russell, born ^ larch 20, 1869, 
daughter of Edward P. Russell, a prominent 
manufacturer of Newburyport. 



This name spelled variously Bis- 
BISBEE bredge, Besbridge, Bes'brech, 
Besbitch, Bresbrech, Bisbe, Bes- 
be\', Bisby and Bisbee, is now written Bis- 
be'e, the accepted orthography of the family in 
America. The first and only one we find 
among the early founders of New England is 
Thonias Besbeech, of Sandwich, England, 
who, with his six children and three servants 
(according to the History of Sandwich by 
Wilhams Boys, Canterbury, 1786), were 
emigrants on the ship "Hercules" of Sand- 
wich of two hundred tons. John Witherley, 
master, bound for "the plantation called New 
England in America with certificate from the 
ministers where they last dwelt of their con- 
versation and conformity to the orders and 
discipline of the church, and that they had 
taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy." 
Thomas Harman, vicar of Hedcorn, March 6, 
1634, and Thomas Warren, rector of St. 
Peter's, Sandwich, March 13, 1634, furnished 
the necessary certificates to this Thomas Bes- 
beech, and these passengers constitute those 
who departed on the "Hercules" in or imme- 
diately after March, 1634-35. 

(I) Thomas Bisbee, or as spelled on the 
ship's list "Bisbedge," must have been a mem- 
ber of the parish of St. Peter's, Sandwich, 
England, or the rector, Thomas Warren, 
would not have issued so important a certifi- 
cate. The name or fact of his having a wife 
in his company does not appear, and the pres- 
ence of three servants establishes his standing 
as a man of some wealth and position, as does 
his will in which he bequeathed all his lands in 
Hedcorn and Frittenden, Old England, to his 
grandson, Thomas Brown. The "Hercules" 
on which he reached Plymouth Colony, landed 
in Scituate Harbor in the spring of 1634, and 
he at once aided in the foundation of the town 
incorporated in 1636. The parish records of 
the early church have been lost, but the first 
church was regtdarly formed, a minister set- 
tled, and a society fully organized January 18, 
1634, O. S. A meeting house for public wor- 
ship had been erected some years earlier, and 
the pulpit was occupied successively by : 
Lothrop, Chauncey Dunster and Baker. The 
first regularly ordained minister of the First 
Church of Scituate was Mr. John Lothrop, the 
ceremony of induction into office were the 
laying on of the hands of the elders with 
prayer. These elders were elected, probably. 



on the same day on which the ordination ser- 
vice was held, January 18, 1634, O. S., and 
they themselves ordained before they per- 
formed the office on Mr. Lothrop, and at this 
meeting Mr. Thomas Besbedge was insti- 
tuted one of the deacons of the church, and 
in this way he became a founder of the town, 
having been made a freeman by the general 
court of Plymouth Colony, in company with 
Rev. John Lothrop and three others in 1637. 
He did not remain long in Scituate, however, 
as he purchased a house in Duxbury from 
William Palmer in 1638, and moved his fam- 
ily into it. In December, 1638, he was one 
of a committee of eight former or present 
residents of Scituate to receive a grant of 
lands at Seipican (now Rochester), but the 
people of Scituate did not accept the grant, as 
thev had determined to remove to Barnstable, 
and in 1639 a majority of Mr. Lothrop's 
church did settle in Barnstable, but Mr. Bis- 
bee remained in Duxbury, and in 1643 was 
with William Basset elected deputies to the 
general court from that town. He next ap- 
pears as a petitioner from the town of Marsh- 
field to the general court, and his next move 
was to Sudbury, where he died March g, 1674. 
If he had six children as appears on the ship's 
list of passengers, three must have died un- 
married, as only Elisha (q. v.) ; Alice, who 
married John Bourne, and Mary, who married 
William Brown, of Sudbury, are foimd in the 
records, and there is no mention of them or of 
his wife in his will which made his grandsons, 
William and Edward Brown, executors. 

( II ) Elisha, only known son of Thomas Bis- 
bee, immigrant, was born probably in his es- 
tates in Hedcorn, England, and came with his 
father to America in 1634. The only way we 
can approximate as to his age is the fact that 
in 1644 he kept the ferry in Scituate, where 
L'nion Bridge was subsequently built. He was 
a cooper by occupation, and his house at the 
ferry was used by his son Elisha and a tavern 
stood on the west side of the highway. The 
christian name of his wife was Joanna, and 
the birth of his first child was in 1645, '"''f' 
it is presumable he married in Scituate and 
that his children were born there. They were : 
I. Hopestill, born 1645, married, his wife 
Sarah surviving him, and married (second) 
Joseph Lincoln, of Hingham, thus becoming 
his second marriage. 2. John (q. v.), 1647. 
3. Mary, 1649, married Jacob Best, of Hing- 
ham, January 15, 1678-79. 4. Elisha, 1654, 
married (first) Sarah, daughter of Thomas 
King, of Scituate, and (second) March 25, 
1685, Mary (Jacob) Bacon, w'idow of Samuel 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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Bacon, and daughter of John and Margery 
(Eames) Jacob. Ensign Eh.sha resided in 
South Hiiighani, where he died March 4, 
1715-16. 5. Hannah, 1656, married, 1689, 
Thomas Brooks, and Martha, probably his 
daughter, married Jonathan Turner. 

(III) John, second son of Elisha and Jo- 
anna Bisbee, was born in Scituate in 1647. He 
married, in Marshfield, September 13, 1687, 
Joanna Brooks, moved to Pembroke and died 
there September 24, 1726, his wife having died 
on August 17, of the same year. Their chil- 
dren were: i. Martha, born October 13, 1688. 
2. John, .September 15, 1690, married Mary 
Oldham. 3. Elijah, January 29, 1692, mar- 
ried Sarah . 4. Mary, March 28, 1693. 

5. Mioses (q. v.), October 20, 1695. 6. Elisha, 
May 3, 1698, married Patience Soanes. 7. 

Aaron, married Abigail . 8. Hopestill, 

April 16, 1702, removed to Plympton and mar- 
ried Hannah Churchill. 

(IV) Moses, third son of John and Joanna 
(Brooks) Bisbee, born October 20, 1695, mar- 
ried and removed to East Bridgewater, where 
his wife Mary bore him six children, as fol- 
lows : I. Abigail, who died young. 2. Miriam, 
born 1724. 3. Charles (q. v.), 1726. 4. Jo- 
anna, 1729, married John Churchill. 5. Mary, 
1733, died young. 6. Tabitha, 1735. 

(V) Charles, son of Moses and Mary Bis- 
bee, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 
1726. After the revolutionary war he settled 
in Sumner, Maine, where on June 9, 1874, 
there was a gathering of his descendants at 
the old Bisbee Homestead, the invitation to 
thus meet having been given by Captain Lewis 
Bisbee, grandson of the patriarch, Charles, 
who lived at the time on the old homestead 
and was made chairman of the meeting, and 
an address was delivered by George D. Bis- 
bee (q. v.), of the fourth generation from the 
patriarch. He married Eeulah. daughter of 
Rowse Howland. of Pembroke, probably a de- 
scendant of Arthur Howland, of Marshfield, 
who subsequently removed to Pembroke. He 
was a soldier in the American revolution, his 
two eldest sons, Elisha and Charles, also 
taking part in that conflict, and after the close 
of the war he_ joined the company of adven- 
turers who left the old colony town to make 
a new home in the Maine woods, and he pur- 
chased land in the township of Sharon ( after- 
ward Butterfield), and the part of Butterfield 
in which he settled was incorporated in 1798 
as the town of Sumner. In 1783 he visited his 
land and put up a rude tenement for his fam- 
ily in the then wilderness, and in the follow- 
ing spring he with his family took packet from 



Scitnate Plarbor and landed at Yarmouth, pro- 
ceeding thence through the wilderness on 
horseback to his waiting cabin, and arrived 
there June 5, 1784. With the aid of his seven 
stalwart boys he soon cleared up a good farm 
and he lived to see his children comfortably 
settled around him. He died in Sumner, 
Maine, June 5, 1807, the twenty-fifth anni- 
versary of his arrival with his family in the 
place which had grown into a prosperous 
town. His widow Beulah outlived him nine 
vears, and died September i, 18 16. Their 
children, all born in Pembroke, Massachu- 
setts, were: I. Elisha (q. v.). 2. Charles, 
1758, married Desire Dingley, of Marshfield, 
and was a soldier in the American revolution. 
3. Mary, 1760, married Charles Ford. 4. 
Moses, February 21, 1765, married Ellen 
Buck. 5. John, married Sarah Philbrick. 6. 
Solomon, September 3, 1769, married Ruth 
Barrett. 7. Calvin, October 14, 1771, married 
Bethiah Glover. 8. Rowse, October 17, 1775, 
married Hannah Caswell. 9. Celia, married 
Joshua Ford. 

(\T) Elisha (2), first child of Charles aJid 
Beulah (Howland), was born in Duxbury, 
i\Iassachusetts, in 1757, removed with the fam- 
ily to the wilderness of Maine after the revo- 
lutionary war, in which he served as a sol- 
dier, married, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 
1/79' Mary Pettingill, and his wife and two 
children accompanied him to their new home 
in Sumner, Maine, where their other eight 
children were born. The date of the death of 
the father and mother is not recorded. The 
children of Elisha and Mary ( Pettingill) Bis- 
bee were: i. Susan, born in Duxbury, ]\Iassa- 
chusetts, March 26, 1780, married Nathaniel 
Bartlett, of Hartford, Maine, March 28, 1802. 
2. Sally, born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, be- 
fore 1784, married Gad Hayford, of Hartford, 
Maine. 3. Anna, born in Maine after 1784, 
married, March 24, 1805, Stephen Drew, of 
Turner, Maine. 4. Elisha Jr. (q. v.). May 8, 
1786. 5. Daniel, married Sylvia Stevens, of 
Sumner. 6. Hopestill, April 2."], 1791, mar- 
ried, December 18, 1817, Martha Sturtevant. 

7. Molly, January 4, 1794, married Nehemiah 
Bryant, probably in 1810, and (second) Lem- 
uel Dunham, of Hartforfl, Maine, October 3, 
1825, and had four children by each husband. 

8. Theresa, married Barney Howard, and had 
five children. 9. Huldah, married Sampson 
Reed, of Hartford, had eight children, and 
died in 1842. 10. Horatio, August 13, 1800, 
married Eunice White, March 27, 1823, and 
had ten children. 

(\TI) Elisha Jr. (3), eldest son of Elisha 



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STATE OF AIAIXE. 



(2) and Mary ( Pcttiiigill) Bisbee, was born 
in Sumner, Maine, May 8, 1786. He was 
married April 10, 18 10, to Joanna Sturtevant, 
and the children born to them were: i. El- 
bridge G., February 8, 181 1, died October 2, 
1812. 2 and 3. Thomas J. and George W. 
(twins), born July 6, 1812. Thomas J. was 
married in June, 1840, to Sylvia Stetson, of 
Sumner, and he died in Rumford, December 
10, 1874. George W. (q. v.). 4. Mary P., 
June 6, 181 5, married Freeman Reed, April, 
1840. 5. Elisha S., born in April, 1822, died 
September 24, 1853. Elisha Jr. married (sec- 
ond) Fanny Bryant, May 9, 1825, and the 
children by this marriage were : 6. Sarah W., ' 
February 21, 1826, married Orville Robinson. 
7. Sophia G., April 7, 1827. 8. Levi B., July 
10, 1828, married Eliza A. C. Heald. 9. 
Elisha S., April 15, 1830, married Jane Par- 
sons, January 4, 1857. lO- Asia H., January 
6, 1832, married and died in Portland. Ore- 
gon, June I, 1870. II. Daniel H., October 9, 
1833, ■^^'ho married. 12. Jane ,Y., July i, 1835, 
married James McDonald, October i, 1855. 
13. Hopestill R., June 21. 1837, married 

. 14. Hiram R., December 11, 1839, 

sergeant in Company F., Ninth Maine Volun- 
teers, was shot on the line of battle and died 
at Bermuda, May 20, 1864. 

(VHI) George W.. son of Elisha Jr. (3) 
and Joanna (Sturtevant) Bisbee, was born in 
Sumner, Maine, July 6, 1812. He married. 
January i, 1836, Mary B. Howe, of Rumford, 
Maine, and their only child, George Dana 
(q. v.) was born July 9, 1841. George W. 
Bisbee died in Peru, Maine, January 2-}. 1872. 

(IX) George Dana, only child of George 
W. and Mary B. (Howe) Bisbee, was born 
in Hartford, Maine, July 9, 1841. He was 
obliged to work from his early boyhood days, 
and his school days were in the common dis- 
trict school and the high school in West Peru. 
His life found a decided change in 1861 when 
the civil war broke out and the government 
asked for men to put down the Southern re- 
bellion. Maine had witliin her borders an 
army of able, willing and loyal men, undisci- 
plined, but patriotic, ready to answer to their 
country's call. Responding to the call of Pres- 
ident Lincoln, young Bisbee enlisted in the 
Sixteenth Maine Regiment at its organiza- 
tion, and passed with the regiment an active 
and eventful career of danger and daring and 
an intimate acquaintance with what had been 
heretofore the horror of sudden death. He 
found war to be indeed a Hades, and he 
passed through its very door and witnessed 
its intensest scenes of suffering. He had part 



in the successive campaigns under McClellan, 
Burnside, Hooker, ^leade and Grant. This 
meant the unsuccessful attempt to recover 
some of the foothold lost in \'irginia by the 
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville cam- 
paign ; the second falling back on Washington, 
and the brilliant and successful Antietam cam- 
paign that saved the National Capital and 
drove the Confederates to the dangerous 
necessity of making a stand on the free soil 
of Pennsylvania, resulting in the decisive bat- 
tle of Gettysburg with a glorious ending at 
Appomattox. To have passed through such 
a series of campaigns with entire safety would 
be impossible, and our Maine soldier felt the 
dark side of war in wounds received at Fred- 
ericksburg, from which he has never fully re- 
covered ; from the disappointment of capture 
and imprisonment on the first day at Gettys- 
burg, July I. 1863, where with his entire regi- 
ment he was made a prisoner of war and con- 
fined in Libby and other southern prisons un- 
til finally paroled in December, 1864, and then 
only in consideration of the wounded condi- 
tion of his body that he w'ould never be fit for 
duty again ; but this was to have its recompense 
for after a special exchange he with his regi- 
ment participated with the army of General 
Grant under Sheridan in the final battle of the 
war resulting in the surrender of General Lee 
at Appomattox, which Mr. Bisbee says amply 
repaid him for all the hardships he e.xperi- 
enced during the three years of strenuous war- 
fare or of lingering in almost hopeless inac- 
tivity in southern prisons. At the close of the 
war he was mustered out of the army with his 
regiment. 

The Bisbee family were noted for the cour- 
age of their convictions and a will power equal 
to the occasion. This was true of young Bis- 
bee while in the army. Severely wounded at 
the battle of Fredericksburg he refused to 
have his wounded arm amputated, and while 
in the hospital he received notice of his pro- 
motion as an ofiicer ; he desired to go to the 
front and accept his commission, but the hos- 
pital physician refused the request saying that 
"Sick and wounded men at the front were of 
no use." Young Bisbee was discharged from 
the L^nited States service on account of 
wounds and physical disability. He obtained 
a permit through \'ice-President Hamlin to 
visit his regiment and was mustered again 
into the service under his commission as lieu- 
tenant : was actively engaged in the battle of 
Chancellorville carrying his wounded arm in a 
sling: paroled from the southern prisons on 
account of wounds after eighteen months con- 





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finement, he refused a discharge from the ser- 
vice and obtained a special exchange, rejoined 
his regiment and saw the Union army come 
oft victorious. 

On returning home he took up the study of 
law and was admitted to the Oxford bar in 
December, 1865. his mind having gained in 
his war college course a grasp of the princi- 
ples of law and equity that no law school 
could possibly instill. He opened a law office 
in Buckfield, Maine, in January, 1866, and 
continued the practice of law in that place up 
to 1892, when he removed to Rumford Falls, 
where he is now senior member of the law 
firm of Bisbee & Parker. Fie is a member of 
the bar of the supreme court of the United 
States. Besides a large practice in Oxford 
county he is recognized as one of the foremost 
business lawyers in the state, and is employed 
in important cases outside his own county. 
He has served as county attorney of Oxford 
county ; been both representative and senator 
in the legislature of Maine ; has served as 
United States marshall for the district of 
Maine : as state bank examiner and as a mem- 
ber of Governor Cobb's council in 1905-07. 
He is besides being a leading and active Re- 
publican, a strong advocate of temperance and 
is a member of the Baptist church at Rumford 
Falls. His business interests, independent of 
his professional or political connections there- 
with, include the presidency of the Rumford 
Falls Trust Company, in the organization of 
which corporation he was active, and he is 
also connected as a director and attorney with 
the Portland and Rumford Falls railroad and 
with several other local enterprises. Mr. Bis- 
bee was made chairman of the board of trus- 
tees of Hebron Academy in 1907, and is now 
president of the institution, having served as 
vice-president of this board for several years. 
He married, July 8, 1866, Anna Louise, 
daughter of Hon. Isaac N. Stanley, of Dix- 
field, and their children are Stanley (q. v.), 
and Mary Louise, wife of Everett R. Josselyn, 
of the firm of Brown & Josselyn, of Portland, 
Maine, wholesale flour dealers. 

(X) Stanley, son of George Dana and Anna 
Louise (Stanley) Bisbee, was born in Buck- 
field, Alaine, April 25, 1867. He attended 
Hebron Academy and Coburn Classical Insti- 
tute and commenced business as a clerk in a 
general store in Buckfield, of which he soon 
became proprietor, remaining in that business 
up to 1893, when he sold out and became 
agent for the American Express Company 
opening an office in Rumford Falls just as the 
place became an important railroad center. In 



1895 he engaged in the hardware business and 
still conducts the business. He was elected 
selectman of the town of Buckfield, and was 
a member of the school board of Rumford for 
six years. He was initiated in the Masonic 
fraternity through membership in the Blazing 
Star Lodge of Rumford, was advanced to the 
Rumford Royal Arch Chapter, Strathglass 
Commandery, Knights Templar, of Rumford, 
Maine. He is also a member of Penacook 
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of 
Rumford Falls ; of the Knights of Pythias, 
Metalluc Lodge, Rumford Falls, and a com- 
panion of the Loyal Legion of the United 
States. In 1909 he represented the town of 
Rumford in the seventy-fourth legislature. 
He married, March 12, 1889, Nellie B., 
daughter of Cyrus E. and Ellen Young 
Spaulding, of Buckfield, Maine, and their 
children are : Spaulding, bom in Buckfield, 
January 6, 1890, Louise, born in Rumford, 
July 2T„ 1896. 

(XI) Spaulding, son of Stanley and Nellie 
B. (Spaulding) Bisbee, and of the eleventh 
generation from Thomas Bisbedge, the immi- 
grant, 1635, was educated in the schools of 
Rumford Falls and is now a student at 
Hebron Academv- 



This ancient family 
CHADBOURNE whose progenitor set- 
tled in Maine nearly 
three centuries ago is one of distinction be- 
cause of the character and quality of its mem- 
bers, who in every generation from the time 
of the immigrant have been representative 
men, progressive, energetic, moral and gen- 
erally well-to-do. According to President 
Paul A. Chadbourne the family name signi- 
fies "the dwelling by the ford." A theory also 
held is that it refers to the race of St. Chad 
(or Ceadda), an English ecclesiastic, who 
died 672 A.D. In the old documents the 
spelling is variously Chadbourne, Chadbourn, 
Chadben, Chadbon, Cliadborn, Chadbou, Chad- 
boun, Chadburn, Chadburne, Chatbunn and 
Chatburn. The following account of a section 
of the family is taken from the Chadbourne- 
Chadbourn Genealogy by William Morrill 
Emery, A. M. , 

(I) William Chadbourne, the immigrant 
ancestor from whom descends the American 
family of that surname, came to this country 
in 1634 and settled in what now is South Ber- 
wick, Maine. His son Humphrey had pre- 
ceded him in 1631. Doubtless they came from 
Devonshire, England, many of the Kittery set- 
tlers having emigrated from Dartmouth or 



i34>^ 



STATE OF ?^IAINE. 



Kingsweare, lying on opposite sides of the 
river Dart. William Chadborne arrived at 
Kittery on July 8, 1634, coming with two com- 
panions, James ^\'all and John Goddard, in a 
vessel called the "Pied Cow." The place 
where they landed is known as Cow Cove to 
this dav. These men were carpenters, who 
had come over to build for the patentee, Cap- 
tain John Mason, what was probably the first 
saw mill erected in New England. The three 
came under a contract to work for JNlason five 
years, after which they were to have fifty 
acres of land on lease for the term of three 
lives (generations), paying an annual rent of 
three bushels of corn. Mason, however, died 
the following year. The work which they 
accomplished is quaintly described in the fol- 
lowing deposition made by Wall eighteen 
years later. 

The Deposition of James Wall : Taken the 
21 of the 3 month, 1652. 

This Deponent say the, that aboute the 
yeare 1634, he, with his partners, W^illiam 
Chadbourne and John Goddarde, came over 
to New England upon the accompte of Cap- 
taine John Mason of London, and also for 
themselves, and were landed at Newich.nwan- 
nock. vpon certaine lands there which mr. 
Joieslenn, Captaine Mason's Agente, brought 
them vnto, with the landings of some goodes, 
and there they did build vpp at the fall there 
(called by the Indian name of Ashbesebedick) 
for the use of Captaine Mason & our selues, 
one sawe mill and one stampinge mill for 
Coone, w'ch we did keep for the space of three 
or foure yeares next after ; and further this 
Deponent saythe, he builte one house vpon 
the same lands, and soe did William Chad- 
burne another & gave it to his sonne in Law, 
Thomas Spencer, who now lives in it. 

And this Deponent also say that we had 
peaceable and quite possession of that lande 
for the vse of Captain Mason afi'oresaide, and 
that the saide Agente did buye some planted 
ground of some of the Indians, w'ch they had 
planted vpon the sayd land, and that Captaine 
IMasons agentes servants did breake vp & 
cleered certaine lands there, and planted Corne 
vpon it, and all this to his beste remembrance. 

James Wall sworne, whoe affirmed vpon his 
oath that p'misses is true. Sworne before me 
George Smyth." 

The date of William Chadbourne's death is 
not known. He was still living in 1662, for 
his name appears on the act of submission to 
Massachusetts signed by forty-one inhabitant^ 
of Kittery on November 16 of that \ear. He 
is known to have had three children, William, 



Humphrey and Patience. Of these children, 
William lived in Plymouth, and had a wife 
Mary and a daughter Mary, the latter of 
whom was born in Boston in 1644 and married 
John Frost, of Dover, New Llampshire. It 
is believed that the family of this W^illiam re- 
turned to England. Patience, the only daugh- 
ter of William, the ancestor, married Thomas 
Spencer, a planter, lumberman and tavern 
keeper at Berwick. 

(11) Humphrey, son of. William Chad- 
bourne, the great landowner and leader 
among men, was one of the most prominent 
citizens in the town of Kittery. He was born 
probably about 1600. He came over in the 
bark "Warwick," landing September g, 163 1, 
three years before his father, and as chief car- 
penter for David Thompson, patentee, built 
what was called the Great House at Straw- 
berry Bank, now Portsmouth, where he lived 
for several years. The Great House was a 
blockhouse for defence against the Indians, 
but probably became subsequently a "truck 
house," or trading post. Hubbard calls Hum- 
phrey Chadbourne "chief of the artificers." 
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, in his delightful work 
on Portsmouth, "An Old Town by the Sea," 
remarks: "It was not until 1631 that the 
Great House was erected by Humphrey Chad- 
bourne on Strawberry Bank. Mr. Chad- 
bourne, consciously or unconsciously sowed a 
seed from which a city has sprung." Eventu- 
ally Humphrey Chadbourne took up his abode 
at Newichawannock, where he waxed prosper- 
ous. It is said that he succeeded .-Xmbrose 
Gibbons as steward for Mason at this place. 
May 10, 1643, ^''s bought of the Indian Saga- 
more Roles (or Rowles) a large tract of land 
at Newichawannock. This land, in whole or 
in part, remained in the Chadbourne family for 
more than two hundred years. In 1651-32 
Humphrey Chadbourne received grants of 
about three hundred acres of land in Kittery. 
Pie took an active part in the affairs of the 
town, and is referred to by Miss Sarah Orne 
Jewett as "the lawgiver" of Kittery. In 165 1 
he wa's elected one of the townsmen or select- 
men. He was ensign of the militia in 1653, 
and unquestionably bore his part in the wars 
with the Indians. From 1654 to 1659 he was 
town clerk. He was a deputy to the general 
court in 1657-59-60, and in 1662 was ap- 
pointed one of the associate judges of the 
county of York. He signed the submission to 
Massachusetts in 1652. 

His will, dated May 25, 1667, is a long and 
interesting document. The testator mentions 
his wife Lucy, his eldest son Humphrey, his 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1349 



younger sons James and William, liis "little 
daughters," Lucy, Aylce and Katherine. There 
was also a posthumous child. According to 
the English custom he made his eldest son 
Humphrey his principal heir, supplementing 
his gifts of real estate with that of his saddle 
horse "with all the furniture to him belong- 
ing." Provision was also made for the other 
sons and the widow, and to each of the daugh- 
ters he left one hundred pounds. To his 
"otinckle," Nicholas Shapleigh. the testator 
gave "one very good beaver hat," and to his 
cousins William Spencer and John Shapleigh 
each "a good castor hatt as good as can be 
gotten." Humphrey Chadbourne at the time 
of his death, in the summer of 1667, was 
owner of farms, mills and timberlands. The 
inventory of his estate, returned by the ap- 
praisers September 12 of that year, placed 
the value of his property at 1713 pounds, 14 
shillings, an enormous fortune for that time. 
The property included "900 acres of land by 
estimation." 

Humphrey Chadbourne married Lucy, daugh- 
ter of James and Katherine (Shapleigh) 
Trevvorgy, of Kittery, who was much youpger 
than himself. She married (second) Thomas 
Mills, of Kittery, who made her a marriage 
settlement April i, 1669, and married for her 
third husband Hon. Elias Stileman, of Ports- 
mouth, New Hampshire. She died in 1707. 
Children of Humphrey Chadbourne: i. Hum- 
phrey, born 1653, died 1694. 2. Alice, mar- 
ried (first) after November 5, 1677, Samuel 
Donnell : (second) Jeremiah Moulton, of New 
York. 3. Katherine, married ( first ) Edward 
Lydstone ; ( second ) James Weymouth. 4. 
James, died about 1686. 5. William, did not 
marry ; was taken prisoner by Indians and 
released at Pemaquid on the Penobscot when 
Major Waldern's expedition went to the east- 
ward in 1676 ; was ransomed with other cap- 
tives for twelve skins each. 6. Lucy, married 
Peter Lewis Jr. 7. Elizabeth, born 1667, mar- 
ried Samuel Alcock. 

(HI) Humphrey (2), son of Humphrey 
(i) and Lucy (Treworgy) Chadbourne, was 
born in Kittery in 1653 3"^ '^^^'^ there about 
1694. He married Sarah, daughter of Joseph 
Bolles, of Wells and Cape Porpoise. She was 
born January 20, 1657, and bore her husband 
five children: i. Humphrey, born September 
2, 1678, died January 26, 1763. 2. W'illiam, 
born about 1683. 3. Elizabeth, supposed to 
have married Amos (or Andrew) Fernald, of 
Portsmouth. 4. ]\Iary, married, July i, 1708, 
William Dyer. 5. Joseph. 

(IV) W^illiam (2), second son and child 



of Humphrey (2) and Sarah (Eiolles) Chad- 
bourne, was born about 1683. and both he and 
his wife were baptized and owned the cove- 
nant at South Berwick, November 21, 1714. 
His wife's baptismal naine was Mary, but her 
family name is not known. They had eleven 
children: I. W'illiam, born June 30, 1714. 2. 
Humphrey, June 19, 1716. 3. Benjamin, July 
23, 1718, died March 16, 1799. 4. Joseph, 
June I, 1720, died January 15, 1808. 5. 
Thomas, June, 1723, died young. 6. Thomas, 
July, 1724, died young. 7. Elizabeth, died 
young. 8. Sarah, baptized June 9, 1728, mar- 
ried (first) Ichabod Smith; (second) William 
Ross. 9. Catherine, baptized March 28, 1736, 
died young. 10. Elizabeth, baptized March 28, 
1736, died before 1762. 11. Thomas, born 
March 26, 1736-37, died March 7, 1810. 

(\^) Elder Humphrey (3), second son and 
child of William and Mary Chadbourne, was 
born June 19, 1716, and died in Corinth, 
Maine, August 11, 1798. In 1757 he was 
elected deacon of the Baptist church in Ber- 
wick and in 1761 became one of its elders. He 
frequently conducted religious worship and 
was generally called Elder Chadbourne ; it is 
said that he was ordained in the ministry. A 
leaf in an old family Bible contains a state- 
ment to the effect that Elder Chadbourne was 
owner of the farm in Berwick "lying on the 
westerly side of the main road leading from 
North Berwick to South Berwick village, 
known as the "Chick farm," and that he "was 
also an elder and minister." He married in 
April, 1742, Phebe Hobbs, who died in Wa- 
terboro, August 6, 1807, aged eighty-three 
years, by whom he had eleven children. Five 
of his sons were soldiers of the revolution. 
His children: i. Humphrey, born May 24, 
1744, died March 21, 1792. 2. Elizabeth. May 
20, 1746, married, February 8, 1764, Elijah 
Hayes. 3. Paul, March 20, 1748, died Decem- 
ber 13, 1821. 4. Simeon, April 16, 1750, died 
October 29, 1846. 5. Silas, August 8, 1752, 
died June 15, 1823. 6. Thomas, born 1754, 
died young. 7. Sarah, March 10, 1756, mar- 
ried, September 12, 1776, Nathaniel Brackett. 
8. Rev. Levi, April 18, 1758. 9. Phebe Hobbs, 
September 13, 1760, married, Deceniber 30, 
1778, Jonathan Dana Clark. 10. Rev. William, 
January 17, 1763. II. James Hobbs, Feb- 
ruary 15, 1766, died September 12, 1846. 

(VI) Rev. William (3), son of Elder Hum- 
phrey (3) and Phebe (Hobbs) Chadbourne, 
was born on the old "Chick" farm in Berwick, 
January 17, 1763, and died December 15, 
1863. He was a Calvinistic Baptist minister, 
a man of much character and strength, and 



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from 1807 to 1817 was pastor of the Third 
Baptist Church of Berwick (South Berwick). 
He was one of the five sons of Elder Chad- 
bourne, who served in the American army 
during the war of the revolution. He mar- 
ried, February 2, 1786, Margery, daughter 
of Israel and ]\Iary (Lord) Hodgdon. She 
was born August 4, 1766, and died January 
12, 1823, having borne her husband eleven 
children: i. Hannah, born July 19, 1786, 
married a Hodgdon. 2. Israel, November i, 
1788. 3. Rebecca, May 16, 1791, married a 
Shorey. 4. William, July 8, 1793. 5. Isaac, 
July 24, 1795. 6. Dorcas, January 4, 1798, 
married a Guptill. 7. Margery, February 9, 
1800, remained single. 8. Nancy, May 13, 
1802, married a Hay. 9. Zintha (Cynthia), 
June 2, 1804, married a Tibbetts. 10. James, 
June 17, 1806, died single. 11. Oliver, May 
12, 1809, died October 30, 1852. 

(VII) Israel, eldest son and second child of 
Rev. Williarri (3) and Margery (Hodgdon) 
Chadbourne, was born on the "Chick" farm in 
Berwick, November i, 1788, and died June 5, 
1865. From 1831 until 1855 he lived in the 
town of Alfred, and was jailer for six years 
and sheriff of York county for twenty years. 
He was a man of considerable influence and 
held the respect of a large acquaintance in 
the county ; as a public official his character 
was above reproach. He married, June 19, 
1810, Rebecca Goodwin, born October 24, 
1788, died November 6, 1883, and bore her 
husband eight children: i. George, died Feb- 
ruary 13, 1863, married Nancy , who 

died October 18, 1861, and their only daugh- 
ter Ann died August 9, 1866. 2. Benjamin 
Franklin, born January 15, 1815. 3. William 
Goodwin, April 25, 1818. 4. Harriet, Decem- 
ber 20, 1820, died after March 6, 1880, mar- 
ried Forest Eaton. 5. James, died December 
25, 1882. 6. Emeline, died November 7, 1882. 
7. Greenleaf. 8. Sarah Jane, born April 10, 
1831. Rebecca (Goodwin) Chadbourne, wife 
of Israel Chadbourne, was the eldest daugh- 
ter of James Goodwin, who was born August 
16, 1768, and married Lovey Shinburne, who 
was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 
Their children were : Rebecca (Chadbourne), 
Eleanor (Waldrow), James, Olive (Hart- 
ford), Sally (never married), Statira (Went- 
worth), and Lovey (never married). James 
Goodwin was a son of Samuel Goodwin, son 
of James, son of James. The Goodwin.s, like 
the Chadbournes, were among the earliest set- 
tlers in Maine, and took a prominent part in 
the early settlement and history of the several 
localities in which thev lived. The old Good- 



win farm on the Salmon Falls river in Ber- 
wick continued in the family for many years 
and descended from father to son through sev- 
eral generations. 

(\III) Benjamin Franklin, son of Israel 
and Rebecca (Goodwin) Chadbourne, was 
born in Berwick, Maine, January 15, 1815, 
and died in the city of Portland, February 19, 
1888. He obtained a good academic educa- 
tion, and after leaving school was appointed 
deputy sheriff" of York county under his 
father. Also for some time he was clerk in 
the office of the registrar of deeds of the 
county. In 1854 he was elected member of the 
lower house of the state legislature. For 
many years Mr. XThadbourne was proprietor of 
one of the largest clothing and men's furnish- 
ing houses in the town of Berwick and carried 
on a very large and correspondingly success- 
ful business. However, immediately after the 
end of his term in the legislature he removed 
to Portland and formed a partnership with his 
brother-in-law, J. A. Kendall, under the firm 
name of Chadbourne & Kendall, dealers in 
woolens and tailors' trimmings. Later on he 
erected a commodious store building on Middle 
street, which afterward was removed to make 
room for the First National Bank building. 
After that the firm occupied the ground floor 
under the Falmouth hotel, and still later re- 
moved to No. 229 Middle street. At the time 
of Mr. Chadbourne's death the firm of Chad- 
bourne & Kendall was the oldest concern in 
business without change in the city. During 
the latter part of his active business life Mr. 
Chadbourne became considerably interested in 
real estate and devoted much of his time to its 
care and improvement, leaving his mercantile 
interests in charge of his partner; and during 
the thirty-two years he was in business in 
Portland he was universally respected and his 
death was looked upon as a public loss. He 
was in all respects a capable business man, 
successful in his endeavors, and perfectly 
faithful to every trust, whether public or pri- 
vate. He represented ward 4 in the common 
council in 1859-60, during the administrations 
of ^layors Jewett and Thomas. In politics 
Mr. Chadbourne was a firm and consistent 
Democrat, in religious preference a Congre- 
gationalist, and a regular attendant at the 
High Street Church. He was one of the foun- 
ders of the organization of which the out- 
growth is the present Bramwell League, and 
was also one of the principal founders of the 
league itself. His nature was generous, his 
companionship always agreeable, and his char- 
acter above suspicion. 



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I\Ir. Cliadbourne married in Alfred, Maine, 
March 15, 1841, Lydia Emerson Kendall, 
born Alfred, February 22, 1820, died Port- 
land, i\Iarch 3, 1907, daughter of Nathan Otis 
and Elizabeth (Emerson) Kendall, who were 
parents of six children : Augustus. Mary, 
Sarah, Otis, Lydia E. and Elizabeth Kendall. 
Benjamin Franklin and Lydia Emerson (Ken- 
dall) Chadbourne had three children: i. 
Frank Augustus, born December 11, 1845, 
died January 18. 1854. 2. Octavia Augusta, 
born January 26, 1848, married Charles B. 
Belknap. 3. Myra Fairbanks, born May 2, 
1854. married, August 13, 1874, John Stevens 
Al orris, who was born in Bangor, Maine, Feb- 
ruary 3, 1849, son of John Chambers Morris. 
Three children were born of this marriage : 
i. Franklin Chadbourne, born I\larch 15, 1875, 
married Ada Leavens and has one son. Rich- 
ard \Mnthrop, born April 22, 1895. ii. Daniel 
Belknap, born July i, 1877, married Helen 
Lois Brown, and has one son, John Kendall, 
born February 3, 1904. iii. Payson Tucker, 
born February 21, 1880, died September 7, 
1881. 



The Harris family here treated 
HARRIS comes of English ancestors 

and dates its history in New 
England from the first half of the seventeenth 
century. In England the family is of great 
antiquity and among those w-ho bore that sur- 
name in the mother country were persons of 
large estate and high official and social sta- 
tion. In New England the particular family 
here considered begins its history in Charles- 
town in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, with 
one who has been referred to as John Harris, 
of Charlestown and North Yarmouth, and 
who is said by some chroniclers to have been 
the John Harris who married Amy Hills. 
This, however, is not certain, for there were 
two John Harrises in Charlestown and not of 
the same family, so far as is known. The 
John Harris who married Amy Hills appears 
to have remained in Massachusetts, and spent 
his life in Charlestown and Newbury, and 
there is no evidence that he ever went to 
Maine, while the John Harris, of Charles- 
town and North Yarmouth, did remove to that 
colony and lived there for a time at least. The 
more probable theory is, therefore, that John 
Harris, of Charlestown and North Yarmouth, 
was a son of Thomas Harris, of Charlestown, 
whose grandfather was John Harris, of Dev- 
onshire, England. These premises are not 
assumed as having substantial proof to sustain 



them, but rather a reasonable and logical con- 
clusion arrived at after careful examination 
of the circumstances connected with the lives 
and movements of the two Charlestown fam- 
ilies, the head of each of which was John Har- 
ris and whose lives so far as the meagre rec- 
ords show were contemporary. 

(I) John Harris lived in Ottery, St. Mary's, 
Devonshire, England. 

(II) Thomas, son of John Harris, of, Ot- 
tery, was baptized there August 26, 1806. 

(III) John (2), of Charlestown and North 
Yarmouth, perhaps a son of Thomas and 
grandson of John (i) Harris, of Ottery, Dev- 
onshire, England, was founder of the New 
England family of the Harris surname pur- 
posed to be treated in these annals. He is the 
John Harris who by some reliable chroniclers 
is said to have married Amy Hills and had 
several children, among them a son Joseph, 
the latter an ancestor in the line of the family 
here under consideration ; but such claim is 
not put forth here, neither is it disputed. 

(IV) Joseph, of Charlestown and North 
Yarmouth, son of John (2) Harris, and per- 
haps a grandson of Thomas Harris, and great- 
grandson of John ( I ) Harris, of Ottery, Dev- 
onshire, England, was born in Charlestown, 
^Massachusetts, November 17, 1665, removed 
to North Yarmouth, Alaine, lived there and 
subsequently returned to Charlestown. He 
married Naomi Stevens, born December 16, 
1665, died December 16, 1710, daughter of 
Amos Stevens, of North Yarmouth. They 
had eight children : i. Joseph, born August 4, 
i68g. 2. Jonathan, December 2, 1690. 3. 
Amos, August 19. 1693, married, November 
8, 1722, Hannah Laraby (Larrabee). 4. Sam- 
uel, August 18, 1695. married, January 6, 
1718-19. Mary Newcomb. 5. Naomi, Septem- 
ber 13, 1697, married November 8, 1716, Wil- 
liam Gowin. 6. Mary, December 7, 1699, mar- 
ried October 16, 1729, Daniel Edes. 7. Jo- 
siah, January 9, 1701-02, 8. Huldah, March 
29, 1704, married September 7, 1727, Samuel 
Edes. 

(V) Josiah, son of Joseph and Naomi 
(Stevens) Harris, was born in Charlestown, 
Massachusetts, January 9, 1701-02, and mar- 
ried, November 28, 1723, Hannah King, born 
January 13, 1704-05, probably a daughter of 
Ebenezer and Hannah (Manning) King. They 
had six children: i. Josiah, born July 31, 
1725, married (first) 1747, Millicent Esta- 
brook (second) Joanna Abraham. 2. Wil- 
liam, June 7, 1727, married, August 20, 1767, 
Rebecca Mason. 3. Hannah, May 8, 1729, 



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STATE OF MAINK. 



married. February 19, 1754, Thomas Larkin. 4. 
Samuel, Deceniljer 4, 1731. 5. Ebenezcr. Au- 
gust, 1734. 6. Mary, September, 1738. 

(\T) Samuel, son of Josiah and Hannah 
(King) Harris, was born in Charlestown, 
December 4, 1731, died in Boston, May 25, 
1789, having spent the greater part of his life 
in the latter city. He married (first) Sarah 
More, the mother of all of his children ; mar- 
ried (second) Widow Hannah Parker, whose 
family name was Call. She died in October, 
1801. His children: i. Samuel, born 1753, 
died young. 2. William, February 26, 1755, 
died July 3, 1803. 3. Sarah, December 22, 
1756, died young. 4. Samuel, September 13, 
1758, died March 8, 1814. 5. Hannah, 1763. 
6. Andrew Burger, 1765. 7. Sarah, December 
22, 1766, married Samuel Bowles. 8. Josiah, 
February 27, 1770. 

(\TI) Josiah (2), .son and youngest child 
of Samuel and Sarah (More) Harris, was 
born in Boston, February 27, 1770, and spent 
his business life largely in mercantile pursuits 
in that city and in East Machias, Maine. He 
was a young man of seventeen years when he 
first went to Maine, and there found employ- 
ment with John Avery, then register of pro- 
bate for Washington county. He remained 
there one year engaged in recording legal doc- 
uments and performing such other duties as 
were required of him. then in 1788 returned 
to Boston and became clerk in a mercantile 
house, but in the following year he went again 
to East Machias and there laid the foundation 
of his own later business career as an em- 
ployee of E. H. & N. J. Robbins, of Boston 
and Milton, Massachusetts, who were also the 
founders of the town of Robbinston. Maine. 
After a time he acquired a partnership inter- 
est in the firm and still later began business on 
his own account. He was a man of good un- 
derstanding, capable, straightforward in his 
business dealings, and for many years occu- 
pied a standing of prominence in the town. 
He died June 17, 1845. His wife, whom he 
married December 11. 1796, was Lucy Tal- 
bot, born January 18, 1775, died at East Ma- 
chias, December 27, 1861, daughter of Peter 
and Lucy (Hammond) Talbot (see Talbot, 
IV). Josiah and Lucy (Talbot) Harris had 
nine children: i. John Fairbanks, born Octo- 
ber 18, 1797, died September 30, 1877; mar- 
ried, January 6, 1822, Drucilla West Foster. 
2. Stephen Talbot, September 9, 1800, died 
January 30. 1879: married (first) Cynthia 
Foster; (second) February i, 1858, Toanna, 
widow of Joel Chase. She died February 18. 
1897. 3. George, March i8, 1802, died April 



15, 1876; married (first) Lucy Gooch Chal- 
oner ; (second) Alary Ann Palmer. His son, 
Rev. George Harris, D.D., is an eminent di- 
vine, at one time professor of theology at 
Andover Seminary, occasional preacher at 
Harvard University and at present the presi- 
dent of Amherst College. 4. Lucy Talbot, 
December 2, 1803, died August 4, 1805. 5. 
Sarah Bowles. July 25, 1805, died unmarried 
January 21, 1879. 6. Lucy Talbot, June 4, 
1807, died March 24, 1895; married Jeremiah 
Foster. 7. Peter Talbot, September 12, 1808. 

8. Betsey Talbot, July 24, 1810 (or 1811), died 
August 19, 1834; married in 1832 Hiram Hill. 

9. Samuel, June 14, 1814, died June 25, 1899; 
married ( first ) Deborah Robbins Dickinson ; 
(second) October 11, 1877, Mrs. Alary Sher- 
man (Skinner) Fitch. He was Rev. Dr. Sam- 
uel Plarris, eminent theologian and distin- 
guished educator ; professor in Bangor The- 
ological Seminary, president of Bowdoin Col- 
lege, and professor in Yale Theological Sem- 
inary. 

(\ IH) Peter Talbot, son of Josiah (2) and 
Lucy (Talbot) Harris, was born in East 
Machias, Maine, September 12, 1808, and died 
October 4, 1855. He was a successful mer- 
chant and a man of large influence in the town. 
He took a prominent part in public afifairs, 
served in various important local capacities 
and was representative from East Machias to 
the state legislature. He married, August 25, 
1835, Deborah Longfellow, born Machias, 
December z"], 1809, died in East Machias, 
September 22, 1893, daughter of Jacob and 
Tahpenes (Longfellow) Longfellow and of the 
same family from which came the poet Long- 
fellow. Peter Talbot and Deborah (Longfel- 
low) Harris had three children: i. Edgar, 
born 1836, died August 15, 1851. 2. Austin, 
July 10, 1841. 3. Herbert, December 17, 1846. 

(IX) Austin, son of Peter Talbot and De- 
borah (Longfellow) Harris, was born in East 
Machias, Maine, July 10, 1841, and died there 
January 7, 1899. He was a man of extensive 
influence in the state, was devoted to the best 
interests of native town and was highly re- 
spected by all who came in contact with him. 
His early education was received at Washing- 
ton Academy, and his later at Amherst Col- 
lege, where he graduated in 1863. He then 
entered upon a mercantile business in East 
Machias, but after a few years forsook this 
for the lumber business in Charlemagne, Can- 
ada, where he resided from 1872 until 1877. 
Later he engaged in extensive lumber and 
mercantile enterprises in East Machias, where 
he was managing partner of the firms of Pope, 



STATE OF AJAIXE. 



1353 



Harris & Company and J. (). Pope & Com- 
pany until his death, the demand for his 
"services in pubHc office was greater than he 
was able to grant ; but he had served the state 
as representative, senator and member of the 
Republican state committee, and was treasurer 
of Washington county and treasurer and ex- 
ecutive officer of Washington Academy at the 
time of his death. In his ,\oung manhood he 
was active in Free Masonry, and held office 
in the Grand Lodge of Maine. He was a 
member of Warren Lodge, No. 2, and a char- 
ter member of Washington and Warren Royal 
Arch Chapter. He married, December 15. 
1868, Emily Frances Pope, daughter of Sam- 
uel Warren and Betsey Jones (Talbot) Pope, 
who survives him. They had six children : i. 
Florence, born August 14, 1869, married Al- 
bion W. Hobson, December 25. 1896. 2. Edna 
Pope, June 17, 1871, died in infancy. 3. Ma- 
bel, March 11, 1875, married, June 28, 1906, 
Stanwood Merton Rose. 4. Samuel Pope, 
February 3, 1878, died June 27, 1908. 5. 
Philip Talbot, Februarv 10. 188 1. 6. Emilv, 
May 2, 1882. 

(IX) Herbert, son of Peter Talbot and De- 
borah (Longfellow-) Harris, was born in East 
Machias, Maine, December 17, 1846, and is 
vvidelv known in musical circles throughout 
New England, an organist and teacher of 
music of superior ability. His elementary edu- 
cation was acquired in public schools, his sec- 
ondary education at Washington Academy, 
and his higher education at Bowdoin College, 
where he entered in 1868 for the classical 
course, and graduated A.B. in 1872; A.AI. 
in course, 1875. After leaving college he took 
up the study of music in Boston, and having 
attained the degree of proficiency to which he 
aspired has since devoted his attention to 
teaching, and with most gratifying success. 
As an organist he ranks with the best per- 
formers in New^ England, and as such has 
officiated in both Boston and Portland 
churches, besides having taught music in each 
of those cities. Mr. Harris also is very well 
known in social and fraternal circles, espe- 
cially in Free Masonry, he having been made 
a thirty-third degree Mason in 1891. He 
holds membership in Warren Lodge, No. 2. 
F. and A. M., of East Machias, the second 
lodge instituted in this state, and is a charter 
member of Warren Chapter, R. A. M., St. 
Elmo Commandery, K. T., Delta Lodge of 
Perfection and Deering Chapter, Princes of 
Jerusalem, A. A. S. R. He is past senior 
grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Maine, 
F. and A. M., past grand king of the Grand 



Chapter, R. A. M., past commander of the 
Grand Commandery, K. T., of Maine, and 
has been grand organist of the Supreme Coun- 
cil, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, A. A. S. 
R. He is an occasional contributor to the 
various periodicals of the craft and also to the 
general literature of the order : and at the 
present time he is foreign correspondent of 
the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. 
He is a Phi Beta Kappa, member of the Maine 
Genealogical Society and the IMaine Historical 
Society. The recently published "Genealogy 
of the Harris Family of Machias, Maine" is 
his work and the result of his exhaustive re- 
searches in the boundless field of genealogy. 



In A. D. 1035 Hugh Talebot 
T.\LBOT granted a charter to Trinite du 
Mont, Rouen. Normandy, and 
A.D. 1066 le Sire Talebot, a Xornian knight, 
went into England with William the Con- 
queror, and fought under him at Hastings ; 
his name is on the roll of Battle Abbey. There 
were peers among the English Talbots, and 
nobles, gentlemen, scholars, and men famed in 
the wars. In 1442 John Talbot was created 
first Earl of Shrewsbury. This earldom was 
actually patented to Talbot as Earl of Salap, 
but both he and his descendants called them- 
selves Earls of Shrewsbury. The living rep- 
resentative of the Shrewsburys is Major Gen- 
eral Honorable Sir Reginald Arthur John 
Talbot, son of the eighteenth Earl of Shrews- 
bury. He is the governor of Mctoria, Aus- 
tralia, and forght in the war with the Zulus. 
Among the more distinguished American Tal- 
bots there may be mentioned the name of Cap- 
tain Silas Taibot, L'. S. N., Governor Talbot, 
of Massachusetts, and Bishop Ethelbert Tal- 
bot, of the Protestant Episcopal church in 
Pennsylvania. Generally the Talbots both of 
the mother country and America run to the 
learned professions, the arts and the sciences. 
(I) Peter Talbot, immigrant, son of George 
Talbot, was born in Blackburn, England, and 
came to America under duress, from Carr, 
Lancashire, England. While at school in 
Edinburgh he was taken with others and im- 
pressed on board a British man of war bound 
for America, and when off the coast of New 
England he sprang overboard and swam 
ashore at some place in Rhode Island. He 
then made his way to Dorchester and went to 
work to earn money sufficient to pay his 
passage back to England, but the vessel sailed 
without him. From Dorchester he went to 
Chelmsford, married there and, according to 
the tradition, afterward made another attempt 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



ro return to tlie mother country, and being de- 
feated he iletermincd to remain in New Eng- 
land. He raised a family, and while living 
in Chelmsford his home was attacked by In- 
dians, his wife made prisoner and her infant 
child was killed. The other children con- 
cealed themselves and thus escaped capture, 
although the eldest son v^'as killed while fight- 
ing the savages. The wife was afterward re- 
captured and afterward the family settled in 
that part of Dorchester which now is Stough- 
ton. Peter Talbot died about 1704. He mar- 
ried, January 12, 1677, Mary Waddell, who 
died August 29, 1687, and he afterward mar- 
ried for his second wife, Hannah (Clarke) 
Frizzell, widow of William Frizzell and daugh- 
ter of William and Margery Clarke. He had 
seven children, four by his first and three by 
his second wife: i. Edward, born ]March 31, 
1679. 2. Dorothy, February 20, 1680, mar- 
ried, about 1703, James Cutting, of Water- 
town. 3. May (or Mary), January 15, 1682. 
4. Peter, June i, 1684. 5. George, December 
28, 1688. 6. Sarah. 7. Elizabeth, married, 
November 2"], 1713, Eleazer Pufifer. 

(II) George, son of Peter and Hannah 
(Clarke-Frizzell) Talbot, was born December 
28, 1688. and died July 31, 1760. He was a 
husbandman and lived in that part of Dor- 
chester which became Stoughton, on lands 
which have remained in possession of his de- 
scendants to the present time. On April 4, 
1714, he was admitted to communion in the 
church in Milton, and November 12, 1717, 
"Bro. Talbot and wife," with others, "had 
their dismissal to ye church in Dorchester New 
Village." He married (first) February 18, 
1706-07, in Milton, Mary Turell, daughter of 
Daniel and Anna (Barrell) Turell; and mar- 
ried (second), July 27, 1737, Elizabeth With- 
ington, who died April 30, 1774, aged seventy- 
four years. George Talbot had nine children, 
all born in Stoughton and baptized in Milton: 
I. Mary, March 24, 1708. 2. Daniel, March 
9, 1709-10, married, 1734, Martha Stearns, of 
Lexington. 3. Hannah, May i, 1712. 4. 
George, October 24, 1714, removed to Free- 
port, Maine. 5. Peter, 1717. 6. Sarah, Au- 
gust 23, 1719. 7. Jerusha, October 6, 1721, 
married, November 20, 1746, Jonathan Capen 
Jr., of Dorchester, and removed to Stoughton. 
8. Ebenezer, December 24, 1723. 9. Experi- 
ence, February 20, 1725. 

(III) Peter (2), son of George and Mary 
(Turell) Talbot, was born in Stoughton and 
baptized in Milton, March 3, 1717, died Octo- 
ber 13, 1793. He married (first) December 
5, 1744, Abigail Wheeler, who died November 



3, 1750; married (second) January 8, 1752, 
Mary Bailey, who died ]\Jay 17, 1782; and 
married (third) Rebecca, widow- of Samuel 
Dickernian, and whose family name was Brent. 
Peter Talbot had six children, three by his 
first and three by his second wife: i. Peter 
Jr., born November 17 (one account says No- 
vember 6), 1745. 2. Captain Samuel, Feb- 
ruary 24, 1747, died November 29, 1821 ; mar- 
ried, September 5, 1769, ^lary , died 

November 20, 1821. 3. Abigail, married 
Ebenezer Paul, of Dedham, Massachusetts. 4. 
Jabez, April 20, 1753. died December 8, 1816; 
married, November 22, 1784, Susannah Guild, 
died March 29, 1790. 5. Richard, married 
and had children. 6. Anna, 1763, died Jan- 
uary 24, 1778. 

(lY) Peter (3), son of Peter (2) and Abi- 
gail (Wheeler) Talbot, was born in Stough- 
ton, Massachusetts, November 17, 1745, and 
spent the greater part of his active life in 
Maine, where he died, at East Machias, April 
28, 1836. He came to Maine in 1771 and for 
many years was one of the most influential 
men in the eastern part of the state ; a man of 
large stature, muscular, and of corresponding 
mental strength. In business life he was en- 
ergetic and thrifty, and hence was successful. 
He fulfilled the duties of various town offices, 
and when representative to the general court 
of Massachusetts it was his custom to ride on 
horseback from Machias to Boston to attend 
the sessions of that body. At the time of his 
death he was nearly ninety-one years old. He 
married, June 4, 1771, Lucy Hammond, of 
Brookline, Massachusetts, born July 25, 1752, 
died East Machias, June 10, 183 1, daughter of 
Daniel and Lucy (Jones) Hammond, of 
Brookline. They had seven children, all born 
in Machias: i. Apphia, April 6, 1772, mar- 
ried, 1790, Abijah Foster. 2. Lucy, January 
18, 1775, married Josiah Harris (see Harris, 
VII). 3. Stephen, February 7, 1781, died un- 
married April 29, 181 1. 4. Peter, jMarch 29, 
1783, married twice. 5. John Coffin, October 
13, 1784, married Mary Foster. 6. Micah 
Jones. May 18, 1787, married Betsey Rich. 
7. Sally Jones, February 24, 1792, died No- 
vember 29, 1856, married Caleb Gary, who 
died December 30. 1848. 



It would be an interesting 
MILDON study to review the influences 
upon our industrial develop- 
ment of Nova Scotia emigration to the New 
England states. They are among the highest 
type of manhood infused into our composite 
citizenship from foreign lands. They have 



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not refused to t?ke a hand in civic affairs and 
their official rer ' stands to their credit as 
faithful and de^ • ving public servants. 

(I) Thomas .dildon was born in Devon- 
shire. England, March 5, 1810. and died Sep- 
tember 13. i'jo6. at Weymouth, Xova Scotia. 
He came from England to Weymouth in 1845 
and -.v- - a school teacher. He married Susan 
Mar\ ivis, of Somersetshire, England, born 
Nover -■ 28, 1826. died November 28, 1906, 
her f .tleth birthday. She was a relative 
of S:r Robert Sale of England, who distin- 
g"' ed himself in the Crimean war. Chil- 
I : Walter Brind, Elizabeth, Frederick 

oert Sales, who was mayor of Marlboro, 
.vlassachusetts ; Thomas C. and William S. 
(twins), and Maria. Up to the time Thomas 
was ninety-six he had lost none of his seven 
children, none of his nine grandchildren nor of 
his five great-grandchildren. 

(II) The Hon. William Shaw, third and 
twin son of Thomas and Susan Mary (Davis) 
iMildon, was born in ^^'eymouth, Xova Sco- 
tia, March 16, 1855. The Weymouth schools 
supplied his tutorage, and he engaged in the 
grocery business some time before coming to 
Eastport, Maine, in 1881, where he established 
a department store which he still conducts, 
and there gained friends, trade and with these 
official preferment. He was alderman of his 
adopted city in 1898. overseer of the poor in 
1899, mayor in 1904. His recognized fitness 
for this office was conceded by his political 
opponents and he was courageous and ener- 
getic in the performance of his duties and 
prompt to push to completion measures of 
public utility needed by the exigencies of the 
times. Mayor Mildon was a member of the 
board of trade, of Eastern Lodge, Xo. 7, An- 
cient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he 
was past worshipful master, of Royal Arch 
Chapter, of which he is past high priest : of 
.St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Templar ; 
of Border Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows; Moose Island Encampment, Patri- 
archs Militant Odd Fellows; and of the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
I\Iayor IMildon worships at the Episcopal 
church. He married, April 2, 188,^, Sabina, 
daughter of Xathaniel and Ellen (Churchill) 
Travis, of Kentville, Xova Scotia. 



William Dodge, eldest son of 
DODGE John and Margery Dodge, of 

Somersetshire, England, came to 
Salem, ^Massachusetts, in 1629, in the "Lion's 
\Mielp," sailing from Yarmouth, England, 
^la}- 1 1, and landing at Salem on June 29. He 



was described as a skillful and painstaking 
husbandman, and was recommended to be pro- 
vided with a team of horses, and especially 
commended to the care of Governor Endicott 
by Rev. John White, in a letter to the gov- 
ernor, sent with "forty plates for Dorchester 
and places adjacent, many mariners, species 
of ordnance, provisions, and four goats," as 
the cargo of the ship, consigned to the gov- 
ernor. William Dodge settled in that part of 
Salem which became Beverly in 1668, then 
known as Bass River Side, separated by the 
bay from Salem proper. He possibly returned 
to England to be married. He became free- 
man April 17, 1637; received a grant of sixty 
acres September 3, 1637; o" J""^ 29, 1644, 
bought two hundred acres, pa\ing forty 
poimds, "late the property of Peter Palfrey," 
granted to Palfrey at the time John Balch, 
William Frost, John Woodberry and Richard 
Conant each received two hundred acres, a 
part of the Old Planters' tract, granted by the 
town to these immigrant settlers, January 25, 
1635. William Dodge came to America nine 
years earlier than his brother Richard, over 
whom he thus gained prominence, being gen- 
erally recognized as the ancestor of all the 
Dodges in America. However, the records 
show that the descendants of Richard are more 
numerous. William was probably twenty-five 
years old when he landed at Salem, and Rich- 
ard was probably two years his senior ; a sec- 
ond brother, Alichael, lived and died in East 
Coker. Their parents were John and IMargery 
Dodge. The name of William Dodge's wife 
is not known. His father, when William re- 
turned to England to gain his consent that he 
should make a permanent home in America, 
imposed the condition that he should marry, 
and he would make him a present. But one 
deed made in William's lifetime gives the 
name of a wife — "Mary, wife of Captain Wil- 
liam ;" she was a Conant when she married, 
and was widow of John Balch. William Dodge 
was selectman, grand juryman, trial juryman, 
and served the town in various ways. Chil- 
dren : I. Captain John, see forward. 2. Cap- 
tain William, born September 19, 1640, died 
]\Iarch. 1720. 3. Hannah, 1642. married Sam- 
uel Proctor, who died 1660; (second) Thomas 
Woodberry, December, 1661. Israel Dodge, 
killed in the Xarragansett war, 1675, may 
have been another son. 

(II) John, son of William Dodge, was born 
probably in Salem, 1636. \\'hen he came to 
manhood he settled in the Beverly section, 
later annexed to the town of Wenham, and 
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Mill river, in Wenham Neck; the mill was yet 
in use in 1872. He received of his father's 
estate about eighty acres about the mill, and 
five acres of meadow on the same side of 
Langham Bank. He was mentioned in the 
will of his grandfather, John Dodge, who died 
in England, 1635. John Dodge (2) was an 
important man in Beverly, and held every 
town office requiring intelligence and business 
ability, between 1667 and 1702; was deputy 
to the general court, 1676-78-79-80-81-83; 
was cornet, or standard bearer, and afterward 
lieutenant, of the Wenham militia company, 
with which he served in the Narragansett war, 
1675. He married, April 10, 1659, Sarah 
Proctor, who died February 8, 1705-06, aged 
sixty years; he married (second) Elizabeth, 
widow of John Woodberry. John Dodge died 
171 1, and his widow 1726, aged ninety-four 
years. Children: John, William, Sarah, 
Hannah, Hannah, Martha and Jonathan. 

(HI) Jonathan, youngest child of Lieuten- 
ant John and Sarah Dodge, was born between 
1675 and 1680. He lived in Salem and Bev- 
erly Cove, was a man of considerable means, 
and when he died his estate inventoried £1,822 
5s. He married (first) December 17, 1701- 
02, Elizabeth Goodhue; (second) May 15, 1705. 
Jerusha Raymond, widow. Children, by first 
wife: Francis, born March, 1703, married, 
Februarv 19, 1729, Sarah Dodge; by second 
wife: Jonathan, see forward; Peter; Hannah, 
married Deacon Joshua Dodge. 

(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i) 
and Jerusha Dodge, was baptized at Beverly, 
September 3, 1721. He was a weaver, sold 
out his business in 1747, removed to Ipswich, 
where he resided twenty-five years, then re- 
turned to Beverly, where he lived from 1772 
to 1788, and died between 1788 and 1792. He 
married, April 13. 1743, Deborah, daughter 
of Deacon Benjamin Balch. Children : Cor- 
nelius, Benjamin Balch, Mial Balch, Benjamin 
Balch and Abner. 

(V) Abner, youngest child of Jonathan 
(2) and Deborah (Balch) Dodge, was born 
in Beverly, March 27. 1755, died January 28, 
1839; married (first) October 16, 1777. 
Eleanor Dodge, of Beverly, died July 24, 
1780; married (second) October 25, 1781. 
Elizabeth Sears, who lived to the age of 
ninety-two years, and is said to have drawn a 
pension of ninety-six dollars a year to the time 
of her death for services of her husband in 
the revolutionary war. Abner Dodge was a 
mason in Beverly, and a landowner ; he sold 
to Isaac Woodberry, carpenter in Ipswich, ten 
acres in Beverly, Septernber 11, 1792, sale in- 



cluding his house and barn, consideration 
£210; same day he sold to William Sears, 
cooper, of Beverly, half of a ten acre lot in 
Wenham, and house on Prison lane, Salem; 
also to Isaac Woodberry one pew on main 
aisle of Upper Parish meeting house, Septem- 
ber 12, 1792, for £20; and his interest in es- 
tate of his "honored mother, Deborah Dodge, 
deceased," to William Sears, for £80. This 
was preparatory to removing to the wilds of 
Alaine, where he located at Bridgton, then in 
the wilderness, where he carved a farm out 
of tlie woods, and cultivated a productive 
farm until his death. By his second wife he 
had six children, born in Beverly, Alassachu- 
setts, and the foUowipg born in Bridgton. 
I\Iaine: i. Benjamin. 2. Job, June 7, 1795, 
died April 27, 1864. 3. George. 4. Char- 
lotte. 

(VI) Caleb Abner, son of Abner and Eliza- 
beth (Sears) Dodge, was born in Beverly, 
Massachusetts, and in 1792 went with his 
father and family to Bridgton, Maine, where 
father and son became early settlers in Cum- 
berland county, then a wilderness. In 1816 
he removed to Burnham, Waldo county, where 
he was a farmer, lumberman, served as town 
collector, and died in 1820. He married a 
Perley. 

(VII) John Perley, son of Caleb Abner 
Dodge, was born in Bridgton, Maine, 1810, 
died in Benton, Maine, 1878. He was six 
years old when his father removed the family 
to Burnham, and he was there brought up, 
acquiring a full knowledge of farming and 
lumbering. In 1833 he removed to Clinton, 
Kennebec county, where he was engaged in 
the calling named. He married, 1837, Ro- 
sanna Richardson, a native of that part of 
Clinton now Benton; she was born in 1810, 
in Clinton, daughter of William and Hannah 
(Wilson) Richardson; her father was ensign 
in the war of 1812, was of the sixth genera- 
tion from Thomas Richardson, one of the 
earliest settlers of Woburn, Massachusetts. 
She died in 1867, in Benton, ]\Iaine, and Mr. 
Dodge married (second) 1871, Mrs. Sarah 
Libby, of Unity, Maine. Children of Mr. 
Dodge, by first marriage, born in Benton, 
Maine: i. Howard Winslow. 2. Hobart 
Richardson. 3. John Orin. 4. Lottie Louise, 
married George W. Plaisted, of Everett, 
Massachusetts. Hobart R. and John O. 
Dodge became lumbermen in Pennsylvania, 
and both served in the civil war. 

(\TII) Hon. Howard Winslow, eldest child 
of John Perley and Rosanna (Richardson) 
Dodge, was born in Benton, Maine, Februarv 




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i6, 1838. He was reared on the parental farm, 
and educated at the pubHc schools and Sebas- 
ticook Academy. As a young man he engaged 
in lumbering, at times in business for himself, 
at other times for others, or with partners. 
From 1867 to 1870 he was in Williamsport, 
Pennsylvania, in the employ of William E. 
Dodge & Company, of New York, in their 
extensive lumber plant at that place. For a 
time he was engaged in buying sheep in Can- 
ada, for the Brighton (Massachusetts) and 
the Maine markets. In 1871 he engaged in 
a mercantile business in Clinton, Maine, which 
he conducted successfully for a period of thir- 
ty-two years, having various partners — in the 
firm of Hunter & Dodge, later with Dodge & 
Jaquith, for twenty years; and still later 
Dodge & Cain. In connection with his gen- 
eral mercantile business he was engaged in 
shipping produce. His business career has 
been one of marked success, testifying at once 
to his ability, integrity and enterprise, and he 
has ever enjoyed the confidence and esteem of 
his fellow citizens. He has been entrusted 
with the settlement of large estates from time 
to time, and his continuous employment in 
various positions of trust has furnished addi- 
tional evidence of the estimation in which he 
is held. He has served as a notary public 
since 1883; has served as town clerk, mod- 
erator, treasurer, for eight years as select- 
man of Clinton, and formerly selectman of 
Benton. He was three times the unsuccessful 
candidate for state senator, county commis- 
sioner and high sheriff, his party being in a 
hopeless minority, and he a staunch Demo- 
crat. In 1885 he witnessed the inauguration 
of President Cleveland — the first Democratic 
president since he came of voting age. He 
has been a trustee and treasurer of the Brown 
Memorial Library since its establishment; was 
one of the organizers and a trustee of the 
Waterville (Maine) Trust Company; and was 
a trustee of the Nobleboro Camp Meeting As- 
sociation. He has been vice-president of the 
Clinton Board of Trade, and also of the State 
Board of Trade. He was made a Mason Feb- 
ruary 2. 1864, in Star of the West Lodge, of 
Lenity, Maine ; was demitted to Sebasticook 
Lodge in 1872: took the Royal Arch degree 
in 1870. in Dunlap Chapter, at China, Maine; 
was knighted in De ^lolay Commandery, at 
Skowhegan, Maine, in 1872; and was a char- 
ter member of St. Omer Commanderv. at 
Waterville, Maine. In 1867 Mr. Dodge be- 
came connected with the Good Templars, and 
has been constantly active and prominent in 
advancing the cause of temperance and total 



abstinence, and has served as worthy chief 
templar of Kennebec county, and state deputy 
of the grand lodge. 

IMr. Dodge married, December 5, 1885, Cora 
Ada, born in Clinton, Maine, January 26, 
1856, daughter of Charles and Olive (Berry) 
Jaquith. Her father was born in Bloomfield, 
Maine, now a part of Skowhegan, July 3, 183 1, 
son of David and Sally (Young) Jaquith. 
David Jaquith was a son of Andrew, who came 
from Massachusetts to Maine among the 
pioneers, served in the war of 1812, and of 
revolutionary descent. Sally Young was born 
^in Madison, Maine. Olive Berry was a daugh- 
'ter of Eben Berry. Children of Howard Xv. 
and Cora Ada (Jaquith) Dodge: i. Charles 
Everett, born September 30, 1886, graduate 
of Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, 
and a teacher by profession. 2. Lottie Myra, 
August 6, 1887, graduate of Coburn Classical 
Institute, Waterville; married, August 6, 1907, 
George N. Wakely, of Clinton. 3. Alice Olive, 
December 21, 1888, graduate of Coburn 
Classical Institute. Mr. Dodge and family at- 
tend the Methodist Episcopal church, in which 
he has long been a working member and offi- 
cer, and his benefactions to religious and 
benevolent organizations have been liberal and 
continuous. He was made a lay delegate to 
the East Maine Conference in May, 1908. On 
January 5, same year, at the one hundred and 
si.xth anniversary of Brown Memorial Metho- 
dist Episcopal church, Mr. Dodge was se- 
lected to deliver the historical address, and he 
presented 'a carefully prepared and perma- 
nently valuable history of that body, his effort 
being most favorably commented upon by the 
press throughout the country. Mr. Dodge and 
wife are both active members of the Grange, 
and he is press correspondent. 



The name Pitman is said to be 
PITMAN derived from residence in the 

neighborhood of a pit, and the 
patronymic is found among very early Eng- 
lish records. Johannes Piteman is mentioned 
in the Hundred Rolls, 1273. A family of Pit- 
man has been seated at Dunchideockhouse, 
county Devon, for several generations, and is 
recorded in the parish registers from the vear 
1552. Geoffrey Pitman was sherifl of Suffolk 
county hi 1625, and Pitman is also found in 
Yorkshire pedigrees. There are at least two 
entirely distinct coats-of-arms in England, 
showing that the different families must" have 
had a separate origin. In New England we 
find seven early settlers of the name "scattered 
among the different states. Thomas Pitman, 



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born in 1614, settled at i\Iarblehead. Massa- 
chusetts; and Mark, born in 1622, settled in 
the same place. William Pitman, born in 
1632, made his home at Oyster River, now 
Durham. New Hampshire. Nathaniel Pitman 
settled at Salem. Massachusetts, in 1639, J°" 
seph, at Charlestown in the same state in 1658; 
and Jonathan at Stratford, Connecticut, in 
1 68 1. Perhaps the most romance gathers 
about Henry I'itman, who about 1666 was one 
of the first settlers at Nassau, New Provi- 
dence, one of the Bahama Islands. He built 
a house, planted fruit-trees, and made great 
improvements, dwelling there about fifteen 
years. He died about the time of the fishing 
for the Plate wreck, when Sir William Phipps 
was trying to recover the treasure wrecked 
in a Spanish vessel. Henry Pitman's house 
was burned in the depredations of enemies ; 
but his son John, born in 1663, afterwards 
came into possession of the plantation and im- 
provements. He built himself a house, estab- 
lished a shipyard, constructed several vessels, 
and lived on the island till the taking and 
burning of New Providence by the French 
and Spaniards in July, 1703. He moved to 
other islands in the same group, and finally, in 
1710, came to New England and settled at 
Newport, Rhode Island. He left five sons, 
who married and had children ; so that a nu- 
merous progeny can trace their descent to 
Henry Pitman, of Nassau. It has not been 
possible to connect the following linfe with any 
of these early settlers ; and it may be derived 
from a more recent immigrant. 

(I) John Pitman was born at Concord, New 
Hampshire, in 1797, and died in 1837. His 
father's Christian name is unknown, but he 
was one of several Pitmans who saw service 
in the revolution. As no Pitman appears on 
the list of revolutionary soldiers from Con- 
cord, New Hampshire, it is inferred that the 
senior Pitman must have been living in an- 
other town, or possibly another state, at the 
time. John Pitman had two elder brothers, 
David and Samuel, and their mother was a 
Carlton. AMien a young man John Pitman 
moved from Concord to Bartlett, New Hamp- 
shire, where he was a farmer and lumberman, 
and built several mills. He married Abigail 
Carlton, daughter of Woodman Carlton, a rev- 
olutionary soldier: Mrs. Woodman Carlton 
lived to be one hundred and three years ; at 
ninety-five she was very active. Children : 
Hazen. Abiah, David C, John, W'oodman C. 
and Abigail. None of these is now living ex- 
cept Woodman C, whose sketch follow-s. 

(II) Woodman Carlton, son of John and 



Abigail (Carlton) Pitman, was born at P.art- 
lett. New Hampshire, January 2. 1822. He 
was educated in the common schools of his 
native town and at Bartlett Academy, after 
which he taught school for a short time at 
Center Bartlett. He then went to Lowell, 
^Massachusetts, and worked at odd jobs and 
farming for a while. Returning to Bartlett, 
he worked in a mill for a year. At the age of 
twenty-two he began working on the construc- 
tion of the Concord and Montreal railroad, at 
Concord, New Hampshire, and soon had 
charge of a crew of men. He went west and 
was conductor on Michigan Central railroad 
for a year. He contracted .some of the work 
on the Maine Central railroad between Water- 
ville and Bangor, and engaged in railroad con- 
tracting until 1867. During this time he built 
for the European and North American rail- 
road a line of track from Benham to the sea- 
shore, constructing the work by means of 
his own cars and engines. He still kept up 
h<s railroad connection after 1867 by getting 
out telegraph-poles and railroad-ties during 
the winter, but in summer he imported flour 
and other goods from Canada, sometimes 
bringing in as many as a thousand barrels at 
a time. Mr. Pitman was the first to bring 
flour from Canada to Maine. In 1892 he re- 
tired from active business. He attends the 
Unitarian church, and in early life belonged 
both to the r)dd Fellows and the Masons, but 
withdrew from these organizations at the time 
of his marriage. Mr. Pitman is passing a 
serene old age, and at eighty-seven years is 
still fairly active, interested in passing events, 
and thoughtful of the present generation. He 
is a member of the Madockawanda Club and 
enjoys there a social hour with old-time 
friends. 

In 1857 \\'oodman Carlton Pitman married 
Fannie I'^uller, daughter of John Fuller, of 
Carmel, Maine: she died in 1890. Their three 
children died in infancv. 



The Olivers of New England 
OLIVER are descendants of the Olivers 
of Lewes, Susse.x, England, 
from which place Thomas Oliver came with 
his wife .Anne and children in 1632, and settled 
in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The 
family is undoubtedly of Scotch origin, and 
one Rev. Andrew^ Oliver came from Scotland 
to Londonderry, New Hampshire, about the 
middle of the eighteenth century, and in 1795 
removed to Otsego county. New York, where 
he was pastor of the Reformed Dutch church 
of Springfield. Others of the name have come 






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to America from time to time, but the only 
early New England immigrants appears to 
have been Thomas and Anne Oliver, Boston. 
1632. The most noted of the name in New 
England was Peter Oliver, a graduate of Har- 
vard. A. B.. 1735, A. M., 1773, D. C. L.. Ox- 
ford, England. 1776; lived in Aliddleburgh, 
Massachusetts, who was chief justice of the 
supreme court of judicature for the province 
of Massachusetts, 1771-75; was a Loyalist and 
returned to England in 1776, upon the evacu- 
ation of Boston by the British troops, and 
died in Birmingham, England, October 13, 
1791. 

( I ) John Oliver was born in Phippsburg, 
Maine, in 1788. He went to W'innegance, 
Maine, when a young man, and established a 
general merchandise store which he conducted 
during his entire life. His wife, Catharine 
Oliver, bore him eight children, the eldest son 
receiving his father's name. John Oliver Sr. 
died in Phippsburg in 1858. 

(H) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and 
Catharine Oliver, was born in Phippsburg, 
April 4. 1820. He received his educational 
training in the local school, and when a man 
became an employee in the mills at Phipps- 
burg and received promotion in the business, 
continuing at the same occupation during his 
lifetime of active work. He was a member 
of the Baptist church. He married Elsie, 
daughter of Isaac Alarr ; children : Lucretia. 
Cleveland Marr, Camalia, Charles \V., Kather- 
ine, Chester, George, Emma and Wilbur Car- 
ter. 

(HI) Wilbur Carter, youngest child of John 
(2) and Elsie (Marr) Oliver, was born in 
Phippsburg, February 29, i860. His education 
was obtained in the public schools of his na- 
tive town and at Bath, to which city he moved 
at the age of eleven years. Although desirous 
of a liberal education, he, like many another 
who has made a success in the financial world, 
was compelled by circumstances to relinquish 
his cherished hopes, and at the age of fifteen 
he began to struggle in the great workshop, 
the world, entering a grocery-store as clerk, 
and there obtained his first experience in deal- 
ing with men. After some time he relin- 
quished this occupation and went to Gloucester. 
Massachusetts, where for two seasons he was 
employed as fisherman, after which he re- 
turned to Bath and entered the employ of the 
Torry Roller Bushing Works. In that con- 
cern he familiarized himself with every detail 
and thus became well equipped to enter upon 
a business which under his control has grown 
and to-day is one of the valued enterprises of 



Bath. In 1883 ^Ir. Oliver established the 
business of galvanizing iron in Bath, under 
the firm name of The Bath Galvanizing 
Works, of which he is sole proprietor and 
owner. At first he began in a modest way ; 
at the present time (1908) his works are 
established at the corner of \'ine and Water 
streets; it is a well-equipped plant, where he 
is able to carry on a very profitable and grow- 
ing business which extends to all parts of 
Elaine. The extensive building of torpedo- 
boats for the United States government at the 
Bath shipyards demanded larger vats, in or- 
der to take in the larger parts of the boats re- 
quired in the galvanizing process, and by the 
expenditure of thousands of dollars he met 
the demand and thus largely increased his 
business and its profits. 

Mr. Oliver is a very active and enthusiastic 
supporter of the administration and of the 
Republican party in general. His good work 
as a local politician was recognized in 1904 
by his election as a member of the common 
council of Bath from the second ward : in 
1906 he was elected alderman from his ward 
and in the board was recognized as a superior 
presiding officer, and he has been for two 
years president of the board ; he is now in 
the direct road to the office of mayor, having 
been considered an available candidate ever 
since he became president of the board of al- 
derman, and in 1908, at the party elections in 
March, he was the unanimous choice of his 
party for the office, but he persistently de- 
clined the nomination. He is now serving his 
second year as chairman of the Republican city 
committee. He is also active in Masonic 
circles. He is a member of Solar Lodge, No. 
14, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; 
Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch 
Chapter, No. 2 ; Dunlap Commandery, Knights 
Templar, No. 5, of Bath ; Maine Consistory, 
Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, of Port- 
land ; Mystic Shrine and Kora Temple, of 
Lewiston. He is also a member of the Be- 
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 
934, of Bath ; the Improved Order of Red 
Men, Sagamore Tribe, No. 64; Arcadia Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias, No. 12, of Bath. 

Air. Oliver is greatly interested in every- 
thing pertaining to the welfare of the city of 
Bath, and is ever ready to do what he can to 
better her public institutions. In 1906 he was 
instrumental in causing an investigation of 
the Bath City Alms House and to improve 
its condition. By his untiring zeal and per- 
sistency along these lines, the mayor's atten- 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



needed improvements were made and many of 
the unfortunate poor of Bath are receiving 
that attention which is rightfully theirs, 
through the thoughtfulness and persistency of 
]Mr. Oliver. In recording the achievements 
of successful men, one naturally looks for the 
cause of such success and then point it out for 
coming generations to emulate. Persistency, 
attention to detail and strict honesty are usu- 
ally the salient features in a successful career, 
and these stand out prominently in the busi- 
ness life of Mr. Oliver. Starting out to fight 
the battles of life at the tender age of fifteen, 
without a dollar or influential friends, and at- 
taining affluence at the age of forty-eight is a 
record of achievements which are worthy of 
the highest commendation, and will stand out 
as a living monument to those qualities, which 
are truly American. 

Mr. Oliver married, November 9, 1881, 
Esther, daughter of Arthur Gibbs, of New 
Brunswick; children: i. Arthur, born May 
2, 1883, married, in 1904, Eleanor, daughter 
of Charles and Mary Dane, and they have 
two children : Warren and Evelyn Oliver. 
2. Wilbur C, died in infancy. 



^ The pioneer family of this 

GREENLEAF name has existed in New 
England well on toward 
three hundred years, and in that time has pro- 
duced many scions who have honored their 
progenitor and gained places of credit among 
their fellow citizens. Several have been dis- 
tinguished in war and not a few have proved 
efficient instructors. The great majority of 
the race have been sturdy, honest toilers and 
law-abiding citizens, whose labors have helped 
to make a great nation. 

(I) Edmund Greenleaf, common ancestor 
of the Greenleafs of New England, born in 
1573, baptized January 2, 1574 (O. S.), died 
March 24, 1671, aged ninety-eight. He was 
evidently an Englishman, and was by trade 
a dyer. He came to Massachusetts about 
1635, with a wife and children — five says Sav- 
age, nine says the compiler of the Greenleaf 
genealogy. He was one of the original set- 
tlers of Quasca Cunquen, afterward New- 
bury, Massachusetts, where each of the first 
settlers was granted a house lot of at least 
four acres, with a suitable quantity of salt and 
fresh meadow. In addition to this he had a 
grant of twelve acres, which shows him to 
have been one of the eighteen principal pion- 
eer settlers. To the other grantees the num- 
ber of acres varied from ten to eighty. June 
15, 1638, "The court having left it to the 



liberty of particular townes to take, order, and 
provide, according to their discretion, for the 
bringing of arms to 'the meeting house, it is 
for the present thought fitt and ordered that 
the town being divided in four several equal 
parts, sayd part shall bring compleat armes 
according to the direction of those whom the 
town hath appointed to oversee the busynesse 
in order and manner as followeth ; namely, 
John Pike, Nicholas Holt, John Baker, and 
Edmund Greenleafe being appointed as over- 
seers of the busynesse, are ordered to follow 
this course namely : They shall give notice 
to the party of persons under their severall 
divisions to bring their armes compleat one 
Sabbath day in a month and the lectureday 
following, in order successively one after an- 
other, and the persons aforementioned shall 
cause every person under their severall divis- 
ions to Stand sentinell at the doores all the 
time of the publick meeting every one after 
another either by himself in person or by a 
sufficient substitute to be allowed by the over- 
seer of the Ward. And, further, it is ordered 
that the sayd overseers shall diligently mark 
and observe any that shall be defective in 
this respect, having careful warning, and they 
. together with the Surveyor of the arms shall 
collect or distrain twelve pence for every de- 
fault, according as hath been thought fitt by 
order of the court in this case provided." He 
was made a freeman March 13, 1639, in June 
following was ordered to be ensign for New- 
bury, and in 1644 was head of the militia 
under Gerrish. July 15, 1648, Lieutenant Ed- 
mund Greenleaf was allowed to keep an or- 
dinary. About 1650 he removed to Boston, 
where he was admitted inhabitant September 
27, 1654. He was a man of much more than 
ordinary means and mental qualifications, and 
was an efficient and leading citizen of New- 
bury, in whom' his fellow citizens reposed 
trust and confidence. He married (first) in 
England, Sarah Dole, perhaps a sister of Rich- 
ard Dole. Tlie date and place of her birtli 
are unknown. She died in Boston, January 
18, 1663. He married (second) Mrs. Sarah 
Hill, daughter of Ignatius Jurdaine, of Exeter, 
England, widow, first of a Mr. Wilson, second 
of William Hill, of Fairfield, Connecticut. 
She died in Boston in 1671. The children of 
Edmund and Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf were: 
Enoch (died young), Samuel, Enoch, Sarah, 
Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Judith, Stephen and 
Daniel. 

yXiV) Stephen, fourth son of Edmund and 
Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf, bom about 1628. 
baptized at St. Mary's August 10, 1628, died 



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December i, 1690. He came to America with 
his parents and resided at Newbury until his 
death. He was one of the company of twenty 
persons formed by Thomas Moey, 1659, who 
purchased the Island of Nantucket, and hav- 
ing an equal share. The island is fourteen 
miles long and three and one-half miles wide, 
and the price paid for it was £30 and two 
beaver hats. Mr. Greenleaf was admitted free- 
man at Newbury, May 23, 1677. He was a 
religious man, a member of the First Congre- 
gational church in Newbury, to which he was 
admitted December 6, 1674. He was represen- 
tative in the general court 1676-86, and a 
member of the council of safety, 1689. His 
will was made December 25, 1668, and pro- 
bated February 12, 1691. He married (first) 
November 13, 1651, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin, of 
Newbury. She died November 19, 1678. He 
was married (second) March 31, 1679, by 
Commissioner Dalton, to Mrs. Esther (Weare) 
Swett, daughter of Nathaniel Weare and 
widow of Benjamin Swett, of Hampton, New 
Hampshire. She died January 16, 1718, aged 
eighty-nine years. The ten children of Stephen 
Greenleaf, all by his first wife, Elizabeth, 
were: Stephen, Sarah, Daniel, Elizabeth, 
John, Samuel, Tristram, Edmund, Mary and 
Judith. 

(Ill) Captain Stephen (2), eldest son of 
Stephen and Elizabeth (Coffin) Greenleaf, 
born in Newbury, August 15, 1652, died in 
Newbury, October 13, 1743, aged ninety-one 
years. He was the first grandchild of Tris- 
tram Coffin, and well remembered his great- 
grandmother and lived to see his great-grand- 
children. He was a prominent man in public 
affairs, and famed for his services in the In- 
dian wars. He was known as the "great In- 
dian fighter" ; and while the public records of 
the Indian troubles of those days are meagre 
in their accounts, family tradition has handed 
down through the generations, and the records 
bear evidence of, some of that service. In 
the town records he was distinguished as Cap- 
tain Stephen. Robert Pike thus writes in 
1690: "Capt. Pierce, Capt. Noyes, Capt. 
Greenleaf, and Lieut. Moores, with the rest 
of the gentlemen of 'Newbury ; — whose assist- 
ance, next under God was the means of the 
preservation of our towns of Salisbury and 
Amesbury, in the day of our distress, by the 
assaults of the enemy." In 1675-76 he was 
one of the selectmen of Newbury. August 
25, 1675, he was wounded by the Indians. In 
1689 he was appointed agent of the state to 
treat with the Indians at Pennacook. Mav 18, 



1695, he files a petition for relief, and presents 
the bill for professional services of Dr. Hum- 
phrey Bradstreet, which reads : "Bill for 
curing Capt. Stephen Greenleaf, who was 
wounded while moving a family who had been 
taken from Newbury by the Indians, £12-6-9." 
March i, 1696, the town granted to Stephen 
Greenleaf four or five rods on the flats, from 
Watt's cellar spring to Ensign Greenleaf's 
and Mr. Davidson's grant, from high-water 
mark to low-water mark, to build a wharf and 
a place to build vessels upon on certain con- 
ditions ; one was that it come not within ten 
or twelve feet of the spring. On the fifth of 
March, 1696, Captain Greenleaf addressed the 
following petition to the general court : "The 
petition of Captain Greenleaf, of Newbury, 
Humbly Showeth: That upon the Seventh of 
October last, about three o'clock in the after- 
noon, a party of Indians surprised a family at 
Turkey Hill in said town, captured nine per- 
sons, women and children, rifled the house, 
carrying away bedding and dry goods. Only 
one person escaped, and gave notice to the 
next family, and they to the town ; upon the 
alarm your petitioner with a part of men 
pursued after the enemy, endeavoring to line 
the river Merrimack to prevent their passage, 
by which means the captives were recovered 
and brought back. The enemy lay in a gully 
hard by the roadway, and about nine at night 
made a shot at Your Petitioner, and shot him 
through the wrist, between the bones, and 
also made a large wound in his side, which 
would have been very painful and costly to 
your petitioner in the cure of them, and have 
in a great measure utterly taken away the 
use of his left hand, and wholly taken off from 
his employment this winter. Your petitioner 
therefore honorably prays this honorable court 
that they would make him such compensation 
as shall seem fit; which he shall thankfully 
acknowledge, and doubts not but will be an 
encouragement to others, and possibly to re- 
lieve their neighbors when assaulted by so 
barbarous an enemy. And your petitioner 
shall ever pray 

"(Signed) Stephen Greenleaf." 
"March 6 — Read and voted that there be 
paid out of the province treasury to the Peti- 
tioner the sum of forty pounds." The coat 
which Captain Greenleaf wore in his pursuit 
of the Indians is still preserved by his descend- 
ants, together with the bullet which was ex- 
tracted from his wound. This is said to be 
the only instance in which the Indians at- 
tacked, "captivated," or killed any of the in- 
habitants of Newbury. He married (first) 



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October 23, 1676, Elizabeth, daughter of Will- 
iam and Joanna (Goodule) (Oliver) Ger- 
rish, of Nevvbiir}-, born September 10, 1654, 
died August 5, 1712; (second) 1713, Airs. 
Hannah Jordan, of Kittery, Maine, who died 
September 30, 1743. His ten children, all 
by the first wife Elizabeth, were: Elizabeth, 
Daniel, Stephen (died young), William, Jo- 
seph, Sarah, Stephen, John, Benjamin and 
Moses. 

(IV) Stephen (3), fourth son of Stephen 
(2) and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Greenleaf, born 
in Newbury, October 21, 1690, died in 1771. 
It has been supposed that Stephen removed 
to Woolwich from Newbury about the year 
1720, but it now appears he had intermediate 
residence between Newbury and Woolwich. 
In 1720 but slight beginnings had been made 
in the settlement of the district, the Indian 
war soon began and drove out, it is said, every 
one who had entered. It would appear that 
he moved first to York, Maine, from Massa- 
chusetts, probably about 1720-21, then farther 
east to Falmouth, about 1731, as by the rec- 
ords there we find : "Stephen Greenleaf, Mari- 
ner, York," bought lot and house in the pres- 
ent Portland in 1731. "Stephen Greenleaf. 
Pound Keeper," Back Cone, Falmouth, March 
26, 1734. "Stephen Greenleaf, of Falmouth, 
and Mary, wife sells title in Mill stream and 
Mills in Falmouth," in 1736. Stephen Green- 
leaf had conveyance of his land in June, 1738, 
in Woolwich. "Stephen Greenleaf paid for 
killing a Wild-cat," Alay i. 1743. Richard 
Greenleaf, his son, sells land "improved and 
possessed twenty-nine years last past," in 1767. 
It also appears upon the records that "Stephen 
Greenleaf, York, Coaster, ct all" bought a right 
in land in Monsweag Bay, in 1729, including 
the tract on which he afterwards lived. Land 
conveyances being acepted, under conditions, 
as evidence of residence, it would appear that 
1738 was the time of his taking up his resi- 
dence in Monsweag, now Woolwich. He mar- 
ried, October 7, 1712, Mary Mackres, born in 
1691, died in Woolwich in 1771, aged eighty. 
They had eight children : Enoch, Richard, 
Samuel, Ebenezer, Lydia, Stephen, Joseph and 
Mary. 

(V) Joseph, sixth son of Stephen (3) and 
Mary (Mackres) Greenleaf, born in York, 
Maine, July 2. 1727, and died in 1772. Jo- 
seph Greenleaf was commissioned June 3, 
1745, in the First Company of Artillery from 
York county, Maine, Captain Peter Staples, 
afterward conmianded by Captain Richard 
Mumford, First Massachusetts Regiment, 
commanded by Sir \\'illiam Pepperell at the 



capture of Louisburg. He was also mar- 
shal of a court-martial, June 23, 1745. Jo- 
seph Greenleaf entered, September 24, 1750, 
Captain James Thompson's companv, in the 
Boston service, ranging the woods, and served 
until November i, 1750. He was also a pri- 
vate. April 30, 1757, in Captain Jonathan 
Williamson's company. District of Wiscasset, 
Maine. Also ensign, August 9, 1757, on a re- 
turn of officers belonging to the Alassachusetts 
forces, commanded by Colonel Joseph I'rye, 
which was in the capitulation of Fort William 
Henry. Joseph Greenleaf is one of the signers 
of the petition of inhabitants of the Kennebec 
river for protection, July 21, 1760. He mar- 
ried, about 1752. Dorcas Gray, who survived 
him and married (second) Lieutenant Moses 
Hilton. Their intention was filctl March 22, 
1781, and the marriage was solemnized by 
Thomas Moore. The eight children of Jo- 
seph and Dorcas were : Ebenezer, John, Mar- 
tha, Sally, Rachel, Joshua, William and Ly- 
dia. 

(\ I) John, second son of Joseph and Dor- 
cas (Gray) Greenleaf, was born on Gewnky 
Neck, in Woolwich or Wiscasset, Maine, No- 
vember 6, 1755, and died June 5, 1846, aged 
ninety-one. The name of John Greenleaf, of 
Powiialborough, Maine, is on a certificate of 
enlistment dated June, 1776, signed by him- 
self and others, who promised to march to 
New York and continue in service till Decem- 
ber I. 1776. unless sooner discharged. He 
joined the American army at New York in 
the early days of the revolution, and served 
as a soldier at \'alley Forge in the memorable 
winter of 1777-78. He was also in the en- 
gagements at Brandywine, Long Island, White 
Plains and Fishkill. June 3, 1778, he began 
a term of service of nine months from his ar- 
rival at Fishkill. He was in Colonel McCobb's 
( First ) regiment, raised by resolve of April 
20, 1778, from Pownalborough (Wiscasset), 
Maine. Return made by Brigadier-General 
Charles Gushing. In the description list of 
men enlisted from Lincoln countv for the 
term of nine months from the time of their 
arrival at Fishkill, he is described as follows : 
"x\ge 22 ; stature 5 ft. 7 inches ; complexion, 
light." From town of Pownalborough, Cap- 
tain Decker's company ( First Regiment ) , time 
of arrival at Fishkill, June 19. After his serv- 
ice in the revolutionary war he returned to 
Wiscasset and married. Early in the spring of 
1782 he and his brother Ebenezer, with their 
wives, together with Joshua, another brother, 
went to the Sandy river, where each took 
up a farm of productive and valuable land. 



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The first two settled in the town of Starks, and 
Joshua located immediately opposite there, in 
iMercer. A few years later a younger brother, 
William, and four sisters, Martha, Sally, Ra- 
chel and Lydia, married, settled and resided 
in the vicinity. John Greenleaf possessed con- 
siderable property at the time of his death. 
He had great caution, was very prudent and 
exact in his dealings, but gave liberally to the 
poor. His remains lie in the old family bury- 
ing-ground, beneath the soil he once tilled. 
He married, December 29, 1781, Anna Pierce 
Roberts, of Wiscasset, born 1761, died April 
27, 1853, aged ninety-two. They had twelve 
children: John, Sarah, Anthony. Levi, Jo- 
seph, William, Stephen. George, Cyrus, 
Joshua, Rachel and Elias. 

(\ II) Stephen (4), si.xlh son of John and 
Anna Pierce (Roberts) Greenleaf, born in 
Starks, August 26, 1794, died in Starks, Octo- 
ber 15, 1881, aged eighty-seven. After com- 
pleting his studies in the district school, he 
and his brothers William and George went to 
Wiscasset Academy, where they received 
thorough instruction for three years, from 
181 1 to 1814. While pursuing his studies, 
August, 1814, news came that the British were 
threatening to enter the mouth of the Kenne- 
bec river. He at once started on foot for 
home to join the militia company of his 
brother. Captain John. Contracting a severe 
cold, he was confined several days to his bed 
with fever. After recovering, he "scoured 
up" his father's old "fusee," which he carried 
in the revolutionary war, and started for the 
scene of action with the company in the capa- 
city of clerk and orderly sergeant. Before the 
end of his service of sixty days the British 
abandoned their project, and the militia were 
dismissed. 

For twenty years or more after the war he 
was a successful school-master. He and his 
brother William bought the two farms just 
north of Starks Village in 1817, one of which 
he owned and occupied to the time of his 
death, a period of sixty-four years. He was a 
justice of the peace for nearly fifty years, 
and being a fine penman, he was sought by his 
townsmen to a considerable extent to draft 
deeds and other legal documents. He was a 
man of extensive reading, and kept in touch 
with events and current topics till the end of 
his life. In politics he was (as was each of 
his seven sons) a staunch and prominent 
Democrat, and did not fail to vote the straight 
ticket for more than sixty annual elections. 
He held the several town ofiices of town clerk, 
treasurer, school committeeman, selectman. 



and so forth, for many years, and was a mem- 
ber of the house of representatives in the state 
legislature in 1837. He was familiarly known 
to his townsmen and friends as the "Squire," 
and was addressed as Esquire Greenleaf. In 
person he was five feet and nine inches in 
height, and very erect ; his weight about one 
hundred and sixty pounds ; his eyes blue ; his 
forhead high and full ; his hair fine, silky and 
dark, and held its lustre to the time of his 
death. He was exceedingly agile, and when 
past seventy-five years of age he was as spry 
as most boys. As an instructor, husband and 
father he was greatly beloved. .As a towns- 
man he was highly and universally esteemed, 
and enjoyed the full confidence of his neigh- 
bors and acquaintances, who sincerely 
mourned his loss as that of an honest and 
good man. He married (first) 1819, Rhoda, 
daughter of John Metcalf, of Anson. She 
died July 27, 1823, and he married (second) 
May 6, 1826, Fanny, daughter of Robert and 
Lydia ( Williamson ) Taylor, of Starks. She 
was born February 16, 1805. died February 
12, 1895, aged ninety. "Aunt Fanny," as she 
was lovingly called, survived her husband 
fourteen years, living with her faithful and 
devoted daughter, Mrs. Lydia Greaton, when 
she peacefully entered her eternal home. To 
her children she was a beacon-light, always 
shining brightly to point out the way of life 
and those paths of peace which she so serenely 
trod. Blest with a voice of rare quality, pur- 
ity and volume of tone, the worshipers of the 
sanctuary had many years been led in their 
devotions by the sweet influence of her heart- 
felt songs ; and it was remarkable that in her 
later years the voice of song remained to her 
in a great degree. Many of the older resi- 
dents can remember her as she appeared in 
early life, possessing unusual beauty and a 
tall, graceful carriage, both of which she re- 
tained in her later da_\s — her sunset of life — 
which was so calm and' beautiful, and in peace- 
ful harmony with that long line of years in 
which her children will always fondly love to 
dwell. Their storehouse of memory is well 
filled with "precept upon precept" of her 
teachings of wisdom, and "line upon line" of 
love and devotion. Fortunate, indeed, are 
they in such possessions, and the loftiness of 
her pure and noble character, the gentleness 
and loveliness of her ways, will be to those 
she has left behind to follow her as a bene- 
diction of a life of a noble and generous 
woman. To Stephen and Rhoda (Metcalf) 
Greenleaf was born one child, Cyrus Metcalf. 
To Stephen and Fanny (Taylor) Greenleaf 



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were born nine children : Enocli, Lincoln, 
Wakefield, Rhoda, Lydia, Gason, JMary 
Mooers, George, Charles and Levi, whose 
sketch follows. 

(VIII) Levi, ninth child of Stephen (4) 
and Fanny (Taylor) Greenleaf, was born in 
Starks, December 30, 1849. He received his 
early education in the public schools, and later 
attended Bloomfield and Anson academies one 
year each and then fitted for college at Nich- 
ols Latin school, Lewiston. After teaching 
two years he entered the junior class at West- 
brook Seminary in 1872, and graduated with 
the class of 1873. He was a successful and 
competent teacher in the public schools. In 
March, 1874, he began the study of law in 
the office of Hon. S. S. Brown, then at Fair- 
field, and was admitted to the bar in Somerset 
county in April, 1876. He at once opened an 
office at Solon. In 1878 he removed to Pitts- 
field, and in 1884 to Lewiston, where he re- 
mained until May, 1895, when he settled in 
Portland, where he now resides. His course 
in life shows that he has inherited a fair share 
of the energy and ability that distinguished his 
long line o"! ancestors and the Greenleaf fam- 
ily generally, and he has been successful in 
his profession and has filled various political 
offices. In 1879 he was elected county attor- 
ney for the county of Somerset, which office 
he held one term, then of three years. While 
a resident of Pittsfield he also held the offices 
of chairman of the board of selectmen, assess- 
ors, etc., and was a member of the superin- 
tending school committee of that town for 
several years, resigning when he removed 
therefrom. He is a member of the Cum- 
berland bar and of the State Bar Association 
of Maine. In politics he is a Democrat of un- 
swerving fidelity and is active and well known 
throughout the state in political circles. He 
assisted in the compilation of the "Genealogy 
of the Greenleaf Family," whose chief com- 
piler, James Edward Greenleaf, thus speaks 
of him in the preface of that work : "To Levi 
Greenleaf, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 
formerly of Lewiston, now of Portland, Maine, 
I am especially indebted for assistance in pre- 
senting the descendants of Joseph, the son of 
Stephen, son of Stephen Jr., a branch omitted 
from Chart XXIII of the book published in 
1854, and of which my collection was frag- 
mentary, unconnected, and seemingly hope- 
lessly obscure. He has generously given 
largely of his valuable time, and most faith- 
fully pursued and followed out to a conclusion 
the various and somewhat at times myth-like 
clues in the line of genealogical chains, until 



at last is presented a record of rare fulness 
and completion." He is a prominent Odd Fel- 
low, and has held the offices of senior warden, 
chief patriarch, and high priest, of Worumbus 
Encampment, No. 13, and is a member of the 
Grand Encampment of Maine, He married, 
October 3, 1878, Adelaide, eldest daughter of 
Charles and Melissa M. (Russell) Mason, of 
Bethel (see IMason, \"III). She was born 
August 22, 1854, and died in Portland, Jan- 
uary 17, 1905. They had no children. 



(For preceding generations see Edmund Greenleaf I.) 

(HI) John, third son of 
GREENLEAF Stephen and Elizabeth 

(Coffin) Greenleaf, was 
born in Newbury, Massachusetts, June 21, 
1662, and died in Newbury, l\Iay or June 24, 
1734. He was admitted to the First Congre- 
gational Church in Newbury, with his first 
wife, Elizabeth (Hills) Greenleaf, January 31, 
1696. He was buried near the north corner of 
the "Oldtown" meeting-house. He married 
(first) October 12, 1685, Elizabeth, daughter 
of Joseph Hills, of Newbury. She died August 
5, 1712. He married (second) May 13, 1716, 
Lydia, widow of Benjamin Pierce, and daugh- 
ter of Major Charles Frost, of Kittery, Maine. 
She died May 15, 1752, aged seventy-eight. 
The children of John and Elizabeth (Hills) 
Greenleaf were : Elizabeth. Jane, Judith, Dan- 
iel, John, Parker, Samuel, Martha, Benjamin 
and Stephen. 

(IV) Daniel, eldest son of John and Eliza- 
beth (Hills) Greenleaf, was born December 
24, 1690, in Newbury, where he lived, and 
died February, 1726, drowned on Newbury 
bar. He married, November 17, 1710, Sarah 
Moody, and they were the parents of Eliza- 
beth, Martha, Jane, Sarah, David, Jonathan, 
Parker and Mary. 

(V) Hon. Jonathan, second son of Daniel 
and Sarah (Moody) Greenleaf, was born July, 
1723, in Newbury, where he resided, and 
died May 24, 1807. His father was drowned 
when he was but a little above five years of 
age, and his mother was left in very destitute 
circumstances, with a large family of children. 
At seven years of age he was apprenticed to 
Edward Presbury, and learned the trade of 
ship-carpenter. He carried on the business of 
ship-building in person for about twenty years, 
and after this carried it on more extensively, 
and accumulated a large estate. From about 
the year 1768 to 1792 he was much in public 
life, and the stirring scenes of the revolution 
engaged his energies. For the whole of that 
time he sustained some public office. Sep- 



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tember 26, 1774, he was unanimously chosen 
to represent the town of Newburyport in the 
general court. He was a member of the con- 
tinental congress at the commencement of the 
war. June 2, 1786, he was made one of the 
governor's council for Essex, and was elected 
senator, February 11, 1788. In the JMassa- 
chusetts assembly for the ratification of the 
federal constitution, he and Hon. Benjamin 
Greenleaf were among the "yeas." He was 
made ensign February, 1762, in Captain 
Joshua Coffin's company, Newburyport, first 
company in the regiment, Colonel Joseph Ger- 
rish second regiment militia. March 25, 1767, 
he was commissioned captain in Colonel Jona- 
than Bagley's regiment, Lieutenant Caleb 
Gushing. He was on the Lexington alarm 
roll, in Captain Isaac Hull's company. Colo- 
nel Thomas Gardner's regiment, which 
marched April 19, 1775, from Medford. Mr. 
Greenleaf was a well-built man, about five 
feet high, of spare habit, not inclining to cor- 
pulency. He had a high forehead, a large 
aquiline nose, full dark-hazel eyes, and rather 
prominent front teeth, which he retained to 
the last. In dress he followed the peculiar 
fashions of gentlemen of the day. He was 
a religious man from early life, becoming a 
member of the church about the time of his 
marriage, in 1744. For many years he was 
an elder in the First Presbyterian Church at 
Newburyport. Nothing but absolute necessity 
kept him from public worship on the Sabbath, 
and he was scarce ever known to omit regular 
morning and evening family worship. He 
married, in 1744, Mary, daughter of Edward 
Presbury. She died May, 1807, a few days 
previous to her husband. They lie buried 
near the eastern gate on "Burying Hill." Their 
children were : David, Jonathan, Mary, Simon, 
Sarah, Moses, Enoch, Catherine and Richard. 
(VI) Captain Moses, fourth son of Hon. 
Jonathan and Mary (Presbury) Greenleaf, 
was born May 19, 1755, in Newbury, Massa- 
chusetts, and died in New Gloucester, Maine, 
December 18, 1812. He learned how to build 
ships in his father's shipyard, but at the age 
of nineteen entered the American army as a 
lieutenant, and in 1776 was commissioned cap- 
tain and served until nearly the close of the 
war. He enlisted as a private July 8, 1775, 
and was discharged November i, 1775. He 
was lieutenant in Captain Moses Nowell's com- 
pany from November i, 1775, to January i, 
1776, his residence being Newport. He was 
commissioned lieutenant by legislative enact- 
ment. June 29, 1776. He was second lieu- 
tenant in Captain Moses Nowell's company. 



January 29, 1776; first lieutenant in Captain 
John Peabody's company, Colonel. Michael 
Farley's regiment, and also in Colonel Eben 
Francis' regiment. He marched to join a regi- 
ment August 9, 1776, raised in the defense of 
Boston. February 3, 1777, he became captain 
in the militia. He retired November 6, 1776, 
and was captain February 20, 1777, and was 
again commissioned captain June i, 1777. 
This commission was confirmed by congress 
September 6, 1779. He was in Colonel Tup- 
per's Eleventh Massacliusetts Regiment from 
January i, 1777, to December 31, 1779; cap- 
tain in Colonel Benjamin Tupper's regiment, 
January 25, 1778; captain same regiment (Fif- 
teenth) April 5, 1779, in West Point service; 
captain in same regiment from January i to 
October 15, 1780; captain September 15, 1780; 
also October to December, 1780, at the Huts, 
near West Point, in Colonel Tupper's regi- 
ment. He retired with the rank of captain in 
the Eleventh Massachusetts Regiment, Jan- 
uary, 1781. In the same year he began ship- 
building in Newburyport in connection with 
his father, and from that time till the year 
1790 they built twenty-two ships and brigs. 
Their shipyard was a little south of the Lower 
Long Wharf, Moses Greenleaf and his brother 
Enoch both occupied the large old house "up 
the yard." In November, 1790, he removed 
with his family to the then Province of Maine, 
and settled at New Gloucester, where he was 
engaged in farming till his death. Captain 
Greenleaf was made a Mason in St. Peter's 
Lodge, Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1778. 
Washington Lodge, No. i-o, a traveling lodge 
in the revolutionary army, was chartered Oc- 
tober 6, 1779. He was worshipful master of 
this lodge in the field, July 6, 1780. Older 
brethren had often heard him remark that he 
hac[ many a time commanded the commanding 
general of the army in the lodge meetings, for 
General Washington frequently attended, and 
always came as a private member without 
ceremony. He was instrumental in establish- 
ing Cumberland Lodge, Maine. Captain 
Moses Greenleaf married, September 17. 1776, 
Lydia Parsons, who was born in Newbury- 
port, Massachusetts, April 3, 1755, and died 
in New Gloucester, Maine, March 21, 1834, 
daughter of Rev. Jonathan Parsons, of New- 
buryport, who married, December 14, 1731, 
Phebe Griswold, who was born April 22, 
1716, daughter of Judge John Griswold, who 
was the grandson of Matthew Griswold, born 
1620, died 1698, who emigrated to New Eng- 
land in 1639, and settled in Windsor, Con- 
necticut, and afterward at Saybrook and 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Lyme, Connecticut. Matthew Griswold mar- 
ried, October i6, 1646, Anna Walcott, daugh- 
ter of Henry Walcott, of Windsor. He was 
one of three brothers, Edward and Thomas 
being tlie other two, sons of George Griswold. 
All three brothers emigrated from Kenilworth, 
in the county of Warwick, England. Of this 
remarkable family it appears that twelve were 
governors of states, thirty-six high judges 
(most of them distinct persons from any of 
the governors), and many of them eminent 
men. The children of Moses and Lydia (Par- 
sons) Greenleaf were : Moses, Clarina, Par- 
sons. Ebenezer, Simon and Jonathan. 

(VII) Hon. Simon, third son of Captain 
Moses and Lydia (Parsons) Greenleaf, was 
born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Decem- 
ber 5, 1783, and died in Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, October 6, 1853. James Edward 
Greenleaf's "Genealogy of the Greenleaf Fam- 
ily" states that Simon Greenleaf "Receivetl an 
acaflemic education at the Latin school in New- 
buryport, imder the tuition of Mr. Michael 
Walsh, who was well known in his day, and 
for many years of the early part of the pres- 
ent century, as the author of the 'Mercantile 
Arithmetic' which was not only a popular 
text-book, but a counting-house companion. At 
the age of eighteen he entered on the study of 
law with Ezekiel Whitman. Esq., then of New 
Gloucester, Maine, but afterw^ards of Port- 
land, and a judge of common pleas. He was 
admitted to the bar in Cumberland county, in 
1805, opened an office first in Standish, then 
in Gray, and in 1817 at Portland, Maine. He 
received the honorary degree of Master of 
Arts in 1817, at Bowdoin College, and was 
also in that year an overseer of the college. 
At Gray, being the first lawyer in the place, 
he soon acquired a very considerable practice, 
w^hicli he retained and enlarged by his fidelity 
anrl skill. As his family increased he de- 
sired to extend the range of his business and 
increase his emoluments, and in 18 18 removed 
to Portland. .At that time the two leading 
members of the bar had been drawn aside 
from their profession into public life. Judge 
Mellen was in the United States senate, and 
Judge Whitman in the house of representa- 
tives; and Mr. Orr, wdio had a large practice 
in Cumberland county, was also in congress. 
This encouraged the accession of other promi- 
nent men to Portland; of these were Mr. 
Greenleaf and the late Judge Preble, who 
came the same year. Mr. Greenleaf was not 
disappointed ; his business and his fame in- 
creased, and the larger and more cultivated 
society, and its superior advantages in other 



respects, stimulated his susceptible powers to 
higher efforts. He now took rank among the 
foremost men at the bar, and b_\- his winning 
manners and persuasive style of speaking and 
address, accompanied by the skill and ingen- 
uity of his arguments, established his reputa- 
tion and his practice on a firm basis. 

"In the act of the new state, establishing 
the supreme judicial court, passed June 24, 
1820, the governor and council were required 
"to appoint some suitable person learned in the 
law to be a reporter of the decisions of the 
Supreme Judicial Court,' and publish them 
whenever they would compose a suitable vol- 
ume. " His compensation was fixed at si.\ hun- 
dred dollars a year salary and the profits aris- 
ing from the publication. Mr. Greenleaf was 
immediately appointed reporter under this act, 
and entered on his duties at York county, .■\u- 
gust term, 1820. He continued faithfully, 
promptly and very ably to discharge the duties 
of this arduous and responsible office for 
twelve years, closing with the July term at 
Waldo county, in 1832. The cases determined 
during this period are contained in nine vol- 
umes, the last embracing a table of cases and 
a digest of the whole. * * '■'■ * The reports are 
distinguished for the clear and concise manner 
in which the points of law are stated and the 
arguments of counsel given. They took high 
rank in this class of legal productions, and 
were received as standards of authority 
throughout the L'nion. They were deservedly 
considered among the most valuable of Amer- 
ican reports, and so highly were they esteemed 
that a new edition was demanded by the pro- 
fession — a very rare thing in this class of 
works — which was published with annotations 
by Mr. Abbot, of Cambridge, a short time 
previous to Mr. Greenleaf's death. So con- 
spicuous had Mr. Greenleaf become about the 
time that he closed his duties as reporter, that 
the attention of Judge Story, then at the head 
of the law school at Cambridge, was turned to 
him as the most suitable person to fill the place 
in that department of the university rendered 
vacant by the death of the lamented Professor 
Ashman, and he immediately determined to 
bring Mr. Greenleaf to Cambridge if he could. 
At that time Judge Story, holding his court in 
Portland, had an interesting case in admiralty. 
This branch of the law was known only in our 
largest commercial cities, and not to many of 
the profession there. And Judge Story was 
surprised when he found that Mr. Greenleaf 
brought to this case a thorough acquaintance 
with this very peculiar system of law, which 
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which, foreseeing its constantly increasing 
value, he wished to make prominent in the in- 
struction of the law school. * * * * In 1833 
Mr. Greenleaf was appointed Royal Professor 
of Law at Harvard College, as associate to 
Professor Ashman. He received at Harvard, 
the year of his removal to Cambridge, 1833, the 
degree of Doctor of Laws, and the same de- 
gree at Amherst the next year. He was ap- 
pointed Royal Professor of Law at Harvard 
L'niversity, as successor to Professor Ash- 
man, in 1833, which office he held two years, 
when he was appointed to the chair of the 
Dane Professorship, a worthy successor to that 
chair made vacant by the death of Judge 
Story. In consequence of ill-health, he re- 
signed this chair in 1848, when he was hon- 
ored with the title of Emeritus Professor of 
Law in the University. His connection with 
the law school marked a season in its history 
of great prosperity. He became a Mason in 
Cumberland Lodge, Maine, and was the sec- 
ond grand master of the Grand Lodge, An- 
cient Free and Accepted Masons, of ]\Iaine. 
In 1820 and 1 82 1 he, with Asa Clapp and 
Nicholas Emery, represented Portland in the 
legislature of Maine. As these were sessions 
when the new government was put in opera- 
tion, the duty was responsible, and, to a law- 
yer who was expected to pass upon the code 
of laws to be adopted on careful revision, ar- 
duous. Mr. Greenleaf was faithful to his trust 
and beneficial to the country. With this ex- 
perience he retired at once and forever from 
political office. Mr. Greenleaf was a grave, 
sedate-looking man, and very quiet in his 
movements. He was about five feet ten 
inches in height, rather stout built, full face, 
with a small, sharp eye, nearly black. His 
original hair was very dark brown ; his pos- 
ture a little stooping, with his head pro- 
jecting forward ; his countenance was ex- 
pressive of benignity and intelligence. 

The following are some of the works which 
have proceeded from his pen : "A Brief In- 
quiry into the Origin and Principles of Free 
jMasonrv," published at Portland in 1820. An 
anonymous pamphlet entitled "Remarks on the 
Exclusion of Atheists as Witnesses," octavo ; 
published in Boston in 1839. "Catalogue of a 
Select Law Library," also a "Course of Legal 
Studies," etc. "A Letter to a Person Engaged 
in a Lawsuit by a Lawyer; by a Member of 
the Profession." published as a tract by the 
American Tract Societv. "An Examination of 
the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the 
Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of 
Justice; With an Account of the Trial of 



Jesus," published in Boston in 1846 and re- 
printed in London in 1S47. "-'^ Discourse 
Pronounced at His Inauguration as Royal 
Professor of Law, in Harvard University." 
"A Discourse Commemorative of the Life and 
Character of Joseph Story," pronounced Sep- 
tember 18, 1845. "Testamentary Counsels and 
Hints to Christians on the Right Distribution 
of Their Property by Will, by a Retired Solici- 
tor," carefully revised by a member of the 
American bar ; published at Troy, New York, 
in 1845. "A Treatise on the Law of Evi- 
dence," three volumes. An edition of "Cruise's 
Digest of the Law of Real Property, with 
Notes, 1849-50." 

Professor Simon Greenleaf married, Sep- 
tember 18, 1806, Hanah Kingman, born Au- 
gust 5, 1787, died January 13. 1857, daughter 
of Ezra and Susanna (Whitman) Kingman. 
Fifteen children were born of this marriage, 
of whom eleven died in infancy. Those who 
attained mature age and married were : Pat- 
rick Henry, Charlotte Kingman, James, Caro- 
line Augusta. 



(For preceding generations see Edmund Greenleaf I.) 

(Ill) Edmund (2), son 
GREENLEAF and eighth child of Steph- 
en and Elizabeth (Coffin) 
Greenleaf, was Ixirn in Newbury, Massachu- 
setts, May 10, 1670, and died there about 1740. 
He married, July 2, 1691, .Abigail Somerby, 
born in Newbury, January 25, 1670, daughter 
of Abiel Somerby. Children: i. Judith, born 
December 15, 1692, died February 10, 1762 
or 1772; married, April 22, 1713, John Cof- 
fin, eldest son of Nathaniel and Sarah 
(Brocklebank) Coffin, died September 30, 
1762. 2. Abigail, born March 6, 1695, died 
same day. 3. Mary, born September 10, 1697, 
married, November 15, 1723, Rowland Brad- 
bury. He married (second) Elizabeth Oliver, 
of York. 4. Rebecca, born February 23, 1699, 
died September 29, 1702. 5. Edmund, born 
February 27, 1702. 6. Henry, born July 22, 
1705, married in Boston, June 26, 1726, Eliza- 
beth Burnall. 7. Rebecca, born November 5, 
1707, died August 19. 1709. 8. Richard, born 
May II, 1710. 9. Rooksby, born May 11, 
1713, married, April 21, 1738, John Clark, of 
Kings Towne. 

(i\') Edmund (3), fifth child and eldest 
son of Edmund (2) and Abigail (Somerby) 
Greenleaf, was born in Newbury, Massachu- 
setts, February 27, 1702. He married. May 
4. 1725, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary 
( Moody") Hale, and granddaughter of John 
Hale, who married Sarah Somerby, daughter 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



of Henry and Judith (Greenleaf) Somerby. 
Edmund Greenleaf and wife had two children : 

1. William, born November 28, 1725. 2. 
Mary, born April 30, 1729. 

(V) Captain William, only son of Edmund 
and Mary (Hale) Greenleaf, was bom No- 
vember 28, 1725, died January 7, 1800. He 
married (first) Ruth Pearson, of Haverhill, 
Massachusetts, who died March 22, 1779. He 
married (second) April 11, 1784, Mary Soley, 
of Haverhill, who died November 7, 1802. 
He lived in Harverhill and was landlord of the 
Sun Tavern until his death, and was then 
succeeded by his son William. He is said to 
have been a very religious man and one of 
the pillars of the Calvinist Baptist church. He 
was a member of the "fire society" of Haver- 
hill in 1768 and was a soldier of the revolu- 
tion. He had eight children, all born of his 
first marriage: i. Daniel, born April 19. 1745. 

2. William, born June 16, died October 9, 
1747. 3. Hannah, born July 30, 1748. died 
July I, 1749. 4. Edmund, born November 15, 
died November 25. 1749. 5. Samuel, born 
July 24, 1752, died March 20, 1795; married, 
December 9, 1779, Alice Ladd, of Haverhill. 
6. William, born November 9, 1754, died 
March 29, 1833; married, March 16, 1788, 
Abigail Soley. daughter of his father's second 
wife. 7. Ruth, born July 17, 1758. 8. Han- 
nah, born September 14, 1762. 

(VI) Daniel, eldest son and child of Cap- 
tain William and Ruth (Pearson) Greenleaf, 
was born April ig, 1745, died June 10, 1794, 
in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He married, in 
1765, Ruth Dalton, of Newbury, and had ten 
children: i. James, born September i, 1766, 
died 1796; married Sarah Townsend. 2. 

Mary P., born July i, 1768, married 

Palmer. 3. Daniel, born August 29, 1770, died 
in infancy. 4. Hannah, born August 18, 1771, 
married ]\Ioses Kelley. 5. Abigail, born Sep- 
tember 9, 1773, married, November 25. 1801, 

John . 6. Ruth, born July 31, 1775, 

married William Hook, of Salem, Massachu- 
setts; had four children, of whom Elias and 
George G. were the celebrated church-organ 
builders of Boston. 7. Rebecca, born March 
28, 1778, died August 26, 1859, at Salem; 
married, September 3, 1797. Ephraim Bea- 
man, died Rlay 6, 1822. 8. Daniel, born May 
5, 1780, died April 23, 1854; married. May, 
1803, Elizabeth W. Gale, of Concord, New 
Hampshire ; died June 8. 1847. 9- William, 
born September 3, 17S2. 10. Sally, born March 
19, 1785, married Joseph Brown, of Hampton, 
New Hampshire. 

(VII) William, ninth of the children of 



Daniel and Ruth (Dalton) Greenleaf, was 
born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, September 
2, 1782, died January 2, 1855. He married 
Ann Taylor, born April 11, 1785, in Halifax, 
England, by whom he had eight children : i . 
William Taylor, born September 6, 1807, died 
August 20, 1843 ; married Agnes R. Alilican. 

2. James, born March 17, 1810. 3. John, born 
July 5, 181 1, married Louisa Poland, who died 
December 6, 1847. 4- Charles T., born Jan- 
uar\- 28, 1815, died December 26, 1886. 5. 

, born October 3, 1817, married James 

William Fisher. 6. Edmund D., born October 
16, 1820. 7. Francis, born April 3, 1824. 8. 
Mary, born October 19, 1825. 

(VIII) Charles T., fourth son and child of 
William and Ann (Taylor) Greenleaf, was 
born January 28, 1815, died at Bath, Maine, 
December 26, 1886. He married, at Newport, 
Kentucky, November i, 1841, Mary J. Wheel- 
er, of Warwick, New York, and in a few 
years removed east to Bath, Maine, where he 
established himself in the hardware business, 
in which he continued, at the same time con- 
ducting an ice business, until 1867, when he 
received appointment as postmaster of Bath, 
which position he filled two terms. He was 
also city marshal for a number of years. J-Iis 
wife died in June, 1893, having borne her hus- 
band seven children: i. Charles Henry, born 
September 27, 1842. 2. William Franklin, 
born October 28, 1844, died May 7, 1845. 

3. Eugene, born October 12, 1846, died 
November 26. 1892, at Bath; married, June 
14, 1870, Emma J. Hartwell, had one 
child, Alice E., born July i, 1872. 4. George 
Rogers, born May 10, 1849, ^'^d J"'."^' 23, 
1850. 5. Albert, born May 9, 1851, died No- 
vember 14. 185 1. 6. Fred A., born November 
27, 1853. died October 22,. 1885: married Lil- 
lian S. Snow, had no children. 7. Annie T., 
born November 6, 1855, died October 7. 1865. 

(IX) Charles Henry, eldest son and child 
of Charles T. and Alary J. (Wheeler) Green- 
leaf, was born in Newport, Kentucky, Septem- 
ber 27, 1842. When he was four years old 
his father removed with the family from New- 
port to Bath, Maine, and he was educated in 
the public schools of that city, graduated from 
the high school, and then took a course at the 
Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, 
New York. At the age of eighteen years, in 
the summer of 1861, he enlisted as a private 
in Company A of the Third IMaine Regiment, 
saw active service, and for gallantry on the 
field was breveted second lieutenant by General 
Kearney, at Malvern Hill. He was in the 
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the state of his heaUh to return home, but 
acted as recruiting officer until the close of 
the war. He then entered the post-office as 
assistant to his father, who was postmaster at 
the time, and later was with A. Sewall & Com- 
pany, as bookkeeper, having an excellent repu- 
tation as an expert accountant. He then for 
a number of years filled the position of purser 
on a line of steamers plying along the Pacific 
coast, then returned to Bath to enter upon the 
duties of local manager and superintendent for 
the American Express Company. From 1885 
to 1896 he was in the employ of Galen JMoses, 
and in the latter year was appointed collector 
of taxes, in which office he was retained for 
eleven years, retiring in March, 1907, and dur- 
ing this period he also acted as representative 
of the Cunard and Allen lines of steamships. 
He was for several years treasurer at the 
Worombo Mills. In politics Mr. Greenleaf 
Vi-as a Republican, served several terms in both 
branches of the city council, also for eleven 
years as alderman from ward seven, and gave 
freely of his time and service for the interest 
of the city. As expert accountant he served 
during most of his time while alderman as 
chairman of the finance committee. He also 
served as trustee of the Bath Savings Insti- 
tution and of the Patten free library, had been 
treasurer of the Eastern Electric Construction 
Company, and at the time of his death was 
secretary and treasurer of the Bath Real Es- 
tate Company. He was a prominent Mason, 
a member of Polar Star Lodge, No. 114, F. 
and A. M. ; Montgomery Chapter, No. 2, R. 
A. M.; St. Bernard Council, R. S. M.; Dun- 
lap Commandery, K. T., of Bath ; Kora Tem- 
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Lewiston; Mt. 
\'ernon Council, of Brunswick. He was an 
enthusiastic member of Sedgwick Post, G. A. 
R., having served as commander and patriotic 
instructor of the Bath Post, and he also held 
membership in the Sagadahoc Club and Dro- 
more Grange. He was a consistent member 
of the Universalist church, and as a young 
man for several years was superintendent of 
the Sunday-school of his parish. 

Mr. Greenleaf married, August 15, 1871, 
Emma C. Allen, 'daughter of Amos L. Allen, 
of Bath, a prominent ship-builder of Ports- 
mouth. Virginia, before the war, where he 
built seven gunboats for the government. At 
the outbreak of the civil war he returned to 
Bath, where he built the gunboats "Katahdin" 
and "Iosco" for the government, also building 
vessels and repairing at East Boston, ?\Iassa- 
chusetts. Mrs. Greenleaf, his daughter, at the 
present time has a claim pending for payment 



for the construction of the latter vessel, the 
government never having fulfilled this obliga- 
tion. Mr. Greenleaf died at his home in Bath, 
Alaine, November 29, 1907, after a brief ill- 
ness with typhoid pneumonia, and his loss was 
keenly regretted by an unusually wide circle 
of friends and acquaintances. He was a 
man of uncommonly fine qualities, broad- 
minded, generous, patriotic and of sterling in- 
tegrity and correct business methods, and his 
loss was deeply felt by those who had chosen 
him for positions of trust and responsibility. 
Mr. Greenleaf is survived by his wife, but had 
no children. 



(For ancestry see preceding Greenleaf sketches.) 

(V) Samuel, third child 
GREENLEAF and son of Stephen (3) 
and Mary (Mackres) 
Greenleaf, was born in Newbury, Massachu- 
setts, June 12, 1718, and married Hephzibah 
Preble, of York, born in 1725, died in Wool- 
wich in 1792, her husband dying in 1792 at 
Westport, Maine. Samuel removed to York 
with his father, and, like his father, was a 
coastwise seaman. Children : Stephen, Sam- 
uel, Enoch, Olive, Benjamin, Hannah and 
Dorcas. 

(\T) Stephen (4), eldest son of Samuel and 
Hephzibah (Preble) Greenleaf, w^as born in 
York or Westport, Maine, 1747, and married 
Mary Knight, November 25. 1769, of Scar- 
borough, Maine, who was born jMay 2, 1749, 
died May 11, 1832, surviving her husband 
nineteen years; he died in 1813. Children: 
Nathaniel, Sarah, Mary, Stephen, Westbrook, 
Abigail, Ebenezer, Samuel, Ohve, Thankful 
and Ebenezer. 

(VH) Westbrook, fifth child and third son 
of Stephen (4) and Mary (Knight) Green- 
leaf, was born in Westport, Maine, in 1778, 
and married in 1800 jMary Dunton, and (sec- 
ond) Ruth B. Harriman. Westbrook lived to 
attain the age of eighty-eight, and was vigor- 
ous, hale and hearty up to his death. Chil- 
dren : Abigail, Mary, Westbrook, Austin, 
Daniel D.. Eliza A.. Wilmot, Mary McCarty 
and Silas H. He resided in Westport, Maine. 

(\'III) Westbrook (2), third child and eld- 
est son of Westbrook ( i) and Alary (Dunton) 
Greenleaf, was born January 28. 1806. died 
January 18, 1883. He was educated in the 
schools of his native town, was a farmer and 
fisherman by occupation, and resided in West- 
port all his life. He was for a time port- 
collector, and was active in church work. We 
surmise, by the naming of his children after 
prominent Democratic politicians, that he was 



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STATE OF MAI XI 



of that party. He married (first) Emeline, 
daughter of'WiUiam Clittord, of Edgecomb. 
She died in 1846. Married (second) Mrs. 
Diademia Cathran (love, who died April 3, 
1883. Children: .Mercy, Sarah C, William 
Clifford, Daniel D., Silas Nelson, Levi Wood- 
bury, James D., Richard M.. Johnson, Gran- 
ville C. and Westbrook. They all lived to 
years of maturity, with the exception of James 
D., who died at the age of nine, from an in- 
jury received from sliding. Of the seven 
brothers, all, with the exception of one, Levi 
W'., who was lost at sea at the age of about 
twenty-one, were master mariners. 

(IX) Granville C, ninth child and seventh 
son of Westbrook (2) and Emeline (Clif- 
ford) Greenleaf, was born in Westport, Elaine, 
November 8, 1844. Educated in the schools of 
his native town, at the age of fourteen he be- 
came a fisherman, sailing to the fishing-banks 
and following the sea for seven years. Feb- 
ruary I, 1866, he came to Bath, engaging in 
the grocery business, which he continued 
eleven years. He then took charge of the 
Kennebec Steamship Company as agent, and 
when this company became part of the Eastern 
Steamship Compan\', he was continent agent 
and general agent of the Boothbay division, 
which position he now holds. He is a Demo- 
crat; was alderman from the fourth ward 
from Bath in the years 1881-83-84; was Demo- 
cratic nominee for mayor, i88g. He belongs 
to Lincoln Lodge, No. 10. Sagadahoc En- 
campment. No. 6, and Canton King, No. 10, 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is ac- 
tive in the Universalist church. He married. 
April 2T^, 1867, Clara Elizabeth, daughter 
of Henry Fowle, of Westport. She died May 
II, 1890. Children: Gertrude Clifford and 
Earl Granville. 

Miss Mary Blanche Bixby, of Pasadena, 
California, formerly of Skowhegan, Alaine, 
wrote to Governor Hill, calling his attention 
to the fact that the first commission ever is- 
sued to a keeper of a lighthouse on the coast 
of the Lnited States was issued to a Maine 
man, and that this original commission is now 
in existence in that city. Miss Bixby thinks 
it would be a good idea to have the commis- 
sion purchased and brought back to Maine, 
where it could be hung in the rooms of the 
Maine Historical Society, or in the State 
House. It is in splendid state of preservation, 
she says, excepting that a small piece is gone 
from one of the lower corners, opposite the 
signature. This piece is about an inch by half 
an inch. The commission is neatly framed 
and covered by glass, which protects it. Under 



this commission was appointed, by President 
George Washington, the first keeper of tiie 
I'ortland head lighthouse, which was the first 
beacon-light to be establishe<l on the coast of 
the nation. This light still sends out its warn- 
ing rays to mariners bound for Maine's most 
prominent seaport. At the time the commis- 
sion was issued Maine was a district of Mas- 
sachusetts. The follow'ing is a copy of the 
commission : 

"GEORGE WASHINGTON 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

OF AMERICA 

TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE 

PRESENTS 

GREETING: 

"KNOW YE, That I have appointed and do 
appoint Joseph Greenleaf Keeper of the Light 
House at Portland in the District of Maine in 
the State of Massachusetts to exercise and ful- 
fill the Powers and Duties of Office : And to 
have and to hold the same, with all the Au- 
thorities, Privileges and Emoluments there- 
unto of Right appertaining during the Presi- 
dent of the UNITED STATES for the time 
being. 

"(jIVEN under my Hand at the City of 
New York, the seventh Day of January in the 
Year of our Lord, one thousand seven hun- 
dred and ninety-one. 

"GO WASHINGTON." 



The Masons of pioneer days in 
MASON the New England colonies were 

numerous, and many of them 
were men of more than ordinary ability. Ten 
or twelve men of this name are mentioned 
among the well-known immigrants in the 
colonies before 1650. 

(I) Captain Hugh Mason, a tanner, one of 
the very first settlers of Watertown, was ad- 
mitted freeman March 4. 1635: was repre- 
sentative 1 644-45-60-6 1 -64-7 1 -74-75-76 and 
yj ; selectman twenty-nine years, between 
1649 and 1678, inclusive : a lieutenant as early 
as 1649, and made captain May 5, 1652. He 
was for many years one of the three com- 
missioners appointed by the county court to 
determine small cases. This was before the 
appointment of justices of the peace. October 
30. 1657, he was a])poiute(l by the court one 
of a commitlee to attend to the defects in 
several bridges in the county. December 18, 
1660, he was appointed on a committee to 
take account of John Steadman, county treas- 
urer, and make a levy, etc. It has been con- 
jectured that he was a brother of Captain 
John Mason, the distinguished Pequot war- 



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rior. He died October 10, 1678, aged seventy- 
three. By his wife Esther, who died May i, 
1692, he had seven children : Hannah, Ruth, 
Mary, John, Joseph, Daniel and Sarah. 

(11) John, eldest son of Captain Hugh and 
Esther Mason, born January i, 1645, was a 
tanner, and settled at Cambridge Village, now 
Newton, where he died about 1730, aged 
eighty-five. He was one of the signers of the 
secession petition, 1678, was constable in Cam- 
bridge Village, 1679, and selectman five years. 
His residence was near the Falls. He married 
Elizabeth Hammond, born March 6, 1655, 
died November 13, 1715. Their children 
were : John, Elizabeth, Abigail, Daniel, Sam- 
uel and Hannah. 

(HI) Daniel, second son of John and Eliza- 
beth (Hannnond) Mason, was born between 
1679 ^nd 1689, in Newton, where he became 
a farmer. He married (first) 1717 Experi- 
ence Newcomb, and had : Daniel, Samuel, 
Abigail, Hannah, John, William, Moses and 
others. 

(IV) Moses, son of Daniel and Experience 
(Newcomb) Mason, born in Newton, Massa- 
chusetts, settled in New Hampshire. He mar- 
ried, in Boston, June 6, 1749 (records of 
King's Chapel), or June 20 (town records), 
Lydia, daughter of Jesse and Mary Knap, 
and settled in Newton. He removed to Sher- 
born about 1757. July 27, 1767, he sold his 
land in Sherborn and thence removed to Dub- 
lin, and settled on lot 10, range i, and died 
October, 1775. His widow removed with th^ 
family, 1798, to Bethel, Maine, and died there 
July 2, 1802, aged seventy-three. Their chil- 
dren, four born in Newton, four in Sherborn 
and two in Dublin, were : Martha, Lucy, Ly- 
dia, Moses, Mary, Hannah, Betty, Walter, 
John and Thirza. 

(V) Moses (2), eldest son of Aloses and 
Lydia (Knap) Mason, born April 26, 1757, 
died in Bethel, Maine, October 31, 1837, aged 
eighty. He served as a soldier in the revo- 
lution and fought under General Stark at the 
battle of Bennington. His name is on the 
"IMuster and Pay Rolls of Captain Joseph 
Parker's Company raised out of Col. Enoch 
Hale's Regiment; joined the Northern Army 
at Ticonderoga inustered and paid July 18, 
1776 by Enoch Hale muster and pay master.'' 
On Colonel Enoch Hale's return, 1777, he is 
registered as enlisted from Dublin for nine 
months' service and described as twenty-one 
years of age and five feet six inches high. His 
name is on the pay roll of a company com- 
manded by Captain John Mellin which 
marched from Fitzwilliam and towns adja- 



cent to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga 
on the alarm in June and July, 1777; "date of 
entry, June 28, time of service, five days, date 
of discharge, July 2." Also on "Pay Roll of 
Captain Salmon Stone's Company in Col. 
Nichol's Regiment, General Stark's Brigade, 
raised out of the Fifteenth Regiment of New 
Hampshire JMilitia, Enoch Hale Colonel, which 
company marched from Rindge in said state 
July 1777, and joined the Northern' Conti- 
nental Army at Bennington and Still water." 
He enlisted July 21, and was discharged Sep- 
tember 26, 1777, having served one month and 
ten days. There also appears the following re- 
ceipt : 

"Dublin May 5th 1786 Then Reed of 
Simeon Bullard the sum of thirteen shillings 
and four pence for my rations and travel 
money to Springfield under the command 
of Dane Runnels Lieut Colo in the year 
1 781 

"Per Me Moses Mason." 

After his marriage he settled in Dublin, where 
he removed in 1799 to Bethel, Maine, and 
occupied the place opposite Bethel Hill, after- 
wards owned and occupied by his son Aaron, 
and later by his grandson, Moses A. Mason. 
He was representative five years, 1813-1817, 
and justice of the peace. He married, June 
20, 1780, Eunice, daughter of William Ayer, 
of Dublin. She died February 4, 1846, aged 
eighty-five. They had eleven children : 
Thirza, Susan. Moses (died young), Aaron, 
Moses, Lydia, Eunice, Hannah, Charles, Ayres 
and Louisa. 

(VI) Ayres, tenth child and youngest son 
of Moses (2) and Eunice (Ayer) Mason, 
born in Bethel, December 31, 1800, died in 
Bethel, 1890, aged ninety years. He occupied 
the interval farm on Middle Interval road, a 
mile from Bethel Hill. He married, January 
9, 1826, Eunice (Hale) Mason, widow of his 
brother Charles. She died July 19, 1865. 
Their children were : Charles, Maria Antoin- 
ette, Oliver Hale, William Wallace and Mary 
Ellen. 

(VII) Charles, eldest child of Ayres and 
Eunice (Hale) Mason, born in Bethel, Jan- 
uary 17, 1827, died November 16, 1904, aged 
seventy-seven. He was long in business in 
Bethel village, from which he retired about 
1895. He was clerk in the store of Abernathy 
Grover, commenced trade for himself with 
Clark S. Edwards, and afterwards carried on 
business alone, selling a large amount of dry- 
goods and groceries every year. He was also 
interested in timber lands and in lumbering. 
He served the town as clerk and treasurer, and 



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was a leading man in the village corporation. 
He married, October 13, 1853, Melissa Al., 
born September 24, 1832, daughter of Ezra 
Tvvitchell and Phebe (Kimball) Russell. She 
died April 2, 1907. Their children were: 
Adelaide, Fannie May, Susie A., Ellen, Charles 
Ayres, Harry Ezra and Grace G. 

'(Vni) Adelaide, eldest child of Charles 
and Melissa M. (Russell) ^^lason. was born 
August 22, 1854, and married, October 3. 
1878, Levi Greenleaf, now of Portland, Maine. 
(See Greenleaf VHI.) 



England, for five hundred years 
HYDE before the first of the Hyde immi- 
grants left their native land to 
make a home in the Xew \\'orld, had recorded 
among the chief actors in her history notable 
men bearing the name of Hyde. Coming 
down to times contemporaneous with the 
exodus of the adventurers bent upon making 
new homes and renewing their fortunes in 
Massachusetts and \'irginia. we find in Eng- 
lish history that Sir Nicholas Hyde was chief 
justice of the King's Bench in 1626; that 
Sir Robert Hyde was chief justice of the 
court of common pleas in 1660; and that 
Sir Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, was 
lord chancellor at the Restoration, 1660. 
Sir Edward was grandfather of Queen Mary 
2d, and of Queen Anne, and of Edward Hyde 
(Lord Granbury), provincial governor of 
New York. In the records of Massachusetts 
and Virginia the name appears variously as 
Hide, Hides and Hyde, and among the immi- 
grant progenitors of the different American 
families we have: Samuel Hyde, who at the 
age of forty-seven embarked at London on the 
ship "Jonathan," in the spring of 1639, for 
New England, and settled at New .Cambridge 
(Newton) about 1640, and was admitted as a 
freeman May 2, 1649. He was one of the 
first deacons of the church at Newton, and his 
wife Temperance survived him, as did his 
younger brother Jonathan, who married Mary 
French, and after her death married Mary 
Rediat. Jonathan had nineteen children, and 
was grandfather of Jonathan Hyde, of Pom- 
fret, Connecticut, 17 14, who had six sons and 
was the progenitor of most of the Hydes of 
Connecticut, especially of Pomfret and Canter- 
bury. Another progenitor. Humphrey Hyde, 
came from England to Fairfield, Connecticut, 
in 1655, and was an extensive landholder. 
Edward Hyde was born in England about 
1650, and he was sent out to North Carolina in 
171 1 as governor of the province, and he 
was instrumental in restoring order between 



the rival governments cstaijlished in the prov- 
ince between the Anglican and Quaker fac- 
tions, and by aid of the governor of the prov- 
ince of \'irginia, Thomas Corey, the governor 
by the will of the Quakers, was expelled 
forcibly, and this action added to his aft'ord- 
ing protection from the Indians through the 
victory over the Tuscararas near Newberne 
in 1712, gained him much popularity. About 
1750 John Hyde came from England to Rich- 
mond, \'irginia, and his descendants are found 
in all tl'.e southern states. For the purpose of 
this sketch, however, we have to do with 
William Hyde, who appeared in Newton, Mas- 
sachusetts Bay Colony, in 1633, and in Hart- 
ford colony in the Connecticut valley in 1636. 
and his name is recorded on a monument 
erected in the ancient burial-ground of that 
city as one of the original settlers. 

(I) William Hyde, the immigrant last des- 
ignated, had lands granted him in the Hart- 
ford colony in 1636, and was probably a mem- 
ber of the party of Rev. Thomas Hooker, who 
migrated from Roxboro and Newton. As to 
the fact of his coming from Newton (or New 
Cambridge, as the place was first called), 
where the brothers Samuel and Jonathan Hyde 
afterward settled, there is no evidence that 
they were of the same family, although dis- 
tantly related. The relationship cannot be 
fixed, as the ages of the three immigrants 
cannot be definitely fixed. Samuel was fort}'- 
seven 3ears old before he left England, and 
his brother Jonathan was much younger, and 
William was old enough to be deacon in the 
church at New Cambridge in 1633; his son 
Thomas was born in Hartford, probably in 
1637, soon after the arrival of his father in 
that place. \\'illiam Hyde and his family re- 
moved from Hartford to Saybrook, and his 
daughter married there in 1652, and he became 
one of the original proprietors of Norwich in 
1660. where he was a man of considerable 
importance among the first settlers, and was 
frequently a selectman of the town. He died 
in Norwich, January 6, 1681. The name of 
his wife is unknown. His eldest child, Hes- 
ter, was probably born in England, and she 
was married in SaA'brook as early as 1652, to 
John Post. 

(II) Samuel, second child and only son of 
W'illiam Hyde, the immigrant, was born in 
Hartford colony, and was married in June, 
1659, to Jane, daughter of Thomas Lee and 
his wife, who bore the surname of Brown. 
This Thomas Lee came from England in 1641 
with his wife and three children, and died on 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



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tied in Saybrook, one of the children being 
named Thomas, and his sister Sarah married 
John Large and settled on Long Island. Sam- 
uel and Jane (Lee) Hyde settled in Norwich, 
Connecticut, in 1660. He was a farmer and 
an original settler of Norwich, and his daugh- 
ter Elizabeth was the first white child born 
in the town. He had land assigned to him 
at Norwich West Farms, and died there at 
the age of forty years, in 1677, leaving eleven 
children, and John Berchard became their 
guardian by order of the court. These chil- 
dren were all born in Norwich, Connecticut, 
in the following order : Elizabeth, August, 
1660, married Lieutenant Richard Lord ; 
Phoebe, January. 1663, married Matthew 
Griswold ; Samuel, May, 1665; John, Decem- 
ber, 1667, married E.xperience .\bel : William, 
January, 1670. married .\nne Bushnell ; Thom- 
as, July, 1672, married Alary Backus ; Sarah, 
February, 1675, died the same year; and John, 
May, 1677, married Elizabeth Bushnell. 

(Ill) Samuel (2), eldest son of Samuel (i) 
and Jane (Lee) Hyde, was born in Norwich, 
Connecticut, in May, 1665. He married, De- 
cember 10, i6go, Elizabeth, daughter of John 
and Sarah Calkins, and granddaughter of 
Hugh and Ann Calkins. Hugh Calkins, the 
immigrant, born in Chepstow, England, 1600, 
came from Monmouthshire, England, to 
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, about 1640, re- 
sided in Lynn and Gloucester, Massachusetts 
Bay Colony, removed to New London, Con- 
necticut, and finally settled in Norwich, Con- 
necticut, in 1660, and represented the town 
in the general court of Connecticut. Samuel 
and Elizabeth (Calkins) Hyde lived in Wind- 
ham, Connecticut, until 1700, when they re- 
moved to Lebanon, where he died November 
6, 1742, leaving a widow and ten children. 
The first four of these children were born in 
Windham, and the last six in Lebanon : Sam- 
uel, .September 10, 1691, married Priscilla 
Bradford: Daniel, August 16, 1694, married 
Abigail Wattles; Sarah, December 20, i6g6, 
married Ebenezer Brown ; Caleb, April g, 
1699, married Mary Blackman ; Elizabeth, 
baptized December 12, 1703, married Rev. 
Timothy Collins; Elijah, born 1705 (q. v.) ; 
Ebenezer, was married twice; Lydia, born 
about 1710, married Jonathan Aletcalf ; David, 
baptized March 22, 1719, married Althea 
Bradford : Anne, who was married twice. 

(R') Elijah, fourth son of Samuel (2) 
and Elizabeth (Calkins) Hyde, was born in 
Lebanon, Connecticut, 1705. He was married 
November 12, 1730, to Ruth, daughter of John 
and Elizabeth (Leffingwell) Tracy, of Nor- 



wich, settled at Norwich West Farms, now 
Franklin, Connecticut, and in 1742 removed 
to Lebanon, where his wife died October 15, 
^77 i> aged sixty-two years, and he married 
(second) Mercy Coleman, a widow, on May 
3, 1774, and she died August 3, 1783, without 
issue by him, and he died at the homestead in 
Lebanon, August 10, 17S3. The children of 
Elijah and Ruth (Tracy) Flyde were: An- 
drew, born in Norwich, Connecticut, Septem- 
ber 10, 1732, married Hannah Thomas; Eli- 
jah, January 17, 1735, married Mary Clark; 
Eliphalet, May 4, 1737, died November 4, 
1743; Caleb, July 2g, 1739, married Elizabeth 
Sacket; Zina (q. v.), April 2, 1741 ; Ruth, 
January 21, 1743, died March 29, 1743; 
Eliphalet ( 2 ) , born in Lebanon, Connecticut, 
May 9, 1744, married Naomi Flint and mar- 
ried (second) Abigail Washburn; Moses, Sep- 
tember II, 1 75 1, married Sara Dana; Ebene- 
zer, November 26, 1753, married Lucy Hun- 
tington; Ruth (2), May 5, 1746, married Cap- 
tain Andrew Huntington. 

(V) Zina, fifth son of Elijah nad Ruth 
(Tracy) Hyde, was born in Lebanon, Con- 
necticut, April 2, 1 74 1. He was a farmer in 
Lebanon, and was married November 30, 1769, 
to Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah 
(Case) Goodwin, and they had six children, as 
follows: Erastus, born August 31, 1771, died 
April 20, 1774; Jonathan, July 20, 1772, mar- 
ried Deborah Thomas; Sarah, February 23, 
1775, married the Rev. J. Belden ; Erastus (2) 
July 30, 1777. died August 24, 1777; Wealthy, 
July 27, 1778, died July 28, 1783; Philomela, 
Alarch 29, 1782, died Alay 27, 1783. The 
mother of these children died August 4, 1783, 
and her husband married (second), February 
2-1- 1785' Lois, daughter of Oliver Bosworth, 
of Chatham, and he had by this marriage three 
children: Wealthy (2),' December i, 1785, 
died July 12, 1809, unmarried; Zina (q. v.), 
born October 14, 1787; Erastus, November 9, 
1790, died at sea, unmarried, in 1812. 

(\T) Zina (2), eldest son of Zina (i) and 
Lois (Bosworth) Hyde, was born in Lebanon, 
Connecticut, October 14, 1787. He removed 
to Bath, Maine, in 1802, where his brother 
Jonathan was carrying on a general merchan- 
dising business, and he learned the business 
and soon became a partner, and finally opened 
business on his own account as Zina' Hyde & 
Company, dealers in hardware and ship- 
chandlery. He became identified with the state 
militia, and served in the defence of the town 
in the war of 1812, when the town and state 
of Maine were in danger of blockading British 
men-of-war, and he was adjutant of the regi- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



ment and brigadier major. He married, June 
10, 1816, Hannah, daughter of Colonel Daniel 
and Mary (Jewell) Buck, of Bucksport, 
Maine. His father-in-law was a well-known 
citizen of Maine, and the town of Bucksport 
was named in his honor. Mrs. Hyde was 
born in Bucksport, Maine, September 4, 1789, 
and died in Bath, Maine, January 2, 181 7, 
without issue. j\lr. Hyde was a founder of the 
Swedenborgen church in Bath, Maine, but 
had been brought up in the Congregational 
church and was a member of both the Old 
North and the Old South Church of Bath, 
and like his intimate friend, the pastor of the 
Old South Church, Rev. Dr. W. Jenks, he 
became more liberal in his views and embraced 
the teaching of Swedenborg. He was mar- 
ried (second), April 13, 1840, to Eleanor 
Maria, daughter of Isaac and Lydia Davis, of 
Jamaica Plain, ^lassachusetts, and widow of 
Israel Little, of Boston, and they traveled in 
Europe for two years. Their first child was 
born in Florence, Italy, and named Thomas 
Worcester (q. v.). Their second child, Mary 
Eleanor, was born in Bath, Maine, November 
4, 1842. Major Hyde's health became much 
impaired, and he withdrew from active busi- 
ness life. About fifteen years after his death 
at his home in Bath, Maine, September 19. 
1856, his widow removed to London, England, 
hoping to benefit her health, and she died 
there July 28, 1885, when eighty-two years 
old. and her daughter was her companion in 
exile during her last days. 

(VII) Thomas Worcester, only son of 
Zina (2) and Eleanor Maria (Davis) (Little) 
Hyde, was born in Florence, Italy, January 15, 
1841, and soon after his birth was brought by 
his parents to their home in Bath, Maine, 
where he was brought up. He was prepared 
for college in the schools of Bath, and was 
graduated at Bowdoin College A. B., 1861, the 
year of the breaking out of the civil war, and 
while a postgraduate student at the Old Uni- 
versity of Chicago he enlisted in a Chicago 
regiment, which regiment was not accepted by 
the government, and was disbanded. He re- 
ceived his degree from the university, being 
one of the first graduates of 1861, and re- 
turned to Bath and set about raising a com- 
pany for a regiment of Maine troops, which 
became the Seventh Regiment Maine Volun- 
teers. He went into camp as captain of his 
company, at Augusta, was elected major of 
the regiment, and in the absence of his superior 
officers he took the regiment to the field in 
Virginia, and it formed part of McClellan's 
Army of the Potomac in the siege of York- 



town and in the battles of Williamsburg and 
Mechanicsville, and in the seven days' battle 
before Richmond. He was in command of 
the regiment in the second battle of Bull Run 
under General John Pope, and under General 
McClellan at Crompton's Gap and Antietam. 
In the battle of Antietam he was directed 
to attack and gain possession of the position 
of the Confederates that defended the head- 
quarters of Stonewall Jackson, and in a des- 
perate charge which he led, Major Hyde was 
enabled to break through the Confederate lines 
and the Seventh Maine came out of the fight 
with sixty-five men, commanded by Major 
Hyde alone, and in the desperate struggle his 
horse was shot three times, but not so as to 
fall, and he was himself slightly wounded. 
The regiment was ordered back to Maine to 
recruit its ranks, and its first batallion was 
fitted up and took the field the following 
spring, and on being assigned to a place in 
the Army of the Potomac, Major Hyde was 
placed on staff duty as acting inspector-general 
of the left division, and when that organization 
was disbanded, he was retained upon the staff 
of the Sixth Corps as aide-de-camp and pro- 
vost-general to General Sedgwick, commander 
of the corps. This position gave him an im- 
portant position in the storming of Marye's 
Heights, and after the battle at Salem Church 
he was selected to present to General Hooker 
the flags captured from the enemy, and he was 
also recommended for promotion. He fol- 
lowed the fortunes of General Sedgwick as a 
staff officer through the three days at Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania, and in all the battles in 
which the Sixth Corps was engaged, and he 
was by the side of his chief at Spottsylvania 
when he was killed. He was about the same 
time promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colo- 
nel, and after the death of Sedgwick was re- 
tained on the staff of the Sixth Corps. When 
his three years' term of service expired he 
was commissioned colonel and assigned to 
command the First Maine Veteran Volunteers, 
organized from the veterans of the Fifth, 
Sixth and Seventh Maine Volunteers. He 
joined his volunteer regiment in the Shenan- , 
doah Valley, and although but twenty-three I 
years of age, he was placed in command of 
the Third Brigade, Second Division, Sixth 
Army Corps, where Commander-General Bid- 
well had been killed at Cedar Creek, and he 
commanded the brigade to the close of the 
war and was with the Sixth Corps when he 
led his brigade in the assault, familiarly known 
as the "Wedge," which broke the enemy's 
lines and secured the possession of Petersburg. 




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He was next at Sailor's Creek and at the sur- 
render of Lee's army at Appomattox, and was 
with the column under Sheridan sent to North 
Carolina to attack the army of General Joseph 
E. Johnston, the only formidable Confederate 
force left in the field, and on reaching Dan- 
ville, Virginia, and learning of the surrender 
of Johnston, he was made military governor 
of that place and of the adjoining counties. 
After two months' service as military governor 
he returned to Washington and was mustered 
out in the summer of 1865, after four years' 
active service, and was commissioned brevet 
major-general. He was at once selected to 
command a brigade in a provisional corps that 
it was proposed at army headquarters to form 
out of the Army of the Potomac for duty in 
the south, but this purpose was not carried 
out. He returned to Bath and engaged in the 
iron business. He was state senator for the 
Bath district for three terms, 1873-75, and in 
1874-1875 was president of the state senate. 
He was mayor of the city of Bath in 1876 and 
1877, and a member of the board of visitors 
to the United States Military Academy at 
West Point, New York, for eight years, from 
1877. He also received appointment for the 
United States Congress as a member of the 
board of managers of the Soldiers' Home at 
Togus, Alaine, in 1883. He was a companion 
and commander of the Maine Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the 
L'nited States ; president of the Sagadahoc 
Club of Bath, and a member of the Cumber- 
land Club of Portland, Somerset Club of Bos- 
ton and Metropolitan Club of Washington, 
D. C. He received his master's degree from 
Bowdoin College in 1864. In the fall of 1865 
he leased the Bath Iron Foundry, of which 
valuable plant he subsequently became owner, 
and in 1884 he caused it to be incorporated as 
the Bath Iron Works, and was president of 
the corporation 1884-99. ^^^ ^^^9 he also pur- 
chased the Goss Marine Iron Works, estab- 
lished in 1887, and he consolidated it with the 
Bath Iron Works and entered the field as ship- 
builders. At the works was built the first 
triple-expansion marine engine built in the 
United States, which was placed in the yacht 
"Meteor," now "Golden Rod." This was in 
1889, and the same year they contracted for 
the construction of the "Cottage City," a 
wooden steamship for the Maine Steamship 
Company. In April, 1890, the Bath Iron 
Works signed the contract with the United 
States government for building two gunljoats. 
the "Machias" and "Castine," at the contract 
price of $310,500 each, and both boats, the 



first steel vessels built by the company, ex- 
ceeded by two and three knots respectively the 
contract speed. In 1894 the "City of Lowell,'' 
a twin-screw steamer, was built, which for 
four years held the pennant as the fastest ves- 
sel on the Sound. The same year the yacht 
"Eleanor" was under construction, at the time 
the largest American-built steam-yacht afloat. 
The United States armored ram "Katahdin" 
was on the stocks at the yard at the same 
time when the works were destroyed by fire in 
1894. The w'ooden buildings destroyed were 
replaced by those built of steel, and in 1896 
the "Newport" and "Vicksburg," United 
States gunboats, were on the stocks, and in 
1897 the two first thirty-knot torpedo-boats, 
"Dahlgren" and "Craven," were in course of 
construction, and the battleship "Georgia," a 
fifteen-thousand-ton, nineteen-knot steel ves- 
sel, which held the record of speed of any bat- 
tleship in the American navy. At the yards 
the steamer "Camden," the second turbine 
steamer built in the United States, was 
launched. The old Hyde Foundry, changed in 
1889 to the North Division of the Bath Iron 
Works, became known as the Hyde Windlass 
Company, and now sustains a plant equal in 
size to the Iron Works itself, and is devoted 
to the manufacture of the Hyde patent steam 
windlass used on half the vessels used in this 
country. It also manufactures the Hyde man- 
ganese bronze used for propellers, and both 
heavy and light ship castings. General Hyde's 
health failed in 1898, and in September, 1899, 
he resigned from all connection with the con- 
cern, and his son, Edward W. Hyde, suc- 
ceeded to the presidency of the corporation, 
and another son, John Sedgwick Hyde, was 
made vice-president. General Hyde was a di- 
rector of the Maine Central Railroad Company 
for twelve years. He was married, 1866, to 
Annie, daughter of John and iMartha Hayden, 
of Bath, Maine, and their children were: i. 
John Sedgwick, born March 26, 1867. 2. 
Edward Warden, born August 9, 1868. 3. 
Ethel, born August 30, 1871, died in 1899. 
4. Arthur Sewall, born February 21, 1875, 
resides in New York. 5. Eleanor Hayden, 
born August 6, 1880; married, January 11, 
1908, John C. Phillips, i\I. D., of Boston. 6. 
MadelVn, born August 4, 1883, died in 1904. 

General Hyde repaired to the Hotel Cham- 
berlain. Old Point Comfort. Mrginia, with 
his family, hoping that a milder climate would 
benefit his health, but on November 14, 1899, 
his death occurred, and proved a great blow 
to his family and friends, who had hoped to 
have him return to Bath greatly benefitted in 



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physical health. The Bath Iron Works is a 
monument to his business ability, and he will 
also be remembered as a soldier, financier, 
statesman, literateur and scholar. He was 
author of a military work entitled "Following 
the Greek Cross." The "Odes of Horace" 
were translated into English by ^Irs. Hyde, 
and he put them in verse. Gladstone praised 
the work and sent Mr. Hyde a postcard, com- 
mending the same. 

(Vni) John Sedgwick, son of General 
Thomas \Vorcester and Annie (Hayden) 
Hyde, was born in Bath, Maine, ]\Iarch 26, 
1867. He was prepared for college in the 
public schools of Bath, and took a three years' 
course in mechanical engineering in the Mas- 
sachusetts Institute of Technology, 1885-88, 
and on graduating returned to Bath, and be- 
ginning at the bottom, learned from practical 
work every detail of the business of ship- 
building. On the retirement of his father in 
1899, he was made vice-president of the cor- 
poration, but did not change his plan of mas- 
tering the business of the works in every de- 
tail, and it was not till the early part of 1905 
that he was willing to accept control of the 
business, when he purchased the entire capital 
stock of and was made president of the cor- 
poration. The building and launching of the 
"Chester," which in her speed-trial trip of 
four hours' duration averaged 26.52 knots per 
hour, and which speed has not been exceeded 
by any United States vessel (except torpedo 
craft) built by any shipyard in the United 
States, stands to the credit of John Sedgwick 
Hyde, and is a record of which anv ship- 
builder in the world may be proud when they 
beat it. He is a Republican in politics and 
served as a member of the common council 
and the board of aldermen, and representative 
and senator to the state legislature. He is a 
member of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion ; American Society of Mechanical En- 
gineers ; British Institute of Naval Architects ; 
American Society of Naval Engineers ; So- 
ciety of Naval Architects and Alarine Engi- 
neers ; Engineers' Club of New York City ; 
Sagadahoc Club of Bath ; Cumberland Club 
of Portland, and Army and Navy and Metro- 
politan clubs of Washington, D. C. He is a 
director of the Lincoln National Bank and 
trustee of the Bath Savings Institute. ]\Ir. 
Hyde married, June 4, 1898, Ernestine Shan- 
non. 

(VIII) Edward Warden Hyde, second son 
and child of Thomas Worcester and Annie 
(Hayden) Hyde, was born in Bath, Maine, 
August 9, 1868. He was educated in the Bath 



public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, 
after which he spent one year at the Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. 
He then entered the office of F. H. F"assett, of 
Portland, where he spent one and a half years, 
receiving practical instruction. He then re- 
turned to Bath and entered the Bath Iron 
Works, and became successively storekeeper, 
purchasing agent, treasurer, vice-president ana 
president, remaining v/ith the Bath Iron 
Works until it was sold to the Ship Builders' 
Trust. Mr. Hyde has been prominently iden- 
tified with the business interests of Bath for 
many years. He was president of the First 
National Bank and is a director ; also a di- 
rector of the Marine National Bank, one of 
the organizers and first vice-president of the 
Bath Trust Company ; w as treasurer of the 
Hyde Windlass Company — in fact, is con- 
nected financially with many business concerns 
of Bath. Mr. Hyde is president of the Bath 
Anvil, a weekly newspaper. In politics he is 
a Republican, and has taken a very active part 
in the counsels of the party. He was mayor 
of Bath three terms — 1901-2-3; chairman of 
the Bath Republican committee, and has re- 
cently been nominated and elected to the state 
legislature. Mr. Hyde is equally prominent in 
fraternal and social affairs. He is a member 
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; the 
Sagadahoc and Suffolk clubs of Bath, and has 
been commodore of the Kennebec Yacht Club 
four years. He is a member of the Society of 
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and 
was president of the Sagadahoc Club seven 
years. 

December 4, 1904, Mr. Hyde married Alice 
Morse, daughter of Alonzo A. A'lorse, of Bath. 
Mr. and Mrs. Hvde have no children. 



De Boterel, of Stafford- 
WTIITMORE shire, England, had two 

sons:William (1100-1135), 
who had a son William (1158-1161) ; and 
Peter (q. v.). 

(II) Peter de Boterel had a son born 
in Staffordshire, who was named Radalph or 
Ralph (q. v.). 

(III) Ralph, son of Peter de Boterel. was 
born in 11 52, and died in 1771. He married 
twice, and by his first wife had a son William, 
who married .\visa de Whitmore (1197). By 
his second wife he had a son Ralph (q. v.). 

(IV) Ralph (2), son of Ralph (i) by his 
second wife, had a son John (q. v.). 

(Y) John, son of Ralph (2) de Boterel, be- 
came .Sir John de Whitmore. He married 




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Agnes 



(1252-1276), and among his 



children were three sons: John (q. v.), Lord 
of Whitinore, founder of the Caunton line ; 
W'illiam. who married Alice Fanners, and had 
a son Philip, founder of the Claverly line; 
and Ralph. 

(M) John (2), son of Sir John (i) and 

Agnes de ^^'hitmore, married JMargerie 

(1270-1301). He was Lord of Whitinore, 
and had a son Richard (q. v.). 

(VII) Richard, son of John (2), Lord of 
Whitmore, married Susannah Draycote, 
daughter of Sir Philip Draycote of Painesley, 
knight. The children of Richard and Susan- 
nah (Draycote) de Whitmore were: Jane, 
married John Blunt : Mary, married John 
Gifford ; Beatrix, married John Chebwind ; 
Christina, married Richard Flutvvood ; Philip 
(q. v.). 

(\TII) Philip, youngest son of Richard of 
Whitmore and Susanna (Draycote), married 
Thomasine, daughter of Richard Oliver ( ?). 
and then had a son Richard (q. v.). 

(IX) Richard (2), son of Philip and 
Thomasine (Oliver (?) AMiitmore, married 
(first) a daughter of Sir Ralph Bagot ; (sec- 
ond) a daughter of Richard Devereaux and 
(third) a daughter of Simon Harcourt, who 
was probably of Ellenhall, Staffordshire, and 
bv his third wife he had a son Nicholas 
(q. v.). 

i^X) Nicholas, son of Richard Whitmore by 
his third wife, married Annie, daughter of 
Thomas Aston, of Tixall. Staffordshire, and 
had two children : Mary, married William 
Lusone : Anthony (q. v.). 

(XI) Anthony, only son of Nicholas and 
Annie (Ashton) Whitmore, married Christ- 
man, daughter and heir of Nicholas Vaux, and 
thev had two children : Joan and William 
(q.'v.). 

(XII) William, only son of Anthony and 
Christina (Vaux) Whitmore. married, and 
had children, including a son John (q. v.). 

(XIII) John (3), second son of William 
Whitmore, of Caunton, married (first), dur- 
hig the reign of Henry VI, Alice, daughter 
and heir of Robert Blyton of Caunton, and 
(second) Catherine, daughter and heir of 
Robert Compton of Hawton, Visitation of 
York, 1536, and had two sons — William, and 
Robert (q. v.). 

(XR") Robert, son and heir of John Whit- 
more, of Caunton, married (first) Catherine, 
daughter of George Claye, of Finningly, Visi- 
tation of Yorkshire, and they had : William, 
the heir, who married a daughter of John 
Ridley, lived in Rotterdam, where he died in 



1508, (second) Alice Atwoodc, of Harling- 
ton, Bedfordshire, and by this marriage had : 
I. Richard, died without issue. 1559. 2. John, 
living in 1545. 3. Charles (q. v.). 4. Thcm- 
as, probably died about 1603. 5. Edward, 
living in 1359. 6. Rowland, living in 1591. 7. 
James. 8. Randall. Also three daughters. 

(XV) Charles, probably third son of Rob- 
ert and Alice (Atwoode) Whitmore, lived in 
Tuxworth, where he married, and had chil- 
dren : I. William, died in 1582. 2. John, was 
living in Staffordshire, where he died in 1571. 
3, Robert, died in 1608. 4. Richard, died in 
1578- 5- James, died in 1614. 6. Thomas, of 
Hitchen, who had a wife by the Christian 
name of ]\Iary, and died in 1649. Two of 
his sons, Thomas and John, emigrated to New 
England — Thomas, who spelled his surname 
Whittemore. to Charlestown, Massachusetts 
Bay Colony, and settled in Maiden ; and John 
Whitmore to Stanford, in the colony of Con- 
necticut, where his two children, John and 
Elizabeth, were born. 7. Roger (q. v.). 8. 
Christopher, died in 1640. 9, 10, 11 and 12, 
daughters. 13. (jcorge. Charles Whitmore, 
father of these children, died in Hitchin, Hert- 
fordshire, England, in 1568. Three of his 
sons adopted the spelling Whitemore, three 
Watmore, and one retained the spelling Whit- 
more as used by their father, and which pre- 
vails in England. 

(X\'I) Roger, seventh son of Charles 
Whitmore, lived in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 
where he married and became the father of 
Nicholas. 

(X\^II) Nicholas, son of Roger Whitmore, 
and first cousin of Thomas Whittemore, of 
[Maiden, and of John WHiitmore, of Stanford, 
also American immigrants and heads of 
American families of the name. Nicholas had 
by marriage, besides other children, two sons : 
Frances (q. v.). and Thomas, who settled in 
Middletown, Connecticut Colony. 

(I) Francis, son of Nicholas Whitmore, 
was of the eighteenth generation of the family 
in England, and appears as of the first 
generation in America. He was born in 
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, in 1625. 
He married Isabel, daughter of Richard 
and Margery (Crane) Parke, some time 
after reaching America, where he first located, 
between 1630 and 1640, in the town of Boston, 
Massachusetts Bay Colony, and removed 
across the Charles river to Cambridge before 
1648. He was a soldier in the King Phillip 
war, and served as selectman and constable of 
the town of Cambridge in i6fi8. His first 
wife, Isabel Parker Whitmore, died after bear- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



ing him six cliildrcn: I. Elizabeth, born May 
2, 1649; married November 3, 1669, Daniel 
Markham. 2. Francis, October 12, 1650; mar- 
ried, February 8, 1674, Hannah Harris. 3. 
John (q. v.). 4. Samuel, May i, 1658; married, 
March 31, 1686, Rebecca Gardner. 5. Abigail, 
July 30, 1660; married, May 9, 1683, Samuel 
Wilcox. 6. Sarah, March 7, 1662, married 
William Locke. After the birth of his child his 
wife died, and he married (second) Margaret 
Harty. November 10, 1666, and by her had: 
7. Margaret, September 9, 1668; married 
Thomas Carter. 8. Frances, March 3, 1671 ; 
married Jonathan Thompson. 9. Thomas, 
1673; married Mary Jennison. 10. Joseph, 
1675; married Mary Kendall, February 13, 
1698. Francis Whitmore, the immigrant to 
Boston and Cambridge, died in Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, October 12, 1685. 

(II) John, second son and third child of 
Francis arid Isabel (Parke) Whitmore, was 
born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October i, 
1654. He married Rachel, daughter of Fran- 
ces and Mary (Saunders) Eliot and widow of 

Poulter. who was born October 25, 

1643, and died March 20, 1723. They resided 
in Cambridge, and removed to Medford, of 
which town he was a large land owner, as he 
was also in Billerica. He was a deacon in 
the First Parish Church of Medford, and 
served the town as treasurer. He was a sol- 
dier in the Indian wars, and served in the 
regiment of Major Swayne at Saco, in the 
district of i\Iaine. He had by his first wife 
three children, and after her death he married 
as his second wife, June 3, 1724, Rebecca 
Cutter, who was childless, and became his 
widow on his death in Medford, February 22, 
1739. Children of John and Rachel (Eliot) 
Poulter Whitmore: i. Francis, born May 8, 
1678, married (first), December 7, 1699, Anna 
Pierce, and (second) Mary, surname is not 
recorded. 2. Abigail, twin of Francis, mar- 
ried John Elder. 3. John (q. v.). 

(III) John (2), second son and third child 
of John and Rachel (Eliot) Poulter Whit- 
more, was born in ^ledford, Middlesex county, 
I\Iassachusetts. .April 27, 1683. He learned 
the trade of housewright. but did not long 
continue in that occupation. He became a 
partner with his brother Francis in the busi- 
ness of general merchandising in Medford and 
Billerica. and dealer in real estate in both 
these towns. He was one of the chief factors 
in organizing the town of Bedford, which was 
incorporated September 23, 1729, having been 
established from lands belonging to both 



Billerica and Concord. He was married, in 
1706, to Mary, daughter of Colonel John and 
Susan (Whipple) Lane, of Billerica. She 
was born in that town May 15, 1686, and died 
there March 27, 1783. John Whitmore was 
prominent in the First Parish Church in Med- 
ford, and is mentioned in the records of the 
church for his many benefactions. He was 
foremost and liberal in town affairs, but held 
no town offices. He spent his last days at the 
home of his son John, in Billerica, where his 
wife died, and that event was soon followed 
by his own death. Children of John and Mary 
(Lane) Whitmore, born in Medford: i. 
Mary, July 17, 1707; married, August 19, 
1725, J. Webber, and when his widow she 
married White. 2. Susannah, Novem- 
ber 25, 1708; married, September 16, 1727, 
Benjamin Webber, and when his widow, she 

married Page. 3. John, April 5, 171 1 ; 

married Martha Lane. 4. Francis (q. v.). 5. 
Martha. February 23, 1717-8; married Jehn 
Skinner, December 22, 1743, and died March 
7, 1780. 6. William, December 19, 1725; mar- 
ried, October, 1747, "Mary Brooks. 

(IV) Francis, second son and fourth child 
of John (2) and Mary (Lane) Whitmore, 
was born in Medford, October 4, 1714. He 
learned the business of general merchandising 
in the stores of his father and uncle, and suc- 
ceeded to the business on his own account. He 
also became largelv interested in property in 
the district of Maine about 1760, and spent 
much of his time there, becoming a permanent 
settler. He purchased large tracts of land 
along the Kennebec river, selling it to actual 
settlers and cutting from the forests timber 
for masts and spars for the Royal navy. He 
was a pioneer in the lumber business on the 
Kennebec river, and finally settled at Bow- 
doinham, named for William Bowdoin, of 
Boston, and located on the river, ten miles 
north of Bath, in Sagadahoc (then Lincoln) 
county, where he died April 27, 1794. He 
married, January i, 1739, Mary, daughter of 
Lieutenant Stephen and Elizabeth (Fowle) 
Hall, born April 17, 1719, died October 20, 
1791, and their children were all born in Med- 
ford: I. Stephen (q. v.). 2. Francis, Au- 
gust 16, 1741 ; married, December 30, 1764, 
Elizabeth Bowman. 3. William. September 6, 
1746. 4. Mary, December 25. 1750: married 
Thomas Blodgett. 5. Elizabeth, November 
27, 1752: married Elisha Seavins. 6. John, 
November 25, 1754: married, April 12. 1781, 
Huldah Crookes, and died November 29, 1820. 
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Thomas Dhismore. 8. Andrew, October 2, 
1760; married Lucy Cowillard, and died 
March 31, 1839. 

(V) Stephen, eldest child of Francis and 
Marv (Hall) Whitmore, was born in Med- 
ford, October 21, 1739. He was brought up 
to the mercantile business in i\Iedford, and in 
1767 removed to the Kennebec river, district 
of Alaine. where he assisted his father in his 
large lumber interests. He settled in Bow- 
doinham, at that time in Lincoln county, and 
which was incorporated as a town in 1762. 
He was one of the leading business men of the 
place, and foremost in the formation of the 
town government, and served as selectman for 
many years ; also as constable and collector in 
1785, and as town clerk for a number of 
years. In 1793 he retired from active busi- 
ness, and changed his residence to the "Ridge," 
where he had a beautiful home, and where he 
died October 15, 181 5. He married, July 14, 
1763. Mary, daughter of Captain Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Spring) Whittemore, who was 
born May 6. 1741, and they had eleven chil- 
dren, the last ten born in Bowdoinham, Maine, 
Elizabeth and Stephen in Medford, Massachu- 
setts. These children were: i. Elizabeth, 
May 19, 1764, married John Springer. 2. 
Stephen, September 15, 1765, lost at sea, 1787. 
3. Samuel, June 11, 1768, married Mary Por- 
ter, and died October 30, 1818. 4. William, 
June II, 1768. married Rachel Adams, and 
died May 28, 1850. 5. John (q. v.). 6. Jon- 
athan, August 22, 1773, married, November 
27, 1797, Mary Rogers, and died 1820. 7. 
Benjamin, July 12, 1775, married Elizabeth 
Temple, and died August 24, 1847J 8. Mary, 
October 26, 1777: married William Givin, and 
died 1867. 9. Rhoda, February 9, 1779, 
named Alexander Preble. 10. Sarah, Octo- 
ber 12, 1782, married (first) Joseph Perry, 
(second) — Deering. 11. Andrew, Oc- 
tober T, 1785, died October i, 1785. 

(VI) John (3), fourth son and 'fifth child 
of Stephen and Mary (\\''hittemore) Whit- 
more, was born in Bowdoinham. Maine, No- 
vember 25, 1771, and died .\ugust 2, 1865, 
aged ninety-four years, eight months. He at- 
tended school and engaged in the lumbering 
business with his father and as his successor, 
taking his place in various enterprises and ably 
seconding his efforts in behalf of good schools, 
roads, and transportation facilities. He mar- 
ried Sarah McLellan, born in 1778, and they 
lived and died in Bowdoinham, she dving 
April ID, 1839. Children, all born in Bow- 
doinham: I. Amherst, September 18, 1805; 
married Mary Jane Perry, and died May 22, 



1886. 2. Philena, March 2, 1807; died un- 
married, September 16, 1892. 3. John, Jan- 
uary 29, 1809; married Mary Berry, of Lis- 
bon, Maine, and died April 15, i8g6. 4. Han- 
nah, September 16, 1810, died unmarried, 
September 20, 1884. 5. Nathaniel ]\IcLellan, 
October i, 1812; graduated at Bowdoin Col- 
lege. A. B., 1833; was a lawyer in Gardiner, 
Maine : died February 26, igoo. 6. Stephen. 
Alay 9, 1814; graduated at Medical School of 
Maine, Bowdoin College, M.D., 1836; was a 
physician and surgeon in Gardiner, Maine; 
married Maria Haskell, and died in Gardiner, 
Maine, February 9, 1880. 7. Sarah, January 
9, 1816; never married. 8. Chadburne War- 
ren, October 4. 1818: graduated at Medical 
School of Maine. Bowdoin College. 1839; mar- 
ried. January i, 1850, Harriet E. Sampson; 
he died in Washington, D. C, March 24, 1884. 
9. Samuel. 

(\'^II) Samuel, youngest child of John (3) 
and Sarah (McLellan) Whitmnre, was born 
in Bowdoinham, February 13. 1820, and died 
in 1898. He was a leading business man in 
his native town, and greatly esteemed for his 
solid worth and unostentatious charities. He 
married, in September, 1849, Helen Mahr, 
daughter of Thomas and Rhoda Stinson ; she 
was born October 19, 1823, and died in 1902. 
Children, born in Bowdoinham: i. Steplien 
Chalmers, July 19, 1850; graduated at Bow- 
doin College, A. B., 1875; practiced law in 
Bowdoinham ; married there. 1879, Estelle 
Guiboard. 2. Albion Stinson : see forward. 

3. John A., February 26, 1853 ; married Anna 
Crehore; he died September 3. 1895. 4. Anna 
Philena, May i, 1857. 5. Helen Maria, April 

4, 1859. 6. Florence. August 6, 1861, died 
1878.' 

(VIII) Albion Stinson. second son and 
child of Samuel and Helen ^Mahr (Stinson) 
Whitmore, was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, 
December 13. 1851. He was educated in the 
schools of his native town, at Kent's Hill, 
where he prepared for college, and at Bow- 
doin College, from which he was graduated 
A. B. in 1875, 3"d received the degree of 
.■\. M. in 1878. He studied for his profession 
at Columbia University Medical School, New 
York City, from which he received his degree 
of M. D. in 1878. He has practiced medicine 
and surgery in Boston, Massachusetts, since 
the year of his graduation, with offices at No. 
18 L'nion Park, and has been consulting physi- 
cian and surgeon of the Peabody New Eng- 
land Home for Crippled Children at Hyde 
Park, of which institution he was a trustee. 
In 1 88 1, at the opening of the Home for Aged 



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Couples, he became attending physician and 
surgeon, continuing in that capacity for ten 
vears, since wliich time he has been consulting' 
physician and surgeon. His skill as a surgeon 
has brought to him many important and, to the 
profession, interesting cases, in which he has 
been called in consultation, and in this way 
he has become widely known and highly es- 
teemed for his professional skill and his en- 
tire willingness to give it freely in cases of 
dire calamity or extreme urgency. His pro- 
fessional affiliation includes membership in the 
American Medical Association : the Massachu- 
setts ^Medical Society ; the Boston Medical Li- 
brary Association, rooms at No. 8 Fenway ; 
the New England Electro-Therapeutical As- 
sociation, the first of its kind in the country; 
and the New England Association of Gradu- 
ates of New York Medical Colleges. He is 
also a member of the University Club, Bow- 
doin College Club, Pine Tree Club (of which 
he was a director for many years), the Zeta 
Psi college fraternity ; and is affiliated with 
various Masonic bodies : St. John's Lodge No. 
7, F. and A. M.: St. Andrew's Chapter No. 7, 
R. A. M.; Boston Council, R. S. AL; De 
Molay Commandery, K. T. ; and Aleppo Tem- 
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is a trustee of 
the Penny Savings Bank of Boston. 

Dr. W'hitmore married, October 14, 1885, 
Maude, daughter of Moses j\L and Nancy G. 
(Norcross) Swan. Mrs. Whitmore was born 
in Augusta, Maine, where her father was a 
jeweler for many years. 



"The posterity of William 
HASKELL Haskell is believed to be much 

more numerous than that of 
any other early settler," says the genealogist 
of the Haskell family of Gloucester, Massa- 
chusetts. A large number of his descendants 
remain in town, but a still greater number 
are scattered abroad over the country. From 
six generations of this prolific stock emigrants 
have gone forth, who, whether they braved 
the dangers and hardships of pioneer life in 
the forests of Maine or sought a kinder soil 
than their own in more settled and cultivated 
regions, or engaged in handicraft and trade in 
the marts of business, have generally sustained 
the character for usefulness and respectability 
which the family have always borne in its an- 
cient seat. 

Captain William Haskell was born about 
1620. and was connected with the family of 
Roger Haskell, of Salem. He first appears in 
Gloucester in 1643 ; and in 1645 rnention is 
made of his land at Planter's Neck. He prob- 



ably resided here a few years following the 
last date ; but the hiatus in the recorded births 
of his children alTords ground for conjecture 
that he was not a permanent resident from 
that time. If he left town for a season, he 
had returned by 1656, and settled on the west- 
erly side of Amisquane river, where he had 
several pieces of land, among which was a 
lot of ten acres, with a house and barn, bought 
of Richard Window, situated on the west side 
of Walker's Creek, which is still occupied by 
descendants. The public offices to which he 
w as elected affords sufficient proof that he was 
a prominent and useful citizen. He was a 
selectman several years and representative six 
times in the course of twenty years. In 1681 
he was appointed by the general court lieu- 
tenant to the train band, of which he was 
afterward captain. He was one of the first 
two of whom we have any knowledge who 
were deacons of the First Church. He mar- 
ried Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot, No- 
vember 16, 1643. She died August 16, 1693; 
and he four days after (on the 20th), leaving 
an estate of ^548, 12s. His children, whose 
births are recorded were : William, Joseph, 
Mark, Sarah and Eleanor. Besides these, he 
had sons Benjamin and John and daughters 
Ruth and Mary. Various descendants of Will- 
iam Haskell settled in Falmouth and New 
Gloucester. Maine, among them being Moses, 
Job, of Hampton, New Hampshire, and 
Nathan, who settled in the latter place, but no 
history of the following generations of this 
article has been connected with that of the 
Gloucester parent family, though there is no 
doubt of their descent. 

(I) Jacob Haskell is said to have come 
from Cape Ann, Massachusetts, and settled in 
New Gloucester, where he raised a family ; no 
dates given. 

(II) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (i) Haskell, 
also resided in New Gloucester, and is said 
to have had a first wife whose surname was 
Godfrey before marriage. 

(III) Peter, son of Jacob (2) and 

(Godfrey) Haskell, was born in 1769, and died 
in New Gloucester. July 14, 1849, where he 
was a prosperous farmer. He married, De- 
cember 8, 1791, Salome Parsons, born in 
Gloucester, 1772, died March 25, 1858, in 
New Gloucester. She was the daughter of 
Colonel Isaac Parsons, who came to New- 
Gloucester from Gloucester. Massachusetts, in 
1 76 1. He was the leading man in that part 
of Cumberland county in the days before the 
revolution. It was he who discovered a 
method of planting corn so that it could be 





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raised successfully on newly cleared land, and 
thereby conferred a great boon upon the 
straggling settlers. His farm was at what is 
now Gloucester Lower Corner, and descended 
to the Haskell family through the daughter 
Salome, who married Peter Haskell. 

(IV) Captain Peter (2) son of Peter (i) 
and Salome (Parsons) Haskell, was born in 
New Gloucester, January 10, 1797, and died 
in New Gloucester, May 6, 1875. He was a 
prosperous farmer and an old-time militia offi- 
cer. He married, April i, 1823, Sally Pulsi- 
fer, by whom he had Mary F., Jacob W., Eze- 
kiel, Lucy. He married (second) January 30, 
1834, Betsey Hawes, born March 5, 1806, died 
January 21, 1881, aged seventy four, daugh- 
ter of Captain Thomas and Betsey (Whitman) 
Hawes of ^^■ellfleet, Massachusetts. Betsey 
and Chief Justice Whitman were the only 
children of Josiah \\'hitman, of Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts. Children of Peter and Betsey 
(Hawes) Haskell: Charles Peter and Thomas 
Hawes. . 

(V) Charles Peter, son of Captain Peter 
(2) and Betsey (Hawes) Haskell, was born 
March 8, 1833. and is a farmer, residing on the 
old homestead. He married (first) March 5, 
1868, Helen Marr, born March 22, 1841, 
daughter of Hezekiah and Eunice (Harmon) 
Crockett. She died January 4, 1884. He 
married (second) March 19, 1885, Sarah, 
daughter of Elbridge and Amanda (Bevens) 
Tarbox. She was born September 30, 1859. 
Four children were born to the first marriage : 
Mary Cross, August 20, 1870; Eugene ]\Iaur- 
ice, January 16. 1873; Fannie Crockett. De- 
cember 27, 1874, died young; and Fred Peter, 
June 7, 1877. 

(V) Hon. Thomas Hawes, youngest son of 
Peter (2) and Betsey (Hawes) Haskell, was 
born in New Gloucester, May 18, 1842, and 
died in Portland, September 24, 1900. He 
grew up on his father's farm, and before 
he was twenty years old had attended the 
public schools and the academies at Auburn 
and Paris Hill, graduating from Norway In- 
stitute in 1862, and fitted himself for college, 
intending to enter Bowdoin, but instead en- 
listed in Company I of the Twenty-fifth Maine 
Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colo- 
nel Francis Fessenden, and served as a ser- 
geant with his regiment in Virginia. It was 
a nine months' regiment, and after his dis- 
charge, in the summer of 1863, he entered the 
office of Judge Nahum Morrill, of Auburn, 
as a law student. In 1865 he was admitted 
to the bar of that county. The following ac- 
count of him is taken from "The Green Bag," 



vol. vii, published 1895. For a time he re- 
mained with his instructor, but moved to 
Portland in 1866, where he resided ever after- 
ward, and continued in active practice of his 
profession until called to the bench, March 31, 
1884, succeeding Hon. Joseph Symonds, who 
had resigned. He held no political office out- 
side the line of his profession, except as a 
member of the city council of Portland. He 
served as county attorney for part of a term, in 
1870, being appointed by the court to fill a 
vacancy, and again in 1878; and was appointed 
to the office by the governor in 1879, serving 
until the expiration of the term. He was also 
a commissioner of the circuit court of the 
United States. He was for a time the law 
partner of the late Judge Goddard of the 
superior court for Cumberland county, and of 
Hon. W. W. Thomas Jr., late our minister to 
Sweden, and of Hon. Nathan Webb at the 
time he was appointed United States district 
judge in 1882. In 1881 he was appointed by 
Governor Plaisted upon a commission to inves- 
tigate abuses in the Reform School. He made 
a separate report that was full and exhaustive, 
and he drew and secured the passage of the 
law, approved March 15, 1883, now governing 
that institution, establishing regulations for 
the prevention of abuses, establishing a me- 
chanical school, and providing for a woman 
visitor and also a letter-box for the boys 
where they can deposit letters without scru- 
tiny of the officers of the school. 

He early developed in the profession an 
aptitude for pleadings, and became proficient 
and successful in the branches of the law re- 
lating to admiralty, corporations, bankruptcy, 
criminal and commercial law. "Don't do too 
much for your boys," said a shrewd merchant, 
"if you expect them to make anything of them- 
selves." No doubt, confidence and self-reli- 
ance come largely in that way, but the suc- 
cessful lawyer must have a fearless and in- 
dependent spirit to build upon ; and I found 
that was the case with Judge Haskell the first 
time that I saw him. It was when I was 
holding a bankrupt court as register in a 
neighboring city, he appeared in opposition to 
a very able lawyer, skilled in all the tactics 
that long practice afTords, who sought to pro- 
tect a preferential mortgage. The proceed- 
ings before me consisted in taking examina- 
tions of witnesses by Judge Haskell, who read- 
ilv succeeded in laving the foundation for va- 
cating the preference, notwithstanding the in- 
terruptions, bluster and threats of his antag- 
onist. I could but admire his coolness and 
courage, for older lawyers and even judges 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



dreaded to encounter this member of the bar. 
As the proceedings lasted several days, the 
young lawyer was put upon his mettle, but he 
came off triumphant, for his antagonist yielded 
in the end and complimented him in an un- 
usual degree. It gave him also an enviable 
reputation that time only generally affords. 
He was a good lawyer and gained the con- 
fidence of those who were associated with 
him as counsel and client, for ability, integrity 
and industry — qualities all and each of which 
are necessary to create and hold the esteem 
of the bar, upon whose recommendation he 
was promoted to the bench. He has fine pow- 
ers of observation and is well informed in 
other things outside his profession. In this 
respect he exceeds the average professional 
man. He is many-sided, and would have suc- 
ceeded well as a naturalist, bank president or 
manager and financier for a corporation. He 
loves a fine horse or a bit of intricate machin- 
ery. Inventive and ingenious, without me- 
chanical training, he could both plan and build 
a house with enough closets and bow windows 
to satisfy any woman. To these powers add 
a methodical and critical faculty developed, 
strengthened and broadened, and you have the 
qualities of mind which are readily seen in 
the way he has built his library, both law and 
miscellaneous. While on the other hand you 
cannot find there a single useles volume, many 
of which will gather in lawyers' bookcases. 
On the other hand, there are rare and original 
editions and some valuable for their previous 
ownership, attested by the autographs of Si- 
mon Greenleaf and others distinguished in the 
profession. He has a good combined selection 
of American and English books for every- 
day use, and his private library has been 
brought together in the same choice and 
orderly method. He has good taste in all 
the details of bookmaking, as will be seen in 
"Haskell's Reports of Fox's Decisions in the 
United States District Court for the District 
of Maine," which he prepared and edited in 
1887-88. His tasteful execution of a reporter's 
work in these two volumes gave him the credit 
of a connoisseur for skill and ability, and my- 
self a good excuse, when I began my duties 
as reporter of decisions of this court, to call 
upon him for advice and information, which 
he always accorded in a friendly and helpful 
way. These two volumes of Haskell's Re- 
ports, work which he did after he went upon 
the bench, are not exceeded by any reports that 
I have seen for aptness and precision in the 
headnotes. Grasping the salient points of 
each case, they have the happy medium be- 



tween over-conciseness and prolixity that com- 
mends a value of reports to a busy lawyer, 
and is thus a vast saving of time. In his pre- 
fatory note he modestly claims that he has 
only endeavored to verify the citations and 
quotations, to guard against all errors of the 
press, and says : "I only desire that my work 
may be charitably received and prove valuable 
to my professional brethren." Following this 
in the article quoted is a running commentary 
on opinions rendered by Judge Haskell, as re- 
ported in the Maine Reports, interesting only 
to those connected with the courts. In one 
place he speaks of the judge as follows: "Of 
his opinions, and only a few cursory glances 
are attempted here, it may be truly said that 
they disclose force, diligence, and vivacity. 
There is nothing feigned in them ; on the con- 
trary, they possess a genuineness of his own, 
hearty, and sometimes idiomatic way, based 
on the primary virtue of justice and the cour- 
age to be just. He has an alert mind. "He 
is one of the quickest," says a well-known 
federal judge, "to see a point upon which a 
case turns." His style reminds one at times 
of the old English judges, and almost rivalling 
in brevity his associate, Mr. Justice Walton. 
His familiarity with decided cases gives him 
the power of selecting the best material and 
cases ; and he loves to give credit to attorneys 
who furnish full and orderly briefs. Without 
"an almost ignominious love of detail," as Sir 
Arthur Helps says, he sees all there is in a 
case, and counsel find it so in their practice 
before him. A love of order and system, 
combined with industry, enable him to turn 
off his judicial labors with ease ; and when 
he returned at night to his home, the cares of 
office do not follow him. Rather indifferent 
to fame, he would be among the last to adopt 
Benvenuto Cellini's advice, "that all men after 
they have reached forty should write down 
their own lives" ; nor is it difficult for the 
believer in heredity to see how his favorite 
judge has become, to use a military phrase, "a 
chief of staff" of the court in the midst of his 
varied usefulness on the bench. He received 
the degree of Master of Arts from Bowdoin 
College in 1894." 

In an obituary notice of Judge Haskell pub- 
lished in the Eastern Argus, September 25, 
1900, it is stated that he was appointed to the 
supreme bench in 1884, reappointed in 1891, 
and again in 1898, and served till the time of 
his death. He was the author of the "Cen- 
tennial History of New Gloucester," published 
in 1874. He was a member of Bosworth Post, 
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was greatly interested, but belonged to no 
other organization. He was a constant attend- 
ant of the First Parish Church and served as 
moderator of the parish meeting for many 
years. "His special delight was the study of 
physics and particularly of the steam-engine. 
He had a workshop fitted up in his house, and 
was never so happy as when working with his 
tools of experimenting with fine pieces of 
mechanism. For this reason his opinions were 
always sought upon cases involving practical 
questions of mechanics or similar matters." 

Thomas H. Haskell married, in Nashua, 
Xew Hampshire. November 27, 1867, Eliza- 
beth Parsons Whitman, born in Nashua, New 
Hampshire, March 13, 1842, only daughter of 
Isaac Parsons and Sarah Elizabeth (Jordan) 
Whitman, who survives him, and resides in 
Portland. (See \\'hitman VHI.) 



In the days of the coloniza- 
WHITMAN tion of New England, before 
1680, four men named Whit- 
man came to New England. Two of them, 
John, of Weymouth, and Zachariah, were 
brothers, but are not known to be related to 
either of the others. John is claimed as the 
ancestor of a large part of the Whitmans of 
New England. 

(I) Deacon John Whitman came from Eng- 
land and became one of the earliest settlers of 
Weymouth, Massachusetts. When he came or 
how long he had been in Weymouth before 
he was made freeman there, December, 1638, 
is not known. In 1645 he was appointed en- 
sign in the militia and also appointed to end 
small controversies, a position equivalent to 
that of justice of the peace at the present time. 
He was also deacon of the church in Wey- 
mouth, probably from its first establishment 
until his death, which occurred November 13, 
1692, when he was nearly ninety years old, 
it is said. His family did not come to this 
country until 1641. four years or more after 
his arrival. John Whitman lived upon a farm 
adjoining the north side of the highway, lead- 
ing by the north side of the meeting-house of 
the North Parish in Weymouth, and directly 
ofif against it, and extending to Weymouth 
river; and his dwelling-house was situated 
near the center of it. The same farm, entire, 
descended by bequest from father to son until 
1806, when the title went into a female line 
of descendants, who still occupy the place. 
John Whitman was among those citizens of 
Weymouth who received allotments of land in 
1642, as follows : Twenty-one acres in the 
west field, fifteen of them upland and six of 



salt marsh; four acres and a half on the west- 
ern neck; eleven acres in Harrisons range, 
first given to him; sixty acres by the goat- 
pond first given to Mr. Hull; and four acres 
of fish-marsh, first given to Mr. Hull. In the 
list of 1 65 1. Ensign Whitman is given twelve 
lots of land, and on the list of 1663 he received 
eighty-one lots, comprising sixty acres. The 
first deed on record to John Whitman bears 
date 10, 28, 1649, iri which Thomas Jenner, of 
Charlestown, grants to Elder Bates and John 
Whitman, of Weymouth, "one dwelling-house 
at Weymouth (now in possession of John 
King), two orchards and twenty-one acres ad- 
joining more or less ; also twelve acres of Ye 
Western Neck, be it more or less, also half 
an acre upon Grape Island, be it more or less ; 
also forty acres, which is his own pp (proper) 
lot, be it more or less ; and eighteen acres 
which was his father's; also ye round marsh, 
being four acres more or less, and one acre 
of fresh marsh adjoining, and six acres of 
marsh above ye fresh pond and a wood lot on 
Hingham side." The first deed on record 
made by John Whitman bears date March 19, 
1648, by which he sells to William Hayward 
about twenty-two acres of land in "Braintry,"' 
which he had purchased of James Nash. 
Those entries show that he must have been 
one of the most extensive real estate owners 
in the town. His office of ensign he held till 
;\Iarch 16, 1680. At a session of the general 
court, held May 15, 1664, on the occasion of 
John Burrell and Richard Wager being sent 
as messengers to the Indians, John Whitman 
was allowed four shillings a day "for his 
paynes" and use of "his horse in ye journey 
he was employed in for the countrey's service 
to the Narrowgansetts." From an entry in the 
Weymouth records, it seems that John Whit- 
man's wife's name was Ruth, and that she died 
"8, 17, 1662." He had four sons and five 
daughters, all but one of whom survived him, 
and six of \vhom lived to be over eighty years 
of age. They were: Thomas, John, Zechariah, 
Abiah. Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah and 
Judith. 

( II) Thomas, the eldest son of John Whit- 
man, was born in 1629, and was about twelve 
years old when he came with his mother and 
some others of the children, about 1641, to 
settle in this country. In 1653 he was made 
a freeman in Boston, being then twenty-four 
years of age. and a church member, of course. 
He settled first in Weymouth; but in 1662 
sold his farm there, as did his father-in-law, 
Nicholas Bryan, and both removed to Bridge- 
water, twelve miles south of Weymouth, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



where each settled himself upon a valuable 
tract of land in the easterly part of the town, 
then in a state of nature. That selected by 
Thomas Whitman was what has since been 
called Whitman's Neck, containing about two 
hundred acres, and lying between the rivers 
Saiucket and Matfield, and coming to a point 
at their junction. A more eligible situation 
could not have been found. There he resided 
fifty years, until his decease in 1712, aged 
eighty years. He built three residences. The 
first house, built in 1663, was destroyed by 
the Indians in 1676: the second, erected in 
1676, he occupied only a few years ; the third, 
built in 1680, was occupied by four genera- 
tions, and was the birthplace of thirty-six 
children. Thomas Whitman provided for 
each of his three sons by deeds of conveyance 
before his decease, and by his will dated 171 1, 
made them, after the decease of their mother, 
his residuary legatees. The estate he left was 
valuable and attests his good habits, industry 
and good judgment. Thomas Whitman mar- 
ried, November 22, 1656, Abigail, daughter 
of Ensign Nicholas and ]\Iartha (Shaw) 
Bryan, who probably came over with his 
father. Abigail survived her husband many 
years, living to be very aged. They had seven 
children : John, Ebenezer, Nicholas, Susanna, 
Mary, Naomi and Hannah. 
. (Ill) Nicholas, third son of Thomas and 
Abigail (Bryan) Whitman, was born in 1675 
and died August 6, 1746. He was a man of 
great vigor, industry and activity. He had 
his father's homestead and lived with him. 
His dwelling was near Matfield river. In re- 
ligious notions he partook, in some measure, 
of the times and was somewhat pertinacious. 
It is related of him that having grown up 
while it was fashionable, owing probably to 
the open and unfinished state of the meeting 
houses in early times, for the men to put on 
their hats during sermon time, he could not 
readily conform to an innovation even in this 
particular. This practice had existed during 
the whole of the ministry (about fifty years) 
of the first settled minister, after which his 
successor, a fashionable young man from the 
metropolis, who was able to persuade all, ex- 
cept Mr. Whitman, to lay aside the practice, 
and finding him conscientious, he delivered 
a discourse on the subject; but before he had 
finished Mr. Whitman arose and with great 
gravity, and possibly without intending sar- 
casm, remarked "That rather than offend a 
weak brother, he would pull oft" his hat," and 
accordingly did so thereafter, as well during 
the sermon as prayer time. Before his death 



he settled portions of his homestead upon his 
sons, Thomas and John, and Seth, Eleazer, 
and Benjamin were settled on his outlands. 
His other children, except David, who was 
provided for by his Uncle John, after his de- 
cease, had between them the residue of the 
homestead. Nicholas Whitman had the rare 
felicity of having eleven of his children all set- 
tled, and well settled, in the same town with 
himself, where they all spent their lives in 
good repute. Five of them lived to be of the 
ages respectively, eighty, eighty-six, eighty- 
seven, ninety, ninety-seven. The other six 
died between thirty and seventy years of age. 
He came to his death on August 6, 1746, at 
the age of seventy-one, being crushed under 
the wheels of a cart loaded with hay which he 
was hauling from the field. He married 
(first) 1700, Sarah Vining, of Weymouth, by 
whom he had six children; she died in 1713, 
and he married (second) Mary, daughter of 
Francis and Hannah (Brett) Cary, by whom 
he had two children; she died in 1716, and he 
married ( third ) the same year, Mary, daugh- 
ter of William and Mary (Trow) Conant, the 
great-granddaughter of Roger Conant : and 
by this last marriage he had eight children, 
four of whom died in infancy. Children of 
Nicholas were: Thomas, John, Josiah (died 
young), David, Jonathan, Seth, Eleazer, Ben- 
jamin, Mary, William, Josiah, Sarah, Abigail, 
Nicholas, Susanna and Ebenezer. 

(I\') John (2), second son of Nicholas and 
Sarah (Vining) Whitman, was born in 1704, 
and died in 1792. He had a share of his fath- 
er's estate, including that part on which his 
grandfather, Thomas, had his dwelling. 
Judge Whitman says of him: "He was 
regular in his habits, but not very labori- 
ous, sufficiently so, however, to maintain 
his family, and keep his patrimony together, 
until, in his old age. his son John took charge 
of it, and of the maintenance of himself and 
wife." He married (first) 1726, Elizabeth 
Richard of Plympton, who died in 1727. He 
married (second) 1729, Ehzabeth Cary, born 
1700, died 1742, daughter of James Cary. He 
married (third) 1743, Hannah, widow of Dea- 
con Isaac Snow and daughter of Joseph Shaw, 
ried (fourth) September 30, 1765, Hannah, 
widow of Joseph ]\Iitchell, of Hingham, and 

daughter of Hearsey, of Abington. 

She was born 1703, and died 1788. Six chil- 
dren were born to him : Samuel, Elizabeth, 
John. James, Daniel and Ezra. 

(V) Deacon John (3), second son of John 
(2) and Elizabeth (Cary) Whitman, was born 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



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1735, and died Jul^' 26, 1842, aged one hun- 
dred and seven. On the maternal side he was 
the fourth in descent from Captain Miles 
Standish of the "Mayflower," the line of de- 
scent being as follows: Josiah, son of Miles 
Standish, of Bridgewater : Mary, daughter of 
Josiah and wife of James Cary ; their daugh- 
ter. Klizabeth Cary, wife of John (2) Whit- 
man and mother of John (3). At the age of 
seventeen John Whitman was apprenticed to 
I^eacon Cary, of North Bridgewater, to learn 
the trade of "shop joiner," as it was then 
called ; after leaving Deacon Cary he worked 
for Captain Daniel Xoyes, of Abington. Dur- 
ing the time he was at the latter place he was 
drafted for service in the French war. His 
brother Samuel furnished him with means to 
procure a substitute, and soon afterward he 
went to New Jersey, where he stayed two 
years. He then returned home to take charge 
of his father and sister, settling on his fath- 
er's homestead. In the first year after his 
marriage he and his wife joined the church 
in East Bridgewater, and endeavored, to quote 
his own words — "to walk in all the command- 
ments and ordinances of the Lord blame- 
lessly." About 1775 he was chosen deacon of 
the church, an office which he held till his ad- 
vanced age rendered it fitting that he should 
retire. At the commencement of the revolu- 
tionarv war he was chosen lieutenant of a 
company of militia untler Captain Alden, 
which office he held till the close of the war. 
He was, however, called into service but twice, 
and only once went into camp, when he was 
stationed for three months in Rhode Island 
guarding the coast. After the war he walked 
from Rhode Island to East Bridgewater. 
When almost home he was quite discouraged 
with thinking what a hard time was in store 
for him, as it was quite late in the season and 
his crops not planted. When he came to a 
small "grog shop" he bought a drink of grog- 
to revive his spirits, for which he paid eleven 
dollars in Continental money. This was the 
last liquor he ever took, and he lived to be one 
hundred and seven years old. He was a strong 
temperance man in a time when temperance 
was not fashionable. For several years he 
She was born 1704, and died 1762. He mar- 
was selectman, overseer of the poor and as- 
sessor of taxes, but his retiring disposition 
prevented hitii from being put forward for 
offices of distinction. After the death of his 
wife, he made arrangements with his son 
.\lfred to take charge of the farm, and he 
boarded with him the remainder of his life. 
He married (first) October 11, 1764, Lydia 



Snow, born in 1740, died April 25, 1771, 
daughter of David and Joanna (Hay ward) 
Snow. He married (second) August 5, 1775, 
Abigail \\'hitman, born August 5, 1751, died 
September 16, 1813, daughter of Josiah and 
Elizabeth (Sinith) Whitman. His children 
were : Lydia, Elizabeth, James, Catherine, 
Bathsheba, Josiah, Alfred, Obadiah, Na- 
thaniel, Hosea, John, .\bigail, Bernard and 
Jason. 

(\ I) Obadiah, fourth son of Deacon John 
(3) and Abigail (Whitman) Whitman, was 
born in 1783, and died January 8, 1862. He 
removed to New Gloucester, Maine, where 
he was a farmer and a prominent and exem- 
plary- citizen. He held various town offices 
and represented the town in the legislature two 
terms. He shared the deep religious feelings 
that had been instilled into all his children by 
Deacon John. He married. May i. 1805, 
Susannah Parsons, daughter of Colonel Isaac 
Parsons, of New Gloucester. She died No- 
vember 7, 1859. They had six children, all 
born in New Gloucester: Edwin, Isaac Par- 
sons, George Washington, Susannah, Rufus 
Anderson and John, 

(VH) Isaac Parsons, second son of 
Obadiah and Susannah (Parsons) Whitman, 
was born in New Gloucester, October 12, 
1809, and died in Portland, February 24, 1888. 
He was a practical machinist. He resided in 
Nashv.a, New Hampshire, man\- years, and 
while there he held many local offices and rep- 
resented the cit}- in the legislature two years. 
In 1872 he removed to Portland, Maine, where 
he spent his last years. He married. May 12, 
1841, Sarah Elizabeth Jordan, of Biddeford, 
born in 1814, died in Portland, June 7, 1904, 
daughter of Ichabod and Betsy (Nason) Jor- 
dan, of Biddeford. (See Jordan, \T.) They 
had two children — Elizabeth Parsons, and 
Isaac Henry, who died in infancy. 

(\TII) Elizabeth Parsons, only daughter of 
Isaac Parsons and Sarah Elizabeth (Jordan) 
Whitman, was born in Nashua, New Hamp- 
shire, March 13, 1842. She was married No- 
vember 27. 1867, to Thomas Hawes Haskell, 
of New Gloucester. (See Haskell, \'.) 



(For preceding generations see Rev. Robert Jordan I.) 

(IV) Judge Rishworth, eldest 
JORDAN child of Captain Samuel and 

Olive (Plaisted) Jordan, was 
born in W'inter Harbor, now Biddeford, York 
county, jMaine, in 1719, and died April 18, 
1808, aged eighty-nine years. He lived in the 
lower part of the town, in a house since occu- 
pied by his son, Ralph Tristram Jordan, and 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



by his grandson, Robert Elliot Jordan. Early 
in the revokition he was raised to the bench 
of the cotnt of common pleas, ott which he 
subsequently became chief justice, and was 
universally esteemed for his able and upright 
discliarge of the duties of his ofilice. For 
more than fifty years he took an active and 
prominent part in the affairs of town and 
church, enjoying the confidence and respect 
of the inhabitants. From early manhood he 
was a member of the Congregational church. 
He was a man of impressive person- 
ality, of a type which has passed away. 
He was six feet in height, broad shouldered, 
of light complexion, and possessed of a very 
loud, strong voice. His figure was very erect 
till bowed by age. He wore small clothes, a 
three-cornered hat and a wig. Judge Jordan 
married, in Kittery, 1742, Abigail Gerrish, 
born 1720, died October 25, 1794, daughter 
of Colonel Timothy Gerrish. (See Gerrish, 
HI.) Their children were: Olive, Abigail, 
Sarah, Mary, Samuel, Rishworth, Jane, Jo- 
seph, Elizabeth and Ralph Tristram. 

(V) Major Rishworth (2), second son of 
Judge Rishworth (i) and Abigail (Gerrish) 
Jordan, was born in Biddeford in 1754, and 
died there October 23, 1843, aged eighty-nine. 
His entire life was spent in that town, his 
homestead being located a mile and a half from 
Saco Falls. He married (first) Sarah For- 
syth, who died in 1786, aged thirty-five years; 
(second) Sarah (Goodman), widow of Tem- 
ple Hight, of Berwick. She died February 
26, 1825. His children were: Rishworth, 
Ichabod, Temple and Sarah Goodwin. 

(VI) Ichabod, second son of Major Rish- 
worth (2) and Sarah (Forsyth) Jordan, was 
born in Biddeford, February 2, 1782, and 
died August 7, 1874, in the ninety-third year 
of his age. In early business life he was en- 
gaged in a country store for some years; was 
early identified in town affairs; held various 
offices of trust; was representative to the gen- 
eral court in Boston; was for many years 
deputy sheriff of York county; was uni- 
versally known and respected not only in his 
own town, but throughout the county. He 
married Betsy Nason, and they were the pa- 
rents of George F. H.. Noah Nason, Sarah 
Elizabeth, Abigail Hight, Rishworth. Ichabod 
Goodwin, Andrew S., Daniel S., William G., 
Ethelbert G. and Annie. 

(VTI) Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of 
Ichabod and Betsy (Nason) Jordan, was born 
in 1814, and died 1904. She married Isaac P. 
Whitman, of New Gloucester. (See Whit- 
man, VII.) 



In England the family name 
PEASE Pease has been known for at 
least four centuries, and as early 
as 1472 the name John Pease, LL.D., appears 
in a published book. It is claimed by some 
antiquarians that the name is of German ori- 
gin and that families of that name emigrated 
from Germany to England about the fifteenth 
or sixteenth centuries. On the other hand it 
is claimed by reliable authorities- that the Eng- 
lish I'ease family comes of an ancient Latin 
race, and this belief seems to have found sup- 
port in this country, where we have an account 
of one of them who dropped his name Pease 
and in its place adopted that of Pise, which is 
said to be the Italian equivalent of Pease, and 
has the same pronunciation, or perhaps more 
like "Pees." This particular member of the 
Pease family was a descendant of the Enfield 
branch of the American family and therefore 
of kin to the family of whom this narrative 
is intended to treat. In respect to the origin 
of the name it may be said that it is supposed 
to have been in some manner associated with 
the esculent plant pea. The Pease coat-of- 
arms granted by Otho II had for its crest an 
eagle's head, holding in its beak a stalk of 
Pea-haulm, from which it appears reasonable 
that the family name was in fact associated 
with the pea-plant. The branch of the family 
here considered comes of the English family 
of the same name and on this side of the At- 
lantic dates its history from the year 1634, 
and has for its principal ancestor in the sec- 
ond generation one John Pease, son of the 
immigrant. In this connection it may be well 
to mention that between the years 1635 and 
1672 there were no less than six persons in 
New England who bore the name of John 
Pease, and on that account some confusion has 
arisen among their numerous descendants ; 
and in the family here treated the baptismal 
name John has been transmitted from sire to 
son in every generation and in nearly all the 
families from the time of the immigrant to 
the present day. 

(I) Robert Pease, immigrant, is supposed 
to have been born in Great Baddow, Essex, 
England, son of Robert and Margaret Pease, 
of Great Baddow. He came to America in 
1634 in the ship "Francis" from Ipswich, Eng- 
land, to Boston, New England, with his son 
John, then four years old, and his brother 
John. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts 
Bay Colony, and died there in 1644, aged 
about thirty-seven years. No mention is made 
of his wife, or of other children than the boy 
John, and it is presumed that he was a 



STATE OF ^lAlNE. 



'387 



widower when he came over with his brotlier 
and son. 

(II) John, son of Robert Pease, the immi- 
grant, and the only child of whom the records 
give us any account, was born in England, 
probably about 1630, for he is mentioned as 
having been four years old when his father 
came to this country. He was John Pease, 
of Salem, Massachusetts, and Enfield, Con- 
necticut, progenitor of most of the New Eng- 
land families of that name, as well as many 
of those of New York and New Jersey. He 
married (first) Mary Goodell, who died in 
1669, soon after the birth of her fifth child. 
IMarried (second) Ann, daughter of Isaac 
Cummings, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and 
soon afterward removed to Enfield, where he 
died. He had five children by his first and 
three bv his second wife: John, Robert, Mary, 
Abraham. Jonathan, James, Isaac and Abi- 
gail. 

(III) Jonathan, son of John and Mary 
(Goodell) Pease, was born in .Salem, Massa- 
chusetts, January 2, 1669, and died in Enfield, 
Connecticut, in 1 72 1. Although a minor in 
1689, at the time of his father's death, he 
seems to have presented the inventory of his 
estate and gave bond in the sum of three hun- 
dred pounds for the faithful discharge of the 
duties of administrator. He married, Octo- 
ber II, 1692, Elizabeth Booth, who is said to 
have been a daughter of Simeon Rooth, who 
came to America from Wales and settled in 
Enfield in 1680. The children of Jonathan 
and Elizabeth (Booth) Pease were Rebecca, 
Jonathan. David, Samuel, John (a soldier of 
the French and Indian war and killed at Fort 
Dunimer in 1725), Josiah, Peletiah and Eliza- 
beth. Of these children Jonathan and David 
were progenitors of the Pease families of 
New Jersey, concerning whom one writer of 
the family history says "there seems to have 
been two branches of them, but they were 
related. One branch is traced back to three 
brothers, Cornelius, Adam and Jonathan." 
This Jonathan was captain of a company of 
New Jersey troops during the revolution and 
took part in the battle of ^Monmouth. He died 
without issue. On the same subject another 
writer says : "We have for some time been 
inclined to the opinion that the New Jersey 
Peases came originally from Enfield, Con- 
necticut. John R. Pease, of Hartford, Con- 
necticut, has recently informed us that he re- 
members of hearing Mr. John Pease, the con- 
fectioner, inform his father, the late Dr. John 
C. Pease, that his ancestor came from En- 
field. It seems probable that they belong to 



the descendants of Jonathan, the fourth son 
of John Pease, senior, of Enfield."' 

("l\) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i) 
and Elizabeth (Booth) Pease, was born in 
Enfield, Connecticut, in 1696, and is believed 
to have been progenitor of one branch of the 
Pease family of New Jersey. Concerning him 
a contemporary writer says "we have no his- 
tory of him after 1726. His name is men- 
tioned in the settlement of his father's estate, 
and on January 7, 1726, he had letters of ad- 
ministration granted him on the estate of his 
brother John." As this Jonathan is believed 
to have founded one branch of the New Jer- 
sey Pease family this record is made of him, 
but it is not understood that he was the imme- 
diate ancestor of the family treated in this 
narrative. 

(I\') David, son of Jonathan ( I) and Eliz- 
abeth (Booth) Pease, was born in Enfield, 
Connecticut, in 1698. He "emigrated to the 
southern states and settled there and had a 
family," says the history of Enfield. Refer- 
ring to him another account says "it seems 
probable that he left Enfield not long after 
the death of his father," and "if he only re- 
moved to New Jersey it might have been said 
in those times that he went to the southern 
states." 

( V) Cornelius, wdio is believed to have been 
a son of David Pease, was born April i, 1735, 
and with his brothers Adam and Jonathan 
settled in Freetown, Monmouth county. New 
Jersey, where they were farmers and exten- 
sive landowners. Jonathan, as has been men- 
tioned, was the revolutionary officer, and died 
without issue. Adam married and had sons 
David and John, and three daughters. Cor- 
nelius married, July 11, 1758. Elizabeth Clark, 
and had five sons and three daughters. The 
sons were David, John C, William, Adam and 
Josiah. 

(\'I) Josiah, son of Cornelius and Eliza- 
beth (Clark) Pease, was born and spent his 
life in ]\Ionmouth county. New Jersey. He 
is remembered as a mail of excellent princi- 
ples and was highly respected for his charac- 
ter and worth. He married (first) Elizabeth 
Anderson, and after her death married Eliza- 
beth . He had six children : John .\., 

Elizabeth, W^illiam, Martha Ann, Charlotte 
and Cornelius. 

(\II) William, son of Josiah and Eliza- 
beth (Anderson) Pease, was born near Free- 
hold, Monmouth county, Nev\' Jersey, No- 
vember 17, 1806, and died in Verona, New 
Jersey, February 19, 1895. He was engaged 
in the shipping business in New York City, 



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was a capable and straightforward business 
man and held the confidence of all with whom 
he became acquainted. In religious preference 
he was a Baptist, conscientious and consist- 
ent in his daily walk, and in politics was a 
firm Democrat. Mr. Pease married, in Kings- 
ton, Ulster county, New York, January lo, 
1833, Caroline A. Silkworth, born New York 
City, October 10, 18 15, died Verona, New 
Jersey, October 26, 1887. Her ancestors were 
of English stock and on coming to America 
settled first in Canada, removing thence to 
Ulster county. New York. Her great-grand- 
father, William Silkworth, was a soldier in 
the American army during the revolution. 
William and Caroline A. (Silkworth) Pease 
had nine children: i. John A., born New 
York City, December 23, 1833, married 
(first) September 6, 1852, Harriet L. DuBois, 
died Brooklyn, New York, June 2, 1900; 
married (second) October 16, 1901, Harriet 
Heyman. 2. Maria Elizabeth, born Brook- 
lyn, October 31, 1835, died there April 9, 
1836. 3. Caroline Augusta, born Brooklyn, 
J\Iarch 17, 1837, married, in Verona, New 
Jersey, January 14, 1863, Sidney S. Arm- 
strong. 4. Julia Maria, born New York City, 
February 8, 1839, married, in Verona, May 
5, 1864, Alfred D. Willifer, who died in Au- 
gust, 1907. 5. William H., born New York 
City, March 29, 1841. 6. Emma Jane, born 
Brooklyn, June i, 1844, married, in Verona, 
June 19, 1873, Albion H. Barter, of St. 
George, Maine. 7. Cassie Elizabeth, born 
Verona. August 18, 1846, died there June 27, 
1873. 8. Gilbert Browne, born Verona, Feb- 
ruary 5, 1850, married, in Mont Clair, New 
Jersey, April 18, 1892, Mary E. Unger, of 
Mont Clair. 9. Sarah Frances, born Verona, 
May I, 1852, married, in Verona, November 
23, 1871, Austin G. Jacobs, who died in Jan- 
uary, 1905. 

(VIII) Rev. William Henry, son of Wil- 
liam and Caroline A. (Silkworth) Pease, was 
born in New York City, March 29, 1841, died 
in Portland, Maine, January 23, 1904. He 
was educated at Colgate University, gradu- 
ating from there with the class of 1868. He 
entered the ministry and during the civil war 
was chaplain of a New York regiment. After 
leaving the army he devoted himself earnestly 
to the work of the ministry and filled pas- 
torates successively about as follows : Jay, 
Cold Spring, Groton, Jordan and Johnson 
Creek, New York : Somerset, Massachusetts ; 
and Block Island, Rhode Island. On August 
II, 1868, at Hancock, New York, Mr. Pease 
married Frances Lodema Hyatt, born in Law- 



rence, New York, August 15, 1S46, daughter 
of Nelson G. and Mary M. (Wilsey) Hyatt, 
of Hancock. Her father, Nelson G. Hyatt, 
was born in Otego, Otsego county. New 
York, and her mother, Mary (Wilsey) Hyatt, 
was a native of Rensselaerville, Rensselaer 
county, New York. They had only one child, 
Harry Hyatt Pease, see forward. 

(IX) Harry Hyatt, only son and child of 
Rev. William Henry and Frances I-odema 
(Hyatt) Pease, was born in Hancock, Dela- 
ware county. New York, May 22, 1871, and 
received his education in public schools. Dean 
Academy at Franklin, ]\lassachusetts, Peddie 
Institute at Hightstown, New York, where he 
was a student one year, and at Eastman's 
Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 
where he took a thorough commercial course. 
His business career was begun as travelling 
salesman for the Vacuum Oil Company, of 
Boston, and in the latter part of May, 1893, 
he went to Portland, ?\Iaine, and established 
the branch house of the company in that city, 
of wlwch he has since had the management. 
Mr. Pease is a Mason, member of Atlantic 
Lodge, and a Knight of Pythias, member of 
Columbus Lodge, No. 33, of Block Island, 
Rhode Island. In politics he is a Republican, 
but takes little active part in public affairs. He 
married, at Block Island, October 6, 1891, 
Charity Littlefield, born April 22, 1871, daugh- 
ter of Ray S. and Sophronia (Rose) Little- 
field. For many years Mr. Littlefield was en- 
gaged in mercantile pursuits, also was post- 
master, and one time a member of the state 
senate. He had two children. Harold R., who 
married Ada Littlefield, and Charity, who be- 
came Afrs. Pease. Mr. and [Mrs. Pease have 
one child. William Ray Pease, born March 7, 
1893. 



(By John T. Hyatt.) 

This name is quite common in 
HYATT England, both in modern times 

and on the old records. It oc- 
curs frequently in the records of wills in Doc- 
tors Commons, London, as Hyat and Hyett. 
The earliest representative of the family in 
America is Thomas Hyatt (the first), called 
"Brother" in the will of John Russell, of Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts, who died August 26, 
1633. The name of this ancestor, Thomas 
Hyatt, appears of record at a town meeting of 
the early settlers held at Stamford. Connecti- 
cut. A town meeting held at that place, De- 
cember 7, 1641, granted him and others "be- 
sides house lotts as other men * * * 
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wood land in the feiled now to be enclosed." 
He held a Squire's Commission from the 
Crown. 

"Thomas Hiout" was a witness in Stam- 
ford, February 26, 1647. His name appears 
on the Stamford records in boundaries of land 
several times in 1649, '^"^ 1650. Sometimes 
it was spelled "Tjomas Hyout" and "Tjomas 
Hyat." He bought seven and one-half acres 
of upland in "Rocky Necke," April 3, 1650. 
The Stamford records state that "Thos. Hyat 
died 9 Sept. 1656," and an inventory of his 
estate amounting to 132 pounds 2 shillings 3 
pence was filed in the court at Stamford on 
June 16, 1662. After deducting the widow's 
third there remained "in ye hands of Cor- 
nelius Jones ye sume of 88 pounds, i shilling 
and 6 pence," as portions to be divided 
amongst the six children according to law. 
The published records of New Haven Colony 
also mention this inventory of the estate of 
"Thomas Hyatt," late of Stamford. Cor- 
nelius Jones, administrator of his estate, mar- 
ried the widow "Elizabeth Hyat," October 6. 
1657, and in 1669 and 1674 three of the chil- 
dren signed receipts to their stepfather Cor- 
nelius Jones for their respective shares in the 
estate of their father "Thomas Hyatt." These 
receipts are copied on the same page with 
those of the children of Simon Hoyt ; but they 
were evidently written in later with different 
ink, in the vacant spaces left at the bottom of 
the pages. The name of Thomas Hyatt is 
printed Hoyt in the "List of Pioneers," his- 
tory of Stamford, but it is not so written on 
records, and we find no descendants of 
Thomas who bear any other name than Hyatt, 
and the various modifications, to wit : Hyat, 
Hyet, Hiet, Hiout, etc., except in one or two 
entries where Hoit is plainly an error for 
Hyatt. 

The names of the children of Thomas 
Hyatt, as given in the history of Stam- 
ford, are as follows: i. Caleb Hyatt, receipt 
to his stepfather, dated December 23, 1661. 2. 
Ruth Hyatt ; she married John Wescott be- 
fore February g, 1667. 3- Debora Hyatt; she 
received her portion of her father's estate, 
November 30, 1669, with the consent of her 
guardian, Mr. Richard Lays. 4. John Hyatt, 
of Stamford, sold land in Stamford to John 
Weed in 1668, recorded in 1669. The name 
of John Hyatt occurs as a witness to deeds 
in Stamford in 1678 and 1680. He had re- 
moved from Stamford, Connecticut, to Yonk- 
ers. New York, some time before July 6, 
1689, at which time he discharged his step- 



father, Cornelius Jones, of Stamford, from all 
claims of inheritance, according to Stamford 
records. 5. Rebecca Hyatt. She received her 
share of her father's estate October 13, 1674, 
as appears on the records at Stamford. 6. 
Thomas Hyatt (2). He received his share of 
his father's estate, October 21, 1674, as appears 
by the Stamford records. He was a witness 
in Stamford, January, 1681. 

(H) Thomas (2) Hyatt moved to Norwalk, 
Connecticut. He was there as early as Feb- 
ruary, 1671, when his name appears on the 
town table of estates. He married Mary 
Sention, daughter of Mathias Sention, of 
Norwalk, "about the loth of Nov. 1677," and 
his home lot is mentioned in that year. Seven 
acres of land were granted to him by a vote 
of the town in January, 1676, on account of 
his valiant services as "a souldier in the In- 
dian Warres," and he was known as Captain 
Thomas Hyatt. This land was exchanged in 
1682. He bought land in 1679; drew lot No. 
22 "over Norwalk River," December, 1687, 
and his name is on the table of the estates 
dated January, 1687, and on the list of voters 
at town meetings in Norwalk, December, 
1694. Captain Thomas Hyatt died, intestate 
sometime before March 28, i6g8, at which 
time the inventory of his estate was filed at 
Fairfield. The estate was distributed in 1718. 
His widow, Mary Hyatt, survived him. Sev- 
eral tracts of his land were recorded after his 
death, and following the custom of ancient 
spelling, his name is variously spelled on the 
records, Hyatt, Hyat, Hyett, Hyet, Hiett, Hiet, 
Hiot, Hyot, and in a single instance on the 
probate records Hoit. Thomas and Mary 
Hyatt, of Norwalk, had children : Rebecca, 
Thomas (3), Maria, Ruth, Sarah, John, Eliza- 
beth, Ebenezer and Millison. The names of 
all these children appear on the probate rec- 
ords in 1698. 

(Ill) Thomas (3) Hyatt was born at Nor- 
walk, Connecticut, about 1680. He received 
a royal patent for land at Rye in 1710. Af- 
ter his marriage he moved to Ridgefield as 
early as 171 5, when land was entered on the 
Norwalk records. A deed from Thomas Hyatt 
of Ridgefield dated 1718 was recorded at Nor- 
walk, December, 1721. His will dated June 
10, 1759, proved February 5, 1760, is recorded 
at Danbury. In it he mentions his wife, Ex- 
perience, and the following children : Han- 
nah, Mary, Elizabeth, Zibiah, Rebecca and his 
only son, Thomas Hyatt (4). One of the 
daughters of Thomas Hyatt (the third) mar- 
ried a man by the name of St. John, some of 



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tlie descendants of whom are farmers living 
in Otego. New York, and one of them is a 
banker and lives in New York City. 

(I\) Thomas (4) Hyatt was born at 
Ridgefield, Connecticut, in 1729. In his will 
probated at Norwalk in 1800, he mentions his 
children as follows: Elvin, Samuel, my 
great-grandfather; Jessie, Stephen, Gilbert. 
Betty. Susanna and Hannah. Thomas Hyatt 
married Elsie Smith, daughter of a prominent 
family, and we find the names of Smith Hyatt 
and llyatt Smith were common in the family 
during this generation. 

(\') Samuel, son of Thomas (4) Hyatt, 
was born at Norwalk, Connecticut, March 20, 
1759. and died at Otego, New York, October 
14. 1831. He married Julia Pope in the year 
1783. when she was twenty-three years old. 
Although but a lad when the revolution broke 
out. he joined the Continental army and was 
subsequently made chief of an observation 
corps whose duty it was to keep track of and 
report the movements of the enemy. He 
served throughout the war, and his daring and 
numerous hairbreadth escapes are a family 
legendary. About the year 1807 Samuel 
Hyatt, with a portion of the Pope and St. 
John families, pushed from Connecticut to 
Otego, Otsego county. New York, which W'as 
then a wilderness, he being among the first set- 
tlers of that region. Some of these travelers 
located in the East Otsego Valley, on land 
later owned by John Wilsey. 

From the old family Bible in my possession 
which belonged to my grandfather, and from 
memoranda among my father's effects, I have 
gathered much of the following information 
about Samuel Hyatt and his children. To 
Samuel Hyatt and Juda, his wife, were born 
the following children-: i. Samuel (2) was 
born August 15. 1785: he had a large family. 
and died in Otego when about sixtv-three 
years of age. 2. Elsy was born December 23, 
1767. She married a man by the name of 
Faucher, and died at Unadilla. Otsego county. 
New York, leaving to survive her a family of 
some size. 3. Thomas (5), my grandfather, 
of whom I will speak later. 4. Amerilius was 
bom August 15, 1792. She married Cephus 
Hathaway, who lived near Goatsville, in the 
town of Otego. To them were born two sons 
and four daughters. 5. Susan was born Octo- 
ber 16, 1794. 6. Lewis was^'born September 
23, 1796. He was a Universalist minister, 
and died in Otsego county, New York, leav- 
ing to survive him two sons : Charles, who 
lived at Unadilla ; Frank, a dentist, who lives 
at Cortland, New York. 7. Betsy, born Octo- 



ber 21, 1798. 8. Polly, born December 10, 
1800. Susan, Polly and Betsy all married 
men by the name of Bunnell. Susan and 
Betsy lived for many years in Maine, Broome 
county. New York, and died there, Betsy 
leaving three married daughters living there, 
and one son. Fitch Bunnell, who lived at 
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he having mar- 
ried a Miss Doebler of that place. Polly died 
at Butternuts, Otsego county. New York, 
leaving sons : 9. Charles Smith Hyatt, born 
August 30, 1802. He died in Delaware 
county, New York, where his wife, Roxanna, 
was still living in 1887 with her only daugh- 
ter. 10. Fitch Hyatt was born March 3, 1805. 
He lived for many years in Chautauqua 
county. New York, but died in Erie county, 
Pennsylvania, in 1880, leaving three sons: 
Smith, Williard, Willis, and two daughters. 
Smith settled in Texas. Willis in Colorado, 
and Williard in Cambridge, Crawford county, 
Pennsylvania. 

(VI) My grandfather, Thomas (5) Hyatt, 
second son of Samuel Hyatt, was born at 
Norwalk, Connecticut, February 28, 1790, and 
when about seventeen years old moved with 
his parents to Otego, Otsego county. New 
York. He served his country as a drummer 
boy in the war of 1812. He married Sabrina 
Grififith, of Lawrence, Otsego county, Octo- 
ber 30, 1813. My grandmother was a daugh- 
ter of Nijah and Hannah Grifiith. and was 
seventeen years old when married to my 
grandfather. My grandfather settled upon a 
farm near his father's home. He erected a 
saw mill thereon and divided his time between 
lumbering and farming. After making sev- 
eral payments on his land, and having lum- 
ber enough cut. which when sold would pay 
the balance of his indebtedness, a heavy flood 
swept away his lumber which caused him to 
lose his farm, and he had to start life anew. 
He purchased a farm on the East Osdavva 
creek, where most of his twelve children were 
born. He donated the ground whereon is now 
erected the Christian church of that valley. 
Among the excellent neighbors of my grand- 
father, my father mentions Freeman W. 
Edison, \Villiam Brown. Thurston Brown, 
Samuel Emerson, Lovett Jenks, James Brown 
and Anson Judson. In 1849 '"">' grandfather 
sold this farm and moved to Troy, Bradford 
county, Pennsylvania, where he bought a 
farm whereon the railroad depot of that place 
is now erected, the railroad company having 
purchased the farm from him. My grand- 
father then bought from a Mr. Hackett an- 
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Smithfield Centre, in the same county, and 
moved upon this farm in the year 1852, where 
he remained until his death, June 4, 1862, aged 
seventy-two years three months and seven 
days. "He died as he had Hved, an honest, 
Christian gentleman," and is buried in the 
cemetery just east of the village of Smithfield 
Centre, being at the time of his death a mem- 
ber of tfie Disciple Church. To my grand- 
parents were born the following children : 

1. Emeline, born August 3, 1814, died Sep- 
tember 10, 1814. 

2. Nelson G. Hyatt, born October 19, 
181 5. He married Mary M. Wilsey, of 
Ctego, New York, January 4, 1838. They 
subsequently moved to Hancock, New York, 
where my uncle bought a farm upon which 
be lived until his death in 1896. He took 
a prominent part in the al?airs of that place, 
was a fine Christian gentleman, and re- 
spected by all who knew him. Four daugh- 
ters and one son were born to this marriage : 
(a) Lemira was drowned when a child, (b) 
Edgar joined the Northern army during the 
civil war, and was killed at Chancellorsville 
by a shot in the forehead, (c) Euphemia 
married a Mr. Fleming. (d) Frances 
Lodema, who was always one of my father's 
favorites and married a Baptist minister, Wil- 
liam FI. Pease, by name, by whom she had 
one child, Harry H. Pease, a prominent busi- 
ness man, now connected with the X'acuum 
Oil Company, a subsidiary corporation of the 
Standard Oil Company, at present living at 
Portland, ]Maine. (e) Emma, married Charles 
Nichols, of Hancock, New York. 

3. Lewis Burdick Hyatt. He was first mar- 
ried to Maria K. Smith, of Lawrence, Otsego 
county. New York, in 1840. She died at Troy, 
Pennsylvania, as a result of being thrown 
from a carriage in Springfield, Pennsylvania. 
Their only daughter, Imogene, is married to 
Dr. Samuel Reynolds, of Reynoldsville, Jef- 
ferson county, Pennsylvania. This uncle 
married for his second wife Emma P., 
daughter of Judge Bullock, of Smithfield, 
Pennsylvania, by whom he had two sons : 
Charles Hyatt and Dr. Stanford Hyatt, and 
two daughters, Ella and Mary, now residing 
at Connellsville, Pennsylvania. L. B. Hyatt 
was a minister of the Disciple church, and 
during his ministry baptized over 2,500 con- 
verts. 

4. Ezra D. Hyatt was born September 8, 
i8ig, and died at Otego, New York, August 
16, 1821. 

5. Samuel Hyatt (2), born July 25, 1821, 
and died at Smithfield Centre, April 4, 1878. 



He was a stock dealer by occupation, and on 
September 29, 1850, he married Elizabeth Aus- 
tin, of Lewisville, Otsego county, New York, 
by whom he had three boys and four girls. 
His widow, the last I knew of her, lived near 
her daughter, Hattie Phelps, of Phelps, 
Phelps county, Nebraska. 

6. Salina Hyatt was born October 16, 1823, 
and died at Smithfield Centre, Pennsylvania, 
January 27. 1875. She married Richard Cope, 
of Butternuts, New York, by whom she had 
two sons. 

7. Delos Hyatt, born March 28, 1826, and 
died at Otego, November 10, 1829. 

8. Ophelia A. Hyatt was born February 16, 
1828, and died at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, 
April, 1874. She married Adam Schill, of 
Smithfield, by whom she had three children. 

9. Euphemia (1. Hyatt, born January 3, 
1830, and died at Otego, Otsego county. New 
York, February 8, 1842. 

10. El\- E. Hyatt was born at Otego, Otsego 
county, New York, June 22, 1832. He was 
married, November 11, 1856, to Emma F. 
Herr, of Salona, Clinton county, Pennsyl- 
vania, by whom he had six children: (a) 
Hattie, intermarried with Elmer Jakeway, 
now- deceased, (b) Charlotte (Lottie), in- 
termarried with John T. Thompson, by whom 
she lias the following children : Clinton, Ran- 
dolph, Helen and Emma. Mr. Thompson and 
family are located at Salona, Pennsylvania. 
He has been very successful as a lumberman, 
cattle dealer and farmer, and served a term 
as Treasurer for Clinton county, (c) George, 
intermarried with Effie McKibben, operates 
a flour mill at Salona, and has the following 
children: Ely McKibben, Sarah J., Char- 
lotte M., Georgianna and Fernando P. (d) 
H. Clinton, intermarried with Marion Brown, 
is a director of the Lewisburg Trust and Safe 
Deposit Company ; resides at Lewisburg, 
Pennsylvania, and has the following children : 
Ernestine, Eleanore and Brown, (e) Annie, 
intermarried with Thomas Harris, now living 
at Tremont, Illinois, and has the following 
children, Marion and Benjamin, (f) Jennie, 
intermarried with Charles Krape, a merchant, 
lives at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and has one 
child, Charles, by name. 

I spent a good deal of my boyhood days 
with my LTncle Ely, at East Smithfield, Penn- 
sylvania, where he owned a large farm and 
dairy ; at Lamar, where he was an ax manu- 
facturer, and at Salona, w^hen he was retired 
from business. He also spent considerable 
spare time with my father at our home, and 
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As a young man he went into an enterprise, 
in which he lost all that he had, and $1,500 
besides. Although this venture left him 
penniless, he did not slop until he had earned 
and paid back to his creditors every cent that 
he owed them. He was a man whose word 
could never be questioned, and whose un- 
selfishness, charity, and broad sympathy en- 
deared him to all who came in contact with 
him. He was a philosopher, and a mathemati- 
cian that probably knew more of astronomy 
and higher mathematics than most college pro- 
fessors. He would get up at two or three 
o'clock in the morning to study certain stars 
and constellations which did not appear un- 
til that time. Often as a boy, when driving 
with him at night, he would map out the 
heavens, and explain to me the lore of the 
celestial bodies. He died at Salona, Pennsyl- 
vania, where he is buried, in 1894. At the 
time of his death my father was the American 
consul, and I vice consul, at Santiago, Cuba. 
I shall never forget the time when the news 
of his death reached us. My father closed the 
doors of the consulate, and his grief was un- 
consolable. My Uncle Ely's death was an 
irreparable loss to me. 

11. Pulaski F. Hyatt, my father, an account 
of whose life I will give later. 

12. Dilwin L. Hyatt, born at Otego, Otsego 
county. New York, October 30, 1838, and 
died at the same place February 9, 1842. 

Griffith Family. — Sabrina Griffith, my 
grandmother, was the daughter of Nijah and 
Hannah Griffith, of Lawrence, Otsego county, 
New York. She was born Alay 10, 1796, and 
married my grandfather, Thomas Hyatt, Oc- 
tober 30, 1813, when seventeen years of age. 
The Griffiths are of Welch descent, but when 
they came to this country is beyond my knowl- 
edge. My great-great-grandfather, Daniel 
Griffith, was born July 8, 1726, I think, at 
Oxford, Massachusetts. He was twice mar- 
ried ; by the first wife he had six children, and 
by the second wife nine children, fifteen all 
told. Their names and dates of birth appear 
in our family Bible. Six of the sons were 
revolutionary soldiers. My great-grandfather, 
Nijah Griffith, the third son by the second 
marriage, was born in Lawrence, Otsego 
county. New York, May 18, 1768, and was 
married to Hannah Rolland, who was born 
March 2, 1768, by whom he had thirteen chil- 
dren, eight boys and five girls. He was a 
tanner by trade, and kept a general store. 
Three of his children at an early date settled 
near Vandalia, Illinois, where man}' of their 
descendants still live. The two girls who 



went there married brothers by the name of 
Washburn, one being the mother of seven- 
teen children, and the other of eighteen. My 
great-grandfather Griffith died February 27, 
1831. Ilis wife died February 5, 1840, and 
they are both buried in a country graveyard 
at Lawrence, Otsego county. New York. 

"The writer of this sketch, Pulaski Fer- 
nando Hyatt, the seventh son and eleventh 
child of Thomas and Sabrina S. Hj'att, was 
born in Otego, Otsego county. New York, 
June 4, 1836, near the Christian church on the 
West Otsdawa cteek. 

"My early days were spent on the farm and 
attending school. At the age of thirteen I 
went to Troy, Bradford county, Pennsylvania^ 
to live with my brother, L. Burdick Hyatt, and 
to attend the Troy Academy. Soon after- 
ward my father sold his farm in New York, 
and moved to Troy also. He sold the farm 
in Troy and moved to Smithfield, I going with 
him. For a time I divided my time between 
farming and attending school at the Troy 
Academy. At the age of eighteen I com- 
menced teaching school during the winter 
months, first teaching the Harkness school in 
Springfield. For three successive winters I 
taught what is known as the Bitner School in 
Beech Creek, Clinton county, Pennsylvania. 
When twenty-one years of age I commenced 
the study of medicine, with Dr. E. P. Allen, 
of Smithfield, but before concluding my stud- 
ies was induced to turn my attention to den- 
tistry, and graduated from the Baltimore Col- 
lege of Dental Surgery in ]\Iarch, i860, after 
which I settled in Lock Haven to practice my 
profession. While living there I became ac- 
quainted with Miss Maggie E. Allen, of 
Montoursville, Lycoming county, Pennsyl- 
vania, and was married to her by my brother, 
Rev. L. B. Hyatt, January i, 1861, at 2:30 
p. m., and commenced housekeeping in Lock 
Haven, April i, 1861. And I will here add 
that my wife has at all times been a most 
faithful and devoted wife and helpmate. 

"We had not much more than got to house- 
keeping when the civil war between the North 
and South broke out, and in October, 1861, I 
joined Company D of the old Eleventh Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, commanded by Colonel 
Richard Coulter, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 
and donned my first military suit at Camp 
Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My pa- 
rents were greatly grieved because of this step 
on my part, fearing that between the dangers 
of war and their advanced age, we would 
never meet again, but before leaving Camp 
Curtin I got a leave of absence and went to 



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see them at Smithfield. They were not ex- 
pecting me, and the emotions which came over 
us will have to be left to the imaginations of 
the reader. I remained with them but a day, 
and parted from them with my mother's bless- 
ing, and a father's admonition to do my duty 
bravely, and never be found with a bullet hole 
in my back, unless the ball had passed through 
me. 

"I never saw my father again, as he died 
on the fourth of the following June. Soon 
after rejoining my regiment we took up the 
line of march and finally brought up at 
Annapolis, Maryland. Our regiment re- 
mained at Annapolis doing patrol duty until 
April, 1862, when we joined the Army of the 
Potomac under the command of General Mc- 
Clellan, opposing General Robert E. Lee. Our 
regiment was kept well to the front, and did 
much hard fighting during the spring, sum- 
mer and autumn of 1862. Besides numerous 
hard skirmishes not known as battles during 
this time, we were in the thickest of the fol- 
lowing battles, viz. : South Mountain, Cul- 
peper Courthouse, Thoroughfare Gap, Second 
Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg. 

"After the battle of Fredericksburg, which 
occurred December 12, 1862, I was detailed to 
accompany the sick and wounded to Wash- 
ington, and while in Washington was by order 
of the Secretary of War transferred to the 
regular army, after which I was by order of 
the Surgeon General assigned to duty at Car- 
ver United States General Hospital, Washing- 
ton, D. C, under command of Surgeon O. A. 
Judson, where I remained until September, 
1865, the war having closed on the April 
previous. 

"My duties at Carver Hospital were re- 
sponsible but satisfactory. Owing to favor- 
able and near proximity to the Georgetown 
Medical College, 1 took advantage of the sit- 
uation to renew my medical studies, and grad- 
uated in medicine from that institution. Im- 
mediately after graduation I was ordered be- 
fore the United States Medical Examining 
Board at Washington, and after passing the 
required examination was appointed A. A. 
Surgeon, -U. S. A., and at the request of 
Surgeon O. A. Judson was returned to Carver 
United States General Hospital for duty, and 
closing, in 1865, after which I resigned and 
was surgeon in charge of the same at its final 
closing, in 1865; after which I resigned and 
returned to civil life, although offered bv the 
Surgeon General a place as surgeon in the 
regular army. 

"Having during the war invested some 



money in a farm at Smithfield, in Bradford 
county, Peimsylvania, I decided to go there 
for a time to rest and deliberate upon my 
future course." 

(My father, Dr. Pulaski F. Hyatt, started 
to write an account of his own life in 1887. 
He got as far as the paragraphs quoted, which 
I found between the leaves of the family Bible, 
but he never finished the work.) 

Dr. Hyatt formed a strong friendship dur- 
ing the war for Czar Dunning. He sold his 
farm at Smithfield and moved to the city of 
Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1866, where he 
and Mr. Dunning bought a drug store to- 
gether, and Dr. Hyatt practiced medicine. The 
doctor subsequently bought out Mr. Dunning's 
interest in the drug store. 

Dr. Hyatt was one of the pallbearers at the 
funeral of Admiral Charles Steward, com- 
monly called "Old Ironsides," who was com- 
mander of the "Constellation" and "Constitu- 
tion," during the war of 1812, and who died 
at Bordentown, July 28, 1869. During the 
bitter presidential fight of 1876 Dr. Hyatt was 
sent to Florida as Samuel J. Tilden's confiden- 
tial representative, to superintend and investi- 
gate the count of the election boards of that 
state. Fie served for fifteen years as president 
of the board of trustees of the public schools 
of Bordentown, and for years was trustee and 
secretary of the Bordentown Female College. 
He declined the nomination as mayor of the 
city, and also a nomination on the Democratic 
ticket for member of the legislature at a time 
when Burlington county was strongly Demo- 
cratic and a nomination equivalent to an elec- 
tion. 

He took a post-graduate course in medicine 
at Jefferson Medical College, 1883-84, and 
moved with the familv to Lewisburg, Penn- 
sylvania, April I, 1885. In Lewisburg he 
served for several years on the Board of Min- 
isterial Education of Bucknell University, and 
as deacon of the Baptist church nearly all the 
years he lived in that place. He was a man 
who never divorced politics and religion, and 
saw- no reason why a man should abandon the 
latter, if active in the former. In politics he 
was a Democrat, and for two successive terms 
he vvas Democratic Chairman of his county 
(Union). Following this for three successive 
terms he was elected Democratic chairman of 
the sixth Division of Pennsylvania, including 
Potter, Tioga, Clinton, Lycoming, Union and 
Snyder counties, and in 1891 was prominently 
mentioned throughout the commonw^ealth for 
Democratic state chairmanship. While divi- 
sion chairman. Dr. Hyatt early felt the public 



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bearing favorably for the nomination of Rob- 
ert E. I'attison as governor of the common- 
weahh, and he consuhed with the late I Ion. 
Charles S. Wolf concerning the advisability 
of bringing Mr. Pattison out as a candidate. 
Mr. Wolf replied that in a political sense he 
owed the ex-governor nothing, but as he be- 
lieved Mr. Pattison an upright, fearless and 
able man, peculiarly suited to the times, he 
would support the e.x-governor if a candi- 
date. Joel Herr Esq., of Clinton county, a 
prominent Republican and Cranger, and many 
others of like kind, informed the chairman lo 
the same effect. Armed with this knowledge 
he wrote Mr. Pattison of the situation in cen- 
tral Pennsylvania, and Mr. Pattison consulted 
with Hon. William F. Harrity, then post- 
master at Philadelphia. Mr. Harrity then in- 
formed Chairman Hyatt that if the sentiment 
elsewhere in the state should crystalize in 
favor of Mr. Pattison, the ex-governor would 
enter the field as a candidate. Circumstances 
favorable to the accomplishment of this end 
came thick and fast. It was thought if the 
Republicans put forth Delamatcr there would 
be enough deflection from the Republican 
ranks to elect Mr. Pattison. Tiie division 
chairmen, nine in all. controlled the place and 
date of the Convention. Excluding the vote 
of Chairman Hyatt, there was a deadlock as 
to the arrangements. His vote decided that 
the nomination convention of 1890 should be 
held after the Republican state convention, and 
at Scranton, a Pattison stronghold, instead of 
Harrisburg, where the Wallace men wanted it. 
After Mr. Pattison's nomination and election, 
to secure which Chairman Hyatt worked with 
tireless energy, no recognition was asked of 
the Governor for himself, but he did ask the 
Governor that the services of his division sec- 
retary, T. Kittera Van Dyke Esq., and of the 
Hon. Charles V. Wolfe, be properly recog- 
nized. Mr. Van Dyke was made chief clerk 
in the corporation department in the state ad- 
ministration, and Mr. Wolfe was appointed 
director-general of the Pennsylvania exhibit 
at the World's Fair, Chicago, although he did 
not live to assume the duties of his appoint- 
ment. 

Governor Pattison having declined to stand 
in the way of ex-President Cleveland's nomi- 
nation at Chicago, and Mr. Harrity becoming 
Democratic national chairman in the mean- 
while, both gentlemen were in a position to be 
heard by Mr. Cleveland after his election, and 
they made it a personal matter to urge my 
father for a foreign appointment. Letters of 
endorsement were addressed to Mr. Cleveland 



by e.x-Governors Curtin and Beaver; Con- 
gressman Wolverton, McAleer, Hutchler, 
Kribbs, Beltshoover, Reilly and Hincs; Demo- 
cratic State Chairman James Kerr, President 
Judges Orvis. McClure, Savage, Peek, Metz- 
ger and others. The result was his appoint- 
ment on June 8, 1893, as United States Consul 
at Santiago de Cuba, with sub-ofifices at 
Daiguiri, Guantanimo. Santa Cruz del Sur and 
Mauzanille — a jurisdiction in which over 
§17,000,000 of .American capital were invested, 
and which shipped over 1,000.000,000 pounds 
of freight monthly to the United States. The 
commercial side of this appointment, however, 
was soon dwarfed in importance by the diplo- 
matic duties which arose because of the out- 
break in Cuba of a desolating insurrection, the 
first official information of whicii was given 
our government by my father in dispatch No. 
95, of February 23. 1895. '^^'o tlays before the 
formal birth of the war. This dispatch, to- 
gether with others relating to subsequent 
"Affairs in Cuba," were published in a 
message from President Cleveland in 1895, 
making a document of 206 pages, about one- 
half of which were written by my fatlier. anrl 
concerning which e.x-Minister Moret, the 
greatest Spanish authority on international 
law, said in a speech in the Spanish national 
cortes : "\\'hen the work was published for 
the first time somebody well versed in diplo- 
matic affairs told me that it was an admirable 
paper, in which were reflected the history of 
the insurrection and the character it bore at its 
beginning, .\fter I read it I found that the 
aforesaid opinion was well grounded, and I 
am constrained to believe that when you shall 
hear what I am going to tell you, you will 
agree with me, at least as far as regards the 
importance of the revelations it contains." 

The energetic protection given the .Ameri- 
can interests by Consul Hyatt prior to our war 
with Spain so aroused the animosity of the 
Spanish residents at Santiago that they made 
several attacks upon the consulate. Among 
others, he secured the release of Thomas Bol- 
ton, Manuel Fuentes, correspondent of the 
Nezi' York World; and Dr. .\gremonte. Julian 
Sains and .Augustus Richelieu, American citi- 
zens, whose unjustifiable arrests and confine- 
ment in the foul prisons of Eastern Cuba 
created no little excitement in this country. 
During the days of Weyler's reconcentration 
he distributed about twenty shiploads of medi- 
cine, clothing and provision contributed by 
the .American people for the suffering Cubans. 
When diplomatic relations with Spain were 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



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of the Spanish-American war, the American 
government sent instruction through Consul 
Dent, of Jamaica, recalHng Consul Hyatt, and 
the steamship Brookhne was dispatched to 
Santiago to relieve him. But Consul Hyatt 
refused to abandon his post at such a time un- 
til he got orders direct from Washington, and 
held the ship twenty-four hours pending their 
receipt. When he left Santiago, soon to be- 
come the principle theatre of war, he was, 
upon order of General Toral, Spanish mili- 
tary governor, escorted by fifty policemen 
from the consulate to the ship in waiting as 
a protection against the assaults of the gath- 
ering mob. 

January i, 1861, Dr. Hyatt married .Mar- 
garet E. Allen, of Williamsport, Pennsyl- 
vania, by whom he had the following chil- 
dren : I. Maggie Hyatt, born October 14, 
1864, died at birth. 2. Paul .Allen Hyatt, born 
March 16, 1866, died February 6, 1870. 3. 
John T. Hyatt Esq., born September 12, 1868, 
now practicing law at Jersey Shore, Pennsyl- 
vania. 4. Fred P. Hyatt, born ( )ctober ig, 
1871, died .A.pril 2;},. 1878. 

From an editorial in the irHliuiiisport Sim 
of January 18, 1904: 

"Pulaski F. Hyatt, whose death occurred 
at Jersey Shore last evening, was a man of 
more than ordinary abilitw a fact that was 
recognized by both President Cleveland and 
President McKinley. By the former he was 
appointed consul at Santiago de Cuba, and his 
services were so ably and satisfactorily per- 
formed that he was retained in the position by 
Mr. McKinley. His work in behalf of the 
Cuban people prior to the Spanish war won 
for him the praise of the American nation. 
Mr. Hyatt was a man of rare good judgment 
and intrepid courage. His death removes one 
of the most highdy respected residents of the 
We.st Branch valley." 

Taken from the eulogy of Dr. Enoch Per- 
rine, Professor of Literature at Bucknell 
University, and delivered at the funeral of 
Dr. Pulaski F. Hyatt, at Jersey Shore, Penn- 
sylvania, Wednesday, January 20, 1904 : 

"Because we live so close to the mountains 
we take little note of them and rarely, if ever, 
bid them a cool 'Good morning,' When we 
are far away on some wide extended plain or 
when only the level and boundless ocean sur- 
rounds us, then we are sure to appreciate them 
as we recall how they silently but constantly 
lift their lofty heads to the skies, bidding us 
follow. So with our friends. It requires that 
Death shall bear them from us on the long 
voyage — and then they loom up large, becom- 



ing eloquent through the unbroken silence 
into which they have passed. 

"There is little of noble ambition in the 
world compared with what there might be, 
and this small amount is so often done to 
death by the disappointments of the years, that 
his early and ceaseless desire to push onward 
strikes us most forcibly in the life of Dr. 
Hyatt. That little farm in New York in the 
early fifties of the last century was in his 
opinion too narrow a field and the wide world 
with a conspicuous place in it became his goal 
while yet a boy. Hence there was the gradu- 
ation from a medical college, the unselfish de- 
votion of physician and surgeon in both war 
and peace, the political leadership in National 
as well as in State and local politics, the splen- 
did work as representative of his country on 
foreign shores, and crowning all his promi- 
nence in the church of his choice — an ambition 
to play well a man's part on as wide a stage 
as he could command. Disappointments? Yes, 
a plenty of them ; but these slackened his steps 
not for a moment, and nothing but a deadly 
malady called even a halt to his stout heart 
always aspiring to better things. 

"But ambition, even though its quality be 
noble, is not always displaced in a winsome 
personality. Some, like the younger Adams, 
confer a favor in such a way as to make of its 
recipient an enemy ; and others, like Gold- 
smith, love to do good by stealth, not caring 
whether it be found out even by accident. Of 
these latter was Dr. Hyatt. It was the writer's 
fortune to be by his side in secret consultation 
with the President of the L'nited States in the 
White House; by his side when a new life 
raised its first cry to the world, when applaud- 
ing citizens w-elcomed him home from posi- 
tions of difficulty and peril, often in the pri- 
vacy of his own home, — and in every case it 
was the calm, quiet, unassuming, genial, mas- 
terful spirit thinking, speaking, acting as 
though Eternity itself were looking at him. 
Eternity in whose presence the mean and the 
base cannot live, Eternity that pours around 
all who stand in awe of it a light far more 
attractive to the beholder than that which 
paints the sunset cloud with unspeakable 
beauty at the close of an October day. 

"No wonder that the same spirit so domi- 
nant in his life, should persist to the last, and 
that those who stood by when the final mo- 
ment came, as they looked and listened, could 
truly exclaim as Air, Blaine did of the dying 
Garfield : 'Let us think that his dying eyes 
read a mystic meaning which only the rapt 
and parting soul may know. Let us believe 



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that in the silence of the receding world he 
heard the great waves breaking on a farther 
shore and felt already upon his wasted brow 
the breath of the eternal morning." It is one 
of the compensations of life to know inti- 
mately those who illustrate, in these ways, the 
better side of human nature ; to discover them 
ere yet Death has put them beyond the grasp 
of our hands is a benediction ; and to bid them 
'Farewell' is but to look longingly after them 
as they go into a world whither we shall fol- 
low and in which no word is ever spoken." 

Jonathan Fairbanks ( Faire- 
FAIRBANKS banke, Fairbank) was born 
before 1600 in England. 
But little is known of his immediate English 
ancestors. He came from Sowerby, in the 
West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1633, to Bos- , 
ton, Massachusetts, and settled in Dedham, 
where he built the noted Fairbanks House. 
This house is an object of great interest to 
visitors to Dedham. The house as it stands 
to-day was probably complete as early as 
1654. It is claimed that the oldest part was 
built in 1636. In his will, dated June 4, 1668, 
he bequeathed the house to his eldest son 
John, and it has since been occupied succes- 
sively by John, Joseph, Joseph, Ebenezer, 
Ebenezer, Prudence, Sarah, Nancy and Re- 
becca. In July, 1892, the house was struck 
by lightning and damaged, and Rebecca Fair- 
banks removed for a time to Boston, but later 
returned and occupied it until 1904, when the 
Fairbanks Association took possession of it 
and will preserve it indefinitely. 

Jonathan Fairbanks signed the famous Ded- 
ham covenant which regulated the future con- 
duct of the town. Among the one hundred 
and twenty-five signers were his sons John, 
George and Jonathan Jr. Jonathan Fairbanks 
was admitted a freeman March 23, 1637-38, 
and received numerous grants of land. He 
joined the church August 14, 1646. He died 
in Dedham, December 5, 1668. He married 
Grace Smith, who died December 28, 1673, or 
May 19, 1676. Children, born in England: 
I. John, mentioned below. 2. Captain George, 
married Mary Adams. 3. Mary, born April 
18, 1622, died May 10, 1676, or June 4, 1684; 
married Michael Metcalf April 2, 1644; mar- 
ried (second) August 2, 1654, Christopher 
Smith. 4. Susan, died July 8, 1659; married 
Ralph Day. 5. Jonas, killed by the Indians 
during a raid in King Philip's war February 
10, 1676; married. May 28, 1658, Lydia Pres- 
cott. 6. Jonathan, died January 28, 1711-12; 
married Deborah Shepard. 



(II) John, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, was 
born in England and died November 13, 
1684. He was the eldest son, and inherited 
the homestead, where he lived. In 1638 he 
was appointed with John Rogers to survey 
the Charles river. He was one of the sign- 
ers of the Dedham Covenant. He was ad- 
mitted a townsman as early as 1642. He 
married Sarah Fiske, March 16, 1641, and she 
died November 26, 1683. He received two 
grants of land, one in 1640, the other a year 
later, and in 1656 a third. In 1663 he was 
sent in company with Daniel Fisher to ex- 
amine the land at Deerfield. He held some 
local offices and was admitted to the church 
May 4. 1 65 1. His will was dated November 
10, 1684, and proved February 19, 1685. 
Children: i. Joshua, born jNIay 26, 1642, died 
February 5, 1661. 2. Lieut. John, February 
7, 1643, disd September 14, 1706; married, 
March i, 1671-72, Hannah Whiting. 3. Sarah, 

December 9, 1645, married Sawyer. 

4. Jonathan, November 10, 1648, died March 
I, 1661-62. 5. I\lary, December 25, 1650, died 
December 31, 1650. 6. Martha (twin), De- 
cember 25, 1650, died January 6, 165 1. 7. 
Joseph, May 10, 1656, mentioned below. 8. 
Hannah, February 10, 1657, married, June 
26, 1688, Samuel Deerin, of Milton, Mas- 
sachusetts. 9. Benjamin, February 17, 1661, 
died December 5, 1694. 

(III) Deacon Joseph, son of John Fair- 
banks, was born in Dedham, ]\Iay 10, 1656, 
died June 14, 1734. He made an agreement 
with his brother Benjamin, the original of 
which is still preserved in the old house, 
whereby he retained a part of the homestead, 
where he resided. He was admitted a free- 
man in May, 1678. He married, in 1683, Dor- 
cas , who died Januar)' 9, 1738. Chil- 
dren: I. Dorcas, born March 14, 1686, mar- 
ried (first) May 20, 1714, Rev. James Hum- 
phrey; married (second) July "9, 1735, Will- 
iam Woodward; married (third) August 7, 
1 75 1, Andrew Blake. 2. Joseph, mentioned 
below. 

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Deacon Joseph 
(i) Fairbanks, was born in Dedham, April 
26, 1687. He inherited a part of the home- 
stead, and resided there. On March 9, 1752, 
he sold the homestead and eight other tracts 
of land to his son Joseph Jr. He married, 
May 3, 1716, Abigail Deane, born in Ded- 
ham, June 12, 1694, died December 31, 1750, 
daughter of John and Sarah Deane. They 
were both admitted to the church October 31, 
1725. Children: i. Joseph, bom May 21, 
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9. 1718, died October 25, 1794; married Mrs. 
Mary Lewis (intentions dated November 30, 
1753)- 3- Abigail, March 9, 1721, died Sep- 
tember 20, 1798, unmarried, "of a palsie." 4. 
Israel, May 28, 1723, died February 25, 1809; 
married, May 30, 1751, Elizabeth Whiting. 
5. Sarah, June 4, 1726, died September 11, 
1749, unmarried. 6. Samuel, September 14, 
1728, died March 28, 1812; was in the revo- 
lution; married, May 15, 1752, Mary Draper. 
7. Ebenezer, September 26, 1732, died Feb- 
ruary II, 1812; in the revolution: married, 
December 16, 1756, Prudence Farrington. 8. 
Benjamin, August 17, 1739, in the revolution; 
married, September 9, 1762, Sarah Kingsbury. 
(V) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Fair- 
banks, was born in Dedham, May 21, 1717. 
He lived on the homestead and in Wrentham, 
where some of his children were born. He 
removed to ]\Iaine, and his name appears on 
the records of Winthrop, Maine, in March, 
1775. He settled on lot 82, at present 
known as the Haskell farm, where he lived 
until the last few years of his life, which were 
spent at the home of his son Joseph, a mile 
distant. He died November 27, 1794. He 
was remarkably gifted in a mechanical way, a 
trait which was inherited by many of his 
descendants. In all things which demanded a 
knowledge of mechanics, a Fairbanks seemed 
to be the one who could best supply the de- 
mand, and they became noted as the best 
workmen in the country. Joseph Fairbanks 
married in April, 1744 (intentions dated 
March 24, 1743-44), Frances Estey, of 
Stoughton, who died in \Mnthrop, ]\Iaine, No- 
vember 10, 1806, in her ninety-second year. 
Children, the first five born in Dedham, the 
others in Wrentham: I. Experience (Temper- 
ance), February 21, 1744-45, died April 29, 
1769. 2. Benjamin, November 20, 1746, died 
in Winthrop, May 28. 1828; married (first) 
October 29, 1772, Keturah Luce; (second) 
May 17, 1808, Lydia White; (third) February 
8, 1821, Sally Blue, 3. Sarah, September 4, 
1749, died jNIarch 4, 1835; married Captain 
\Villiam PuUen. 4. Joseph, August 4, 175 1, 
died July 4, 1807 ; married, October 16, 1776, 
SybiPGrover. 5. Nathaniel, July 15, 1754, 
mentioned below. 6. Elijah, September 16, 
1756, died May i, 1836; in the revolution; 
married, 1781, Elizabeth Hopkins. 7. Abigail, 
January 20, 1760, married. May 30, 1781, Rial 
Stanley ; died July 23, 1843, 

(VI) Colonel Nathaniel, son of Joseph (3) 
Fairbanks, was born in Dedham, July 15, 
1754. He was a resident of Winthrop, Maine, 
and closely identified with everything which 



promoted the growth and welfare of the town 
from the beginning. He settled in what has 
since been known as the ^Nletcalf neighbor- 
hood, then and for many years the center of 
the town. In 1778 he built a house, which is 
now or was lately standing in good preserva- 
tion. Here he entertained many men of note, 
among them Tallyrand, the French diplomat, 
and the Duke of Orleans, afterwards Louis 
Phillippe, as they made a journey through the 
country in 1794. That year he built a tan- 
nery which he conducted until 1800, when he 
removed to the village. He enlisted in 1775 in 
Captain Samuel McCobb's company, Colonel 
John Nixon's regiment, and was afterwards a 
member of Benedict Arnold's expedition up 
the Kennebec to Quebec, He took part in the 
siege of Boston, and served six weeks after 
his term had expired. He received a captain's 
commission from Governor Hancock in 1788 
and was the first man in Winthrop to be com- 
missioned colonel of a regiment. He held 
many positions of trust, and served in almost 
every office within the gift of the town. He 
was nine years representative to the general 
court and was delegate to the Portland con- 
vention in 1794, He was well educated and 
gifted with a charming presence. He could 
entertain both in private conversation and in 
public speaking. He was fond of reading and 
well versed in the topics of the day. His gift 
of story-telling was remembered with delight 
by his grandchildren, to whom he often told 
tales of his pioneer days. In 1814 he removed 
to Wayne, where he was also active in public 
afifairs, and where he died, jNIarch 27, 1838. 

He married (first) October 21, 1778, Su- 
sanna IMetcalf, born May 27, 1759, died in 
Franklin, Massachusetts, September 24, 1791, 
daughter of Dr, Joseph and Hannah (Haven) 
Metcalf, of Wrentham. He married (second) 
January i, 1793, Lydia Chipman, born in 
Halifax, Massachusetts, January 11, 1767, died 
in Wayne, Maine, August 23, 1855, daughter 
of Jacob and Anna (Waterman) Chipman, 
She was a lineal descendant of the Pilgrim, 
John Howland. Children of the first wife, 
born in Winthrop: i. Hannah, December 20, 
1781, married, November 29, 1798, Liberty 
Stanley; died July 5, 1813, 2, Philo, Febru- 
ary 21, 1784, died December 24, 1868; mar- 
ried (first) Susanna Besse; (second) July 30, 
1862, J\Iary Witham. 3. Calvin, August 5, 
1789, died February 28, 1856; married, June 
7, 1819, Hannah Thompson, Children of 
second wife: 4. Columbus, November 7, 1793, 
mentioned below, 5. Franklin, June 18, 1795, 
killed while driving a coach between Frederic 



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and Hagerstown. Maryland, July 26, 1832; 
married, September 26, 1819, Hannah Sewall. 
6. Susan, December 15, 1796, married, Sep- 
tember 29, 1823, Rev. David Starrett; died 
August 16, 189 1. 7. George W., August 5, 
1803, died October 13, 1888: married, April i, 
1828, Lucy Lovejoy. 

(VII) Columbus, son of Colonel Nathaniel 
Fairbanks, was born in W'inthrop, Maine, No- 
vember 7, 1793, died September 7, 1882. At 
the time of his death he was the oldest native- 
born citizen of Winthrop. He was a farmer 
and it is said that he earned his first money, 
when nine years old, by driving oxen for 
one cent a day and his dinner. He was a 
soldier in the war of 181 2. He and his wife 
joined the church in 1820. He was industri- 
ous and a respected citizen of the town. He 
was well versed in the traditions of his family 
and was proud of his ancestry. He married 
(first) September 17, 1816, Lydia Wood Tink- 
ham, born May 22. 1797, died May 10, 1859, 
daughter of Seth and Catherine (Woodman) 
Tinkham, of Wiscassett, Alaine. He married 
(second) November 8. i860. Mrs. Lydia T. 
Wing, born December i, 1803, died June 8. 
1895, widow of Isaac D. Wing, and daughter 
of Joshua and Abigail (Lambert) Trufant, of 
Winthrop. Children, all by first wife, born in 
Winthro]) : 1. Horatio Wood, June 2-. 1817. 
died August 4, 1856: married, June 12, 1839, 
Mary Caroline Ladd. 2. Franklin Tinkham, 
October 21, 1818, married (first) June 2, 
1842, Susan Johnson Cony Stewart; (second) 
August 17, 1878, Mrs. Henrietta Elizabeth 
(Benteen) Doyle. 3. Joseph Woodman, No- 
vember 16, 1821, mentioned below. 4. Phebe 
Wood, December 31, 1824, died June 19, 1856. 
5. Charles Henry. November 20, 1827, died 
September 30, 1828. 6. Charles Nelson, Sep- 
tember 27, 1829, married (first) February 27, 
1859, Phebe Jane Crandall ; (second) Decem- 
ber 25, 1864, Julia Stubbs Hunter; died Jan- 
uary 9, 1868; no issue. 7. Edwin Bartlett, 
December 18, 1831, died August 25, 1833. 8. 
Emily, February 22, 1834, married, October 
29, 1856, Dr. Israel Tisdale Talbot. 9. Sam- 
uel, April 2, 1839, died May 30, 1839. 

(VIII) Hon. Joseph W. Fairbanks, son of 
Columbus Fairbanks, was born in Winthrop, 
Maine, November 16, 1821, died December 8, 
1905. He was educated in the district school 
of his native town. In September, 1844, he 
went to Farmington and entered the store of 
his brother, Franklin T., as clerk, in his shoe- 
store. Two years later he bought the business 
of his brother, and continued in the business 
with great success until 1878. when he re- 



tired from active work. After that time he 
was identified with the banking interests of the 
town. He was a trustee of the Franklin 
County Savings Bank, and vice-president of 
the First National Bank, the successor of the 
Sandy River National Bank, of which he was 
president. He was active in town afYairs, and 
lent his aid and influence to all public enter- 
prises. He was representative and senator 
during 1864 and 1868 and valuation commis- 
sioner in 1880-81. He was a trustee of State 
Normal school. He served the town as as- 
sessor for several years and as selectman and 
was instrumental in greatly reducing the in- 
debtedness of the town. In politics he was a 
Republican. He married (first) October 14, 
1852, Susan Evelina Belcher, born March 29, 
1825, died November 8, 1875, daughter of 
Hon. Hiram and Evelina (Cony) Belcher, of 
Farmington, Maine. He married (second) 
October 25. 1876, Henrietta F. S. Wood, of 
Winthrop, daughter of General Samuel and 
Florena (Sweet) Wood. (See Wood \TI.) 
Children, all by first wife : 1. A daughter, born 
July 4, 1854. died same day. 2. Mittie Bel- 
cher, August 24, 1855. 3. Emily Talljot, July 
6, 1857, died June 7, 1861. 4. Charlotte Bel- 
cher, June 5, 1859, married, October 2, 1890, 
Clift'ord Wood, son of Colonel Henry Clay 
and Marv Frances (Lord) Wood; he was 
born in Standish, Maine, and educated at 
Tha\'er Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts; 
Massachusetts Institute of Technolog>' and 
Harvard Law School. Children : i. Clififord 
\\'ood, born March g, 1892 ; ii. Frances Wood. 
September 3, 1893 ; iii. Eveline ^^'ood, Septem- 
ber 6, 1896: iv. Phebe Wood, August 4. 1898; 
V. Lois Wood, February 26, 1901. 5. Wallace 
Joseph, January 19, 1868, died May 3. 1874. 



The origin of the name is the 
WOOD same as that of By wood, .\t- 

wood, etc., all being originally 
designations of persons from the location of 
their homes in or near woods, similar in 
derivation to the names Hill, Pond, Rivers. 
Lake, Bridges, etc. The medieval spelling 
of this surname was Ate Wode, afterwards 
modified to Atwood and in a majority of 
cases to Wood, as the prefixes Ap, Mc, De. Le 
were dropped in other surnames. Almost 
every conceivable wood in England surnamed 
some family in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth 
centuries. In Domesday Book the name is 
found in its Latin form de Silva in county 
Suffolk. Some branches of the family have 
retained the ancient form of spelling to the 
present time, and the name Atwood is com- 





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1399 



moil in the I'nited Kingtloni as well as Amer- 
ica. The American families are descended 
from Philip Atwood, who settled at ^lalden, 
Massachusetts, married Rachel Bacheller and 

Elizabeth Grover and Elizabeth ; from 

Herman Atwood, cordwainer, who came from 
Sanderstead. county Surrey, fifteen miles from 
London, to Boston'before 1643; deacon of the 
Second Church: died 165 1. and from the sev- 
eral immigrants at Plymouth, many of whose 
descendants settled upon the spelling Wood. 
In fact, the Plymouth Atwoods, even the im- 
migrants themselves, used the two spellings 
interchangeably, to judge from the records. 

( I ) Henry Wood, immigrant ancestor, was 
in Plvmouth as early as September 16. 1641, 
when' he bought of John Dunham, the younger, 
his house and land at Plymouth, for seven 
pounds. He was among the Plymouth men 
reportetl in 1643 ^^ s'^''-" '^" ^^^^ arms. He re- 
moved to Yarmouth, where his children. Sam- 
uel and Sarah, were born, but in 1649 re- 
turned to Plymouth. In 1655 he settled at 
Middleborough. He was not among the 
twenty-six original purchasers, but received 
the share set out to John Shaw, and part of 
his original homestead is still in the possession 
of his descendants. He was an original pro- 
prietor of the Little Lotmen's Purchase. His 
home was near the General Abiel Washburn 
place. He was admitted a freeman of the col- 
ony in 1648; was grand juror 1648-56-59-68. 
and often on other juries. He was one of the 
complainants against the rates at Plymouth. 
In 1665 he had one share of thirty acres on the 
west side of the Xemasket River. His name 
is sometimes spelled "Wood, alias Atwood," 
in the records. His son Samuel and son-in- 
law John Nelson were appointed administra- 
tors of his estate October 29, 1670. He mar- 
ried, April 25, 1644, Abigail Jenney, daughter 
of John, who owned land in Lakenham. now 
Carver, April 28, 1644. Their sons Abiel and 
Samuel were among the original members of 
the church at ]\Iidflleborough. Their son 
John made a nuncupative will dated April 13, 
1673, bequeathing to his two youngest broth- 
ers, sister IMary and mother .Abigail, and later 
the court ordered the eldest brother SauTuel to 
give over his land to the youngest brothers, 
Abiel and James. Children: i. Samuel, born 
May 25, 1647: mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, 
born January i, 1649-50. 3. David, born Oc- 
tober 17, 165 1 : married ]\Iary (Cuthbertson) 
Coombs, daughter of Cuthbert Cuthbertson, 
widow of Francis Coombs. 4. John. 5. Jo- 
seph. 6. Benjamin. 7. Abiel, married Abiah 
Bowers. 8. James. 9. Sarah, born at Yar- 



mouth : married, November 28, 1667, John 
Nelson. 10. Abigail, married November 2, 
1664-65, Jonathan Pratt. 11. Susanna, mar- 
ried December 11, 1661. John Holmes. 12. 
Isaac, born 1654. 

(II) Samuel, .'^on of Henry Wood, was 
born at Yarmouth, May 25, 1647. He came to 
Middleborough with liis father, among the 
first settlers of the town, and became a leading 
citizen. He was highway surveyor in 1673; 
constable in 1682: selectman in 1684-89 and 
other vears, fifteen in all. He was one of the 
original members of the First Church, organ- 
ized December 26, 1694. After the death of 
his father, by agreement among the heirs, he 
received thirteen acres of upland, containing 
the homestead, also a portion of the Tispequin 
purchase known as Wood's purchase. He was 
an original owner of what was known as the 
Sixteen Shilling purchase. He died February 

3, 1718. He married Rebecca , who 

died February lo, 1718. She joined the First 
Church, March 27, 1716. Children, born at 
Middleborough: i. Henry, mentioned below. 

2. Ephraim. born January, 1679 : deacon of the 
church: died 1744: married Susanna . 

3. Deacon Samuel, born September 19, 1684; 

married Elizabeth . 4. Jabez, born 

i6go: married, 1716. Mercy Fuller. 5. Jo- 
anna. 6. Anne, born January 20, 1687. 7. 

Rebecca, April 9, 1682. married 

Smith. 8. Susannah. 

( III) Henry (2), son of Samuel Wood, was 
born in Midclleborough, Massachusetts. He 
married, December 24, 1717, Mary Tinkham. 
Children, born at Middleborough: i. Samuel, 
September 27, 17 18. 2 Esther, July 31, 
1720-21: died May 9, 1721. 3. Joanna, 
March 30, 1722; died unmarried, April 7, 
1797. 4. Susanna, April 24, 1724; married, 
December 24, 1767, Samuel Smith. 5. Henry 
Jr., February 27, 1726-27; died December 26. 
1806 (gravestone) : married, August i, 1754. 
Lydia Benson. 6. \Moses, February 3, 1730- 
31 ; married, January 12, 1762, Lydia Water- 
man. 

(IV) Henry (3), son of Henry (2) Wood, 
was born at Middleborough, February 27, 
1726-27; died December 26, 1806. He mar- 
ried, August I, 1754, Lydia Benson, born 
1737. died February 2, 181 4. Most of this 
family settled in ]\Iaine. Children, born at 
Middleborough: i. Deliverance. Alarch 25, 
1755: died August 19, 1769. 2. Mary, May 
16, 1756; died August 6. 1808: married March 
25, 1778, John Tinkham. 3. Hope, October 
15, 1757; married Leonard Briggs. 4. Sam- 
uel. September 10, 1759; died September 10, 



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1848; married November 14, 1782, Phebe 
Morton. 5. Martha, April 9, 1761 ; died Au- 
gust 4, 1782; married (intention dated Jan- 
uary 27, 1781) Ebenezer Morton. 6. De- 
borah, May 12, 1763; died November 18, 
1833; married January 15, 1799, Isaac Shaw. 
7. Keziah, January 6, 1765 ; died September, 
1854; married, October i, 1793, Dudley Dear- 
born. 8. Enoch (twin), June 24, 1769; died 
February 14, 1836; married, October 30, 1791, 
Priscilla Camp. 9. Elijah (twin), mentioned 
below. 10. Susanna, March 12, 1771 ; died 
September 29, 1776. 11. Joanna, April 9, 
1773; married John Harlow. -12. Henry, Jan- 
uary 14, 1779; died February 14, 1836; mar- 
ried, October i, 1800, Eunice Howe. 

(V) Elijah, son of Henry (3) Wood, was 
born in Middleborough, June 24, 1769; died 
July 28, 1848. He removed to Winthrop, 
Maine, with other of the family. He 
was a general merchant there for many 
years and manufactured wrought iron nails, 
employing twenty or more journeymen 
blacksmiths in this industry. An interesting 
anecdote of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Phebe, 
wife of Samuel Wood, is told in the history of 
Winthrop. Colonel Nathaniel Fairbanks 
called upon her one morning to ask her to 
spend the day at his house. "I cannot go to- 
day," she said, "for I am just kneading a 
batch of rye and Indian bread which I must 
bake." But the colonel was not to be put off. 
He persuaded the good lady to mount his 
horse, and taking the bread trough before him 
they travelled safely to their destination. She 
baked the bread at his house and carried it 
home at night. He married Sarah Clifford. 
Children, born at Winthrop: i. Samuel, De- 
cember I, 1798; mentioned below. 2. Truxton, 
December 28, 1799; died November 28, 1868; 
married May i, 1823, Submit T. Blaisdell. 3. 
George Washington, born April 7, 1801 ; died 
unmarried, June 15, 1836, at Bartholomew, 
Chicot county, Arkansas. 4. Joanna, January 
9, 1803 ; died unmarried, July 4, 1874, at Win- 
throp. 5. Sarah Clifford, November 14, 1805 
(twin) ; married, October 18, 1837, Philander 
Morton. 6. Elijah (twin), November 14, 
1805; died January 4, 185T ; married January 
27, 1829, Esther Stafford. 7. Mary," Febru- 
ary 2, 1808; died November, 1879; married. 
May 25, 1828, Sewall Prescott Jr. 8. Abigail 
March 30, 1810: married, November 21, 1839, 
Charles B. Stinchfield. 9. Lewis, February 29, 
1812; married. November 21, 1839, Ann A. 
Snell: died December 5, 1892. 

(VI) Samuel (2), son of Elijah Wood, was 
born in Winthrop, Maine, December i, 1798. 



died May 26, 1874. He was educated in the 
public schools of his native town, became clerk 
in his father's general store and was asso- 
ciated with him in business. He was a promi- 
nent Whig and chairman of the town com- 
mittee of that party ; representative from Win- 
throp to the state legislature for two terms 
and served as engrossing clerk of the legis- 
lature. He was town clerk of Winthrop for 
many years, also county commissioner. He 
was charter member of the Lodge of Free 
Masons at ^\'inthrop. He was a member of 
the Congregational church, and an active, up- 
right and useful citizen, having the esteem of 
all his townsmen. He married, January 18, 
1824, Florena Sweet, born at Winthrop, 
Maine, February 10, 1798, died July 25, 1862, 
daughter of Arnold and Mary (Bonney) 
Sweet. Children: i. Henrietta Florena 
Sweet, mentioned below. 2. General Henry 
Clay, born May 26, 1832, resides at 350 West 
End avenue, near One hundred and Second 
street. New York City, a retired officer of the 
United States army; his son, Winthrop S. 
Wood, also a United States army officer, lives 
in Seattle, Washington. 

(VII) Henrietta Florena Sweet, daughter 
of .Samuel Wood, was born at Winthrop, Sep- 
tember 16, 1825. She received a good edu- 
cation in the public schools and taught school 
for some years before the civil war in the 
state of Kentucky. She married, October 25, 
1876, in Winthrop, Joseph Woodman Fair- 
banks, born in Winthrop, November 16, 1821, 
died December 8, 1905. (See Fairbanks \'III.) 



The surname Goodwin is of 
GOODWIN ancient origin. Several pio- 
neers of that name settled in 
New England before 1650. William and 
Ozias Goodwin, brothers, settled in Hartford, 
Connecticut, about 1632; Christopher Good- 
win in Charlestown, Massachusetts, his de- 
scendants removing to Boston, Reading and 
Marblehead, Massachusetts, and York, Maine. 
Richard Goodwin resided in Gloucester, 
Massachuetts, in 1660, and many of his de- 
scendants of that section spell the name God- 
ding. Edward Goodwin was in Boston in 1640, 
and another Edward in Gloucester in 1660. 

(I) Daniel Goodwin, immigrant ancestor, 
believed to be a brother of Richard Goodwin, 
of Gloucester, and son of Bridget Goodwin, 
who married (second) Henry Travers, and 
(third) Richard Window. She died in 
Gloucester, where her inventory was dated 
August 9, 1673. There is good reason for be- 
lieving that the home of Daniel Goodwin in 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1401 



England was Torrington, near Plymouth. 
Daniel Goodwin was in Kittery, York county, 
Maine, as early as 1652. He married, first, in 
Kittery, Margaret Spencer, daughter of 
Thomas and"Patience (Chadbourne) Spencer. 
Patience Chadbourne was daughter of Wil- 
liam. Goodwin married, second, after March, 
1670, Sarah (Sanders) Turbet, widow of 
Peter Turbet. Daniel Goodwin died about 
1712. He was a prominent citizen of Kittery, 
a surA'eyor, innkeeper and large landed pro- 
prietor. Children of first wife: i. Daniel, 
born 1656, mentioned below. 2. James, mar- 
ried Sarah Thompson. 3. Thomas, men- 
tioned elsewhere. 4. William, married Deliv- 
erance Taylor. 5. Moses, married Abigail 
Taylor. 6. Patience, married Daniel Stone. 
7. Elizabeth, married, first, Zachery Emery ; 
second, Philip Hubbard. 8. Sarah, married 
Isaac Barnes. 9. Adams, presented at court 
December 19, 1675, for non-attendance at 
meeting. 10. David, mentioned in court rec- 
ords of New Hampshire in 1670, aged 
t\vent)'-two. 

(II) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Good- 
win, was born in 1656; married, December 17, 
1682, Amy, daughter of Miles and Ann 
Thompson. He died at Berwick, April, 1726. 
Children: i. Margaret, born August 23, 
1683; married Joseph Hodsdon. 2. Daniel, 
born June 13, 1685, married Abigail Roberts. 
3. Miles, born July 31, 1687. 4. Nathaniel, 
born October 29, 1689, married about 171 2, 
Mary Gyles. 5. Amy, born April 19, 1693, 
married, November 6, 1712, Moses Goodwin. 
6. Samuel, born May 24, 1693. married Sarah 
Davis and Mrs. Judith (Prebel) Smith. 7. 
James, born July 15, 1697, married Elizabeth 
—and lived at Falmouth. 8. Thomas, ,born 
August 15, 1699, mentioned below. 9. Sarah, 
born September 23, 1701, married Josiah Paul. 
ID. Anne, born October 19, 1703. died No- 
vember 24, 1703. II. Ann, born February 16, 
1704, married, January 16, 1723. 

(HI) Thomas, son of Daniel (2) Goodwin, 
was born August 15, 1699, died April 3, 1769. 
Married, December 20, 1722, .\bigaij Seward. 
Children: i. Henry, baptized November 21, 
1723, married, February 28, 1747, Elizabeth 
Weymouth. 2. Susannah, baptized May 23, 
1725; married March 13, 1784: died in Bidde- 
ford March 9, 1813. 3. Danid, baptized De- 
cember 25, 1726; married September 14, 
1747, Martha Pierce. 4. Gideon, baptized 
October 5, 1732; married Elizabeth Jenkins. 
5. Thomas, baptized October, 5. 1732; men- 
tioned below. 6. .Reuben, baptized October 
29, 1736. 7. Charity, baptized October 29, 



1736; married, December 18, 1760, Thomas 
Abbot. 

(IV) Thomas (2) Goodwin, son of Thomas 
( I ) Goodwin, was baptized in Berwick, Octo- 
ber 5, 1732; married, October 25, 1753, Su- 
sannah Downing, born 1732 in Kennebunk- 
port, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth 
(Fabians) Downing (4), Captain John (3), 
John (2), Dennis Downing (i), of Kittery. 
They resided in Wells, where the wife died 
December 26, 1791. Thomas died in May, 
1799, aged sixty-six. (It is possible, as sug- 
gested in the genealogy that this Thomas 
Goodwin may have been confused with one 
of his cousins of the same name and some 
have thought his mother Hannah (Wells) 
Goodwin instead of Elizabeth, as here given. 
There is also some doubt as to the correct- 
ness of the family historian in making this 
Thomas Goodwin (3), son of James Good- 
win (2), but the writer believes the lineage 
here given established after considering all 
the records found.) 

Children of Thomas and Susannah Good- 
win : I. Hannah, born October 18, 1754, 
married Theophilus Waterhouse. 2. Eliza- 
beth, born January 2. 1756, married Thomas 
Clark. 3. Thomas Wells, born March 16, 
1757, died young. 4. Alice, born May 14, 
1759, married Stephen Ricker. 5. John 
Fabians, born September 10, 1760, married 
Lucy Storner and died without issue. 6. Wil- 
liam, born June 28, 1762, died in infancy. 7. 
Richard, born July 20, 1763, married Mrs. 
Salome Cousins. 8. Susannah, born ]\Iarch 
5, 1765, married Zebulon Larabee. 9. Down- 
ing, born August 15, 1766, died in infancy. 
ID. Sarah, born December 3, 1767, married 
John Goodwin. 11. Lydia, born March 3, 
1769, married Thomas Clark. 12. Downing, 
born November 18. 1770, mentioned below. 
13. Thomas Wells, born September 28, 1771, 
died in Wells. 14. Benjamin, born Septem- 
ber 10, 1773. married Susan Day; daughter 
Lucy S. married Calvin Dunton, of East 
Charlestown, Vermont. 15. Mehitable. born 
March 10, 1777, married Pike Gordon and 
Dr. Marshall. 

(V) Downing, son of Thomas (2) Good- 
win, was born November 18, 1770, in Wells; 
married in Topsham, Maine, Mary (or Polly) 
Haley, born 1772, daughter of Joseph Haley, 
born in Kittery in 1738, and Alary Goodwin, 
his wife, sister of Samuel Goodwin, of Wells, 
and perhaps a daughter of Thomas and Han- 
nah (Wells) Goodwin, granddaughter of Dan-_^ 
iel Goodwin (2), and great-granddaughter of 
Daniel Goodwin ( i ) . Downing Goodwin re- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



sided ill Freeport, Maine, removing to Bruns- 
wick and thence to Topshain, Maine. In Feb- 
riiarv. 1807, he settled in Burton (tlien Al- 
bany), New Hampshire, where his wife Mary 
died March 21, 1836, aged sixty-four years 
and three months. He died March i, 1841, 
in Baldwin. Children: i. Susan, died young. 
2. John, born August 31, 1794. mentioned be- 
low. 3. Downing, married Hannah Yeaton. 
4. Sarah, married twice. 5. Mary, married 
Levi Whitten. 6. Susan Downing, married 
John Clark. 7. Hannah, married David Harri- 
man. 8. Lydia, died young. 9. Aaron, mar- 
ried Martha Hamblin. 10. Moses, born Jan- 
uary 2, 1808, married Jane Rounds. 11. Jo- 
seph Haley, married Sarah Atkinson and 
Lydia Pratt. 12. Joshua, born September i, 
1812, married Sophia Marden. 

(VI) John, son of Downing Goodwin, born 
in Topsham, Maine, August 31, 1794, died at 
Baldwin, Maine, August 19, 1873. Mar- 
ried (first) Abigail Brown, born November 
21, 1792, daughter of Ephraim and Huldah 
(Richardson) Brown. She died December 
14, 1833, and he married (second) Sarah 
Cole, born August 25, 1798, died July 11, 
1840. Mr. Goodwin married (third) Eliza 
Richardson, born August 11, 1808, daughter 
of Elisha Richardson. She died April 6, 1867. 
He married (fourth) Clarinda Buzzell. He 
resided in Baldwin, Maine, from 1817 for 
over fort\' years, a general merchant in part- 
nership with Lot Davis at the "Comer." He 
kept a tavern from 1830 to 1853, removing 
afterward to Limington. Children of first 
wife: I. Emeline, born April 30, 1820, died 
September 19, 1862, unmarried. 2. John Mun- 
roe, born September 3, 1822, mentioned be- 
low, 3. George Peabody, born April 21, 
1825, married Lucia (Williams) Atherton ; 
died at Evanston, Illinois, June 12, 1878. 4. 
Hannah Brown, born March 13, 1827, died 
June 26, 1829. 5. Ephraim Henry, born 
March 31, 1829, died at Stowell, Victoria, 
Australia. August 20, 1901 ; married Matilda 
Ashton. 6. Abigail Brown, born July 25, 1831, 
died August 19, 1903; married L. W. Small. 
Child of second wife : 7. Olive Maria, born 
August 16, 1836, marripd James K. Emery. 
Children of third wife : 8. Eugene, born Au- 
gust 21, 1848, married Clara Eastman. 9. 
Mary Eliza, born September 30, 1849, mar- 
ried George B. Schermerhorn. 10. Newton, 
born September 30, 1852, married Nellie Bur- 
ling. 

(V^II) John Munroe, son of John Good- 
win, was born September 3, 1822. in Bald- 
win, iviaine. He attended the public schools 



of his native town, Yarmouth Academy and 
graduated from Bowdoin College in 1845. ^^^ 
taught school in the old .\lfred Academy at 
Alfred, Maine, and the acailem_\- at Dennys- 
ville. He then turned to the study of law in 
the office of Judge Wells, of Portland, and in 
1848 was admitted to the bar. He came to 
Biddeford, Maine, in 1850. and began to prac- 
tice his profession in that city. He achieved 
a prominent place in his profession and also 
in public life. He was a Democrat in a Re- 
publican state and continued steadfast in his 
allegiance to the party through all its vicissi- 
tudes. He was elected from time to time to 
various offices of trust and honor ; was in the 
common council and board of aldermen of 
Biddeford ; was city solicitor for a number of 
years ; superintendent of schools, city treas- 
urer and collector. He was representative to 
the state legislature in 1863-64 and was a 
state senator in 1855. In 1876 he was a can- 
didate for congress against Hon. Thomas B. 
Reed. He was once nominated for attorney 
general of Maine by the Democrats in the 
legislature and once for Uniterl States sena- 
tor. He was the first president of the Citi- 
zens' Municipal Association of Biddeford, and 
was at the head of that organization many 
years. He was a member of Dunlap Lodge of 
Free Masons. He attended the Congrega- 
tional church. He died March 8, 1905, aged 
eightv-two years and six months. He married, 
July 16, 1850, Harriet Proctor Herrick, born 
January 17, 1829, in Alfred, daughter of Ben- 
jamin Jones and Mary (Conant) Herrick. 
Children: i. Francis Jones, born January 12, 
1852, married Emily R. Milliken. 2. George 
Brown, born ]\larch 4, 1855, mentioned below. 
3. Mary Isabel, born February 22, 1857, mar- 
ried Frederick Gold Lyman, of Alontreal, 
where she died in 1888, 4. Henry Herrick, 
born November 29, 1859; married Jennie Mur- 
ray. 5. William Burton, born January 11, 
1864. married Mary Hills. 

(\TII) George Brown, son of John Mun- 
roe Goodwin, was born March 4, 1855. He 
received his rudimentary eilucation in the pub- 
lic schools of Piiddeford and at Kent's Hill 
Academy. He spent two years and a half in 
foreign travel in Germany and Switzerland. 
When he returned home he took up the study 
of law in the office of his father and later of 
\\'illiam L. Putnam, of Portland, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1877. Instead of prac- 
ticing his professicm. however, he turned to 
journalism. He went on the stai? of the Bos- 
ton Post and for seven years was an associate 
editor. In 1885 he was appointed by Presi- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



1403 



dent Cleveland consul to Annaberg, Germany, 
and served during the Cleveland administra- 
tion. From 1889 to 1892 he was editor and 
proprietor of the Denison (Texas) Herald and 
from 1892 to 1905 was connected in an edi- 
torial capacity with the New York World and 
Herald. In 1903 he resumed the practice of 
law. being admitted to the New York bar in 
that year. L'pon the death of his father in 1905 
he returned to Biddeford and has practiced 
law there to the present time. In national 
politics he is a Democrat. He married, Sep- 
tember 29, 1881, Grace L. Webster, born Feb- 
ruary 8, i860, daughter of James Webster, of 
Orono. Maine. They have one daughter, their 
only child, Marian Herrick, born July 29, 
1882, at Oono, Maine. 

(Vnij Francis Jones, son of John Munroe 
Goodwin, was born in Biddeford, January 12, 
1852; married Emily R. Milliken. He was 
educated in the schools of his native city and 
at Amherst College, from which he was grad- 
uated in 1873. Children: i. Austin M., 
editor of the Portland Express. 2. Emily R. 

(Vni) Henry Herrick, son of John Mun- 
roe Goodwin, was born November 29, 1859, 
at Biddeford. He was educated in the public 
schools of his native town and at Maine State 
College. He married, at Berlin, Germany, 
Jennie S. Murray, a native of Cincinnati, 
Ohio. Children: i. Isabel Smead, born in 
Biddeford, educated at Bradford Academy. 2. 
Henry Murray, born in Biddeford. 

(VHI) William Burton, son of John Mun- 
roe Goodwin, was born in Biddeford, January 
II, 1864. He was educated in Hallowell 
Classical Institute and Phillips Exeter Acad- 
emy, graduating from Yale in 1887. He 
studied law in the New York University Law 
School and was admitted to the bar in New 
York city, where he has since practiced, being 
at present a member of the firm of Gould & 
Wilkie, 2 Wall street. He married Mary Ho- 
bart Hills, of Chicago. Their only child, Helen 
Merrill, was born in New York city. 



(For first generation see preceding sketch.) 

(II) Thomas, son of Daniel 
GOODWIN Goodwin, was born in Kit- 
tery, about 1660-65; married, 
about 1685, Mehitable Plaisted, daughter of 
Lieutenant Roger and granddaughter of 
Ichabod Plaisted. In 1689-90 his wife was 
taken captive by the Indians, together with 
her infant son, whom they killed. She was 
kept in captivity five years before she was re- 
stored to her family in Berwick. He married 
(second) Sarah . He and his sec- 



ond wife deeded land to his son Thomas, De- 
cember, 1711. He was an ensign in his mili- 
tary company. He lived in South Berwick, 
Maine. Children: i. Son, killed by the In- 
dians 1689-90. 2. Thomas, born July 12, 1697, 
mentioned below. 3. Ichabod, born June 17, 
1700, married Elizabeth Scammon. 4. Olive, 
born 1708, baptized March 14, 1717-18; mar- 
ried Timothy Davis. 5. Mary, baptized June 

18, 1710, married Abbot and (second) 

John Cooper. 6. James, married Margaret 

Wallingford. 7. Daughter, married ■ 

Shapleigh. 8. Bial (daughter), baptized May 

6, 1716. 

(Ill) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Goodwin, was born July 12, 1697, at South 
Berwick; married, December 2, 1722, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of TTiomasand_Elizabeth. But- 
ler. Children: I. Elisha, baptized October 
9, 1726. 2. Thomas, also baptized October 9, 
1726,' mentioned below. 3. Olive, baptized 
July 28, 1728, married Nathan Lord Jr. 4. 
Moses, baptized October 27, 1728, died 1766, 
unmarried. 5. Elizabeth, baptized August 9, 
1730, married Alexander Shapleigh. 6. Mary, 
baptized April 15, 1733, died July 18, 1736. 

7. James, born j\larch 17, 1735, died July 21, 
1736. 8. Reuben, baptized October 29, 1736. 
9. Charity, baptized October 29, 1736, mar- 
ried Thomas Abbot. 10. James, baptized May 
I5> ^7Z7' married Sarah Griffith. 11. Daniel, 
baptized August 19, 1739. 12. Mollie, bap- 
tized January 25, 1740, unmarried in 1766. 

(IV') Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) 
Goodwin, born in South Berwick, baptized 
October 9, 1726. From the names of chil- 
dren in the two families, the age of Thomas 
compared with others, and various other evi- 
dences establishes the accuracy of the lineage 
as traced. He may have married (second) 
July 29, 1754, Mary Hicks. His first wife was 

Eunice . He was close!)' connected 

with Thomas Goodwin, of Maine, if not the 
same man. Thomas and Etmice had son Jon- 
athan, mentioned below. Perhaps other chil- 
dren. 

(V) Jonathan, son of Thomas (3) Goodwin, 
born in Berwick, baptized there January 22, 
1752. He married (intentions dated in Ber- 
wick, April 7, 1770) Elizabeth Clark. He re- 
sided in Lyman, Maine. After his death his 

widow married (second) ■ — Welch, and 

resided in Waterborough. where she died. 
Children: i. George Clark, born February, 
1772, married Ruth Page. 2. Andrew. 3. 

Jonathan Jr., married Earle. 4. Uriah, 

died at New Orleans. 5. Reuben, mentioned 
below. 



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STATE OF AlALXE. 



(\T) Reuben, son of Jonathan Goodwin, 
was born in Lyman, Maine, about 1790. He 
married (first) Elizabeth Pray and (second) 

Polly . Children born in Lyman, 

Maine: i. Reuben Jr. 2. Joseph Pray, born 
January, 1821, mentioned below. 3. Sarah. 

4. Elizabeth. 

(\II) Joseph I'ray, son of Reuben Good- 
win, born in Lyman. Maine, January, 1821, 
was educated there in the common schools. 
He learned the carpenter's trade and removed 
to Lowell, Massachusetts, and became a con- 
tractor and builder on his own account. After 
some years he removed to Saco and finally 
to Biddeford. Maine, continuing- his business 
as a carpenter and luiilder as long as he lived. 
In politics he was a Democrat and served on 
the hoard of aldermen of Biddeford. He was 
a Methodist in religion. He married Mary A. 
Hayford, born in Tamworth, New Hamp- 
shire, 1822, died in Biddeford, November 6, 
1899. He died December 24, 1883. Chil- 
dren: I. Sarah, born 1848. 2. Charles E., 
born April 2, 1850, mentioned below. 3. For- 
rest J., born April 8, i860. 4. Abbie (twin). 

5. Emma (twin). 6. .\lbert R., born Feb- 
ruary 29, 1864, an assistant in the Biddeford 
National Bank. 

(Vni) Charles Edwin, son of Joseph Pray 
Goodwin, was born in Biddeford, April 2, 
1850. He attended the public schools of his 
native city and Cjray's Business College, Port- 
land, in which he was a student in the year 
1867. In the same year he took a position 
as clerk in the Biddeford National Bank, in 
1872 was made assistant cashier, a position 
that he efficiently and capably filled until 1875, 
when he was made cashier, which position he 
still retains. Fie has been connected with this 
bank for a period of forty years, and is one of 
the best known and most prominent men in 
business and financial circles in Biddeford. 
Mr. Goodwin is a Democrat in politics, and 
has served the city as member of the common 
council and board of aldermen. He was 
mayor of the city in 1888-89 and his adminis- 
tration was eminently successful. He was 
treasurer of the city from 1887 to 1894. He 
is a member of the Orthodox Congregational 
church. He married, January 24, 1872, Lucy 
J., born October. 185 1, daughter of Joshua 
Dver, of Dayton, Maine. Children: i. Fred 
C, born February 3, 1873, graduate of Yale 
College in 1895 ; director of the Biddeford 
National Bank and director and treasurer of 
the Biddeford & Saco Coal Company ; he mar- 
ried. September, 1897. Jane Steinhelper. of 
Newbern, North Carolina. Children : i. Rob- 



ert S., born June, 1899; ii. Katherine, born 
August, 1900. 2. Rena M.. born October 30, 
1876. educated in the common and high 
schools of Biddeford, at Lasell Seminary, Au- 
burndale, Massachusetts, and at the New Eng- 
land Conservatory of Music, Boston ; is now 
a clerk in the bank of which her father is 
cashier. 



This occupation surname which is 
HUNT of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin 

and signifies hunter is found in 
the annals of New England before the expira- 
tion of a score of years after the landing of 
the "Mayflower" at Plymouth. Edmund lluht 
was of Duxbury as early as 1637: Robert, 
CharlestovMi, 1638. an original proprietor of 
Sudbury: and Piartholomew was of Dover. 
1640. The number of immigrant ancestors 
was large and the number of their progeny 
very great. The Hunts have been and still 
are an energetic, industrious and reliable race, 
and their record is excellent. There are over 
three hundred entries of enlistments in the 
revolutionary records of Massachusetts under 
this name, and in local afifairs. wherever set- 
tled, the Hunts have been people whose influ- 
ence was appreciably and properly exerted. 

(I) Deacon Jonathan Hunt, born 1637. a 
maltster by occupation, moved from Connecti- 
cut to Northampton, Massachusetts, about 
1660, and was made a freeman of the colony 
1662; was deacon from 1680 to 1690, and was 
representative to the general court. 1690. He 
died September 29, 1691, aged fifty-four. His 
father v\as John Hunt (as near as can be as- 
certained) and his mother was Mar\-, the 
daughter of John Webster, chosen. 1836. the 
fifth governor of Connecticut ; whose will, 
made June 25. 1659. named grandchildren 
Jonathan and Mary Hunt. Governor Web- 
ster was previously of Salem, where his 
daughter was a member of the church : and he 
moved from Connecticut to Hadley with his 
wife Agnes, and died April 5, 1661. Jona- 
than Hunt married, September 3, 1662, Clem- 
ence Hosmer, of Hatfield. In 1694 she be- 
came the second wife of John Smith, of Mil- 
ford, Connecticut, who died 1704. The chil- 
dren of Jonathan and Clemence were: 
Thomas, Jonathan (died young), Jonathan. 
John. Hannah, Clemence, Ebenezer ( died 
young), Ebenezer, Mary, Sarah and Samuel, 
(li) Jonathan (2). third child of Jonathan 
( I ) and Clemence (Hosmer) Hunt, was Ijorn 
Ianuar\ 20. 1665, at Northampton, and died 
julv I. 1738. He made his will January 4. 
1735. which was probated in .\ugust. 1738. He 





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STATE OF MAINE. 



1405 



married ^lartha Williams, sixth daughter of 
Samuel aud Theoda (Park) Williams, of 
Pomlret. She was born i\iay 19, 1671, and 
died March 21, 1751. Their children were: 
Theoda, Jonathan, Martha Elizabeth, Samuel, 
Mary, Joseph and John. 

(Ill) CajHain Samuel, second son of Jona- 
than (2) and Martha (Williams) Hunt, was 
born in 1703, and died February 28, 1770. He 
was a substantial man and possessed fine busi- 
ness ability. Twenty-five conveyances of land 
to him are cited by the genealogist. He was 
the father of Governor Jonathan Hunt. He 
resided and died in Xorthfield. A horizontal 
monument bears this inscription : "In mem- 
ory of Capt. Samuel Hunt, who died ve(r)y 
suddenly of an apoplectick fit, Feb. 28th. A.D, 
1770, in the 67th year of his age." He mar- 
ried Ann Ellsworth, who was born April 27, 
1705, daughter of John and Esther Ellsworth, 
of Windsor, Connecticut. Xear her husband's 
monument stands an upright marble slab on 
which is inscribed : "Aladam Anna Hunt 
Relict of the late Capt. Samuel Hunt Ob May 
6, 1794 Aetat 90." Their children were: 
Samuel, Anne, Jonathan, Elisha, .\rad, Sarah 
and Martha. 

(I\") Elisha. third son of Captain Samuel 
and Ann ( Ellsworth ) Hunt, was born Decem- 
ber 22, 1740, and died November 27, 1810. 
He lived in Northfield. He married, October 
24, 1 77 1, Mary Lyman, daughter of Aaron 
and Unice (Dwight) Allen, who was born 
November 12, 1745. Their children were: 
Samuel, Mary, Ellsworth, Martha, Frederick, 
Elisha, Sally and Jonathan. 

(Y ) Ellsworth, second son of Elisha and 
Mary ( Lyman ) Hunt, was born in North- 
field, November 5, 1775, and died 1823. He 
married, December 21, 1797, Electa Allen, 
daughter of Zebulon and Freedom (Cooley) 
Allen, a sister of Hon. S. C. Allen, who was a 
member of congress sixteen years in succes- 
sion. She was born February, 1775, and died 
March 16, 1825. They had two children: 
Frederick Ellsworth and Mary. 

(VI) Frederick Ellsworth, only son of Ells- 
worth and Electa (.\llen) Hunt, was born in 
Northfield, Massachusetts, April 20, 1803, and 
died in Louisiana, 1840. He resided in Derry, 
New Hampshire, and was a merchant. He 
married, October i. 1825, Eliza Kilburn 
Smith, a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 
born September 3, 1802, who died November 
22, 1840. She was daughter of Captain Na- 
thaniel and .\nna (Kinsman) Smith, of 
Gloucester, Massachusetts. (See Smith, 
VII.) They had five children: i. Anna 



Electa, born October 23, 1826, died March 5, 
1855. 2. George Smith, born P^ebruary 8, 
1829. 3. Enoch Ordvvay, born November 12, 
1 83 1, died December 24, 1831. 4 Abigail 
Smith, born February 19, 1833. died Decem- 
ber 4, 1841. 5. Susan Eliza, born January ii, 
1839, married Albert H. Breed, of Lynn, Sep- 
tember 2, 1879. 

(\TI) George Smith, eldest son of Fred- 
erick E. and Eliza K. (Smith) Hunt, was 
born February 8, 1829, and died in Portland, 
Maine. March 9, 1897. After the death of his 
father and mother in the fall of 1839, he went 
to Portland on account of the loss of his pa- 
rents, became a member of the family of his 
relative, William Allen, and so remained for 
twenty-one years. Until at the age of eigh- 
teen he attended the grammar and high 
schools of Portland, at which time, without 
pecuniary aid from others, he started out for 
himself. For five years he was a clerk in a 
jobbing fruit store. In 1853 he became a clerk 
for P. F.- Varnum, a jobber of flour and grain, 
and remained four years in that employ. In 
1857 he spent two months on the Island of 
Cuba, where he formed an extensive business 
acquaintance and entered into arrangement 
with several Cuban merchants to export vari- 
ous American products. In May he returned 
with a large importation of cigars, and made 
his trip a profitable one and of future interest. 
He at once opened an office on Commercial 
street and commenced a trade with Cuba, ex- 
porting lumber and general merchandise, and 
receiving sugar and molasses. In that year 
a heavy financial crisis came upon the busi- 
ness men in this country ; yet so well were his 
plans laid, and so judicious was his judgment, 
that his first year's extensive business was car- 
ried through safely, but with little profit. A 
second and a third visit to Cuba in 1859-60, 
gave him increased opportunities for an ex- 
tensive business, which ranked him among the 
most enterprising, active, and successful "busi- 
ness men of Portland. In 1859 he first inter- 
ested himself in shipping, and he subsequently 
had interests in a large number of vessels be- 
longing to the district of Portland. In 1874 
he associated with himself in business two for- 
mer clerks, Joseph P. Thompson and Fred- 
erick E. Allen, and the new firm took the style 
of George S. Hunt & Company. Mr. Hunt 
was interested in many local enterprises, and 
was ever prompt to render aid and counsel in 
their management. He was actively identified 
with the sugar business for many years, being 
agent of the Eagle sugar refinery from 1871 
until it ceased doing business. He was one 



1406 



STATE OF MAINE. 



of the original stockholders of the Forest City 
Sugar Refining Company, of which he was for 
twelve years treasurer and business manager. 
He was also one of the pioneers in the beet 
sugar enterprise, being president of the com- 
pany. He was president of the Central Wharf 
Corporation, a director in the Portland Trust 
Company, and in other local corporations. In 
Tanuary' 1865. he was elected director in the 
Merchants' National Bank, and in 1875 he be- 
came its vice-president. He succeeded to the 
office of president in May, 1888, and filled that 
office until his death. He was well and favor- 
ably known as a financier, and none of his 
associates were more fortunate than he in com- 
mercial and financial enterprises. He mar- 
ried, September 22, 1863, Augusta Merrill 
Barstow, of Portland, Maine, who was born 
Tune 6, 1842. She is the daughter of George 
Simonton and Ellen (Merrill) Barstow, of 
Portland. (See Barstow, VI.) The children 
born of this union are : Arthur Kinsman and 
Philip Barstow. 

(VIII) Arthur Kinsman, son of George S. 
and Augusta M. (Barstow) Hunt, was born 
in Porttand, Maine. June 19, 1864, and was 
educated in the public schools of Portland and 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 
Boston. In 1883 he took a short trip abroad, 
and in the following January entered the em- 
ploy of George S. Hunt & Company. He be- 
came a partner in this firm January i, 1888, 
remaining there until the firm was dissolved 
by the death of his father. He then became a 
partner of George O. K. Cram in the firm of 
George S. Hunt & Cram, sugar brokers, which 
firm is still in active business. In January, 
1897, he became a partner in the firm of Swan 
& Barrett, bankers, and remained there until 
that firm was merged with the Portland Trust 
Company, of which Mr. Hunt was made vice- 
president. Mr. Hunt removed to Boston in 
1905, and is now the senior partner of Hunt, 
Saltonstall & Company, bankers and bond 
dealers. While in Portland Mr. Hunt was in- 
terested in the welfare of his native city, and 
for three years represented his ward in the city 
government. He is a member of the Masonic 
order. Arthur K. Hunt married, October 4, 
1888, Fannie Louise Piper, born in Boston, 
July 17, 1864, daughter of Frederick K. and 
Frances Ellen (Page) Piper. They have four 
children, all born in Portland, Maine : Ka- 
tharine, April 29, 1892 ; Madeleine, December 
6, 1894; Eleanor, October 17, 1898; Freder- 
ick Kinsman, April il, 1901. 

(VIII) Philip Barstow, second son of 
George S. and Augusta M. (Barstow) Hunt, 



was born in Portland, June 13, 1869, and at- 
tended the public schools of Portland and one 
year at Tufts College. He then went to Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota, where he is now gen- 
eral manager of a large insurance com- 
pany. He is a Republican and a Univers- 
alist. He married, November 7, 1894, in 
St. Paul, Fannie Ella Perry Kibbee. born 
in Jefferson, Wisconsin, daughter of Chand- 
ler Waldo and Hattie (Stebbins) Kibbee, 
who then (1894) resided in St. Paul. The 
children of Mr. and ]\Irs. Hunt are: George 
Smith, born November i, 1895; Mar- 
jorie Frances, April 17, 1899; and Philip 
Barstow, April 24, 1905. 



This family, whose name 
BARSTOW sometimes appears in early 

records as Bairsto, and Bere- 
sto, is of English origin, and from the West 
Riding of Yorkshire, where the name still oc- 
curs. The Barstow arms are : Ermine, on a 
fesse sable, three crescents, or. Crest : A 
horse's head couped argent. Four brothers 
of this name came early to New England, and 
settled at Cambridge, Watertown and Ded- 
ham, Massachusetts. These were George, 
Michael, John and William. Of but two, 
George and ^^'illiam, is there any account of 
the time or manner of their coming. The 
place from which they came is not given, but 
they were probably of Yorkshire. The de- 
scendants of William Barstow are widely 
scattered over the northern and western states, 
and wherever known are men of respectable 
standing, and several have risen to eminence 
and honor, in the councils of states, and the 
congress of the nation. 

(I) William Barstow, aged twenty-three, 
and George Barstow, aged twenty-one. em- 
barked at London. September 20, 1635, for 
New England in the "Freelove," John Gibbs, 
master. William Barstow was of Dedham, 
1636, and signed the petition for the incor- 
poration of that town under the name of Con- 
tentment. "The 16 day of the 12 month, 
1642, grants of upland ground fir for improve- 
ment with the plough" were made to him and 
to his brother George. He was a freeman in 
Scituate, 1649, ^"d the first settler of whom 
there is any record of the present territory of 
Hanover. The outlines of the cellar of the 
house of William Barstow, carpenter or ship- 
wright, were yet visible some years ago. That 
he had an orchard is attested by the record 
of a suit in which he was plaintiflf against 
John Palmer, claiming iio damages "for pull- 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



1407 



and for stroying his corn, English and In- 
dian, with his hoggs." Across the North 
river, in October, 1656, Wilham Barstow Sr. 
was authorized to build a bridge, "above the 
third herring brook at Stoney reach, being 
the place where now passengers goe fre- 
quently over; the said bridge to bee made 
sufficient for horse and foot; and to cleare 
and marke a way to Hughes cross, and to 
open and clear and mae a way along beyand 
Hughes Crosse toward the bay, soe as to avoid 
a certain Rocky Hill and swamp ; — he to have 
£12 current countrey pay for so doing." July 
27, 1662, Mr. Barstow agreed with Mr. Con- 
stant Southworth and Major Josias Winslow, 
in behalf of the Colony of New Plymouth, ''to 
keep in repair and maintaine the bridge called 
Barstow's bridge, upon the North River, in 
consideration of £2.0 in hand paid, to serve 
for transportation of passengers, horses, cat- 
tle, and all such use as they shall ordinarily 
put it to," and pledge for the fulfilment of this 
contract, the house and land in and on which 
he dwelt, a small tract already disposed of 
to his son (in-law) ]\Ioses Simmons, only ex- 
cepted." This was the first bridge built on 
this stream and its old piers are still visible. 
In 1657 Mr. Barstow was "allowed by the 
Court to draw and sell wine, beer and strong 
waters for passengers that come and goe over 
the bridge he hath lately made, or others that 
shall have occasion, unless any just exception 
shall come in against him." He had been 
previously licensed to keep an ordinary ; so 
that it appears probable that near the bridge 
he had a small building as a kind of toll house, 
ind here his refreshments were kept. About 
1662 a grant of land was made to William 
Barstow, "lying westward of Cornett Stud- 
sons graunt, in reference to satisfaction for 
his pains etc. in the countreys business ;" and 
the commissioners were instructed to lay out 
not less than forty nor more than fifty acres 
of arable land. William Barstow died in 
Scituate in 1668, aged fifty-six. He left no 
will, and his widow administered on his es- 
tate. Mr. Barstow was a noted man in his 
day, as appears from what has just been said 
of him. He was an extensive landholder, a 
man of high respected ability, and a worthy 
and enterprising citizen. He probably married 
his wife Anne after he came to New England, 
but there is no record of his marriage, and 
nothing is known of his wife's parentage or 
surname before her marriage. She became 
a member of the church in April, 1641, the 
same month in which her son Joseph was bap- 
tized. They had : Joseph, Mary, Patience, 



Sarah, Deborah, William, Martha, and one 
other child. \Vidow Ann married (second) 
John Prince, of Hull. 

(II) Joseph, eldest child of William and 
Anne Barstow, was born in Dedham, June 
4, 1639, and died April 17, 1712. In March, 
1672, liberty was "granted and allowed to 
Joseph Barstow to keep an ordinary at the 
place where he now lives, and that he be pro- 
vided always with neassaries for the entertain- 
ment of travellers, and keep good order in his 
house, that there be no just cause of complaint 
against him in that behalfe." He was an ex- 
tensive landholder, as appears from the record 
of grants made to him by the colonial court, 
the amount thus received running into the 
hundreds of acres, now lying chiefly in Abing- 
ton. These grants were in the vicinity of the 
grants made to Cornet Stetson, with whom 
Mr. Barstow seems to have been on terms of 
intimate friendship, and whose will he wit- 
nessed. He married. May 16, 1666, Susanna 
Lincoln, of Hingham>, who died January 31, 
1730. Their children were : Susanna, Joseph, 
Benjamin, Deborah and Samuel. 

(III) Captain Joseph (2j, eldest son of Jo- 
seph (i) and Susanna (Lincoln) Barstow, 
was born in Hanover, January 22, 1675, ^^^ 
died there July 25, 1728. Captain Barstow, 
in connection with Benjamin Stetson, received 
in 1720 a grant of two acres of land on the 
Indian Head river, betvi'een Pine Hill and 
Rocky Run, for the accommodation of a forge 
and finery, and erected the forge subsequently 
known as Barstow's forge, and later as Syl- 
vester's, and which was improved by his de- 
scendants for nearly a century, or until about 
the year 1800. He lived on Broadway, and 
it is said built the house known one hundred 
and fifty years later as the Salmond House. 
He was a man of much wealth for those times, 
and owned a great amount of land. The in- 
ventory of his estate mentions : one-fourth 
of a sloop ; his farm of seventy acres ; the 
farm of forty acres on which William Stet- 
son lived in Scituate ; the farm of the Widow 
Amy Dvvelly, of Scituate, twenty-four acres ; 
three hundred and twenty-eight acres called 
the Court Grant, between lands of Deacon 
Stockbridge and Samuel Barstow ; thirty-two 
acres of cedar swamp, partly in said grant ; 
seventy acres joining the north side, of Elijah 
Cushing's farm ; forty-five acres on the south 
side of said Cushing's farm; six acres fresh 
meadow ; one-fourth of the new forge ; five 
and one-third acres by Gershom Stetson's ; 
six acres adjoining Charles Stockbridge's ; one 
and a fourth acres on the north side of the 



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STATE or MAIXIL 



road to Benjamin Perry's; one-ninth of a saw 
mill; one hundred and eighty-four acres of 
land in Pembroke, adjoining the new forge; 
fourteen acres in Pembroke, near Major's 
Purchase; one-fourth of a grist mill at the 
new forge ; one-half acre by North river 
bridge ; and a negro woman named Rose. The 
whole was appraised at £6,926. His wife's 
forename was Mar}-. She married. May 14, 
1735, after his death, Thomas Bryant, of 
Scituate. The chjldren of Joseph and Mary 
Barstow were: Elizabeth, Joseph (died 
young), Joseph, Joshua (died young), Mary 
(died young), James, Mary, Joshua and Abi- 
gail. 

(I\') Joshua, fifth son of Captain Joseph 
(2) and Mary Barstow, was born in Scituate, 
September 8, 1720, and died October 3, 1763. 
He was the proprietor of the forge built by 
his father, 1720, which he operated until his 
decease ; it is also probable that he occupied 
his father's house. An inscription on a stone 
in the Hanover graveyard states that he "was 
drowned at the Eastward, Oct. 3, 1763, ae. 
44." He married, April 21, 1741, Elizabeth 
Foster, of Scituate. Their children were : 
Joseph, Mary, James, Barshaway, Abigail 
(died young), Joshua, Calvin, Ezekiel, Tim- 
othy, Foster, Elizabeth and Joseph. 

(\') Timothy, seventh son of Joshua and 
Elizabeth (Foster) Barstow, was born in 
Hanover, Massachusetts, probably, February 
22, 1762, and died in Portland, Maine, Au- 
gust 9, 1837. He settled in Portland, and 
there married Susanna Simonton, of Cape 
Elizabeth, their intentions of marriage being 
filed November 18, 1797. She was born Sep- 
tember 30, 1766, and died in Portland, March 
5, 1848. 

(VI) George Simonton. son of Timothy and 
Susanna (Simonton) Barstow, was born in 
Portland, December 21, 1807, and died March 
7, 1874. He married Ellen Merrill, of New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, January 7, 1830. 
(See Alerrill, \ II.) She was born in New 
buryport, Massachusetts, May 17, 1807, and 
died in Portland, August 17, 1873. Their 
children were: i. Susan Ellen, married Cap- 
tain Daniel Bragdon, died March 12, 1894. 2. 
Abbie M., married Dudley Blanchard, died 
October, 1887. 3. Mary Elizabeth, married 
Gains B. McGregor. 4. Julia B., married J. 
Wayland Kimball. 5. Margaret Ann, married 
Rev. Edwin C. Bolles, died September 15, 
1907. 6. Augusta Merrill, born June 6, 1842, 
married George S. Hunt (see Hunt, \TI). 7. 
George Alvin, married Alice G. Beach, died 
July, 1905. 



(For first generaUon see Nathaniel I.) 

(II) Sergeant Daniel, fourth 
AIERRILL son of Nathaniel and Susanna 
(Jordan) Merrill, was born in 
Newbury, August 20, 1642, and was admitted 
freeman. May 7, 1684. March 22, 1677, Moses 
I'ilsbury and Daniel Merrill were chosen fence 
viewers "at the farter end" of the town of 
Newbury. In 1665, Daniel Merrill was one 
of those who were called upon and did take 
the oath of allegiance to the King, in a modi- 
fied form. His name again appears among 
those who took the oath "as it is by law es- 
tablished within the Kingdom of England," 
in 1678. In the "Invoyes" of August, 1688, 
Daniel Merrill's list enumerates two heads 
(persons); two houses; twelve acres plow 
lands ; two horses ; two oxen ; five cows ; eight 
younger cattle ; thirty sheep and six hogs ; 
showing him to have been in very comfortable 
circumstances. In 1689 he was chosen "Way 
Warden." He was admitted to Newbury 
church in 1681, and to the Salisbury church 
later. He died June 27, 1717, in Salisbury. 
His will, made May 10, was probated July 12, 
1717. In it his wife Sarah is mentioned, and 
"cousin" Thomas Merrill, to whom he gave 
land in Haverhill. Daniel Merrill married 
(first) May 14, 1667, in Newbury, Sarah 
Clough, who was born June 28, 1646, and died 
Alarch 18, 1706, at Salisbury, Massachusetts. 
He married (second) May 29, 1708, Sarah 

, who was born October 14, 1650, in 

Salisbury, daughter of Abraham and Sarah 
(Clement) Morrill, and wddow of Philip 
Rowel! and of one Siphorus Page. They had 
Daniel, John. Sarah, Ruth, Moses, Martha 
and Stephen. 

(Ill) Daniel (2), eldest son of Daniel (i) 
and Sarah (Clough) Merrill, was born in 
Newbury, March 8, 1672, and received his 
father's homestead by will in 1717. His es- 
tate was administered upon September 29, 
1725. In 1706 his name is on the list of those 
who are appointed to keep snow-shoes and 
moccasins for use in service against Indians. 
In the same year Daniel Merrill is a member 
of the North Regiment in Essex in "My Par- 
ticular Company," — probably commanded by 
Captain Thomas Noyes, in whose company 
other records show him to have been. He mar- 
ried Esther, eldest child of Aquila and Esther 
(Bond) Chase, who was born November 18, 
1674, in New'bury, who survived him and 
died 1 75 1. Their children were: Joseph, 
Daniel. Abigail, Judith, Peter, Sarah. Benja- 
min, Thomas, Enoch, Edmund, and Moses, 
whose sketch follows. 



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(I\") Aloses. youngest child vi Daniel (2) 
and Esther (Chase) Merrill, was born in New- 
bury, April 5, 1719, and died about 1788. He 
married, April 5, 1743, Alary Plummer, daugh- 
ter of Samuel and Hannah Plummer, of New- 
bury, who was born November 26, 1723, and 
died in 1793. , 

( V ) Thomas, son of Moses and Mary 
(Plummer) .Merrill, was born in Newbury, 
October 24, 1745, and died at Newburyport, 
February 12, 1882. In 1788 Thomas Merrill 
had a tavern on State street. Among the ad- 
vertisers mentioned in the history of New- 
buryport. as of ancient times, is Thomas Mer- 
rill, who kept a tavern near Rev. Mr. Gary's 
meeting house, in what is now Market Square, 
which announced to customers that he made 
"Apple and Mince Pies in the neatest and best 
manner," and sold them at a reasonable price. 
April 13, 1812, Thomas Merrill conveyed to 
Henry Merrill, treasurer and agent for the 
Baptist church and society, in Newburyport, 
a lot of land forty feet wide, on Silk (now 
Congress) street, on which a small brick meet- 
ing house was erected. A lane which was 
afterwards a street was named in honor of the 
Merrill family in 1774. Thomas Merrill mar- 
ried, about August 25, 1770, Hannah Butler, 
born about 1747, and died August 22, 1833. 

(\T) Colonel Paul, son of Thomas and 
Hannah (Butler) Merrill, was born in New- 
buryport, November 23, 1783, and died March 
10, 1818. He married, October 30. 1806, 
Eleanor Stevens, of Westbrook ( formerly 
called Falmouth), Maine, who was a daughter 
of Tristam and Margaret (Patrick) Stevens, 
born November 20, 1785, and died June 14, 
1867, at Portland, Maine. Their children 
were: i. Ellen, born May 17, 1807. 2. Paul 
Stevens, born December 27, 1809, at New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, married, November, 
1835, Caroline Blanchard. of Cumberland. 
Maine, died June, i8gi, at Lock Haven, Penn- 
sylvania. 2. .Samuel Thompson, born Decem- 
ber g, 1813, at Newburyport, Alassachusetts, 
died very young. 3. Elizabeth Titcomb, born 
May 2, 1816, at Newburyport, Massachusetts, 
married, 1836, William Edward Short, died 
February g, 1898, at Portland, Alaine. 4. 
Margaret .Ann. born July 30, 1818. at New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, died before reaching 
twenty years of age. 

(\TI) Ellen, daughter of Colonel Paul and 
Eleanor (Stevens) Merrill, was born in New- 
buryport, May 17, 1807, and died August 17, 
1873, at Portland, Maine. She married, Jan- 
uary 7. 1830, George Simonton Barstow. (See 
Bar.stow, VI.) 



There is no surname which sug- 
S.MlTll gests to the student of history 
more of interest than Smith. To 
the Smith the world is indebted chiefly for its 
progress and accomplishments, for without the 
smith and his ingenuity in invention and skill 
in making there could have been little if any 
civilization. The man\' families of Smiths de- 
scending from smiths of ability have been 
among the leaders in progress and culture. 
Not a few of such are found in New England. 

(I) Richard Smith, of Ipswich, Massachu- 
setts, may have been a son of Richard, of 
Shropham, county Norfolk, England, a short 
distance from East Harling. Dates of his 
birth, death, marriage, the name of his wife 
and the dates of her birth and death are want- 
ing. In the summary of names of early set- 
tlers of Ipswich occurs the name Richard 
Smith, opposite which is the date of settle- 
ment 1645. His name is found in "The list 
of those that by law are allowed to have there 
votes in Town affairs. \'oted to be recorded 
at the Towne meeting, December th 2nd 1679." 
In 1678 he was one of those who had the 
right of commonage. Richard Smith had a 
difficulty with the officers of the town in 1645 
and was so indiscreet as to say, "Though 
Father, Son & Holy Ghost were against him, 
yet he had the victory," or to this purpose. 
For this he was sentenced to "make ac- 
knowledgement of his blasphemy" or pay a 
fine in addition to the forty shillings already 
levied. The house lot. owned by Andrew 
Hodges in 1646, was sold by .Andrew Burley 
to Richard Smith, "the house and land for- 
merly Hodges," one and a half acres, March 
24. 1680. 

(II) Richard (2), son of Richard Smith, 
was born in Ipswich, about 1642. He mar- 
ried, November, 1660, Hannah Cheney, of 
Newbury. 

fill) John, son of Richard (2) and Han- 
nah (Cheney) Smith, was born in Ipswich, 
Massachusetts, in 1677, and died May 20, 
1713. He married, December 4, 1702, Mercy 
-Adams. 

(IV) John (2), son of John (i) and Mercy 
(.Adams) Smith, w'as born in Ipswich, Janu- 
ary 22, 1707, and died July 11, 1768. He 
married, in 1728, Hannah Treadwell, and died 
before 1762. 

(V) Major Charles, son of John (2) and 
Hannah (Treadwell) Smith, was born Feb- 
ruary 24, 1737, and died March 16, 181 5. He 
married, February 11, 1760. Martha Rogers, 
of Ipswich, who was born May 12, 1738, and 
ilied March 6, 1821. 



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STATE OF iMAINE. 



("VI) Nathaniel, son of Major Charles and 
Martha (Rogers) Smith, was born September 
5, 1774, in Derry, New Hampshire, and died 
in Gloucester, Alassachusetts, November 29, 
■1829. He married, January 7, 1799, Anna 
Kinsman, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who 
was born in 1775. 

(VH) Eliza Kilburn, daughter of Nathaniel 
and Anna (Kinsman) Smith, was born Sep- 
tember 3, 1802, and died November 22, 1840. 
She married, in 1825, Frederick Ellsworth 
Hunt, who was born April 20, 1803, and died 
about 1840. (See Hunt VI.) 



The Wheeler family is of 
WHEELER English origin. J3etween 

1620 and 1650 many immi- 
grants of the name came to America, settling 
in Virginia, Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
These were distinguished, at least as far as 
connection with this country is concerned, and 
all were of very good stock. The name has 
figured creditably in both military and civic 
annals through many generations, and has 
now living in Maine some very worthy repre- 
sentatives. 

(I) Among the earliest in this country was 
John Wheeler, who came from Salisbury, 
Wiltshire, England, where he was born about 
1580. He sailed IMarch 24, 1634, in the "Mary 
and John," and settled in the town in Massa- 
chusetts which took its name from his Eng- 
lish birthplace. He was a farmer and a bar- 
ber, the profession in that day partaking some- 
what of that of the surgeon and embodied 
among other duties those of cupping and leech- 
ing. He was a member of Salisbury in 1652 
and removed to the adjacent town of New- 
bury, where his wife Ann died August 15, 
1662. He survived her about eight years, dy- 
ing in 1670. His will dated March 28, 1668, 
and proved October 11, 1670, bequeathed to 
son David ; to sons John and Adam, of Salis- 
bury, England; to son William, if he come 
over to this country ; to Mercy, Elizabeth But- 
ton and Ann Chase; to Susanna, wife of his 
son George, and to his children, Mary and 
Elizabeth : to daughter-in-law Susanna, the 
land formerly given to her husband George, on 
which he built. He appointed his son Henry 
executor. His son David came in the ship 
"Confidence" in April, 1638, aged eleven. 

(II) George, son of John and Ann Wheeler, 
was born about 161 5. in Salisbury, England, 
and was one of the founders of Concord. 
Massachusetts, where he settled as earlj as 
1638, and perhaps in 1635. His name' ap- 
pears in various petitions to the general court. 



and upon the town records to the time of his 
death, between 1685 and 1687. He v^as se- 
lectman in 1660 and held many other posi- 
tions of trust and honor, serving on many 
committees. He owned land in every part of 
the town : Brook Meadow, Fairhavens 
Meadow, the Cranefield, Bywalden, Goose 
ana Flint's Ponds, on White Pond Plain and 
on the Sudbury line. He was twice married, 
but no record of his first wife is obtainable. 
His second wife, Katherine, died January 2, 

1685. He had five children born in England 
and three in Concord, namely: i. Thomas, 
married, October 12, 1657, Hannah Harrod. 
2. Elizabeth, married, October i, 1656, Fran- 
cis Fletcher. 3. William, married, October 
30, 1659, Hannah Buss. 4. Ruth, married, 
October 26, 1665, Samuel Hartwell. 5. Han- 
nah, named in will as daughter Hannah 
Fletcher. 6. Sarah, born at Concord, March 
30, 1640, married, October 26, 1665, Francis 
Dudley. 7. John, born March 19, 1642-43, see 
forward. 8. Mary, born September 6. 1645, 
married, October 26, 1665, Eliphalet Fox. 

(Ill) John (2), third son of George Wheel- 
er, was born ]\Iarch 19, 1642-43, in Concord, 
and died there September 27, 1713. He was 
admitted a freeman in 1690, and was constable 
in 1684, when Robert Blood Sr. was fined 
ten pounds for assaulting him. He was prom- 
inent in town affairs and was a deacon of the' 
church and also a sergeant of militia. His 
house lot was south of the mill pond between 
the corner of Maine street and the present site 
of the almshouse adjoining the present site of 
the Trinitarian meeting house. He was mar- 
ried, March 25, 1663, to Sarah Larkin, who 
was born in Concord in 1647, died August 12, 
1725, a daughter of Deacon Edward and Jo- 
anna Larkin. Their children were as follows : 
I. John, born February 6, 1664. 2. Samuel, 
July 6, 1665. 3. Sarah, December 12, 1667. 
4. Edward, July 17, 1669. 5. Joanna, Decem- 
ber 21, 1671. 6. Mary, September 15, 1673. 
7. Lydia, October 27, 1675. 8. Esther, De- 
cember I, 1678. 9. Joseph, January 27, 1680. 
10. Ebenezer, June 3, 1682. 11. Thankful, 
tW'in of Ebenezer. 12. Sarah, November 11, 

1686. 13. Abigail. December 29, 1689. 

(IV^) Deacon Samuel, second son of Ser- 
geant John (2) and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler, 
was born July 6, 1665, in Concord, where he 
removed and was an excellent citizen, and 
died December 20, 1717, during the prevalence 
of unusual sickness in the community. He 
was marrierl January 27, 1690, to ^lary Hos- 
mer, born May 2, 1668, in Concord, daughter 
of Steven and Abigail (Wood 'I Hosmer. She 



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was married December 5, 1721, to John Bel- 
lows, who was born May 13, 1666, a son of 
John and Mary (Wood) Bellows, of Marl- 
boro. She did not long survive this marriage, 
as John Bellows was married (third) August 
30, 1723, to Sarah Johnson. The children of 
Samuel and Mary Wheeler were: i. Mary, 
born November 12, 1690. 2. Dorothy, June 
2, 1693. 3. Joanna, May 12, 1696. 4. Steven, 
April 12, 1698, married Ruth Hall, of Charles- 
town. 5. Jacob, mentioned at length below. 

(V) Jacob, youngest child of Samuel and 
Mary (Hosmer) Wheeler, was born June 26, 
1702, in Concord, and lived in Southboro for 
at least twenty years. His subsequent history 
has not been ascertained. He was married in 
Marlboro, January 12, 1727, to Amity x-\msden, 
who was born October 9, 1704, in that town, 
a daughter of John and Hannah Howe Ams- 
den. Four of their children are recorded in 
Southboro, namely: i. John, born February 
5, 1732. 2. Jonas, May 10, 1734, married, Jan- 
uary 22, 1756, Margaret Whitney and settled 
in Petersham. 3. Joel, mentioned hereinafter. 
4. Silas, February 24, 1744, married Sarah 
Miller and probably removed to New Hamp- 
shire. 

(VI) Joel, third son of Jacob and Amity 
(Amsden) Wheeler, was born January 27, 
1743, in Southboro, died in Petershajn, Decem- 
ber 10, 1814. He settled as a young man at 
Petersham, Massachusetts. He was a soldier 
in the revolution, serving in Captain John 
King's company in the siege of Boston, 1775, 
and in Colonel Dike's regiment, 1776-77. He 
was living in Petersham in 1790, and died 
there. The records of that town are very 
meagre. He was married December 19, 1765, 
to Mary Dudley, who was born December 6, 
1740, in Sutton, Massachusetts, died March 
II, 1810, a daughter of Francis and Sibillah 
Leland Dole. Their children recorded in 
Petersham were: i. David, born May 29, 
1767. 2. Joel, October 29, 1768. 3. Jacob, 
mentioned hereinafter. 4. Zeriah. July 2, 
1773- 5- Joel, May 9, 1775. died before fif- 
teen years of age. 6. Dolly, January z"], 1782. 

(VII) Jacob (2), second son of Joel and 
Mary Dudley (Dole) Wheeler, was born in 
Petersham, Massachusetts, September 29, 
1771, and died in Corinth. Maine, April 21, 
1842. In the fall of 1795 he moved from 
Petersham to Bangor, Maine, where he re- 
mained that winter, and in the spring of 1796 
moved to Corinth, where he purchased, July 
4, 1797, from Robert Campbell, one hundred 
acres of land, in third range, and the dwellings 
thereon. In 1803 he built the first frame house 



in the town, it being built with nails forged 
by hand, also shaved shingles and shaved 
clapboards. It was in this house, by his invi- 
tation, that the early religious services were 
held, for the town had no church until 1832. 
He was an industrious and enterprising citizen 
and was prominent in the affairs of the town 
and surrounding country. Jacob Wheeler 
married (first) Azubah Skinner, daughter of 
Daniel Skinner, one of the early settlers of 
Corinth. She was born February 29, 1777, 
and died December 19, 1819. Their children 
were: i. Polly, born November 14, 1799. 2. 

Eunice G., February 23, 1802, married 

Sweet. 3. Harriett, November, 1804. 4. Nel- 
son, November 28, 1807, died in Exeter, May 
21, 1890; he married Abigail B. Hih (see 
HiU), of Exeter. 5. Carolin, September 19, 
181 1, died February 25, 1820. On July 25, 
1821, Jacob Wheeler married (second) Abi- 
gail (Hunting) Bragdon, born May 7, 1784, 
at New London, New Hampshire, a daughter 
of Ebenezer and Hannah (Ordway) Hunting. 
She died at Corinth in 1850. To Jacob and 
Abigail (Bragdon) Wheeler was born Feb- 
ruary 25, 1823, one child, Joseph Bragdon 
Wheeler, whose sketch follows. She first 
married Joseph Bragdon, October 21, 1816, 
who was born May 8, 1784, and died Novem- 
ber 24, 1819. Three children were born to 
Joseph and Abigail (Hunting) Bragdon, 
namely : i. Elbridge H., born January 7, 1812, 
died April, 1900, at Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts; married Sarah Marshall. 2. Enoch H., 
born January 2, 1814, died 1868 in Corinth; 
married Sarah Skinner. 3. Hannah Ordway, 
bom March 4, 1817, died 1864; married 

(first) Ricker, and (second) Reuben 

Hammonds. 

(\TII) Joseph Bragdon, only child of 
Jacob (2) and Abigail (Hunting) (Bragdon) 
Wheeler, was born in Corinth, ;\iaine, Febru- 
ary 25, 1823, and died there February 13, 
1897. He was educated in the common 
schools of his native town and at the Charles- 
town Academy, and later taught more than 
twenty-five terms of school during the winter 
months in Corinth and adjacent towns. He 
was one of the leading men in his town, serv- 
ing in various town offices, being on the board 
of selectmen for fifteen years or more. He 
was enrolling officer at the time of the civil 
war, and in 1872 he represented his class in 
the Maine legislature. In politics he was a 
Whig until the formation of the Republican 
party. He was a man who took great interest, 
not only in the affairs of his own town and 
state, but of the nation. In 1851 he pur- 



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STATE OF MAIXE. 



chased of General Isaac Hodsden the farm 
adjoining his father's on which he spent the 
remainder of his days. On July 8, 185 1, Jo- 
seph Bragdon Wheeler married Cordelia A. 
Hill, fourth daughter of Colonel Francis and 
Elizabeth (Wason) Hill, of Exeter, Maine 
(see Hill), who was born at Exeter, Elaine, 
August 19, 1827, died at Corinth, Elaine, April 
20, 1887. Their children were: i. Leslie 
Hill, mentioned hereinafter. 2. ^lary Ella, 
born May 19. 1859, died February 2-], 1863. 
3. Myra E., born April 2"/, 1865, married Fred 
E. ^IcCard, of Exeter. Maine, February 6, 
1888. They had six children, namely: i. 
Gladys M., born July 27, 1890; ii. Geneva C, 
February 2. 1893 : iii. Fred L., October 10, 
1894: iv'. Mildred E., October 4. 1898; v. Ger- 
trude P., December 10, 1900. died February 
18, 1904: vi. Joseph L., March 4, 1904. died 
October 10. 1904. 

(IX) Leslie Hill, only son of Joseph Brag- 
don and Cordelia (Hill) Wheeler, was born 
in Corinth, Maine. August 16, 1854. In poli- 
tics he is a Republican. He was educated in 
the common and private schools in his native 
town. Corrinna Union Academy and Eastern 
State Normal school at Castine. Maine. Dur- 
ing the early part of his life he taught some 
ten terms of school in Penobscot county, and 
for two years was connected with his uncle, 
George S. Hill, of Exeter, in mercantile busi- 
ness. In 1878 he entered the office of his 
cousin, Dr. Francis X. Wheeler, of Exeter, 
where he commenced the study of medicine 
and entered the medical department of Bow- 
doin College in the class of 1880. graduating 
in the class of 1882. In October. 1882 he 
moved to South Brewer. Maine, where he has 
had an active and successful practice of his 
profession since that time. He is a member 
of the Maine Medical Association and the 
Penobscot County Medical Association. Also 
examiner in several of the leading old line life 
insurance companies. He has been interested 
in the wholesale ice business on the Penobscot 
for the last twenty years. He married, June 
12, 1901. Harriett Chambers Xickerson. of 
Brewer. Maine, born March 16. 1872. died 
September 22, 1905. daughter of Charles F. 
and Annett (Chambers) Xickerson. of Brewer, 
Maine. Her father. Charles F.. was a de- 
scendant of one of the pioneers of Brewer. 
He was sergeant of Company C. Second Maine 
Regiment. Lnited States Volunteers, in the 
late civil war. and for many years served as 
postmaster at South Brewer, Maine. Harriett 
Chambers Xickerson was educated in the 
schools of Brewer and graduated from Brewer 



high school at the age of sixteen years. She 
was for several years prior to her marriage 
the successful and popular principal of the 
South Brewer grammar school. Leslie Hill 
and Harriett C. (Xickerson) Wheeler have 
one child, Cordelia Hill Wheeler, born June 
6, 1904. 



This occupative name, now 
WHEELER obsolete and succeeded by 
the term wheelwright, is as 
ancient as the art of making wheels in Britain, 
and has been used as a cognomen from the 
"time whereimto the memory of man runneth 
not to the contrary." The Wheelers were 
among the pioneer settlers of Massachusetts, 
and among these pioneers were : John. 1634 : 
Isaac, 1639; Obadiah. 1638: Thomas. 1636; 
Thomas, 1639; and others. The history of 
the town of Concord, where the present line 
of Wheelers started, states : "This name was 
originally and has ever been borne by more 
persons than any other in the town. George, 
Joseph, and Obadiah were among the first 
settlers, and Ephraim, Thomas and Timothy 
came in 1639 and were all heads of families. 
Tradition says they came from Wales, but it 
is uncertain. Their descendants have been so 
numerous, and so many have borne the same 
christian name, that their genealogy is traced 
with great difficulty. Among the births re- 
corded by the town clerk between 1650 and 
1670, six bore the name of John Wheeler." 

(I) George Wheeler, as well as Joseph and 
Obadiah Wheeler, settled in Concord. Massa- 
chusetts, by 1635 or 1636. In 1654 Concord 
was divided into three parts called quarters, 
and George Wheeler is mentioned as living in 
the "South Quarter." which contained the land 
south and southwest of ^lill brook. George 
Wheeler had eleven acres of land, near which 
was Joshua Wheeler's lot of fourteen acres. 
In 1654 George Wheeler had an enlarge of 
twenty acres, it having been agreed in town 
meeting ■"'That some particular persons shall 
have some enlargement who are short in lands, 
paying I2d per acre, as others have don. and 
6d per acre, if the towne consent thereto." In 
the list of land-owners in the South Quarter 
is the name of "George Wheeler. 24 lots. 434 
acres." George Wheeler seems to have been 
a man of consequence, and presumably a man 
of education and judgment, as he was often in- 
terested in important matters and put on many 
committees for the transaction of public busi- 
ness. He was a man of wealth and owned 
land in every part of the township. Bnx)k 
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Walden. Goose and Flint Ponds, on White 
Pond Plain, on the Sudbury line. etc. His 
will was dated January, 1685. and probated 
June 2. 1687. His wife's name was Katherine, 
but nothing more is known concerning her 
except that she died in Concord. Januan.- 2, 
1684. They had eight children, five of whom 
were probably born in England, as their births 
are not recorded here. Their names are : 
Thomas. Elizabeth. William. Ruth, Hannah, 
.•^arah. John and Mary. 

(H) William, third child and second son 
of George and Katherine Wheeler, was born 
probably in England, and died in Concord. 
Massachusetts. December 31. 1683. He mar- 
ried. October 30. 1659. Hannah Buss, by whom 
he had Hannah. Rebecca. Elizabeth. William. 
George. John. Richard and probably others. 

(HI) George (2). second son of \\"illiam 
and Hannah ( Buss ) Wheeler, was bom in 
Concord, in 1674. and died July, 1737. He 
married (first) August 16. 1695, Abigail 
Hosmer: (second) December 3, 1719. Abigail 
Smith. 

(I\') Peter, son of George (2) and Abi- 
gail ( Hosmer ) \\'heeler. was born in Con- 
cord, October 2},. 1704. and died in Holhs. 
New Hampshire. ^Nlarch 28. 1772. He mar- 
ried, 1731. Hannah, family name unknown, 
by whom he had : Lucy. Alice, Ebenezer. Leb- 
bens, Jemima, in Hollis. and others born earlier 
in Concord. 

(,\") Peter (2). son of Peter (i) and Han- 
nah Wheeler, was born in Concord. Massa- 
chusetts. December 22. 1732. and died in 
Temple. New Hampshire, where he resided 
for many years. He married Mehitable Jew- 
ett. of Bradford, Massachusetts. March 19, 
1 75 1, and had: ;Mehitable. Peter, Samuel, 
Esther, Hannah. Benjamin. Joseph, Jonathan 
and Xathan. 

(\T) Joseph, seventh child and fourth son 
of Peter (2) and Mehitable ( Jewett) Wheeler, 
was bom in Hollis. New Hampshire. Novem- 
ber 13. 1766. and died in Bethel. Maine, April 
29. 1829. He removed to Bethel in the fall 
of 1793. He had previously been there and 
made a small clearing upon lot 29 in the fifth 
range. He had a bam thirty-six by forty 
feet in dimensions built upon it, for which he 
paid one hundred silver dollars. He was an 
industrious man and cleared up a large farm 
which is still in possession of the familv. He 
married, November 9, 1788. Naomi, daughter 
of Deacon James and Sarah ( Wellman ) Gro- 
yer, pioneer settlers of Bethel, who was bom 
in Mansfield. Massachusetts. September 28. 
1770, and died September 2, 1829. The chil- 



dren of Joseph and Naomi were : Joseph, 
James. Naomi (died young), Daniel, Benja- 
min. Jedediah, Peter, Sarah. Joel, Alvah, Eli- 
jah and Naomi. 

(\'n) Peter (3). seventh child and sixth 
son of Joseph and Naomi (Grover) Wheeler, 
was born in Bethel, Maine. August 27, 1797. 
He was a life occupant of the old homestead 
on Grover Hill. "He was an honest and 
painstaking farmer and a kind and accommo- 
dating neighbor." He married Phebe Has- 
kell, of Sweden. Their children were : Caro- 
line, William M., Peter, Galen and Rowena. 

(\'ni) Galen, fourth child and third son 
of Peter ( 3 ) and Phebe ( Haskell ) \\'heeler, 
was born in Bethel, October 12. 1833. At the 
age of thirt)-six years he removed to Milan, 
where he now resides. He has always been 
a farmer, and by industry and economy has 
laid by a competence which he has lived to 
enjo}- after passing his three score and ten. 
He is a man of broad views, believes in the 
"square deal." is a Universalist and a Re- 
publican. He married Frances Ann Harden, 
who was born in Bethel, December 25, 1837, 
daughter of Elijah and Betsey S. (Bell) Har- 
den, or Harding, of Bethel, and is the sec- 
ond of ten children, named as follows : Han- 
nah Eliza, Frances Ann, Mary Ellen, George 
W., Orlando Evander, Cuvier Grover, Abbie 
M., Lizzie D., \'ictoria B. and Ella A. The 
children of Galen and Frances A. (Harden* 
Wheeler are: i. Elwin E., born Januar)- 20, 
1857, rnarried Donnie Phipps. and has four 
children : Ella, Harold, Florence and Herman. 
2. Nellie E., November 4. i860, married A. L. 
Austin, of Riunford, and has two children : 
Floyd and Lawrence. 3. Frank E.. October 

26, 1862, married Minnie . and has 

two children. Pearl and Ruby. 4. Ernest A., 
mentioned below. 

(IX) Ernest Alberto, youngest child of 
Galen and Frances Ann ( Harden j Wheeler, 
was bora in Bethel, Maine. April 6, 1866. At 
three years of age he was removed by his 
parents to Milan, New Hampshire, where he 
grew up. He was educated in the public 
schools of Milan, and graduated from the 
high school of that place in 1883, a"d later 
took a course in Shaw's Business College. 
Portland. He was a clerk in a general store 
in ^lilan for four years, and then removed 
to Portland. Maine, in 1S86. and became as- 
sistant bookkeeper for Emerv", Waterhouse & 
Company, and filled that place three years. In 
1890 he went into the employ of F. and C. 
B. Nash as a bookkeeper, and in 1894 was 
made president of the corporation, a place in 



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which he has displayed all the qualifications 
of a successful business man for fourteen con- 
secutive years. He votes the Republican 
ticket, and is a consistent member of the Free 
Street Baptist Church. He is a member of 
the Sons of the American Revolution ; An- 
cient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons of Portland; Bramhall Lodp:e, 
No. 3, Knights of Pythias; the Portland Ath- 
letic and the Century clubs. Ernest A. Wheel- 
er married, in Portland, June 25, 1890, Lizzie 
Maria Nash, who was born in Portland, Au- 
gust 6, 1864, daughter of Charles B. and 
Julia Maria (Stuart) Nash. Charles B. Nash, 
born in Raymond, May 24, 1835, is a son 
of John Nash, whose six children were : 
Oliver M., Daniel Webster, Freedom, Charles 
B., Samuel and Mary. Charles B. learned 
the tinsmith and plumbing business, and in 
1856 started in trade for himself at Ex- 
change and Fore streets, Portland, where he 
carried on business until 1889. Charles B. 
succeeded his uncle in trade, and the store 
now occupied by Mr. Wheeler has been oc- 
cupied by members of the Nash family for 
seventy-five years. Charles B. Nash was a 
member of the Free Street Baptist Church, 
the Veteran Firemen, the Masons, the Odd 
Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. The chil- 
dren of Charles B. and Julia M. ( Stuart j 
Nash are : Lizzie M., Maria J., Edward H. ; 
the latter married Katherine Bradford. The 
children of Ernest A. and Lizzie M. (Nash) 
Wheeler are: Philip West, born January 28, 
1894; Paul Stuart, December 12, 1900; Ruth 
Frances, July 14, 1902. 



Stubbs is an ancient English 
STUBBS surname and the family has been 

prominent in Durham, Hert- 
fordshire, Lincolnshire and London. The 
coat-of-arms : Sable on a bend or between 
three pheons argent as many round buckles 
gules. Crest : A demi-eagle displayed argent 
holding in the beak an acorn slipped vert 
fructed or. The name is also spelled Stubs 
and Stubbes, even at the present time, in Eng- 
land. There were two early immigrants of 
the name, Richard, mentioned below, and 
Joshua, who settled in Watertown, was ad- 
mitted a freeman May 2, 1649: married Abi- 
gail; Benjamin died at Charlestown about 
1655- 

(I) Richard Stubbs, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England and was one of the 
first planters at Hull, Massachusetts. He was 
mentioned in the records of the general court, 
May 20, 1642. He married, March 3, 1659, 



Margaret Reed. He married (second) Eliza- 
beth , who survived him. His will 

was dated May 22, 1677, and proved June 
21, 1677, bequeathing to his wife during her 
life or until she should marry again, his four 
children, who were not mentioned by name, to 
have portions when they came of age. Chil- 
dren : Richard, mentioned below, and three 
other children, probably daughters. 

(H) Richard (2), son of Richard (i) 
Stubbs, was born in Hull about 1660. He suc- 
ceeded to the homestead at Hull and appears 
to have lived there all his life. He married 

Rebecca . Children, born at Hull: i. 

Richard, January 10, 1692, mentioned below. 
2. William, March 30, 1694. 3. Luke, July 5, 
1696. 4. Experience, April 6, 1698. 5. Mar- 
garet, January 22, 1700. 6. Benjamin, March 

2, 1701-02. 7. James, March 2, 1701-02 
(twin). 8. Samuel, November 22, 1704. 9. 
Rebecca, November 18, 1707. 10. John, May 
12, 1710. 

(IH) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) 
Stubbs, was born at Hull, Massachusetts, Jan- 
uary 10, 1692, died there before 1751. He 
married, about 1716, Jael . He mar- 
ried (second) 1748, Rhoda (Chandler) Rus- 
sell, widow of James Russell. He resided at 
Hull, but late in life removed to North Yar- 
mouth, Maine. Children, born at Hull: i. 
Richard, July 19, 1717, died July 5, 1785. 2. 
Mary, July 13, 1718, married Nathaniel Locke. 

3. Jonathan, baptized July 16, 1732. 4. Han- 
nah, born October 21, 1722, died November 
30, 1797; married, 1744, Philip Greeley; mar- 
ried (second) June 22, 1749, Jonathan Under- 
wood. 5. Jael, December 26, 1724, died Octo- 
ber 9, i8og; married John Farrow. 6. Re- 
becca, married (intention dated September 14) 

1 75 1, Peter Dunbar. 7. Sarah, married (in- 
tention dated December 26, 1742) Joseph 
Brown, who died November 7, 1746. 

(IV) Richard (4), son of Richard (3) 
Stubbs, was born in Hull, July 19, 1717, died 
July 5, 1785. He settled in North Yarmouth, 
Maine. He married (intention dated October 
^3' 1739) Mercy Brown, who died 1795. Chil- 
dren, born and baptized at Yarmouth, Maine : 
I. William, baptized October 11, 1741. 2. 
Susannah, baptized January 23, 1743. 3. 
Richard, born October 21, 1744, soldier in the 
revolution. 4. Abner, born about 1748 or 

1752, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, baptized 
April 15, 1750, soldier in the revolution. 6. 
John, baptized July 18, 1756. 7. Moses, bap- 
tized May 28, 1758, dismissed from the North 
Yarmouth to the Cumberland church, October 
I, 1795. 8. Mercy, baptized August 3, 1760. 




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9. Anna, baptized November 7, 1762. Per- 
haps others. 

(V) Abner, son of Richard (4) Stubbs, was 
born about 1748 or 1752 in North Yarmouth, 
Maine. He was a soldier in the revohition, 
a corporal in Captain George Rogers' com- 
pany, transferred from the second Cumberland 
county company to work on the fort at Fal- 
mouth, November, 1775. He removed to Cum- 
berland (formerly part of Yarmouth) after 
the revolution. Children, born at North Yar- 
mouth and baptized there September 15, 1782: 
William, mentioned below ; Reuben, Ann. 

(VI) William, son of xA.bner Stubbs, was 
born in Cumberland, then or formerly North 
Yarmouth, Maine, October 25, 1776, died in 
Fayette, Maine, September, 1813. He mar- 
ried Sarah Morse, September 19, 1802. Chil- 
dren, born at Cumberland or Fayette, i\Iaine : 
Abner, Emily, Philip Morse, mentioned below ; 
Martha. 

(VII) Philip Morse, son of Wilham Stubbs, 
was born in Fayette, Maine, 1804, died Au- 
gust 26, 1876. His father died when he was 
seven years old, and he went to school winters 
and helped on the farm summers. He at- 
tended the Livermore and Farmington Acad- 
emy and then taught school. He studied law 
with Judge Washburn, of Livermore, and 
Judge Preston, of Norridgewock, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1831. In 1832 he settled 
in Strong, Maine, and began the practice of 
his profession in the same building in which 
he retained his office the remainder of his 
life. He was a Whig in politics, later a 
Republican, and was judge of probate for 
Franklin county for fourteen years. He was 
one of the builders of the Leeds & Farming- 
ton railroad, and was also connected with the 
Androscoggin Railroad Company. He also 
was largely interested in real estate. He was 
a charter member of the Blue Mountain Lodge 
of Free Masons at Phillips, Maine, and was 
its second master. He married, 1835, Julia 
A. Eastman, born in Strong, April 2, 1815, 
died November 3, 1887; (see Eastman family 
herewith). Children: i. Emma J., born De- 
cember 7, 1836, died i860. 2. Philip Henry, 
April 7, 1838, mentioned below. 3. Dr. George 
E., December 30, 1839, married Annie Bell 
and resides in Philadelphia. 4. John Francis, 
May 30, 1845, died at the age of three, Au- 
gust 20, 1848. 

(VIII) Hon. Philip Henry, son of Judge 
Philip M. Stubbs, was born in Strong, April 
7, 1838. He received his early education in 
the public schools and prepared for college at 
the Farmington Academy. He graduated 



from Bowdoin College in i860. He began 
the study of law in his father's office, and at- 
tended the Harvard Law School, graduating 
in 1863. He was admitted to the bar the same 
year, and began the practice of law soon after 
in the office with his father, and has continued 
in the same place ever since. He is justice 
of the peace and notary public, and has served 
as school superintendent of Strong. He is an 
active Republican, and has served two terms 
as county attorney, from 1870 to 1876, and 
two terms as state senator, 1883 to 1886, when 
he was chairman of the committee of legal 
affairs. Since 1884 he has held the office of 
treasurer of the Franklin & Megantic rail- 
road, and is one of the directors. He was 
also a director of the Sandy River railroad, 
built in 1878. He was instrumental in having 
the narrow guage railroad built from Farm- 
ington. He also has large real estate in- 
terests. He is a member of the Congregational 
church, and of the Blue Mountain Lodge of 
Free ]Masons at Phillips, Maine. He mar- 
ried, June 2, 1868, Julia Augusta Goff, born 
March 10, 1844, daughter of Dana and Abby 
(Baker) Goff, of Auburn, Maine. Her father 
was a railroad man. Her mother was a native 
of Yarmouth, and died January 6, 1846. Chil- 
dren of Philip H. and Julia A. Stubbs: i. 
Emma A., married Rev. Roscoe W. Peterson, 
of Cornish, Maine. 2. Philip D., graduated 
at Bowdoin in 1895; read law with his father; 
admitted to bar in 1898; now practicing at 
Strong with his father. 3. Annie B., married 
Dr. C. W. Bell, of Strong. 4. Richard H., 
a physician in Augusta, Maine ; married Ethe- 
lyn Hope Burleigh, youngest daughter of Hon. 
Edwin Chick Burleigh of Augusta (see Bur- 
leigh sketch). 5. Robert Goff, now attending 
Bowdoin College. 



The surname Eastman is 
EASTMAN synonymous with Easterling. 

A native of the Hanse towns 
or of the east of Germany was known as an 
"easterling." In mediaeval times merchants 
trading with the English in that quarter were 
known as mercatores esternses. The surname 
Eastman is also synonymous with Eastmond, 
Estmond, Easemond, Easman and Esmond. 
A branch of this Eastman family came early 
to the Barbadoes. The only coat-of-arms of 
the Eastman family is : Gules the dexter chief 
point an escutcheon argent charged with a 
lion rampant. The Eastman genealogv gives 
the abstract of will of John Eastman, of Rom- 
sey, Southampton, England, dated September 
24, 1602, and proved October 22, 1602, pro- 



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viding for his burial there and bequeatliing to 
sons Roger and John and daughters EUzabeth 
and Margaret, all minors. 

(I) Roger Eastman, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in Wales in 161 1, and died in Sims- 
bury, Massachusetts, December 16, 1694. He 
came from Langford, Wiltshire, England, 
sailing from Southampton in April, 1638, in 
the ship "Confidence," John Jobson, master, 
registered as servant of John Saunders. He 
was the ancestor of all the old families of 
New England bearing this surname. The 
name was often spelled Easman and Easmen. 
He settled in Salisbur)-, Massachusetts, where 
he received land in the first division, 1640- 
43. He contributed to the minister's ta.x in 
1650 eight shillings, three pence. The fam- 
ily became numerous in the second generation 
in southern New Hampshire and northern 
Massachusetts, and later extended to all parts 
of the country. I\lr. Eastman was a house 
carpenter by trade. He was a proprietor of 
Salisbury in 1639. He deposed, April 11, 
1671, that he was aged si.xty years, and his 
wife Sarah on the same day deposed that she 
was aged about fifty. He died December 16, 
1694. His will was dated June 26, 1691, and 
proved March 27, 1695. His widow Sarah 
died March 11, 1697-98. He married Sarah 
Smith, born 1621. Children, born at Salis- 
bury: I. John, January 9, 1640. 2. Nathan- 
iel, March 18, 1643. 3. Philip, October 20, 
1644. 4. Thomas, September 11, 1646. 5. 
Timothy, September 29, 1648. 6. Joseph, No- 
vember 8, 1650. 7. Benjamin, December 12, 
1652. 8. Sarah, July 25, 1655. 9. Samuel, 
September 20, 1657, mentioned below. 10. 
Ruth, January 21, 1661. 

(H) Samuel, son of Roger Eastman, was 
born at Salisbury, September 20, 1657, died 
February 27, 1725. He was admitted a free- 
man in 1690 and took the oath of allegiance 
in 1677. He removed from Salisbury to 
Kingston about 1720, and was dismissed from 
the Salisbury church to the church in Iving- 
ston, September 26, 1725. He received a grant 
of land from the town. He married (first) 
November 4, 1686, Elizabeth Scriven, who 
was baptized and admitted to the church at 
Salisbury, October 8, 1690. He married (sec- 
ond) September 17, 1719, Sarah Fifield, who 
died at Kingston, August 3, 1726. Children, 
all by first wife: i. Ruth, born January 5, 
1688. 2. Elizabeth, December i, 1689, mar- 
ried, December 10, 1713, Thomas Fellows. 3. 
Mary, January 4, 1691, married, November 4, 
1714, John P.urley. 4. Sarah, April 3, 1694. 
5. Samuel. January 5, 1695-96. 6. Joseph, 



January 6, 1697, married Patience Smith. 7. 
Ann, Alay 22, 1700. 8. Ebenezer, January 11, 
1701. 9. Thomas, January 21, 1703. 10. Tim- 
othy, March 29, 1706. 11. Edward. ?iiarch 30, 
1708, married, January 21. 1730, Deborah 
Graves. 12. Benjamin, July 13, 1710. 

(HI) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Eastman, 
was born at Salisbury, January 11. 1701, died 
at Kingston, February 16, 1746. He resided 
at Kingston. He married. May 5, 1726, Mary 
Sleeper, widow. Children, baptized at King- 
ston : I. Samuel, May 7, 1727, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Edward, February 25, 1732, married, 
May 12, 1758, Anna Judkins. 3. Mary, .Au- 
gust 25, 1734. 4. Hannah, May 3, 1741. 

(I\') Samuel (2), son of Ebenezer East- 
man, was baptized at Kingston. May 7, 1727. 
died in 1799. He was a town officer at King- 
ston, where he resided until 1761, when he 
removed to Pittston, Maine. He was the 
builder of the bridge at Togus, Maine. He 
married, September 8, 1748. .\bigail Hubbard. 
Children: i. Dolly, married Christopher Jack- 
son. 2. Elizabeth, died August 13, 1790; mar- 
ried David Lawrence. 3. Mary, born 1758. 
unmarried. 4. Benjamin, born C)ctober 27, 
1761, mentioned below. 5. Hattie, born 1764. 
married Stephen Rowe, a Quaker. 6. Samuel, 
born 1767, married Sally Stevens and resiiled 
in Gardiner, Maine. 7. Hubbard, born 1770, 
died August, 1843. 

(\") iienjamin, son of Samuel (2) East- 
man, was born at Kingston, New Hampshire. 
October 27, 1761, and died at Strong, Maine, 
July 14, 1831. He married, February 6, 1783, 
Ann Carr Barker, born at Fort Weston, Au- 
gusta, Maine, September 8, 1766, died at 
Strong, March 29, 1852, daughter of John 
and Cirance (Wright) Barker, formerly of 
Hanover, Massachusetts. Her father and 
grandfather owned and worked a foundry for 
casting bells, at Hanover, and during the revo- 
lution cast cannon for the army. The works 
were destroyed by fire and the family re- 
moved to Maine. Mrs. Eastman was grand- 
daughter of Ann Carr, daughter of Sir John 
Carr, who was son of Sir Robert Carr, ap- 
pointed one of the four commissioners to settle 
the controversy between Connecticut and Mas- 
sachusetts as to the ownershin of Rhode 
Island. The decision was rendered by Charles 
H at Warwick, April 4. 1665. Caleb Carr, 
probably son of Sir Robert Carr, was elected 
governor of Massachusetts in May, 1695, and 
died in office. Benjamin Eastman resided in 
Dresden, Mount \'ernon and .Avon, Maine. 
.A. Benjamin Eastman, given as of Hawkes, a 
nearby village, was in the revolution in 1775. 



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Children, all born in Mount N'ernon except 
the last, who was born at Avon: i. Samuel, 
October 27, 1784, mentioned b^low. 2. Su- 
sannah, January 18, 1786, died in Charleston, 
August 21, 1863; married David Stimson. 3. 
Nancy, February 6, 1788, died July 12, 1873: 
married Lemuel Ueland. 4. Martha, April 20, 
1790, died in Ohio, February 9, 1862; mar- 
ried Ephraim Stevens. 5. Violelta, July 31, 
1792, died in Strong, May 11, 1881 ; married 
Benjamin Hitchcock. 6. Benjamin, March 23, 
1794, died October 6, 1800. 7. John, April 
2, 1796, die<l in Blinois, April 7, i860: mar- 
ried Sibyl Stevens. 8. Edward, March 8, 
1798, died at Mount Vernon, Maine, October 
5, 1800. 9. Colonel Benjamin Franklin, No- 
vember 15, 1800, died February 10, 1894; mar- 
ried Elizabeth Dyer. 10. Eliza W., April 28, 
1803 died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 
29, 1872; married John Carr. 11. Philip A., 
July 29, 1805, died in Illinois, April 18, 1863, 
marriefl Mary Day. 

(VI) Honorable Samuel (3), son of Benja- 
min Eastman, was born at Mount Vernon, 
Maine, October 27, 1784, and died at Strong, 
Maine, January 20, 1864. He resided at 
Strong, where he was local justice. He was 
also a state senator and a captain in the militia. 
Fie married, March 22, 1807, Jane Hitchcock, 
born September 29, 1786, died in Strong, July 
10, 1865. Children: i. William H., born 
April 13, 1808, died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, 
January 10, 1887; married, February 20, 1832, 
Eliza A. Norris. 2. Hiram, September 10, 
1809, died October 4, 1809. 3. Samuel, Octo- 
ber 19, 1810, died at New Orleans, Louisiana, 
October 2, 1732, unmarried. 4. Hon. Benja- 
min C, October 24, 1812, died at Plattville, 
Wisconsin ; married Charlotte S. Sewell, of 
Hallowell, Maine, no children ; member of 
congress from Wisconsin. 5. Julia A., April 2. 
181 5, married Philip M. Stubbs. (See Stubbs 
family herewith.) 6. Dr. Ezekiel Porter, June 
18, 1817, died at Lynn, February 18, i860. 
7. Colonel Harry Eugene, May 3, 1819, died 
at Benton Harbor, Michigan; married, March 
2, 1843, Elizabeth W. Arndt. 8. John Al- 
bert, March 4, 1821, died at Benton Harbor, 
Michigan, April 11, 1895; married, January 6, 
1848, Helen M. Darling. 9. Mary Jane, No- 
vember 24, 1822, died at sea June 14, 1848 ; 
married Captain Augustus Hitchcock, of 
Damariscotta, Maine. 10. George W., March 
29, 1824, married Annie Monroe and resided 
at Plattville, Wisconsin. 11. Frances A., July 
10, 1826, died at Strong, October 31, 1845. 
12. Henry Clay, December 14, 1830, died No- 
vember 14, 1832. 



The surname Hughes is de- 
HUGHES rived from the ancient personal 

name Hugh and is found from 
ancient times in England. Many of the name 
have achieved distinction in America as w'ell 
as England. The surname is spelled also 
Hewes and Hues. 

(I) Captain John Hughes, immigrant an- 
cestor, was born in the Isle of Wight, Septem- 
ber 2, 1751. He came to Truro, Massachu- 
setts, when he was twelve years old and from 
that time till his death followed the sea. He 
rose to tl;e rank of master mariner. It is not 
known that any others of his family ever came 
to Truro. He was lost in the bay at Pond 
Landing from a whale-boat while returning 
from his vessel with Captain Shubael Coan, 
aged thirty-four years, Paul Dyer Jr., aged 
twenty-nine years, Hutta Dyer, aged seventeen 
years, all of whom were lost. The inscription 
on his gravestone states that he died May 2, 
1799, aged forty-seven years, eight months. 
He married, at Truro, Rachel, daughter of 
Fulk and Elizabeth Dyer. She died February 
12. 1836, aged seventy-eight years (grave- 
stone). He was a member of the Truro 
church. Children, baptized at Truro: i. 
Emma, August 12, 1781. 2. Mary, July 20, 
1783- 3- John, August 17, 1788, mentioned 
below. 4. Anna, January 9, 1791. 5. James, 
January i, 1794. 6. Atkins, April 24, 1796, 
lost at sea April, 1828. 

(II) John (2), son of Captain John (i) 
Hughes, was born at North Truro, Alassa- 
chusetts, :May 29, 1788, baptized in the Truro 
church, .August 17, 1788. Like his father, he 
began early in life to follow the sea. He had 
a common school education. After his mar- 
riage he engaged in farming and market-gar- 
dening in Truro, and died there February 21, 
1865. He married Hannah, born in North 
Truro, September 23, 1796, died July 2, 1874, 
daughter of Hezekiah Paine. (See Paine 
VH.) Children, born at North Truro: John. 
March 6, 1814; Elizabeth P., June 6, 1817; 
Hezekiah P., October 24, 1819; Hannah, Oc- 
tober 19, 1821 ; Lydia S., August 3, 1824; 
Jedediah P., September 20, 1826; Emma, Sep- 
tember 29, 1828; Mary N., September 10, 
1830; Phoebe A., October 27, 1832 ; Rachel F., 
September 17, 1834: Rebecca T., August 23, 
1837; Hezekiah P., July 29, 1839. 

(III) John (3), son of John (2) Hughes, 
was born at North Truro, March 6, 1814, died 
September 22, 1900. He was educated in the 
public schools of his native town. He w-as 
an especially skilful penman and in his younger 
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popular "writing schools of a generation 
past." He began to follow the sea in early 
youth and continued until he was forty-five 
years old, chiefly on fishing-vessels from Cape 
Cod. For many years he was a bookkeeper 
in a store in Provincetown, Alassachusetts. 
During the last twenty-five years of his life 
he lived with his son, John Franklin Hughes, 
at Foxcroft, Maine. He was a member of the 
Odd Fellows Lodge at Provincetown. He 
was a Methodist in religion and a Republican 
in politics. He married, January 14, 1839, 
Betsey Dyer, of New Sharon, Maine. She 
lived but a few years after their marriage. 
They had but one child, John Franklin, men- 
tioned below. 

(IV) John Franklin, son of John (3) 
Hughes, was born in North Truro, May 17, 
1841. His mother died when he was a small 
child and he went to live with his grand- 
parents, the Dyers, at New Sharon, Maine, 
when he was thirteen years old. He attended 
the public schools of his native town and of 
New Sharon, the Maine State Seminary ' at 
Lewiston and Bates College. In 1866 he en- 
gaged in the grocery business in Foxcroft, 
Maine, in partnership with T. F. Dyer. He 
added hardware to his business and later en- 
gaged in the manufacture of pianos. In 1880 
he withdrew from his other enterprises and 
devoted himself exclusively to the manufac- 
ture of pianos, continuing in partnership with 
Mr. Dyer until 1895, when he bought out his 
partner, who was succeeded in the firm by 
R. W. Hughes, his son. The name of the 
firm was changed to Hughes & Son, and con- 
tinued until igo2, when the firm became a 
corporation, under the title of Hughes & Son 
Piano Manufacturing Company. The business 
is very prosperous and has grown to large 
proportions. The product of this company is 
held in high esteem by the musical world, and 
the standing of the firm and company in the 
business world has been of the best. Mr. 
Hughes is a prominent factor in the financial 
affairs of the community. He is a director 
and vice-president of the Kineo Trust Com- 
pany ; trustee of the Piscataquis County Sav- 
ings Bank for thirteen years past ; trustee of 
the Foxcroft Academy and for a period of 
fourteen years was president of the Building 
& Loan Association of Foxcroft. He is a 
member of Mosaic Lodge of Free Masons of 
Foxcroft and of Kineo Lodge of Odd Fel- 
lows. In politics he is a Democrat. He is an 
active and influential member of the Congre- 
gational church of Foxcroft. He married, 
October i, 1866, Josephine M., born June 29, 



1845, daughter of Captain Abner Turner and 
Sarah Elizabeth (Ayer) Wade. (See Wade 
VII.) Children: i. Ralph Wade, mentioned 
below\ 2. Ethel Bess, April 5, 1870, educated 
in the Foxcroft public schools and at the 
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston ; 
now bookkeeper in her father's office. 3. Jo- 
sephine, December 30, 1872, educated in the 
public schools of Foxcroft and at Bradford 
Academy ; now living in Haverhill, Massa- 
chusetts. 4. Sarah Eleanor, September 29, 
1882, educated in the public schools of Fox- 
croft and at Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, 
Massachusetts ; now living at home. 

(V) Ralph Wade, son of John Franklin 
Hughes, was born in Foxcroft, Maine, June 
30, 1868. He attended the public schools of 
Foxcroft and the Eastman Business College 
of Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was 
graduated in 1886. He went into his father's 
piano factory and learned the art of making 
pianos and studied the business carefully. He 
was admitted to partnership by his father in 
1896, and when the business was incorporated 
as the Hughes & Son Piano Manufacturing 
Company he became the treasurer, a position 
he has held since then. He is a prominent 
Free Mason, past master of Mosaic Lodge of 
Foxcroft ; member of Piscataquis Chapter, 
Royal Arch Masons, of Council, Royal and 
Select Masters ; of Commandery, Knights 
Templar, Bangor. He is a member of the 
Foxcroft Board of Trade and trustee of the 
Building and Loan Association of that town. 
He married, December, 1891, Maude Merrill, 
of Dexter, Maine, born December i, 1869, 
daughter of Ithamar and Mary (Toward) 
Merrill. Children: i. Donald Scott, born 
November 14, 1892. 2. Mary Wade, August 
30, 1907. 



Thomas Paine, the progenitor of 
PAINE this branch of the family in 

America, is supposed to be the 
Thomas Payne who settled in Yarmouth, Mas- 
sachusetts, and was the first deputy to the 
general court from that place in June, 1639. 
He was admitted a freeman June 4, 1639, ^'^'^ 
w^s on the list of those able to bear arms in 
1^3. He resided there as late as 1650. 
Traditions vary as to the place from which 
he came, and no positive information may be 
had on that point. He had a son Thomas, 
mentioned below. 

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Paine, came to New England, according to 
tradition, when a lad about ten years old, with 
his father. It is said that he lost the sight of 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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one of his eyes by an arrow. He settled in 
Eastham, and was a prominent man. In 1653 
he was constable of Eastham, and was on a 
list of townsmen in 1655. He was admitted 
a freeman June i, 1658. He was surveyor of 
highways in 1662 and in 1664 was deputy to 
the general court and on the jury. He re- 
ceived a grant of land in 1667, and two years 
later purchased land at Namskaket, now Alid- 
dleborough, adjoining that of John Alden. In 
1670 he was appointed an inspector of ordi- 
naries in the town, to see that there was no 
excessive drinking. In 1670 he purchased land 
in Truro, which he sold later to his son Thom- 
as. For many, years he served as "bayley by 
land and water" to receive certain prescribed 
sums from the fishermen, and to enforce the 
rules concerning the care of the shore by 
them. He was deputy to the general court in 
1671-72-73-76-78-80-81-90. He was selectman 
of Eastham in 1671 and several years there- 
after. In 1676 he was one of a committee to 
collect a debt from Sandwich, and also to 
build the meeting-house. He was treasurer of 
the town from 1674 to 1694. In 1677 he and 
three others hired the fishing-privileges and 
profits at the head of Cape Cod for a period 
of seven years, paying yearly the sum of thirty 
pounds. At some time previous to 1693 he re- 
moved to Boston, and purchased the home- 
stead of Thomas Stableford, situated at the 
South End. In 1697 he sold it to Eleazer 
Darby, and the same year sold his share of 
land in Showamet, Bristol county. He was a 
cooper by trade, and was also skilled at mill- 
building, being employed in erecting mills in 
various places. He built two grist-mills in 
Eastham. He was a fine penman, and wrote a 
clear hand when he was far advanced in years. 
He died at an advanced age, August 16, 1706. 
His will was dated May 12, 1706, and proved 
October 2, 1706. He married Mary Snow, 
daughter of Nicholas and Constance Snow. 
Her father came over in the ship "Ann" in 
1623. She died April 28, 1704. Children : 
I. Mary, married (first) James Rogers, Jan- 
uary II, 1670; (second) April 24, 1679, Israel 
Cole. 2. Samuel. 3. Thomas, mentioned be- 
low. 4. Eliezar, born March 10, 1638. 5. 
Elisha. 6. John, born March 14, 1660-61. 7. 
Nicholas. 8. James, born July 6, 1665. 9. 
Joseph. 10. Dorcas, married Benjamin Vick- 
erie : died October 30, 1707. 

(Ill) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) 
Paine, was born in 1656 or 1657, and died 
June 23, 1 721. A slate stone marks his grave 
in the old burying-ground in the church-vard 
at Truro. He was admitted a freeman June 



6, 1684, and settled at Truro, on land bought 
from his father. The site of his house may 
still be seen on the north side of Little Pamet 
river. He was clerk of the proprietors and of 
the town for many years. He was selectman 
of Truro six years and deputy to the gen- 
eral court five years. He was clerk, selectman 
and representative of Eastham before the in- 
corporation of Truro. He was captain of the 
militia and justice of the peace. He was ap- 
pointed special justice for the court of com- 
mon pleas. July 6, 1713, and held the office 
continuously until his death. Pie married 
(first) August 3, 1678, Hannah Shaw, died 
July 24, 1713, in her fifty-second year, daugh- 
ter of Jonathan Shaw. He married (second) 
March 8, 1714-15, Elizabeth Fairs, widow, of 
Boston. She survived him and died at an ad- 
vanced age in Bellingham. His will was dated 
April 6, 1720. and proved July 4, 1721. Chil- 
dren: I. Hannah, born- April 6, 1679, died 
November 17, 1681. 2. Hugh. July 3, 1680, 
died November 29, 1681. 3. Thomas, Febru- 
ary 28, 1881-82. 4. Hannah, March 12, 1684, 
married. May 3, 1704, John Binney ; died Jan- 
uary 14, 1757. 5. Jonathan, February i, 1685- 
86, mentioned below. 6. Abigail, March 4, 
1687, died January 23, 1688. 7. Abigail, No- 
vember 3. 1689, married, November 8, 171 1, 
Ebenezer White ; died July 13, 1 73 1. 8. Phebe, 
March 14, 1691, died January 21, 1693-96. 9. 
Elkanah, February 1, 1692-93. 10. Moses, 
September 28, 1695. 11. Joshua, August 28, 
1697. 12. Phebe, February 11, 1698-99, mar- 
ried, February 28, 1729, Paul Knowles ; died 
June 3, 1748. 13. Lydia, December 4, 1700, 
married, March 2,- 1719-20, Josiah Hinckley. 
14. Barnabas, November 13, 1705. 

(I\') Jonathan, son of Thomas (3) Paine, 
was born February i, 1683-86, and settled in 
Truro. He died May 23, 1732. He served 
the town many years as selectman and was 
deputy to the general court three years. His 
will was dated January 28, 1732, and proved 
June 23, 1732. He married (first) October 
7, 1709, Sarah Mayo, died February 11, 1718- 

19, ('aughter of Daniel Mayo, of Eastham. He 
married" (second) June 29. 1719, Mary Pur- 
rington, of Truro, who died May 17, 1760, 
aged seventy-eight years. All are buried in 
the old graveyard at Truro. Children of first 
wife: I. John, born September 3, 1710, died 
September 13, 1710. 2. Jonathan, September 

20, 1711, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, June 
17. 1714. married. March 2, 1731-32. An- 
thony Snow. 4. Daniel, ^lay 12, 1716. 3. 
Elizabeth, December 14, 1718, married, Feb- 
ruary 16, 1741-42, Thomas Smith Jr. Chil- 



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dren of second wife : 6. Hannah, February 9, 
1721-22, married, January 14, 1743-44, Isaac 
CrowcU. 7. Phebe, December 2, 1724, mar- 
ried, December i, 1743, Constant Hopkins. 

(V) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i) 
Paine, was born September 20, 171 1, and died 
April 5, 1761. He resided in Truro, where 
he was a citizen of influence. He owned slaves 
and it is said that one of them, Pompey, "taken 
from the coast of Guinea by some whalemen 
and sold to Mr. Paine," when a boy, hung 
himself near his master's house after a few 
years in his service, expecting by the act to 
see again the home of his childhood. Mr. 
Paine was a strict Puritan and a kind master. 
His will was dated March 13, 1761, and proved 
February 2, 1762. He married, March 6, 1739- 
40, Hannah Lombard, of Truro, who died in 
1805, aged eighty-five years. Children: i. 
Jedediah, born December 9, 1740, mentioned 
below. 2. Jonathan, July 28, 1744, married, 
May 28, 1765, Rebecca Dyer. 3. Hannah, Au- 
gust 9, 1747, died unmarried, June 22, 1801. 
4. John, August 20, 1749, married Anna Pike 
and settled in Gorham, Maine. 5. Ebenezer, 
June 5, 1752, married, February 21, 1782, 
Abigail Paine. 6. Solomon, November 23, 
1754, died unmarried. 7. Richard, October 
30, 1756, died unmarried. 

(VI) Jedediah, son of Jonathan (2) Paine, 
was born in Truro, December 9, 1740, and 
died October 10, 1784. He married, April 12, 
1760, Hannah Paine, of Truro, who died June 
19, 1796, aged fifty. Children: i. Sarah, bap- 
tized November 11, 1764. 2. Jedediah, died 
at sea August 21, 1790, aged twenty-four. 3. 
Hezekiah, baptized June 18, 1769, mentioned 
below. 4. Eliakim, lost at sea in 1794, aged 
twenty-two. Perhaps others. 

(VII) Hezekiah, son of Jedediah Paine, was 
born at Truro and baptized June 18, 1769. He 

married Elizabeth , who died January 

16, 1816, aged forty-five years. Children, 
born at Truro: i. Jedediah, baptized Decem- 
ber 8, 1793. 2. Hannah, born September 23, 
1796, married fohn liuohes. (See Hughes 
II.) 



Nicholas Wade, immigrant an- 
WADE cestor, was born in England, prob- 
ably in 1616, but on account of 
religious persecution left England and came 
to Scituate, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, 
about 1631. lie took the oath of fidelity and 
allegiance in }f>^^8. Plis house was on the 
west side of Brushy Hill, northeast of the 
road where Shadrach Wade resided a genera- 
tion ago. In 1657 he was licensed to keep 



an ordinary or tavern in Scituate. He died 
in 1683, at an advanced age. Jonathan and 
Richard Wade, pioneers to Massachusetts, 
were probably his brothers. Children, born in 
Scituate or England: i. John. 2. Thomas, 
mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Elizabeth, 
married Marmaduke Stevens and was divorced 
in 1679 because Stevens already had two wives. 
5. Joseph, was killed in the Rehoboth battle in 
King Philip's war. 6. Hannah. 7. Nicholas. 
8. Jacob, lived in Scituate, left no family. 

(II) Thomas, son of Nicholas Wade, was 
born in Scituate about 1650. He settled in 
Bridgewater, ^Massachusetts, in 1680. and some 
of his children were born there. He bought 
the farm of Samuel Staples at Bridgewater, 
near Nippemicket Pond, in 1693. He mar- 
ried, in 1672, Elizabeth Curtis, daughter of 
Thomas Curtis. He died in 1726. Children, 
born at Scituate: i. Jacob, 1673, settled in 
Scituate. 2. Joseph, 1675, mentioned below. 
3. Sarah, 1678. 4. Thomas, 1680, resided in 



Bridgewater. Born at Bridgewater : 



Han- 



nah, 1682, married Edward Lathrop. 6. Icha- 
bod, 1685, resided at Bridgewater. 7. Moses, 
1689. resided at Bridgewater. 8. Deborah, 
1691, married Jonathan Phinney, of Middle- 
borough. 9. Rachel, 1692, married, 1731, 
Israel Alger. 

(III) Joseph, son of Thomas Wade, was 
born in Scituate, Massachuetts, in 1675. He 
settled in his native town. He married there 
in 1705 Ruth Gannett. Children, born at 
Scituate: i. Ruth, 1706. 2. Elizabeth, 1708. 
3. Joseph, 1710, mentioned below. 4. Jacob, 
1712, married, 1734, Rachel Turner. 5. Issa- 
char, 1714, married, 1750, Thankful Merritt. 
6. Zebulon, 17 16, married, 1744, IMercy Nor- 
ton. 7. Sarah, 1719. 8. Simeon, 1722, mar- 
ried, 1750, Eunice Studley. 

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Wade, 
was born in Scituate in 1710. He married 
Rachel Turner and among their children was 
Abner, mentioned below. A 

(V) Abner, son of Joseph (2) Wade, was " 
born in Scituate, [Massachusetts, November 14, 
1746. He served eight years and eight months 

in the revolutionary army, attaining the rank 
of captain. He was nearly if not quite all the 
time under the immediate command of Gen- 
eral W'ashington. He married Widow Hope- 
still Bradford, and among their children was 
Turner, mentioned below. 

(\T) Turner, son of Abner Wade, was born 
in Woolwich. Maine, September 23, 1789. He 
lived at Woolwich, Maine. Married Hannah 
Carlton Farnham, of W'oolwich ; children : 
Jane Farnham, Abner Turner, Abigail Ever- 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1421 



son, Joshua Farnham, Eben Delano, Hannah 
Carlton and Hannah Farnham. 

(VH) Captain Abner Turner, son of Tur- 
ner Wade, was born November i, 1817. He 
followed the sea ; for many years was captain 
of large sailing vessels going from Bath, 
Maine, to Europe. He was not a church mem- 
ber, but prominent in church work. He was 
a Democrat; served two terms in the legisla- 
ture. He was a member of the Masonic or- 
der. He married Sarah Elizabeth Ayer, born 
June 20, 1820, daughter of Moses and Lydia 
(Hale) Ayer, of Sangerville, Maine. She was 
born in Norway, Maine, and later, until her 
marriage resided in Bangor, Maine. Chil- 
dren, born in Sangerville, Maine: i. Sarah 
Sophia, July 26, 1844. 2. Josephine Matilda, 
June 29, 1845, married John Franklin Hughes 
(see Hughes IV). 3. Abner Russell, March 
12, 1847. 4- Charles Calvin, May 22, 1852. 5. 
Jennie Farnham, July 4, 1855. 6. Anne Hale, 
January 3, 1857, married I. A. Sutherland; 
children: Clarence Hale, Margaret Ayer and 
Elizabeth Wade Sutherland. 7. Bertha Alice, 
July 15, 1859. 



The name is given as of 
HASKELL Welsh origin in Arthur's 
"Etymological Dictionary of 
Family and Christian Names," and it is com- 
monly spelled Hascal, Hascall, Hascol, Has- 
coll, Haskol, Haskall, Haskel, Haskil, HaskiU, 
Haskal, Haskall, Haskul, Haaskull, Hasghal, 
Haschall, Haskill and Haskell. The deriva- 
tion of this name is from "hasg," a place of 
rushes, in a low sedgy place, and "hall," or 
"hayle," a marsh or moor giving the name the 
signification ; a place of rushes in the marsh 
or "the sedgy place," and no doubt this name 
was first given to a family or tribe dwelling in 
a marshy place. 

"It would be difficult," says Ulysses G. Has- 
kell, a genealogical writer, "to find among the 
early settlers of New England a single family 
whose genealogy would interest more persons 
than that of the Haskell family, and as yet 
there has been but little attempt made to pre- 
serve any information relating thereto. The 
first settlers of the name in America appear 
to have been the three brothers, Roger, Will- 
iam and Mark, the patriarch heads of the 
family in this country. Roger was the eldest 
and Alark the youngest of the two who prob- 
ably came to New England together from 
Bristol. England, as early as 1637, for they 
are all three found to have been very early 
settlers in that part of Salem which is now 
Beverly." * * * "The second brother, William 



Haskell, is the ancestor of most of the Has- 
kells in this country. His posterity is believed 
to be much more numerous than that of any 
other of the early settlers of Gloucester, where 
he permanently resided. A large number are 
still to be found in that place and large num- 
bers are scattered abroad over the country. 
From this prolific stock emigrants have gone 
forth who, whether they braved the dangers 
and hardships of pioneer life in the forests of 
Maine, or sought a kinder soil than their own 
more settled regions, or engaged in handicraft 
and trades in the marts of business, have gen- 
erally sustained the character of usefulness 
and respectability which the family has always 
borne in its more ancient seat." 

(I) "Willam Haskell, the first of the name 
to settle in Gloucester, then called Cape Ann, 
Massachusetts, was born in England in 161 7, 
came to New England about 1637 with his 
brothers Roger and Mark, with whom he at 
first settled in the part of Salem, now Beverly, 
then known as Cape Ann Side, and subse- 
quently became a permanent resident of 
Gloucester, where he died August 20, 1693, 
leaving an estate valued at £548, 02s. He first 
appears in Gloucester in 1643, and in 1645 
mention is made of the land at Planters Neck 
where he probably resided for a few years 
following the latter date, but the information 
obtained from the recorded births of his chil- 
dren affords room for the conjecture that he 
was not a permanent resident from that time. 
If, however, he left town for a season, he had 
returned in 1656, and settled on the westerly 
side of Annisquam, where he had several 
pieces of land, among which was a lot of 
ten acres with a house and barn thereon 
bought of Richard Window, situated on the 
westerly side of Walker's Creek. His two 
sons took up land on both sides of this creek 
which is still occupied by his descendants. He 
was a mariner, and was engaged in the fishing 
business, and was known as captain and lieu- 
tenant. The public offices to which he was 
chosen afford sufficient proof that he was a 
prominent and useful citizen. He was select- 
man several years and a representative to the 
general court six times in the course of twenty 
years. In 1661 he was appointed by the gen- 
eral court lieutenant of the "trayned band' of 
which he was afterwards captain. It is stated 
that in 1688 'some feeble but magnanimous 
efforts of expiring freedom were exhibited in 
the refusal of several towns to assess the 
taxes which the governor. Sir Edmond An- 
dros, as Council of New England, had levied 
upon them. One of these towns was Glouces- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



ter, seven of whose citizens, namely : William 
Haskell, Sen., James Stevens, Thomas Riggs, 
Sen., Thomas Millett, Jeffrey Parsons, Timo- 
thy Somers and William Sargent, Sen., were 
fined by the Superior Court at Salem for the 
non-compliance of the town with a warrant 
for the assessment of those 'odious taxes' in 
1688. The first five were selectmen and Som- 
ers was constable. All but Somers were fined 
forty shillings, with three pounds and a shil- 
ling added as fees. Somers was let off on 
payment of fees only. In 1681 he was one 
of the petitioners to the King, praying for 
the Crown's interposition to prevent the dis- 
turbance of titles to real estate at Gloucester 
by Robert Mason, who had made claims there- 
to. At the General Court 1685 one Grace 
Dutch was appointed administrator of her 
husband Osmond Dutch 'with the advice and 
assistance Lieutenant William Haskell.' " He 
was also one of the firm of two of whom we 
have any knowledge, who were deacons of the 
first church at Gloucester. He married, No- 
vember 16, 1643, Mary, daughter of Walter 
Tybbot who died four days before her hus- 
band, by whom he had the following children : 
William, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Ruth, Mark, 
Sarah, Elinor and Mary. Generations after 
the death of William Haskell various of his 
descendants settled in the then wilderness of 
the province of Maine, and from them have 
sprung most of those in this state of the name 
of Haskell. 

(II) Jabez Haskell, probably a descendant 
of William Haskell, the immigrant, was a citi- 
zen of New Gloucester, an enterprising man, 
who carried on a successful business as farmer 
and miller. Politically he was a Democrat, 
and both he and his wife were liberal in their 
religious belief. He married Nancy Chipman, 
of Poland, who died August 29, 1848. The\- 
had five children. 

(III) Captain I\Ioses M., third son of Jabez 
and Nancy (Chipman) Haskell, born 1804, 
died June 22. 1849. He succeeded to his 
father's occupations, which he carried on 
throughout his life in New Gloucester. He 
was liberal in religious faith, in politics an 
excellent Democrat, and was for years a cap- 
tain in the militia. He married (first) Sarah 
Merrill, of New Gloucester, daughter of Will- 
iam Merrill. She died, leaving one child, 
Mary A. He married (second) Polenah S. 
Mclntyre, born June, 1809, died April 12, 
1877. By his wife Polenah S. he had two 
children : Charles A. and Sydney H. 

(IV) Charles Augustine, son of Moses M. 
and Polenah S. (Mclntyre) Haskell, was 



born in New Gloucester, May 13, 1836. After 
leaving the district schools where he acquired 
his education, he learned the trade of horse- 
shocr and followed that calling six years in 
New Gloucester. In 1866 he bought a farm 
of one hundred and forty acres, in Windham, 
where he has since resided. Forty acres of 
this he has put in a high state of cultivation, £ 
and is successfully engaged in general farm- " 
ing. His specialty has been dairying and but- 
ter-making, all his butter being taken by spe- 
cial customers in Portland. In religious faith 
and political views he has followed his pa- 
ternal ancestors. As a Democrat he has been 
staunch and influential in his town, and was 
elected to the board of selectmen in 1874-75, 
serving as chairman the latter year, and again 
in 1901-02-03. In 1876 he was nominated 
as a candidate for representative of the state 
legislature, but was defeated by seven votes. 
In i8gi he served as collector of the town 
of Windham. Charles A. Haskell married, 
April 14, 1863, Hannah Allen Libby. born 
March 29. 1838, daughter of Elias and Eliza- 
beth (Hawkes) Libby, of Windham. (See 
Libby \'1I.) They are the parents of four 
children: i. Frederick Lincoln, born New 
Gloucester, September 12, 1865, married, No- 
vember 19, 1887, Jessie A. Le Grow, of Wind- 
ham ; they have two children : Walter Everett, 
born Windham, January 15, 1889, and Wini- 
fred Hannah, Cumberland, August 2, 1895. 
2. Ella Florence, born Windham, October 30, 
1867, is wife of Eugene Brooks Lamb, of 
Naples ; they have one child, Luella May, born 
Windham, May 29, 1894. 3. Frank H., has 
extended mention below. 4. Alta Gertrude, 
born Windham, March i, 1875, married Will- 
iam Jordon Cooke, of Casco, and lives in 
Casco ; they have two children : Alice Ger- 
trude, born in Casco, May 22, 1900, and Helen 
Elizabeth, born in Poland, March 23, 1903. 

(V) Frank Herbert, second son of Charles 
A. and Hannah A. (Libby) Haskell, was born 
in Windham, July i, 1871, was educated in 
the common schools, at Bridgton Academy, 
from which he graduated in 1890; and at 
Bo\\doin College, where he took the degree of 
A. B. in 1895. In 1897 he entered upon the 
study of law in the office of Isaac L. Elder, 
in Portland, and was admitted to the bar at 
the completion of his studies, 1899. In .April 
of that year he opened an office in Portland, 
and from that time to the present has devoted 
himself to his profession with a degree of dili- 
gence that has placed his name among those 
of the young lawyers whose future seems as- 
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STATE OF AIAINE. 



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success. In 1895 he was elected a member 
of the school board for two years ; from i8g6 
to 1900 he was collector of taxes, and in 
1901-02 was representative of Windham in the 
state legislature. In political affiliation he is 
a Republican. He and his wife are members 
of the Congregational Square Universalist 
Church. He was made a Mason in Presum- 
scot Lodge, No. 127, in Windham, April 25, 
1896, and is now a past master. He is also a 
member of Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. i, Port- 
land Council, No. i, and Deering Chapter, 
No. 59, Order of the Eastern Star. Also of 
Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythias, 
Woodfords. His club membership includes the 
Portland, the Deering and the C<jngress Square 
iMen"s Club. Frank H. Haskell married, in 
Fryeburg, April 27, 1901, Martha Whiting 
Howe, born in Fryeburg, January 4, 1871, 
daughter of William Johnston and Annie 
Paulina (Withan) Howe. Mr. Howe was the 
son of Ebenezer and Dolly (Irish) Howe, the 
former of Standish, later of Fryeburg, the lat- 
ter of Gorham, being a granddaughter of Mary 
Gorham Phinny, the first white child born in 
that town. 



(For first generation see William Haskell I.) 

(II) William (2), eldest son 
HASKELL of William (i) Haskell, was 
born in Gloucester, Colony of 
Massachusetts Bay, August 26, 1644. He 
owned and carried on .the business of a grist 
and sawmill located in that part of the town, 
now the town of Rockport. In the division of 
his estate, which was inventoried at £666 and 
consisted of lands, mills, home buildings and 
farm stock and his extensive grist and saw- 
mills, became the share of the eldest son, Will- 
iam. He was married July 3, 1667, to Mary, 
daughter of William and Mary Brown, and 
Tier mother marrying as her second husband 
Henry Walker, she took the name of her step- 
father and was known as Mary Walker. Will- 
iam Haskell Jr. died in Gloucester, June 5, 
1708, and his widow, Mary (Walker) Haskell, 
November 12, 1715, she being at the time of 
her death sixty-six years of age. The chil- 
dren of William and Mary (Walker) Haskell, 
all born in Gloucester, were: i. Mary, born 
April 29, 1668, married (first) September 14, 
1687, Jacob Davis; (second) April 15, 1719, 
Ezekiel Woodward. 2. William, November 6, 
1670. 3. Joseph, April 20, 1673. 4. Abigail, 
March 2, 1675, married (first) Nathaniel Par- 
sons, December 27, 1697; (second) Isaac Eve- 
leth, December 20, 1722. 5. Henry, April 2, 
1678. 6. Andrew, July 27, 1680, died Au- 



gust 14, 1680. 7. Lydia, September 4, i68i, 
probably married Ebenezer Parsons, February 
3, 1734, and was the mother of the Rev. Moses 
Parsons, whose son, Theophilus Parsons, was 
chief justice of the supreme judicial court 
of Alassachusetts, 1806-13. 8. Sarah, Febru- 
ary 26, 1684, died February 20, 1691. 9. 
Elizabeth, April 5, 1686, married Thomas Sar- 
gent, September 27, 1710, and James Godfrey. 
10. Hannah, October 30, 1688, died February 
15, 1691. II. Jacob (q. v.). 12. Sarah, Sep- 
tember II, 1692, married her cousin Daniel, 
son of Joseph and Mary (Graves) Haskell, 
born DecemlDer 16, 1688, the marriage taking 
place December 30, 1716, and she died July 
10, 1773- 

(III) Jacob, youngest son and eleventh child 
of William (2) and Mary (Walker) Haskell, 
was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Jan- 
uary 15, 1691. He was deacon of the Second 
Church in Gloucester. He was married De- 
cember 31, 1716, to Abigail ]\Iorey, and their 
children were born in Gloucester and all but 
their second son Abner married in their native 
town. Children: i. Jacob, born October 27, 
1718. 2. Abner, December 5, 1721. 3. Abi- 
gail, January 27, 1724, married Thomas Luf- 
kin, of Ipsw'ich, Massachusetts. 4. Alexander, 
IMarch 4, 1726, and after his marriage with 
Lucy Haskell, April 27, 1749, removed to 
Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1756, and on Oc- 
tober 7, 1762, he married for his second wife 
Rachel Stan wood. 5. Israel (q. v.). 6. Amos, 
twin of Israel, October 30, 1729, married 
(first) Mary Riggs, November 20, 1750; 
(second) Abigail Boay, April 9, 1754. 7. 
Esther, baptized January 2;^, 1732, married 
Samuel Stone, of Manchester, Alassachusetts. 
8. Zebulon, October 17, 1734. 

(I\ ) Israel, twin son with Amos of Jacob 
and Abigail (Alorey) Haskell, was born Oc- 
tober 30, 1729. He first lived in Gloucester, 
Massachusetts, but removed to New Glouces- 
ter, Maine, and thence in the spring of 1775 
to the ''Sylvester plantation," which became 
know^n subsequently as Turner, Maine, and his 
family were the pioneer settlers of the town. 
He was married December 13, 1753, to Abi- 
gail Davis, and had nine children ; his seventh 
and eighth children, Asa and Elizabeth, were 
baptized by the Rev. Charles Turner on a visit 
he made to the place in 1776, and on his sec- 
ond visit their ninth child, Mary, together 
with William Bradford, a descendant of Gov- 
ernor Bradford, and children of other of the 
settlers. Children of Israel and Abigail 
(Davis) Haskell were: i. Abigail, married 
Richard Phillip Jr.. December 12, 1796. 2. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Hannah, married Abncr Phillips, brother of 
Richard Jr. 3. Israel, married Juda Wellman. 

4. Jacob, married Mary Jonson, March 15, 
1793. 5. Esther, married Joseph Tyler, 2vlarch 
15, 1793. 6. Phebe, married Samuel Tyler. 

7. Asa (q. v.). 8. Elizabeth, married Daniel 
Bray, January 16, 1794. 9. Alary, married 
Nehemiah Savvtelle; married (second) No- 
vember 22, 1801, Thomas, son of Abel and 
Elizabeth (Page) Merrill, born August 19, 
1774. Harriet, daughter of Abel Merrill Jr., 
sister of Thomas Merrill, married Washington 
Haskell, who lived in Auburn, Maine, 1872. 

(V) Asa, third son of Israel and Abigail 
(Davis) Plaskell, was born probably in New 
Gloucester, Maine, February 22, 1772. He 
was a farmer in New Portland, Maine, and 
married Jemima Bray, before 1795; she was 
born July 10, 1774. Children: i. Zelotes, 
born in New Portland, Maine, March 21, 
1795. 2. Abigail, July 2, 1797, married a Mr. 
Cole. 3. Sophronia, July 14, 1799. married 
Zebulon True. 4. Almond, August 29, 1801. 

5. Allura, November 10, 1803. 6. Roxcelona, 
November 4, 1805, married a Bradley. 7. 
Eliza, December 4, 1807, married a Clough. 

8. Alonzo, February 2, 1810, married a Nicker- 
son. 9. Marshall, April 5, 1812, probably died 
young. 10. Clorinda, December 10, 1813, mar- 
ried Stephen Welcome. 11. Marshall J. (q. 
v.). 12. Julia A. 13. Jacob W^, February 8, 
1821, married Alary Eliza Jordan. 

(VI) Marshall J., son of Asa and Jemima 
(Bray) Haskell, was born in New Portland, 
Maine, February 22, 1816. He was brought 
up on his father's farm, where he gained a 
thorough knowledge of agriculture, and he at- 
tended the district school and became well 
founded in the rudimentary elements of an 
education as was suited to his avocation and 
intended vocation as a practical tinsmith. He 
learned his trade in Westbrook, Alaine, 1837- 
41, and in the latter year was possessed with a 
desire to see his native country outside the 
state of Maine, and he journeyed as far west 
as Wisconsin, where he worked at his trade 
for a time, and he then went thence to South 
Carolina, covering in his journey most of the 
states convenient to his line of trade. In the 
south (this was ten years before the civil war 
broke out) he found the institution of slavery 
too unusual and repulsive to desire to ever 
work at his trade there, although he tried it in 
South Carolina, but his Whig and Free Soil 
principles were not to be denied expression 
and his opinions antagonizing his fellow work- 
men he decided to return home, and upon 
reaching Auburn, Maine, he resumed liis 



chosen vocation. He was married in 1847 to 
Joanna Sawyer Dyer, daughter of Mark Dyer, 
of Cape Elizabeth, and their children were : 
I. Otis Dyer, born November 29, 1848, mar- 
ried Eliza A., daughter of Stephen and 

(York) Jacobs; three children: Anne, Otis 
and Albert. 2. Lewis Washburn (q. v.). 3. 
Albert, born June 23, 1853, married Effie E., 
daughter of Sewell and Ann (Maxwell) 
Campbell ; three children : Charles A., Clara 
Alay and Otis Campbell. Marshall J. Haskell 
died in Auburn, Maine, February 28, 1886, 
and Joanna Sawyer (Dyer) Haskell is now 
living with her son, Lewis \V. Haskell, in Au- 
burn, Maine. 

(VH) Lewis Washburn, son of Marshall J. 
and Joanna Sawyer (Dyer) Haskell, was born 
in Portland, Maine, April 18, 1851. He 
worked in the tin-shop of his father while a 
boy and acquired the trade by the time he had 
completed his course of instruction in the pub- 
lic school. He worked as a journeyman until 
1877, when he conducted business on his own 
account, and in 1879 the firm of L. W. Haskell 
& Company was formed to carry on the busi- 
ness which has steadily increased in volume 
from that time, requiring additional room and 
finally an entire block was purchased and a 
suitalDle building erected to meet the demands 
of the trade he had built up. He was a mem- 
ber of the common council for a time, and 
then a member of the board of aldermen of 
the city of Auburn, and in 1885-86 served as 
mayor of Auburn. He was always a vigilant 
fire-fighter and member of the fire department 
of Auburn from the time he was allowed to 
serve, and he became chief of the department 
and continued from 1893-94, and re-elected in 
1903, not being allowed to resign. The repu- 
tation of the Auburn firemen is established 
throughout the state as being present at all 
fires needing help outside the city within rea- 
sonable distance, and the alacrity with which 
they respond to the fire alone has won for 
the department first position in the state. He 
is also a member of the street commissioners ; 
a thirty-second degree Mason ; member of the 
Mystic Shrine ; a member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, both in the lodge and 
encampment ; a Knight of Pythias ; a member 
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He 
was married June 20, 1877, to Rosa E., daugh- 
ter of Washington and Elizabeth (Haskins) 
Parker, granddaughter of Nathaniel and Ruth 
(Stetson) Parker, great-granddaughter of 
Elisha Stetson, great-great-granddaughter of 
Anthony Stetson, great-great-great-grand- 
daughter of Robert and Mary (Collamore) 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1425 



Stetson, great-great-great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of Joseph and Prudence Stetson, and great- 
great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Cor- 
net Robert Stetson, the immigrant. Children 
of Lewis Washburn and Rosa E. (Parker) 
Haskell, all born in Auburn, Maine, were: i. 
Martha W., born April 13, 1878. 2. Lewis 
Washburn Jr., November 28, 1879, married 
Ethel M., daughter of Edmund Spearing, June 
8. 1905, and they named their first children 
Ruth E. and Lewis Washburn, 3d. 3. Albert, 
born August 20, 1883, married Sadie G., 
daughter of Frank Harmon ; child, Albert Jr. 
4. Henry Irving, born September 22, 1887. 5. 
Rosa Elizabeth, born January 20, 1893. 



(For preceding generation see William Haskell I.) 

(II) Mark, son of William, 
HASKELL the immigrant, and ]\Iary 

(Tybbot) Haskell, was born . 
in Gloucester, RIassachusetts, April 8, 1658, 
and died there September 8, 1691. He mar- 
ried, December 16, 1685, Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Lieutenant John Giddings, of Ipswich, 
Massachusetts, who bore him three children, 
and after his death, September 8, 1691, his 
widow married John Dennison, of Ipswich, and 
the records of the probate court show that 
Mark and William Haskell, children of Mark 
and Elizabeth Haskell, received on January 
16, 1725, of their "honored father-in-law, Mr. 
John Dennison and their honored mother, Mrs. 
Elizabeth Dennison, alias Haskell, both of 
Ipswich, certain money due from their grand- 
father William Haskell." The children of 
Mark and Elizabeth (Giddings) Haskell, born 
in Gloucester, JMassachusetts, were: i. George, 
born October 10, i686, died November 10, 
1686. 2. Alark, September 16, 1687, married 
Martha Tuthill and had nine children born in 
Ipswich, Massachusetts. 3. William (q. v.). 
(Ill) William (2), third son of Mark and 
Elizabeth (Giddings) Haskell, was born in 
Gloucester, Massachusetts, January i, 1689- 
90, and died there December 10, 1766. He 
was selectman of the town, deacon of the 
church for many years, and a representative 
in the general court in 1735. He married 
Jemima Hubbard, who bore him eight chil- 
dren, and died in 1762, aged seventy-seven 
years. Children, born in Gloucester, Massa- 
chusetts, were as follows: i. Jemima, March 
2, 1713, died March 2, 1735. 2. Job, April 
27, 1 716, married, January 26, 1737-38, Marcy 
Leavitt, settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, 
resided at Hampton Falls and later at New 
Gloucester, Maine, where he died in July, 
1806. He had five children, born '/i Hampton 



Falls: Thomas, Nathaniel, Job, Jemima and 
William, between 1739 and 1755. 3. Comfort, 
May 22, 1717, married Parker Sawyer, No- 
vember 10, 1742, and died September 5, 1809. 
4. Nathaniel. January 16, 1719. married Han- 
nah, daughter of Rev. John White, and had 
nine children. 5. Hubbard, May 3, 1720, died 
April 9, 181 1 ; married Anna Millett and had 
ten children. 6. Elizabeth, November 8, 1723, 
died December 8, 1723. 7. William (q. v.), 
January 17, 1726. 8. George, February 10, 
1729, died February 19, 1729. 

(IV) William (3), third son and seventh 
child of William (2) and Jemima (Hubbard) 
Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Massachu- 
setts, January 17, 1726, and died there April 
27, 1806. He married Elizabeth 



No- 
vember 6, 1746, and their five children were 
born in Gloucester, as follows: Benjamin, 
Jemima, Moses (q. v.), Elizabeth, Elias, who 
married and had twelve children born in 
Gloucester. 

(V) Moses, second son and third child of 
William (3) and Elizabeth Haskell, was born 
in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1767. He 

married and had children, as follows : 

I. Benjamin (q. v.), 1785. 2. Moses, 1787. 
3. Betsey, 1790, married a Haskell. 4. Susan, 
1792. 5. Jacob, 1794, married and had three 
children. 6. Abigail, 1796. 7. William, 1798. 
8. Micajah, 1801, had seven children. 9. Alary 
J., 1803, married a Jones. 10. Martha H., 
1806, married a Goodwin. 11. Sewell, 1808. 

(VI) Benjamin, eldest child of Moses Has- 
kell, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 
1785, died in Bangor, Maine, 1832. He mar- 
ried Mary, daughter of the Rev. Daniel Ful- 
ler, Congregational clergyman of Gloucester, 
Massachusetts. Their four eldest children were 
born in Gloucester and the youngest in Ban- 
gor. Children: i. Mary, died before she at- 
tained womanhood. 2. Hannah, died before she 
attained womanhood. 3. Susan Ann, married 
Moses P. Hanson in Bangor; lived in Sanger- 
ville, Maine, Salem and Chelsea, Massachu- 
setts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; children: 
Mary F., married ; Margaret, deceased ; Char- 
lotte E., married ; Bertha, unmarried ; Eva, 
married ; James, deceased ; Albert Parker, mar- 
ried. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson died in Milwau- 
kee. 4. Elizabeth Davis, married William S. 
Warren in Bangor; in 1849 moved to San 
Francisco; children: William, born in Bangor, 
deceased; Sarah, married; George, deceased; 
Henry, married. 5. Loomis Pomroy, see for- 
ward. 

(VII) Loomis Pomroy, only son and fifth 
child of Benjamin and Mary (Fuller) Haskell, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



was born in }5angor, Maine, April 25, 1826. 
His fatlier died when he was six years old, and 
in 1838 his mother, having married a second 
time, "removed to Salem, ^ias^achnsetts, where 
he attended school. He was an apprentice in 
a printing-office four years in Boston, Massa- 
chusetts. In 1845 he took up the study of 
dentistry with Dr. M. P. Han.son, and the 
two dentists removed to Milwaukee, Wiscon- 
sin, in 1856, and in 1857 Dr. Haskell removed 
to Chicago, Illinois, where for eleven years he 
was associated with Dr. W. W. .\llport in the 
practice of dentistry. In 1868 this partner- 
ship was dissolved and Dr. Haskell continued 
his practice alone. He was professor of pro- 
sthetic dentistry in the Chicago Dental Col- 
lege, the first four years of the institution, and 
held a similar chair in the dental department 
of the Northwestern University, the first three 
years of that department of the university. In 
1889 he established the Haskell Post-Gradu- 
ate School of Prosthetic Dentistry, which was 
the first post-graduate dental school of den- 
tistry in the United States, and was the head 
of that institution. Students came from every 
state in the United States, and from Canada, 
Europe, India, Egypt, Japan, Australia and 
New Zealand, to gain the advantages offered 
by a post-graduate course in dentistry. The 
school continued in the work for fifteen years, 
and in 1903 was consolidated with the Chi- 
cago Post-Graduate School. Besides his duties 
to the American school. Dr. Haskell visited 
Europe three times and instructed post-grad- 
uate classes in dentistry in Berlin, Hamburg, 
\'ienna and Paris. On the occasion of the 
eightieth anniversary of his birth, April 25, 
1906, the Chicago Odontographic Society, the 
largest dental society in the world, having a 
membership of eight hundred, gave him a 
complimentary dinner. He was as a young 
man a member of the Free Soil party and he 
attended the first state convention held by 
the party in Massachusetts, at Worcester, and 
the Republican party, being organized in 1856, 
took over this party organization, and Dr. 
Haskell has been true to the principles repre- 
sented by that party in thirteen Republican 
national conventions, from the nomination of 
John C. Fremont in 1856 to that of William 
Howard Taft in 1908. He has remained true 
to the religion of his forefathers and has been 
a member of the Congregational church. He 
was married at Chelsea, Massachusetts, Octo- 
ber 3, 1848, to Sarah E., daughter of John 
Wasson, of Derry, New Hampshire; children : 

1. Harriet C, born in Chelsea, died yoimg. 

2. Ella P., born in Chelsea, unmarried. 3. 



Eliza N., born in Chelsea, married the Rev. 
W. J. Clark, a Congregational minister, and 
their children were Paul Haskell and Elizabeth 
Toy. 4. Sarah Isabell, born in Milwaukee, 
married J. B. Parsons, of Dwight, Illinois, a 
native of Maine ; one child, Florence P. 5. 
Annie Nutt, married William T. Barr, of ^Nlis- 
sissippi ; children : Willie P., deceased ; Mar- 
guerite, Mary and Charlotte. Mary Barr mar- 
ried A. J. Svnder, of Milwaukee, \\''isconsin. 



The family of Hopkins has 
HOPKINS been well represented in New 

England since the landing of 
"The Ma}tlovver" in 1620, and there have been 
many famous men of this name, many of them 
men of letters, and not a few have held pub- 
lic offices of trust. By intermarriage they have 
been connected with many prominent families, 
among them the Brewsters, Princes and Free- 
mans. 

(I) Stephen Hopkins, who was a passenger 
on "The Mayflower," had previously visited 
this country. He was one of those who came 
over in the ship "Sea .Adventure," which 
sailed from England in the year 1608. She 
was wrecked on one of the Bermuda islands. 
The a<lventurers constructed a small boat in 
which the\- finally reached the mainland. It 
is supposed they joined the Jamestown colony. 
Mr. Hopkins returned, but by what route is 
not known. He probably succeeded in reach- 
ing the fishing-fleet oft' the main coast, and 
sailed on a returning vessel to London. 

He brought with him to Plymouth his wife 
Elizabeth, his son Giles, and daughter Con- 
stance, by a former wife Damaris, a daughter 
of his second wife, and a son Oceanus, who 
was born on the voyage. He also brought his 
two servants, Edward Dotey and Edward Les- 
ter, who fought the first duel recorded in 
Plymouth. Stephen Hopkins was an "assist- 
ant" from 1633 to 1636, and died in Plymouth 
in 1644. His wife Elizabeth died sliortly before 
his death. He had by his first wife : Giles and 
Constance, both born in England. The latter 
became the wife of Nicholas Snow. He had 
by his second wife Damaris, born in England, 
who became the wife of Jacob Cook : Oceanus, 
born on the voyage to America, who died the 
first year: Deborah, born about 1622, who mar- 
ried Andrew Ring; Caleb, who died unmar- 
ried at Barbadoes;Ruth, who died in infancy; 
another child who died in infancy ; and Eliza- 
beth, who died in 1666, unmarried, 

(II) Giles, eldest child of Stephen Hopkins, 
was born in England, and came with his father 
to Plvmouth in 1620; he removed to Yar- 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1427 



mouth, ^Massachusetts, and died in Eastham 
in 1090. He married, in October, 1639, Cath- 
erine (on records spelled Catorne) Wheldon, 
of Yarmouth, and had children as follows : 
Mary, born 1640; Stephen, 1642; John, 1643; 
Abigail, October, 1644, married William Mer- 
rick; Deborah, June. 1648; Caleb, January, 
1651: Ruth, June, 1653; Joshua, June, 1657; 
William, January 9, 1661, and Elizabeth, No- 
vember, 1664, who died in infancy. The last 
six children were probably born in Eastham, 
Massachusetts. 

(Ill) Stephen (2), eldest son of Giles and 
Catherine (Wheldon) Hopkins, was born in 
September, 1642, and died Harwich, October 
10, 1718. He lived in Eastham, Massachu- 
setts, and married (first) May 23, 1667, Mary, 
daughter of William Merrick (or Myrick), 
and (second) Bethia Atkins, who died March 
28, 1726. His children were: Elizabeth, born 
June, 1668; Stephen, July 15, 1670; Ruth, 
November, 1674; Judah, January 16, 1677 o"" 
78: Samuel, March, 1682: Nathaniel, March, 
1684; Joseph, 1688; Benjamin, February, 
1690; and Mary, April 15, 1692, married John 
Maker. 

(I\') Joseph, fourth son of Stephen (2) 
Hopkins, was born in 1688, and .^pril 17, 
1 712, married Mary, daugliter of Hon. John 
Mayo and Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, born 
October 26, 1694. Major John Freeman, the 
noted Indian fighter, married Mercy, daughter 
of Governor Prince, and his daughter Hannah 
married John Alayo, thus uniting the lines. 
The children of Joseph and Mary (Mayo) 
Hopkins were: Isaac, born March 10, 1713; 
Joseph, jNIay 10, 1715: Mary, December 13, 
1716; Jonathan, February 12, 1719; Hannah, 
October 22, 1722: Nathan, LA.ugust 22, 1726; 
Prince. July 8, 1729. died young: Elizabeth: 
Prince, July 7, 1731 ; Nathan. October 6, 1733 ; 
Elizabeth, June 6. 1738. 

{ \' ) Prince, next to the youngest son of Jo- 
seph and Mary (INIayo) Hopkins, was born 
July 7, 1 73 1, lived in Harwich, and married 
Patience, daughter of Nathaniel and Thankful 
(Gage) Snow. Date of death not known. 
She ( Patience ) was descended from Con- 
stance Hopkins, who came over on the "Mav- 
flower" with her father, Stephen Hopkins. 
She was also descended from Elder William 
Brewster, who was the ablest man in Plym- 
outh Colony. Thus, those named below are 
all descended from four of the "Mayflower" 
passengers, viz. : Stephen, Giles, and Con- 
stance Hopkins and William Brewster. Chil- 
dren of Prince and Mary Hopkins : Seth. 
born July 6, 1753; Thomas, June 10, 1755; 



Sarah, March 27, 1757; Joseph and Nathaniel, 
January 27, 1760 (Nathaniel probably died in 
infancy) ; Thankful, February 2^. 1766 (prob- 
ably died young) ; Prince, September 21,, 1768: 

Reuben ; Nathaniel, December 2^, 

1770; Elizabeth 



(\T) Nathaniel, son of Prince and Pa- 
tience (Snow) Hopkins, was born in East 
Brewster, December 25, 1770. He was a 
physician, and lived and died in East Brewster, 
Massachusetts. He married, July 7, 1799, An- 
nie Armstrong, of Franklin, Connecticut. He 
died Alarch 26, 1826. Their children, born at 
East Brewster, Massachusetts, were: i. Na- 
thaniel, of Foxcroft, Maine, October 11, 1800, 
died October 26, 1872. 2. Franklin, of 
Charlestown, Massachusetts, .\ugust 12, 1802, 
died June 28, 1869. 3. Samuel, of East 
Brewster, 'Slay 16, 1804. 4. Nancy A., May 
16, 1806, died April. 1843. 5. Joseph, of 
-Mount \'ernon, Maine, January 16, 1808. 6. 
Abariah, of Alalden, June 15. 1810, died Jan- 
uary 7, 1841. 7. Mary West, March 31. i8i2, 
died March 10, i860. 8. Calvin. January 16, 

1814, died . 9. George, December 24, 

18 16, died June 5, 1839. 10. Thomas, August 
18, 1819, died November . 1878. 

(\7I) Joseph (2), fourth son of Nathaniel 
and Annie (Armstrong) Hopkins, was born 
January 16, 1808, at East Brewster, Massa- 
chusetts, and when a young man removed to 
i\Iount \'ernon, IMaine, where he married Han- 
nah S., flaughter of Nathan and Sally (Sher- 
burne) Philbrick, December 31, 1833; he died 
September 12, 1886, and his wife died April 
26, 1873. (See Philbrick, VHI.) Mr. Hop- 
kins was a tanner and farmer, and for about 
forty-seven years was an honored and useful 
member of the Baptist church at Mount \'er- 
non. He was one of its first members, and was 
baptized by Elder Drinkwater. His children 
were: I. Leroy Davis, bom July 24, 1836, 
died December 26, 1864; he was a member of 
the First Maine Cavalry ; in 1862 he married 
Abbie P. Scribner, and had one child, Fred 
L., born November 20, 1862. He is a farmer, 
and resides at Mount Vernon, Maine; he mar- 
ried, November 10, 1885, Hattie Hall, and 
they have four children : Helen E., born 
March 8, 1892; LeRoy T., February 24, 1894; 
Hazel A., November 2, 1895, and Lawrence 
P., April 30, 1905. 2. Susan Philbrick, born 
May 18, 1838, unmarried, and lives on the old 
homestead at Mount Vernon. 3. Thomas 
Snell. 

(\TII) Thomas Snell Hopkins, the younger 
son of Joseph (2) and Hannah S. (Philbrick) 
Hopkins, was born April 22, 1845, at Mount 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Vernon, Maine, and after attending the pub- 
lic schools of his native town, studied at the 
Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill. In 
June, 1862, when but seventeen years of age, 
he enlisted in the famous fighting Sixteenth 
Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers, serving 
three years and until the close of the war. At 
the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Decem- 
ber 13. 1862, his company, in a charge made by 
the regiment, lost sixty-two per cent, of its 
number in killed and wounded, and JMr. Hop- 
kins was among those wounded. After the 
close of the war he graduated from the Law 
Department of Columbian College (now 
George Washington University) of Washing- 
ton, District of Columbia, and in 1869 was ad- 
mitted to the bar. He has met with success 
in the practice of his profession, and is a mem- 
ber of the bar of the Supreme Court of the 
United States. His son is associated with him 
under the firm name of Hopkins & Hopkins, 
and they are the Washington representatives 
of important corporate interests, domestic and 
foreign ; they are also legal advisors in Wash- 
ington of a number of foreign governments, 
and have been identified with large matters of 
international character. In 1897-98 Mr. Hop- 
kins was department commander of the Grand 
Army of the Republic. He was for several 
years governor of the Society of Mayflower 
Descendants in the District of Columbia ; is 
president of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Tem- 
porary Home at Washington, and is a mem- 
ber of the Cosmos Club. He was married. 
January 4, 1866, tp Carrie W., daughter of 
Nathaniel W. and llucy Emeline (Cook) East- 
man, and they reside at Washington, having a 
summer home at the old homestead, in Mount 
Vernon, Maine, where he casts his vote at 
elections. They have two children: i. Cap- 
tain Sherburne Gillette, born October 5, 1867, 
who was mustered into the District of Colum- 
bia Navfel Reserve, in May, 1898, was com- 
missioned by President McKinley lieutenant 
and lieutenant-commander, respectively, and as 
such was in command of the United States 
steamships "Oneida" and "Fern," until his 
resignation in 1900. He is a lawyer, and is 
associated in business with his father. Janu- 
ary 21, 1891, he married Hester I. Davis, and 
they have two children : Sherburne Philbrick, 
born December 3, 1891, and Marjorie Ger- 
trude, born August 5, 1894. 2. Jessie East- 
man, born September 18, 1875, married Dr. 
Edward G. Seibert, a physician of Washing- 
ton, March 5, 1904, and they have two chil- 
dren, viz. : Thomas Hopkins, born October 19, 
1904, and Carolyn Eastman, December 8, 1908. 



The Philbricks and Phil- 

PHILBRICK brooks, although now dis- 
tinct families owing to a 
variation in the orthography, are in all proba- 
bility of the same origin. They were mariners 
in England prior to the emigration period, and 
not a few of them on this side of the ocean 
have followed that occupation. 

( I ) Thomas I'hilbrick, who is supposed to 
have been a shipmaster, arrived in New Eng- 
land about the year 1630, and was well ad- 
vanced in years, some of his children being 
already married. He settled first in Water- 
town, Massachusetts, from whence he removed 
in 165 1 to Hampton, New Hampshire, where 
his sons John and Thomas had previously set- 
tled. His wife, Elizabeth, died in Hampton, 
12 mo. 19, 1663. His will, in which he alludes 
to himself as being very aged, was made in 
March, 1664, and his death occurred in 1667. 
Children : James, John, Thomas, Elizabeth, 
Hannah, Mary, and Martha. 

(H) James, eldest son of Thomas and Eliza- 
beth Philbrick, was born about 1622. He mar- 
ried (first) Jane, daughter of Thomas Rob- 
erts, and (second) Ann Roberts, her sister, 
and by the second marriage had nine children, 
as follows: i. Bethia, married Caleb Per- 
kins. 2. Captain James, Junior. 3. Apphia, 
born March 19, 1655, married Timothy Hil- 
liard. 4. Esther, born March i, 1657, niarried 
(first) Joseph Beard, and (second) Sylvanus 
Nock. 5. Thomas, born March 14, 1659, mar- 
ried Mehitable Ayres. 6. Sarah, born Febru- 
ary 14, 1660-61. 7. Joseph, born October i, 
1663, married Triphena Marston. 8. Eliza- 
beth, July 24, 1666. 9. Mehitable, July 19, 
1668, said to have married Timothy Hilliard 
after the death of Apphia, her sister. 

(Ill) Captain James (2), eldest son of 
James (i) and Ann (Roberts) Philbrick, was 
born July 13, 165 1, and died in 1723. He was 
a mariner and resided at Hampton, where he 
married, December 4, 1674, Hannah, daughter 
of Isaac Perkins, born February 14, 1656. She 
died May 13, 1739. They resided on the home- 
stead, and had eight sons and three daughters. 
Their children were : Haimah. born in 1676, 
married Stephen Sanborn ; Daniel, 1678 ; Jona- 
about 1689; Abigail, horn June 25, 1692, mar- 
ried (first) Ensign John Sanborn, and (sec- 
ond) Lieutenant Thomas Rawlins; Ebenezer; 
Apphia, born April 8, 1685 ; Isaac, August 5, 
1688, married Mary Palmer; James, born 
about 1689; Abigail, born June 25, 1692, mar- 
ried Thomas Haines ; Deacon Joseph, born 
February 5, 1694, married (first) Ann Dear- 
born, (second) Elizabeth Perkins, (third) 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1429 



Sarah Nay; Nathan, born August 19, 1697, 
married Dorcas Johnson ; and Mary, born 
1701, died in 1721. 

(IV) Ebenezer, third son of Captain James 
(2) and Hannah (Perkins) Philbrick, was 
born October 29, 1683, and in 1743 removed 
to Rye, New Hampshire, where his will was 
proved December 31, 1760. He married Bethia 
Aloulton, and they had four children, all born 
at Hampton : James ; Ruth, baptized October 
13' ^7^7'^ Bethia, born June 8, 1719, in 1755 
was not married ; and Elsenezer, born May 27, 
1721, married Hannah Moulton, and in 1760 
was a cordwainer at Rye. 

(V) James (3), elder son of Ebenezer and 
Bethia (Moulton) Philbrick, was born June 
2, 1714, at Hampton, went to Deertield, in 
1770, and in 1795 sold to his son Nathan 
"Deer Thatch Ground" in Rye, New Hamp- 
shire, and died in 1796. He married (first) 
Elizabeth Rand, and had thirteen children, and 
married (second) Sarah Rand. (There is 
some discussion over whether he married both 
Elizabeth and Sarah, or married only one of 
them, and which one.) His children, born in 
Portsmouth or Rye, New Hampshire, were : 
James, born August 29, 1736-37; Sarah, 1738; 
Elizabeth, May 22, 1739; Jonathan, 1740; 
Mary, 1742; Titus, 1744, removed to Mount 
Vernon, Maine ; Nathaniel ; Nathan ; Ruth ; 
Joseph; Benjamin; Anna; Stephen, born May 
16, 1763, married Betsey Folsom. 

(VI) Nathan, fifth son of James (3) and 
Elizabeth (Rand) Philbrick, was born April 
II, 1749; he was a joiner, and resided at Deer- 
field, New Hampshire, where he died Decem- 
ber II, 1824. He married Gertrude, daughter 
of Matthew Harvey, of Nottingham, and they 
had eight children, born at Deerfield : Nathan ; 
Jonathan, born September 6, 1778, married 
Abi Woodman; Hannah, born June 30, 1781, 
died 1799; Rev. Peter, born October 9, 1783, 
a Free Baptist minister, married Betsey Dud- 
ley; Joseph, born November 16, 1785; Su- 
sanna, December 23, 1788; Levi, May 3, 1793, 
and John, who died at the age of eight years. 

(VII) Nathan (2), eldest son of Nathan 
(i) and Gertrude (Harvey) Philbrick, was 
bom May 23, 1776; he was a farmer, and 
about 1800 removed to Mount Vernon, Maine, 
where he died September 30, 1834, a man who 
had made his presence felt and regretted by 
the whole community. April, 1802, he married 
Sally, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel and 
Phebe (Chapman) Sherburne, who died June 
10, 1846, and they had six children: i. Sally, 
born January 30, 1803, married Thomas Snell. 
2. Susan, born February 28, 1805, married 



David M. Greeley, of Mount Vernon. 3. Han- 
nah S., born August 11, 1809. 4. Harriet, born 
July I, 1813, married Aaron S. Lyford. 5. 
Mary Jane, born December 7, 1816, married 
Joseph Blake. 6. Philena A., born November 
II, 1818, married James G. Patterson. 

(VIII) Hannah S., third daughter of Na- 
than (2) and Sally (Sherburne) Philbrick, 
was born August 11, 1809, married December 
31, 1833, Joseph, son of Dr. Nathaniel and 
Annie (Armstrong) Hopkins. (See Hopkins, 
VH). 



About the year 1650 William 
VARNEY Varney and his wife Bridget 

came from England and settled 
in the plantation at Ipswich in the colony of 
Massachusetts. Little is known of this pro- 
genitor of a now numerous and very re- 
spectable family of descendants except that he 
lived for a time at Ipswich and died in Salem 
in 1654, about four years after his arrival in 
this country. His widow Bridget afterward 
removed to Gloucester and died there October 
25, 1672. Children : Rachel, Humphrey, 
Thomas and Sarah. 

(II) Humphrey, son of William and 
Bridget \'arney, lived for a time in Gloucester 
and was of Dover, New Hampshire, as early 
as 1659. He married Sarah, daughter of_ El- 
der Edward Starbeck. Of their children, John 
Riley, born in Dover, became one of the most 
eminent physicians of his day. Ebenezer be- 
came prominently identified with the civil and 
military life of New Hampshire. Sarah mar- 
ried Jeffrey Parsons, of Gloucester. Rachel 
married William Vinson, of Gloucester. These 
sons-in-law, Jeffrey Parsons and William Vin- 
son, were among the foremost men on Cape 
Ann, pioneers there and in many ways con- 
cerned in the affairs of the town. 

(HI) Ebenezer, son of Humphrey and 
Sarah (Starbeck) Varney, was born in Dover, 
New Hampshire, and like his father became a 
man of influence and substance. During the 
Indian troubles which accompanied the wars 
between the English and French powers his 
house was strongly fortified and called Varney 
garrison house, and history states that it fre- 
quently afforded safe refuge for the families 
of the locality against the incursions of 
marauding Indians. 

(IV) John, son of Ebenezer Varney, was 
born in Dover, New Hampshire, about 1701, 
and married, in 1723, Sarah Robinson. 

(V) Timothy, son of John and Sarah (Rob- 
inson) Varney, was born in Dover and re- 
moved in 1783 to Windham, Maine. He mar- 



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ried Joanna Kennard ; children : Ichabod, 
Ezra, Alichajah. Patience, Hannah, Samuel, 
Abijah, married Lydia Kennard and had a 
son Joel (see sketch). 

(\T) Ichabod, son of Timothy and Joanna 
(Kennard) Varney, was born in Windham, 
Maine, and afterward removed to Topsham, 
Maine. He married, February 3. 1785, Abi- 
gail Conant; children: i. Hannah, married 
Benjamin Hodges, of Hallowell, Maine, for 
inany years proprietor of the Hallowell House ; 
children : Caroline Hodges, born March 10, 
1816, and George Winslow Hodges, Novem- 
ber, 1818. 2. Patience. 3. Samuel. 4. Enoch. 

(VH) Enoch, youngest child of Ichabod 
and Abigail (Conant) Varney, was born in 
Saco, Maine, in 1787, and was a lumberman 
by occupation. He was a soldier in the war 
of 1812-15. His wife, whom he married in 
Saco, June 18, 1815, was Mary, daughter of 
William Getchell, of New Meadow, Maine. 
He was a soldier of the revolutionary war and 
in 1776 was second lieutenant of the Sixth 
Brunswick company of the Second Cumber- 
land county regiment. His father, Captain 
John Getchell. was an officer of the British 
army during the French and Indian war and 
afterward became one of the first settlers of 
Brunswick, Maine. Children of Enoch and 
Mary (Getchell) Varney: i. John, born in 
Saco, Maine, 181 5, drowned 1825. 2. James, 
born in Saco, 1817, died January 2, 1890, mar- 
ried (first) Elizabeth Gore Wing, of Bruns- 
wick, Maine ; children : i. Louisa Evel)n, 
married, January 13, 1866, Edward Gardiner, 
of Fultonville, New York ; ii. James Henry ; 
iii. Sarah Adelaide ; iv. \'esta ; v. Samuel 
Wellington, married, January 6, 1899, Lulu 
Thomas, of Boston ; vi. Susan Jeanette, born, 
June 23, 1854, married, October 12, 1875, Dr. 
William Craige Burke, of South Norwalk, 
Connecticut ; vii. James Arthur, born March 
14, 1857, married, 1879, Cora Kennison, of 
Bath, Maine. James \'arney married (sec- 
ond) Harriet Boynton Williams, of Topsham, 
Maine ; children : i. Elsie Nora ; ii. Kingsbury 
Melvin, married Lizzie Fuller, of Brunswick ; 
iii. Julia ; iv. John Henry ; v. Wiley Rogers 
Varney. 3. Tristram Hooper. 4. William 
Henry. 5. Joseph. 6. Melissa A. 7. Court- 
ney. 8. Lizzie. 9. William Wilson, married 
Rebecca Crawford, of Bath ; was a lumber- 
man for several years and later moved to a 
farm and became an extensive dairyman and 
milk producer in West Bath ; children : i. 
Lunette, died young; ii. Leola, married Edwin 
Brown, of Bath: iii. Margaret Lunette, mar- 
ried Edward Alonzo Stevens, of Bradford, 



New Hampshire, and died in August, 1907; 
children : Ralph Alonzo, Roy Oscar and How- 
ard Edward Stevens, iv. Howard Eugene, 
married Mattie Clark, of Bath ; v. Lizzie 
Melissa, married Milton Montgomery (one 
child, William Alontgomery, born Westboro, 
Massachusetts). 10. Ann Eliza, married Rob- 
ert C. Coombs, of Lisbon, Maine ; children : i. 
Edward Coombs, died young; ii. Lizzie 
Coombs, married Frank Purrington, of Bath 
(had Carlos Walter Purrington) ; iii. Charles 
x-Mbert Coombs, married Rhoda Perry (had 
Charles and Margaret Coombs) ; iv. Fred 
Manley Coombs, married Clara Fisher, of 
Bath (had Edward and John Coombs) ; v. 
Carlos Ball Coombs, married Ella Cameron 
(had Adelaide Coombs); vi. Walter Merton 
Coombs, n. Elizabeth Wing, born in Bruns- 
wick, married Carlos E. Ball, of Acworth, 
New Hampshire, and lives in Maiden, Massa- 
chusetts ; child, Blanche Evans Ball, married, 
April 21, 1897, Edmund Alfred Hopkins, of 
Chelsea, Massachusetts (had Edmund Ball 
Hopkins, born in Maiden, March 27, 1900). 

(\TII) Joseph, son of Enoch and Mary 
(Getchell) \'arney, was born in Topsham, 
Maine, February 22, 1824, and died in the city 
of Bath, February 8, 1900. W'hen he was an 
infant his parents removed from Topsham to 
Brunswick, where he attended school and 
afterward set up a small fruit and confection- 
ary store. In this business, however, his 
profits were less than he had hoped to realize, 
so he gave up the store and went to work at 
log driving on the Androscoggin river. For 
a time he had charge of the drive, and it was 
while at this employment that he saved the 
lives of two men, at the peril of his own, by 
jumping into the river and bringing them 
safely to the shore. Later on he engaged in 
making box shocks for the Cuban and West 
Indies trade. In 1853 Mr. X'arney went to 
North Bath and became a member of the firm 
of Adam, Lemont & Company, lumbermen and 
manufacturers of lumber, and continued in 
that firm until 1864, when he purchased the 
interests of his partners and became sole pro- 
prietor of the business, and from that time 
Varney's mills did the largest lumber business 
on the Kennebec river for many years. He 
employed at times as many as fifty men, and 
made long and short lumber, house frames and 
ship timber, and shipped the manufactured 
product of his mills in his own vessels to Bos- 
ton, New York City and other principal mar- 
ket ports. He also built up an extensive local 
trade, and as his mills were about three and 
one-half miles from Bath he established an 




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extensive lumber yard in that city in 1885. In 
1894 his mills were destroyed by fire and in 
the following year he retired from active busi- 
ness pursuits, having accumulated a com- 
fortable fortune in real estate, houses and 
other valuable and paying property. Mr. Var- 
ney died February 8, 1900. He was a strictly 
temperate man in all of his habits, always 
straightforward in his extensive business deal- 
ings, sincere and conscientious in his devotion 
to the First Baptist church, liberal in his dona- 
tions for church support, and generous in the 
distribution of his charities. In every way he 
was an honest and honorable man. and was 
highly esteemed in the city and locality in 
which so many of the years of his life were 
spent. 

In 1847 he married (first) jMelinda J. 
Bishop, of Brunswick, who died June 26, i860. 
He married (second) in 1862, Julia A. Wil- 
liams, of Topsham. Four children by his first 
and eight by his second marriage : i . Mary 
Melinda, married Charles Bowker, of Phipps- 
burg. Maine, and had Clarence Murray, of 
Portland, Ethel Maud Doughty of Yarmouth, 
and Joseph ^'arney Bowker, of Portland. 2. 
Joseph IMurray, of Bath, married Melvina 
Hasson and had Mattie Melinda, deceased ; 
Oma Viola, deceased ; Irvin Clifford, Jennie 
Morse, Josephine Melvina, Edwin Fuller, de- 
ceased. 3. Edward Bishop. 4. Hattie Ken- 
dall. 5. Annie Elizabeth, deceased. 6. Corrie 
Helen. 7. Nellie Maude, deceased. 8. Clara 
Adela. 9. Ralph Waldo, deceased. 10. Ger- 
trude Williams, deceased. 11. Melinda, de- 
ceased. 12. Alice Edna. 



(For preceding generations see William Varney I.) 

(VI) Abijah, son of Timothy 

VARNEY A'arney, was a pioneer farmer, 

lumberman and mill-owner, 

■resided at W'indliam, Maine, married Lydia 

Kennard. 

(VII) Joel, son of .-Kbijah \"arney, was 
born January 6, 1809, and was a prosperous 
farmer at Windham, Maine. He married, 
September 25, 1836, Jane, daughter of James 
and Mercy (Hawkes) Lowell, who was born 
November 26, 181 5, at Westbrook, Maine, 
and died at Brunswick, Maine, October 28, 
1867. (See Lowell, VIII.) The children of 
Joel and Jane (Lowell) Varney are: i. Lois 
Winslow, born August 25, 1837, at Windham, 
died July 26, 1853; she married Dr. H. D. 
Torrey, of Massachusetts. 2. Colonel Almon 
Libby. 3. Edward Lowell, born August 23, 
1842, was a non-commissioned officer in the 
Sixteenth Maine Infantry Regiment, was 



made prisoner of war at the battle of Gettys- 
burg, and spent some time in Libby Prison 
Hospital, where he suffered and died for his 
country December 10, 1863. 4. Elma Dora, 
born November 3, 1850, married, September 
6, 1892, Alfred Mordecai, a colonel in the ord- 
nance department of L^nited States army, who 
is now on the retired list as brigadier-general. 
(VIII) Colonel Almon Libby, eldest son of 
Joel and Jane (Lowell) \'arney, was born 
April 5, 1839, ^t Windham, I\Iaine, and grad- 
uated from Bowdoin College in 1862 with de- 
gree A. B., three years later having degree 
A. M. conferred on him. In 1861, while still 
at college, he was appointed first lieutenant in 
the Thirteenth Maine Regiment, the commis- 
sion being dated December 9, 1861. L'nder 
command of General Butler and later under 
Genera! Banks, he with his regiment served 
at various points in the Department of the 
Gulf, among them Ship Island, Texas, Louisi- 
ana (Red River Campaign), and finally in the 
Shenandoah \'alley, Virginia. In the summer 
of 1863 he acted as judge advocate of a gen- 
eral court martial in New Orleans, in Decem- 
ber of that year and January of the next he 
filled a similar position at Decrows Point, 
Texas, and again at the headquarters of the 
Nineteenth Army Corps at Alexandria, Louisi- 
ana, in June, 1864. In December of the same 
year he was president of a military commis- 
sion acting at Martinsburg. Virginia, for the 
trial of citizens charged with giving "aid and 
comfort to the enemy." Colonel Varney's ap- 
pointment in the ordnance corps dates from 
February 15, 1865, when he was commissioned 
second lieutenant, since which time he has 
served successively at Clinton, Iowa (where he 
received the arms of the returning Iowa Vol- 
unteers) ; Watervliet Arsenal, New York; 
Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts ; Chey- 
enne, Wyoming: Leavenworth Arsenal, Kan- 
sas; Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; was chief 
ordnance officer on stal? of Major General 
Pope, commanding department of Missouri ; 
again at Watervliet Arsenal, New York; 
again at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; and 
again at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts. 
From 1892 till 1899 he was in command of 
the arsenal at Indianapolis, Indiana, then went 
to San Antonio, Texas, where he remained 
until 1903, when he reached the army age limit 
of sixty-four years, and was retired. He is a 
member of the Loyal Legion, and while in 
Indianapolis was a member of the New Eng- 
land Society of Indianapolis, and the Indian- 
apolis Literary Club. He is also a member of 
the American Association for the Advance- 



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ment of Science. Colonel Varney has trav- 
elled extensively, and has lately returned from 
Africa. He married, May 9, 1866, Hannah 
Josephine, daughter of James and Mary A. 
(Shattuck) Gibson, born January 22, 1843, 
at Winchester, Massachusetts, and their chil- 
dren are: i. Gordon Edward, born February 
26, 1867. He married Katlierine, daughter of 
the late Edward B. Porter, of Indianapolis, 
Indiana. Edward B. Porter was son of the 
late Governor Albert G. Porter, of Indian- 
apolis, who was United States minister to 
Italy. Gordon E. and Katherine (Porter) 
Varney have three children : Gordon Edward 
(2d), Edward Porter and Josephine. 2. Theo- 
dore, born January 27, 1874, is a graduate in 
the class of 1894 in electrical engineering 
course of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology. He married Elizabeth Phylisana, 
daughter of Augustus I. Lyon, of Bedford, 
Pennsylvania, and they have no children. 



(For preceding generations see William Varney I.) 

(Ill) Joseph \'arney, son of 

VARNEY Humphrey Varney, was born 
in Dover, October 8, 1667. He 

married Abigail . Among his children 

were: i. Jedediah, mentioned below. 2. 
Mary, married, June 30, 1736, Samuel Varney, 
son of Ebenezer, and her cousin. Perhaps 
others. 

{l\ ) Jedediah, son of Joseph Varney, was 
born about 1705; married, February 24, 1729- 
30, Elizabeth Hanson. He was a member of 
the Society of Friends, Dover, as were his 
father and probably all others of the family 
for several generations. Children, born at 
Dover: i. Abigail, married James Hanson. 
2. Jedediah, mentioned below. 3. Ebenezer. 
4. Thomas. 5. Nicholas, removed to Fal- 
mouth, now Portland, Maine. 6. Susanna, 
born 1744, married Benjamin Astin (Austin). 
7. John. 8. Hanson. 9. Isaac, born June, 
1752. ID. Hannah, born August 20, 1754. 
died young. 

(\') Jedediah (2), son of Jedediah (i) 
Varney, was born in 1732 in Dover, died there 
January 25, 1799; married Mary, born about 
1732, daughter of Tobias and Judith (V^arney) 
Hanson. She died at Dover in 1798. (See 
Hanson IV.) Among their children was 
Jedediah, mentioned below. 

(VI) Jedediah (3), son of Jedediah (2) 
Varney, was born about 1760; removed to 
Nine Partners in November, 1801. Lived 
around Berwick and Scarboro. Children : 
John, Levi, Ezekiel, David, Peace, Thankful, 



Comfort, Ascenath (Moore), Sarah (Hard- 
ing), Hannah. 

(VII) Jedediah (4), son or nephew of Jede- 
diah (3) Varney, was bom in 1782 in Wind- 
ham, Maine, died in Lowell, Maine, 1878. He 
married (first) a Miss Jellison ; (second) 
Elinor Mac Pheters, a widow, December 20, 
1822. Isaac Varney, of Windham, perhaps a 
brother, was a soldier from that town in the 
war of 1812. Jedediah settled in Lowell, 
Maine. He was a farmer, a Republican and 
a Quaker. Children by first wife : Mary 
Jane, \\'illiam and David. By second wife : 
John M., born June 6, 1823; Jedediah, March 
4, 1825; Isaac C, January 4, 1827; Levi L., 
February 27, 1829; Joseph C.. December 24, 
1831 ; Stephen H., February 9, 1833; Lydia 
M., April 25, 1835; Samuel ]., May 5, 1837. 

(VIII) Jedediah (5), son of Jedidiah (4), 
Varney, was born in East Lowell, then known 
as Cold Stream Plantation, Maine, March 4, 
1825. He received a common school educa- 
tion. He worked with his father lumbering 
and farming and remained on the homestead. 
He was engaged in lumbering and farming all 
his active years. His farm is about half a 
mile from his father's farm, where he was 
born. He is a Republican in politics ; he has 
been postmaster of the town of Lowell and 
many years was selectman. He is a member 
of Eckutarsis Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, 
and has been its master. He is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, 
April 20, 1853, Mary Jane Cummings, of Lin- 
coln, Maine, born August 31, 1828, died July 
23, 1900, daughter of James and Mary Jane 
(Annas) Cummings. Children, born at Low- 
ell: I. George I., born July 13, 1854, engaged 
in the manufacture of fishing rods at Mon- 
tague City, ^Massachusetts ; married Mary H. 
Porter: children: i. Lucinda B., married Jar- 
vis Edwards, of Greenfield, Massachusetts; ii. 
Vivian V., died in 1888; iii. George I. 2. Na- 
than H., born May 24, 1856, has the home- 
stead at East Lowell ; married Lucinda Cum- 
mings ; children : Ida Lutina, Jesse, Rose, 
died 1901 ; Ora, Clyde; child died in infancy. 
3. Arthur Eugene, born May i, i860, resides 
in Aberdeen, Washington ; married Amanda 
E. Witham; children: Ada Ella (Mrs. Hop- 
kins) and Merle. 4. Ada Ella, bom June 11, 
1866, died September 15, 1869. 5. Fred Lord, 
mentioned below. 

(IX) Dr. Fred Lord, son of Jedediah (5) 
Varney, was born in East Lowell, July 10, 
1873. He was educated there in the public 
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Classical Institute, at Houlton, Maine, and at 
the State Normal school of Farmington, 
where he was graduated in 1900. He attended 
the University of Maine also for one term. 
He taught in the public schools of that neigh- 
borhood for nine years, twenty-seven terms in 
all, with marked success. He taught in En- 
field, Passadnmkeag, Lowell, Strong, Madrid, 
Winthrop and Greenbush. He then read med- 
icine with Dr. L. M. Howes and was gradu- 
ated at the Maine Medical College, Brunswick, 
Maine, in the class of 1907 with the degree of 
M. D. He took a post-graduate course in the 
Tufts Medical School of Boston, and settled 
for the practice of his profession in Monson, 
Maine, in 1907. Dr. V'arney is a Republican 
in politics. He is a member of Lodge of For- 
resters, Shirley, Maine ; of the Lake Hebron 
Camp of Woodmen of Monson ; of Juanita 
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Monson. He 
is a member of the Free Street Baptist church 
of Portland. Most of his ancestors were 
Quakers. He is unmarried. 



(For preceding generations see ■W'illiani Varuey I,) 

(III) Ebenezer, son of Hum- 
VARNEY phrey and Sarah Varney, re- 
sided in Dover. He married 
Mary Otis, daughter of Stephen and Mary 
(Pitman) Otis, and granddaughter of Richard 
Otis, who was killed at the capture and de- 
struction of the garrison at Dover under Ma- 
jor Richard Waldron in 1689. In 1696 he 
took possession of the "Hill" (the Otis es- 
tate), which his wife inherited. She bore 
him thirteen children : i\Iary, Sarah, Stephen, 
Abigail, John, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Thomas, 
Judith, Samuel, Martha, Paul and Anne. 

(R) Ebenezer (2), third son and sixth 
child of Ebenezer (i) and j\lary (Otis) Var- 
ney, was born in Dover, March 21, 1704. He 
was married in 1729-30 to Elizabeth, daughter 
of John and Elizabeth Hanson. Mrs. Var- 
ney's mother was the Elizabeth Hanson, an ac- 
count of whose captivity is given in Belknap's 
History. Ebenezer and Elizabeth were the 
parents of ten children : Abigail, Judith, Ebe- 
nezer, Thomas, Nicholas, Susanna, John, 
Hanson, Isaac and Hannah. 
• (V) Isaac, sixth son and ninth child of 
Ebenezer (2) and Elizabeth (Hanson) \'ar- 
ney, was born at Dover in 1752, died in 1826. 
He was married in 1781 to Lydia Rogers. 
His children were : William, Aaron, Alehit- 
able, Timothy and Mary. 

(\'I) Timothy, third son and fourth child 
of Isaac and Lydia (Rogers) \'arney, was 
born in Dover. 1793. died in Kennebunk, 1861. 



As a youth he assisted his father in carrying 
on the homestead farm in Standish. He sub- 
sequently worked at the blacksmith's trade and 
was also employed in the mills at Dover. He 
was called to Kennebunk to assist in con- 
structing mills, and after their completion he 
engaged in business for himself, establishing 
a plant for the manufacture of plows and 
agricultural machinery. He conducted that 
business successfully for the remainder of his 
life and was succeeded by his sons. In politics 
he was in his last years a Republican. He 
was a member of the Society of Friends. He 
married Mary Southwick, a native of Alassa- 
chusetts, and she became the mother of four 
children : Elizabeth, Lydia, George and Isaac. 

(VII) Isaac (2), youngest child of Tim- 
othy and Mary (Southwick) Varney, was 
born in Kennebunk, July 19, 1839. He was 
reared and educated in his native town, and 
at an early age he began to familiarize him- 
self with both the industrial and business de- 
partments of his father's factory. In 1861 he 
and his brother succeeded to the business un- 
der the firm name of G. and I. Varney, and 
in addition to agricultural implements they 
manufactured fine hardware. This partner- 
ship continued for eighteen years, and in 
1881 Mr. Varney entered the employ of the 
Amoskeag Corporation in Manchester, New 
Hampshire, as a machinist, remaining there 
for six years. Removing to North Berwick in 
1887, he re-established himself in business, 
erecting a machine-shop and subsequently a 
mill for the manufacture of lumber, box- 
shooks and boxes, under the firm name of 
Isaac Varney & Sons. This business devel- 
oped into an extensive and profitable enter- 
prise, and in 1905 a stock company was or- 
ganized and incorporated as the Isaac Varney 
-Sons Company. In politics Mr. Varney is a 
Republican. In his religious belief he is a 
Congregationalist. On October 29, 1862, he 
married Phebe E. Bufifum, daughter of Cyrus 
and Lydia (Estes) Buffum, of North Ber- 
wick. Her father, born October 19, 1800, died 
October, 1842, was a farmer and a dealer in 
real estate. Cyrus and Lydia Bufifum were 
the parents of seven children : Edward, 
Charles, Samuel, Maria, Louisa. Phebe E. and 
Hannah. Airs. \'arney's great-grandparents 
were Samuel and Hannah (X'arney) Buffum, 
and she is a descendant in the eighth genera- 
tion of Robert and Tamsin Buffum, who came- 
from England about the year 1638, and set- 
tled in Salem. Massachusetts. 

Mr. and Mrs. \'arney have had ciiildren : 
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B., born January lo, 1869. 3. George, born 
January 10, 1869. 4. William R., born Feb- 
ruary 11, 1871, died June 23, iSgS. 



CIcneral George Varney, born 
\'ARXEY in Levant, Maine, July 30, 
1834. is the son of Paul and 
Eliza (Freethyj \arney, the former of Dover, 
New Hampshire, the latter of York, Maine, 
grandson of Ebenezer \'arney, and great- 
grandson of Zaccheus \'arney. He attended 
the public schools of his native town, was for 
a time in the Chauncey Hall School of 
Boston, also in various schools in Bangor, and 
finally took a course in East Corinth Academy, 
]\Iaine. In 1853 he accepted a position as 
clerk with Charles Hayward & Company, 
wholesale grocers in Bangor, and in i860 
was admitted as a member of the firm. His 
labors for the company were interrupted by 
the civil war, but at the close of the contest 
he resumed his old relations with the con- 
cern, and as the older members of the firm 
had all died, the business was incorporated 
under the former name in 1902, and General 
Varney, to whose excellent management much 
of its prosperity was owing, was made presi- 
dent of the corporation. Their trade extends 
throughout that section of the country in 
which Bangor is located. General Varney was 
major in a regiment of state militia at the 
outbreak of the civil war, and this regiment 
was equipped and mustered into the United 
States service for a period of two years. He 
was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-colo- 
nel in August, 1861 : upon the resignation of 
the colonel he was made colonel, having com- 
manded the regiment while Colonel Roberts 
was on furlough. He served in the Fifth 
Corps, Army of the Potomac, throughout the 
war. was a prisoner for several weeks in 1862 
in Libby prison, and was wounded in the battle 
of Fredericksburg. At the conclusion of 
the contest he was made brevet brigadier- 
general. He is a supporter of Republican 
principles and served one term in the state 
legislature. General Varney is associated with 
a number of organizations, among them being : 
i\Iaine Commandery of the Military Order 
Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Re- 
public ; Army and Navy Clubs of New York 
City and of Washington, District of Colum- 
bia ; St. Andrews Lodge, No. 83, Free and 
Accepted ]\Iasons; Mount Moriah Chapter, 
No. 6, Royal Arch Masons; Bangor Council, 
Royal and Select Masters: St. Johns Com- 
mandery, No. 3 ; member and was commander 
of B. H. Beale Post, No. 12, Grand Army 



of the Republic ; Cumberland Club of Port- 
land, jNIainc; and Tarratine Club of Bangor. 
He was married in 1865 to Jane 2\Ioore, 
daughter of Franklin Smith, of Waterville, 
Maine, and had two children, one of whom 
died in youth. iNIrs. Varney died in 1881. 
The surviving child, Helen; married John L. 
Cutler, a commission merchant of New York 
City. Their children are : Mary, Margaret 
\'arney, Eleanor, Constance and George. 



(For preceding generation see Percival Lowell I.) 

(II) Richard, second son of 
LOWELL Percival and Rebecca Lowell, 
was born in 1602 in England, 
and died August 5, 1682, at Newbury, Massa- 
chusetts. He came from Bristol, England, 
with his father, in the ship "Jonathan," landed 
at Boston, in 1639. and settled at Newbury, 
Massachusetts. In 1670, in a deed, he is called 
"gentleman." He married his first wife, Mar- 
garet, in England, and she died in Newbury, 
January 2"], 1642. He married (second) at 

Newbury, Margaret . born November 

2~. 1604, who was living as his widow in 
1685-86. By his first wife he had four chil- 
dren, all born at Newbury: Percival, Rebecca. 
burn January 27, 1642. Samuel, 1644. and 
Thomas, September 28, 1649. 

(Ill) Percival (2), eldest son of Richard 
and Margaret Lowell, was born in 1639-40, 
at Newbury, i\lassachusetts, and in the records 
is called "yeoman." He married, .September 
7, 1664. Mary, daughter of William and Mary 
(Fowler) Chandler, and she died February 5, 
1708, at Newbury. They had six children, as 
follows: I. Richard, born December 25, 1668. 
2. Captain tjideon. 3. Samuel, born January 
13, 1675-76: he went to F'almouth, Maine, 
with his brother Gideon, where they were 
granted land. 4. Edmund, born September 24, 
1684. 5. ^Margaret. 6. Johanna, born about 
1690. 

(1\') Captain Gideon, second son of Per- 
cival (2) and Mary (Chandler) Lowell, was 
born September 3, 1672, at Newbury, and died 
at Amesbury, Massachusetts, before 1753: in 
his will he calls himself "yeoman," and when 
his will is executed he is called "captain." In 
1696 his name appears on the records as cord- 
wainer, and in 1706 as mariner and coaster. 
He removed to Amesbury about 1719, and be- 
came the owner of several vessels, which he 
also built. He took his wife INIiriam with him 
on many of his voyages, and at least one of 
his children were born on such trips, and prob- 
ably more. In 1728-29 he and his brother 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



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Portland), Maine, and he was then voted free- 
man at that place, and had the ear-mark of his 
cattle recorded. He never resided in that 
town, but transferred his land to his son Ab- 
ner. In 1690 Captain Lowell was a soldier in 
the First Expedition to Canada. He had a 
wharf at the mouth of the Powow river, w^here 
he landed his "Rhum" and "Shugar" from 
the West Indies, and other cargoes. Captain 
Gideon was a good financier, and amassed a 
considerable fortune. He married (first) July 
7, 1692, Miriam (Mary) Swett, by whom he 
had ten children, and (second) June 4, 1735, 
Widow Elizabeth Colby, by whom he had no 
children. His children were : JMar}-, bom 
1692-93; Lieutenant John, February i, 1696- 
97, in South Carolina, while on a voyage; 
Captain Samuel, about 1698 ; Gideon, about 
1700; Stephen, February ig, 1703; Corporal 
Moses, about 1705; Hannah, April 11, 1707; 
Joseph, about 1709; Abner ; Jonathan, Alarch 
24, 1714. 

(V) Abner, seventh of the eight sons of 
Captain Gideon and Miriam (Swett) Lowell, 
was born November 29, 171 1, and died in 
1 761. In 1737 he removed to Falmouth, 
Maine, and settled at Clarks Point, on land 
given him by his father; he lived there for 
the remainder of his life, being drowned there 
in sight of his home. He was one of a com- 
pany stationed in Fort Pemaquiil in one of 
the Indian w'ars, and May 26, 1747, while out 
with a party of fifteen they were ambushed, 
ten of the party .being killed and three cap- 
tured ; he was badly wounded in the wrist, but 
escaped and saved the boy (Ezekiel) Webb, 
who was with him. By the good care and 
nursing of a neighbor woman his hand was 
saved, but w-as useless ever after. He mar- 
ried (first) September 26, 1737, at Hampton 
Falls, Lydia Purrington, and is supposed to 
have married (second) Joanna Richards, born 
March 16, 1719, of Boston, Massachusetts, 
though the record of this second marriage 
cannot be found. By his first wife he had five 
children: Mary, born July 30, 1738, at Fal- 
mouth; Captain Abner, December 28, 1740 
(was a captain in the revolutionary war) ; 
Joshua, John and Lydia. 

(VI) John, third and youngest son of Ab- 
ner and Lydia (Purrington) Lowell, was 
born August 11, 1748, and died at Windham, 
Maine, in 1838. He was a joiner, lived first 
at Falmouth, Maine, then for a time at Harri- 
son and Westbrook, and about 1785 removed 
to Windham, Maine. He was accounted the 
best joiner of Old Falmouth, working much 
for Brigadier General Preble, and lived for 



some time in his family. He and his brother 
Joshua worked in partnership. Lie married 
Alary Chapman or Chatman. of Westbrook, 
Maine, and had ten children, as follows : Sam- 
uel Waldo; Edward, born 1781, at Portland; 
Mary, who died unmarried in 1837-38, aged 
seventy-one; Simon C, born April 24, 1784; 
Alexander, 1788; James; Salome, died an in- 
fant; William, died of brain fever; Jane 
.Moody, born March 25, 1804; John, died four 
years of age. 

(VII) James, fifth son of John and Mary 
(Chapman) Lowell, was born Alarch 20, 1789, 
and died February 23. 1884. He learned the 
tailor's trade at Portland, Maine, and settled 
at Westbrook, but removed to Windham. He 
was a farmer, and good Quaker, and at the 
age of eighty-eight years was in good health, 
bright and cheerful, and able to tell a good 
story. He married, August 20, 1814, in West- 
brook, Mercy Hawkes, and had three children : 
Jane, Nathaniel Hawkes and Edward Jones. 

(VHI) Jane, only daughter of James and 
Mercy (Hawkes) Lowell, was born Novem- 
ber 26, 181 5. and died at Brunswick, Maine, 
October 28, 1867. She married, September 25, 
1836, Joel Varney. (See Varney, VII.) 



"By ascending to an associ- 
BRADISH ation with our ancestors; by 

contemplating their example 
and studying their character ; by partaking 
their sentiments and imbibing their spirit ; by 
accompanying them in their toils ; by sympa- 
thizing in their sufferings, and rejoicing in 
their successes and their triumphs — we mingle 
our own existence with theirs and seem to be- 
long to their age. And in a like manner by 
contemplating the probable fortunes of those 
who are coming after us ; by attempting some- 
thing which may promote their happiness and 
leave some not dishonorable memorial of our- 
selves for their regard when we shall sleep 
with the fathers, we protract our own earthly 
being and seem to crowd whatever is future 
as well as all that is past, into the narrow 
compass of our earthly existence." — Daniel 
Webster. ' -;^ 

(I) Robert Bradish embarked from Har- 
wich and came over in the ship "Defence," 
and was in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 
1635. He bought a house and lot of John 
Steel on the corner of Harvard and Holyoke 
streets, where the Holyoke house now stands, 
and owned tillage beyond the village. The 
first name of his wife was Mary and she died 
in childbirth. The next year he married 
\"ashti . Robert died in 1659, ^nd after 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



his death she kept the village ordinary. Mary 
Bradish had one child Joseph, and \'ashti was 
the mother of Sanuiel". James, Hannah and 
Mary. 

(II) Joseph, iinly son of Robert and Mary 
Bradish, was born in Cambridge, in May, 1638, 
dying in 1725. He lived in Sndbury, of Way- 
side Inn notoriety, also in Framingham, but 
returned to Cambridge to reside. The fi ire- 
name of his wife was Mary and by her he 
had Mary, Hannah, Joseph. James, Ruth ami 
John. 

(III) Deacon John, youngest son of Joseph 
and Mary Bradish, was born the year his 
father returned to Cambridge, and we are not 
sure whether he was a native of that college 
burg or of Framingham. Suffice it to say, the 
deacon was very prominent in church afifairs 
and served on the committee to consult with 
the pastor respecting measures to promote a 
reformation. This important body continued 
to exist for fifty years. The wife who bore 
him all his children was Hepsibah Billings 
and the baptismal record follows : Hannah, 
John, James, Elizabeth, Jonathan. William, 
Ebenezer, Sarah. Rebecca, Mary and Isaac. 
Hepsibah died in 1735. and three years later 
he married Mrs. Abigail Tucker, who sur- 
vived him thirty years. 

(I\') Jonathan, second son of Deacon John 
and Hepsibah ( Billings) Bradish, was born 
in Cambridge, September 16, 1713, and died 
in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1788, hav- 
ing passed the three score mark and lived to 
see his country achieve its independence and 
start on its predestined course of national 
greatness and of empire. The old Bradish 
mansion in Charleston where Jonathan lived 
was on the opposite corner of Union and 
Maine streets and was a wooden house painted 
yellow and stood somewhat back from the 
street in a yard in which were lombardy, 
poplar, and balm of Gilead trees. Xear it 
was the gunsmith shop of Abijah Moore. 
After her parent's death. Catherine, a maiden 
lady of refinement, resided in the house. It 
went out of the family in 1837 and Union block 
^ now stands on its former site. In 1735 Jona- 
than married Abigail Johnson, born in 1714, 
died in 1803. The birth record as given : 
Mary, Billings, Jonathan, Abigail, David, 
Susannah, Eleazer. Catherine and John. 

(V) Major David, third son of Jonathan 
and Abigail (Johnson) Bradish, was born in 
Charlestown, and removed to Portland. JMaine. 
He raised a company of minutemen and 
marched to Cambridge in 1774. was commis- 
sioned a major in Colonel Bigelow's regi- 



ment and served throughout the war. The 
major was a brave officer, beloved by \\\> men 
and respected by his superiors. In war he 
stood amid the din and smoke of battle ; in 
peace he lived in the plaudits of his country- 
men and secure in the decorations he had won. 
He died at a serene old age, leaving to his 
posterity a name they can mention with par- 
donable pride. He married Abiah Merrill, 
July, 1776, a few days after our independence 
was declared, and his rejoicings were of a two- 
fold character, the freedom of his country in 
which he had taken a no inconspicuous part 
and his marriage. Their children were : 
Mary, Levi, Eunice, Elizabeth, Abigail, David 
and Sarah. Major Bradish died in 1818. 

(VI) David (2), youngest son of Major 
David (i) and Abiah (Merrill) Bradish, was 
born in Portland. He had a son Martin. 

(\'I1) Martin, son of David (2) Bradish, 
was born in Portland, i\Iay 2, 1815, the month 
before the battle of Waterloo. He removed 
to Eastport and conducted a bakery. He mar- 
ried Louisa, daughter of Calvin Gilson, of 
Buckfield, Maine, and had two boys, Martin, 
and Walter F., the subject of the ne.xt para- 
graph. 

(VIII) Walter F., second son of Martin 
and Louisa (Gilson) Bradish, was born in 
Eastport, September 7, 1844. While still a 
pupil in the public schools, embued with the 
martial spirit of his great-grandfather, Walter 
F. enlisted in Company I, Twenty-Eighth 
Maine Regiment, and served in the Nineteenth 
Army Corps under General Banks in the siege 
of Port Hudson, and Fort Donaldson. Louisi- 
ana. Private Bradish was in General T. W. 
Sherman's division, General Nickerson's bri- 
gade. The battle was fought May 27, 1863, 
and the position of the Twenty-eighth was on 
the extreme left of the L'nion line. He par- 
ticipated in the charge of Nickerson's men at 
two o'clock in the afternoon in which the bri- 
gade was terribly cut up. It was at this 
battle that General Neal Dow was wounded. 
After his return from the front he engaged in 
the bakery business with his father and event- 
ually bought him out. Mr. Bradish is a mem- 
ber of the board of trade of Eastport ; Eastern 
Lodge, No. 7, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons ; Eastport Royal Arch Chapter, No. 
10; St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Tem- 
plar ; of Kora Temple, Arabic Order of the 
Mystic Shrine, and has been advanced eigh- 
teen degrees in the consistory of Scottish Rite 
]\Iasonry. He was charter member of East- 
port Lodge, No. 880, Benevolent and Pro- 
tective Order of Elks, and belongs to Meade 



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Post. No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic. 
Mr. Bratlish has served on the board of edu- 
cation and votes the Republican ticket. He is 
liberal in his religious belief and friendly to- 
ward all. He married Frances R. Swett, of 
Eastport, and she was killed in the railroad 
accident at Atlantic City, October 28, 1906. 
Mr. Bradish married (second) Rena Spoor, 
of Coxsackie, New York. The children of 
Walter F. and Frances R. (Swett) Bradish 
were christened and born as follows: i. Ar- 
thur Jefferson, May 4, 1871, died May 22, 
1908. 2. Scott Philson, April 6, 1873, mar- 
ried Mary McCulloch, of Calais, Maine. 3. 
Frank Lester, January 20, 1875, married 
Ethel Calder, of Campobello, New Brunswick. 

4. Ralph Walter, February 12. 1880, married 
Nancy Conklin, of Somerville. Massachusetts. 

5. antl 6. Murray Swett and Donald Dunbar 
(twins). 



There are various traditions 
LARR-A-BEE relative to the origin of the 
Larrabees of America, all 
resting upon inconclusive evidence. That the 
name is of French origin is little doubted, 
and that the famfly is of Huguenot extraction 
is generally credited, but nothing is definitely 
known as to who was the immigrant ancestor 
of any of the various families of Larrabee, or 
when the "settler" came to these shores. For 
a portion of the following account of the 
family, credit is due to G. T. Ridlon's "Saco 
\'alley Settlements and Families.'" 

(i) Stephen Larrabee is stated in a petition 
by Isaac Larrabee, of Lynn, Massachusetts, 
dated March 6, 1732, to be the father of sons 
named Stephen, William, John, Thomas, Sam- 
uel, Isaac. Benjamin, Ephraim, and a daugh- 
ter Jane. The same names, with the addition 
of the name of Hannah as the daughter of 
Jane, are mentioned in the will of William 
Larrabee, of Maiden, Massachusetts, made 
October 24, 1692, in which they are men- 
tioned as "loving kinsmen and kinswomen." 

(II) Thomas, evidently the fourth son of 
Stephen Larrabee, seems to have removed 
from Maiden, Massachusetts, to North Yar- 
mouth, Maine. The year 1660 is given as the 
date of his birth. He owned land in Scar- 
borough in 1 68 1, was a resident as early as 
1683, but when the war with the Indians broke 
out in 1686 he fled with the other inhabitants 
of that district to Kittery or Portsmouth, and 
there some of his children were born and mar- 
ried. In 1720, soon after the second settle- 
ment of Scarborough, Thomas Larrabee re- 
turned to his plantation, was present at the 



meeting for the organization of the town 
government in 1720, and resided in the town 
two years, next following, and April 19, 1723, 
with his son Anthony was killed by the In- 
dians while at work in a field at some dis- 
tance from his house. The place where they 
were at work was called the ten-acre home 
lot. They were buried on the west side of the 
Block Point road, not far from the scene of 
the tragedy. Thomas Larrabee was an in- 
dustrious citizen and highly esteemed. The 
names of seven persons supposed to be his 
children are given, as follows : Anthony, 
Eleanor. Thomas, Jane, Hannah, John and 
Benjamin. 

(Hi) Benjamin, seventh child and fourth 
son of Thomas Larrabee, lived on Pleasant 
Hill in Scarborough. He died December 17, 
1763, in the sixty-third year of his age, and 
was buried in Block Point cemetery. He mar- 
ried, December 4, 1724, Sarah, daughter of 
Samuel and Abigail Johnson, of Kittery. She 
died December 26, 1789, in the eighty-si.xth 
year of her age. They had eight children ; 
William, Sarah, Elizabeth. Hannah, Lydia, 
Benjamin, Miriam and Jonathan. 

(IV) Benjamin (2), sixth child and sec- 
ond son of Benjamin (i) and Sarah (John- 
son) Larrabee, was born ]May 23, 1740, and 
died April 17, 1829. He was a patriot sol- 
dier and the "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sail- 
ors in the War of the Revolution" contains the 
following record of him : "Captain ; engaged 
July I, 1775; service, 6 months 16 days, on 
seacoast in Cumberland County ; also, official 
record of a ballot by the House of Represen- 
tatives, dated February 5, 1776: said Larrabee 
chosen second major, Col. Jonathan Mitchell's 
( Second Cumberland County ) regiment of 
Massachusetts ]Militia ; appointment concurred 
in by Council February 7, 1776; reported com- 
missioned Feb. 7, 1776." He was a man of 
action and a leader among his townsmen. He 
married, July 28, 1778, Hannah Skillings, who 
died September 26, 1828, aged eighty-one. 
The children were: Hannah, Benjamin and 
Joseph. 

(V) Benjamin (3), the elder of the two 
sons of Benjamin (2) and Hannah (Skil- 
lings) Larrabee, was born June 24, 1781, and 
died February 25, 1823. He was a pros- 
perous farmer in Scarborough, a wel? in- 
formed and popular man, and served as select- 
man and represented his town in the legisla- 
ture. He married, October 10, 1805, Susanna 
Libby, who was born in Scarborough, Novem- 
ber 16, 1784, daughter of Seth and Lydia 
(Jordan) Libby. She died May 17, 1846, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



aged sixty-two years. They had seven chil- 
dren: Mary, Jolin, Benjamin, Seth L., Han- 
nah, Jordan L. and Albion K. P. 

(VI) Benjamin (4), second son of Ben- 
jamin (3) and Susanna (Libby) Larrabee, 
was born in Scarborough, August 8, 1810, died 
in Portland, August 2, 1874. He was a car- 
penter and settled in Portland about 1834; he 
passed the remainder of his life there. He 
was a Democrat in political faith and was 
customs inspector at Portland from 1852 to 
i860. He was a member of the Congrega- 
tional church, and is spoken of as a very 
worthy man. He married, October 4, 1836, 
Harriet Jane Pearson, born in 1817, died in 
Portland, July 22, 1841, daughter of George 
H. and Harriet (Rice) Pearson. They had 
one child, George H. P., whose sketch fol- 
lows. 

(VII) George Henry Pearson, only child 
of Benjamin (4) and Harriet Jane (Pearson) 
Larrabee, was born in Portland, January 31, 
1841. He is a farmer and lumber surveyor, 
and resides at Pride's Corner. He is a mem- 
ber of the Free Masons. He votes the Re- 
publican ticket, but has never held or sought 
public office. He married (first) July 30, 
1862, Jane Boyes Phillips, born in Portland, 
August 18, 1841, died June 3, 1877, daughter 
of Warren and Mary (Parker) Phillips, of 
Portland. He married (second) July 16, 
1878, Ella Margaretta Everett, born in Bath, 
Maine, May 25, 1847, daughter of Timothy 
and Sarah L. (Hudson) Everett, of Bath. 
Mr. Everett followed the sea for many years, 
was a master mariner, and sailed principally 
to South America, Australia and India. The 
children of George H. P. and Jane Boyes 
(Phillips) Larrabee were: Harriet Jane and 
Elizabeth P. Harriet J., born May 17, 1863, 
graduated from the Portland high school in 
1883, and married Frederick A. Tompson 
(see Tompson IX). Elizabeth P. died in in- 
fancy. Mr. Larrabee's children by his sec- 
ond wife are: i. George P., born in Scarboro, 
June 23, 1881, is a druggist in Presque Isle, 
Maine ;" he married Mary Collins. 2. Winni- 
fred S., born Westbrook, July 8, 1885, mar- 
ried Harold V. Goodhue. 3. Sarah E., born 
Westbrook, September 21, 1886. 4. Lena, born 
Westbrook, April 3, 1888. 

(VI) Jordan L., sixth child and fourth son 
of Benjamin (3) and Susanna (Libby) Lar- 
rabee, was born in Scarborough, June 4, 1818, 
died April 8, 1884. He was a farmer and 
also engaged in carpentering. He was intel- 
ligent and honorable and served his towns- 
men several years as a member of the board 



of selectmen. Pie married, November 9, 1849, 
Caroline F. Beals, born November 28, 1826, 
daughter of Benjamin and Francis (Leonard) 
Beals, of Leeds. She died July 2, 1907, aged 
eighty years. Two children were born of this 
union : Albion W^ and Seth L. Albion W. 
was born August 20, 1852, took a course in 
medicine at Dartmouth Medical College, from 
which he graduated in 1873, practiced his 
profession in Saco and Scarborough, and died 
in the latter town September 29, 1892. He 
married, in Boston, October 11, 1873, Susan 
Brown, of Portland, who survives him. 

(Vll) Seth L., second son of Jordan L. 
and Caroline F. (Beals) Larrabee, was born 
in Scarborough, January 22, 1855. His boy- 
hood was passed on the ancestral homestead, 
about equally divided between attending the 
district school and in the performance of the 
labor necessary on the farm. Later he fitted 
for college in Westbrook Seminary, from 
which he graduated in 1870. He entered 
Bowdoin College in 1871 and graduated from 
that institution with the class of 1875. He 
taught several terms in the common schools 
while pursuing his college course, and after 
his graduation was instructor of languages 
one year in Goddard Seminary at Barre, Ver- 
mont. In 1876 he entered the law office of 
Strout & Gage in Portland, where he studied 
until admitted to the Cumberland bar in Octo- 
ber, 1878. He immediately opened an office 
in Portland and soon built up a large prac- 
tice, having for his patrons many of the 
prominent business men of Portland and the 
surrounding territory. For nearly thirty years 
"his commanding figure and his masterly con- 
duct of cases have been well known in the 
Maine Courts." "Mr. Larrabee is a Repub- 
lican and his influence in political circles, his 
ability to win and keep friends, and his social 
popularity have combined," says the Bench 
and Bar of jMaine, "to render him an im- 
portant factor in the party to which he has 
rendered important service." In 1880 he was 
elected register of probate for Cumberland 
county, and filled that place for nine years. 
In 1 89 1 he was elected city solicitor for Port- 
land, and re-elected in 1893. In 1895 and 
again in 1897 he was chosen representative 
to the state legislature. On the assembling 
of that body after his second election he was 
its sole choice as a candidate for the speaker- 
ship, and was elected to that office without 
a dissenting vote, and filled it with dignity, 
ability and a charm of personal manner sel- 
dom equalled. His business qualifications and 
critical judgment have placed him in a num- 




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ber of responsible trusts. For many years 
past he has been an influential member of the 
Portland Board of Trade. He was one of the 
promoters and organizers of the Casco and 
of the Portland Loan and Building Associa- 
tions, in both of which he is a director, 
treasurer and attorney. He was also an origi- 
nal incorporator and president of the Port- 
land & Yarmouth Electric Railway Company ; 
and was one of the founders of the Chapman 
National Bank, of which he was vice-president 
and director until the death of Mr. Cullen C. 
Chapman, March 22, 1903, and was then 
elected to the presidency of that institution. 
He was instrumental in chartering and found- 
ing the Mercantile Trust Company, of which 
he is vice-president, trustee and attorney. The 
care of various estates has also been placed in 
Mr. Larrabee's hands, and in all these posi- 
tions he has proved himself to be conservative 
yet progressive, prudent yet active and alert. 
He is a Mason and a member of Atlantic 
Lodge, a Knight of Pythias and member of 
Bromhall Lodge, No. 3. He is a member of 
Cumberland Club and many other social and 
civic organizations. For two years he served 
as captain of the First Battery, Maine Na- 
tional Guard. Seth L. Larrabee married, Oc- 
tober 21, 1880, Lulu B. Sturtevant, of Scar- 
boro, who was born February i, 1858, daugh- 
ter of Joseph and Harriet AL (Bartels) Stur- 
tevant. They have two children : Sydney Bar- 
tels, born July, 1881 ; and Leon Sturtevant, 
December, 1882. 



(For earlier generations see preceding sketch.) 

(HI) John, one of the 
LARRABEE 3'ounger children of Thomas 
Larrabee and wife, who re- 
sided at Scarborough, married Mary Inger- 
soll, of Kittery, January 13, 1726, and by 
this union the following children were born : 
I. Deborah, born July 24, 1728, married her 
cousin, Isaac Larrabee, and settled in Machias, 
Maine, where she survived her husband and 
reached the exceptional age of one hundred 
years. She was the first white woman within 
the town and her descendants are very nu- 
merous. 2. Solomon, married Elizabeth Win- 
ters. 3. John. 4. Mary. 5. Stephen. 6. 
Phebe. 7. Philip. 8. Eunice. 9. John. 10. 
Jonathan. 

(IV) Philip, seventh child of John and 
Mary (Ingersoll) Larrabee, was born March 
3, 1744. married Sally Smith, of Berwick, and 
settled in Scarborough, where he died August 
22, 1 82 1, aged about seventy-seven years. 

(V) John (2), son of Philip and Sally 



(Smith) Larrabee, was born .'\ugust 5, 1769. 
He was a farmer, and later in life became a 
timber and lumber dealer, being a resident of 
Wales, Maine, where he resided from 1793 to 
the time of his death in 1854. He was a 
staunch old-time Democrat, and in religion 
a believer in the Universalist faith. He mar- 
ried Susan Andrews, a native of Wales, Maine, 
and their children were : Presina, Hannah, 
Philip, John, Daniel, William (died young), 
and William, who grew to manhood. 

(VI) Daniel, son of John (2) and Susan 
(Andrews) Larrabee, born July 2, 1805, in 
Wales, Maine, died March 4, 1883, in Gar- 
diner. In his youth and young manhood he 
farmed, but at the age of about nineteen years 
entered the ship-yards at Bath, Maine, where 
he learned the ship-building trade. In 1838 he 
went to Louisiana, as a superintendent for the 
government, looking after the cutting of live 
oaks, which timber was used in ship-building. 
After one year in the south, and early in the 
forties, he, in company with his brothers, 
Philip and John Larrabee, went to Virginia 
and engaged in the business of getting out 
ship-frames, which they supplied to Bath ship- 
builders. They continued in this business 
until 1861, when Daniel returned to Gardiner, 
where he engaged in the staple and fancy 
grocery business, with Cyrus Libby. This 
partnership was in effect until the death of 
,Mr. Libby, when his brother, Samuel W. 

Libby, came into the firm, and this firm con- 
ducted the business until 1870, when Mr. Lar- 
rabee retired and resided on his farm, which 
he still retained. Lie was a Democrat until 
1862, then threw his vote and influence with 
the Republican party, and became a promi- 
nent figure in city government, holding the 
office of councilman, and at another time was 
elected alderman. He was a member of the 
Gardiner Commandery of Knights Templar, 
and also belonged to the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows. Devoted to Christianity, he 
had his church home with the Baptist denomi- 
nation, and was deacon many years. He was 
married to Sabrina Ricker, born i\Iay 16, 1802, 
in Milton, New Hampshire, died February 23, 
1882, in Gardiner, Maine. Their children 
were : Statira, Jane, Jarnes M., Ezra K., who 
died in infancy. 

(VII) James Morrill, third child of Daniel 
and Sabrina (Ricker) Larrabee, was born 
December 4. 1833, in Wales, Maine. He se- 
cured a good education at the public schools 
of his native place, which he attended several 
years, then spent three years at the Maine 
Seminary, at Kent's Hill, and also one year at 



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Phillips Exeter Academy. After obtaining his 
education, he clerked one year for John Stone 
in the retail grocery business. Not feeling 
satisfied with that line of merchandising, he 
took a position in the dry-goods house of 
Frost & Judkins, at Gardiner, remaining there 
one year. In 1857 he taught school in the 
New" Mills district, one term in Gardiner. In 
1858 he taught the Highland grammar school, 
and continued in that school for three years, 
resigning on account of his health. He ne.xt 
joined his father on the farm, where he re- 
sided until 1879. From 1880 to 1884 he re- 
sided in Pennsylvania, where he was agent for 
Appleton's American Encyclopedia. Return- 
ing from Pennsylvania to Gardiner, in July, 
1885, he was appointed judge of the municipal 
court. Among the various public positions he 
has held are those of assessor, and overseer 
of the poor, from 1864 to 1869: also presi- 
dent of both branches of the Gardiner city 
government. Mr. Larrabee has been a mem- 
ber of Herman Lodge, A. F. and A. M., since 
1855; of Jerusalem Chapter, for the same 
period ; the Maine Commandery of Knights 
Templar since 1856. He was master of the 
lodge in i860, and is the senior living past- 
master of the lodge, and has been secretary of 
the same since 1894. He was the first high 
priest of Lebanon Chapter, serving in 1864- 
65. In 1862 he was elected commander of the 
Maine Commandery, serving five years, and in 
the seventies he was again elected and served 
two years. He was master of the council for 
twenty years; grand high priest of the Grand 
Chapter of Maine, 1868-69; deputy grand 
commander of the Grand Commandery of 
ilaine, 1867-68; senior grand warden of the 
Grand Lodge of Maine in 1905. Mr. Lar- 
rabee was among the patriotic defenders of 
the L^nion cause during the civil war period, 
having been a member of the Eleventh Maine 
regimental band from September 8. 1861, to 
August 19, 1862, when they were discharged 
from further service, by act of congress. He 
is numbered among the active members of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. He was mar- 
ried to Priscilla Woodward, daughter of Amos 
and Nancy (Mussey) Woodward; the date of 
her birth was January 13. 1834, in Winthrop. 
Their children were : Edgar W., Harry E., 
Daniel, James M., Joseph H., Edith M. and 
Helen W. (twins), and Austin P. 



This is one of the surnames 
SAWYER which probably arose from an 
occupation, and has been hon- 
ored in America since its transportation by 



many leading citizens of various states. It 
has figured conspicuously in the United States 
senate, in the ministry, in law and in the 
various callings pursued by the American 
people. It is ably and numerously represented 
in Massachusetts and has contributed its pro- 
portion to the progress and development of the 
state. Within a few years after the landing 
of the Pilgrims at Plymouth it appears in the 
records of the settlements of Massachusetts 
Bay Colony, and this patronymic of Sawyer 
has been borne and honored by men who have 
been successful leaders in nearly all the walks 
of life. As pioneers they showed those quali- 
ties of character which planted civilization in 
a land inhabited with savages, and under con- 
ditions that would have disheartened any but 
the strongest and bravest. Their hardihood 
and Christian fortitude made them fit instru- 
ments for the advancement of civilization upon 
the underlying foundation principles, the ob- 
ject which is the enjoyment of "life, liberty, 
and the pursuit of happiness." As defenders 
of these principles they were ever ready to 
face death, as the records of the early In- 
dian wars in New England show, as well as 
those of the revolution, and in later years when 
their country required defenders. It is a mat- 
ter of record that eighteen members of the 
Sawyer family from Lancaster, Massachusetts, 
alone were in the military service at the same 
time during the revolution, and that one com- 
pany recruited in that town was officered from 
captain down by Sawyers. John Sawyer (or 
Sayer) was a farmer in Lincolnshire, Eng- 
land, where he is supposed to have been a 
landholder also. He was the father of three 
sons : William, Edward and Thomas, who 
left England on the ship commanded by Cap- 
tain Parker, and settled in Massachusetts about 
1636. 

(I) William Sayer, the immigrant ancestor, 
was born about 1613, probably in England. 
He was in Salem, Alassachusetts. and later 
in Wenham, from 1640 to 1645. His name at 
that time was spelled Sayer. He subscribed to 
the oath of allegiance in 1678, and became a 
member of the First Baptist Church in Boston, 
with his wife and several others of Newbury 
in 1 68 1. It is probable that he had then re- 
sided in Newbury for forty years. A branch 
of the First Baptist Church was formed in 
Newbury in 1682, and William and John 
Sayer and others were among its members. 
He was still living in 1697, and his estate was 
administered by his son-in-law, John Emery, 
in March, 1703. The name of his wife was 
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Ruth, Mary (died young), Sarah, Hannah 
(died young), William, Frances (died young), 
Mary, Stephen A., Hannah and Frances. 

( H ) John, eldest child of William Sawyer, 
or Sayer, was born August 24, 1645, in New- 
bury, and bought land in Haverhill in 1669; he 
probably lived- in that town for a time. He 
was a member of the Baptist church of New- 
burv with his parents in 1682, and died March, 
1689, his death being recorded in Salem. He 
married, February 18, 1676, in Newbury, 
Sarah, fifth daughter of John Poore, of New- 
bury. She was granted administration of his 
estate March 25, 1690, and it was divided in 
November, 1697. She married (second) No- 
vember 2~. 1707, Joseph ISailey. John and 
Sarah (Poore) Sawyer were the parents of 
Ruth. William, Sarah, John (died young), 
Jonathan, David and John. 

(HI) David, fourth son of John and Sarah 
(Poore) Sawyer, was born January 13, 1687, 
in Newbury, and settled in that part of Kit- 
tery which is now Eliot, Maine. He was there 
married. February 28, 171 1, to Elincir Frost, 
daughter of Nicholas Frost, a beaver trader, 
and his wife, Mary ( Small ) Frost. He prob- 
ably passed his life in Eliot, as the marriage 
and the births of all his children are recorded 
there. They were : John, Mary, David, Jona- 
than, Sarah and Steven. 

(IV) David (2), son of David (i) and 
Elinor (Frost) Sawyer, was born February 
12. 1715, in Eliot, and early settled in Pep- 
perellboro, now Saco, Maine. He served as 
a soldier of the revolution from that town. No 
record of his marriage or children appears, but 
he is known to have been the father of the 
next mentioned. 

(V) Abner, son of David (2) Sawyer, was 
born about 1757 in Saco, and died there No- 
vember 15, 1823. He was a revolutionary sol- 
dier, like his father. By engaging in ship- 
building he accumulated a considerable for- 
tune, and was able to give each of his sons a 
good farm. He married Mary Staples, who 
was born about 1760 in Saco, and died April 
12. 1842. These records are from their tomb- 
stones in Saco. They had a family of ten 
children who married into the best families of 
the neighborhood, and were evidently of good 
social standing. 

(VI) Captain Mark, son of Abner and 
Alary (Staples) Sawyer, was born December 
'3' 1/99' in Saco, and in common with his 
brother was a seafaring man and the com- 
mander of a vessel. When he retired from the 
sea he settled upon the farm inherited from 
his father in the town of Saco, where he died 



April 15, 1865, at the age of sixty-five years. 
He married, April 21, 1825, Asenath Patter- 
son, born March 2y, 1803, died July 14, 1866, 
daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Sawyer) 
Patterson (see Patterson HI). Their chil- 
dren who survived the period of infancy were : 

1. Cordelia, wife of Captain George Titcomb. 

2. Horace Bacon, mentioned below. 3. Green- 
leaf, who died upon the paternal homestead. 

4. Charles Evans, who now resides in Saco. 

5. Sarah, married Edward Stiles, of Saco. 
(\TI) Horace Bacon, eldest son of Captain 

Mark and .\senath (Patterson) Sawyer, was 
born February 16, 1830, in Saco, where he 
grew up and began his education in the com- 
mon school. He was subsequently a student 
at Kent's Hill, Maine, and in the school of 
Theology at Concord, New Hampshire. He 
became a member of the Vermont Methodist 
Conference on probation, and was first sta- 
tioned as a pastor at Hartland, and subse- 
quently at Putney, \"ermont. He removed 
from the latter place to iMaine and was pastor 
of the church at Wells, in 1862-64. For three 
years he engaged in business and subsequently 
returned to \'ermont, where he was ordained 
in the Baptist church and occupied a pastorate 
for some years in Danbury, New Hampshire, 
where he was very successful. He returned 
to business life again until 1873, when he was 
made pastor of a church in Albion, Maine. 
In 1875 he retired from the ministry, and 
after five years of business life settled on a 
farm in Brunswick, Maine, where he con- 
tinued nine years. He then sold the farm and 
removed to Turner, Maine, whence he went to 
Massachusetts and died at Haverhill in that 
state, at the age of sixty-three years. Al- 
though }ilr. Sawyer was generally conceded 
to be a speaker of interest and ability upon 
religious matters by those who heard him, he 
was naturally independent in his thoughts and 
unusually free in the expression of those 
thoughts for those times. This tendency grew 
upon him the more he thought upon religious 
matters, causing him to frequently resign po- 
sitions where he felt that he could not longer 
continue with a free conscience. He was a 
member of the Masonic order and was an 
active and prominent citizen, and while re- 
siding in Albion was supervisor of schools. 
He married, July 31, i860, at White River 
Junction, Vermont, Clarissa Jane Carter, 
daughter of Horace Black and Ruth J. 
(Wood) Carter, of Lebanon, New Hamp- 
shire (see Carter, VIII). She was born March 
15, 1841. Her children were: Sarah. Asenath. 
George Mark, Harvey Lincoln. Clarence 



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STATE OF MAINE 



Evans and Clara Mabel. The oldest daughter 
is a music teacher and the eldest son engaged 
in business. The second son died at the age 
of twenty-one years. The third is the sub- 
ject of the following paragraph. The younger 
daughter is the wife of Williard O. Copithorn, 
a dentist, of Natick, Massachusetts. 

(VIII) Clarence Evans, third son of Rev. 
Horace B. and Clarissa J. (Carter) Sawyer, 
was born August 7, 1869, in Wilmot, New 
Hampshire, and was about six years of age 
when his parents removed to Brunswick, 
Maine. He attended the public schools of 
that town and the Adams Academy at Quincy, 
Massachusetts. While pursuing his education 
he was busily employed during spare time as 
a clerk in a grocery store in order to bear the 
expenses of his education. Later he engaged 
in teaching school and the funds thus earned 
were employed in pursuing a partial course at 
Bowdoin College in the class of 1893 and in 
the study of law. He was admitted to the bar 
in 1895 and at once began the practice of his 
profession in Brunswick, where he has since 
continued, and has built up a tine reputation 
and remunerative practice. In 1908 he re- 
moved his residence to Portland because of his 
increasing professional employment at the 
county seat, but continues his law office at 
Brunswick, as well as one in the city. He 
is a member of the Masonic order and of the 
Knights of Pythias and cherishes the fraternal 
sentiments of these orders. He married, Au- 
gust 18, 1896, Blanche M., daughter of Cap- 
tain John F. and Mary A. J. (Lovell) Brown. 
They are the parents of three children : Rus- 
sell Fulton Brown, Lovell Brown and Louise 
Burton. 

Airs. Sawyer's ancestry was very early iden- 
titied with the township of North Yarmouth, 
Maine. The tirst in the line of whom she has 
knowledge was Reuben Brown, whose wife 
was Elizabeth Parker. They were the parents 
of Moses, Benjamin, Joanna, Jeremiah, Ra- 
chel and Abigail, the last two being twins. 
Captain Jeremiah, third son of Reuben and 
Elizabeth (Parker) Brown, was born May 12, 
1798. Though a shoemaker by trade, he be- 
gan to follow the sea early in life, commanded 
the schooner "Phoenix," and carried the first 
load of stone to build Fort Sumter, famous in 
the civil war. He married, September 13, 
1833, Eliza Ann Fulton, who was born in 
i8og, and they were the parents of Abigail 
Reade, Martha Ann, Mary Jane, John Fulton, 
Samuel Larrabee, Eliza Ellen, Harriet, Au- 
gusta and Charles Albert. Captain John Ful- 
ton, oldest son of Jeremiah and Eliza Ann 



(Fulton) Brown, born August, 1842, followed 
the sea with marked success from 1862 to 
1896. He served in the United States navy 
on the "Ohio," the "Santee," the "Sabine" 
and the "Florida." After the war he com- 
manded the "Giles Loring," the "Ida M. Com- 
ery" and the "Jennie Phinney," which was 
built for him at Yarmouth, until 1886. Sub- 
sequently he sailed the brig "Screamer," 
"Elizabeth Winslow," "Henry B. Cleaves" and 
the bark "H. J. Libbey." He now resides on 
the Brown homestead at Bay View, Yarmouth. 
He married Mary Abbie Jane Lovell, of Gray, 
Maine, November 28, 1867, and they were the 
parents of : Hattie Fulton, Blanche May, Ed- 
mund Phinney, Burton Eugene and Gertrude 
Louise (twins), and John Millard. Blanche 
May, second daughter of Captain John F. and 
Mary A. J. (Lovell) Brown, was born INIay 8, 
1874, in Yarmouth, Maine, and married, Au- 
gust 18, 1896, Clarence E. Sawyer, of Bruns- 
wick (see Sawyer VIII above.) 



(For first generation see W'illiam Sawyer (Saver) I.) 

(II) William (2), third son of 
SAWYER William (i) and Ruth Sawyer, 
was born February i, 1656, in 
Newbury, and settled in Wells, Maine. He 
was a soldier of the Narragansett campaign in 
1675 and bought land in Wells in 1679 and 
1685. The first date probably indicates the 
time of his settlement there. He was deputy 
to the general court in 1707, 1716-17 and 
died June 7, 1718. His will was dated three 
days previous to his death. He was married 
about 1677 to Sarah Littlefield, daughter of 
Francis and Rebecca Littlefield, of Wells, and 
granddaughter of Edmund Littlefield, who 
came from Tichfield, England, to Wells about 
1637. She was born about 1650, and married 
(first) at Wells; she survived her second hus- 
band and was baptized and received into the 
church at Wells, July 27, 1718. She died in 
January, 1735. Their children were: Joseph, 
Frances, Daniel, Hannah and Ruth. 

(HI) Daniel, third son of William (2) and 
Sarah (Littlefield) Sawyer, was born May 26, 
1683, in Wells, and seems to have resided 
there through life, dying between 1714 and 
1716. The baptismal name of his wife was 
Sarah. After his death she married Joseph 
Hill, of Wells, the intention being published 
March 23, 1739. Daniel Sawyer's children 
were : William, Sarah, Lydia, Daniel and Han- 
nah. 

(IV) William (3), eldest son of Daniel and 
Sarah Sawyer, was born February 6, 1705, in 
Wells, and died there in 1768. His first wife 



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bore the name of Mary. The second was 
Love, daughter of Arthur Bragdon, of York, 
their intention being pubUshed March 30, 
1734. Their children were: Phoebe, Sarah, 
Lydia, Daniel, Samuel, ]\Iary, Sarah and Will- 
iam. 

(V) Wilham (4), youngest child of Will- 
iam (3) Sawyer and fourth child of his sec- 
ond wife, was born about 1740 in Wells, and 
probably settled in Cumberland. There is a 
family tradition that he with several compan- 
ions walked from Gilmanton to Westbrook in 
the winter season because at that time the ice 
furnished a means of crossing the rivers. He 
had children : Benjamin, William, Rebecca, 
Asa and John. 

(VI) William (5), second son of William 
(4) Sawyer, was born about 1766 and died 
February 8, 1856, in Pownal, Maine. He mar- 
ried Susanna Blake, of Harpswell, Maine, and 
settled in Pownal, same state. Susanna Blake's 
mother was Jane, daughter of Waitstill Weber. 
She was born 1731, died in 1797. The name 
of her husband was John Blake. Waitstill 
Weber was a son of Samuel Weber, born 163 1 
and killed by the Indians in 1716. Samuel 
Weber was a son of Wolfert Weber Jr., grand- 

\son of William the Silent, Prince of Orang;e, 
and was born 1604, and died 1670. The chil- 
dren of William and Susanna (Blake) Sawyer 
were : Benjamin, William, Jeremiah, Susan, 
Abigail, John, Charles, Charlotte and Rebecca. 

(VII) Benjamin, eldest son of William (5) 
and Susanna (Blake) Sawyer, was born Au- 
gust II, 1795. in Pownal. He married, Jan- 
uary 26, 1825, Lydia Fields, of Freeport, 
Maine. Their children were: i. Lydia, born 
June 26, 1825, married Simon Fickett. 2. 
Elijah F., September 24, 1827. 3. Lewis F., 
June 19, 1829, married Laura Plummer, of 
Alna, Maine. 4. Harriet B., November 2, 
1832, married Joshua Witham, of Gray, Maine. 
5. Melissa E., November 12, 1843, married 
Edward Bowie, of Durham, Maine. 

(VIII) Elijah Field, son of Benjamin and 
Lydia (Fields) Sawyer, was born in Pownal, 
Maine, September 24, 1827, and died Septem- 
ber I, 1906. In early youth he removed with 
his parents to Cumberlan<l. from thence to 
New Gloucester, and lived on a farm until he 
arrived at manhood and then took up his resi- 
dence in Bath and became a prominent figure 
in the industrial and business life of that city. 
It was in the year 1847 ^^'^^^ ^^^- Sawyer went 
to Bath and began learning the trade of ship- 
carpentering in the yards of the late William 
D. Sewall, where he himself carried on busi- 



ness in later years. In 1865, with Captain 
Guy C. Goss as his partner, under the firm 
style of Goss & Sawyer, the young ship-car- 
penter began his active business life and in 
that year built and launched the schooner 
"John Crooker"; but this was only the be- 
ginning in a small way of what soon became 
one of the largest firms in ship-building in 
New. England. In 1872 B. F. Packard came 
into the firm, the name of which then changed 
to Goss, Sawyer & Packard, and the business 
was continued without material change in the 
pcrsonell of the partnership for about twelve 
or fourteen years and then was incorporated 
as the New England Shipbuilding Company. 
But during the years in which Mr. Sawyer 
was a member of the old firm of Goss & Saw- 
yer and the successor firm of Goss, Sawyer & 
Packard, the yards built and put afloat two 
hundred vessels of all kinds to be used in the 
carrying trade. In 1886 Mr. Sawyer, in 
company with his son-in-law, D. Howard 
Spear, and Captain John R. Kelley, became or- 
ganizers of the Keliey-Spear Company, build- 
ers of steam and sailing vessels, barges and 
lighters. Mr. Sawyer was president of the 
company from 1902 until the time of his death, 
and during the period of his connection with it 
the company built one hundred and forty-four 
vessels ; and during all the years of his con- 
nection with the ship-building industry of 
Bath, the firms in which he was a partner and 
the company of which he was president con- 
structed and launched a total of three hundred 
and forty-four vessels of all kinds, a greater 
number than stands to the credit of any other 
wooden ship-builder in this country. This has 
meant something to the business interests of 
Bath, with the hundreds and perhaps thou- 
sands of mechanics employed in the years in 
which Mr. Sawyer was financially interested, 
and it has meant something to the industrial 
history of the state of Maine. 

During the long period of his business life 
Mr. Sawyer was an extensive employer of 
workmen, skilled mechanics most of them, and 
the state of Maine has yet to produce the man 
at the head of a great industrial enterprise 
who has been more considerate than he of the 
interests and comforts of wage-earners in his 
service, or the man more universally respected 
for the qualities of honesty, integrity and fair- 
ness, or the man who has at heart the best in- 
terests and welfare of the city in which Mr. 
Sawyer lived so long. In his nature there 
was neither arrogance, vanity nor selfish am- 
bition, no thought to enrich himself at the ex- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



pense of other men or profit by tlieir misfor- 
tunes ; neither was he ever unmindful of the 
claims of other interests than his own upon 
his time, as is shown by his service as a mem- 
ber of the city government of Bath, his devo- 
tion to and liberal support of the Free Will 
Baptist church. He was naturally of thought- 
ful mind, pious meditations, correct in his daily 
walk, always cheerful himself and every ready 
to contribute to the comfort of those about 
him. whether in counsel or financial aid, and 
his dispensations for charitable purposes, more 
than a few, were made quietly, so that atten- 
tion should not be attracted to the donor. He 
was interested in a number of the best institu- 
tions of Bath, its churches, schools, and Old 
Ladies Home, and also held investments in 
other than the ship-building company of which 
he was the head. He was one of the incor- 
porators of the Peoples' Safe Deposit and Sav- 
ings Bank. On December 27, 1851, Mr. 
Sawyer married Sarah Noyes Marston, who 
was born June 27, 1830, and died May 28, 
1904. Of this marriage five children were 
born: i. Emma, died young. 2. Ada R., born 
May 25, 1856. married, December 27, 1876, 
D. Howard Spear. 3. George, died young. 4. 
Harry B., December 27, 1863. 5. Jennie M., 
September 27, 1867, died December 20, 1880. 
(IX) Harry Banks, son of Elijah Field 
and Sarah Noyes (Marston) Sawyer, was 
born in Bath, Maine, December 27, 1863. He 
acquired his early education in the Bath pub- 
lic schools and his higher education at the 
Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachu- 
setts, where he graduated in 1886. He took 
up school-teaching as a profession, going first 
to Washington, D. C, and from there to St. 
Paul, Minnesota, where he taught ten years 
in public schools. He returned to Bath in 
1898 and was in the grain business for a 
time, then became associated with the Kelley- 
Spear Shipbuilding Company, as an assistant 
to his father, the president of the company and 
who felt the burden of advancing years. Upon 
the death of the elder Sawyer in 1906, Mr. 
Sawyer was elected treasurer of the company 
and is still in that ofifice. In addition to these 
duties he also serves as trustee of the Peoples" 
Safe Deposit and Savings Bank and of the 
Bath Trust Company. In politics he is a Re- 
publican and has been somewhat interested 
in that field, having represented the seventh 
ward in the common council in igo2 and 
served as alderman from the same ward from 
1903 to 1907. He is also prominent in fra- 
ternal circles, a member of Solar Lodge, No. 
14, F. and A. M.: Montgomery and St. Ber- 



nard R. A. C, No. 3 ; Dunlap Commandery, 
No. 5, K. T. ; and Lodge No. 943, B. P. 6. 
E. He also belongs to the Kennebec Yacht 
Club. Mr. Sawyer is a liberal supporter and 
with his family an attendant at the services of 
the L'niversalist church. He married, August 
22, 1889, Gertrude Hannah Frank, daughter 
of Anthony and Arietta Frank, of Bath, born 
December 2, 1863. jOne child has been born 
to them, Jennie Alae Sawyer, June 28, 1894, 
at St. Paul, Minnesota. 



(For early family history see preceding sketch.) 

( I ) John .lawyer was a far- 
SAWYER. mer in Lincolnshire, Eng- 
land, where he is supposed to 
have been a landholder also. He was the father 
of three sons : William, Edward and Thomas, 
who left England on a ship commanded by 
Captain Parker, and settled in Massachusetts 
about 1636. 

(II) Edward, son of John Sawyer, brought 
over with him from England his wife, whose 
maiden name was Mary Peaseley, and their 
children, Mary, Henry and James, and settled 
first in Ipswich, and then in Rowley, Massa- 
chusetts. No more is known of Edward or 
his wife. 

(III) James, youngest child of Edward and 
]\Iary (Peaseley) Sawyer, was born in Eng- 
land and came to Alassachusetts with his pa- 
rents. He was a weaver, and settled in Glouces- 
ter, where he died May 31, 1703. One author- 
ity says tliat he is doubtless the son of Edward 
of Ipswich, while another, having searched 
the records of Ispwich, was unable to verify 
this. Beginning with the first appearance of 
James in Gloucester, his identity in connection 
with the generations succeeding, as herein 
mentioned, does not seem to admit of doubt. 
About a week before his death, James made 
his will which gave the names of his children 
then living. The diary of a clergyman tells of 
meetings held at the house of James, also of 
his being present at the death of a daughter 
there. James Sawyer married Sarah Bray, of 
Gloucester, born 1651, died April 24, 1727, 
probably a second wife. His children named 
in the will were: Thomas, John, Nathaniel, 
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Mary, Sarah and 
James. 

(I\') John (2), second son of James Saw- 
yer, was born in 1676. and died in 1760. In 
1719 he moved with his family from Glouces- 
ter, Massachusetts, to Cape Elizabeth, IMaine. 
He was buried in the graveyard at Meeting 
House Hill, Cape Elizabeth, and his store was 
standing at a recent date. He married Re- 



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Aecca Stanford, February 20, 1701. His chil- 
dren born before 1719 were: Job. Sarah, 
Mary, Rebecca, Bethiah, John, Jonathan, Dan- 
iel, and Joseph, next mentioned. 

(V) Joseph, youngest child of John (2) and 
Rebecca (Stanford) Sawyer, was born in 
Gloucester. Massachusetts, JMay 7, 171 1, and 
died March, 1800. He married Joanna Cobb, 
by whom he had Ebenezer, Mary, Lemuel, 
James, Jabez, John, Rachel, Mercy and Re- 
becca. 

(\T) John (3), fourth son of Joseph and 
Joanna (Cobb) Sawyer, married at Blue Hill, 
Maine, January 20, 1768, Isabella Martin, of 
that place, where he lived. They subsequently 
removed to Buxton, and died there. Their 
children were : Sally, Hannah, Mary, John, 
Robert, Lemuel, Abigail, Joanna, David and 
Rachel. 

(\TI) John (4), eldest son of John (3) and 
Isabella (Martin) Sawyer, was born in Bux- 
ton, October 4, 1775, and died in Standish, 
May 6, 1849. The farm on which he lived is 
in that part of the town called Standish Neck, 
and on the main road which connects Standish 
Corner with Windham Upper Corner. His 
brother settled on an adjoining farm. John 
Sawyer married Grace Jenkins, who was born 
December 19, 1776, and died February 16, 
1853, in Standish, daughter of Dennis Jenkins. 
Their children were : John, Dennis, Lemuel 
and Thomas. 

(VIII) John (5), eldest child of John (4) 
and Grace (Jenkins) Sawyer, was born on the 
old farm in Standish, July 11, 1800, and died 
in Casco, October 18, 1870. He lived at first 
on a farm on the river road, a mile or more 
above South \Mndham Village. In 1829 he 
moved to Raymond, to live with Eli Longley, 
his father-in-law. Until the death of Mr. 
Longley, in 1839, ^^^- ^nd Mrs. Sawyer as- 
sisted in keeping Mr. Longley's hotel there, 
and they conducted it afterward until 1864, 
when the hotel was sold and they went to 
Casco, to live with their daughter, ]\Irs. J. 
Frank Holden. John (5) Sawyer married, 
June 19, 1825, Rebecca Longley, who was born 
in Waterford, August 28, 1802, and died in 
Casco, February 24, 1879, daughter of Eli 
Longley. 

Following is some account of >Eli Longley, 
grandfather of Whitman Sawyer, mentioned 
below. Eli Longley was born December 13, 
1762, and was the son of Robert and Anna 
Longley, of Bolton, IMassachusetts. On March 
9, 1784. he married Mary Whitcomb, daugh- 
ter of John \Miitcomb, of Bolton, a prominent 
man in town affairs, one of the committee of 



correspondence in the revolutionary war, and 
a member of the general court of Massachu- 
setts. In June, 1789, Eli Longley with his 
wife moved from Bolton to Waterford, Maine, 
when the first settlers were locating there. He 
immediately took a prominent part in the af- 
fairs of the growing town, and at his "log 
house, a sort of tavern," plantation meetings 
were held. Later he built the first hotel and 
store and was the first postmaster. His tavern 
was the social headquarters of the town, and 
his sign read "Eli Longley"s Inn, 1797," the 
same sign being later in service for him at 
Raymond, Maine. In 1817 he sold the tavern 
with a view of locating in the west, but a brief 
experience altered his mind, and he tried to 
regain the tavern. Being unable to obtain it. 
he bought the hotel at Raymond so long known 
as Longley's, afterward as Sawyer's tavern, 
where he died in 1859. His old sign of 1797 
was in time replaced by one reading "Lafay- 
ette House," which was retained by his suc- 
cessor. In 1807 John Ward, of Fryeburg, 
made for Mr. Longley at a cost of £80, a tall 
"grandfather's clock," which stood in the din- 
ing room of the tavern at Waterford, and in 
the bar room at Raymond, where for many 
vears it was the standard time indicator for 
the village and for the traveling public. Hav- 
ing passed through the successive generations, 
the clock in 1904 is in the possession of his 
great-grandson, Edward E. Sawyer, of Low- 
ell, Massachusetts. 

The children of John and Rebecca Sawyer 
were: i. Franklin, born May 23, 1826, died 
April 16, 1888. He lived many years in Port- 
land, and during the latter part of his life held 
a responsible position in the custom house 
there. 2. Hamilton J., born February g, 1828, 
died August 9, 1898. He left home at Ray- 
mond, at an early age, and went to Lowell, 
Massachusetts, where he learned the machin- 
ist's trade. In 1849 the gold excitement led 
him to California, where he spent several years 
engaged in mining. He then returned to Low- 
ell and established a small shop in which he 
carried on the business of machinist over 
thirty years. After a few years of retired life, 
he died and was buried at Lowell. 3. Mary 
Grace, born June 7, 1831, married George 
Walker. 4. Charles Carroll, born January 3, 
1833, died June 27, 1904. During the civil 
war he had a lucrative appointment as sutler 
and furnished army supplies for several vears. 
Fie afterward engaged in other lines of busi- 
ness, in Boston, and for many years lived in 
the vicinity of that city. He died and was 
buried at Waltham. 5. Caroline Peabodv, born 



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October 20, 1835, died April 23, 1872; mar- 
ried Alvin B. Jordan, of Raymond. 6. Whit- 
man, mentioned below. 7. Sarah Brooks, born 
May I, 1840, married Jesse F. Holden, of 
Casco. 8. Jane Lamson, born June 17, 1842, 
married John Tukey, a soldier, died in 1864 ; 
she married (second) in 1870, William Henrv 
Bickford. 

(IX) Captain Whitman, fourth son of John 
(5) and Rebecca (Longley) Sawyer, was 
born in Raymond, June 10, 1838, and died in 
Portland, June, 1904. He lived in Raymond 
until his early manhood, and at the outbreak 
of the civil war he offered his services for the 
preservation of the union. Following is his 
war record: Compiled from official and au- 
thentic sources by the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Historical and Benevolent Society, of which he 
was a member, duly signed and sealed : 
"Whitman Sawyer enlisted from Cumberland 
county, Maine, on the loth day of September, 
1862, to serve nine months, and was mustered 
into the United States service at Portland, 
Maine, on the 29th day of September, 1862, 
as first lieutenant of Captain Charles H. 
Doughty's Company 'C,' 25th Regiment Maine 
Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Francis Fessen- 
den commanding. The Twenty-fifth was the 
second regiment from the Pine Tree State to 
enter the service of the United States for 
nine months duty, and was the first for that 
term to leave the State. It was mustered into 
the United States service at Portland on the 
2gth day of September, 1862, with the follow- 
ing field officers : Francis Fessenden, colonel ; 
Charles E. Shaw, lieutenant-colonel ; Alexan- 
der M. Tolman, major. The regiment left the 
State on the i6th of October for Washing- 
ton, D. C, where it arrived on the i8th and 
went into camp on East Capitol Hill, where it 
was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, Casey's Divi- 
sion, 22d Corps, Defenders of Washington, 
and was immediately engaged in drills and 
evolutions of the line under General Casey. 
On Sunday, October 26th, the regiment 
moved, through a furious storm, to a camping 
ground on Arlington Heights, Virginia, im- 
mediately in front of the line of earth works 
for the defense of Washington, remaining 
here until March 24, 1863, constantly engaged 
in guarding Long Bridge on both sides of the 
Potomac and in constructing batteries and 
fortifications. In December, 1862, the Third 
Brigade of Casey's Division was broken up, 
and, with the Twenty-seventh Maine, the regi- 
ments were organized into the First Brigade 
of Casey's Division, with which it remained 



until its final muster out. Although in no 
pitched battles, the command had a number of 
encounters with guerillas and marauding 
bands, in all of which it acquitted itself ad- 
mirably. The said Whitman Sawyer was 
honorably discharged at Portland, Maine, on 
the 3d day of July, 1863, by reason of expira- 
tion of his term of enlistment. 

"He reenlisted at Augusta, Maine, on the 
19th day of December, 1863, to serve three 
years or during the war, and was mustered 
into the United States service and commis- 
sioned as Captain of Company 'C,' Thirtieth 
Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, Colonel 
Francis Fessenden commanding. The Thir- 
tieth Maine was formed of exceptionally good 
soldierly material to a large extent, and also 
had a number of old men and discharged sol- 
diers whose disability was only apparently re- J 
moved, a large proportion of its officers and • 
men, however, were experienced soldiers. The 
regiment was organized at Augusta, on the 
9th day of January, 1864, with the following 
field officers, viz. : Francis Fessenden, colonel : 
Thomas H. Hubbard, lieutenant colonel ; and 
Royal E. Whitman, major. On the 7th of 
February, being fully armed and equipped, the 
command proceeded to Portland, and from 
there embarked on the steamer "Merrimac," 
for New Orleans, where they arrived on the 
night of the i6th, thence moved up Bayou 1 
Teche to Franklin, Louisiana, where they were | 
assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division, 
Nineteenth Corps, Army of the Depart- 
ment of the Gulf, and later took in the 
Red River Expedition, and engagements at 
Sabine Cross Roads, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, 
Cane River, Clouterville, Alexandria, Man- 
sura, Marksville, Yellow Bayou, Atchafalaya 
Bayou, and Morginzia, Louisiana. In July 
the regiment sailed from Morginzia for Vir- 
ginia, reaching Fortress ]\Ionroe on the i8th, 
and was sent immediately to Deep Bottom, 
where it held a picket-line in the face of the 
enemy for twenty-four hours, and later took 
part in an engagement at Bermuda Hundred, 
\'irginia, and a number of skirmishes. The 
regiment lost two hundred and ninety by death 
while in service. The said Whitman Sawyer 
was brevetted major for brave and meritori- 
ous service, and while in line of duty con- 
tracted malaria from which he suffered a num- 
ber of times for short periods. He was, how- 
ever, at all times to be found at his post of 
duty, performing faithful and efficient service, 
and achieving an enviable record for bravery 
and soldierly bearing. He received a final 



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honorable discharge at Savannah, Georgia, on 
the 20th day of August, 1865, by reason of the 
close of the war." 

Returning from the war Captain Sawyer 
settled in Falmouth, where for a few years till 
March, 1870, he was engaged in the grocery 
business. He then removed to Portland and 
formed a partnership in the livery stable busi- 
ness with the late N. S. Fernald. This firm 
did an extensive business and after a time was 
formed into a stock company and named after 
Mr. Sawyer the Whitman Sawyer Stable 
Company, he being the treasurer and business 
manager. Captain Sawyer was one of the 
strongest of Republicans and had often been 
honored with political positions. While living 
in Falmouth he represented that town in the 
legislature, 1869, and in 1892 was elected one 
of the legislative representatives from Port- 
land. He was also in the city government 
from ward five, beginning as one of the coun- 
cilman and being advanced to alderman in 
1885 and being re-elected in the following 
year when he was elected chairman of the 
board. For several years he was chairman of 
the board of prison inspectors, having been 
reappointed for the third time in December, 
1903. by Governor Hill. He was a member 
of Windham Lodge of Masons and of Unity 
Lodge, No. 3, Lidependent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, of Portland, and a prominent member of 
Bosworth Post, No. 2, Department of Maine, 
Grand Army of the Republic, in which he 
filled all the chairs. Captain Sawyer died at 
his residence, 650 Congress street, and was 
buried in Evergreen cemetery. In fhe annual 
report of the prison inspectors, they thus ex- 
pressed their regret at the loss of their chair- 
man : "In commencing this report we are 
sensibly reminded of our loss, and the loss of 
the whole state, in the death of Hon. Whitman 
Sawyer, late of Portland, who, with marked 
ability and efficiency served the State for nine 
years as chairman of the board of prison and 
jail inspectors. And we here record this ex- 
pression of our esteem of his manly qualities, 
his unfailing charity, his loyalty to principles 
and faithful discharge of the duties of his 
office." Other bodies of which he was a mem- 
ber passed resolutions of sorrow over his 
death and commendation of his high character 
and sterling worth. A paragraph in one of 
the leading Portland papers stated : "Not only 
all old soldiers, but all good citizens regretted 
the death of Captain Whitman Sawyer. He 
was a good representative of our sturdy Maine 
stock. His word was as good as his bond, and 



he was faithful in all his relations of life. 
Such a man is a distinct loss to any com- 
munity. Captain Sawyer will be long remem- 
bered because of his manly qualities of hand 
and heart." 

Captain Whitman Sawyer married, Decem- 
ber 24, 1865, Maria Lucy Fulton Dingley, 
widow of Sumner Stone Dingley, and daugh- 
ter of Elijah and Lucy (Abbott) Fulton. She 
was born in Limington, November 8, 1836. 
Elijah Fulton was born April 8, 1809, 
and died in Raymond. Maine, April 7, 1874. 
Lucy Abbott was of Limington, Maine, born 
July II, 1807, and died in Raymond, Novem- 
ber I, 1873. She was the daughter of Na- 
thaniel and Lucy (Crockett) Abbott. Mr. 
Fulton was the son of Robert Fulton, of Mas- 
sachusetts, born 1784, died i860, and Gracena 
(Weeks) Fulton. Five children were born to 
Elijah and Lucy (Abbott) Fulton: i. Mi- 
nerva Ann, married Rev. Jeremiah Hayden. 
2. Mercy Jane, died single. 3. Maria Lucy, 
mentioned above. 4. James Edward, married 
Keziah Dingley Murch, and by her had four 
children : Sumner, Mabel, Lucy A. and Me- 
lissa. 5. Melissa Ellen, married Gideon P. 
Davis, and had one child, Nellie Maria, who 
married Charles H. Gififord, of Boston. They 
have four children: Robert Fulton, Stanley 
Easton, Raymond Mayne and Eleanor Davis. 
Mrs. Sawyer is an active and honored mem- 
ber of Bosworth Relief Corps; the first or- 
ganization of its kind in the United States. 
She has held the highest offices in that and in 
the State Corps, and is also a member and 
president of the Young Woman's Christian 
Association. Bosworth Relief Corps was or- 
ganized in 1869. James Fulton, Mrs. Saw- 
yer's brother, served in the Seventeenth Maine. 
Mr. Sawyer left an adopted daughter, Nellie 
Maria, now the wife of C. H. Gifford. 



(I^or ancestry see preceding sketch.) 

(VIII) Lemuel, third son of 
SAWYER John (4) and Grace (Jenkins) 
Sawyer, born July 18, 1807, 
died August 12, 1888, aged eighty-one. He 
was a farmer and resided in Standish. He 
married Esther Purinton, born January 30, 
1807, died December 14, 1880. She was the 
daughter of Meshach and Sarah (Gerish) 
Purinton, of Durham and Windon. Meshach 
was son of David Purinton; Sarah was a 
daughter of William Gerish. The children of 
this marriage were: i. Sarah Ann, born July 
8, 1833, married George E. Mead, of Bridg- 
ton, and died December 21, 1859. 2. Dennis 



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Jenkins, born April 6, 1835, married (first) 
Sarah J. Yarney, by whom he had oiie child. 
Eugene H., who married Emma Thurlow ; 
(second) Charitv Ann Smith, by whom he had 
three children:' George P., who married 
Georgia Phinney and had one child, Arthur ; 
William A., who married Lulu Nash; and 
Luella 3. Maria, born September 11. 1836, 
married John B. Winslow. 4- EUery Pox- 
craft, born March 13. 1838, died March 19, 
1876, married Ellen Nichols and had two chil- 
dren- Charies L.. who married a Ahss Hall 
and had one child Hall ; and Chester. 5. John 
Purinton, born October 30, 1839. married 
Louisa Bodge and had one child, Clarence P., 
who married Louisa Dunn, and they have one 
child Philip. 6. Emilv Freeman, born April 
21. 1842, died March 13, 1888; she married 
Charies A. Nichols, who was born April 22, 
1842, and died February 14. 1908; their five 
children are: Thomas B.. who married Irene 
Calef, and has one child, Ira; John C, wdio 
married Josephine Hanson, and has three chil- 
dren • George A., Donald and Emily ; Ernest 
L., who married Sadie L. Porter; Grace E., 
wife of Fred Frisbee ; and Ahce L., wife of 
George E. M. Lindenberg. 7. Alfred Stan- 
ford, mentioned below. 8. Harriet L., born 
July I, 1847, died December 2-], 1830. 9. 
Marietta, born June 27, 1850. married Samuel 
C. Richard, has one child, Ellery C. 

(IX) Dr. Alfred Stanford, fourth son ot 
Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer, was 
born in Standish, August 13, 1844, and spent 
his eariv life on his father's farm. He re- 
ceived his literary education in the private 
schools and from private tutors. He remained 
on the farm until 1882, teaching a part ot each 
year after 1865. In 1882 he entered upon the 
study of medicine in the office of Dr. George 
H Cummings, of Portland, reading until 1886 
and then entered Dartmouth College, medical 
department, from which he graduated with the 
class of 1887. After graduation he began his 
professional career at Charlestown, Massachu- 
setts from which place he went to Plamfield, 
New Hampshire, where he remained till the 
fall of 1889. In that year he removed to 
Portland, Maine, where he sojourned a short 
time and then staved a short time in Scar- 
borough (till 1890), and then settled in South 
Portland, and has since resided there. Studi- 
ous habits, a natural adaptation to his profes- 
sion an upright character and pleasing man- 
ners' have made his life a success. He is de- 
voted to his profession and gives but little 
time to matters outside of his business. He 



is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No^i27 
Free and Accepted Masons ; and Eagle Royal 
Arch Chapter, No. 11. 

Dr Alfred S. Sawyer married, m Standish, 
Maine, March 23, 1881, Hannah E. Rich, born 
Tulv ^S 1857, only child of William and Lucy 
(Freeman) Rich, of Standish. They have one 
child Ralph Eldon, born December 8, 1884, 
who graduated from Harvard College in 1908, 
with the degree of A. B. 

The name of Sawyer is ex- 
SAWYER ceedingly numerous in the 

states of Massachusetts, Maine 
and New Hampshire, and it is a matter of 
great difficulty to trace the relationship of the 
different branches. In many cases there is 
probably no direct connection. There is a 
likelihood that the folloNving hue is c^escended 
from William Sawyer or Sayer, as he spelled 
his name, who was at Salem, Massachusetts, 
in 1640, and afterwards lived at Newbury, 
that state, for more than half a centurv. His 
descendants are numerous in that region to- 
day Joseph, one of William's great-grand- 
sons, born at Newbury, Massachusetts, in 
1706, settled at Falmouth, ^lame and is the 
ancestor of most of the Sawyers who belong in 
the Saco valley, but who are apparently unre- 
lated to the line under consideration. Possi- 
bly the following branch may be descended 
from Thomas Sawver. an English immigrant 
who settled at Rowley, Massachusetts, 'n. i639- 
The only reason for this supposition is tie 
prevalence of the name Jonathan among the 
descendants of Thomas Sawyer. One ot the 
Jonathan" born at Marlborough, Massachu- 
setls. in 1817. was the father of Governor 
Charles H. Sawyer, of New Hampshire. 

(I) Jonathan Sawyer lived at Salem, Mas- 
sachusetts, about the mi.ldle of the eighteenth 

S^ry, and died at Boothbay Maine, about 
the year 181 1. The name of his wife is un- 
known; but there were seven children of 
whom four lived to grow up, and all made 
tl home in Maine. The children were 
Phebe who lived at Boothbay ; one who prob- 
ably died young, name unknown; Clarissa 
who lived at Hope; two daughters who died 
Tung; Jonathan (2), whose sketch follows, 
Alfred, who lived at Knox. 

(II) Jonathan (2), elder son of Jonathan 
(I) Sawver, was born at Salem, Massachu- 

etts, about 1771. and died at Levant Maine 
in 184s ^^■hen a boy he moved with his 
father to Boothbay, where he became a black- 

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of Boothbay: children: i. Betsey, died at 
Camden, Maine. 2. Sarah, died in \'e\v York. 
3. Mary Haskell, died at Brewer, Maine, April 
17, 1892. 4. Joseph Reed, whose sketch fol- 
lows. 5. Warren, died at Calais, Maine. 

(Ill) Joseph Reed, elder son of Jonathan 
(2) and Martha (Reed) Sawyer, was born at 
I Boothbay, Maine, March 11, 1809, and died 
at Oldto'wn, that state, October i, 1884. He 
received a common school education, and was 
a cooper by trade. After marriage he took up 
his abode at Levant, Maine, and carried on 
that business till he moved to Oldtown in 
1867. He was postmaster at Levant for sev- 
eral years, and also kept a hotel and general 
store. After moving to Oldtown he continued 
to manufacture fish barrels until he retired 
from business on account of failing health. 
about 1882. He employed from ten to fifteen 
men in his cooper shop. .\t Oldtown he also 
formed a partnership with his .sons, .\ndrew 
C. and Hudson, in the dry goods business 
under the firm name of J. R. Sawyer and Sons, 
which continued for several years. Mr. Saw- 
yer was a Democrat till the civil war, when he 
changed and voted the Republican ticket the 
remainder of his life. On November 27, 1839, 
at Levant, Maine, Joseph Reed Sawyer mar- 
ried Sarah Randall Haskell, daughter of Job 
and Hannah Blanchard (Cutler) Haskell. 
(See Ha,skell, VH.) Mrs. Sarah (Haskell) 
Reed was born at Greene, Maine, September 
19, 1820, and died at Oldtown, March 20, 
1006. Children: i. Georgiana Celeste, born 
at Levant, Maine, August i, 1840; married 
William Manley, August 5, 1856, and is now 
(1908) a widow, and living at the Sawyer 
homestead in Old Town. 2. Hudson, born at 
Levant, Maine, July 6, 1842, died at Togus, 
Maine, November 10, 1904. He was a soldier 
and clergyman. He enlisted in the First Maine 
Cavalry, October i, 1861, was appointed chief 
bugler of the regiment, August 26, 1862, and 
was discharged from service, February i, 

1863. He re-enlisted on July 21 of that year, 
in the First Maine Heavy Artillery, and was 
appointed quartermaster-sergeant, January 14. 

1864. He was commissioned first lieutenant. 
July 27, 1864; captain of Company L .\pril 
25, 1865, brevet major to rank as such from 
March 13, 1865; and was discharged from 
service, September 11, 1865. Major Sawyer 
served as assistant aide de camp on the stafif 
of Brigadier-General R. De Trobriand from 
September, 1864. to June, 1865, and as assist- 
ant provost marshal of the defences of Wash- 
ington, D. C, on the stai¥ of General Alartin 
A. Hardin from June 29 to September, 1865. 



Major Sawyer was an Episcopalian, and was 
ordained deacon at Dexter. Maine, December 
19, 1873, and priest at Augusta, May 23, 1875. 
both times by the Right Rev. Henry A. Neeley, 
D. D. Major and Rev. Hudson Sawyer was 
appointed chaplain of the eastern branch of 
the National Soldiers' Home, Discharged \^ol- 
unteer Soldiers, at Togus. Maine, December 
23, 1901, and held this position till his death, 
nearlv three years later. jMajor Hudson was 
buried at Boulder, Colorado, the home of his 
daughter. 3. Andrew C, see next paragraph. 
4. Joseph Warren, born April 24, 1846, died 
on January 29 of the next year at Levant, 
Maine. 5. Joseph W'arren, born April 14, 
1848. at Levant, Maine, died December 16, 
1902, at Old Town, !\Iaine. 6. .Ada Frances, 
born October 18. 1854. married Charles F. 
McCuUoch, of Old Town, Maine, and is now 
living at Springfield, Massachusetts. 7. Mar- 
tha Hannah, born December 6. 1856. died Au- 
gust I, 1863, at Levant, Maine. 8. Charles 
Haskell, born .\pril 14, 1863, at Levant, is now 
living at Fo.xcroft, Maine. 

(R") Andrew Chesley, second son of Jo- 
seph Reed and Sarah R. (Haskell) Sawyer, 
was born at Levant, Maine, March 22, 1844. 
He was educated in the local schools, and at 
the age of eighteen enlisted as a private in 
Company F, Eighteenth ^Maine Regiment, in 
the fall of 1862. Later he was transferred to 
the First ]\Iaine Heavy .\rtillery. and served 
for a year and a half on the defences at Wash- 
ington. In the spring of 1864 his company 
was joined to the Army of the Potomac, with 
which he served till the end of the war. On 
February 18, 1865, he was promoted to the 
position of sergeant major. In June, 1865, 
Major Sawyer came to Bangor, Maine, where 
he engaged as clerk in a shoe store. In 1867 
he started in the retail shoe business on his 
own account, and in 1872 went into the whole- 
sale shoe business. In 1892 he incorporated 
the business as the Sawyer Boot & Shoe Com- 
pany, with Andrew C. Sawyer as president. 
In 1890 he began the manufacture of moc- 
casins in connection with his general business. 
His shoe trade extends over Maine, New 
Hampshire and Vermont, while the moccasins 
and moccasin slippers go to all parts of the 
L^nited States, to England and throughout Eu- 
rope. The latter business has grown to great 
proportions, although in its infancy, having 
only been a distinctive feature since 1905. 
Major Sawyer may well be satisfied with the 
success of this enterprise, wdiich is due to his 
own energy and business ability, ably assisted 
bv his sons. He belongs to Hannibal Hamlin 



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STATE rDF MAINE. 



Post, No. 165, Grand Army of the Republic, 
and for many years has been deacon of the 
Central Congregational church. He is a Re- 
publican. 

On July 18, 1 87 1, Major Andrew Chesley 
Sawyer married Ella Elizabeth, daughter of 
Benjamin E. and Abigail A. Pendleton, of 
Bangor, and a descendant in the ninth genera- 
tion from John and Priscilla Alden. Chil- 
dren: I. Howard Field, born November 18, 
1872, attended public schools, associated with 
his father in business since sixteen years of 
age, now treasurer of company ; married, Oc- 
tober 7, 1906, Blanche Clayton, of Bangor; 
child, Elizabeth. 2. Rowland Judson, born 
December 25, 1873, attended public schools, 
at age of sixteen entered father's store, now 
vice-president of company ; married, June 3, 
1908, Helen Hill, of Worcester, Massachu- 
setts. 3. Harold C, born January 26, 1880, 
attendef I. public schools, been engaged in busi- 
ness with father since sixteen years of age; 
married, October 22, 1901, Marion Hart, of 
Bangor ; children : Lovis, Alden Hart and 
Priscilla. 4. Edith May, born May 19, 1885. 
educated in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 
5. IMabel Louise, born July 20, 1887, educated 
at Newton, Massachusetts. 

In his maternal line Major Sawyer is de- 
scAnded from William Haskell, the immigrant 
(q. v.), as follows : 

(II) Mark, fifth son of William (i) and 
Mary (Tybbot) Haskell, was born April 8, 
1658, and lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 
where he died September 8, 1691, at the early 
age of thirty-three years. On December 16, 
1685, he married Elizabeth Giddings, supposed 
to be daughter of Lieutenant John Giddings, 
of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She afterwards 
married John Dcniiison, of Ipswich. Children : 
I. George, born October 18, 1686, died No- 
vember 10, 1686. 2. Mark, born September 
16, 1687. 3. William (2), whose sketch fol- 
lows. 

(HI) William (2), youngest of the three 
sons of Mark and Elizabeth (Giddings) Has- 
kell, was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 
January i, 1689-90, and died there December 
10, 1766, aged seventy-seven years. He was 
a selectman of the town, a deacon of the sec- 
ond church for many years, and in 1736 was 
a representative to the general court. He mar- 
ried Jemima Hubbard, who died in 1762, at 
the age of seventy-seven years. Children: i. 
Jemima, born March 2, 171 3, died March 2, 
1735. 2. Job, whose sketch follows. 3. Com- 
fort, May 28, 1 71 7, married Parker Sawyer, 
November 10, 1742, died September 5, 1809, 



aged ninety-two years. 4. Natha-niel, January 
16, 1719. 5. Hubbard, May 3, 1720. 6. Eliza- 
beth, November 8, 1723, died at the age of one 
month. 7. William, January 17, 1726. 8. 
George, February 10, 1729, died at the age of 
nine days. 

(IV) Job, eldest son of William (2) and 
Jemima (Hubbard) Haskell, was born at 
Gloucester, Massachusetts, April 27, 1716, and 
died at Levant, Maine, in July. 1806. When 
a young man he moved to Hampton Falls, 
New Hampshire, where he united with the 
church in 1737, being dismissed from the 
church in Gloucester. Job Haskell for many 
years made his home in what was originally 
the Gorges tavern, where in 1737 the legis- 
lature of New Hampshire met that of Massa- 
chusetts for the purpose of establishing a 
boundary line between the two states. Prob- 
ably he kept a public house part of the time, 
as he had a license from the selectmen to mix 
and sell spirituous liquors. He also took care 
of the church, and was a revolutionary soldier. 
It is not known just what year he moved to 
Maine, but probably about 1787, as his name 
disappears from the records of Hampton Falls 
about that time. He was then seventy years 
of age, and probably went to live with his chil- 
dren or grandchildren. In 1738 Job Haskell 
married Mercy, daughter of Thomas and 
Elizabeth (Lock) Leavitt, of Hampton Falls. 
Children: i. Thomas, born January 2, 1739. 

2. Nathaniel, February 14, 1742. see forward. 

3. Job, November 22, 1744. 4. Jemima, June 

23, 1749, married Tobey. 5. William, 

July 30, 1755. 

(V) Nathaniel, son of Job and Mercy 
(Leavitt) Haskell, was born at Hampton 
Falls, New Hampshire, February 14, 1742, and 
died at New Gloucester, Maine, February 14, 
1794. The tombstone of Lieutenant Nathan- 
iel Haskell, in the New Gloucester cemetery, 
was visited by Rev. Hudson Sawyer, of Togus, 
Maine, November 7, 1902, and he found the 
following carved thereon : "In memory of 
Capt. Nathaniel Haskell, who was an officer in 
the American Revolutionary War. He died 
February 14, 1794, age 52." When a young 
man he moved to New Gloucester, where he 
served in the revolution. He is recorded on 
the rolls as second lieutenant in the Thirty- 
first Regiment, Captain Moses Merrill, Colo- 
nel Edmund Phinney, from April 24 to July 
5, 1775. Lieutenant Nathaniel Haskell mar- 
ried Deborah Bailey, who died at New 
Gloucester, Maine, February 16, 1806. Chil- 
dren: I. Nathaniel. 2. Job, see forward. 3. 
Dorothy, born May 9, 1768. 4. Deborah. 5. 



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I\Iercy. 6. Joseph. 7. Thankful 8. Jemima, 
born January 15, 1775. 9. Dennis. 10. Will- 
iam, born November 6, 1780. 11. Hannah, 
died in New Gloucester, December 31, 1797, 
aged thirteen years. 12. Aretas. 

(\T) Job (2), son of Lieutenant and 
Deborah (Bailey) Haskell, was born at New 
Gloucester, Maine, JMay 11, 1765, and died at 
Levant. Maine. January 18. 1847, at the home 
of his daughter. Sarah (Randall) Sawyer. He 
lived in New Gloucester, Greene, Monmouth, 
Poland, Detroit, and Levant, Maine. He mar- 
ried (first) April 25, 1790, Judith Dwinal ; she 
died in New Gloucester, Alaine. He married 
(second) March 18, 1802, Widow Mary 
Bailey, whose maiden name was Mary Cox ; 
she died in New Gloucester. He married 
(third) Hannah Cutler, whose maiden name 
was Hannah Blanchard ; she died April 8, 
1852. Children by Judith (Dwinal) Haskell, 
all born in New Gloucester, Maine: i. Annis, 
January 10, 1 791. 2. Judith, February 29, 
1792. 3. Job, May 29. 1794. 4. Deborah, 
February 29, 1796. 5. Mary, June i, 1797. 
6. Betsey, October 22, 1798. 7. Lois, May 16, 
1800. Children by Mary (Cox) (Bailey) 
Haskell, all born in New Gloucester, Maine : 

8. Submit, March 11, 1803. 9. Nathaniel, Au- 
gust I, 1804. 10. Katherine, June 9, 1806. ii. 
Nathaniel, August i, 1808. 12. John, August 

9, 1810. 13. Sophronia, July 4, 1813. 14. 
Lucy Ann, May 13, 181 5. Children by Han- 
nah (Blanchard) (Cutler) Haskell; 15. Ruth 
Alaria, born July 12, 1818, in New Gloucester, 
Maine. 16. Sarah Randall, September 19. 
1820, in Greene, Maine. 17. Dorcas Cox, 
March 27, 1822, in Monmouth, Maine. 18. 
Ann (twin), March 27, 1822, in Monmouth, 
Maine. 19. Infant. 20. Charles Blanchard, 
January 7, 1828, in Poland, Maine. 

(\'II) Sarah Randall, daughter of. Job (2) 
and Hannah (Blanchard) (Cutler) Haskell, 
was born at Greene, Maine, September 19, 
1820, and died at Old Town, Maine, March 20, 
1906. On November 27, 1839, she was mar- 
ried at Kenduskeag, INlaine, to Joseph Reed 
Sawyer, son of Jonathan (2) Sawyer, who was 
born in 1819, at Boothbay, Maine. They set- 
tled in Levant, Maine, where they lived until 
1867, then moved to Old Town, Maine. (See 
Sawyer family.) 



The name of Sawyer is exceed- 
SAWYER ingly numerous in Maine, New 

Hampshire and Massachusetts ; 
and as the early records are scanty and have 
never been correlated, it is almost impossible to 



trace some of the branches prior to the revo- 
lution. 

( I ) Aaron Sawyer was born at Danvers, 
Massachusetts, in 1758. In early life he moved 
to Boothbay, Maine, where the name was very 
numerous about the end of the eighteenth cen- 
tury. There were several heads of families in 
the town at that time, but whether they were 
brothers or not is uncertain. One of these 
men was Jonathan Sawyer, born March 6, 
1749, died October 21, 1809. He was town 
clerk of Boothbay from 1794 to 1806. and 
noted for his artistic penmanship. Lhifortu- 
nately, he did not leave any records about his 
ancestry, though it is thought that he and all 
others bearing the patronymic came from 
Newburyport, Massachusetts, and that neigh- 
borhood. Jonathan had a brother, Jacob Saw- 
yer, who lived at Sawyer's Island in Booth- 
bay Harbor, and died March 9, 1821. It is 
thought that .Aaron Sawyer was not a brother 
to these two men : but Aaron had a brother 
Samuel Sawyer, who built the first tannery in 
town, on the mainland, opposite Hodgdon's 
Island. The name of Aaron Sawyer appears 
in the revolutionary rolls on a return of men 
raised from Colonel Jones' regiment for guards 
over convention, magazines and public stores, 
under General Heath. The order was dated 
at Pownalboro, August 20, 1778, and the resi- 
dence of Aaron Sawyer was given at Booth- 
bay. On March 27, 1780, Aaron Sawyer, of 
Boothbay, and Sally Hodgdon, of Edgecomb, 
were published in marriage. She was born at 
Boothbay in 1759. Children: Aaron, born in 
1781 ; Benjamin, 1783; Joshua, 1785; Sally, 
1787; Jonathan. 1789; Jacob, 1791 ; Stephen, 
whose sketch follows. 

(II) Captain Stephen, youngest child of 
Aaron and Sarah (Hodgdon) Sawyer, was 
born at Mount Desert, Alaine, July 4, 1795, 
died July 17, 1849. He lived at East Booth- 
bay, and from his title must have been a sea- 
faring man. Captain Samuel Sawyer and 
Captain Simeon Sawyer also lived at Booth- 
bay contemporaneous with Captain Stephen, 
but if they were brothers their names are not 
recorded in the list of the children of Aaron 
and Sarah (Hodgdon) Sawyer. About 1829 
Captain Stephen Sawyer married Abigail An- 
derson, born at Wiscasset, Maine, October 17, 
1798, died December 31, 1870. Children: i. 
\\'ilmarth, February 25, 1821. 2. Louisa, Sep- 
tember 13, 1822. 3. Stephen, .\ugust 24. 1824. 
4. Simeon, September 17, 1826, was a Forty- 
niner, went to California, where he died, and 
accumulated considerable wealth. 5. Abigail, 



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October 7, 1828. 6. Stephen, October 2, 1831. 

7. Sarah Elizabeth, December 15, 1833, mar- 
ried Elias H. Fish, of Newcastle, Maine. 

8. Henry C, February 27. 1836, went 
to San Francisco, California, where he was an 
overseer of ship-building, accumulated much 
wealth, and died there. 9. William M., whose 
sketch follows. 

(III) William M., si.xth son of Captain 
Stephen and Abigail (Anderson) Sawyer, was 
born at East Boothbay, Maine, June 29, 1838, 
died August 17, 1906. He was educated in the 
common schools, and when a boy showed his 
enterprise by starting in business as the pro- 
prietor of a small candy-store. But the sea- 
faring instinct was strong in his blood, and he 
soon drifted into an intimacy with old ocean, 
which continued through his life. Mr. Saw- 
yer's first marine venture was the purchase of 
a small vessel with which he traded up and 
down the coast, buying old iron and metal. He 
took up his abode at Boothbay Harbor, where 
he bought vessels and wreckage, trading as 
occasion offered, and at different times he 
owned sixty sailing-vessels. In 1876 he be- 
came a ship-chandler, and started a store in 
Boothbay, where he handled all kinds of sea- 
man's supplies, and also dealt in general mer- 
chandise. Mr. Sawyer continued in this busi- 
ness for thirty years, or up to the time of his 
death. He was a director in the savings bank 
at Boothbay Harbor, and was in all respects a 
useful and respected citizen of his town. He 
was a Republican in politics, a member of 
Boothbay Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and at- 
tended the Congregational church. He mar- 
ried Angle Jack, of Richmond, IMaine, born in 
1831, died in 1886. Children: Melville D., 
born in 1861, now in the fish business in 
Boothbay Harbor, and William Elmer, whose 
sketch follows. 

(IV) William Elmer, younger of the two 
sons of William M. and Angle (Jack) Saw- 
yer, was born at East Boothbay, Maine, June 
15, 1863. He was educated in the town 
schools, and, true to his ancestry, took to the 
sea in early life. For six years he was en- 
gaged in the coasting trade, having charge of 
the schooners "Rosa E.," "Frolic," "Sarah 
Jane" and "Sunbeam" ; and he became a mas- 
ter mariner. He has been master of a num- 
ber of other vessels, also owner of different 
vessels. He left the sea to go into the ice 
business, and also engaged in furnishing fisher- 
men's supplies. In 1906, on the death of his 
father, Mr. Sawyer took over his store, and 
now manages it in connection with his ice 
business and other interests. He owns a trap 



business and fish wears. For seventeen years 
he has held the state position of wrecking 
master, is also wrecking commissioner, and has 
wrecked more than twenty-five sailing vessels, 
from eleven hundred tons down. This is re- 
sponsible work, requiring good judgment and 
a knowledge of all kinds of nautical affairs and 
requirements. At his store Mr. Sawyer car- 
ries every variety of fishermen's supplies and 
outfits, besides all kind of groceries. He also 
handles about six thousand tons of ice yearly. 
Mr. Sawyer is much interested in fraternal 
organizations, is a member of Boothbay Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias, of the Pythian Sisterhood, 
of Seaside Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons, of Pentecost Royal Arch Chapter, 
Boothbay Harbor, and of the Royal Arcanum. 
He is a Republican in politics and attends the 
Methodist church. On December 22, 1890, 
he married Minnie P., daughter of Charles and 
Rachel Gove, of Newcastle, Maine. Children: 
Angle Ray, born in 1892; Valeria Edith, 1894; 
Elmer, 1895. 



The Sawyer name is one of the 
S.-XWYER most numerous in the state of 

Maine, and it is not always 
possible to connect the different branches. The 
antecedents of Nathaniel Sawyer have not been 
discovered. 

(I) Nathaniel Sawyer, born November 18, 
1792, died at Isleborough, Maine, November 
26, 1870. He was a master ship-builder, and 
came to Isleborough from Isle au Haut in the 
Penobscot Bay, which may have been his birth- 
place. It is possible that he was descended 
from one of three brothers, Jacob, John and 
Israel, who moved to Falmouth, Maine, 1716- 
19. These men were the grandsons of Will- 
iam Sawyer who was at Gloucester, Massa- 
chusetts, in 1640. ijacob Sawyer married 
Sarah Wallis, and John Sawyer married Re- 
becca Stanford, and some of their descend- 
ants settled at Durham, Maine. Nathaniel 
Sawyer, of Isleborough, married Sarah Gro- 
ver, born September 16, 1794, died February 
14, 1871. Children: t. William, born March 
24, 1817, died April 22 of that year. 2. Eliza 
B., August 28. 1818. married David Collins. 3. 
Paul, whose sketch follows. 4. .Amelia, Jan- 
uary 14, 1823, married \'\^illiam Collins. 5. 
Nathan, September i, 1826. died in infancy. 
6. Matilda T., twin, September i, 1826. mar- 
ried Gamaliel R. Pendleton. 7. George W.. 
October 30. 1828, married (first) Druzetta 
Sprague, (second) Arvilla Davis. 8. Elbridge 
B., July 10, 1832, married Hope Clark. 9. 
Lydia A., March 3, 1837, married Stephen B. 



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Coombs. 10. Mary A., twin to Lydia A., mar- 
ried Charles A. Coburn. 

(II) Paul, second son of Nathaniel and 
Sarah (Grover) Sawyer, was born August 24, 
1820, probably at Isle au Haut, Maine, and 
died December, 1888. He was a sea captain, 
and followed the sea nearly all his life. About 
1848 Captain Paul Sawyer married Lovina E., 
daughter of John and Lovina C. Ray, of Cas- 
tine. Their children: i. Druzetta C, born 
November 24, 1849, died at the age of 
ten. 2. William Nathaniel, whose sketch fol- 
lows. 3. Arvilla E., May 16, 1857, Mrs. W. 
H. Margesson. 4. Florence S., February 3, 
1861, died at age of ten. 

(III) William Nathaniel, only son of Cap- 
tain Paul and Lovina E. (Ray) Sawyer, was 
born at Isleborough, Maine, March 28, 1852. 
He was educated in the local schools of his 
native town, and at the high school in Stock- 
ton, Maine. From the time he was ten till he 
was eighteen he went to school winters and 
to sea summers, thus gaining a thorough 
practical training in the school of industry, 
courage and helpfulness, at the same time that 
he was acquiring knowledge of books. Dur- 
ing this time he went to Philadelphia on one 
trip ; for seven seasons he went on fishing ves- 
sels from Gloucester and other places. In 
1870, being eighteen years at the time, he came 
to Bangor, Maine, and served as an apprentice 
to a mason for three years. The next five 
years he worked as a journeyman mason. In 
1878 he started into business for himself as a 
contractor for masonry. He is now a general 
contractor : subletting all but the mason work. 
The following large and substantial buildings 
which he has erected will give some idea of the 
size and importance of Mr. Sawyer's con- 
tracts : Opera House, Y. M. C. A., Columbia, 
Bass and McGuire buildings, and two school- 
houses, all in Bangor ; the first Experiment 
Station and the mason work for Lord Hall, 
both at the LTniversity of Maine at Orono ; 
State Normal School at Castine ; Stewart Li- 
brary Building at Corinna ; two school-houses 
in Old Town; Inn at Dark Harbor; the Odd 
Fellows Hall at Camden ; and the Steel Ball 
factory at Brewer. He is also the owner of the 
Bangor Broom Company, makers of all kinds 
of house brooms, and of the Penobscot Box 
Company. Mr. Sawyer is a Republican in 
politics, and represented ward three, Bangor, 
in the common council for two years. He at- 
tends the LTniversalist church, and is a Mason, 
belonging to Rising Virtue Lodge, No. 10, 
Mount Moriah Royal Arch Chapter, No. 6, 
Bangor Council, Royal and Select Masters, 



Saint John's Commandery, No. 3, Knights 
Templar, and also belongs to the Odd Fel- 
lows. 

Mr. Sawyer married, November 25, 1875, 
Carrie May, daughter of Charles, born in Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, and Mercy (Fly) Fenno, 
born in Embden, Maine. Children: i. Ina 
May, born November 15, 1876, married, in 
1897, Nealey Barrows, of Hamlin, Maine ; 
children : Doris May and Elva Louise Bar- 
rows. 2. Winfield F., born November 25, 
1890. 



Reuben A. Sawyer, father of 
SAWYER Dr. Alfred Dow Sawyer, was 
born in Maine in 1810. He 
owned a farm at Pownal, Maine, and married 
Hannah Libby, who became the mother of his 
three children : Alfred Dow (q. v.), born Jan- 
uary 8, 1855; Allen J. G., who lived at Sabat- 
tas, Maine; and Greenleaf T., who settled in 
Boston, Massachusetts. Reuben A. Sawyer 
died in Lisbon, Androscoggin county, Maine, 
in 1882. He was an industrious farmer, and 
brought up his boys to habits of industry and 
frugality, they working on the farm while at- 
tending the district school. Late in life he 
left the farm at Pownal and removed to Lis- 
bon. 

(II) Alfred Dow, son of Reuben A. and 
Hannah (Libby) Sawyer, was born on his 
father's farm in Pownal, Maine, January 8, 
1855. He attended the district school of his 
native place, and worked on the farm until he 
left home to prepare for entrance to the Maine 
Medical School connected with Bowdoin Col- 
lege, having previously prepared for college at 
Litchfield Academy. He left the Medical 
School of Maine before graduating to attend 
lectures at the medical department of the New 
York University, where he was graduated M. 
D. in 1880. He practiced medicine and sur- 
gery at Lisbon Falls, Maine. 1881-85, ^'^d in 
1885 removed to Fort Fairfield, Aroostook 
county, Maine, and established himself in that 
place as a physician and surgeon. He was 
made a member of the school board of Fort 
Fairfield immediately on taking up his resi- 
dence in that place, and for most of the time 
during the next twenty years was superintend- 
ent of schools. His professional affiliations are 
membership in the Aroostook Medical Asso- 
ciation and the Maine Medical Association. 
His fraternal affiliations are membership in the 
Eastern Frontier Lodge, No. 112, Free and 
Accepted Masons, Fort Fairfield, Maine; 
Aroostook Council, Presque Isle, Maine ; Gar- 
field Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and St. 



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Aldcmar Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
Houlton, Maine. He married, 1880, Mabel, 
daughter of Gardner Speer, of Lisbon, Maine, 
and their children were as follows: i. Alfred 
Loomis, born December 23, 188 1, graduated at 
Bowdoin College, A. B., 1904, and at the 
Medical School of Maine, M. D., 1907. 2. 
Warren, September 5, 1883, engaged in farm- 
ing in Fort Fairfield. 3. Herbert G., April — , 
1886, a druggist in Boston, Massachusetts. 



The large family of this name 
CARTER whose branches stretch from the 

shores of the Atlantic to the 
Pacific coast could in a majority of cases per- 
haps trace their ancestry back to the educated 
English immigrant who, like many others, put 
freedom to the worship of God according to 
the dictates of his own conscience above every- 
thing else. The early Carters, like most men 
similarly situated, pioneer builders of a com- 
monwealth, were farmers. Naturally they 
were sturdy and industrious. They were kind- 
hearted and public-spirited, because they were 
often compelled to ask favors, and they real- 
ized that there was strength in union. They 
were sensible and God-fearing, withal, as these 
were inherited characteristics. It is noticeable 
that many of the virtues of the early stock 
are prominent in the later progeny, who with 
greater opportunities have accomplished more 
than was possible for the pioneers and their 
immediate descendants. The early records 
show the Carters of those days to have been 
prominent in all matters of public interest; 
the division of land, and the laying out of 
roads, the building of the meeting-house, the 
founding of churches, and the establishment 
of schools were entrusted to them. Many also 
were active in the military organizations and 
duties of their day, so that much of the re- 
ligious, moral and intellectual culture and pros- 
perity of tlie communities where they settled is 
due to the labors of these ancestors. 

(I) Rev. Thomas Carter was born in 1610, 
and graduated at St. John's College, Cam- 
bridge, England, with the degree of Bachelor 
of Arts, in 1629, and Master of Arts, 1633. 
He came from St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng- 
land, in the "Planter," embarking April 2, 
1635. He came ostensibly as a servant of 
George Giddings, because of the difficulty in 
obtaining leave to emigrate. On his arrival in 
this country he was admitted an inhabitant of 
Dedham, Massachusetts, in September, 1636. 
He was then a student in divinity. Subse- 
quently he removed to Watertown, Massachu- 
setts, and was ordained the first minister of 



the church in Woburn, Massachusetts, No- 
vember 22, 1642. His death occurred Sep- 
tember 5, 1684. He preached his first sermon 
there December 4, 1641, and upon his ordina- 
tion was presented with a house built for his 
use. His salary was fixed at eighty pounds 
annually, one-fourth in silver and the re- 
mainder in the necessities of life at the cur- 
rent prices. In 1674 twenty cords of wood 
were given him annually in addition. He per- 
formed all the duties of his office as pastor for 
thirty-six years unaided. Afterwards Rev. 
Jabez Fox became his assistant till the end 
of life. He was characterized by one who 
knew him well as a "reverend, godly man, apt 
to teach the sound and wholesome truths uf 
Christ," and "much encreased with the en- 
creasings of Christ Jesus." Prior to 1640 he 
married Mary Dalton, who died ]March 28, 
1687. His children were: Samuel, Judith, 
Theophilus, Abigail, Deborah, Timothy and 
Thomas. 

(II) Rev. Samuel, eldest child of Rev. 
Thomas and Mary (Dalton) Carter, was 
born August 8, 1640, graduated at Harvard 
College, 1660, married, 1672, Eunice Brooks, 
daughter of John and Eunice (iMonsall) 
Brooks, born in Woburn, October 10, 1655, 
and died minister of the church in Groton, 
Massachusetts, in the autumn of 1693. Mr. 
Carter was admitted an inhabitant and pro- 
prietor of the common lands by vote of the 
town of Woburn, January 4, 1665-66. and sus- 
tained at different times several responsible 
offices in the town — selectman, 1679-81-82-83; 
commissioner of rates, 1680; town clerk, 1690; 
and was engaged as teacher of the grammar 
schools in 1685-86. He owned land on George 
Hill (Lancaster) given to him by the town, 
and this land was occupied by his descendants 
for several generations. He sometimes 
preached in Lancaster between the }ears 1681 
and 1688 and perhaps resided there a short 
time. His widow married for her second hus- 
band Captain James Parker. After his death 
she became the wife of John Kendall. Of the 
time and place of her death we have no infor- 
mation. Children of Samuel and Eunice 
(Brooks) Carter were: Mary, Samuel (died 
young), Samuel, John, Thomas, Nathaniel, 
Eunice, Abigail (died young), and Abigail. 

(III) Thomas (2), fourth son of Rev. Sam- 
uel and Eunice (Brooks) Carter, was born 
April 3, 1682, in Woburn, and died March 
31, 1737, in Lancaster, r^Iassachusetts, where 
he made his home. He was married in 1707 
to Ruth, daughter of Edward and Ruth (An- 
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(I\) Colonel John, son of Thomas and 
Ruth (Phelps) Carter, was born in Woburn, 
April 23, 1713, died ]\Iay 8, 1766, in Lancas- 
ter, where he resided through life. He mar- 
ried, IMarch 10, 1737, Abigail Joslin, of Lan- 
caster, and they were the parents of nine chil- 
dren. 

(\') Joseph, son of Colonel John and Abi- 
gail (Joslin) Carter, was born November 17, 
1745, in Lancaster, and removed in old age 
to Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, in 1803. He 
bought land at the north end of the common 
and there resided and died, June 17, 1804. He 
married (first) February 22, 1769, Beulah, 
daughter of Ephraim and Abigail (Wilder) 
Carter, of Lancaster. She was a descendant 
of Rev. Samuel Carter (2), born October 14, 
1747, and died October 22, 1774. He mar- 
ried (second) Ann, daughter of Josiah and 
Hepzibah (Stearn) Smith, of Weston, Mas- 
sachusetts. She was born January 19, 1751, 
(lied November 30, 1834. Their children, born 
in Lancaster, .were: Joel, Joseph, William, 
Elizabeth, Ann, Lucy, Sophia, Josiah, Abigail 
and Joel. 

(VI) William, third son of Joseph Carter 
and child of his second wife, Ann (Smith) 
Carter, was born May 11, 1779, in Lancaster, 
and removed to New Hampshire, as did some 
of his brothers. He settled in the town of 
Mason, where he died May 7, 1857. He mar- 
ried (first) i\Iarch 7, 1813, Jane Scott, of New 
Ipswich, who soon after died with her child. 
He married (second) Priscilla Cambridge, 
daughter of a British soldier who came to this 
country and enlisted in the patriot army in the 
Rhode Island regiment. She died at L'nity, 
New Hampshire, at the age of seventy-three 
years. William Carter was a member of the 
unfortunate party wdio marched in Benedict 
Arnold's company in the winter of 1775-76, 
through the woods of northern Maine to at- 
tack Quebec. 

(\'II) Horace Black, only son of William 
and Priscilla (Cambridge) Carter, was born 
November 20, 1812, in Mason, New Hamp- 
shire, died at West Lebanon, October 25, 
1877. Hs engaged in the manufacture of 
woolen cloth in company with his cousin, 
Philip Cambridge, in a mill erected on the 
Mascoma river, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. 
The mill was removed to make way for the 
railroad in 1847, ^"d he was employed to fur- 
nish brick and stone for the buildings of the 
railroad. He never used tobacco or intoxicat- 
ing liquors, and was a kind husband and 
father, respected in the community where he 
lived. He married (first) May 20, 1839, at 



West Lebanon, New Hampshire, Ruth Jane 
Wood, born September 22, 1818, in Ports- 
mouth, New Hampshire, eldest daughter of 
Asa and Elizabeth (Wiggins) Wood, the 
former a son of Benjamin and Ruth (Bailey) 
Wood, and the latter a descendant of Captain 
Thomas Wiggin, all of early English families. 
He married (second) Beda Maria Powers, 
who died July i, 1863, at the age of thirty 
years. He married (third) Laurena Bates, 
of Lebanon, who died 1876, at the age of 
fifty-two. Horace Carter's children, all born 
of the first wife, were : Clarissa Jane, Har- 
vey Horace, George Henry, Elizabeth Ann, 
Ella Melissa. 

(VHI) Clarissa Jane, eldest daughter of 
Horace B. and Ruth J. (Wood) Carter, was 
born March 15, 1841, in West Lebanon, New 
Hampshire, and became the wife of Rev. 
Horace Bacon Sawyer (see Sawyer, \TI). 
She survived her husband and is still living 
in West Lebanon. She was educated at the 
Tilden Ladies' Seminary, of that town, wdiere 
she was a student from 1854 until 1859, when 
the death of her mother caused her to leave 
school. 



The Scotch-Irish immi- 
PATTERSON gration of 1 718 brought to 
our shores many people of 
energy, intellect and sound sense. They were 
very strict Presbyterians and set up a moral 
example which had a most beneficent influence 
upon the civilization of the primitive com- 
munities wherein they settled, and has also 
developed a progeny rich in the virtues which 
go to make good citizenship. 

(I) Robert Patterson was born in 167 1 in 
Northern Ireland and came to New England 
in 1718, and settled at Saco, Maine, in 1729. 
He maintained a ferry across Saco river and 
built a house at Rendezvous Point. Soon 
after he settled at Saco, his wife and children 
came from Ireland, landing at Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, and were thence conducted 
through the wilderness to their pioneer log 
cabin home. Mr. Patterson was one of the 
thirteen charter members of the first church 
at Saco, and was one of the first selectmen 
chosen upon the organization of that town. He 
was very active in the affairs of the town and 
was often chosen as chairman of committees. 
He died August 27, 1769, and four gener- 
ations have occupied his farm upon the Saco 
ferrv road. 

(il) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) Pat- 
terson, was born 1713 in Northern Ireland, 
and w-as a boy of sixteen years when -he joined 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



his father in America. He was a member 
of the Congregational church at Saco, suc- 
ceeded his father in the ownership of the farm 
and ferry, and died there June 27, 1797. He 
married Jean Gilmore, of Londonderry, New 
Hampshire, who survived him more than 
twelve years and died August 19, 1809, at 
Saco, at the age of eighty-eight years. Their 
sons were Andrew, Samuel, Benjamin, David, 
Abraham and Daniel. 

(HI) Abraham, fifth son of Robert (2) and 
Jean (Gilmore) Patterson, was born about 
1755 at Saco, and died there February 16, 
1832. He was a soldier of the revolution. He 
married, December 7, 1780, Sarah Sawyer, 
who died August 3, 1828. Their children 
were: Sarah, Mary, Abraham, Elizabeth, 
Jane, James, Almira, Isabel and Asenath. 

(IV) Asenath, youngest child of Abraham 
and Sarah (Sawyer) Patterson, was born 
March 27, 1803, in Saco, and married, April 
21, 1825, Mark Sawyer, of that town (see 
Sawyer, VI). 

Few American names boast a 
STURGIS longer record than this, for it 

can be traced five generations 
beyond the Colonial ancestor who came to 
Massachusetts in 1634, even to Roger Sturges, 
of Clipston, England, whose will was dated 
in 1530. The patronymic is spelled in vari- 
ous ways, Sturgis and Sturges being used in- 
terchangeably in modern times ; the first Eng- 
lish form is De Turges. If we may be per- 
mitted to go back into the somewhat shadowy 
days before William the Conqueror, we may 
find the original owner of the name in one 
Turgesius, a Scandinavian prince of the ninth 
century. The following quotation is a trans- 
lation from a book published in French by 
Abbe Mac Groghegan : "About the year 815, 
during the reign of Conor, who reigned four- 
teen years, Turgesius, a son of a king of Nor- 
way, landed a formidable fleet on the coast of 
Ireland ; and again, about the year 835, a fleet 
commanded by the same man landed on the 
west side of Lough Rea, where he fortified 
himself, and laid waste Connaught, Meath and 
Leinster, and the greater part of Ulster, and 
was declared king. He reigned about thirty 
years. Finally, the people revolted, and, under 
the lead of Malarlin, Prince of Meath, he was 
defeated by a stratagem and put to death." 

In English history the first authentic men- 
tion of the name occurs in the reign of Edward 
I, when William de Turges held grants of land 
from the king. This estate, which included 
the village of Turges, was situate in the county 



of Northampton, where for many generations 
the family was located. The village of Turges 
was afterwards called Northfield. The sur- 
name was changed to substantially its present 
form some time during the sixteenth century. 
The coat-of-arms, according to Burke, reads : 
"Sturgis, Hannington, co. Northampton, Eng- 
land. Arms, Azure, a chevron between three 
crosses crosslet, fitchee or, a border engrailed 
of the last. Crest : A talbot's head, or, eared 
sable. Motto: Esse quam videri (To be, 
rather than to seem). The crest, in untech- 
nical language, depicts a hunting-dog in gold 
with black ears. 

(I) Roger Sturgis, and his wife Alice, with 
whom the authenticated line begins, lived at 
Clipston, Northampton, England. The exact 
dates of birth and death are unknown, but the 
will of Roger Sturgis was executed November 
ID, 1530. They had six children, three sons 
and three daughters : Richard, Robert, Thom- 
as, Ellen, who married a Raullen ; Agnes, who 
married a Hull; and Clementina. 

(II) Richard, eldest child of Roger and 
Alice Sturgis, lived at Clipston. His wife's 
name is unknown, but there are three children 
recorded: Roger (2), mentioned below : John, 
who had five children living in 1579; and 
Thomas, of Stannion, Northampton county. 

(III) Roger (2), eldest son of Richard 
Sturgis, lived at Clipston. The date of his 
death is unknown, but his will was executed 
September 4, 1579. His wife was named Ag- 
nes, and two children are recorded : Robert, 
mentioned below ; and John. 

(IV) Robert, elder son of Roger (2) and 
Agnes Sturgis, lived at Faxton, Northampton 
county, where he was church warden in 1589. 
He was buried at Faxton, January 2, 161 1, 
and his will, dated April 9, 1610, was proved 
on September ig, 161 1. His wife's name is 
unknown ; but two children are recorded : 
Philip, whose sketch follows ; and Alice. 

(V) Philip, elder son of Robert Sturgis, 
lived at Hannington, Northampton county, and 
his will was dated 1613. The name of his first 
wife was unknown, but the children were Ed- 
ward, whose sketch follows ; Robert and Eliza- 
beth. The second wife of Philip Sturgis was 
Anne Lewes ; and their three children were : 
Alice, baptized January 17, 1698; Anne, born 
September 29, 1609 ; and William, born Octo- 
ber 10, 161 1. 

(VI) Edward, eldest child of Philip Sturgis 
and his first wife, was born in Hannington, 
England, emigrated to this country in 1634, 
and died at Sandwich, Massachusetts, in Oc- 
tober, 1695. He seems to have spent most of 



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his life at Yarmouth on Cape Cod, though 
Sandwich was the place of his landing and 
his burial. He reached this country in 1634, 
and the same year he moved to Charlestown, 
Massachusetts, where he remained five years, 
going to Yarmouth in 1639. He was constable 
at Yarmouth in 1640-41 ; member of grand in- 
quest, 1650; surveyor of highways, 1651 ; ad- 
mitted freeman on June 5, 1651 ; committee- 
man on affairs of the colony, 1657; constable, 
1662; and deputy to the general assembly in 
1672. He left a large estate, heavily encum- 
bered. If the dates of the births of his eldest 
children are correct, he must have been a very 
old man at the time of his death, approaching 
one hundred. The name of the first wife of 
Edward Sturgis is variously given as Alice 
and Elizabeth, with the preponderance of evi- 
dence in favor of the latter name. She died 
February 14, 1691, and in April, 1692, when 
he was past ninety, Edward Sturgis married 
his second wife, Mary, widow of Zachariah 
Rider, who was the first male child born of 
English parents in Yarmouth. The eleven 
children of Edward and Elizabeth Sturgis, of 
whom the first four were bom in England, 
were: Alice, December 23, 1619; Maria, Oc- 
tober 2, 1621 ; Edward, April 10, 1624; Re- 
becca, February 17, 1626-27; Samuel, 1638; 
Thomas, appointed in 1695 "to seat men, 
women and others in the meeting-house'' ; 
Mary, baptized at Barnstable, January i, 1646, 
married Benjamin Gorham ; Elizabeth, born at 
Yarmouth, April 20, 1648; Sarah, married Jo- 
seph Gorham; Joseph, buried March 29, 1650, 
aged ten days; and Hannah, who married 
(first) a Gray, (second) Jabez Gorham, and 
moved to Bristol, Rhode Island. The interval 
of eleven years between the births of Rebecca 
and Samuel would indicate that some children 
must have died unrecorded ; or possibly that 
the children belonged to two wives, one named 
Alice and the other Elizabeth. The latter 
proposition is simply advanced as a theory, 
but the confusion of names in regard to the 
mother of the children and the discrepancy 
between the dates of their birth would seem 
to lend it some credence. 

(VII) Samuel, second son of Edward and 
Elizabeth Sturgis, and according to the rec- 
ords the first child of his parents after they 
had emigrated to America, was born in 1638, 
probably at Charlestown. Massachusetts, 
though he must have gone with his parents the 
next year to Yarmouth. He died November 
3, 1674, at the early age of thirty-six years. 
In 1667 Samuel (i) Sturgis married Mary 
Hedge, daughter of Captain William Hedge, 



and they had a son, Samuel (2), whose sketch 
follows. Five years after the death of Sam- 
uel ( I ) Sturgis, his widow married Thomas 
Cockshall, of Rhode Island, October 10, 1679. 

(VIII) Samuel (2), only son of Samuel 
(I) and ]\Iary (Hedge) Sturgis, was born at 
Barnstable, Massachusetts, aljout 1668. On 
October 14, 1679, he married Mrs. Mary Or- 
ris, widow of Nathaniel Orris, and they had 
seven children : Nathaniel, born January 8, 
1699, died January 20, 171 1; John, June 6, 
1701 ; Solomon, September 25, 1703; Mary, 
February 14, 1706; Moses, June 18, 1708; 
Jonathan, November i, 1711; and Nathaniel, 
whose sketch follows. Mrs. Sturgis had by 
her first husband, Nathaniel Orris, who came 
from Nantucket to Barnstable and died No- 
vember 23, 1696, three daughters : Susan, 
Deborah and Jane. 

(IX) Nathaniel, youngest of the seven chil- 
dren of Samuel (2) and Mary (Orris) Stur- 
gis, was born February 2, 171 5, at Barnstable, 
Massachusetts. On February 20, 1734, he mar- 
ried Abigail Cobb, and they had eight children : 
James, born April 27, 1735; Elizabeth, De- 
cember 31, 1736; Nathaniel, October 28, 1739; 
Jonathan, whose sketch follows ; David, May 
II, 1745; Joseph, May 4, 1748; Abigail, July 
22, 1752; Ebenezer, January 28, 1756. 

(X) Jonathan, third son of Nathaniel and 
Abigail (Cobb) Sturgis, was born at Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts, April 9, 1743, and died 
May ID, 1833, at West Gorham, Maine. Jona- 
than was the first of his name in the new state, 
coming up there from Barnstable with his wife 
and two children in 1769. He was a revolu- 
tionary soldier, enlisting in April, 1775, in 
Captain Hart Williams' company. Thirty-first 
Regiment, commanded by Colonel Edmund 
Phinney. Colonel Phinney led his regiment 
into Cambridge soon after the battle of Bunker 
Hill, and Jonathan Sturgis was among the 
first to march into Boston after its evacuation 
by the British. It may be mentioned here 
that the Phinneys, like the Sturgises, were of 
Barnstable origin. Colonel Edmund Phinney, 
then a youth, came with his father, Captain 
John Phinney, to what is now Gorham, in 
May, 1736. Edmund Phinney cut the first 
tree in the new settlement, and they raised a 
good crop of corn, some peas, and about ten 
cartloads of watermelons the first year. The 
watermelon seed were brought along bv acci- 
dent, instead of pumpkin seed ; but the melons 
proved to be useful in feeding the hogs. When 
Jonathan Sturgis arrived in 1769 he took up 
a hundred acres in the new settlement, and 
cleared a farm on which he lived and died. On 



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February 7, 1765, Jonathan Sturgis married, 
at Barnstable, Massachusetts, Temperance 
Gorham, daughter of Ebenezer and Temper- 
ance (Havves) Gorham, of Barnstable. (See 
Gorham \T.) She died November 26, 1824, 
at the age of eighty-two. Jonathan and Tem- 
perance (Gorham) Sturgis, had ten children: 
Hannah, born December g, 1766; Temperance. 
November 5, 1768; James G., December 3, 
1771 ; Nathaniel, September 3, 1774: Abigail, 
March 4, 1776; David, January 2-j, 1779; Jo- 
seph, January 30, 1783; Sarah, July 21, 1785; 
Jonathan, February 6, 1788; and Ebenezer, 
June 9, 1790. 

(XI) James Gorham, eldest son of Jona- 
than and Temperance (Gorham) Sturgis, and 
the first of their children to be born in Maine, 
was born at Gorham, in that state, December 
3, 1771, and died there February 14, 1825. Me 
lived in that part of the town of Gorham 
known as White Rock. On November 15, 
1791, he married Molly Roberts, daughter of 
Benjamin and Mary (Weeks) Roberts, whose 
father was a soldier in the revolution. She 
died September 7, 1859, ^S^d ninety-two. 
James Gorham and Molly (Roberts) Sturgis 
had nine children : A son, who died at the 
age of nine months; Susan, born December 14, 
1794, married Solomon Libby ; Mary W., Au- 
gust 19, 1796, married John Littlefield, of 
Topsham ; Temperance G., August 4, 1798, 
married Joseph Cannell ; William R., Febru- 
ary 4, 1801, married Joan McDonald: .Abigail, 
April 23, 1803, married James McDonald (2) : 
John, whose sketch follows : Ebenezer G., De- 
cember 3, 1807, married Mary Ann Babb ; Ben- 
jamin R., January 18, 1811. 

(XII) beacon John, third son of James 
Gorham and Molly (Roberts) Sturgis, was 
born July 2, 1805, at Gorham, Maine, and died 
from an accident, July 14, 1854. He was a 
deacon of the White Rock church. In 1834 
he married Mary Purinton, daughter of 
Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, of 
Windham, Maine. They had five children : 
Jane, died in infancy, September 25, 1836: 
Benjamin F., whose sketch follows; William 
P., born September 4, 1840, married Margaret 
Libby, of Portland, and lives in Brooklyn, New- 
York ; John Irving, December 24, 1844, mar- 
ried (first) Myra Hayden, (second) Jennie 
Hayden, and is a physician at New Gloucester; 
James Edgar, December 14, 1847, married Ida 
Barrett, of Portland, and lives in the west. 
The death of Deacon and Captain John Sturgis 
occurred in a singular and painful manner. On 
July 14, 1854, Berry's shoe-shop, which stood 
near the White Rock cliurch, and also near the 



home of Captain Sturgis, was burned. While 
the latter and his son Benjamin were helping 
to remove property from the burning building, 
both were severely burned by an explosion of 
camphene. The son recovered, but the father 
died the same day. His widow married 
George Hammond, of New Gloucester, and 
died in that town, September 14, 1887, aged 
seventy-seven. 

(XIII) Dr. Benjamin Franklin, eldest son 
of Deacon John and ^lary (Purinton) Sturgis, 
was born at Gorham, Alaine, October 28, 1837. 
He studied medicine and became a physician 
at Auburn, where he has also been prominent 
in church work and has held several offices 
under the city government; was mayor of Au- 
burn in 1884. He has served as councilman 
and alderman, was representative in 1874-75, 
and state senator in 1876-77. December 11, 
1859, Dr. Sturgis married Ellen Hammond, 
daughter of George and Martha Hammond, of 
New Gloucester. There were two children : 
Alfreda H., born August 29, i860, died Au- 
gust 9, 1864; and Mary, born December 25, 
1861. Mrs. Ellen (Hammond) Sturgis died 
March 11, 1868. On February 4, 1870, Dr. 
Sturgis married Jennie Brooks, daughter of 
Ham and Margaret Brooks, of Lewiston, 
Maine. They have had five children : Dr. 
John, born September 6, 1871 ; Alargaret El- 
len, September 21, 1873, died April i, 1892; 
Dr. Benjamin F. Jr., March 14, 1875 ; Chester 
King, April 20, 1878, died November, 1879; 
Dr. Karl li., born April 11, 1881. 



This family traces its gene- 
GORHAM alogy back to the De Gorrams 
of La Tanniere near Gorham 
in Maine, on the borders of Brittany, where 
William, son of Ralph de Gorham, built a 
castle in 1128. During the reign of William 
the Conqueror several of the name moved to 
England, where many of them became men of 
learning, wealth and influence. In America 
the name has an ancient and honorable stand- 
ing. Although Ralph Gorham, the immigrant, 
did not come over in the "Mayflower," both 
the parents and grandparents of his son's wife 
were passengers in that famous vessel, so that 
descendants of this line have the blood of four 
"Mayflower" Pilgrims in their veins. 

(I) James Gorham, of Bcnefield, Northamp- 
tonshire, England, was born in 1550 and died 
in 1576. In 1572 he married Agnes Berning- 
ton, and the only son of whom we have record, 
and perhaps the only child, was Ralph, men- 
tioned in the next paragraph. 

( II ) Ralph, son of James and Agnes (Ber- 



STATE OF .MAINE. 



1459 



nington) Gorham, was born in 1575. probably 
at Benefield, England, and died about the year 
1643, '" Phnioiitli, Massachuset;S. Ralph Gor- 
ham married in England, and came with his 
family to America in the ship "Philip" about 
the year 1635. Of his family but little is 
known, the only recorded child being John, 
whose sketch follows. It is probable that there 
was a son Ralph, born in England, as the 
records of Plymouth Colony indicate that there 
were two persons of that name in Plymouth in 
1639. At the time of Ralph Gorham's death 
he left no widow and an only son John, who 
inherited his father's estate. No other Gor- 
hams are known to have been in the colony 
during the seventeenth century, after the death 
of Ralph, besides John and his descendants. 

(Ill) Captain John, son of Ralph Gorham, 
was baptized in Benefield, Northamptonshire. 
England. January 28, 1621, and died at Swan- 
sea, Massachusetts, while in command of his 
company, February 5, 1676. He had a good 
common school education, and was brought up 
in the Puritan faith. His occupation was that 
of a tanner and currier of leather, which busi- 
ness he carried on in the winter, working on 
his farm in the summer. In 1646 he moved 
from Plymouth to Marshfield, and in 1648 
was chosen constable of that town. On June 
4, 1650, he was admitted a freeman of the 
colony, and in 1651 was a member of the 
grand inquest of the colony. In 1652 he moved 
to Yarmouth, purchasing a house-lot adjoin- 
ing the Barnstable line ; and from this time he 
added to his estate till he became a large land- 
owner and also the proprietor of a grist mill 
and a tannery. He was deputy from Yar- 
mouth to the Plymouth colony court at the 
special session of April 6, 1653, and the fol- 
lowing year he was survej'or of highways in 
the town of Yarmouth. In 1673-74 he was 
one of the selectmen at Yarmouth, and during 
the former year received the appointment of 
lieutenant of the Plymouth forces in the Dutch 
war. King Philip's men made an attack upon 
Swansea the next June, and on the twenty- 
fourth of that month, which was observed as a 
day of fasting and prayer. Captain John Gor- 
ham and twenty-nine mounted men from Yar- 
mouth took their first march for Mount Hope. 
In August the war was transferred to the 
banks of the Connecticut and Captain Gorham 
and his company marched into Massachusetts. 
The results were discouraging, and in a letter 
to the governor, still preserved in the office of 
the secretary of state at Boston, Captain Gor- 
ham says that his soldiers are much worn, 
"having been in the field this fourteen weeks 



and little hopes of finding the enemy, — but as 
for my own part, I shall be ready to serve God 
and the country in this just war, so long as 1 
have life and health." October 4, 1675, he 
was appointed by the court captain of the sec- 
ond company of the Plymouth forces in King 
Philip's war. Captain Gorham and his com- 
pany were in the sanguinary battle at the 
Swamp Fort in the Narragansett country, 
fought December 19, 1675, which crushed the 
power of King Philip and his allies. There 
was great suffering and exposure, beside loss 
of life. The troops of the United Colonies 
had to remain all night in the open field, "with 
no other covering than a cold and moist fleece 
of snow." On the dawn of the nineteenth they 
started on their weary march, and at one 
o'clock they reached the fort, which was built 
on an island containing five or si.x acres, set in 
the midst of a swamp. Entrances could be ef- 
fected in only two places, by means of fallen 
trees, to cross which meant almost certain 
death from the Indian sharpshooters. After 
three or four hours' of hard fighting, the Eng- 
lish succeeded in taking the fort, sustaining^ 
loss of eighty men, beside the wounded. Hub- 
bard estimated that no less than seven hun- 
dred Indians were killed. Captain Gorham 
never recovered from the cold and fatigue to 
which he was exposed during this expedition. 
He was seized with a fever and died at Swan- 
sea, where he was buried I'ebruary 5, 1675- 
76. In 1677, in consequence of the good 
service Captain Gorham had rendered the 
country in the war in which he lost his life, 
the court confimied to his heirs and successors 
forever the hundred acres of land at Papas- 
quash Neck in Swansea which he had selected 
during his lifetime. In 1643 Captain John 
Gorham married Desire Howland, daughter of 
John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, and 
granddaughter of John and Bridget (Van De 
Velde) Tilley, all of whom came over in the 
"Mayflower." Desire (Howland) Gorham was 
born at Plymouth in 1623, and died at Barn- 
stable, October 13, 1683. Eleven children were 
born to this couple: Desire, Plvmouth, April 

2, 1644, married John Hawes, of Yarmouth • 
Temperance, Marshfield, May 5, 1646, mar- 
ried (first) Edward Sturgis ; '(second) Thom- 
as Baxter; Elizabeth, Marshfield, April 2 
1648, married Joseph Hallett ; James (2)', 
whose sketch follows; John, Marshfield Feb- 
ruary 20, 1651-52; married Hannah Hu'ckins ; 
Joseph, Yarmouth, Februarv 16. 1653-54, mar- 
ried Sarah Sturgis ; Jabez, 'Barnstable, August 

3, 1656. married Hannah (Sturgis) Grav • 
Mercy, Barnstable, January 20, 1658, married 



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George Denison ; Lydia, Barnstable, Novem- 
ber 16, 1661, married John Thacher ; Hannah, 
Barnstable, November 28, 1663, married Jo- 
seph Wheelding; Shubael, Barnstable, October 
21, 1667, married Puella Hussey. 

(IV) James (2), eldest son of Captain John 
and Desire (Howland) Gorham, was born at 
Marshfield, Massachusetts, April 28, 1650, and 
died in 1707. In the division of his father's 
homestead he had the northwesterly and cen- 
tral portions on which he built a large and ele- 
gant mansion house. In 1703, according to 
the division of the common lands, he was the 
richest man in the town of Barnstable. On 
February 24, 1673-74, James (2) Gorham 
married Hannah Huckins, daughter of Thom- 
as Huckins, of Barnstable. She died February 
13, 1727, aged seventy-four years. There were 
eleven children : Desire, February 9, 1674-75 ; 
James, May 6, 1676-77, married May Joyce; 
Experience, July 28, 1678; John, August 2, 
1680, married Anne Brown; Mehitable, April 
28, 1683; Thomas, December 16, 1684; Mercy, 
November 22, 1686; Joseph, ]\Iarch 25, 1689; 
Jabez, March 6, 1690-91 ; Sylvanus, October 
13, 1693; Ebenezer, whose sketch follows. 

(V) Ebenezer, youngest son of James (2) 
and Hannah (Huckins) Gorham, was born at 
Barnstable, February 14, 1695-96, died Novem- 
ber 16, 1776. As a young man he lived in 
Scituate, and on November i, 1725, he was 
dismissed from the South Church in that town 
to the East Church in Barnstable. He was a 
farmer, lived in a large two-story house, and 
seems to have been the only one of his father's 
eleven children who did not squander the 
wealth they inherited. On September 22, 1727, 
Ebenezer Gorham married Temperance Hawes, 
daughter of Deacon Joseph Hawes, of Yar- 
mouth. She died February 21, 1767, in the 
sixty-second year of her age. Both she and 
her husband have monuments in the old grave- 
yard near the Unitarian meeting-house in 
Barnstable. Nine children were born to Ebe- 
nezer and Temperance (Hawes) Gorham: 
Ebenezer, August 7, 1729; Prince, March 14, 
1730-31 ; Hannah, April 16, 1733; Mary, June 
16, 1735; Sarah, baptized May 22, 1737; 
Thankful, baptized April 22, 1739; Sarah, bap- 
tized April 19, 1741; Temperance, baptized 
May 20, 1744; Sylvanus, baptized July 17, 
1746. 

(VI) Temperance, sixth and youngest 
daughter of Ebenezer and Temperance 
(Hawes) Gorham, was born at Barnstable, 
Massachusetts, in the spring of 1744, and was 
baptized on May 20 of that year. She died 
November 26, 1824, at the age of eighty-two. 



probably at Gorham, Maine, where she had 
lived since 1769. On February 7, 1765, Tem- 
perance Gorham was married to Jonathan 
Sturgis, of Barnstable, who later became one 
of the early settlers of Gorham. (See Stur- 
gis, X.) This is only one of several inter- 
marriages that have taken place between the 
Gorhams and Sturgises, both ancient families 
of Plymouth Colony and Cape Cod. 



This patronymic and its cognate 
HAYES forms, Hawes, Heywood, Haw- 
ton, Hawley and the like, are un- 
doubtedly derived from hay, meaning hedge — 
a word which finds its counterpart in the 
Mediaeval Latin haga ; Anglo-Saxon hege ; 
Dutch Hague; French haie; English haw; and 
Scotch hag or haigh. The direct meaning of 
hawthorn is hedge-thorn. The hayward, in 
ancient times, was the person who kept the 
cattle that grazed on the village common from 
straying outside the hay or hedge. Gradually 
it referred to more general guardianship. In 
"Piers Plowman" we have the expression : 

"I have an home, and be a hayward. 

And liggen out a nightes 
And keep my corne and my croft 

From pykers and thieves.'' 

Of the two common forms of the surname, 
Hay and Hayes, the former seems to belong 
to Scotland and the latter to England. As 
early as 1185 the lands of Errol were granted 
by William the Lion, King of Scotland, to 
William de Haya, and for six generations the 
name appears in that form ; afterwards it is re- 
corded as Hay. In England, on the other 
hand, the name Hayes is quite common from 
the fifteenth century down. There are seven- 
teen Hayes coats-of-arms given by Burke ; 
and there is a village named Hayes in Kent 
and another in Middlesex. The former was 
the seat of the great Lord Chatham, the place 
where he died, and the spot where his son, 
the second William Pitt, was born. During 
the reign of Queen Elizabeth we find the name 
associated with the early efforts for coloniza- 
tion in America. Edward Hayes was captain 
and owner of the "Golden Hinde," the only 
ship in Sir Humphrcv Gilbert's Newfound- 
land expedition of 1583 which ever returned 
to England. 

Four men by the name of Hayes emigrated 
to New England during the seventeenth cen- 
tury. Three of these, Thomas, Nathaniel and 
George, settled in Connecticut, while John 
came to New Hampshire. Thomas Hayes es- 
tablished himself at Milford, Connecticut, in 
1645, but removed a few years later to New- 
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living to this day. Nathaniel settled at Nor- 
walk in 1651, but this line disappears after 
1729. George came to Windsor, Connecticut, 
as early as 1680, and there is a tradition that 
he was a brother of John of New Hampshire, 
but no proof has been found. The following 
famih- traces its origin to the New Hamp- 
shire immigrant. 

(I) John Hayes settled at Dover Corner, 
New Hampshire, in 1680, and is the ancestor 
of most of the people of that name living in 
the surrounding region and along the Maine 
coast. It is said that he came from Ireland, 
but the form of his name is English ; however, 
it would be quite easy to add additional letters 
upon coming to a new country. It is also said 
that John had a brother Ichabod, who came 
over with him, but afterwards went south. 
John Hayes had a grant of land at Dover in 
1693-94, and he died there October 25, 1708. 
On June 28, 1686, he married Mary Home, 
and there is a tradition that she was but thir- 
teen years old at the time. There were ten 
children : John, born in 1687 ; Peter, mentioned 
below: Robert; Ichabod, March 13, 1691-92; 
Samuel, March 16, 1694-95 ; William, Sep- 
tember 6. i6g8; Benjamin, September, 1700; a 
daughter who married an Ambrose of Salis- 
bury (probably Massachusetts) ; a daughter 
who married an Ambrose of Chester. 

(ID Peter, second son and child of John 
and Mary (Home) Hayes, was born about 
1688, at Dover, New Hampshire. He lived at 
what was called Tole End in that town, and 
married Sarah, daughter of John Wingate. 
There were eight children : Ann, June 3, 1718 ; 
Reuben, May 8, 1720; Joseph, March 15. 1722 ; 
Benjamin, March i, 1724; Mehitable, Decem- 
ber II, 1725; Deacon John, whose sketch fol- 
lows; Elijah and Ichabod, who lived at Ber- 
wick, Maine. 

(Ill) Deacon John (2), fourth son of Peter 
and Sarah (Wingate) Hayes, was born Octo- 
ber 27, 1728, probably at Dover, New Hamp- 
shire, where his father lived. He moved to 
North Yarmouth, Maine, and died there March 
19, 1795. He married Jane, born in 1732, died 
August 24, 181 2, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth Loring. Her father was the elder brother 
of the Rev. Nicholas Loring (see Loring IV). 
Jane Loring was twice married, and the rec- 
ords vary as to whether Jacob Mitchell was 
her first or second husband. From the dates 
of birth of the children it seems probable that 
Deacon John Hayes married Jane Loring, De- 
cember 5, 1754, and that after his death she 
married Jacob ^Mitchell. If her marriage to 
Jacob Mitchell came first, in 1754, as one docu- 



ment states, and she married Deacon John 
Hayes November 11, 1756, he must have had 
a previous wife, of whom there is no record. 
Records of baptism of six of the children of 
Deacon John Hayes have been preserved : 
David Allen, December 14, 1755; Jacob, Au- 
gust 6, 1757; Joseph, February 7, 1760, died 
March 8 of that year; Reuben, February 15, 
1761; Levi, October 20, 1765; Jane, July 19, 
1767. There were probably three others. 
Judith, who died February 28, 1760, was un- 
doubtedly twin to Joseph. Deacon John (3), 
bom in 1770, was probably the youngest, 
though we have no record of his baptism. The 
records for 1763 have been lost, as that was 
the year the minister died, and the church was 
repaired and enlarged, but it is reasonable to 
suppose that a child was born to Deacon John 
and Jane (Loring) Hayes during that year. 
David Allen, the eldest son, married Dorcas 
Allen, and their son, William Allen Hayes, 
born October 20, 1783, became a lawyer at 
South Berwick, Maine, and for twenty years 
was the judge of probate for York county. 
The memory of Levi Hayes, the fifth son, is 
preserved by an epitaph in the old Yarmouth 
graveyard : "In memory of Mr. Levi Hayes, 
son of Mr. John Hayes member of the Senior 
Class in the College at Providence Rhode 
Island who departed this life May 8, 1789 in 
the 24th year of his age. 

Death is a debt to nature due 
As I have paid so must you." 

(IV) John (3), son of Deacon John (2) 
and Jane (Loring) Hayes, wa& born in 1770, 
probably in Yarmouth, Maine, and died in Au- 
burn in 1842. He was educated in the com- 
mon schools of his native town, and was a tan- 
ner by trade. Owing to his integrity and 
strict attention to business, he soon became a 
prominent and highly respected citizen. John 
(3) Hayes married Mrs. Jane Moulton, widow 
of Captain Myrick Moulton, who was lost at 
sea. There were eight children, seven daugh- 
ters and one son : Eliza ; Penelope, married 
Rev. George Giddings, of Galena, Illinois; 
Jane, married Colonel Elijah Hayes, of North 
Berwick, Maine ; William, whose sketch fol- 
lows ; Sarah, married Deacon David R. Lor- 
ing, of Yarmouth, Maine, and died in 1890; 
Rachel, married John Barrall, of Turner, 
Maine ; Huldah and Hannah. 

(V) William, only son of John (3) and 
Jane (Moulton) Hayes, was born at Yar- 
mouth, Maine. He married Hannah Patter- 
son Boynton, of Portland, and they had six 
children : Thomas, died young; Mary H., mar- 
ried Luther Jones, of Lewiston ; Harriet A., 



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married Melville Sawyer, of Saint Louis; 
John, died in the west in 1862 at the age of 
twenty-four; Carrie E., married William E. 
Worthen, of Amesbury, Massachusetts ; and 
Richmond B. 

(VI) Richmond B., son of William and 
Hannah P. (Boynton) Hayes, was born Jan- 
uary 20, 1849, at Lewiston. Maine. He at- 
tended the public schools of his native town, 
and at an early age entered the Lewiston Mills 
as an office boy. After remaining there some 
time, he became money clerk in the office of the 
American Express Company. His accuracy as 
an accountant and readiness in handling cash 
brought him the position of teller of the Manu- 
facturers' National Bank of Lewiston, where 
he was advanced to cashier in igoo. Mr 
Hayes is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, 
belonging to Rabboni Lodge, A. F. and A. M. 
He is a Republican in politics and attends the 
Congregational church. On July 13, 1886, 
Richmond B. Hayes married Nellie ^L, daugh- 
ter of Hiram and Betsey (Hatch) Fairbanks, 
of Auburn. They have had four daughters : 
Bessie B., born ISIay 26, 1887, died at the age 
of six years; Mildred B., June 16, 1889; Ruth 
M. and Florence ]\L (twins), born March 10, 
1895. Mrs. R. B. Hayes is a lineal descendant 
of "Mayflower" stock, being descended from 
Governor Bradford. 



(For early generations see Jotin Hayes I.) 

(IV) Deacon Jacob, second son 
HAYES of Deacon John ( 2 ) and Jane 
(Loring) Hayes, was born at 
North Yarmouth, Maine, August 6. 1757, but 
date of his death is unknown. At the age of 
eighteen he enlisted, probably with other boys 
in the neighborhood, and did some local work 
for the revolution. The Massachusetts Rolls 
say : "Jacob Hays, private Captain George 
Rogers' Co. Served 4 days. Company de- 
tached from Second Cumberland Co. regi- 
ment by order of Col. Jonathan Mitchel to 
work on the fort at Falmouth in November, 
1775." About 1780 Deacon Jacob Hayes mar- 
ried Jane, daughter of John and Sarah (Mitch- 
ell) Gray, of North Yarmouth, who was born 
November 23, 1760, and died October 4, 1839. 
Their five oldest children, Andrew, Jacob, 
Sarah, Dorcas and Jane, were all baptized on 
the same day, July 31, 1791 : this was during 
the time of the great revival. There are rec- 
ords of two younger children : John, baptized 
September 8, 1793, and Rachel, July 2, 1797. 

(V) Jacob (2), second son of Deacon Jacob 
(i) and Jane (Gray) Hayes, was born at 
North Yarmouth, Maine, about 1785, and was 



a farmer in that town. IMarried Eleanor 
Skillin. 

(VI) Samuel S., son of Jacob (2) and 
Eleanor (Skillin) Hayes, was born in North 
Yarmouth, Maine, about 1809, and died Jan- 
uary 29, 1884. He was a farmer by occupa- 
tion, a Republican in politics, and a Congrega- 
tionalist in religion. Samuel S. Hayes mar- 
ried Mary Richmond Loring. October 10, 
1833, eldest child of Lot and Sabra ( Blanch- 
ard) Loring. (See Loring, VII.) They had 
eight chili'ren : David G., Jacob L., Lydia S. 
wdio married G. G. Knapp ; Charles E., Desiah, 
Sylvanus B., whose sketch follows ; Augustus 
^I., and Mary R., who married W. J. Mc- 
Cullum. 

(\"J1) Sylvanus Blancliard, fourth son of 
Samuel S. and Alary Richmond (Loring) 
Hayes, was born at Yarmouth, Maine, Septem- 
ber I, 1846, and was educated in the public 
schools and at the North Yarmouth Academy. 
After leaving school he followed the sea for 
one voyage, visiting New Orleans, Havana. 
Cuba and Scotland. While in Havana he was ^ 
attacked by the yellow fever. He went to ' 
Lewiston, and in company with his brother, 
Jacob L., established the present grain busi- 
ness. Mr. Hayes has served two years in each 
branch of the city government, and is a Re- 
publican in politics. He is a deacon in the 
Congregational church, and is also on the Sun- 
day-school commission. He belongs to the 
Masons and to the Odd Fellows. On January 
I, 1877, Sylvanus Blanchard Hayes married S. 
Amanda Flewelling, daughter of Samuel E. 
and Amaret (Covert) Flewelling, of King's 
county, Kingston, New Brunswick. They 
have six children : Frank Carleton, born May 
4, 1878; William Richmond, March 2, 1880; 
Helen Gage, May 18, 1882; Lincoln Loring, 
Mav 31, 1883, married, May 6, 1908, Alice M. 
Kimball, daughter of George E. Kimball ; 
Mary Louise and Naida Flewelling (twins), 
September 26, 1886. 



Joseph Hayes was born in Port- 
HAYES land, Maine, June 2, 1787. His 
father died when he was a mere 
lad and he was brought up by an uncle, the 
brother of his deceased mother, whose name 
was Long, and the family descendants of 
Richard Warren of the "Mayflower" and of 
Thomas Clark, a passenger of the "Ann," 
which ship arrived at Plymouth in 1623, 
through Thomas and Bathsheba (Churchill) 
Long, whose son Zadoc married Julia Temple 
Davis, lived in Buckfield, Oxford county, 
Maine, and were the parents of John Long 




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Davis, governor of j\Iassachiisetts and secre- 
tary of the United States navy. The uncle 
Hved in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where 
Joseph Hayes was brought up, and received a 
fair public school training. In early life he 
left his uncle's home, went to Portland, Maine, 
where he was apprenticed to a rope-maker, and 
after completing his term of apprenticeship he 
was twenty years old, and he went to Topsham. 
Maine, with Samuel Yeazie, and they carried 
on the tobacco business in partnership, 1804- 
06. Seeking a larger field for the business, he 
removed to Bath in 1806, and opened a to- 
bacco establishment on his own account, which 
was phenomenally successful. He eni])lo_\ed a 
large number of hands in the manufacture of 
cigars, and these were sold to the retail trailc 
throughout the country towns from wagons, 
thus employing a large number of teams. His 
factory was enlarged from time to time as 
trade increased, at last called into requisition 
a three-story building erected expressly for the 
business. He was a recruiting otificer in Bath 
during the war of 181 2, and held the non- 
commissioned rank of orderly sergeant while 
in this service for the United States army. In 
1841 he embraced the temperance cause with 
extraordinary ardor, and he advocated the 
cause on the lecture platform in all parts of 
the state of Maine during the remainder of his 
life with effective results to the cause. He 
was employed in this cause by the promoters 
of the Washingtonian movement, and whether 
Mr. Hayes was, as were so many of their ef- 
fective speakers of the period, reformed drunk- 
ards, as was John B. Gough of later period, 
does not appear, but that he was a means of 
doing great good and securing pledges of total 
abstinence from large numbers of every one 
of his auiliences is well established, and it may 
be said to his credit that he remained, not only 
an advocate but an example of total abstinence 
himself to the end of his life, which was not 
true generally of the large number of advo- 
cates employed in the movement which was 
spectacular in its full glory, but subsided as 
suddenly as it reached its zenith. He was mar- 
ried in 1806 to Anstress Davis, daughter of 
Captain Elisha Turner, of Topsham, Maine. 
They had ten children, including Joseph IMars- 
ton (q. v.). 

(II) Joseph Marston, son of Joseph and 
Anstress Davis (Turner) Hayes, was born in 
Bath, Maine, June 4, 1832. He was educated 
in the public schools of Bath, and when four- 
teen years of age went to the college that has 
turned out so many successful men, the print- 



ing office. He learned the trade of printer in 
the office of the Old Weekly Times, became 
foreman of the shop, and left the Times office 
to start a weekly newspaper for a syndicate at 
Damariscotta, Maine, and he made the name 
of his venture the American- Sentinel, which 
he removed to Bath in 1854, and he continued 
its publication up to 1863, when he resigned 
the editorship to accept the political office of 
clerk of the Sagadahoc county courts, and his 
first service in the court was when Edward 
Kent was judge of the court. He continued 
this ser\ice to his county for thirty-five years, 
resigning in 1898. It seems needless to add 
that his political faith is that of the Republican 
party, as his tenure in office readily suggests 
the fact. His Masonic service carried him to 
the highest degree in the fraternity, and his 
progress is marked by membership and initia- 
tion in Solar Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, No. 14; Montgomery and St. 
Bernard Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2 ; Dunlap 
Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 5, of 
Bath; Maine Consistory, S. P. R. S., of Port- 
land, Arcadia Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 
13, of Bath. His Masonic associates have 
honored him with the offices of senior grand 
warden, grand high priest, and for several 
terms district deputy. In Blue Lodge and in 
Royal Arch he was district deputy. His finan- 
cial and commercial interests made him a di- 
rector of the Marine National Bank of Bath, 
serving from 1856 to the present time, and 
was vice-president of the bank at one time. 
His religious life has been associated with the 
L'niversalist church and Sunday-school since 
1 861, and he has been superintendent of the 
Sunday-school since 1867. He married, Feb- 
ruary 22, 1870, Ella Frances, daughter of 
Jeremiah and Betsey (Tucker) Cotton, and 
they had one child, N'elmer Francis (q. v.). 
The mother, Ella Frances (Cotton) Hayes, 
died in Bath, Maine, January 13, 1871, and 
the father, Joseph Marston Hayes, retired 
from active business life in 1899, and is, in 
1908. living with his son and grandchild at 
the old homestead in Bath — one of the notable 
old places in tlie town. 

(Ill) A'elmer Francis, only child of Joseph 
]\Iarston and Ella Frances (Cotton) Hayes, 
was born in Ijath, Maine. January 3, 1871. He 
was educated in the public schools of that cit\% 
Gray's Commercial College, Portland, and 
Eastman's Business College. Poughkeepsie, 
New York. He married. April 16, 1905, 
Loweno Thomas. Children : Frances and 
Joseph. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Tlie Lorings of Massachusetts 
LORING and New Hampshire descend 

from three brothers, John, David 
and Solomon, who emigrated from the prov- 
ince of Lorraine, France, and settled in Salem, 
Massachusetts. It is said that these three were 
the younger brothers of a marquis, and that 
the original family name was Lorraine. 

(I) Deacon Thomas Loring, the first Amer- 
ican ancestor, came from Axminster, now a 
manufacturing town on the river Ax, Devon- 
shire, England, to Dorchester, Massachusetts, 
December 22, 1634. He moved to Hingham, 
and then settled upon a farm in Hull, where 
he died in 1661. Deacon Loring brought with 
him from England a wife whose maiden name 
is unknown, and two sons, the younger four 
years old at the time. Two other sons were 
born in this country. The names of the chil- 
dren are: Thomas (2) ; John, whose sketch 
follows: Josiah and Benjamin. Three brothers 
settled in Hull, Massachusetts ; but Josiah con- 
tinued to live in Hingham. Josiah Loring 
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Prince, 
the first of the Prince family who came to 
America. 

(II) John, second son of Deacon Thomas 
Loring, was born in England, probably at 
Axminster, about 1630, and came with his 
people to Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1634. 
The date of his death is unknown. John Lor- 
ing was twice married; (first) to Mary Baker, 
who bore him fourteen children, many of whom 
died young; and (second) to Mrs. Rachel 
Buckley, of Braintree, by whom there were 
four more. The children of the first marriage 
were : John, Joseph, Thomas, Isaac, Nathaniel, 
David, Jacob, Israel, Sarah, Mary, Rachel, 
John, Sarah and Israel. The children of the 
second marriage were: John (2), whose sketch 
follows ; Israel, Caleb, and a daughter who 
died young. 

(III) John (2), eldest child of John (i) 
Loring and his second wife, Rachel (Buckley) 
Loring, was born at Hull, Massachusetts, 
about 1680, and died in that town in 1720. 
John (2) Loring married Jane Baker, and 
they had six children: John, born January 15, 
1708; Jane, October 7, 1709; Nicholas, whose 
sketch follows; Thomas, August 30, 1713 ; 
Solomon, January 12, 1715; and Rachel, Oc- 
tober 17, 1717. Of these children all but two 
finally settled in North Yarmouth, Maine. 
Jane Loring married Ephraim Andrews, of 
Hingham, and both died early, leaving one 
son, Joseph. Thomas Loring was a hatter, 
and also lived at Hingham. John Loring, the 
eldest son, first occupied the ancestral home in 



Hull, and then moved to North Yarmouth, 
where he was soon followed by his brother 
Solomon, who had learned the blacksmith's 
trade at Pembroke. Rachel Loring married 
Deacon John White, of Weymouth, Massachu- 
setts, and eventually moved to North Yar- 
mouth, where he was deacon of the First 
Church. 

(IV) Rev. Nicholas, second son of John 
(2) and Jane (Baker) Loring, was born at 
Hull, Massachusetts, September i, 171 1, and 
ffied at North Yarmouth, Maine, July 21, 
1763. He was but nine years old when his 
father died, so that for much of his training 
and success he must have been indebted to his 
mother. He was graduated from Harvard 
College in 1832, at the age of twenty-one. In 
February, 1735, ''"^ began preaching in various 
places near his early home, and in May, 1736, 
he was directed to North Yarmouth by a col- 
lege classmate. Rev. Ephraim Keith, who had 
declined settlement on account of feeble health. 
After the usual preliminaries, Mr. Loring was 
ordained November 17, 1736, and settled by 
the town, where he continued to preach till his 
death, a period of twenty-seven years. In those 
days the parish embraced the present towns of 
Cumberland, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, 
Pownal, Freeport and Harpswell. From this 
wide range his hearers gathered in the old 
meeting-house "below the ledge," and over it 
the \oung minister extended his pastoral labors. 
About ten years before Mr. Loring's death, the 
church of Harpswell was set off, and since that 
time six other churches have been formed from 
the original "North Yarmouth First Church.'" 
When Mr. Loring was called to his labors, the 
town voted a settlement of two hundred and 
fifty pounds, and an annual salary of one hun- 
drey and fifty pounds. During his ministry the 
Indians frequently attacked the place, once 
near the meeting-house, June 20, 1748. Three 
men were fired upon, and one, Ebenezer 
Eaton, was killed. The neighbors, including 
Mr. Loring, seized their guns and gave chase. 
The savages dropped a tomahawk, which their 
pursuers picked up and gave the minister as a 
reward for his valor. Mr. Loring has been 
represented as tall and slender and of rather 
delicate physique, but this incident shows that 
he was not lacking in courage. 

On February 17, 1737. Rev. Nicholas Loring 
married Mary Richmond, of Tiverton, Rhode 
Island. She was brought up in affluence, and 
as a part of her marriage portion received 
"Billinder," a voung colored woman, who 
served the family faithfully, and was supported 
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the minister's will. Mrs. Loring was charac- 
terized by good sense, dignified deportment 
and precise dress, and was called Madam Lor- 
ing, after the fashion of the day. There were 
ten children, all of whom lived to adult years. 
These were trained to habits of industry and 
economy that they might be examples to the 
flock. In warm weather they went to meeting 
bare-footed, that those who could not have 
shoes might not stay away. 

The children of Rev. Nicholas and Mary 
(Richmond) Loring were: i. Richmond, born 
March 29, 1738, married Lucinda Bucknam. 
2. Bezaleel, April 13, 1739, married Elizabeth 
Mason. 3. Levi, December 3, 1740, was twice 
married. 4. Lucretia, January 3, 1742, mar- 
ried Deacon David Mitchell. 5. Mary, Novem- 
ber 22, 174a. married Captain Joseph Gray. 6. 
Elizabeth, February 22, 1746, married Hum- 
phrey Chase. 7. Rachel, November 2, 1748, 
married Jotham Mitchell. 8. Thomas, whose 
sketch follows. 9. Nicholas, June 23, 1755, 
was lost at sea. 10. Jeremiah, April 12, 1758, 
married Jane Hayes. 

When Mr. Loring died a special town-meet- 
ing was called, August i, 1763, and the fol- 
lowing vote was passed, which throws a flood 
of light on the customs of the times : Voted, 
"That Colonel Jeremiah Powell, Deas. Jonas 
Mason and David Mitchell be a Committee for 
providing such things as the town may order 
for the Rev. Mr. Loring's funeral. That Fans, 
Gloves, Shoes, Ribbons, Buckles, Buttons, 
Vails and Hoods for the four daughters ; Hat- 
bands. Buckles and Gloves for the three eldest 
sons ; and a Fan, Gloves and Handkerchief for 
Bezalel Loring's wife be provided by the Com- 
mittee at the expense of the town. Voted, that 
the widow Loring be put in decent mourning, 
at the discretion of the Committee. Voted, 
that the Committee provide four crape gowns 
for the four daughters of Rev. Mr. Loring. 
Voted, that the three youngest sons be clothed 
in mourning, at the discretion of the Com- 
mittee. Voted, that Rings and Gloves be pro- 
vided for the six pall-bearers, and Gloves for 
the porters, or under-bearers. Voted, that the 
Committee provide what other things are nec- 
essary for the funeral, at their discretion." 
Mrs. Loring survived her husband forty years, 
dying September 15, 1803. at the age of 
ninety. 

(V) Thomas (2), fourth son of Rev. Nich- 
olas and Mary (Richmond) Loring, was born 
June 6, 1 75 1, at North Yarmouth, IMaine, and 
died in August, 1828. He settled at Walnut 
Hill as a farmer, and reared a family of eleven 
children. Both he and his wife were sub- 



jects of the great revival in 1791, uniting with 
the First Church on June 5 of that year. 
Thomas (2) Loring married Phebe Gray, and 
their children were: Lot, whose sketch fol- 
lows; Sarah, married Elbridge Drinkwater : 
Ebenezer, died an infant; Ichabod Richmond, 
married Margery York; David, married Mary 
Chadbourne; Phebe Gray, died young; John, 
accidentally killed in boyhood ; Lucy, married 
Andrew Hayes; Jeremiah, occupied the home- 
stead and married Jane Leonard ; Dorcas, died 
unmarried ; Jacob Gray, married Desire Bates, 
was a trader and ship-builder at Yarmouth 
Falls atld became wealthy. 

(VI) Lot, eldest child of Thomas (2) and 
Phebe (Gray) Loring, was born November 
22, 1774, and died July 22, 1847. He mar- 
ried Sabra Blanchard, and they had four chil- 
dren : Mary Richmond, mentioned below; 
Perez B., married Margery Greely; David 
Meaubec, married three times and had five 
children; Sarah Ann, married Samuel Law- 
rence. 

(VII) Mary Richmond, eldest child of Lot 
and Sabra (Blanchard) Loring, was born 
about 1808 in North Yarmouth, JMaine. She 
married Samuel S. Hayes, son of Jacob (2) 
Hayes, of that place, and they had eight chil- 
dren. (See Hayes, VI.) 



John Johnson, immigrant an- 
JOHNSON cestor of this branch of the 
Johnson family, was born in 
England, and came to America in the fleet with 
Winthrop accompanied by his wife ^largery, 
who died at Roxbury, June 9, 1655. and their 
sons, Isaac and Humphrey, and probably other 
children. Savage thinks there were three 
daughters. Johnson was admitted a freeman 
May 18, 1630. He settled in Roxbury and was 
called a yeoman. He was chosen by the gen- 
eral court, October ig, 1630, constable of Rox- 
bury and surveyor of all the arms of the col- 
ony, and was a very industrious man in his 
place. He kept a tavern and was agent for 
Mrs. Catherine Sumpner, of London, in 1653. 
He was a man of wealth and much distinction. 
He was a deputy to the general court in 1634 
and many years afterward. His house was 
burned August 2, 1645, with seventeen barrels 
of his country's powder and many arms in his 
charge. At the same time the town records 
were destroyed. He was elected a member of 
the Artillery Company in 1638. He signed the 
inventory of Joseph \\'eld's estate in 1646. He 
died September 30, 1650, and his will was 
proved October 15 following, dividing his 
property among his five children, the eldest to 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



have a double portion. The estate amounted 
to six hundred and sixty pounds. He married 
(second) Grace (Xegus) l-'awer. widow of 
Barnabas Fawer. Her will was made Decem- 
ber 21, 1 67 1, and proved December 29, 1671, 
leaving all her estate to her brothers Jonathan 
and Benjamin Xegus. Children, all by first 
wife: I. Isaac, married, January 20, 1637, 
Elizabeth Porter; killed in the Narragansett 
fight in King I'hili]i's war, December 19, 1675. 
2. Flumphrey, mentioned below. 3. Alary, mar- 
ried Roger Movvry, of Providence, who sold 
her share in the estate October 12, 1659. Two 
other daughters. 

(II) Humphrey, son of John Johnson, was 
born in England. He came to America with 
his parents and settled in Roxbury as earlv as 
1643, when his name appears on a deed. He 
was a resident of Scituate in 1651, and while 
he was considered an able and shrewd man he 
was continually getting into trouble with the 
authorities. As he came to Scituate without 
the consent of the governor and two assist- 
ants, he was ordered to remove, and March 
30, 1674, he removed to Hingham. He was 
given permission by the selectmen to settle 
upon the common land, provided he would 
move at three months' notice. On April 22. 
1675, he was granted privileges for making im- 
provements on the land. He resided on Lib- 
erty Plain at South Hingham. He married 
(first) in 1642, Eleanor Cheney, of Roxbury, 
who died at Hingham, September 28, 1678. 
He married (second) Abigail . Chil- 
dren of first wife: i. AJehitable, born 1644. 
2. Martha, 1647. 3- John, 1653, drowned at 
Hingham, June 12, 1674. 4. Joseph, 1655, 
died young. 5. Benjamin, 1657. 6. Margaret, 
1659. married at Hingham, October 20. 1676, 
Josiah Leavitt. 7. Deborah, 1661, died April 
I, 1669. 8. Mary, 1663. 9. Nathaniel, July, 
1666. 10. Isaac, February 18, 1668, men- 
tioned below. II. Joseph, September 6, 1676. 
Children of second wife: 12. John, June 8, 
1680. 13. Deborah, February 19, 1682-83. 

(III) Captain Isaac, son of Humphrey 
Johnson, was born at Hingham. February 18, 
1668, and died in 1735. He married Abiah, 
Abial or .Ahibail Lazell, born 1667, widow of 
Isaac Lazell (by whom she had two sons) and 
daughter of John Leavitt. Isaac Johnson set- 
tled in West Bridgewater about 1700. He was 
a captain, member of the general court, and a 
civil magistrate. Children, the first five born 
at Hingham, the others at West Bridgewater: 
I. Abigail, April 28, 1689. 2. David, October 
16, 1692. 3. Hannah, January 17. 1694-95. 4. 
Solomon, March 9, 1696-97. 5. Daniel, April 



20, 1700. 6. James, married Jane Harris, 
daughter of Isaac Harris. 7. Deborah, mar- 
ried, 1723, Benjamin Perry. 8. Rebecca, mar- 
ried, 1 7 19, Jonathan Washburn, g. Sarah, 
born 1702, married, 17 19, Solomon Pratt. lo. 
John, 1705, mentioned below. 11. Benjamin, 
1711. 13. Mary, 1716, married, 1737, James 
Hooper. 

(I\') Major John, son of Captain Isaac 
Johnson, was born at West Bridgewater in 
1705 and died in 1770. He married (first) in 
1 73 1, Peggy, daughter of Colonel John Hol- 
man. She died in 1757 and he married (sec- 
ond) Esther (probably). Children, 

born at Bridgewater: i. Sarah, 1733. 2. 
Abial, 1735, married (first) John Alger, 1754; 
(second) 1758, Ebenezcr Pratt. 3. Lewis, 
1738, mentioned below. 4. Patience, 1744. 5. 
Joseph, 1747. 6. Content, 1749, married Cap- 
tain Jacob Thomas. 7. Calvin, 1751. 

(V) Lewis, son of Major John Johnson, was 
born at Bridgewater (Stoughton), in 1738. 
He settled in Stoughton. He was a soldier, 
private in Captain Peter Talbot's company. 
Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment, on April 
19, 1775; also in Captain Simeon Leach's com- 
pany early in 1776; also first lieutenant in 
Captain Simeon Leach's company. Colonel 
Benjamin Gill's regiment, marching from 
Stoughton to Braintree, March 21, 1776, after 
the evacuation of Boston, when the British 
ships were in the harbor. He was also first 
lieutenant in Captain Robert Swan's company 
( sixth ) , the west company of the second 
parish of Stoughton. Colonel Benjamin Gill's 
regiment (third SufYolk) later in 1776. He 
was second lieutenant in Captain Moses Ad- 
ams's company. Colonel Eleazer Brooks's regi- 
ment, in 1778. He kept a tavern and Wash- 
ington was his guest once. He married (in- 
tentions dated September 14), December 19. 
1765, Mary Ma}-, of Stoughton (by Rev. Sam- 
uel Dunbar). Children, born in Stoughton: 
I. Mary, August 22, 1766. 2. Nathaniel, Sep- 
tember 12, 1768, mentioned below. 3. John, 
September 5, 1770. 4. Lewis, November 29, 
1772, married, 1799, Betsey Sturtevant, who 
died November 28, 1832. 5. Holman. 6. 
Sally. 7. Lucy. 8. Sarah. 

(VI) Nathaniel, son of Lewis Johnson, was 
born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, September 
12, 1768, died at China, Maine, February 6, 
1849. He removed from his native town to 
Maine about 1803 and bought a farm at China. 
He was a prominent citizen and held many 
positions of trust and honor. He was for some 
years high sheriff of Kennebec county. He 
married Sarah Gay, born at Bridgewater, 





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Massachusetts, daughter of Aaron and Sarah 
(Holmes) Gay. She died at China, Maine, in 
March, 1857. Children, born at China : Lucy, 
Stephen, Nathaniel H., Adeline M., Elbridge, 
mentioned below, Fisher H. 

(VII) Elbridge, son of Nathaniel Johnson, 
was born in China, October 12, 1810, and died 
in Albion, January 20, 1886. He was edu- 
cated in the common schools of his native 
town, and from an early age worked on his 
father's farm. He settled in Albion, Maine, 
after his marriage and owned a farm there. 
Besides farming he did teaming and for a 
number of years was a wool buyer in that sec- 
tion of the state. Mr. Johnson was a Whig in 
politics, but after the dissolution of the Whig 
party became a steadfast Republican. He was 
always active in the church. He first joined the 
Baptist Church, later the Christian church at 
Albion, of which he was a loyal and promi- 
nent member. He married R'lary A. Worth, 
of Vassalborough, who died March 25, 1885, 
daughter of Alvin Worth. Children, born in 
Albion: Charles Henry, George Edwin, judge 
of probate court, Waldo County, Maine, a 
resident of Belfast: Samuel Worth, mentioned 
below : Warren Gardner, Fisher Gay, El- 
bridge jr., Frank Shaw. 

(VIII) Samuel Worth, son of Elbridge 
Johnson, was born in Albion, Maine, October 
15, 1842. He attended the public schools of 
Albion and the China Academy. He studied 
the profession of medicine at the Maine Med- 
ical College, where he was graduated with the 
degree of M. D. in 1864. He opened an office 
in Dixmont, Maine, immediately after grad- 
uating, and practiced there until 1882, when 
he removed to the large field in Belfast. He 
has a large practice in that city, where he has 
since been located. He served on the United 
States pension examining board for twelve 
years. He is a member of the Maine Medical 
Society. He was one of the prime movers in 
the organization of the Waldo Hospital. Dr. 
Johnson has been prominent also in public 
life. He is a Republican in politics, and active 
and influential in his party. He was on the 
Dixmont school committee several years and 
representative from Dixmont to the state leg- 
islature in 1876. In 1908 Dr. Johnson was 
appointed collector of customs for the port of 
Belfast, an office he now fills. He married, 
April 2, 1870, Laura J. Boody, daughter of 
David and Lucretia Boody, of Jackson, Maine. 
(See Boody). Children: i. Fred, born at 
Dixmont, September 2, 1875, now a dry goods 
dealer at Belfast, married, February 19,^1908, 
Elena P. Ellis. 2. Maud L., born in Dixmont, 



November, 1877, married, 1902, William B. 
Woodbury, principal of the schools, York, 
Maine. 



Zechariah Boody, immigrant an- 
BOODY cestor, came to this country 

about 1695. History says that 
he was a deserter from a French ship which 
landed at Boston, and that he escaped when 
his companions were captured and executed. 
He settled in the parish of Madbury, Cocheco, 
now Dover, New Hampshire, and had a farm 
of about one hundred and seventy-five acres. 
He had a grant of ten acres from the town of 
Dover. He and his wife both lived to an 
advanced age, and he died about 1755. Chil- 
dren, all born in Madbury: i. Elizabeth, mar- 
ried Ebenezer Pitman. 2. Hannah, married 
Robert Huckins. 3. Charity, married Abed- 
nego Leathers. 4. Sarah, married Benjamin 
Jenkins. 5. Abigail, married David Drew. 

6. Betty, married James Rowe. 7. Daughter, 
died young. 8. Keziah, unmarried in "1758. 
9. Azariah, mentioned below. 

(II) Azariah, son of Zechariah Boody, was 
born in Madbury. New Hampshire, August 
15, 1720. He resided there until about 1760, 
when he purchased a farm in Canaan, at Bar- 
rington, where he settled. He died February 
26, 1803. He married (first) Bridget Bush- 
bie, whose parents are said to have lived at the 
Bermudas and in Boston, and whose ancestor, 
Nicholas Bushbie, came to this country in the 
ship "True Love" in 1637. She died in Bar- 
rington, July 30, 1785, aged about seventy 
years. Two years later he married second 

, of Berwick, Maine. It is said that he 

brought her from Berwick, a distance of some 
twenty miles, on horseback, behind him on 
a pillion, and that their combined weight was 
not less than four hundred pounds. (Children, 
all by first wife: i. Robert, bom April 3, 
1743, mentioned below. 2. Zechariah, August 
12, 1745, married Mary Demerritt. 3. John, 
June 23, 1749, married Susannah Langley 
about 1750; died April 23, 1815. 4. Molly, 
June 23, 1749 (twin), married Peter Hodg- 
don. 5. Joseph, May 16, 1752, married Olive 
Drew: died 1824. 6. Sarah, March 8. 1755. 
married Isaac Waldron ; died March 6, 1805.' 

7. Hannah, March 29, 1758, married Aaron 
Waldron : died February 7, 1830. 8. Azariah, 
November 29, 1761, died young. 9. Betsey! 
November 2, 1763, married John Caverly; 
died November 17, 1832. 

(III) Rev. Robert, son of Azariah Boody, 
was born April 3, 1743, died April 21, 1814. 
He settled first at New Durham, New Hamp- 



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shire, in 1770. Two years later he removed to 
Limington, Maine. He held many positions 
of trust in the town, and was selectman and 
treasurer alternately up to the end of his life. 
He was a clergyman of the Quakers, and one 
of the leading men of that denomination in 
Maine and New Hampshire. On June 30, 
1780, he and his brother Joseph Boody united 
with Rev. Benjamin Randall in the organiza- 
tion of the Freewill Baptists, On September 
2 of that year Robert Boody was ordained to 
preach and to serve as the first deacon of the 
church. He was a man held in high esteem 
by his townsmen. He married, April 13, 1763, 
Margery Hill, born April 23, 1744, Children: 
I, Azariah, born February 6, 1764, married, 
March 30, 1789, Betsey Chick, of Falmouth; 
died November 16, 1836. 2. Molly, May 26, 
1766, married Robert Hasty, of Parsonfield, 
Maine; died October, 1833. 3. Robert, Au- 
gust 27, 1768, married, in 1795, Mercy Stover, 
of Limerick, Maine; died April, 1836. 4. Ab- 
igail, November 2, 1770, died November 17, 
1770. 5. Sarah, August 28, 1771, married 
David Stover. 6. John H.. September 18, 
1773, mentioned below. 7. Betsey, January 
15, 1777, married, August 5, 1798, Ebenezer 
Morton; died February 4, 1846. 8. Ruth, 

June 13, 1779, married Greene and 

went west; it is said that at the age of thirty 
she weighed three hundred and thirty pounds. 
9. Joseph. January 31, 1782, married Soloma 
Clark. ID. "Israel, "February 12, 17S4, married, 
December 12, 1800, Hannah Strout; died De- 
cember I, 1854. II. Benjamin, April 11, 
1786. married '(first) in 1806 Jane Crane, 
who died April 22, 1826; married (second) 
April 21, 1830, Sarah Winslow; died Decem- 
ber 16, 1844. 12. Edmund, August 15, 1788. 
married Lydia Jones, of Windham, Maine ; 
died December, "1853. 13. Henry H., August 
15, 1788 (twin), married Mary Bond; died 
with no issue in 1852. 

(IV) John H., son of Rev. Robert Boody, 
was borii in New Durham, New Hampshire, 
September 18, 1773, died July 15, 1848. He 
settled at Jackson, Waldo county, Maine. He 
was a carpenter by trade, and owned a farm 
there. He married Patience Redman, of Scar- 
borough, Maine, who died in August, 1854. 
Children: i. John, born in Scarborough, Sep- 
tember 18, 1796, died at sea. 2. Isabella, 
April ID, 1799, married (first) Edward 
March, of Portland; (second) Charles Brad- 
ford, of Bangor; (third) Gollof (Gal- 
lup?). 3. Sally, June 16, 1801, married, Feb- 
ruary 17, 1842, John Emery, of Ripley, and 
had three children. 4. Lucinda, .August 7, 



1803, married Moses Saunders, of Bangor, 
and had one child. 5. David, mentioned be- 
low. 6. Redman, April 4, 181 1, married, in 
1833-34, Mary Twichell, of Di.xmont, Maine, 
and had ten children. 7. Harriet, October 31, 
1812, married, December 5, 1839, Samuel 
Eastman and had three children. 8. Hon. 
Henry H., November 10, 1816, married, Sep- 
tember 3, 1846, Charlotte Mellon Newman, of 
Berwick, and had two children. 9. Alvin, 
July 12, 1819, married Sarah Ellen Sewell, of 
Auburn, Maine ; died in October, 1855. 

(V) David, son of John H. Boody, was 
born November 9, 1807, died August, 1879, of 
a cancer. He married Lucretia Mudget, of 
Prospect, Maine. He resided in Jackson, 
Maine, his native place, all his life. Children : 

1. Fitz Henry A., born April 27, 1832, mar- 
ried Hannah Jane Ames, of Stockton, Maine, 

2. David, August 13, 1837, married, June i, 
1863, Abbie H. Treat, of Frankfort, Maine, 
and had five children. 3. John H., April 23, 
1847, married, in 1874, Nora Pilley and had 
one child. 5. Laura Jane, 1843, married Dr. 
Samuel W. Johnson, of Belfast, Maine. (See 
Johnson VHI.) 6. Napoleon B. 7. Jose- 
phine, married Andrew B. Fogg, of Dixmont. 



Captain Edward Johnson, im- 
JOHNSON migrant ancestor, was born in 

Canterbury, county Kent. 
England, and baptized there September 16 or 
17, 1598. He was son of William Johnson. 
He came to Charlestown with the first immi- 
grants, but soon returned to England, and 
about 1636 or 1637 brought his wife, seven 
children and three servants, to New England. 
He was a man of influence in the colony, and 
resided in Woburn, where he held many im- 
portant offices. At the first meeting of the 
commissioners for the settlement of the new 
town, he presented a plan of the territory to be 
included within its limits, and was appointed 
the first recorder or town clerk. He was ac- 
tive in founding the first church, and com- 
manded the first military company in Woburn. 
He was the author of some unique lines at 
the beginning of the first volume of the Wo- 
burn town records, and also of "Wonder- 
working Providence of Sion's Savior in New 
England," first printed in London in 1653. 
He was famous as a surveyor and early ex- 
plorer. He was appointed in 1665 by the gen- 
eral court to make a map of the colony, in 
conjunction with William Stevens. In 1672, 
after his death, die general court passed an 
order regarding the chronicle of the early his- 
torv of the colonv, which reads as follows : 



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"The court considering how many ways the 
providence of God hath mercifully appeared 
in behalf of his people in these parts, since 
their coming into this wilderness, and us of 
this colony in particular, do judge it our duty 
to endeavor that a register or chronicle may be 
made of the several passages of God's provi- 
dence, protecting of and saving from many 
eminent dangers, as well in transportation, as 
in our abode here making provision beyond 
what could, in reason, have been expected, 
and preventing our fears many a time; so that 
our posterity and the generation that shall 
survive, taking a view of the kindness of God 
to their fathers, it may remain as an obligation 
upon them to serve the Lord their God with 
all their hearts and souls." The court, there- 
fore, appointed a committee "to make diligent 
inquiry in the several parts of this jurisdic- 
tion concerning anything of moment that has 
passed, and in particular of what has been 
collected by Mr. John Winthrop, Sen., Mr. 
Thomas Dudley, Mr. John Wilson, Sen., Capt. 
Edward Johnson, or any other ; that so, mat- 
ter being prepared, some meet person may be 
appointed by this court to put the same into 
form ; that so, after perusal of the same, it 
may be put to press." No fuller account of 
the origin and settlement of a town of equal 
age in New England has been given than that 
by Captain Johnson in his "Wonder-working 
Providence." 

He died in Woburn April 23, 1672. His 
will was dated May 15, 1671, and the in- 
ventory, returned May 11, 1672. gives the 
amount of the estate as seven hundred and 
five pounds, five shillings and six pence. Of 
this amount about half was for property in 
England. He married Susan or Susanna 

, who died March 7, 1689-90. Her son 

John, with whom she dwelt after her hus- 
band died, was the sole beneficiary of her will. 
Children: i. Edward, baptized November 7, 
1619, married, February 10, 16-19-50, Kath- 
erine Baker. 2. George, baptized April 3, 

1625, married Katherine . 3. Susan, 

baptized April i, 1627, married James Pren- 
tice. 4. William, baptized March 22, 1628-29, 
married. May 16, 1665, Esther Wiswall. 5. 
Martha, baptized INIay i, 1631, married, March 
18, 1649-50, John Amee. 6. Matthew, bap- 
tized March 30, 1633, married (first) Novem- 
ber 12, 1656, Hannah Palfrey; (second) Oc- 
tober 23, 1662, Rebecca Wiswall. 7. John, 
mentioned below. 

(H) John, son of Captain Edward John- 
son, was born in England and baptized May 
10, 1635, in Canterbury, county Kent. He 



died in Canterbury, Connecticut. He married, 
April 26, 1657, Bethia Reed, died about 1718, 
daughter of William and Mabel Reed. Chil- 
dren: I. John, born January 24, 1659, mar- 
ried Mary Carley. 2. Bethia, born January 
20, 1660, married (first) Jonathan PCnight; 

(second) Woolcott. 3. William, born 

September 29, 1662. 4. Obadiah, born June 
15, 1664, mentioned below. 5. Joseph, born 
about 1666. 6. Samuel, born October 29, 
1670. 7. Nathaniel, born May 15, 1673. 

(HI) Obadiah, son of John Johnson, was 
born in Woburn, June 15, 1664. He removed 
to Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1690. Among 
his children was Obadiah Jr., mentioned be- 
low. 

(IV) Obadiah (2), son of Obadiah (i) 
Johnson, was born in Canterbury, Connecti- 
cut, April 10, 1702, and died there April 10, 
1765. He married, November 6. 1723, Lydia 
Bushwell, whose mother, Mary Bushwell, was 
a member of the Canterbury church. Among 
their children was Jacob, mentioned below. 

(V) Jacob, son of Obadiah (2) Johnson, 
was born in Canterbury, 1734, and died at 
Plainfield. Connecticut, 1816. He married 
Abigail Waldo, of Canterbury. Children : Al- 
fred, born July 25, 1766; Louise, Jacob, Wal- 
do, Obadiah, .\nson, mentioned below; Eb- 
enezer, and Mary. 

(VI) Anson, son of Jacob Johnson, was 
born in Plainfield, April, 1778. and died there 
June 20, 1859. He married Hulda Hunting- 
ton, born 1784 and died at Belfast, January, 
1861. Children, born in Plainfield: Jacob. 
Susan, Cora, Horatio Huntington, mentioned 
below. 

(VII) Horatio Huntington, son of .\nson 
Johnson, was born at Plainfield, December 10, 
1808, and died at Belfast, Maine, March 31, 
1885. He was educated in the public schools 
of his native town. At the age of seventeen 
years he left home and became a clerk in the 
store of his cousin, Ralph C. Johnson, Bel- 
fast, Maine. A year later he became a partner 
under the firm name of R. C. Johnson & Com- 
pany. After five years in this business he 
engaged in the dry goods business on his own 
account under the name of H. H. Johnson. 
He built up a large and flourishing business, 
one of the largest dry goods stores in this 
section, and was in business for a period of 
sixty consecutive years. He retired a short 
time before his death. In politics Mr. John- 
son was originally a Whig, later a Republican, 
and active in public aflfairs. He was an alder- 
man of the city of Belfast, and a member of 
the governor's council during the administra- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



tion of Governor Crosby for two years. He 
was a prominent member of the Universalist 
church. He married, December 2, 1841, Ann 
Frances Lothrop, born at Searsmont, January 
3, 1819, daughter of Ansel Lothrop, born 
September 12, 1783, died December 8, 1834, 
and Lois (Whittier) Lothrop, born December 
2, 1785, died February 19, 1839. Children, 
born at Belfast: i. Arabella, September 21, 
1842, married Philo Hersey, of Canton, 
Maine. 2. Horatio H., 1845. 3- Charles Ed- 
ward, March 8, 1847, mentioned below. 4. 
Mary Frances, 1858, died July 21, 1906. 

(\Tn) Charles Edward, son of Horatio 
Huntington Johnson, was born March 8, 1847. 
He was educated in the public schools of Bel- 
fast. He became associated with his father in 
the dry goods business and was active in its 
management. Since the death of his father he 
has been occupied in the care and improvement 
of real estate and other investments. In poli- 
tics Mr. Johnson is a Republican. He is a 
member of Timothy Chase Lodge, No. 126, 
Free Masons, of Belfast; Corinthian Chapter, 
No. 7, Royal Arch Masons ; King Solomon 
Council, Royal and Select Masters; Palestine 
Commandery, Knights Templar. He is an 
active member of the Universalist church. He 
married, June, 1874, Maria S. Hodsdon, born 
at Dexter, Maine, 1843, daughter of Rev. 
Frederick A. Hodsdon. 



The Brazier family of Port- 
BRAZIER land, Maine, is in' all proba- 
bility a branch of the Brazier 
family of Boston, Massachusetts. The fact 
that the two families are related is said to have 
been demonstrated years ago when lawyers 
were employed by the Portland Braziers to 
determine what interest, if any, they had in 
certain valuable property in Boston. The in- 
vestigation proved that there were nearer re- 
latives of the former owner of the property 
in the vicinity of Boston than those in Port- 
land were. The earliest mention of members 
of this family is found in the record of bap- 
tisms of the First Church of Falmouth (now 
Portland), Maine. Brazier. Zachary Harri- 
son, of Bathsheba, 1734; Brazier; A child of 
Zachary Harrison and Sarah, 1759. The arms 
of the English Brazier family is : A shield 
gules, amulets argent, and a bend or. Crest : 
A white dove, with (green) olive branch in 
mouth. 

(i) Zachary Harrison Brazier, mentioned 
above, was born at a place and time not now 
know. He served as a private in Captain Jo- 
seph Noyes's company, for seacoast defense 



at Falmouth, July 17, to December 31, 1775; 
and again as quarter gunner in Captain Abner 
Lowell's company of Matross, stationed at 
Falmouth from the first day of January to the 
last day of March, 1777. Zachary H. Brazier 
married Sarah (Sally) Guston, born January 
9, 1736, died February 10, 1821. Their chil- 
dren were : John, Moses, Enoch, Daniel, 
Sarah, Nathaniel, Lucy, Anne (Nancy), Har- 
rison and Betsey. 

(II) Harrison, sixth son of Zachary H. 
and Sarah (Sally) (Guston) Brazier, was 
born in Portland, August 9, 1777, died No- 
vember 8, 1855. He was a house carpenter 
and lumber dealer. The following article re- 
cently (1908) appeared in print: "The old 
McLellon-Wingate house, one of the best of 
the old residences in Portland, located at the 
corner of Spring and High streets, is to be 
used as an art museum by the Portland So- 
ciety of Art. The finish on the inside of the 
house is excellent, and in the centre of the 
spacious hall is a run of flying stairs, unsup- 
ported except at the top and bottom, with a 
passage at each side. The stairs turn each 
way at the top to the corridor, which is the 
same width as the hall below. The hall was 
finished by Harrison Brazier, one of the best 
known workmen of his time, and he worked 
on it continuously ninety-seven davs." On 
August 21, 1831, The Portland Society of the 
New Jerusalem was formed, and on August 
20, 1836, Harrison Brazier united with this 
society and was confirmed. August 31. 1836 
the society was incorporated under the name 
of "The First New Jerusalem Society of Port- 
land," and soon afterward purchased land on 
Congress street, on which to build a house of 
worship : and Harrison Brazier, George Ropes 
and Arthur M. Small were appointed to su- 
perintend the building of the temple. Harri- 
son Brazier married (first), December 17, 
1799, Abigail Riggs, daughter of Jeremiah 
Riggs. She was born March 10. 1777, died 
April 7, 1823, leaving a family of eleven chil- 
dren. He married (second), September 17. 
1823, Ann Lowell, who died June 15, 1859 
By the second marriage there were no chil- 
dren. The children by first marriage were: 
I. Sophia, born October 6, 1800, died March 
26, 1878; married Joseph M. Kellogg, an of- 
ficer in the United States revenue marine serv- 
ice, and had four children : Joseph, Eunice 
McLellan, Elijah and Sophia. 2. John Har- 
rison, bom September i, 1802, died February 
19, 1850; married, October 25, 1827, Ruth 
Ann Strout. by whom he had John Harrison 
and Mary Brazier. 3. Abigail Cobb, born Au- 



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gust 14, 1804, died August 6, 1818. 4. Enoch, 
born June g, 1806, died in Cuba, Februarx- 2j. 
1856; married, August 21, 1831, Phebe Ilsley, 
who died January 21, 1852, leaving one child, 
Lucy A., who married John Sawyer. 5. Jo- 
seph Riggs. mentioned below. 6. Daniel, born 
December 29, 1809, died January 12, 1849; 
married, November 19, 1834. Alary L. Ingra- 
ham ; they had two children : Annie Brazier, 
who married David Franklin Corser ; and 
Joseph H., who married Ellen Bartol ; they 
reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and have 
children : Emeline Josephine and Harry Bartol. 
7. Margaret, born January 3, 1812, married, 
November 5, 1839, David Perkins. 8. Eunice 
Osgood, born January 18. 1814, died June 24, 
1818. 9. Elizabeth Tobey, born December 17, 
1815, died July 22, 1843; married, December 
II, 1834, Abner Lowell, and had two children : 
John A., who lives in Boston; and Abby, who 
married (first) Edward Emerj', of Portland, 
Maine; (second) a Mr. Brewer, of New York. 
10. Mary M., born March 28, 1818, died No- 
vember 21, 1843 ; married, November 23, 1841, 
Theodore Moses, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, 
and died childless. 11. Charles, born Septem- 
ber 23, 1821, died October 4. 1821. 

(Ill) Joseph Riggs, third son of Harrison 
and Abigail (Riggs) Brazier, was born July 
18, 1808, died August 28, 1878. He resided 
in Portland. He married, July 9, 1835, Har- 
riet Porter Lowell. Children: i. Harriet, 
married Payson Tucker, of Portland, manager 
of the Maine Central railroad. 2. Lucy Low- 
ell. 3. Daniel, see below. 4. Henry Clay, 
died young. 5. William Harrison, died in 
1900; married Alice J. Bagley ; they had one 
child, Helen Louise Brazier, born January, 
1884. 

(lY) Daniel, eldest son of Joseph Riggs 
and Harriet Porter (Lowell) Brazier, was 
born in Portland, September 5, 1851, died Au- 
gust 29, 1895. He was educated in the public 
schools and by private tutors, and after leav- 
ing school took a clerical position with the 
Eastern Express Company. After a period 
of service there he became a clerk in the 
Maine Savings Bank, and in a short time was 
made assistant treasurer and teller, and held 
that position twenty years, till his retirement 
from business after a continuous service of 
twenty-five years. He was a Republican in 
politics, but not a politician, and held no po- 
litical offices. He attended the State Street 
Congregational Church. He was a member of 
Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. and A. M. ; Mt. 
Vernon Royal Arch Chapter; Portland Coun- 
cil, Roval and Select Masters, and Portland 



Commandery, Knights Templar. Daniel 
Brazier married, in Portland, November 15, 
1882, Nellie Louise Foss, who was born May 

14. 1856, si.xth child of Alexander and Susan 
Farley (Little) Foss, of Portland. One child, 
Hattie Payson Brazier, born September 2, 
1888, now a senior in Wellesley College. 

Susan Farley (Little) Foss, above men- 
tioned, twelfth child of Stephen (3) and Re- 
becca (Dodge) (Caldwell) Little, was born 
in Portland," Maine, June 5, 1819, and mar- 
ried. May 31, 1840, Alexander Foss, of Port- 
land, who died August 19, 1864. They had 
nine children: i. Frank Little, born July 11, 
1841, married, May 14, 1864, Helen M. 
Thomas. 2. Elizabeth Maria, September 29, 
1843, married, March 15, 1864, Albion P., 
Chapman, of Deering. 3. Sarah Hartley, 
May 26, 1847, married, December 8. 1870, 
Augustus Schlotterbeck. 4. Charles S., Sep- 
tember 28, 1849, died young. 5. Georgiana 
Dow, March 8, 1854, married, January 29, 
1878, Albert M. Wentworth. 6. "Nellie'Lou- 
ise, born May 14, 1856, married, November 

15, 1882, Daniel Brazier, of Portland. 7. 
Charles Sumner, married Cara ;\Iacy. 8. 
Edward Little, March 29, 1858, married 
Bertha Thompson. 9. Annie Nason. Jan- 
uarv 14, 1864, married James Nowlan. 



Several settlers named Crosby 
CROSBY came to New England early 
enough to be classed among 
the pioneers. From them sprung a hardy race 
of frontiersmen, who were industrious work- 
ers in peace, and hard fighters in the wars 
with French and Indians. Still later genera- 
tions of Crosbys have won honorable mention 
as business men, college professors and pro- 
fessional men. The name signifying "cross- 
town," or "town built by the cross," was first 
used as the name of a settlement and later 
as a surname. 

(I) Simon Crosby, perhaps a brother of 
Thomas, of Cambridge and Rowley, embarked 
for New England in the "Susan and Ellen," 
April 13, 1635. He was at that time twenty- 
six years of age. His wife Ann was twenty- 
five, and their son Thomas was eight weeks 
old. He resided at the corner of Brattle 
street and Brattle square, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, nearly where the old Brattle house 
now stands. He was prominent among the 
pioneers, and was selectman in 1636-38, and 
died September, 1639, aged only thirty-one. 
The children of Simon and Ann were : 
Thomas, born in England, and Simon and Jo- 
seph, born in Cambridge. .-Xnn, after the 



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death of lior luusbaiul, married the Rev. Wil- 
Ham Thompson, of Braintree, before 1646, 
and became a second time a widow at his 
death, December 10, 1666. 

(11) Simon (2). second son and child of 
Simon (i) and Ann Crosby, born in Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts, August, 1637, died 
January 22, 1726, in the eighty-ninth year of 
his age. He was one of the pioneer settlers 
of Billerica, his residence being on the north 
side of Bare hill. He became a large land- 
holder, was the first innholder in the town, 
was a leading citizen, and representative 1691- 
97-98. His will made June, 1717, was proved 
February 26, 1725. He married, July 15, 
1659, Rachel Brackett. born November 3, 
1639, daughter of Deacon Richard and Alice 
Brackett, of Braintree. She was living at the 
date of his will. The children of Simon and 
Rachel were : Rachel, Simon. Thomas, Joseph, 
Hannah, Nathan, Josiah, I\lary and Sarah. 

(HI) Joseph, third son of Simon (2) and 
Rachel (Brackett) Crosby, born July 5, 1669, 
died about 1736, in Billerica, Massachusetts, 
where he passed his life, residing east of Nut- 
ting's pond. He married. May 6, 1691, Widow 
Sarah Stark, daughter of Lieutenant William 
and Mary (Lathrop) French, of Billerica. 
She was born October 29, 1671, and was the 
mother of the following children : Joseph, 
Sarah, Rachel, William, Mary, Thomas, Da- 
vid, Prudence, Hannah, Deborah, Robert and 
Peletiah. 

(IV) Robert, fifth son of Joseph and Sarah 
(French) (Stark) Crosby, was born July 20, 
171 1, in Billerica, and was among the early 
settlers of Townsend, Massachusetts, where 
he died in 1743. He married, February 7, 
1732, in Andover, jMehitable Chandler, born 
about 1709, in Andover, daughter of Joseph 
and Mehitable Chandler, of Westford (see 
Chandler, V). He died there, and she mar- 
ried (second) Andrew Spalding, of Westford. 
Robert Crosby's children were : Robert, Jo- 
nah, Phoebe, Joel and Josiah. 

(V) Jonah, second son of Robert' and Me- 
hitable (Chandler) Crosby, baptized at the 
Townsend church, October 3, 1776, died in 
Winslow, Maine, in 1813. He was probably 
born in Townsend, and was received into the 
church there from New Ipswich in 1759. He 
resided in New Ipswich a short time, and re- 
turned to Townsend from that town. While 
residing in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, he 
was married in Townsend, December 22, 1757, 
to Lydia Chandler, of Westford, Massachu- 
setts. She was born December 10, 1735, in 
that town, and was baptized December 14, fol- 



lowing. He was a soldier in the French and 
Indian war, and one of the pioneer settlers of 
Winslow, Maine, where he cleared up land in 
the forest, and was a leading and influential 
citizen. His children were : Ezra, Jonah, 
Stephen, Jesse, Thomas, Eben, Rhoda, Ellen, 
Lydia. Abigail, Susan, Mary, Robert, Joel. 

(VI) Ezra, eldest son of Jonah and Lydia 
(Chandler) Crosby, was born in Winslow, 
Maine, where he passed his life engaged in 
farming, and died in 1814. He married 
Teresa Sherwin, born June 24, 1768, in Dun- 
stable, Massachusetts, died in Hartland, 1850, 
at the age of eighty-two years. Their children 
were: Jane, Artemas, Mehitable, Joel, Sybil, 
Cummins, Eunice, Phoebe, Sherwin, Lucena 
and Vina. 

(VII) Sherwin, son of Ezra and Teresa 
(Sherwin) Crosby, born August 29, 1805, in 
Winslow, died at the age of eighty-one years, 
in December, 1886. He was left an orphan 
at the age of nine years, and was forced to 
maintain himself almost fully from that age. 
He had little opportunity for education, and 
was occupied largely through life as a farmer 
and farm laborer. He was an extremely re- 
ligious man, actively identified with the Aleth- 
odist church. He took little interest in any 
other matters, and lived a most exemplary 
life, respected by all his contemporaries. He 
married, in 1832, at Unity, Nancy Jordan 
Clifford, born August 6, 1808, in Northport, 
died December 16, 1877, at the age of sixty- 
nine years. She was a woman of exception- 
ally bright mind, remarkable for her common 
sense and executive ability, and was an able 
assistant to her husband in his church and 
moral work. She was a daughter of Joseph 
and Elizabeth (Priest) Clifford. His children 
were : Teresa, Dana Boardman, Mulberry 
Burnham, John Sherwin, Luann Whitmore, 
Jacob Trueworthy and Eli Mckery. The first 
three died in infancy. The fourth receives fur- 
ther notice in the succeeding paragraph. Luann 
Whitmore is the wife of William Hamilton, 
of Unity, Maine. Jacob Trueworthy is a cler- 
gyman, residing in Auburn, Maine (mentioned 
below ) , and the youngest son resides in Albion, 
same state. 

(VIII) John Sherwin, eldest surviving son 
of Sherwin and Nancy Jordan (Clifford) 
Crosby, was born January 13, 1842, in Free- 
dom, Waldon county, ALTine. near L'nity Vil- 
lage, where he passed his boyhood. At sixteen 
years of age he went to Hingham, Massa- 
chusetts, where he remained for a year work- 
ing in a shoe manufactory and devoting his 
evenings to study, his purpose on leaving 




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STATE nV AiAlXE. 



U73 



home having been to acquire a liberal educa- 
tion. From Hingham he went to Hanover, 
in the same county, with a view to entering 
Hanover Academy, in which he soon became 
a student, supporting himself at first by shoe- 
making after school hours, but in a short time 
by acting as an assistant teacher in the Acad- 
emy. With the exception of a year at Phillips 
Exeter Academy and a part of a year at Tufts 
College, he continued teaching in the private 
and public schools of Plymouth county from 
1859 to 1866, meanwhile pursuing with the 
aid of private instructors the various branches 
of a college course of study. From 1863 to 
1866 he was principal of Assinippi Institute, 
a classical school at West Scituate, during 
which time he read law with Hon. Perez Sim- 
mons, a leading lawyer of the state, to whose 
wise and fatherly counsel he has ever felt 
deeply indebted. In 1866 he accepted the 
priucipalshii) of the high school at St. Joseph, 
^lissouri, a position which he retained until 
the spring of 1877, when failing health ne- 
cessitated a change of occupation, and he en- 
tered into a law partnership with ex-Governor 
Silas Woodson, which continued until the 
elevation of the latter to the bench some five 
years later. In 1885 '""^ removed from St. 
Joseph to Kansas City, Missouri, from which 
time until i8g6 he maintained offices in both 
cities, practising in the state and federal courts 
of Missouri and Kansas. In the fall of the 
latter year, at the solicitation of the single 
taxers of Delaware, he went to reside at Wil- 
mington, and in the following winter ad- 
dressed the legislature and the constitutional 
convention of that state in the interest of the 
single tax movement. In April, 1897, he set- 
tled in New York city, where he practised 
law until 1 901, when he was appointed to his 
present position of expert accountant and 
auditor in the finance department of that city. 
Mr. Crosby, who was eminently successful 
as a teacher, has been equally so in the trial 
of causes. As a jury lawyer he is said to 
have had no superior at the Missouri bar. 
His enthusiasm for the practise of law has, 
however, abated somewhat with the increasing 
tendency toward a monopoly of the courts by 
corporations, the creation of which artificial 
persons he has long held to be an abuse of 
civil power. In 1884, while practising in St. 
Joseph, he published "The Primer," said to 
have been the pioneer of single tax periodicals, 
in which he advocated the philosophy of Hen- 
ry George, and foretold that the monopolistic 
combinations since known as trusts would in- 
evitably result from the grant of corporate 



privilege for purposes of private gain. In 
1896 he published a short treatise on govern- 
ment, entitled "An Inquiry into the Nature 
and Functions of the State," a second edition 
of which was issued in 1901. He is now re- 
vising the work with a view to making it a 
popular text book on the science of govern- 
ment. He has always taken an active interest 
in the cause of popular education and during 
the last thirty years has devoted much time to 
the public discussion of political and economic 
questions upon which he has spoken in almost 
all parts of the United States and Canada. In 
the "History of Hanover Academy," pub- 
lished in 1899, the author says of him: "As 
a platform speaker he stands in the opinion of 
many, almost unrivalled for magnetic and ef- 
fective oratory, and has been called 'the Wen- 
dell Phillips of the single tax movement.' " 
While he has never sought office he has been a 
candidate on various occasions for member of 
congress, supreme and appellate court judge, 
and other official positions, his nomination 
having generally been made during his absence 
from the field. Of strong individuality, he has 
seldom allied himself with organizations re- 
ligious or fraternal. He has served as presi- 
dent of the Manhattan Single Tax Club, and 
is now president of the Missouri Society of the 
City of New York. He is also a member of 
the Maine Society of that city, of the Ameri- 
can Economic Association, and one of the in- 
corporators of the New York County Law- 
yers' Association. In religious belief he is 
liberal, finding some good in every sect and 
creed. In politics he is a Democrat of the 
school of Jefferson and Lincoln, holding that 
the only legitimate purpose of any government 
is to secure, to all persons within its jurisdic- 
tion, peaceable enjoyment of the natural, equal 
and inalienable rights of man. Mr. Crosby is 
a man of large physique, commanding pres- 
ence and genial personality. 

Mr. Crosby married, at Hanover, June 

30, 1865, Abby Josephine Gardner, born July 

31, 1842, in Marshfield, Massachusetts, died 
November 24, 1881, daughter of Stephen and 
Maria Ford Gardner, of Marshfield. She be- 
gan teaching at the age of fourteen years, and 
was an enthusiast in that work, continuing in 
it some time after her marriage. She was 
greatly loved by the people of St. Joseph, and 
her funeral was one of the most largely at- 
tended ever held in that place. She left one 
son, John Sherwin, recently deceased, and one 
daughter, Louise Leonard, who became the 
wife of the late Frank Albert Drew, for many 
years president of the Boston tax board, and 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



now resides in Boston. She has two children : 
Josephine Amelia and Crosby Lawrence. Mr. 
Crosby married (second) in St. Louis, July 
22, 1896, Bertie Fassett, widow of Walter H. 
Fassett, of Portland, Maine, and daugh- 
ter of James Mellon, of Houlton, j\Iaine. 
Mr. and Mrs. Crosby have a mutual in- 
terest in the" grandchildren of both, to whom 
they are much devoted. 

(VIII) Rev. Jacob True worthy, second 
surviving son of Sherwin and Nancy Jordan 
(Clifford) Crosby, was born February 16, 
1847, 'ii Unity, and was educated in the 
schools of New England. At the age of eight- 
een years, he abandoned temporarily the pur- 
suit of an education to become a soldier in 
the civil war, joining Company B, Twenty- 
ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for one year. 
His service continued for thirteen months, and 
he was honorably discharged. He returned 
home and entered in business, l)ut was not 
satisfied with a business career, however, and 
closed out his interest and began studying to 
fit himself for the ministry. He joined the 
East Maine Methodist conference and served 
as pastor for the following churches : China, 
Georgetown, Wiscasset, Pittston, Dresden, 
Guilford, Sangerville, Ellsworth and Brewer, 
Maine. 

He was then transferred to the Alaine con- 
ferences and was successively pastor at Bath 
Wesley Church, Saco and Auburn. ' At the 
close of his Auburn pastorate, Mr. Crosby 
withdrew from the conference and re- 
ceived an honorable discharge. This step 
was taken because he could not longer con- 
sistently proclaim the creed of the ]\Ieth- 
odist church. His views are quite liberal and 
though he is not now connected with any 
church, he is frequently called upon to speak 
in nearly all the churches in Lewiston and 
Auburn and the surrounding towns ; in the 
meantime, as a means of gaining a livelihood, 
he is doing something in the real estate busi- 
ness. He was married October 23, 1871, to 
Annie Maria Symonton, of Camden, Maine, 
daughter of Patrick and Mary (Pascal) Si- 
monton, and they are the parents of a daugh- 
ter and a son: Maria Mary Josephine and 
Henri Sherwin. The former was born Oc- 
tober 21, 1875, in Waldoborough. and is now 
the wife of Frank Cayer, residing in Auburn, 
Maine. The son was born May 21, 1882, mar- 
ried Maude Evelyn Marshall and resides in 
Auburn. He has a daughter and a son : Mar- 
rion Josephine and Sherwin Marshal, born 
respectively December 23, 1905, and January 
18, 1907. 



A time-honored name in 
CHANDLER American annals, among 

the first in Maine, this has 
been conspicuous in many states, and is among 
the most prominent of this coninK)nwealth 
to-day. As jurists and legislators, as business 
men and philanthropists, its bearers have done 
service to their native land and have received 
honor at its hands. It has been said that Rox- 
bury, Massachusetts, received the best of the 
English emigrants in Puritan days, and this 
family has furnished since those olden days 
many of the best pioneers in many states of 
the Union. 

(I) William Chandler, immigrant ancestor, 
with his wife, Annis, and four children settled 
at Roxbury in 1637. Annis is supposed to 
have been a sister of Deacon George Alcock, 
of Ro.xbury. One child was born to them at 
Roxbury between 1638 and 1640. William 
Chandler appears as the owner of twenty-two 
acres of land, with seven persons in his fam- 
ily. He was charged with the care on the 
commons of one goat and kid, the least of any 
of the residents. He took the freeman's oath 
in 1640, and was at that time stricken with 
disease which caused his demise November 
26, 1641. He was among the proprietors of 
Andover, with his son Thomas, and tradit'on 
says he was the owner of the tannery at the 
corner of Bartlett street and Shawmut ave- 
nue, Roxbury. A chronicler of his time says 
he "Lived a religious & godly life among us 
& fell into a Consumption to which he had, a 
long time, been inclined ; he lay near a yeare 
sick, in all which time his faith, patience & 
Godliness & Contentation So Shined that 
Christ was much glorified in him — he was a 
man of Weak parts but Excellent faith and 
holiness ; he was a Very thankful man, and 
much magnified God's goodness. He was 
poor, but God prepared the hearts of his peo- 
ple to him, that he never wanted that which 
was (at least in his Esteem) Very plentiful 
and comfortable to him — he died in the year 
1 641, and left a Sweet memory and Savor be- 
hind him." His widow was married July 2, 
1643, to John Dane, of Barkhampstead, Eng- 
land, who died in September, 1658. and she 
married (third), August 9, 1660, John Par- 
menter, of Sudbury, Massachusetts. The chil- 
dren of William and Annis Chandler were : 
Hannah, Thomas, William, John and Sarah. 

(II) Captain Thomas, eldest son of Will- 
iam and Annis (Alcock) Chandler, born in 
1630, died "15 day, 1703." He came with his 
parents to New England in 1637, when he 
was about seven vears old. He was one of the 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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proprietors and early pioneer? in the settle- 
ment of Andover, and his name is twenty- 
third "of the householders in order as they 
came to town." He was employed with George 
Abbot, senior, and others, to lay out lands 
granted individuals by the general court. An 
old record reads : "It is ordered, that Thomas 
Chandler be leften'nt in ye ffoot Company in 
Andover, John Stephens, Ensign, under the 
command of Dudely Bradstreet, Capt." He was 
representative to the general court in 1678-79, 
from Andover. Loring's "History of Andover" 
savs : "Thomas Chandler was a blacksmith, 
ultimately a rich man, carrying on a consid- 
erable iron works." It is a tradition that iron 
works existed where Marland village now is. 
Thomas Chandler's son, Captain Joseph, sold, 
1718, "one half of ye whole Iron works in 
Salisbury on ye falls commonly called ye Pow- 
wow River." Thomas Chandler married Han- 
nah Brewer, of Andover. She died in An- 
dover, October 25, 1717, aged eighty-seven. 
Their children were : Thomas ( died young) , 
John, Hannah, William, Sarah, Thomas, Hen- 
ry and Joseph. 

(Ill) William (2), third son of Thomas 
and Hannah (Brewer) Chandler, born May 
28, 1659, was married April 21, 1687, to 
Eleanor Phelps, of South Andover. They 
were the first couple married by Rev. Francis 
Dane, of Andover, and that was April, 1687, 
for until 1686. the expiration of the first char- 
ter, marriages were performed only by magis- 
trates and persons appointed for that purpose. 
The church records of Westfield say "Ad- 
mitted 10, November 1728, Eleanor Chandler, 
widow." She was the fortieth person admit- 
ted to that church. The following is an ab- 
stract of deed given by William and Eleanor 
Chandler : "I William Chandler, of Andover, 
Husbandman, Sell for eighty pounds, land 
sixty acres, all that my homestead as de- 
scribed in a deed of my father Chandler to 
me having date ye twelfth Day of June 1697, 
to William Foster of Boxford, weaver, on 3 
September, 1697. He acknowledged the above 
September 18, 1697, his wife Eleanor, at the 
same time resigning her right of Dower. 
Signed William Chandler and Eleanor Chand- 
ler." Their children were: Eleanor, William, 
Benjamin and Moses. 

(I\') William (3), eldest son of William 
(2) and Eleanor (Phelps) Chandler, born 
July 20, 1689, in Andover, died, as indicated 
by the inscription on his gravestone, at West- 
ford, Massachusetts, July 27, 1756, being 
sixty-seven years and seven days old. William 
Chandler, of Billerica, bought of William 



Gaines, of Billerica, December 18, 1714, land 
in Billerica acknowledged August 9, 1716, and 
recorded July 14, 1726. William Chandler, of 
Billerica, clothier, bought of N. Longley for 
one hundred and thirty-three pounds several 
messuages of land in Chelmsford, July 3, 
1724, first parcel on Kings brook, of ten acres, 
second parcel of twenty acres on both sides of 
Stone brook, third, saw-mill land, fourth, land 
by Flushing pond, and fifth, sixty acres, 
bounded east by land of Major Henchman, 
deceased. William Chandler sold to N. Spake 
for three hundred pounds one messuage of 
house lot of ninety-five acres in Billerica, on 
the west side of Concord river, with dwelling 
house and barn, bounded northerly by Broad 
Meadow, and westerly by Chelmsford line. 
Deed signed William Chandler, and his wife, 
Susannah, by her mark, August 4, 1724. He 
also sold other lands at various times, which 
would indicate that he was quite an extensive 
landowner. He was married to Susannah 
Burge, of Westford, Massachusetts. Their 
children were: Benjamin, William, Moses, 
Aaron, John, Henry, Joseph, Isaac, Rachel, 
Sarah (died young), Lydia, Samuel, Sarah 
and probably Jacob. 

(V) Lydia, tenth child of William (3) and 
Susannah (Burge) Chandler, born December 
10, 1735, baptized December 14, 1735. She 
was married December 22, 1757, in Towns- 
end, to Jonah Crosby, of New Ipswich, New 
Hampshire. (See Crosby, V). 

(II) William (2), second son of William 
and Annis (Alcock) Chandler, married, Au- 
gust 18, 1658, Mary Dame, born 1638, in 
Ipswich, died May 10, 1679, in Andover. She 
was a daughter of Dr. John Dane ("chirer- 
gen"), and his first wife, Eleanor (Clark) 
Dane. Dr. John Dane was a son of John 
Dane, of Bishop's Stortford, Herts, England, 
whose second wife was Annis, widow of Will- 
iani Chandler (i). Dr. John Dane was the 
author of "A Declaration of Remarkable 
Providences in the Course of my Life" (re- 
published in the "New England Historical 
and Genealogical Register" for 1854), in 
which he declares that he was a "Taylor by 
trade," when residing near Bishop's Stort- 
ford, England. William Chandler married 
(second), October 8, 1679, Bridget (Hinch- 
man), widow of James Richardson. She died 
March 6, 1731, aged one hundred years. He 
was admitted a freeman in 1669. He was a 
brickmaker in Andover, and kept an inn on 
the road from Ipswich to Billerica, being li- 
censed June 17, 1692. He died in 1698, in 
Andover, and left a large estate. His chil- 



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dren, all born of first wife, were : Mary, Will- 
iam, Sarah, Thomas (died young), John, Phile- 
mon, Hannah, Thomas, Joseph (died young), 
Phebe, Joseph and Rhoda. 

(Ill) Joseph, youngest son of William (2) 
and Mary (Dane) Chandler, born July 17, 
1682, in Andover, died April 23, 1734, at the 
same place, in his fifty-second year. He mar- 
ried, June 10, 1708, Mehitable Russell, of 
Andover. She with her husband were received 
into the church at South .Andover, on profes- 
sion of faith, June 5, 1720, and she remained 
a member until her death. In his will of 
December 18, 1733, and which was "proved 
and approved" May 20, 1734. he mentions his 
"wife Alehitable," "my Eldest son Thomas," 
whom he makes sole executor and to have the 
"Homestead," "Joseph," and "John," "my 
daughter, Mehitable Crosby." and daughters, 
"Mary." "Phebe," "Bridget" and "my Young- 
est Daughter Hannah Chandler," "my Execu- 
tor, is to provide for her," "my execiitor" 
is to provide for his mother and to give 
her a "Christian burial if she die my widow," 
but "if she sees reason to marry again my 
Executor is to be free from what I have or- 
dered him to do for her." Their children 
were: Mehitable, Thomas, Mary, Phebe, 
Joseph, Bridget, John, Infant son (died 
young) and Hannah. 

(R') Mehitable, eldest child of Joseph and 
IMehitable (Russell) Chandler, was born about 
1709, in Andover. She married (first), Feb- 
ruary 7, 1732, Robert Crosby, of Townsend, 
Massachusetts (see Crosby, IV). At the time 
of his marriage he was one of the proprietors 
of North Town (Townsend). She was dis- 
missed December 7. 1734. from the church in 
Andover to the church in Townsend. She 
married (second), November 26, 1745, An- 
drew Spalding, born December 8, 1701, son of 
Andrew and grandson of Edward Spaldincr. 
He was deacon of the church in New Ipswich. 
New Hampshire, and was one of the grantees 
of that town. He applied to the general court 
of Massachusetts for aid for his son-in-law, 
Joel Crosby, who had been taken captive by 
the Indians at Half Way brook, near Lake 
George, June 20. 1758. Her children by Rob- 
ert Crosby were : Robert, Jonah, Phebe, Joel 
and Josiah. Children by Andrew Spalding 
were: Ruth, Solomon, Henry and Abigail. 



The first of this name in New 
LYFORD England was Rev. John Ly- 
ford, a minister of the Estab- 
lished Church of England, who was sent to 
Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the spring of 



1624 by the English proprietors, probaljly for 
the purpose of counteracting as far as possible 
among the colonists the religious teachings 
of their non-conformist spiritual leaders. His 
mission to Plymouth proved futile, however, 
and upon his expulsion from the colony, in 
the summer of 1624, he went to Nantasket, 
where he became intimately associated with 
Roger Conant, whom he accompanied to Cape 
Ann and later to Naumkeag (Salem). From 
the latter place he went to Virginia, where 
he died. He left at least one son, "Morde- 
cay," whose name appears in the records of 
Suffolk deeds in 1642, but whether or not the 
Rev. John was the ancestor of the Francis 
Lyford, about to be mentioned, is purely a 
matter of conjecture. 

( I) Francis L>ford, place and date of birth 
unknown, was a resident of Boston in 1667 
and for several years afterward, as is shown 
in Suffolk deeds of that period, in which his 
name appears as a party to various real es- 
tate transactions. In or prior to 1680 he re- 
moved to Exeter, New Hampshire, and in 
the records of both places he is referred to as 
a mariner. For a number of years he was 
master of a sloop engaged in transporting lum- 
ber and other merchandise to and from Boston 
to the Piscataqua, and on one occasion he 
was sent to Saco, Maine, to rescue and bring 
to Portsmouth the inhabitants of that town 
who were exposed to the ravages of the In- 
dians. In a list of persons who had been 
granted land in Exeter prior to JMarch 28, 
1698, his name appears as having received two 
hundred acres, and he also acquired consid- 
erable real estate by purchase. He was a se- 
lectman in Exeter for the years 1689-go. In 
King William's war he served as a soldier 
from February 6 to March 3, 1696. In 1709 
he was chosen constable, but the general as- 
sembly, acting upon information to the effect 
that he was incapacitated for service by physi- 
cal disability, ordered the selectmen of Exeter 
to appoint another in his place. In a deed 
recorded in 171 5 he is designated as a weaver. 
His will was made December 17, 1723, and 
proved September 2, 1724, showing that his 
death must have occurred sometime between 
these dates. In June, 1671. he was married 
in Boston to Elizabeth Smith, born November 
6, 1646, daugliter of Thomas and Elizabeth 
Smith. His second wife, whom he married in 
Exeter, November 12, 16S1. was Rebecca 
Dudley, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley and 
granddaughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. 
His children were: i. Thomas, born in Bos- 
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Boston, July 19, 1673, united with the Old 
South Church. October 7, i6q6; died single. 

3. P^rancis, born in Boston, May 31, 1677; all 
of his first union. 4. Stephen, see forward. 

5. Ann, who became the wife of Timothy 
Leavitt, son of Moses Sr. and Dorothy (Dud- 
ley) Leavitt, of Exeter. 6. Deborah, who 
became the wife of Follett. 7. Re- 
becca, who married Hardie (Hardy). 

8. Sarah, who became the wife of John Foul- 
sham (Folsom), son of John and grandson 
of John and Mary (Oilman) Foulsham. 9. 

Mary, who married Hall. All were 

born in Exeter, but the record at hand fails 
to give dates of their birth. 

(H) Stephen, son of Francis and Rebecca 
(Dudley) Lyford, resided in Exeter, and in 
a list of grantees of land dated April 12, 1725, 
is mentioned as having received one hundred 
acres. In 1734 he served as a selectman. He 
died in Exeter. December 20, 1774, and among 
the items of his estate, which was valued at 
fifteen hundred and seventy-five pounds, ten 
shillings and nine pence, was a negro woman 
"Syl," and a negro girl "Nants." He was 
married in Exeter to Sarah, daughter of 
Moses and Dorothy (Dudley) Leavitt. Moses 
Leavitt, born August 22, 1650, was a son of 
John Leavitt. and Dorothy, his wife, was a 
daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley, the latter 
a son of Governor Thomas Dudley. Sarah 
(Leavitt) Lyford died October 13, 1781. She 
was the mother of seven children: i. Biley, 
born in 1716; see sketch on following page. 
2. Stephen, born in Newmarket, New Hamp- 
shire, April 12, 1723, was a revolutionary 
soldier, serving in Colonel Nicholas Oilman's 
regiment. New Hampshire militia, in 1777, 
and in September of that year was at Saratoga 
with Captain Porter Kimball's company of 
Colonel Stephen Evan's regiment. 3. Moses. 

4. Samuel, died February 8, 1788. 5. Francis. 

6. Theophilus. 7. Betsey (Elizabeth), who 
became the wife of Joshua Wiggin, of Strat- 
ham. New Hampshire. 

(Ill) Moses, son of Stephen Lyford, was 
a tailor by trade and resided for many years 
in Brentwood, New Hampshire. He died in 
Exeter, April 13, 1799. He married, Septem- 
ber 22, 1748, Mehitable Smith, daughter of 
Oliver Smith, of Exeter. In a deed recorded 
in the Exeter probate records Oliver Smith, of 
Exeter, Gent., conveys to Moses Lyford, son- 
in-law, and Mehitable, his wife, four acres of 
land in Brentwood. Mehitable died some time 
between July 15. 1803, and December 4, 1806. 
They were the parents of ten children: i. 
Dudley, born July 28, 1749. 2. Francis, bap- 



tized May 12, 1 75 1, died young. 3. Oliver 
Smith, see succeeding paragraph. 4. Mehit- 
able, born October 29, 1755, became the wife 

of — Swain. 5. Jonathan, born January 

24, 1758. 6. Nathaniel Lad (Ladd), born 
January 26, 1762. 7. Sarah, born April 5, 

1764, became the wife of Merrill. 8. 

Francis, born April 12, 1766. 9. Elizabeth 
(Betty), born in 1768, was married in 1781 
to .Abraham Sanborn, born October 4, 1766, 
died December 21, 1845; Elizabeth died April 
20, 1819. 10. Dorothy (Diilly), date of birth 
not at hand ; became the wife of Bean. 

(IV) Oliver Smith, son of Moses Lyford, 
was born (presumably) in Brentwood, Au- 
gust 24, 1753. He served in the war for na- 
tional independence and his military record, 
contained in the New Hampshire State Pa- 
pers, vol. xiv, is as follows : 'Tn Capt. Daniel 
Moore's company. Col. Stark's regiment, from 
August I to October 17, 177=;, and in Capt. 
Wilson Harper's Company, Col. Isaac Wy- 
man's regiment, for Canada, mustered July 
16, 1766." His death occurred in 178S. In 
1780 he married Elizabeth Johnson, bom May 
26, 1 76 1, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Ann 
(Lane) Johnson, of Brentwood and Hamp- 
ton. She was a sister of Alarv Johnson, who 
became the wife of Nathaniel Lad (Ladd) 
Lyford, previously mentioned. In the will of 
Mehitable (Smith) Lyford, widow of Moses 
Lyford, the following children are mentioned 
as being those of her son, Oliver Smith Ly- 
ford : I. Dudley, born in Brentwood, Feb- 
ruary 18, 1 78 1. 2. Anne (Nancy), born in 
1783, married David Phillirock, by whom she 
had eight sons and two daughters. 3. Mehit- 
able, who in 1804 became the wife of Samuel 
Blake, born at Epping, New Hampshire, in 
January, 1779 (died in January, 1838. at Au- 
gusta, ]\Iaine). He was a son of Robert and 
Martha (Dudley) Blake, of Epping, and a 
grandson of Jedediah Blake. 4. Charlotte, 
born May 4, 1788, died January 19, 1831. In 
November, 1807, she became the wife of John 
Stevens (born in 1788; died in 1857). Their 
son, Hon. John Leavitt Stevens, who was 
born in Mt. Vernon, Maine, 1820, and died at 
Augusta in 1895, was United States minister 
to Hawaii. The latter married. May 10, 1848, 
Mary Lowell Smith, of Hallowell, Maine. 

(V) Dudley, only son of Oliver Smith and 
Elizabeth (Johnson) Lyford, was born Feb- 
ruary 18, 1781, in Brentwood, New Hamp- 
shire, and settled in Mt. Vernon, Maine, in 
1804-05. When fourteen years of age he 
was apprenticed to a carpenter and became 
master of the trade, but cleared up a farm in 



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Mt. Vernon and made all the woodwork of 
his house, furniture and agricultural tools. He 
continued to reside in Alt. Vernon until his 
death in December, 1S56. He was deacon of 
the Baptist church and a very decided Whig 
in polilical sentiment. About 1803 he mar- 
ried Elizabeth (Betsey), daughter of Esquire 
Jabez Smith, of Brentwood, and very soon 
thereafter settled in Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Lyford 
was born July 25, 1786, in Brentwood, and 
was the mother of eleven children, namely : 
I. Sophronia S., became the wife of William 
Coggswell and died in Mt. Vernon. 2. Eben 
S. 3. Aaron S., who was selectman, town 
clerk and representative, and died in Mt. Ver- 
non. 4. Betsey. 5. Fanny, who became the 
wife of Louis Bradley, and died in Spring- 
field, Massachusetts. 6. Moses, for thirty 
years a teacher in Colby College ; died at 
Springfield. 7 and 8. Daniel S. and Samuel 
T., both died at the age of nineteen years. 
9. Oliver Smith, mentioned below. 10. Fran- 
cis, who died at Mt. Vernon. 11. Dudley A., 
who died in California in 1857. 

(VI) Oliver Smith (2), ninth child of 
Dudley and EHzabeth (Betsey) (Smith) Ly- 
ford, was born June 19, 1823, in Mt. Vernon, 
and grew up there upon the paternal farm. 
His education was completed by twelve weeks' 
attendance at the village high school, and in 
1846 he entered the services of the Boston & 
Lowell railroad as watchman and assistant 
baggageman. In October of that year he be- 
came ticket agent and remained in the service 
of that compau)- until I'"ebruary, 1 85 1, in that 
capacity and extra passenger conductor. In 
November of the last-named vear he became 
clerk of the Erie railroad at Dunkirk, New 
York, and so continued until October, 1855, 
when he became passenger conductor on the 
same road. From October, i860, to Novem- 
ber, 1863, he was station agent of the Erie and 
Atlantic and Great Western roads at .Sal- 
amanca, New York. In .\pril, 1869, he became 
division superintendent of the Great Western 
and so continued until November, 1871, when 
he became assistant general superintendent of 
the same road. From the last named date 
until July, 1872, he was division superinten- 
dent of the Buffalo and Rochester division of 
the Erie railroad. For about sixteen months 
thereafter, he was general superintendent 
of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, 
and from December, 1874, until Novem- 
ber. 1876, was general superintendent of 
the Kansas Pacific. From January i, 1878, 
to February, 1886, he was superintendent of 
the Chicasro and Eastern Illinois railroad, and 



for the succeeding year and a half was general 
manager of that line and continued in that 
capacity with the additional duties of vice- 
president from November, 1887, to February, 
1890. Since that time, on account of advanc- 
ing years, he has resigned the position of gen- 
eral manager, but has continued to serve as 
vice-president. The long service of Mr. Ly- 
ford through various promotions in railroad 
operations testifies to his ability as a railroad 
operator and his character as a man. He is a 
member of the New England Society of Chi- 
cago, and since 1850, when he united with the 
First Baptist Church of Lowell, has been iden- 
tified with that sect. While an active sup- 
porter of Republican principles, he has taken 
no active part in political action other than 
to cast his vote with regularity. He mar- 
ried, September 27, 1852. Lavinia A. Norris, 
daughter of Grafton and Mary (Stevens) 
Norris. After the death of Grafton Norris, 
his widow became the wife of labez S. Thyng. 
The family was located in Livermore, Maine. 
The children of Oliver S. and Lavinia A. Ly- 
ford were: i. Frank Emilus, who died at the 
age of eighteen months. 2. Fannie, wife of J. 
W. Grififith, resided in Omaha. 3. Will H., 
mentioned below. 4. Harry B., connected 
with the great hardware house of Hibbard, 
Spencer and Bartlett, in Chicago. 5. Charles 
W., who died at the age of three years. 6. 
Oliver S. Jr., a resident of New York City. 

(VII) Will H., eldest surviving son of 
Oliver Smith (2) and Lavinia A. (Norris) 
Lyford. was born September 15, 1858, in 
Waterville, Maine, and received his educa- 
tion in the public schools and Colby College, 
Maine, from which he was graduated in 1879. 
He pursued the study of law in the law de- 
partment of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois 
Railroad Company, and was admitted to the 
Illinois bar in 1886. Two years later he be- 
came the head of the law department, and still 
remains general counsel of the same company. 
Having thoroughly prepared himself for his 
profession, he has been an active and success- 
ful attorney in his adopted citv where he still 
resides. He is an earnest Republican in po- 
litical sentiment and is a member of the Chi- 
cago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid- 
Day. University, and .South Shore Country 
clubs of Chicago. He is also a member of the 
Chicago Bar Association and of the Manhat- 
tan, Lawyers, and Railroad clubs in New 
York. In religious sentiment he is a Baptist, 
while his family is identified with the Episcopal 
church. He married. April 28, 1886, at Ne- 
braska Citv, Nebraska, Marv Lee Mac Comas, 



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of that place, a daughter of Rufus French and 
EHzabeth (Simpson) Mac Comas, of Chicago. 
They are the parents of two children : Gertrude 
Wells and Calhoun Lyford. : 



(For preceding generations see Francis Lyford I.) 

(Ill) Biley, son of Stephen 
LYFORD Lyford, was born at Exeter, 
New Hampshire, in 1716, and 
died at Brentwood, February 10, 1792. He 
was in the revolution in Colonel Nicholas Gil- 
man's regiment of militia, September 12, 1777, 
and in Captain Porter Kimball's company, Col- 
onel Stephen Evans' regiment at Saratoga in 
September, 1777. In his will he says: "My 
will is that my two negroes shall live with 
any of my children they see fit or otherwise 
to have their freedom as they choose." He 
also leaves ]\Iolly and Judith each one hundred 
Spanish milled dollars. His estate was valued 
at one thousand, eighteen hundred and twenty- 
five pounds, seven shillings and five pence. He 
married, August 25, 1743, Judith Wilson, born 
February 18, 1717, died 1789, daughter of 
Thomas Wilson. Children: i. Rebecca, born 
July 26, 1744, died April 10, 1782; married 
Samuel Dudley. 2. Dorothy, born September 
5, 1746, married, January 10, 1765, James 
Robinson. 3. Alice, baptized June 26, 1748, 
died July 3, 1748. 4. Mary, born .\ugust 10, 
1749. 5. Alice (Elsey), born April 19, 1751, 
married John Sanborn. 6. Anne, born July 
13, 1753, married Bartholomew Thyng. 7. 
Biley Dudley, born October 19, 1755, men- 
tioned below. 8. Sarah, born February 22, 
1757, died August 2, 1810; married Enos San- 
born. 9. Judith, born March 29, 1760. 10. 
John, born August 12, 1762, died January 16, 
1812: married, November 20, 1786, Lois 
Smith. 

(IV) Biley Dudley, son of Biley Lyford, 
was born October 19, 1755, died April 16, 
1830, at Fremont, New Hampshire. He mar- 
ried (first) Mary Robinson; (second) Dor^ 
othy Blake, born April 4, 1770, died April 9, 
1835. Child of first wife: John, born Janu- 
ary I, 1782, mentioned below. Children of 
second wife: i. Dudley, born October 14, 
1793- 2. James, February 25, 1795. 3. Eze- 
kiel, November 24, 1796, died March 3, 1814. 

4. Mary, September 27, 1798, died December 

5. 1887. 5. Epaphras Kibby, July 21, 1800. 

6. Henry, July 31, 1803. 7. Dorothy, June 
6, 1810, died January 14, 1895; married 

(first) Johnson; (second) Lyman 

Worthen. 8. Washington, March 10, 1805. 

(Y) John, son of Biley Dudley Lyford, was 
born January i, 1782, died at St. Albans, 



Maine, January i. 1854. He married (first) 
Marian Rowe, of Brentwood, New Hamp- 
shire. Alarried (second) March 2, 1817, Abi- 
gail Fogg Baine (or Bean), a widow of Will- 
iam Baine. She was born June 10, 1792, at 
Raymond^ New Hampshire, died December 20, 
1878, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Lane) 
Fogg. Children of first wife: i. Biley, born 
at St. Albans, January 22, 1805. 2. Mary, St. 

Albans, November 30, 1807, married 

Snow. 3. Albert, St. Albans, June 26, 1810. 
4. Dolly, Brentwood, New Flampshire, Janu- 
ary 16, 1812, died October 10, 1850; married, 
March 30, 1823, Thomas Boynton Tenney. 
Children of second wife : 5. John Fogg, Feb- 
ruary 17, 1818, mentioned below. 6. James 
Robinson, April 10, 1819, married, January 8, 
1861, Mary Elizabeth Ellis. 7. WilHam King, 
August 13, 1820, died January 12, 1836. 8. 
Maria Rowe, November 13, 1821, died June 
21, 1840. 9. Pamelia, January 5, 1823, died 
August 9, 1848; married. 1841, Enoch W. 
Rollins. 10. Sullivan, May 25, 1824, died No- 
vember 14, 1863. II. Abigail, December 27, 

1825, died December 26, 1848; married 

Bates. 12. Frances H., July 7, 1828, died 

September 28, 1851 ; married Given. 

13. Samuel Fogg, May 15, 1830. 14. Lois 
Ann, February 5, 1832, married L. E. Judkins. 
IS- Sarah W., July 4, 1836, died October 26, 
1861. 

(VI) John Fogg, son of John Lyford, was 
born February 17, 181 8, at St. Albans, Maine. 
He was brought up on his father's farm, and 
after he grew to manhood, bought the home- 
stead of his father. He was educated in the 
public schools of his native town. In addition 
to farming he engaged extensively in lumber- 
ing. In 1901 he sold his farm and retired 
from active business, and since then he has 
been living with his daughter at Pittsfield, 
Maine. He is a Republican in politics ; was 
for some years on the board of selectmen, was 
collector of taxes and held various other town 
offices. He married, February 8, 1844, Fannie 
Bean Rowe, born at St. Albans, Maine, Au- 
gust 6, 1819, died November 22, 1896, daugh- 
ter of David and Betsey (McClure) Rowe, of 
Newmarket, New Hampshire. Children : i. 
Franklin Orestes, born January 21, 1847, men- 
tioned below^ 2. Horace Kibby. June 17, 
1848, married (first) August 30, 1870, Sophia 
Stinchfield; (second) November 27, 1876, 
Clara Ann Stinchfield : he now resides at Man- 
ly, Iowa. 3. Vesta Lizzie, January 31, 1852, 
lives with her father at Pittsfield. 

(VII) Franklin Orestes, M, D., son of John 
Fogg Lyford, was born in St. Albans, Maine, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



January 21, 1847. He was educated in the 
public schools of that town, at Corinna Acad- 
emy, at Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalborough, 
and at Hahnemann iMedical College, Phila- 
delphia, where he was graduated with the de- 
gree of M. D., March 8, 1877. He began to 
practice his profession at Farmington, March 
31, 1877, and has continued in that city for 
thirty-one consecutive years. He has an ex- 
tensive practice and stands high in his pro- 
fession. He is a Republican in politics; has 
been supervisor of schools in Farmington for 
fourteen years and a member of the board of 
health for seventeen years. He is a prominent 
Mason, a member of Maine Lodge, No. 20, of 
Farmington ; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons; of Jephtha Council. Royal and Select 
Masters ; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights 
Templar, of Farmington ; of Maine Consistory, 
Scottish Rite Masonry, Portland; a thirty-sec- 
ond degree Mason. He is also a member of 
the Knights of Pythias of Farmington. He is 
a Congregationalist. He mirried, January 22, 
1873, Ellen S. Skinner, born in St. xA.lbans, 
Maine, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Olive 
(Hackett) Skinner, of St. Albans. Their only 
child, Earle Howard, is mentioned below. 

(VHI) Earle Howard, son of Dr. Franklin 
O. Lyford, was born at St. Albans, December 
22, 1873. He was educated in the public schools 
of Farmington and in Bovvdoin College, where 
he graduated in the class of i8g6. He 
attended the Boston School of Pharmacy and 
received his degree in 1901. He is at present 
in business as a druggist at Berlin, New 
Hampshirp, a partner in the firm of Lyford & 
Currier, established in 1902. He is a member 
of Maine Lodge of Free Masons, No. 20, of 
Farmington ; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons ; of Jephtha Council, Royal and Select 
Masters ; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights 
Templar, of Farmington, and of the Scottish 
Rite degree. Concord, New Hampshire. He 
belongs to the Odd Fellows of Farmington 
and tlie Independent Order of Red Men, Lew- 
iston, Maine. He is a Republican in politics 
and a Congregationalist in religion. He mar- 
ried, April 7, 1908, Cora S. Burleigh, daughter 
of Oilman Burleigh, of Vassalborough, now of 
North Carolina. 



The Dillingham family is 
DILLINGHAM an old one in England, 

was early transplanted to 
New England and has been prominent for 
several generations in the history of Maine. 
It has sent out from that State many worthy 



sons who have made their mark in the various 
professions and callings of life. 

(I) Edward Dillingham, the American pro- 
genitor, came from Bitteswell, in Leicester- 
shire, England, to Lynn, Massachusetts, in 
1630. In 1637 he was one of ten residents of 
that town to receive a grant of land from the 
general court. This land was located in Sand- 
wich and the pioneer ten were soon joined by 
many others from Lynn, Duxbury and Ply- 
mouth. Edward Dillingham was appointed, 
April 16, 1641, to divide the meadow land in 
Sandwich, of which eight acres were awarded 
to him. (")n September 27, of the following 
year, he was chosen deputy from .Sandwich to 
the general court at Plymouth, and in the fol- 
lowing year was on the list of thofe liable to 
bear arms in Sandwich. In 1647-48, he was 
one of the three who made inventory of the 
propcrtv of James Holloway and George Knot. 
He was appointed an associate of Richard 
Bourne, January 26, 1654, to act in behalf of 
the town in a contract witli Thomas Dexter 
for building a mill. At the same time he was 
appointed on a committee to frame a petition 
to the general court for a grant and assistance 
in the purchase of Mohamet. On May 18, 
of the succeeding year, Edward Dillingham 
and Thomas De.xter were appointed to make 
a rate which would suffice to bring the town 
out of debt. He was one of those who signed 
an invitation to a clergyman to settle at Sand- 
wich, and in 1658 he was a member of a 
committee to determine the true boundary of 
the land of every inhabitant in Sandwich. In 
that year he was sued by an Indian because of 
damage to the latter's corn, by Dillingham's 
horse. Edward Dillingham died in 1667. His 
will was made the previous year and probated 
on June i, immediately succeeding his death. 
It would appear from matters mentioned in his 
will that he had taken cattle and horses from 
several former neighbors in his native place 
to be kept for a portion of their increase. Ed- 
ward Dillingham's wife, Dusilla (miiden name 
unknown), died February 6, 1656. Their chil- 
dren, of record, were: Henry, John and Osiah 
(daughter). 

(II) Henry, elder son of Edward and Du- 
silla Dillingham, was born 1627, in England, 
and lived in Sandwich, Massachusetts, His 
name appears on the list of those able to bear 
arms in 1643. '^"d nine years later he was 
one of those appointed to lay out the most 
convenient way from Sandwich to Plymouth. 
In 1659 he was fined two pounds, ten shillings, 
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years later he was fined fifteen shillings 
for refusing to assist the marshal in prosecut- 
ing Quakers. In the same year, October 2, 
his wife was fined ten shillings for attending 
a Quaker meeting. He is recorded in Sand- 
wich. February 23, 1675, as having a just 
right to the privileges of the town. From this 
it would appear that his leaning toward the 
Quakers had been condoned. In the same year 
he- was made one of the council of war. On 
a list made July 15, 1678, he is recorded as 
one of those who had taken the oath of fidelity 
and in 1702, June 25, he is listed as one of 
the freemen in Sandwich. He was married 
June 24, 1652, to Hannah Perry, who died 
June 9, 1673. Children : Mary, Edward, John 
and Dorcas. 

( III) John, younger son of Henry and Han- 
nah (Perry) Dillingham, was born February 
24, 1658. in Sandwich, and died there. May 2, 
1733. He appears to have been a good hus- 
bandman who took no part in public affairs. 
His name appears in the records of 1681, as 
a freeman who had taken the oath of fidelity. 
No record of his wife appears. His children 
were : John and Meletiah. 

(I\') Meletiah, younger son of John Dil- 
lingham, was born about 1700, and died Janu- 
ary 25, 1786. He appears to have resided in 
Hanover, where he exchanged lots in 1744, 
and in 1748-49 bought land in Hanover. He 
was engaged in shipbuilding and is also de- 
scribed in deeds as a blacksmith. He bought 
land in Scituate in 1768, and in Hanover in 
1771. He built a home near "The Corners," 
in Hanover, and his descendants lived in that 
town for some generations ; in the last century 
the name has not appeared in Hanover. He 
was married October 28, 1723, at Scituate, to 
Mary, daughter of Benjamin Curtiss, of Han- 
over, Massachusetts. She was born August 
22, 1691, and died December 17, 1727, leaving 
a son. He was married (second) February 
18, 1730, to Phoebe Hatch, of Hanover, who 
died January 31. 1732, leaving no living issue. 
He was married (third) January 31, 1735, to 
Mariah Gilford, who died December 21, 1784, 
aged seventy-five years. His children were : 
Lemuel, Lydia, Hannah, Content, Thomas, 
Joshua, Meribah, William. Ann and Phoebe. 
The first was the child of first wife. 

(V) Lemuel, child of ]\Ieletiah and Mary 
(Curtiss) Dillingham, was born before Decem- 
ber 17, 1727, in Hanover or Scituate, and 
settled in Bristol (Bremenport), Maine, where 
he died after 1800. He was in Bristol as early 
as June 21, 1774, on which date he bought 
seventy-five acres of land, and in November, 



five years later, he wrote from that point, ask- 
ing a removal certificate from the Quaker 
church, in Massachusetts. In December, 1779, 
this certificate was sent, directed to Falmouth, 
Maine, to the monthly meeting of Friends at 
Casco Bay. The seventy-five acre lot which 
he purchased was sold by him, in 1795, to John 
Johnson, and was again purchased by Dilling- 
ham in 1796. This was again conveyed to 
Johnson, September 9, 1800. He was a con- 
sistent Quaker and was buried in the Quaker 
cemetery in Bristol, in an unpainted coffin 
according to the custom of that sect. The fol- 
lowing anecdote is related to indicate the char- 
acter of men like Lemuel. On one occasion 
he invited David Collamore to have breakfast, 
but the latter declined at first, but afterwards 
said, "I believe I will have a cup of coffee." 
To this Dillingham replied, "Thee cannot lie 
in my house."' and Collamore was obliged to 
forego the refreshment. The brother of the 
last named. John Collamore, of Bristol, mar- 
ried Dillingham's daughter, Sarah, and a con- 
tract appears on record, dated September 9, 
1800, which shows that John Collamore under- 
took the care of Lemuel Dillingham, in his 
old age, agreeing to provide him with whole- 
some victuals, drink and clothing, with com- 
fortable bed and bedding and a fire when 
necessary, and also medical attendance, and 
the care of a nurse if required. Collamore 
further bound himself to see that Dillingharn 
was decently buried at death. He was married 
September 23, 1756, to Sarah Palmer, born in 
Hanover, Massachusetts, and died in Bristol, 
Maine. Their children were : Lemuel, 
Joshua. Sarah, Josiah and Lydia. 

(VI) Joshua, son of Lemuel and Sarah 
(Palmer) Dillingham, was born November 12, 
1758, in Hanover, and removed to Bristol, 
Maine, prior to 1774. He bought land in 
Bristol, December 10, 1779, located on the 
south branch of Pemaquid pond. During that 
year he served as a seaman on the colonial 
frigate "Boston." He is described as a black- 
smith in a deed of land made June 10, 1782, 
and the next year he sold that land in Megunti- 
cook. In 1795 he gave a deed in which he is 
described as a resident of Camden. On Sep- 
tember 16, 1798, he received from Henry 
Knox, of Thomaston, a deed of land embrac- 
ing one hundred and eighty-seven acres, on 
the west bank of Penobscot Bay, for which he 
paid $441.32. In 1801 he purchased another 
tract of seventy acres in the same locality, and 
in 1803 a lot of nearly thirty-four acres. He 
was one of the first settlers in Camden, hav- 
ing removed from Bristol about 1782, in a ves- 



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sel. and landed on what has ever since been 
called Dillingham Shore. He had previously 
erected a log cabin near the shore, and in 
this he lived for some time. He was followed 
to Camden within a few years by his brothers, 
Lemuel and Josiah. Their lands were prob- 
ably taken on warrants as revolutionary vet- 
erans, and when the Waldo patent came into 
the hands of General Knox, their titles had to 
be confirmed by deeds which were granted 
after he moved his family to Thomaston. 
Joshua's land was subsequently divided into 
several farms on which three of his children 
settled. He was one of the first Universalists 
in the town of Camden, and often read ser- 
mons at meetings of that sect held in private 
houses. This section was then a part of Mass- 
achusetts, and in 1808, he was a member of 
the Massachusetts legislature. He died May 
6, 1820, in Camden. He was married Febru- 
ary 4, 1778, to Mary Palmer, a sister of the 
wife of his elder brother. Lemuel. She was 
born October 28, 1760, and died March 18, 
1848, having survived her husband nearly 
twenty-eight years. Their children were : 
Nathaniel, Rachael, Sally and Joshua. 

(VH) Nathaniel, eldest son of Joshua and 
Mary (Palmer) Dillingham, was born Oc- 
tober 13, 1783, in Camden, and settled on a 
part of his father's land in that town. He 
was first selectman of Camden, from 1824 to 
1 83 1, and was for many years cashier of the 
Megunticook bank of that town. He was a 
staunch supporter of the temperance move- 
ment, and was president of the Camden Tem- 
perance Society in 1829. His chief occupa- 
tions were farming and lumbering. About 
1850 he moved to Old Town, Maine, where 
his son resided, but subsequently resided with 
a son in Bangor, where he died May 30, 1863. 
He was married August 25, 1805, to Deborah 
Myrick, of Princeton, Massachusetts, bom 
November 4, 1782, in that town, and died 
September 2, 1862, in Old Town, Maine. 
Children : Theodore Heald, Frederick Hart- 
well, Edward Hamilton, George Humphrey, 
Harriet Maria and Nathaniel Himelius. The 
second son was a deputy and special deputy 
collector in the Bangor custom house twenty- 
six years, and died there in 1901. The third 
son died in infancy, as did the fourth. The 
daughter lived and died in Camden, unmar- 
ried. The youngest son lived in Bangor where 
he died April 19, 1899. 

(Vni) Theodore Heald, eldest child of Na- 
thaniel and Deborah (Myrick) Dillingham, 
was born December 2, 1806, in Camden, and 
died March 7, 1858. He moved from Camden 



to Warren, Maine, where he engaged in trade. 
He moved to Old Town prior to 1835, and was 
in lumber business and in trade. He served 
for a time as Indian agent. In 1838 he re- 
moved to Bangor, but returned to Old Town 
in October, 1844, and continued there until 
his death. He was married (first) January 
2, 183 1, to Angelica Hovey, daughter of Dea- 
con John Miller, of Warren, Maine. She was 
born March 13, 1812, and died November 16, 
1839, and he was married (second) in Feb- 
ruary, 1842, to Susan Kent Beverage, of Cam- 
den, Maine. She died in that town August 19, 
1873. Their children were : Edwin Frederic, 
George Francis, Harriet Maria, Charles Theo- 
dore, Albert Heald and Henry N. The second 
son died in Bangor in 1904'. The daughter 
died at the age of sixteen months. The third 
son resides in New York City, member of firm 
Charles T. Dillingham & Company, wholesale 
booksellers. The youngest son died before 
two years of age. 

(IX) Edwin Frederic, eldest child of Theo- 
dore Heald and Angelica H. (Miller) Dilling- 
ham, was born June 6, 1832, in Warren, 
Maine. He was educated in the public schools 
of Bangor and was for a short time a student 
in a private school at Old Town. In 1844 he 
became a student of the Bangor high school 
and continued there one year. He entered the 
book store of David Bugbee in Bangor, May 
24, 1847, ^^'^ continued as a clerk until 1854. 
From August 25 of that year, until February 
9, 1899, he was a member of the firm of D. 
Bugbee & Company, and on the last named 
date became sole proprietor of the business. 
This concern has remained in tlie same local- 
ity, and in connection with the sale of books, 
stationery and wall paper, since June, 1836, in- 
cludes a blank book factory and bindery. He 
is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, 
of which he is junior warden ; has been a mem- 
ber of the Parish for more than fifty years, 
and is the oldest living male communicant. 
Fie has been the longest in active business of 
any one in Bangor, covering a period of sixty- 
one years in the same store. He is the oldest 
member and past master of St. Andrew's 
Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and is also the oldest 
past high priest of Mount Moriah Chapter, 
R. A. M. He is the oldest past commander 
of St. John's Commandery, K. T., and the 
oldest member of the Scottish Rite body of 
that town. He has been treasurer of this 
association for twenty years and for forty- 
six years has been treasurer of Saint An- 
drew's Lodge. He holds the oldest policy 
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Company in the state of Maine and province 
of New IJrunswick. Mr. Dillingham is first 
vice-president of the Bangor Loan and Build- 
ing Association and is recognized as one of 
the leading business men of his own town. He 
is an active supporter of the Republican party, 
and served as a member of the common coun- 
cil of Bangor in 1864-5-6, being the o ily sur- 
vivor of the former body. For over fifty 
years he has spent his summers at Camden, 
where he and his sons own a tract of ten acres, 
with cottages, the location being known as 
Dillingham's Point. He was married May 8, 
1855. in Bangor, to Julia, daughter of Martin 
and Jane (Cutter) Snell, a descendant of John 
and Priscilla Alden. (See Alden.) Children: 
I. Frederick Henry. 2. Edwin Lynde. 3. 
Jenny Cutter, wife of Dr. George S. Macpher- 
son, of Boston ; daughter, Janice Russell. 4. 
Julia Field, married William H. Stalker, and 
resides in New York City. 

(X) Frederick Henry, eldest child of Edwin 
F. and Julia (Snell) Dillingham, was born 
April 7, 1857, in Bangor, and attended the 
public schools of that city. He was graduated 
from Bowdoin College with the degree of 
Bachelor of .Arts in 1877, and three years later 
received the degree of Master of Arts from 
the same institution. Having decided to en- 
gage in the practice of medicine, he entered 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 
New York City, and was graduated with the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1880, and 
since that date has been continuously and ac- 
tively engaged in the practice of his profession 
in New York City. In January, 1882, he was 
appointed a member of the board of health, 
and continued as a member of that body, hold- 
ing the position of assistant sanitary superin- 
tendent, when he resigned May i, 1903. He 
is an adjunct professor of dermatology in the 
New York Polyclinic and Hospital, visiting 
physician and dermatologist of St. Joseph's 
Hospital, and consulting dermatologist of St. 
Francis' Hospital. Dr. Dillingham "is a mem- 
ber of the Academy of Medicine of New York 
and the State and County Medical societies. 
He is a member of the Medical Association of 
Greater New York; the New York Polvclinic 
Clinical Society; and the West Side Clinical 
Society. He is also a member of the Phy- 
sicians' Mutual Aid Association, the Society 
for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of 
Medical Men, and of the Maine Society of 
New York. Since 1887 he has been secretary 
of the Bowdoin Alumni Association of New 
York. He is a member of the Masonic fra- 
ternity, affiliating with the Blue Lodge and 



Royal Arch Chapter. A man of genial nature 
and large heart, he brings to the practice of 
his protestion that personal magncusm whicli 
is one of the strongest equipments in a phy- 
sician. Possessed of a fine literary taste, Dr. 
Dillingham is and always has been a student, 
and keeps abreast with the best thought of the 
times and the progress and advancement in his 
profession. He was married (first) November 
15, 1893, to Helen Alexandra, daughter of 
James Edward and Helen Ganson, of New 
York City. She died January 20, 1894, and 
he was married (second) November 3, 1897, 
to Susy Maria Ferguson, of New York City, 
widow of John Henry Ferguson, and sister of 
his first wife. 

(X) Edwin Lynde, second child uf Edwin 
F. and Julia (Snell) Dillingham, was born in 
Bangor, Maine, May 3, 1861. He attended 
public schools in Bangor and was graduated 
from Yale in 1882 (A. B.). He engaged in 
business in New York City after graduating, 
and in November, 1886, moved to Bos, on, 
Massachusetts, where he was connected with 
Ticknor Company and Lee & Shepard nr.til 
February, 1892, when he returned to New 
York to enter the firm of Charles T. Dilling- 
ham & Company, wholesale book sellers, 
where he continued until j\Iarch,25, 1896. 
Since October, 1896, has been head of the 
F. Dillingham, is descended from John .Alden 
subscription book department of Charles 
Scribner's Sons. 

Julia (Snell) Dillingham, wife of Edwin 
(who is fully written of in other pages of this 
work) and his son Joseph, through the follow- 
ing line : 

(III) Deacon Joseph (2), son of Joseph 
(i) and Mary (Simmons) Alden, was prob- 
ably born at Bridgewater. and lived in South 
Bridgewater. He married Hannah, daughter 
of Daniel Dunham, of Plymouth, in 1690. 
Children: Daniel, Joseph (died young), 
Eleazer, Hannah, Mary, Joseph, Jonathan, 
Samuel, JMehitabel and Seth. 

(IV) Eleazer, third child of Deacon Joseph 
(2) and Hannah (Dunham) Alden, was born 
1694, at South Bridgewater, and died in 1773. 
He lived all his life in South Bridgewater, 
where he was a highly respected citizen, at- 
taining to a ripe old age. He married, 1720, 
Martha, daughter of Joseph Shaw ; she died 
in 1769, aged sixty-nine years. Children: 
Jonathan, Eleazer, Abraham, David, Joshua, 
Caleb, Ezra and Timothy. 

(V) Eleazer (2), second son of Eleazer 
(I) and Martha (Shaw) Alden. was born in 
1723, at South Bridgewater, and died there in 



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1803. He married, in 1748, Sarah, daughter 
of Nicholas Whitman, who died in 1819, aged 
ninety-three years. Children : Martha, Mary, 
Abigail, Sarah, Hannah and Eleazer. 

(VI) Abigail, third child of Eleazer (2) 
and Sarah (Whitman) Alden, was born in 
1756. She married, in 1774, William Snell, 
at South Bridgewater, and there their first 
three children were born ; afterward they re- 
moved to Ware, and again to Tamworth, New 
Hampshire. He was a soldier in the French 
war, where he lost a leg, and was a very great 
sufferer from his wounds. He was also a 
teacher in the schools of his town, and was 
called "Master Snell." Children : William, 
Seth, Smyrdus, Eleazer, Alden and Martin. 

(VII) Martin, sixth child of William and 
Abigail (Alden) Snell, was born May 4, 1793, 
in Ware, Massachusetts, and was graduated 
from Brown University with the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts in 1818. He took a post- 
graduate course at Yale, and received the de- 
gree of Master of Arts in 1821. He engaged 
in teaching, and was a candidate for orders 
in the Protestant Episcopal church, but did not 
take them on account of poor health. He mar- 
ried, March 9, 1825, Jane Cutter, born July 
15, 1801, and died in Bangor, Maine, ilay 
29, 1854. Children: William Cutter (died 
at age of seven years), Elizabeth Jane, Henry 
Martin, Julia and William. 

(VIII) Julia, younger daughter of Martin 
and Jane (Cutter) Snell, was born July 18, 
183 1, in Eastport, Maine, and became the 
wife of E. F. Dillingham. (See Dillingham, 
IX.) 



The Champlin family in the 
CHAMPLIN United States is of Nor- 
man-French rather than of 
English origin, it is supposed. Families of 
this name are still found in Normandy, and 
few if any in England. Samuel de Cham- 
plain, the distinguished navigator and explor- 
er, the founder of Quebec and the first gov- 
ernor of New France, was a Norman. A cel- 
ebrated French painter, born at Les Andelys 
in 1825, bore the name, Charles J.- Champlin. 
(I) Geoffrey Champlin. the first to bear 
the Champlin name in this country, reached 
the new world in some way not now known. 
It is thought that he may have landed in Bos- 
ton or some other Massachusetts port, and 
have left there with the company of Dissen- 
tients who followed Coddington and Arnold 
into the wilderness. He was on the island of 
Rhode Island as early as t6^8. and within a 
vear after the earliest white settlers made 



their homes there. Wc find him at first a 
resident of Portsmouth, but he soon made his 
home in Newport. On the twenty-fourth of 
the eleventh month, 1638, he was admitted 
an inhabitant, and was made a freeman Sep- 
tember 14, 1640. While at Newport, if not 
before, he acquired property, and in 1661 re- 
moved to Misqiamacut, now known as West- 
erly. His home lot and dwelling in Newport, 
with forty acres of land, he sold in 1669. 
His name appears in the list of free inhabit- 
ants of Westerly in 1669. In 1661 he took 
the oath of fidelit}' to the colon\-. During King 
Philip's war, 1675-76. he ]5robably returned 
to Newport. He died on or before 1695, as in 
that year he is mentioned in a confirmition of 
a deed by his son Jeffrey as "my deceased 
father." Previous to 1650 Geoffrey Champlin 
married f probably in Newport), but the name 
of his wife is unknown. His children, so far 
as has been ascertained, were Jeffrey, William 
and Christopher. 

(II) Jeffrey, the oldest son of Geoffrey 
Champlin, was born probably at Newport, 
about 1650, some say in 1652. May 17, 1671, 
he was called to take the oath of allegiance 
to the colony, but did not appear. He took 
the oath September 17, 1679. The same year 
he was chosen a member of the town council 
in Westerly. In 1680 he was the moderator 
of the town meeting. His is the earliest rec- 
ord of a moderator in Westerly. He was the 
moderator of tow;i meetings also in 1681-84. 
With the exception of 1683 he represented 
Westerly in the general assembly from 1681 
to 1685. In 1685 he bought of Anthony Low 
six hundred acres of land in Kingston, and 
removed thither in 1686. In 1690, when Cap- 
tain of the train band of Kingston, he was 
appointed on a commission to raise money 
to pay soldiers to be used "against their Maj- 
esty's enemies." The government of Rhode 
Island as organized in 1647 in accordance 
with the terms of the patent brought from 
England in 1644 by Roger Williams, con- 
sisted of a president and an assistant from 
each town. In case of the absence or death 
of the president, his place was to be taken by 
the assistant of the town from which the 
president was chosen. Jeffrey Champlin was 
the Kingston assistant from 1896 (with the 
exception of 1697) to 171 5, the year in which 
he died. He had one son Jeffrey, and a daugh- 
ter Hannah, born about 1677, who married 
John Watson Jr., April 8, 1703. 

(III) Jeffrey (2), only son of Jeffrey (i) 
and Hannah Champlin, was born probably in 
Westerly, about 1672. About 1700. while re- 




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siding in Kingston, he married Susanna El- 
dred, daughter of Thomas and Susanna 
(Cole) Eldred, and granddaughter of Susanna 
Hutchinson, youngest child of the well-known 
Anne Hutchinson. Their children were En- 
blin. born January 30, 1701-02, married, De- 
cember 25, 1721, Joseph Wilbour, and Jeffrey, 
born February 2, 1702-03, married, September 
26, 1725. Mary Northrup. I\Irs. Susanna (El- 
dred) ChampHn died about 1705-06, and Jef- 
frey Champlin married (second) Hannah 
Hazard, daughter of Robert and Mary 
(Brownell) Hazard, of Kingston, and grand- 
daughter of the ftrst Thomas Hazard, of Bos- 
ton, ilassachusetts, and Portsmouth, Rhode 
Island. Their children were : Thomas, born 
September 3, 1708, Stephen, see forward, and 
William, bom March 3, 1712-13, probably 
died before 1730. Mrs. Hannah (Hazard) 
Champlin died March 5, 1713, and Jeffrey 

Champlin married (third) Susanna . 

Their children were Hannah, born January 
II, 1715: and John, born February 12, 1716- 
17, married Freelove Watson. Jeffrey Champ- 
lin died in 1718. His will, made February 14, 
1717-18, was proved March 10, 1718. The 
inventory amounted to £1,457, 7^. id. His 
widow married, May 26, 1720, Samuel Clarke, 
of Westerly. 

(IV) Stephen, of South Kingston, second 
son of Jeffrey (2) and Hannah (Hazard) 
Champlin. was born February 16, 1709-10. 
He married, in 1733, Mar\- Hazard, daugh- 
ter of Robert and Sarah (Borden) Hazard, of 
North Kingston. He lived on Point Judith 
Neck. He was admitted a freeman May 2, 
1732. In 1746 he bought of Thomas Hazard 
two hundred acres of land on Boston Neck, 
and later three hundred and thirty acres on the 
coast. He died on his estate July 22, 1771. 
In his will, July I, 1771, he gave each of 
his daughters £400. His children were Ste- 
phen, born September 29, 17^4: Hannah, Jan- 
uary 20, 1735-36; Sarah, August 18, 1737 
Mary. April 14. 1739: Susanna, March 26, 
1742: Jeffrey, March 21. 1744-45; Robert 
April 12, 1747; Thomas, November 26, 1755 
Mary Champlin, widow of Stephen Champlin 
born February 23, 1716, died March 13, 1773 
Her father, Robert Hazard, left her £500 at 
his decease, May 20, 1762. 

(V) Robert, of South Kingston, third son 
of Stephen and Mary (Hazard) Champlin, 
born April 12, 1747, married, in 1768, Mary 
Browning, daughter of John and Ann (Haz- 
ard) Browning, of South Kingston. He was 
a sea-captain, sailing from Newport to the 
coast of .Africa. \\'est Indies, &c. He died in 



.South Kingston, September 25, 1809. Mrs. 
Mary (Browning) Champlin, born in 1737, 
died April 8, 1823. Their children were Rob- 
ert, born November i, 1769; Sarah, June i, 
1771; Lucy, 1774, John, April 7, 1775; Ste- 
phen, 1776. 

(VI) John, second son of Captain Robert 
and Mary (Browning) Champlin, married 
(first) Abigail Carpenter, daughter of Daniel 
and Ruth (Cornell) Carpenter, of North 
Kingston, Rhode Island. She died at Col- 
chester, Connecticut (to which place they had 
removed), November 13, 1800. and John 
Champlin married (second) in 1803, Martha 
Armstrong, of South Kingston. He died there 
June 4, 1852. Mrs. Martha (Armstrong) 
Champlin, born September 9, 1779, died at 
Lebanon, May 24, 1843. Their children were 
Robert, born January 22, 1805; Sarah, March 
17, 1806; John, .April 28, 1807; Stephen, April 
II, 1808; James Tift, June 9, 181 1; George, 
May 17, 1813; Lydia, August 29, 1816; Mar- 
tha, September 19, 1819; Mary, September 
19, 1819 (twins). 

(VII) James Tift, the fourth son of John 
and ]\Iartha (.Armstrong) Champlin, was 
born in Colchester, Connecticut, June 9, 1811. 
Not long after his birth his parents took up 
their residence in Lebanon, Connecticut. His 
was a typical New England home, in which 
were taught lessons of duty, frugality and 
piety. When about fourteen years of age he 
united with the Baptist church in Lebanon. 
A thoughtful, studious boy, both father and 
mother easily discovered the bent of his mind, 
and his aptitude and wishes for school advan- 
tages found in them hearty support. The de- 
sire for a collegiate education early took pos- 
session of him, and in the autumn of 1828 he 
entered the academy at Colchester and de- 
voted himself to college preparatory studies. 
These studies were continued at the academy 
in Plainfield. Connecticut. Having completed 
his preparatory course, he entered the fresh- 
man class of Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, in .September, 1830. At Brown 
he came under the influence of Francis Way- 
land, the distinguished president of the LTni- 
versity, and one of the foremost educators 
of his time. From Dr. Wayland he received 
an impulse along intellectual and spiritual 
lines that followed him through life. During 
his college course he won first rank as a stu- 
dent and at graduation was the valedictorian 
of his class. Even before his graduation he 
was looking forward to the vocation of a 
teacher, and was elected principal of the Nor- 
mal Labor School at Pawtuxet. Rhode Island ; 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



but the position lacked the attraction of edu- 
cational work along lines with which he was 
especially familiar, and he returned to the col- 
lege as a graduate student. Probably this was 
with reference to a position in the University, 
as at the opening of the next collegiate year 
he received an ap]Jointment as a tutor at 
Brown, a position which he held until March, 
1838. Unexpectedly, early in February of 
that year, he received a call to the pastorate 
of the First Baptist Church in Portland, 
Maine. Dr. Maginnis, the pastor of the 
church, had resigned in order to accept the 
professorship of biblical theology in the The- 
ological Seminary at Hamilton, New York, 
and he directed the attention of the church to 
Tutor Champlin as a desirable candidate for 
the vacancy. The call was so urgent on the 
part of the church that while looking forward 
to the work of teaching as his life-work, Mr. 
Champlin decided to visit Portland and look at 
the field. This he did, and after spending 
several weeks in Portland he accepted the 
call and was ordained in Portland as pastor 
of the church. May 3, 1838, President Patti- 
son, of Waterville College, preaching the ser- 
mon. Mr. Champlin entered upon his labors 
with great earnestness, and proved an efficient 
and successful pa.stor. Tune 12, 18^9, he was 
married to Mary Ann Pierce, of Providence, 
Rhode Island, daughter of Mr. Asa Pierce, a 
prominent Providence merchant, President 
Wayland being the officiating clergyman. Mrs. 
Champlin was a descendant of Captain Mi- 
chael Pierce, of Scituate, Plymouth Colony, 
who was slain at the head of his command in 
King Philip's war on Sunday, March 26, 1676. 
Captain Pierce was a brother of John and 
Captain William Pierce, and came to New 
England not far from 1645. locating first at 
Hingham and later at Scituate. Mr. Champ- 
lin's pastorate at Portland was a happy one, 
but the location of Portland on the sea-coast 
was unfavorable for a bronchial rlifficulty that 
had fastened itself upon him, and which made 
it difficult for him to discharge his pulpit 
duties; and when, in the summer of 1841, Mr. 
Champlin was elected professor of ancient 
languages in Waterville College, he deemed 
it his duty to accept the appointment and re- 
signed his pastorate. At Waterville he en- 
tered upon what proved to be his life-work. 
His associates were scholarly men, and his 
new duties were congenial to him. To the 
work of instruction he added the task of pre- 
paring needed text-books. In 1843 he pub- 
lished his "Demosthenes on the Crown," which 
soon came into use in manv American col- 



leges. Professor Felton, of Harvard College, 
reviewed the work in the North American 
Revieii', and called attention to it as "a valu- 
able addition to the series of classical books 
published in the United States." For more 
than thirty years this was the text-book in 
general use in American colleges, in the study 
of this masterly oration. Other classical works 
followed. In 1855 Mr. Champlin received the 
honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from 
Rochester University. Two years later he 
was elected president of Waterville College. 
He was also made professor of moral and 
intellectual philosophy. The college at that 
time had three buildings, and an invested fund 
of twelve or fifteen thousand dollars. Dr. 
Champlin at once entered upon the task of 
securing for the college an ampler endowment 
and equipment. The outbreak of the civil 
war in 1861 interfered for a while with his 
well-matured plans, but in the third year of 
the war he drew the attention of Air. Gardner 
Colby to the needs of the college. Mr. Colby 
was a prosperous Boston merchant, some of 
whose early years had been spent in Water- 
ville and Winslow, and whose mother had 
been befriended by the first president of the 
college. On revisiting Waterville in 1866, by 
invitation of Dr. Champlin, he was present at 
the Commencement dinner, and took the oc- 
casion to ofifer to give the college $30,000 on 
condition that the friends of the college would 
raise $100,000 additional. By heroic efforts 
on the part of Dr. Champlin and some of his 
colleagues this amount was raised. At the 
suggestion of Dr. Champlin, in recognition 
of Mr. Colby's generous gift, the trustees of 
the college voted to ask the legislature of 
Maine to change the name of the institution 
to Colby University. This was done, and 
later the name was changed to Colby College, 
its present designation. Added funds for 
building purposes soon came into the treasury 
of the college. Memorial Hall and Coburn 
Hall, costing upwards of $75,000, were 
erected ; and the old chapel and North College 
were remodeled at an expense of $14,500. In 
1872 the funds of the college had increased 
to $200,000. During this period of endow- 
ment and upbuilding, Dr. Champlin prosecuted 
his studies and work of instruction with old- 
time vigor. With energy and fidelitv he dis- 
charged his many important duties. But in 
1872, having served the college thirty-one 
years, he asked to be relieved of the burden • 
he had carried so long. By request of the 
trustees he continued his labors another year, 
and then brought his connection with the col- 




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leg^e to a close, save that he accepted an elec- 
tion as a member of its board of trustees, a 
position which he retained until his death. 
In 1874 he took up his residence in Portland, 
where the years of his devoted ministry were 
spent; and there among his books, and in the 
prosecution of added literary labors, he passed 
the evening of life. Brown University in 
1850 had conferred upon him the honorary 
degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Colby Uni- 
versity in 1872 conferred upon him the hon- 
orary degree of Doctor of Laws. He died in 
Portland. Alarch 15, 1882. The Rev. Dr. 
losepli Ricker, of Augusta, who was closely 
identified with the interests of Colby during 
Dr. Champlin's connection with the college, 
well said of Dr. Champlin : "With an unus- 
ually robust intellect, an honest heart and a 
fixed purpose he pushed his investigations into 
every field of inquiry pertaining to the several 
branches of learning he was called to teach. 
With unflagging industry he toiled, with pre- 
eminent fidelity he sought to discharge the 
great trusts committed in his keeping, and 
was faithful in little and also in much. His 
life has been a tlistinguished benediction, 
whether considered in its relation to the church 
or state, to learning or to religion." His 
widow, Mary Ann (Pierce) Champlin, died 
in Portland. May 17, 1892. Their children 
were James P., Augustus, Caroline and Frank 
Armstrong. 

(VHI) James Pierce, oldest son of the 
Rev. Dr. James Tift and Mary Ann (Pierce) 
Champlin, was born in Portland, Maine, June 
9, 1840. He attended the schools in Water- 
ville. including the Waterville Academy, then 
under the principalship of James H. Hanson, 
one of the most distinguished of the heads of 
the secondary schools in Maine. In 1854 he 
went to Suffield, Connecticut, where he con- 
tinued his studies in the academy at that place, 
remaining a year. In the spring of 1855, ™ 
accordance with a fixed purpose to enter upon 
a business career, he obtained a clerkship in 
the publishing house of Phillips. Sampson & 
Company in Boston, and remained with this 
house a year. In the spring of 1856 he re- 
turned to Maine and obtained a situation in 
Portland as a clerk in the wholesale grocery 
establishment of Davis, Twitchell & Chap- 
man. Here he remained until the spring of 
i860, when he again took up his residence in 
Waterville and engaged in business there. But 
after a year he returned to Portland and en- 
tered into partnership with John G. Twitchell, 
under the firm name of Twitchell & Champ- 
lin, the firm conducting a wholesale flour busi- 



ness. This partnership continued until 1865, 
when Mr. Champlin and Air. Twitchell bought 
out the interests of Frederick Davis and El- 
bridge Chapman in the firm of Davis, Twitch- 
ell & Chapman, wholesale grocers, and 
changed the name of the firm to Twitchell 
Brothers & Champlin. In 1868 John Q. 
Twitchell and James P. Champlin bought out 
the interest of Mr. Thomas E. Twitchell, and 
continued the wholesale grocery business until 
1872, when they admitted to the firm Mr. 
Champlin's brother, Frank A. Champlin. 
Twitchell, Champlin & Company continued 
the business along the same lines as hitherto 
until 1890, when the firm was incorporated 
under the name of The Twitchell Champlin 
Company. At the first election held by the 
stockholders Mr. James P. Champlin was 
made one of the directors and the directors 
elected Air. Champlin president each year until 
1903, when he declined a re-election. Since 
that time he has kept in touch with the busi- 
ness of the company, but has not taken an 
active part in its management. The corpora- 
tion has prospered from its beginning. A 
branch house was opened in Boston at the 
time of the incorporation of the company. In 
addition to its large plant on Commercial 
street, Portland, the company has established 
caimeries in many places, including those at 
Hiram, Waldoboro, Sedgwick, Machiasport 
and Lubec, Maine, and Wolcolt, New York; 
while at the home establishment in Portland 
vegetables and fruits are canned in their 
season. The company also manufactures 
brooms and other articles at the Portland 
plant. The pay-roll of the company at the 
present time amounts to about $2,000 a week. 
The Boston branch is continued and The 
Twitchell, Champlin Company has a wide rep- 
utation for business integrity and enterprise. 
Mr. James P. Champlin married, November 2, 
1864, Helen F. Perry, daughter of Ezra N. 
Perry, of Portland. She died October ig, 
1895. Their children are Marion Pierce, 
George Pierce, Arthur Perry and James 
Pierce Jr. After the death of Mrs. Champlin, 
Mr. Champlin made his home in Boston, giv- 
ing his attention largely to the company's 
business interests there. February 16, 1898, 
he married, in Bangor, Nettie C. Wiggin, 
daughter of Andrew Wiggin, of Bangor. 
They remained in Boston until 1901, when 
they returned to Portland and took possession 
of the fine residence erected by Mr. Champlin 
on Vaughan street. Released from the over- 
sight of large business interests, Mr. Champ- 
lin in recent years has devoted much of his 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



time to travel. With Mrs. Champlin he has 
visited many parts of the United States, in- 
chiding the southern states, California and 
Alaska. They had also spent some time among 
the islands of the West Indies, including 
Trinidad, Porto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica, and 
in visiting some of the South American 
states. They have traveled also extensively 
in the various countries of Europe, in Egypt 
and in Palestine. Though often urged to ac- 
cept public office, Mr. Champlin has declined 
such service on account of the large demands 
of his growing business interests. These have 
so largely engrossed his time and attention 
as to leave no opportunity for service in other 
fields, however attractive. 

(VIII) Augustus, second son of the Rev. 
Dr. James Tift and Mary Ann (Pierce) 
Champlin. was born in Waterville, March 9, 
1842. With a view to professional life he 
prepared for college at the Waterville Acad- 
emy. Entering Waterville College in 1858, he 
was graduated in 1862 in the second year of 
the civil war. The year following he taught 
a school in Evansville, Illinois. Then for a 
year he was principal of the academy in 
China, Maine. He then devoted himself to the 
study of law, and after admission to the bar 
entered upon the practice of his profession in 
Dexter, Maine. Later he turned his atten- 
tion to fire insurance, and removing to Ban- 
gor opened an office in that city. In 1878 he 
removed to Portland and associated himself 
in the fire insurance business with Sterling 
Dow, under the firm name of Dow & Champ- 
lin. Subsequently he devoted himself to the 
adjustment of fire insurance claims. Later 
he became the resident secretary of the North 
British and Mercantile Insurance Company. 
His judgment in all matters pertaining to fire 
insurance was frequently sought. He married, 
February 23, 1888, Carrie H., daughter of 
William T. and Lucetta S. (Libby) Kilborn, 
of Portland, Maine. Mr. Champlin died in 
Portland. September 12, 1897, leaving besides 
his widow one daughter, Mary, born in Port- 
land, April 23, 1889. 

(VIII) Caroline, only daughter of the Rev. 
Dr. James Tift and Mary Ann (Pierce) 
Champlin, was born in Waterville, January 4, 
1846. She studied at the academy in Water- 
ville, and later at Miss Bonney's school in 
Philadelphia. While at school in Philadelphia 
she was baptized by the Rev. Dr. George Dana 
Boardman, and united with the First Baptist 
Church in that city. Of a charming person- 
ality, active in social and church relations, 
she endeared herself to a wide circle of 



friends. May 19, 1873, she was married to 
the Rev. Henry S. Burrage, pastor of the 
Baptist church in Waterville. In October, 
1875, her husband became editor and pro- 
prietor of Zion's Advocate, a weekly religious 
paper published in Portland, Maine, and that 
city became their residence. Two children 
were born to them, Champlin and Thomas 
Jayne. Mrs. Burrage died in Portland, No- 
vember 24, 1875. 

(IX) Marion Pierce, only daughter of 
James Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champ- 
lin, was born in Portland, Maine, September 
24, 1869. She was educated in the Portland 
schools, and was graduated at the high school 
in 1889. Afterwards she attended Mrs. Reed's 
school. Fifty-third street. New York City. 
October 9, 1895, she was married to Mr. 
Fred E. Small, of Portland, a salesman and 
department manager of The Twitchell, 
Champlin Company, and a son of Benjamin 
Irving and Henrietta L. (Shaw) Small. They 
have one child, Helen C. Small, born in Port- 
land, August 20, 1896. 

(IX) George Pierce, eldest son of James 
Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champlin, was 
born in Portland, March 8, 1872. He was 
graduated at the Portland high school, and 
later attended the Portland Latin school one 
year. In 1890 he became connected with the 
Boston house of The Twitchell Champlin 
Company as clerk, and is still connected with 
that house as one of the directors, and as as- 
sistant manager of the corporation. .Septem- 
ber 30, 1896, he married in Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, Mabel Kurr, and they have one child, 
Dorothy Pierce, born in Boston, November 
II, 1897. 

(IX) Arthur Perry, second son of James 
Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champlin, was 
born in Portland, June 2, 1873. He studied 
at the Portland public schools, and later at the 
Highland Militar}- Academy at Worcester, 
Massachusetts, with which he was connected 
three years. In 1892 he entered the employ 
of the Portland house of The Twitchell 
Champlin Company as clerk. Since 1903 he 
has been the treasurer of the corporation. 
April 7. 1904, he married Frances L. Chap- 
man, of Portland, daughter of the late Cullen 
Carter and Abbie (Hart) Chapman. 

(IX) James Pierce Jr., youngest son of 
James Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champ- 
lin, was born in Portland, September 8. 1880. 
After graduating at the Butler grammar 
school in Portland, he entered the Highland 
Military Academy at Worcester, Massachu- 
setts, and was graduated in 1889. He then 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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passed his examinations for entrance to Brown 
University, and intended to enter the fresh- 
man class of that institution in September, 
but was taken ill, and died August 30, 1889, 
before the opening of the collegiate year. 



This old English name is among 
FLINT those early planted in Massachu- 
setts, and is now represented 
throughout the United States by numerous 
worthy descendants. It has contributed much 
to the military annals of New England and 
has also been known in considerable part in 
civil development. The Flints of Bedford 
are descended from sturdy Puritan ancestry, 
and have preserved intact the sterling integrity 
and profound religious faith of their fore- 
fathers. 

There are two Thomas Flints among the 
early settlers of this country. Thomas Flint, 
who settled in Salem, Massachusetts, is men- 
tioned for the first time in the town records 
for the year 1650. His descendants lived in 
that historic place for several generations, but 
about the beginning of the nineteenth cen- 
tury. Captain Nathaniel Flint moved to New 
Boston, New Hampshire, founding a branch 
of the family now represented in Bedford, 
that state. The Thomas Flint, whose line fol- 
lows, settled at Concord, Massachusetts, where 
his posterity lived for many generations, and 
so far as can be ascertained he is no connec- 
tion of the Thomas Flint who settled at Salem, 
Massachusetts. 

(I ) Hon. Thomas Flint, born in 1603, came 
from Matlock, Derbyshire, England, to Con- 
cord, Massachusetts, in 1638, and brought 
with him four thousand pounds sterling. He 
died in Concord, October 8, 1653, and his will 
is the first recorded in the Middlesex probate 
records. His brother. Rev. Henry Flint, of 
Braintree, and his uncle, William Wood, were 
executors. According to Shattuck's History 
of Concord, "He possessed wealth, talents and 
a Christian character; represented the town 
four years, and was an Assistant eleven." In 
Johnson's Historical Collections, he is repre- 
sented as "a sincere servant of Christ, who 
had a fair yearly revenue in England, but 
having improved it for Christ by "casting it 
into the common treasury, he waits on "the 
Lord for doubling his talent, if it shall seem 
good unto him so to do, and the mean time 
spending his person for the good of his people 
in the office of magistrate." 

Johnson, in his "Collections," further com- 
memorates the noble old Soldier of the Cross 
in the following verses : 



"At Christ's commauds. thou leav'st thy lands, and na- 
tive habitation ; 

His folks to aid. in desert straid, for gospel's exaltaUon. 

tlint. hardy thou, wilt not allow, the undermining fox, 

With subtill skill. Christ's vines to spoil, thy sword shall 
give them kno<:ks. 

Vet thou base dust, and all thou hast Is Christ's, and by 
him thou 

Art made to be, such as we see; hold fast forever now." 

Airs. Abigail Flint, wife of the Hon. Thomas, 
died in 1689, but nothing further is known 
about her. There were two sons: Colonel 
John, whose sketch follows; and Captain 
Ephraim, born Tanu-'rv 14, 1642, died .\u'just 
3, 1723- On March 20, 1683-84, Captain 
Ephraim Flint married Jane, daughter of Rev. 
Edward Bulkeley, and died without issue. He 
owned about one thousand acres of land, in- 
cluding Flint's Pond, which was named' for 
him. All these items indicate that the Flints 
were people of the first standing in the early 
history of Concord, Massachusetts. 

(II) Colonel John, elder son of Hon. 
Thomas and Abigail Flint, was born, prob- 
ably at Concord, Massachusetts, about 1640, 
and died there December 5, 1686. He was a 
deputy to the general court from 1678 to 1680, 
and again in 1682. On November 12, 1667! 
he married Mary Oakes, daughter of Edward 
and Jane Oakes, and a sister of Rev. Urian 
Oakes, president of Harvard College in 1667 
Mrs. Mary (Oakes) Flint died June 9, 1690. 
There were eight children born to her and her 
husband: Mary. October 26, 1668, died May 
31. 1675; Thomas, December 12, 1670, died 
May 29, 1675: John, March 31, 1673, died 
June 6, 1675; .\bigail, January 11, 1674-75, 
married Colonel Daniel Esterbrook ; John (2), 
whose sketch follows; Mary, August" 11, i68o[ 
married Timothy Green ; Thomas, January 16! 
1682-83, married Mary Brown ; Edward, July 
6, 1685, married Love (Minott) Adam's. It 
will be noticed that the three eldest children 
all died within five weeks of each other, which 
calls to mind the sad lack of medical knowl- 
edge in those days, which often gave to dis- 
eases, which are now easily controlled, the na- 
ture of an epidemic. 

(Ill) John (2), third son of Colonel John 
(i) and Mary (Oakes) Flint, was born at 
Concord, Massachusetts, Tulv 18, 1677, died 
October 25, 1746. On May 7, 1713, he mar- 
ried Abigail Buttrick, who died October 7, 
1746, two weeks and four days before her 
husband. It would seem that in some of the 
early New England towns, women were not 
wholly without importance, even in those days, 
for the Concord records make this statement: 
"Colonel John Flint Late Husband to mrs. 
Abigail his \Viie (now Decasd) Died Octo- 
ber 25:1746." Seven children were born to 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Colonel John (2) and Abigail (Buttrick) 
Flint: Ephraim, March 4, 1713, graduated 
from Harvard College, 1733; Abigail, Febru- 
ary 24, 1715-16; Mary, December 17, 1717, 
died May 20, 1719; Sarah, May 3, 1720; John 
(3), whose sketch follows; Hannah, Septem- 
ber 23, 1724; Jane, April 23, 1727. 

(IV) John (3), second son of Colonel 
John (2) and Abigail (Buttrick) Flint, was 
born at Concord, Massachusetts, May 12, 1722, 
died January 20, 1792. He was one of the 
selectmen from 1771 to 1774. On January 
12, 1744-45, John (3) Flint married (first) 
Hepzibah Brown, daughter of Eleazer and 
Abigail (Chandler) Brown, and there were 
seven children, whose births occur with bi- 
ennial uniformity: Hepzibah, November i, 
1747; Edward, whose sketch follows; John, 
August II, 1751; Abigail, September 6, 1753. 
died fifteen days later; Nathan, February 11, 
1755; Ephraim, April 17, 1757; Thomas, May 
6, 1759- John (3) Flint married (second) 
Submit (Bateman) Brown, daughter of John 
and Anna (Wheeler) Bateman, who was 
about twenty years younger than himself, for 
the record says that she died October 11, 1791, 
aged forty-nine. 

(V) Edward, eldest son of John (3) and 
Hepzibah (Brown) Flint, was born at Con- 
cord, Massachusetts, 1749, and died there 
March .18, 1812. His marriage record reads 
as follows in the old town book : "Edward 
Flint and Hephzibah Fletcher Both of Con- 
cord was married at Litchfield by the Revd. 
mr. John Cotton of that Town by Virtue of 
Licence Granted him by the Govenor of that 
province of newhampshire February ye 28, 
1770." Nine children were born to Edward 
and Hephzibah (Fletcher) Flint; Ephraim, 
September 14, 1770; Rebeckah. February 2, 
1773, died September 13, 1774; Hephzibah. 
February 22, 1775; Samuel, March 16. 1780; 
Ephraim, whose sketch follows ; Elizabeth, 
April 22, 1785; Abigail, December 2, 1787; 
Edward, March 31, 1793: John, February 20, 
1797. 

(\T) Ephraim. third son of Edward and 
Hephzibah { Fletcher) Flint, born at Concord, 
Massachusetts, August 5, 1782, was named 
after his elder brother who died in babyhood. 
Ephraim Flint moved to Baldwin, Maine, in 
1806, being the first of his line to forsake the 
ancestral dwelling-place, and he died in his 
adopted town September 21, 1865, after a resi- 
dence there of nearly sixty years. Ephraim 
Flint married Phebe Snow, and among their 
children was Ephraim (2), whose sketch fol- 
lows. 



(VH) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (i) 
and Phebe (Snow) Flint, was born at Bald- 
win, Maine, March 11, 1819, and died in Do- 
ver, that state, June 17, 1894. He was edu- 
cated in the common schools of his native 
town, and at Westbrook Seminary and the 
academies of Parsonfield, Gorham, Bridgton 
and Fryeburg, Maine, where he obtained his 
preparation for Norwich Universitv in Ver- 
mont, from which he was graduated in 1841, 
after a course at the Harvard Law school. He 
read law with Fessenden and Willis of Port- 
land, and was admitted to the bar in 1843, 
and the following year began the practice of 
his profession at JNIonson. He remained there 
seven years, or until 185 1, when he was 
elected clerk of courts and removed to Dover, 
which became his permanent home. He held 
the office of clerk of the courts twelve years, 
or until 1863. From 1864 to 1867 he was 
secretary of state, and in 1868 was a member 
of Governor Chamberlain's council. In poli- 
tics he was originally a Whig, and afterwards 
became a Republican. By appointment of 
Governor Coburn he served on the commis- 
sion to locate the normal schools at Farming- 
ton and Castine, and in 1869 was chairman 
of the board of commissioners to revise the _ 
statutes of the state. Fie represented his town I 
in the legislature of 1881. jNIr. Flint con- ■ 
tinned in the practice of his profession up to 
the time of his death. He was a member of 
Mosaic Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons of Dover, and also belonged to the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On June 
16, 1844, Ephraim (2) Flint married Laura 
Maria Riley, born at Norwich, Vermont, Jan- 
uary 20, 1822, died at Dover, April 3, 1899. 
Five children were born of this marria^je, of 
whom the elder two, Edward and Fannie, born 
at Monson, both died in babyhood. The 
sketch of Henry B., tlie eldest surviving son, 
follows in the next paragraph. Edgar T., the 
third son, was born at Dover, Maine, and died 
at Savannah, Georgia, where he was emplo\ed 
in the post-office. His death was caused by 
yellow fever. Clara F. Flint, the youngest 
child, was born at Dover, and was married to 
Walter Thomas, of Waltham, Massachusetts. 
who is now in the dry goods business at War- 
ren, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have two 
children : Marjorie and Harold. 

(\TII) Henry B.. second son of Ephraim 
(2) and Laura M. (Riley) Flint, was born at 
^lonson, Maine, September 10, 1850. He was 
educated in the schools of Dover, Foxcroft 
Academy, Franklin School for Boys at Tops- 
ham, Maine, East Maine Conference Seminary 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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at Bucksport and at Gray's Commercial Col- 
lege in Portland. He studied civil engineering- 
in the office of Green & Danforth in the lat- 
ter city. In 1869 he entered the employ of 
General George Thom, of the United States 
engineering corps, and was engaged in harbor 
improvements and in removing obstructions 
at various places along the New England 
coast. \\'hile engaged in this work he held 
the position of inspector. In 1874 he returned 
to Dover and was elected clerk of the courts, 
assuming the duties of that office January i, 
1875, and serving continuously till the present 
time (1908). Besides his official duties Mr. 
Flint has large farming interests and owns 
one of the finest and most extensive apple 
orchards in the state. He is a Republican in 
politics, and attends the Congregational 
churc'i. He belongs to the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen and to the Royal x\rcanum. 
On .August 15, 1872, Henry B. Flint married 
Caro E. Emery, daughter of Jonathan and 
Mary Emery, who was born in Bangor, Oc- 
tober 28, 1852. Three children were born of 
the marriage: i. Robert, born April 13, 1873, 
died June 21, 1876. 2. Edgar T., born June 
2. 1877, at Dover, Maine, obtained his edu- 
cation in the schools of Dover and at Foxcroft 
Academy, the medical department of the Uni- 
versity of Vermont, and Baltimore Medical 
College. He began the practice of medicine 
at Fort Kent in Aroostook county, and is now 
settled at l\Iars Hill in the same county. 3. 
Charlotte Woodman, born at Foxcroft. Maine, 
April 15, 1882. was educated in the public 
schools and at Foxcroft Academy. She also 
took a musical course at Dana Musical Insti- 
tute, Warren. Ohio, and at the New England 
Conservatory of Nfusic in Boston. She has 
taught school in Sebec and Jackman, Maine, 
and is now supervisor of music in the public 
schools of Guilford. 



There are two ways of 
THATCHER spelling this name, with the 
middle t and without. The 
Thachers claim that their method is the true 
and ancient one. But this probably belongs 
to that large class of surnames, like Webster, 
Fletcher, Fisher, Fuller and their counterparts, 
which were derived from an occupation ; al- 
though in primitive times, when everybody 
had to be a jack-of-all-trades, it might be 
thought that the process of thatching roofs 
would hardly have been a distinctive craft or 
business. 

Still, if the occupations of farmer and car- 
penter, which must have been of almost uni- 



versal application, could furnish patronymics, 
why not thatcher? The family, whether they 
use the middle / or not, appear to have made 
an excellent record in this country, for they 
began with some early ministers of distinc- 
tion, and have since included judges of the 
supreme court and other men of rank. 

The first of the name of whom we can find 
any record is the Rev. Peter Thacher, who 
lived in the early part of the seventeenth cen- 
tury at Sarum, England, where he was rector 
of the parish of Saint Edmund's for the space 
of nineteen years. He was a man of talent 
and possessed a liberal and independent mind ; 
but he dissented from the established church, 
and being harrassed by the spiritual courts, he 
resolved to turn his back on ecclesiastical per- 
secution and migrate to New England, but the 
death of his wife altered his plans. The pur- 
pose of the father was destined to be carried 
out by the eldest son, who subsequently be- 
came the Rev. Thomas Thacher, minister of 
the church at Weymouth, Massachusetts, and 
the first pastor of the Old South in Boston, 
whose pulpit he was filling at the time of his 
death in 1678. Rev. Thomas Thacher seems 
to have been quite a remarkable man. He 
was only fifteen when he arrived in this coun- 
try, June 4, 1635, but he had the good fortune 
to become an inmate of the family of Rev. 
Thomas Chauncey, afterwards president of 
Harvard College. Young Thacher not only 
achieved distinction in the pulpit, but he 
studied medicine as well, and united the voca- 
tions of physician and clergyman, a useful 
combination in those days. He was a man of 
great learning, and President Stiles speaks of 
Air. Thacher as the best Arabic scholar known 
in the country, and states that he composed 
and published a Hebrew lexicon. Mather says 
he was a most incomparable scribe, and there 
are yet extant monuments of Syriac and other 
Oriental characters in his handwriting, which 
are hardly to be imitated. Rev. Thomas 
Thacher seems to have been a man held in 
the highest veneration by his felliiws, and his 
death inspired Eleazer, an Indian student at 
Harvard, to write an elegy from which the 
following extract is taken. Although the 
verse is conventional, it is perhaps worthy of 
note as coming from a red man in the year 
1678. 

"Thacher. 'tis virtue that thy name endears, 
Virtue, that climbs beyond the starry spheres. 
To men of station, and of low degree. 
Thy faith shines forth like beacons o'er the sea. 
• *•*••• 

Thy cross of suffering thou shalt bear no more, 
Temptations, perils, sorrows, all are o'er. 
Death, the destroyer, died — the last of foes — 
And life renewed, to life Immortal grows." 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Rev. Thomas Thacher left a long line of 
ministerial descendants. His youngest son, 
Rev. Peter Thacher, was for forty-seven 
years the beloved pastor of the church at Mil- 
ton, Massachusetts. His son, Rev. Peter (2) 
Thacher, was for thirty-five years in charge 
of the church at Middleboro, Massachusetts. 
His son, Rev. Peter (3) Thacher, preached 
at Attleboro, Massachusetts, for forty-three 
years, or until his death, which occurred Sep- 
tember 13, 1785, in the seventieth year of his 
age. Perhaps the most noted Rev. Peter of all 
was Rev. Peter Thacher who received his 
doctor's degree from the University of Edin- 
burgh. He was the eldest son of Oxenbridge 
Thacher, who was a grandson of Rev. Peter 
(i). Dr. Peter Thacher had his first pastor- 
ate at Maiden. Massachusetts, but in 1785 was 
called to the Brattle Street Church in Boston. 
He was one of the earliest members of the 
Historical Society, and belonged to nearly all 
the literary and charitable institutions then ex- 
isting in New England. Two of Dr. Peter 
Thacher's sons, Thomas Gushing and Samuel 
Cooper Thacher, also became ministers, the 
first at Lynn, and the second in Boston. There 
were also many collateral relatives who were 
clergymen. In fact, it is doubtful if any fam- 
ily in the country has furnished more preach- 
ers of the Gospel. 

(I) Samuel Thatcher, the ancestor of the 
following line, was admitted freeman at 
Watertown, Massachusetts, May 18, 1642. 
No relationship is known to exist fjetween him 
and Rev. Thomas Thacher, mentioned in the 
introduction, but the fact that they were con- 
temporaneous settlers in the new world, and 
bore the same rather unusual surname, would 
indicate that they might have sprung from 
the same English stock a few generations back. 
The date of Samuel Thatcher's birth is un- 
known, but he died November 30, 1669. The 
inventory of his estate amounted to a little 
more than six hundred and seventy-five 
pounds, a comfortable property for those days. 
Samuel Thatcher was a deacon, served sev- 
eral times as selectman, and held the office 
of representative in 1665-66-68-69. Deacon 
Thatcher left a widow, Hannah, whose maiden 
name is unknown ; two children : Hannah, 
born October 9, 1645; Samuel (2), whose 
sketch follows. Hannah Thatcher was mar- 
ried to John Holmes, but she had died previ- 
ous to April 16. 1682, the date of her mother's 
will. This will was proved April 3, 1683. 

(II) Samuel (2), only son of Deacon Sam- 
uel (i) and Hannah Thatcher, was born Oc- 
tober 20, 1648, lived at Watertown, Massa- 



chusetts, and died October 21, 1726. He was 
a lieutenant, and was admitted freeman April 
18, 1690. His wife Mary, whose maiden 
name is unknown, died August 17, 1725. 
Children: i. Mary, August i, 1681, died the 
next May. 2. Samuel, April 8, 1683. 3. 
John, January 22, 1685-86, married Elizabeth 
Morse. 4. Anna, April 30, 1688, died July 
22, 1690. 5. Mary, September 17, 1690, mar- 
ried Joseph Child. 6. Hannah, December 10, 
1692. 7. Abigail, June 6, 1694. 8. Mercy, 
January 2, 1697-98. 9. Sarah, November 30, 
1699, died June 13, 1727. 10. Ebenezer. 

(III) Ebenezer, third and youngest son of 
Lieutenant Samuel (2) and Mary Thatcher, 
was born March 17, 1703-04, lived at Water- 
town, Massachusetts, and died in 1757. Jan- 
uary 27, 1731-32, he married Susanna Spring, ■ 
and they had seven children: i. Samuel (3), ^ 
whose sketch follows. 2. Sarah, February 20, 
1733-34- 3- Mary, December 27, 1735. 4. 
Ebenezer. August 20, 1737, died in October, 
1741. 5. Susanna, July 3, 1739. 6. .Sarah, 
October 3, 1741, died September 3, 1749. 7. 
Ebenezer, January 15, 1742-43. 

(IV) Samuel (3), eldest child of Ebenezer 
and Susanna (Spring) Thatcher, was bap- 
tized November 5. 1732. lived at Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, which town he represented in 
the legislature, and died in 1792. On Septem- 
ber 3, 1753, he married Mary Brown, of Lex- 
ington, daughter of James and Jane (Bow- 
man) Brown, who was born August 13, 1735. 
Children: i. Susanna, 1755, married Jesse 
Putnam. 2. Ebenezer, born and died in 1759. 
3. Mary, 1767, married Thomas IMayhew. 4. 
Elizabeth, 1771. 5. Samuel (4) whose sketch 
follows. 6. Ebenezer. 1778, married Lucy F. 
Knox. Ebenezer Thatcher, the youngest son, 
was graduated from Harvard College in 1798, 
moved to Thomaston. Maine, where he became 
a lawyer, militia officer and judge of the court 
of common pleas. He afterwards removed to 
Bingham, where he died June 12. 1841. The 
second of Ebenezer Thatcher's children. Com- 
modore Henry Knox Thatcher, was graduated 
from West Point in 1827. and commanded the 
frigate "Colorado" at the storming of Fort 
Fisher. 

(\') Honorable Samuel (4), second son of 
Samuel (3) and Mary (Brown) Thatcher, 
was born at Cambridge. Massachusetts, July 
I, 1776, and died at Bangor, Maine, July 18, 
1870. In 1793, when a youth of seventeen, he 
was graduated from Harvard College. He 
studied law with Hon. Timothy Bigelow, of 
Groton, Massachusetts, settled first at New 
Gloucester, Maine ; removed to Warren in 



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1800, where he lived till 1833, at which time 
he moved to Brewer ; he spent his last years 
in Bangor. He represented the town of War- 
ren in the state legislature for eleven years, 
and was representative to congress for two 
terms, 1803-07. He was sheriff of Lincoln 
county from 1812 to 1821, and was one of 
the founders of Warren Academy. January 
15, 1800, he married Sarah Brown, daughter 
of Reuben and Molly (Howe) Brown, of 
Concord, Massachusetts. She was born in 
Concord, December 17, 1776, and died at 
Bangor, Maine, September 22, 1851. Five 
children, but one of whom survived their 
father: i. Harriet Howard, born at Warren, 
Maine, May 28, 1801, died at Bangor, June 
23, 1865. 2. Elizabeth, born at Concord, 
Massachusetts, April i, 1803, died at Warren, 
June 23, 1827. 3. Samuel, born at Warren, 
February 11, 1805, lived at Bangor for some 
vears, removed to Saint Anthony, Minnesota, 
in 1851, where he died August 31, 1861. He 
was much esteemed, and a promoter of every 
good work in his native state. He married 
Elizabeth L. P. Johnston. 4. George Augus- 
tus, whose sketch follows. 5. Benjamin Bus- 
sey, born in Warren, October 8, 1809, was 
graduated from Bowdoin College in 1826, 
studied law and had an office in Boston, but 
he relinquished his profession in order to 
devote his time to literary pursuits. He was 
a constant contributor to magazines and news- 
papers, and wrote well on many subjects. He 
died in Boston, July 14, 1840. 

(VI) George Augustus, second son of 
Samuel (4) and Sarah (Brown) Thatcher, 
was born at Warren, Maine, August 24, 1806, 
and died at Bangor, iMaine, December i, 1885. 
He moved to Bangor in 1822 and was" clerk 
for George W. Pickering till 1826, when 
they entered into partnership under the firm 
name of George A. Thatcher and Company. 
In after years Mr. Thatcher was associated 
with other firms till he retired from active 
business in 1847. He joined the First Con- 
gregational Church in 1828, and was chosen 
deacon in 1840, and for many years was 
trustee of the Bangor Theological Seminary. 
He was originally a Whig and afterwards a 
Republican in politics, and served as assessor 
for several years. He was early identified with 
the anti-slavery and temperance movements in 
Bangor. October i, 1832, he married Re- 
becca Jane Billings, daughter of Caleb C. and 
Nancy (Thoreau) Billings, who was bom 
June 23, 1813, died October 27, 1883. Chil- 
dren: I. George Putnam, born July 14, 1833, 
lives in California. 2. Frederick Augustus, 



September 25, 1835, died January 10, 1838. 
3. Charles Alfred, May 16, 1837, gave his life 
for his country; he died at Red River, Lou- 
isiana, November 26, 1864, while in command 
of the United States steamer, "Gazelle." 4. 
Benjamin Bussey, April 21, 1839, was a mer- 
chant in Bangor; has been representative and 
held other official positions; married (first) 
Mary E. Walker, born August 19, 1842, died 
January 12, 1875; married (second) Decem- 
ber 4, 1877, Charlotte P. Walker, sister of his 
first wife; they have two children: George T. 
and Lottie May; Benjamin B. Thatcher died 
June 3, 1906. 5. Caleb Billings, November 5, 
1840, lives at Bangor. 6. Sarah Frances, 
June 7, 1842, deceased. 7. Henry Knox, 
whose sketch follows. 

(VII) Henry Knox, youngest of the six 
sons of George Augustus and Rebecca J. 
(Billings) Thatcher, was born at Bangor, 
Maine, August 3, 1854. He was educated in 
the schools of his native town, and was gradu- 
ated from Harvard College in 1877, and from 
the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia 
in 1881. He began the practice of his pro- 
fession at Cambridge, Maine, in 1882, and 
moved to Dexter, Maine, in 1885, where he 
has been located ever since. Dr. Thatcher is 
one of the leading physicians in that region, 
and has a large and constandy increasing 
practice. He is a Republican in politics and 
attends the Congregational church. He be- 
longs to Penobscot Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, of Dexter, and to Saint 
John Royal Arch Chapter. January 17, 1882, 
Dr. Thatcher married Annie Ross, daughter 
of Hugh and Ann Ross, of Bangor. They 
have one child, Henry David Thoreau, born 
July 12, 1884. The son was educated in the 
schools of Dexter, and was graduated from 
the L^niversity of Maine at Orono in 1905. In 
1907 he married Mary MacNamara, of Orono, 
and is now living at Wharton, New Jersey, 
where he is a civil engineer. They have one 
child, Anna Rebecca, born July 12, 1908. 



Here is another Maine fam- 
WASGATT ily who have filled to the full 

the measure of usefulness, as 
soldiers, preachers, physicians, seamen and 
farmers, and their record in all stations of life 
is an enviable one. The name is German, 
from which country their ancestors came. 

(I) Davis Wasgatt. born March 11, 175 1, 
enlisted in the Continental army, and fought 
in the revolution. He married Rachael Rich- 
ardson, born November 27, 1752, died June 
30, 1841. The husband died November 27, 



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1843. Children: Davis Jr., Rachael, Cor- 
nelius, Jameson, Rufus, Sarah H., Rufus, 
Hanna R., David R., Asa and Margaret D. 

(II) Rev. Asa, seventh child and sixth son 
of Davis and Rachael (Richardson) Wasgatt, 
was born at Mt. Desert, Maine, August 19, 
1793, died January 24, 1879. He was a Meth- 
odist minister, and in the war of 1812. He 
married Sarah Gott, born August 23, 1796, 
died December 29, 1855. Their children were: 
Asa Jr., Rhoda Haines, Sarah E., Thomas A., 
Cornelius, Delia Gott, Deborah, Mary Berry, 
David, Charles Wesley, E. Spurling and Na- 
thaniel G. Two living at the present time : 
Rhoda H.. at liar Harbor, now in her eighty- 
sixth year, and Cornelius, of Everett, Massa- 
chusetts. 

(III) Charles Wesley, son of Rev. Asa 
and Sarah (Gott) Wasgatt, was born in 
Somerville, ^It. Desert, Maine, July 27, 1837, 
died ■May 6, 1898. He followed the sea in 
early manhood as man and master until 1830, 
when he retired to a farm in his native town, 
on which he resided for the remainder of his 
life. He was very prominent in his section, 
holding important offices, and acting as ad- 
ministrator of estates. He was a shrewd and 
successful business man. He married Marga- 
ret Gray, born July 31, 1841. Children: i. 
Charles R.. chief bookkeeper at Kittery navy 
yard; married, 1896, Mabel Moore, of Kittery; 
have one child, Hazel. 2. \'ernon G., as- 
sistant treasurer of Bar Harbor Banking and 
Trust Company; married, November, 1895, 
Caro Richards, of Bar Harbor ; four chil- 
dren : Margaret, Boyd, Asa, Richard. 3. 
Lotta, widow of Dr. Byron D. Spencer, of 
Bangor; resides at Surry, Maine, with her 
mother: one child, Doris. 4. Rowland J., see 
forward. 

(IV) Rowland J., youngest son ar.d child 
of Charles Wesley and Margaret (Gray) 
Wasgatt, was born March 9, 1873, in Ells- 
worth, and attended the common schools, fin- 
ishing his education in Bucksport Seminary 
in 1892. He received his professional train- 
ing at Hahnemann Medical College, and was 
appointed house surgeon of the Hahnemann 
Hospital, Philadelphia. Prior to this he taught 
school in Addison and Greenville, Maine. In 
1897 he began the practice of medicine at 
Union, Maine, coming to Rockland, that state, 
in 1898, where he has since resided. In 1903 
he took a post-graduate course at the New 
York Homeopathic Medical College, and in 
the spring of 1906 studied at the New York 
Post-Graduate Medical School. He is a mem- 
ber of the American Homeopathic Society, the 



Hahnemann Alumni Society, and Maine Ho- 
meopathic Society, of which he was president 
in 1907. Dr. Wasgatt has an extensive and 
profitable practice, and is accounted very skill- 
ful as a physician and surgeon. He belongs 
to Aurora Lodge, No. 50, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons ; King Solomon Temple, No. 
8, Royal Arch Chapter ; King Hiram's Coun- 
cil, No. 6, Royal and Select Masters ; Clare- 
mont Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
Rockland; and Rockland Lodge, No. 1008, 
Benevolent Protective Order Elks. He mar- 
ried Josephine, daughter of Joseph E. Nicker- 
son, of Orrington, Maine, June 27, 1906. One 
child, Mary, born April 9. 1907. 



From what part of England 
WALKER the Walkers of New England 
came is not definitely known, 
as the name is common to many counties of 
old England and the first of the family who 
settled in the colonies of Massachusetts Bay 
or of Plymouth appears to have been Robert 
Walker, who came to Lynn (Saugus) 1630, 
with the first settlers of that place. The 
"W'idow" Walker and her sons and nephews 
appear as passengers on the ship "Elizabeth" 
at Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, in 1634, son, 
Samuel, was one of the passengers and at 
once joined his father at Lynn, while the other 
cousins went to Plymouth colony, or as far 
south as Taunton, which was at the time of 
its first settlement part of the town of Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, but after- 
wards included in the Colony of Plymouth. 
Samuel Walker, another immigrant, appeared 
at Woburn, Middlesex county, 1655, as a tax- 
payer. According to an affidavit made by 
himself and his son, Samuel, April 2, 1661. he 
was born in England about 1617, and he is 
recorded as having held public office in the 
town of Woburn. There is some confusion 
in these records, by reason of the father and 
the son having the same baptismal name as 
one of the sons of Richard, who also lived in 
Reading about the same time, and it does not 
appear that the two Samuels were always des- 
ignated by naming the father. Samuel of Wo- 
burn was an innkeeper, and was given a 
license to sell liquors, his license being granted 
by the county court in April, 1662. He re- 
sided for a time in the towa of Reading, ad- 
joining Woburn. and his children by his first 
wife were born in that town, hence the con- 
fusion with Samuel (2), son of Richard of 
Plymouth, 1630, who also lived at Reading 
and had many children. Samuel, the original 
immigrant to Woburn, does not appear to be 



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in any way related to Richard of Lynn. His 
wife's name was evidently Ann, and their 
names are recorded as having been dismissed 
tcPthe church at Reading, March 26, 1650, 
and to have ceased to be members of that 
church on their return to Woburn in 1654. 
His children by his first wife were : Samuel, 
born in Woburn, 1643: Joseph, 164s ; Israel, 
1648; John, 1649; Benjamin, 1651. The chil- 
dren of .Samuel (2) (son of Richard of Lynn, 
Reading, and finallv Lynn, where he died and 
was buried \lay 16, 1687) were: John, born 
in Reading in 1665; Samuel, 1669; Timothy, 
1672; Isaac (q. v.), 1677; ^"^ Ezekiel, 1679. 
(I) Captain Richard Walker, founder of 
this line, is first found of record at Lynn, 
Massachusetts, in 1630, when he was ensign 
of the local military company. As the settlers 
of that town were English, there is no doubt 
that he was of the same nativity, but the 
place of his birth is unknown, and its time 
can only be approximated. The time of his 
death is indicated by the record which shows 
that he was buried at Lynn, May 16, 1687, 
when his age is given as ninety-five years, 
indicating that his birth occurred about 1592. 
He was made a freeman in 1634 at Lynn. In 
163 1 the neighboring Indians threatened the 
infant settlement and Ensign Walker was in 
service on guard. One night he heard a noise 
in the forest near him and felt an arrow pass 
through his coat and buff waistcoat. He dis- 
charged his gun into the bushes, and it was 
burst by the heavy charge it contained. He 
gave the alarm and returned to his post, after 
which he was again fired at. The next day 
an assemblage of men made a demonstration 
which frightened away the marauders for 
some time. In 1637 ^f""- Walker was a mem- 
ber of the committee which made division of 
the common lands of the community, and in 
1638 he received an allotment of two hundred 
acres, upland and meadow. In 1645 he ac- 
companied Robert Bridges and Thomas Mar- 
shall in negotiating with Lord de la Tour and 
Monsieur D'.\ulney, governors of French 
provinces on the north. As regard for his 
services in this expedition Lieutenant Walker 
received four pounds sterling. In 1657 he 
was one of those who deposed as witnesses 
against the claim to Nahant of Thomas Dex- 
ter, who had purchased it from an Indian for 
a suit of clothes. In 1678 he was one of the 
selectmen, then called "the Seven Prudential 
Men." The name appears in the muster roll 
of the Honorable .Artillery Company of Eng- 
land in 1620. L^pon the petition to the general 
court made by the new troop of Lynn, formed 



in 1679, that he be its commander (which 
petition was granted), he is called "Captain 
Walker." He was by occupation a farmer. 
His wife, Sarah, was the administratrix of 
his estate. He had two sons and two daught- 
ers, and may have had others. The elder son, 
Richard, born in England in 161 1, was at 
Reading in 1635, and represented that town 
several times in the general court. The other 
receives extended mention below. His daugh- 
ter, Tabitha, was married March 11, 1662, to 
Daniel King: and the other, Elizabeth, mar- 
ried Ralph King, March 2, 1663. 

(II) Samuel, younger son of Captain Rich- 
ard Walker, was born in England and came 
with his father to New England in 1630. He 
settled first in Reading, which was originally 
Lynn Village, and removed thence to Woburn 
(formerly Charlestown Village), where he is 
found of record in a tax list of 1655, and 
again ■ February 25, 1662, having been ap- 
pointed a surveyor of highways at a town 
meeting of that date. He was selectman in 
1668. He was a maltster, and in 1662 re- 
ceived the first license to sell spirits granted 
in Woburn. It seems that his good nature at 
one time overrode his judgment, as it is of 
record that he was fined ten shillings for sell- 
ing to a notorious toper, the latter being fined 
five shillings at the same time for being drunk. 
That he was a man of character and standing 
is evidenced by the fact that he was one of a 
committee appointed at a meeting held March 
28, 1667, empowered to divide the public 
lands. For this service the committee received 
seven acres for themselves in addition to the 
several allotments to them as individuals. He 
died, November 6, 1684, aged about seventy. 
His first wife, whose name is unknown, bore 
him seven children, namely : Samuel, Joseph, 
Hannah (died at four months), Hannah, Is- 
rael, John, Benjamin. His second wife, Ann, 
was the widow of Arthur Alger, of Scarbor- 
ough, and daughter of Giles Roberts, of that 
place. She died in Woburn, March 21, 1716. 
She was the mother of Mr. W^alker's two 
youngest children, namely : Isaac and Ez- 
ekiel. 

(III) Isaac, sixth son of Samuel Walker 
and grandson of Captain Richard Walker, of 
Saugus (Lynn), 1630, was born in Woburn, 
Middlesex county, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 
November i, 1677. He was one of the pro- 
prietors of the town of Penacook, established 
as a town under the direction of the general 
court of Massachusetts, all the territory after- 
wards set off as New Hampshire being then 
in Norfolk county, Colony of Massachusetts 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Bay, and he built a log house on the lot ap- 
portioned to him, which, being- the strongest 
and most capable of withstanding any assault 
from the Indians, was made the garrison 
house of the little colony, and in this house 
his son Isaac Jr. died the same day that his 
relative. Rev. Timothy Walker, died (Septem- 
ber I, i/Si). Remarried, February 20, 1704, 
Marjory Bruce, and had five sons, all born 
in Woburn, namely: Isaac, 1707; Ezekiel, 
1709; Timothy. 171 1 ; \Mlliam, 1715; Samuel, 
1723. 

(IV) Isaac (2), eldest son of Isaac (i) 
and Marjory (Bruce) Walker, was born in 
Woburn, July 12, 1707. He was by trade a 
tailor, and was known by his familiar friends 
as "Tailor Isaac." He married, about 1730, 
Sarah Breed, and they had five sons : Joseph, 
1732; Ezekiel, 1735; James (q. v.), 1739; 
Isaac, 1741: Samuel, 1745; all borii in Pen- 
acook ; he lived in the "Garrison House" 
erected by his father, and died there Septem- 
ber I, 1782. He removed to Penacook, Mas- 
sachusetts (now New Hampshire), before the 
organization of that town, and was an original 
proprietor, taking part in the formation of 
town government under the direction of the 
general court of the province of Massachu- 
setts Bay in 1725. The name of the town was 
changed to Rumford in 1730. and in 1765, 
when the boundary between New Hampshire 
and Massachusetts was fixed, the place became 
Concord, New Hampshire. 

(V) James, son of Isaac (2) and Sarah 
(Breed) Walker, was born in Rumford. Mas- 
sachusetts, .\pril 2, 1739. He married Ruth 
Abbott and had cliildren, including James, 
mentioned belov^-. 

(\T) James (2). .son of James (i) and 
Ruth (Abbott) Walker, was born in Concord. 
New Hampshire, July 26, 1778. He married 
a Miss Charles, and lived in Stowe; Maine, 
and had eight children, as follows : Judith, 
Sally, Abigail, Susan. Samuel. James, Barnes. 
Isaac. James (2) Walker was killed by being 
run over by an ox team while driving home 
from Portland, the accident taking place at 
Standish Plains, ]\[aine. 

(VII) Isaac (3), fourth son and voungest 
child of James (2) Walker, was born 1799, ' 
in Stowe, Maine, was educated in the common 
district school of his native frontier town, and 
was brought up on his father's farm. On 
reaching manhood he bought a farm in Frye- 
burg, Maine. He married Eliza Colby, who 
was born in Fryeburg in 1806, and they had 
four children, as follows : Simeon Colby, died 
January 12, i860: Sarah Elizalieth, .Vi'gustus 



Hall. Olive Chandler. He was a Whig in 
state anil national politics, and served as a 
member of the board of selectmen of Frye- 
burg. He was a member of the Congrcgja- 
tional church of that town. He died 1840. 

(\TII) Augustus Hall, youngest son of 
Isaac (3) and Eliza (Colby) Walker, was 
born in Fryeburg, Maine, December 22, 1833. 
He was educated in the public school, Bridg- 
ton Academy, at North Bridgton, and Bow- 
doin College, where he passed through the 
freshman and sophomore years, and then en- 
tered the junior class of Yale College, and was 
graduated A. B. in 1856. He then read law in 
the office of D. R. Hastings, of Lovell, Maine, 
and with the law firm of Fessenden & Butler, 
and he was admitted to the bar in 1858. He 
practiced law in .Anoka, Minnesota, up to July, 
1859, when he returned to Maine on account 
of the severe illness of his brother. Simeon 
Colby Walker, who died January 12, i860, 
and he thereupon began the practice of law at 
Fryeburg Village, and he carried on a success- 
ful practice there up to October, 1861, when 
he returned to Lovell, Maine, and was equally 
successful for twenty years. In June, 1881, 
he went to Bridgton, where he opened a law 
ofiice and became president of the Briilgt<in 
Savings Bank : was elected state senator for 
two terms, 1881-82, and in the senate he 
served as chairman of the committee on legal 
affairs and as a member of the committee on 
towns, and was the only lawyer on that com- 
mittee. He served as judge of probate for 
Oxford county for thirteen years ; was made 
a member of Delta Lodge, A. F. and A. M. ; 
of the Oriental Royal Arch Chapter, and Ori- 
ental Commandery, Knights Templar. He 
married, October i, 1863, Mary E., daughter 
of Stephen Thurston, of Bangor, Maine, and 
they had one daughter, Alice Thur.ston, born 
October 12, 1865. The mother dieil ^March 
26, 1875, and the daughter August 24, 1876. 
November 17, 1881, Mr. Walker married his 
deceased wife's sister, Emma Thurston. He 
is an attendant of and contributor to t'le work 
in the Congregational church at Bridgton, 
Cumberland county, Maine, where he reads 
and practices law. 



George Summerfield Walker, 
WALKER one of the genial and intelli- 
gent citizens of Watcrtown, 
whose friends are numbered by the list of his 
acquaintances, is a native of the county and 
a scion of one of the earliest American fam- 
ilies. 

( I ) The records of Rehoboth, Massachu- 





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setts, show that one of the original proprietors 
of the town was "Widow Walker," whose 
property in 1643 was valued at fifty pounds 
sterling. After 1646- the name disappears 
from the records, which may have been due to 
her removal to another town, with her sons. 
(II) James Walker, of Taunton, Massa- 
chusetts, son of ''Widow'" Walker, of Reho- 
both, was born in England 1619 or 1620, but 
our search has not discovered the place in 
which he was born.' He was probably a pas- 
senger on the "Elizabeth," Master William 
Stagg, who sailed his ship from London, April 
15, 1634, as the names of James Walker, aged 
fifteen, and Sara Walker, aged seventeen, 
servants, and that of Jo. Browne, a baker, and 
William Brassy, a linen draper, in Cheapside, 
London, had signed their certificate of their 
conformity. On the sarhe ship were Richard 
W^alker. aged twenty-four, and William 
\A'alker. aged fifteen, and their certificate was 
signed by Sir William Whitmore and Sir 
Nicholas Ranton. This is the first and only 
time the name appears on any ship's list of 
passengers before 1635. and there is only one 
year variance between the age of this James 
Walker and the records of the gravestone in 
the Walker burial place in South Taunton, 
where he was buried. The ship "Elizabeth" 
landed at Nantesket. or Hingham, in Massa- 
chusetts Bay, and William, one of the pas- 
sengers, went to Salem. The Richard ^^'alker 
named was a son of Richard, of Saugus, or 
Lynn, the father having preceded him. Sara, 
his sister, married John Ti^dill, of Duxbury, 
and James married Elizabeth Phillips. As 
Taunton was originally a portion of the town 
of Dorchester, the settlement in that place is 
entirely reasonable. These three Walkers, 
evidently cousins, distributed as follows : 
James and Sara settled in Taunton with John 
Browne, their uncle and guardian. William 
in Eastham, and Richard joined his father in 
Lynn. James is first recorded as being in 
Taunton, 1643, being enrolled as able to bear 
arms, the list appearing: "Mr. John Browne, 
Mr. William Poole, John Browne, James 
Walker." James Walker, the Hingham im- 
migrant, 1634, son of "Widow" Walker, the 
mother of all the Walker immigrants of this 
period, was a settler in Taunton, Massachu- 
setts Bay Colony, before 1643. He was a 
member of the committee appointed to dis- 
tribute the portion of the relief fund for those 
suffering from Indian warfare, and when the 
division was marked between Massachusetts 
Bay colony and Plymouth coIon\' he was a 
deputy to the Plymoutii court for sixteen 



years from 1654. He was a member and 
chairman of the town council of war, 1667, 
and again 1675 and 1678, and one of the 
council of war of Plymouth colony in 1658- 
61-71-81. He was assigned in the division of 
lands ninety-six acres. He had no military 
title, but was content to be a servant in both 
church and state. The children of James and 
Elizabeth (Phillips) Walker were : i. James, 
1645-46, married Bathsheba Brooks, died June 
22, 1718. 2. Peter (q. v.). 3. Hester, 1650, 
married Joseph Woods, had four children, and 
died April 9, 1696. 4. Eleazer, 1662, never 
married, died December 15, 1724. 5. De- 
borah, married George Goodwin, died about 
May, 1726. 

(III) Peter, son of James and Elizabeth 
(Phillips) Walker, was born in Taunton, 
1649, married Hannah Hutchinson, and was 
engaged in the town business with Hon. James 
Phillips. He had three sons and three daugh- 
ters, as follows: i. Peter (q. v.). 2. Ed- 
ward, 1692, married Mercy Richard. The 
name "Peter" is retained in each successive 
generation that lived in Taunton to the fifth 
and sixth, and as no child named Peter ap- 
pears in the Woburn or Lynn families it is 
reasonable to assume that Peter, the immi- 
grant, was the earliest determined ancestor of 
Charles Francis Walker, of Gardiner, Kenne- 
bec county, Maine, and this would place Peter, 
of York, Maine, who married Hannah Hutch- 
inson, in the third generation from James, 
the immigrant of Rehoboth and Taunton. 

(IV) Peter (2), supposedly son of Peter 
(i) and Hannah (Hutchinson) Walker, and 
grandson of James Walker, was born about 
1689, and lived in York, Massachusetts Bay 
Colony, and removed to Kennebunkport,- 
where he married and had a son Joshua. 

(V) Joshua, son of Peter (2) Walker, of 
York, Maine, born about 1705, lived in Ken- 
nebunk, where he married Hannah Perkins. 

(VI) John, son of Joshua and Hannah 
(Perkins) Walker, born in 1739, came to 
Litchfield, Maine, from Kennebunkport in 
1798, and settled east of Oak Hill on the road 
leading from the Hall school house to Litch- 
field Corner. He served in the .\merican rev- 
olution, and was ensign of his company. He 
was married in 1759 to Elizabeth Burbank, 
and he died in Litchfield, Kennebec county, 
Maine, May 2, 1816, aged seventy-seven 
years. The children born in Kennebunkport 
and who came with him to Litchfield were : i. 
Captain Lemuel. 2. Betsy, married Jonathan 
Walker, and died in Litchfield, March 14, 
1846. 3. Sarah, married Harrison Downing. 



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4. Hannah, married Bracey Curtis, lived in 
Kennebunkport. 5. Ebenezer, died May 22, 
1805, aged twenty-nine years. 6. Miriam, 
married James Alexander. 7. Esther' mar- 
ried Gould Jewell. 8. Eunice, married Robert 
Johnson, September 23, 1810. 9. Joshua, born 
June, 1780, married Sally Huntington in 1808. 

(YH) Captain Lemuel, son of John and 
Elizabeth (Burbank) Walker, was born in 
Kennebunkport. Maine, about 1765. Captain 
Lemuel married (first) Hannah Allen, born 
in Kennebunkport about 1760, died in Litch- 
field, Kennebec county. He was a sea captain 
and carried on an extensive trade with the 
West Indies, making repeatedly successful 
trips between New England ports and the 
ports of the West Indies. He served when 
quite voung in the American army in the rev- 
olutionary war, and he was a pensioner before 
taking up life as a seaman. Among the ves- 
sels captured by the French in 1799 was "the 
ship 'Phoebe,' Captain Lemuel Walker from 
Kennebunkport." He was a representative in 
the general court of Massachusetts before he 
removed to Gardiner, Maine, in 1802. He 
served on the school committee of Litchfield 
after 1805, and was also on the school com- 
mittee. He married Hannah Allen, and their 
children were: i. Samuel, lost at sea, 2. 
William, lost at sea, having sailed from Bath, 
Maine. 3. George, married Abigail Springer. 
November 25, 1813. 4. James, married Mar- 
garet S. Chase, December. 1823. 5. Elvira 
Dalev, May, 1830. 6. Hannah, married Thom- 
as Dennis, November 16, 1813. and lived in 
Hallowell, Maine. 7. Elizabeth, married John 
Dennis, November 26, 1807. 8. Amelia, mar- 
ried Thomas Lord, January 30, 1820, and 
lived in Hallowell. Maine. 9. Lemuel, died 
August 6, 1828. 10. John, died November 3, 
1847. II. Charles, married Achsah Sawin, 
and lived in Boston. 12. Betsy, died August 
12, 1828. 13. Joshua (q. v.). 

(Vni) Joshua, s6n of Captain Lemuel and 
Hannah (Allen) A\'alker, born in Litchfield, 
Maine. March 24, 1806, married, December 
24. 1829. Hannah S.. daughter of Jeremiah 
and Annie (Springer) Potter. She was born 
in Litchfield. August 5. 1806. He was a 
farmer, and he owned sixty-eight acres of 
good farming land in Litchfield, which he cul- 
tivated up to 1850. when he sold his farm and 
removed to Richmond. He was a man of 
public spirit, and was greatly interested in the 
welfare of the town of Litchfield, where he 
was a member of the school board and a sur- 
veyor of highways. He was a Whig in party 
politics, and was a prompt attendant at all 



public meetings and at the polls at every elec- 
tion. He was a member of the Free Baptist 
church. Mr. Walker died in Richmond, 
Maine, March 28. 1851. and his widow died 
in the homestead. May 20, 1853. They had 
six children, all sons, born in Litchfield, as 
follows: I. Jeremiah P.. September 27, 1830, 
married Elizabeth Call ; was a soldier in the 
civil war and died in Maryland. 2. Samuel 
W., May 31, 1832, died !May 20, i8:;3. 3. 
James (q. v.), September 24, 1834. 4. George 
W., October 6, 1837, died at St. Anthony 
Falls, Minnesota, January 15, 1856. 5. Ed- 
win, March 9, 1841, died September, igo6; 
married Harriett Howell, and lived in Ded- 
ham, Massachusetts. 6. Isaac N., June 29, 
1843, died in Limestone, ]\Inine, July 8, 1861. 
(IX) Captain James, third son of Joshua 
and Llannah S. (Potter) Walker, was born in 
Litchfield, Maine, September 24, 1834. He 
was a pupil in tlie public schools of Litchfield, 
and when he left school was quite young, but 
a rugged, healthful youth. He was first em- 
ployed in the lumber and saw mill business in 
Richmond, Maine, for the Foster & Spaulding 
Company, and after three years such service 
he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he 
spent one year in prospecting with the inten- 
tion of settling in the great west. At that 
time Minnesota was the frontier of civiliza- 
tion and did not prove attractive to young men 
brought up in New England. He returned to 
Maine. Gardiner, and formed a partnership 
with Mr. P.ridge, and they built a sawmill at 
Limestone in 1857, ''"d conducted it success- 
fully up to the outbreak of the civil war in 
1861. This event changed all his plans, and 
his patriotism was fired as the news of the 
danger to the safety and stability of the P-nited 
States increased with the repeated di-asters 
that met our army at the beginning of the 
war, and he abandoned the sawmill and en- 
listed. October 31. 1861, in the Fifteenth 
Maine \'olunteer Infantry, and was nssioned 
to Company E, which was recruiting at Fair- 
field, and the regiment was sent to the south- 
west as a part of the expedition of General 
Benjamin F. Butler, sent to capture New Or- 
leans and open the Mississippi river in co- 
operation with the nav.Tl fleet of Rear Admiral 
Farragut and Captain Porter. He was ap- 
pointed sergeant of the company, second lieu- 
tenant, September 2. 1863: captain. May 9, 
1865. His regiment followed the fleet up the 
river on transports and landed at New Or- 
leans upon the capitulation of that city, suc- 
ceeding the capture of the forts. He first saw 
active field service at Caniji Parapit, Ponsa- 



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cola, and then in the defense of New Orleans. 
He accompanied the Bank's expedition into 
Louisiana and up tlie Red river, seeing and 
taking part in the battles that ensued in Lou- 
isiana and Texas. While in Texas his regi- 
ment re-enlisted for the war, and the winter 
of 1863 was spent in. Texas. The regiment 
was transferred from the southwest to the 
National capital in the spring of 1864, and he 
was in the battles before Washington, at Har- 
per's Ferry, Leesburg and in the Shenandoah 
W'tlley un 'er the gallant and imresistible Gen- 
eral Sheridan. In August, 1864, the regiment 
was sent on a vacation furlough in Maine, and 
in September they were ordered to Martins- 
burg, \'irginia, and they guarded the army 
supplies held in the Valley of the Shenandoah, 
spending the winter at Stephenson's Station, 
and in the spring, when the confederates evac- 
uated Richmond, were sent up the valley, and 
marched to head ot¥ any such movement. The 
regiment was at Charlestown, Virginia, when 
the news of President Lincoln's assassination 
;tartled the country and shocked the world, 
md this regiment was ordered to Washington 
to guard the city. On May 24, 1865, the regi- 
ment took part in the grand review, and soon 
after was ordered to Savannah, Georgia, and 
thence into South Carolina to protect the citi- 
zens in the disturbed condition of local affairs, 
pending the formation of state government. 
This duty sent the regiment to the various 
court houses in the state, and they continued 
on such duty up to July 5, 1866, when the 
veteran regiment was mustered out of the 
United States service. 

On returning to Gardiner, the veteran sol- 
dier engaged in the brick manufacturing busi- 
ness at Richmond, Maine, and in 1869 sold out 
the brick business and engaged as a box manu- 
facturer and a manufacturer of spruce excel- 
sior, and this business he carried on success- 
fully up to 1903, when he transferred the busi- 
ness to a ready purchaser and began the manu- 
facture of doors, sash and blinds with his 
son, Charles F., under the firm name of James 
Walker & Son, and they employed over 
twenty trained workmen in thejjusiness con- 
tinually. He became a prominent factor in 
the Republican party in Maine, served in both 
branches of the city government of Gardiner, 
and was mayor of the city in 1897-98. He is 
a director in the Gardiner National Bank and 
a trustee of the Gardiner Savings Bank. His 
military service was recognized by the military 
order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 
through the Commandery of Maine, electing 
him to companionship, and by the Grand 



Army of the Republic through Heath Post, 
No. 6, of Gardiner, Maine, receiving him as a 
comrade and electing him conm:ander of the 
post. He is also a master workman in the 
Ancient Order United Workmen, and a mem- 
ber of the Free Baptist church. He was mar- 
ried, August 21, 1864, to Julia, daughter of 
Annis and Sarah (Edgcomb) Douglass, and 
their children, born in the city of Gardiner, 
are : Charles Francis and Clara Ellen. 

(X) Charles Francis, eldest child and only 
son of Hon. James and Julia (Douglass) 
Walker, was born in Gardiner, Maine, Sep- 
tember 19, 1872. He was prepared for busi- 
ness life in the Shaw Business School of Au- 
gusta, Maine, and on completing the course 
as prescribed in that school entered his father's 
manufactory as a clerk and overseer, and in 
1903 he was made a partner, the firm being 
James Walker & Son. Like his father, he is 
an earnest Republican, and by right of inheri- 
tance became a member of Danforth Maxcey 
Camp, Sons of Veterans, of Gardiner. He 
was also admitted to membership in the Gar- 
diner Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows. He was married, October 12. 1893, to 
Gertrude, daughter of Charles and Mattie E. 
( Kimbal ) Hamilton, of Randolph. Maine, and 
their children, all born in Gardiner, Maine, 
are: i. Madeline Hamilton, born July 22\ 
1894. 2. Helen, April 30, 1895. 3. James 
Lee, January 2, 1896. 4. Julia, September 12, 
1902, died aged six months. 5. Marion E., 
May 21, 1907, died January 21, 1908. 



The members of this early 
BOYNTON immigrant family in America 

trace its pedigree through 
many generations in this country and England 
to the time of the Conquest. In a sequestered 
rural neighborhood bordering on the town of 
Bridlington and not far from the shore of the 
North Sea, in the eastern part of Yorkshire, 
England, stands the ancient village of Bovn- 
ton, which derives importance from its having 
given name to the family of Boynton, and their 
principal seat for centuries. The manor house 
was from a very early period the residence of 
the Boyntons. the family sent forth branches 
into the neighboring villages, at an early pe- 
riod. East Heslerton and Wintringham being 
the abode for several generations of that 
branch whose descendants, William and John, 
came to New England in 1637 and settled at 
Rowley, Massachusetts. 

(I) Bartholomew de Boynton, who was 
seized of the manor of Boynton in 1067, was 
the first mentioned as having used the name as 



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a surname. He was succeeded in his estnte by 
liis son. 

(II) Walter de Boynton, son of Bartholo- 
mew de Boynton, was living in 1091. 

(III) Bruis de Boynton, probably a son of 
Walter (i) de Boynton, left his name on a 
document dated 1129. 

(IV) Sir Ingram de Boynton, knight, suc- 
ceeded Bruis de Boynton, and lived in 11 59. 
He left a son, his heir. 

(V) Thomas de Boynton, son of Sir In- 
gram de Boynton, married anil left at least 
one son. 

(VI) Robert de Boynton, son of Thomas 
(i) de Boynton, flourished in 1205, and by 
his wife, daughter of Thomas Burgh, Esq., 
left a son. 

(VII) Ingraham de Boynton, son of Rob- 
ert (i) de Boynton, was Hving in 1235 and 
1258. He married Margaret, daughter and 
heir of Sir Walter Grindall, by whom he had 
one child or more. 

(VIII) Walter (2) de Boynton, son of In- 
graham (i) and Margaret (Grindall) de 
Boynton, lived in 1273, and married the daugh- 
ter of Ingram Mounscaux, and had issue. 

(IX) Ingraham (2) de Boynton, son of 
Walter (2) de Boynton, was living in 1272 
and 1307. He married a dausfhter of St. 
Quintine and had one child or more. 

(X) Sir Walter (3) de Boynton, son of In- 
graham (2) de Boynton, was knighted in 
1356, being, in the service of the Prince of 
Wales, in lirittany. He married a daughter of 
William Alton, and left issue. 

(XI) Sir Thomas (2) de Boynton of Ac- 
clam, son of Sir Walter (3) de ISoynton, was 
lord of the ancient demesne of Boynton, of 
Acclome and Aresome, in right of his mother, 
and of Rouseby, Newton, and Swaynton, by 
his wife Catherine, daughter and co-heir of 
Sir Gifford Rossells, of Newton, Knight. He 
left a son. 

(XII) Sir Thomas (3) Boynton. Knight, 
■son of Sir Thomas (2) de Boynton, married 

Margaret, daughter of Speeton, of 

Sawcock, and left issue. 

(XIII) Sir Henry Boynton, Knight, son of 
Sir Thomas (3) Boynton, joined Henry 
Percy, Earl of Northumberland, who had 
taken up arms against Henry IV, in 1405. 
They were defeated and Sir Henry, with seven 
others, was executed at Sadbury. in Yorkshire, 
Julv 2, 1405. He married Elizabeth, daughter 
of Sir John Merrifield, Knight, and by her 
had daughters, Janett and Elizabeth, and two 
sons, Thomas, who died at the age of twelve 
years, and William, next mentioned. 



(XI\') William, son of Sir Henry Boyn- 
ton, married Jane, daugliter of Simon Hard- 
ing, and left a child or children. 

(XV) Sir Thomas (4), Knight, son of 
William (i) and of Jane (Harding) Boyn- 
ton, made his will July 28. 1408, which was 
proved on September 6 following. He mar- 
ried Margaret, daughter of William Norm;n- 
ville, and they had two sons— Henry, the elder 
and heir, and Christopher, the subject of the 
next paragraph. 

(XVI) Sir Christopher, younger son of Sir 
Thomas (4) and Margaret (Normanville) 
Boynton, had his seat at Sadbury, in York- 
shire. He married the daughter of Sir John 
Coignes, of Orniesbury, Knight, and had is- 
sue. 

(X\TI) Sir Christopher (2), of Sadbury, 
Knight, son of Sir Christopher (i) Bovnton, 
also had estates in Heslerton and Newton, and 
in the parish of Wintringham. His first wife 

was Elizabeth, daughter of Wanford, 

by whom he had one son, William, who died 
without issue. By his second wife. Jane, 
daughter of Robert Strangeways, of Kelton, 
he had daughters. Elizabeth and Jane, and two 
sons. Sir Christopher, whose male issue is ex- 
tinct, and Robert, next mentioned. 

(XMII) Robert (2), son of Sir Christo- 
pher (2) and Jane (Strangeways) Boynton, 
of East Heslerton, died in 1526, leaving by 
his wife Anges sons : John, of East Heslerton: 
Richard, of Newton, who died in 1539; Will- 
iam, a priest, and James, mentioned in the next 
paragraph. 

(XIX) James, son of Robert (2) and Ag- 
nes Boynton, of Wintringham, made his will 
in 1 534 and died the same year, leaving a wid- 
ow Jane and sons Roger, William and Chris- 
topher. 

(XX) Roger, eldest son of James and Jane 
Boynton, was also of Wintringham, and re- 
sided at Knapton, in that parish. He died 

in 1558. By his wife Jenet, daughter of 

Watson, he had sons : James, Richard, Will- 
iam, Edmund, and a daughter Alice. 

(XXI) William (2), third son and child 
of Roger and Janet (W'atson) Boynton, re- 
sided also at Knapton, in Wintringham. He 
died in 161 5. leavinsr a widow Marqaret, who 
was his second wife ; sons Francis, Daniel, 
John and William, and daughters .A.nne and 
Margaret. 

(XXII) William (3), youngest son of 
William (2) and Margaret Boynton, was ex- 
ecutor of his father's will, and residuary lega- 
tee. He continued to reside at Knapton. where 
his sons William and John were born. (Men- 



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tion of the latter and descendants appears in 
this article.) 

(XXIII) William (4), son of_ William (3) 
Boynton, was born in 1606 at Knapton, East 
Riding, Yorkshire, England. With his brother 
John he embarked at Hull in the fall of 1638 
and arrived in Boston that same year. The 
party was under the charge of Rev. Ezekiel 
Rogers, and they settled in Rowley, JNIassachu- 
setts, where William Boynton was assigned a 
lot of land on Bradford street, to which he 
subsequently added by extensive purchases in 
various parts of the county. During his life- 
time he gave a farm to each of his children, 
and the remainder of his estate he left to his 
wife, Elizabeth Jackson, who came with him 
from England. In the records he is called a 
planter and weaver, but in the deeds he is 
called a tailor. He must have been a man of 
education and influence, for he taught the 
school from 1656 to i68i, and was probably 
the first person employed as schoolmaster in 
the town. The children, born in Rowley, Mas- 
sachuseits, were : John, Elizabetli, Zachariah, 
Joshua, Mary, Caleb and Sarah. 

(XXIV') Joshua, third son and fourth child 
of William (4) and Elizabeth (Jackson) 
Boynton, was born March 10, 1646, at Rowley. 
Massachusetts. In 1673 his father gave him a 
farm in Newbury containing a hundred acres, 
where he lived more than fifty years. He was 
a soldier under Major Appleton in the wars 
at Xarragansett in 1675, and also under Cap- 
tain Brocklebank when the latter was slain by 
the Indians in April, 1676. Joshua Boynton 
was thrice married. His first wife was Han- 
nah Barnet, of N^ewbury, to whom he was 
united April 9, 1678. She died January 12, 
1722. at Newbury, and he married widow 
IMary Syles, of Rowley, who died July 28, 
1727. On October 30 of that year he married 
Mary, widow of his cousin, John Boynton. 
There were twelve children in all, of whom the 
first five at least belonged to the first marriage. 
There is some discrepancy in the dates of birth 
of the others, and the record gives the last 
seven as born at Rowley. Joshua Boynton's 
will was proved N^ovember 12. 1736, showing 
that he had reached the age of ninety years. 

(XXV) Joshua (2), eldest son of Joshua 
(i) and Mary (Sikes) Boynton. was born 
May 4, i66g, in Newbury, and married ?\lary, 
daughter of John and Mary (Gerrish) Dole, 
in May, 1708. She was born in Newbury, No- 
vember 14, 1681, and they resided there. He 
died October 29, 1770. and she on December 
27,1777- They had thirteen children : Sarah, 
Jeremiah, Jemima, Mary, David, Moses, Josh- 



ua, Mary, Apphia, Jane, Hannah, Enoch and 
Mehitabie. 

(XX_\T) David, second son of Joshua (2) 
and Mary (Dole) Boynton, was born in New- 
bury, December 15, 1712, and married Mary, 
daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Palmer) 
Stickney, of that town, September 19, 1738. 
She was born in Byfield, Massachusetts, Sep- 
tember 2, 171 1. They resided in Newbury, 
and he died there February 8, 1757. She mar- 
ried (second) Moses, son of Jacob Hardy, De- 
cember 3, 1760, and removed to Dunstable, 
Massachusetts. He died, and she then mar- 
ried a Mr. Butterfield, of .Andover, iNlassachu- 
setts. The record of births are as given : 
Sarah, David, Samuel, Amos, Thomas, Mary, 
Moses and Jonathan. 

(XXVH) Amos, third son of David and 
Mary ( Stickney) Boynton, was born in New- 
bury, February 2, 1745. He removed to By- 
field, Massachusetts, and thence to Machias, 
Maine, in 1766. This town was colonized from 
Scarborough, Maine, just prior to .-\mos join- 
ing the settlement. He signed the petition to 
the general court for a charter, subscribed for 
the building of the first meeting house, and 
was part owner of the first sawmill. He held 
a lieutenantcy in Captain Smith's company, in 
Colonel Benjamin Foster's regiment, in the 
war of the revolution. He married Polly 
Libby, and (second) Lucy Loring. Children: 
Sally, who married Jonathan Longfellow, who 
was of the poet's line; Polly, married his 
brother Isaac ; Betsey, Hannah, Lydia, Ste- 
phen, Thomas and Lucv. 

(XX\TII) Stephen, eldest son of Amos and 
Lucy (Loring) Boynton, was born in Machias 
in 1787. When the war of 1812 broke out a 
military company was formed in Machias 
which should be ready at a moment's notice, 
and of this company Steohen was one, and re- 
ceived a grant of land for his services. The 
war caused a season of great scarcity in Ma- 
chias, and many of the citizens were in ne- 
cessitous circumstances. To escape the hard 
times, Stephen went to St. John, New Bruns- 
wick, and obtained employment, remaining till 
1820. when he returned to his old home." He 
died in the centennial year, 1876. He married 
Hannah Jewett. Married (second) Myra 
Brown. Married (third) Hannah Bowker. 
Married (fourth) Polly Whitney, nee Crocker. 
By his first marriage he had five children, four 
by the second and two by the fourth. Amos, 
Thomas. Abigail T., Lucy L., Ezekiel, Han- 
nah F.. David, Roscoe G. ; a son who died in 
infancy, and Mary L., the only member of the 
family who remained unmarried. 



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(XXIX) Roscoe G., second son of Stephen 
and Myra (Brown) Boynton, was born July 
15, 1836, at Machias, and was a farmer by oc- 
cupation. He married Martha A. Bowker in 
1861. Children: Elmira B., Anna C, Emily 
J. and George B. 

(XXX) George B., only son of Roscoe 
Green and Martha A. (Bowker) Boynton, was 
born in Machias, October 13, 1870. He at- 
tended the public schools, entered the Eastern 
Trust and Banking Company of Machias as 
bookkeeper, and subsequently became man- 
ager. In 1907 he organized the Dirigo Can- 
ning Company. The plant is located at Mount 
Monsapec, Maine, and they can clams, blue- 
berries, apples and vegetables. Later he 
formed the Acme Canning Company of Aver 
Junction, Maine, and the Machias Canning 
Company of Machiasport, Maine, this latter 
corporation canning sardines. Of all of these 
companies Mr. Boynton is treasurer. He is 
also a partner in the general store of Boynton 
& Estey at Whiting, I\Iaine. They do an ex- 
tensive business in the manufacture of lumber. 
Mr. Boynton is a member of Harwood Lodge, 
No. 91, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; 
of Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; 
of St. Elmo Commandery, Knights Templar ; 
of the Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, and 
has taken the thirty-second degree in the 
Scottish Rite. He is also a member of Ben 
Hur Lodge, No. "]"], Knights of Pythias, and 
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
He acts and votes with the party of Lincoln, 
Grant and Roosevelt. He is very broad and 
liberal in his religious proclivities. He mar- 
ried Gertrude Frances, daughter of John and 
Silvia Perry, and they have no children. 



Among the early pioneers of 
HINCKLEY Plymouth Colony were those 

bearing this name, and their 
■descendants have had honorable records as 
citizens. They have borne a part in nearly 
every line of industry which has contributed 
to the progress and development of the na- 
tion. The name has been conspicuously iden- 
tified in Maine with various lines of material 
and moral progress. 

(I) Samuel Hinckley, who was no doubt 
the ancestor of all in this country bearing the 
name, was born in 1595 in Tenterdon, county 
of Kent, England, and came to Boston in the 
"Hercules" of Sandwich (two hundred tons. 
Captain John Witherby), July 11, 1637. He 
was accompanied by his wife Sarah and four 
children, and located first at Scituate, remov- 



ing to Barnstable in 1640. He died there Oc- 
tober 31, 1662, having survived his wife, who 
passed away August 16, 1656. He was mar- 
ried (second) December 15, 1657, to Bridget 
Bodfish, widow of Robert Bodfish. He was a 
large land-holder, and of some prominence in 
civil life. His children, all born of first wife, 
were : Thomas, Susamiah, Sarah, Mary, Eliz- 
abeth, Samuel (died young), Samuel and 
John ; besides a daughter and twin children 
who died in infancy, unnamed. 

(II) Thomas, eldest child of Samuel and 
Sarah Hinckley, was born in 1618 in England 
and died April 25, i^ ^ o. at Barnstable, at the 
age of about eighty-eight years. A memorial 
stone is erected on his grave in Barnstable. He 
had nearly attained to man's estate when he 
accompanied his parents to this country, and 
soon took an active and conspicuous part in 
the conduct of colonial affairs. He partici- 
pated in the great Narraganset fight in 1665, 
and was representative of the general court in 
1647. He served as assistant to the governor, 
who was deputy governor of 1680, and gov- 
ernor from 1681 to 1692. He was king's coun- 
cilor in Andros from 1692 to 1706. He was 
married (first) December 4, 1641. to Mary 
daughter of Thomas and Wealthean (Loring) 
Richards. She died in Barnstable, June 24, 
1639. and he married (second), March 16, 
1660, Mrs. Mary Glover, widow of Nathaniel 
Glover, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and 
daughter of John Smith. She was born July 
20, 1630, at Toxeth Park, near Liverpool, 
England, and died in Barnstable, July 29, 
1703. Her father was known by the title of 
quartermaster and his wife and her mother 
was Mary Ryder, of Toxeth Park. Governor 
Hinckley's children by first marriage were : 
Mary, Sarah, IMalatiah. Hannah, Samuel, 
Bathshua, Thomas, Mehitable. Those of sec- 
ond marriage were: Admire, Ebenezer (died 
young), Mercy, Experience. John, Abagail, 
Thankful, Ebenezer and Reliance. 

(III) Samuel (2), eldest son of Governor 
Thomas Hinckley and his first wife, Alary 
(Richards) Hinckley, was born February 14, 
1652, in Barnstable, and passed his life in 
that town, where he died March 19, 1697. He 
was a soldier in King Phillip's war, and was 
one of the grantees of the town of Gorham, 
in the district of Maine. He was married No- 
vember 13, 1676, to Sarah, daughter of Cap- 
tain John Pope, of Sandwich. .■Xftcr his death 
she became the second wife of Thomas Hutch- 
ins, of Barnstable. Children of Samuel (2) 
Hinckley were: Mercy (died young), Mehit- 



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able, Thomas, Seth, Samuel, Elnathan (died 
young), Job, Shubael, Aifrcy, Josiah and El- 
nathan. 

(Ill) Thankful, daughter of Governor 
Thomas Hinckley and his second wife, Mary 
(Smith) (Glover) Hinckley, was born August 
20, 1671, in Barnstable, and became the wife 
of Rev. Experience Ma>hew, of Chilmark. 

(R^) Samuel (3), third son of Samuel (2) 
and Sarah (Pope) Hinckley, was born Sep- 
tember 24, 1684, in Barnstable, and died in 
Brunswick, Maine, where he settled after 
January, 1720. He resided in Harwich, Mas- 
sachusetts, until 1715, in wliich year lie re- 
moved to Truro, Massachusetts, going thence 
to Alaine. He was married in April, 1710, in 
Harwich, Massachusetts, to Mary, daughter of 
Edmond and granddaughter of I\Iajor John 
Freeman of that town, where she was born. 
Children : Seth, Shubael, Samuel, Mary, Ed- 
mond, Reliance, Aaron, Mehitable, Experience, 
Isaac and Gideon. 

(V) Samuel (4), third son of Samuel (3) 
and Mary (Freeman) Hinckley, was born 
Febmary 7, 171 1, in Harwich, Massachusetts, 
and died in Georgetown, Maine. He resided 
in Brunswick until after 1742, when he re- 
moved to Georgetown, and there passed the 
remainder of his life. He was married in 
Brunswick to Sarah iMiller; children: John, 
Mehitable, Samuel, Mary, Josiah, Edmund, 
William, Seth, Nathan, Sarah and Reliance. 

(\T) Edmund, fourth son of Samuel (4) 
and Sarah (Miller) Hinckley, was born Jan- 
uary 29, 1745, in Georgetown, Maine, where 
he passed his life, and was a farmer. He was 
married in 1767 to Mary Pettingill, of North 
Yarmouth, Maine. Children : Elizabeth, John, 
Miriam, Edmund, Mary, Martha, Rebecca and 
Sarah. 

(VH) Edmund (2), son of Edmund and 
Mary (Pettingill) Hinckley, was born Jan- 
uary 6, 1778, in Georgetown, Maine, where he 
was engaged in farming and fishing. He was 
a soldier in the war of 1812. He was married 
in Georgetown, Maine, to Abigail Oliver, born 
April 27, 1782, in that town, daughter of Eph- 
riam and Anna (Spinney) Oliver. Children: 
Alaria, William, Pettingill, Eliza, John Wilson, 
Ann. Ephraim Oliver, Mary and Richard. 

(\'III) Ephraim Oliver, fourth son of Ed- 
mund and Abigail (Oliver) Hinckley, was 
born August 6, 1818, in Georgetown, Maine, 
where he was reared and received such educa- 
tion as the local public school afforded. Dur- 
ing the most of his active years he followed 
a seafaring life, which proved detrimental to 
his health, and for the last twenty years he 



has lived. ?tffetired life on account of physical 
disabilities « Georgetown. He is an earnest 
suppCrter of the Republican party, but takes 
no active part in political movements, and has 
no desire for official station. He was married 
in Georgetown, September 22, 1845, to Maria, 
born January 28, 1822, in that town, a daugh- 
ter of Ephraim and Jerusha (Spinney) Oliver. 
Ephraim Oliver was a farmer and fisherman, 
residing in Georgetown. The children of Eph- 
raim O. and Maria (Oliver) Hinckley were: 
William, Loring, Georgianna, Sarah Elizabeth, 
Frederick James, Abby Ellen, Edward Clar- 
ence and Mary Maria. 

(IX) Frederick James, second son of Eph- 
raim O. and Maria (Oliver) Hinckley, was 
born November 25, 1853, in Georgetown, and 
received his education in the public schools of 
his native town. At the age of fourteen years 
he went to sea with his father, and continued 
in this line of occupation for many years. At 
the age of twenty-two years he became master 
of the vessel, and sailed in the coasting trade 
and voyages to the West Indies until 1897. In 
the last-named year he settled in Bath, Maine, 
where he engaged in business as a ship bro- 
ker, and fire and marine insurance agent. In 
this he has been successful, and is regarded 
as a useful and leading citizen. He is a mem- 
ber of the Atlantic Carriers' Association, and 
of the Free Baptist church of Georgetown, 
Maine. He was married, January 19, 1875, to 
Mary Emma, of Phippsburg, Maine, daughter 
of Isaac Holbrook, of that town. Two chil- 
dren, one of whom died in childhood. The 
other, Ethel Blanche, is the wife of Sylvester 
H. Rowland, of Bath, Maine, formerly of New 
Jersey. 



This name was early in New 
HOUGH England. William Hough, house- 

wright, was a son of Edward 
Hough, of West Chester, in Cheshire, Eng- 
land, and came to America, probably in 1640, 
with Rev. Richard Blinman. It has not been 
ascertained that this Edward Hough emigrated 
to America, but a widow, Ann Hough, who 
died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1672, 
aged eighty-five years, was perhaps his relict, 
and the mother of William Hough. William 
Hough married, October 28, 1635, Sarah, 
daughter of Hugh Caulkins, and had Hannah, 
Abiah and Sarah. He removed to New Lon- 
don, and there had Samuel, John, William, 
Jonathan, Deborah, Abigail and Ann. Of sev- 
eral of these children there are no traces. Jo- 
seph, mentioned below, may be a grandchild 
of William the immis:rant. 



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(I) Joseph Hough was born in "\^/aHjng- 
ford, Connecticut, in i/i", and died June 5, 
1809. He married, June 27, 1745, Catherine 
Yale, who died October 5, I7'''7' agerf forty- 
six years. She was tlie daughter of Captain 
Theophilus and Sarali Street Yale. Their 
children were: Joseph, Mary, Lois (died 
young), Lent, Lois, David, Joel, James (died 
young), James, Catherine and Sarah. 

(H) Lent, second son of Joseph and Cath- 
erine (Yale) Hough, was born in Walling- 
ford, Connecticut. April 4, 1751, and died Oc- 
tober 8, 1837. He married (first) Rebecca 
Tuttle, who died August 22, 1798, aged forty- 
four years. He married (second) Mary An- 
drews, who was Mary Pierrepont, of North 
Haven, before her first marriage. She died 
June 27, 1832, aged seventy-five. Children by 
the first marriage were : Lucy, Hannah and 
Serrajah; child by second marriage, Almira. 

(HI) Serrajah, only son of Lent and Re- 
becca (Tuttle) Hough, was born in Walling- 
ford, March 26, 1780, and died in Meriden, 
August 3. 1853. He married, February 18, 
1801, Elizabeth S. Avery, who was born in 
Wallingford, September 27, 1782, daughter of 
Abner Avery. Their children were: Lyman 
Worcester, Lent Serrajah, Nancy Avery, Re- 
becca Tuttle, Alonzo Bennett, George Sher- 
man, John Meers, William Augustus and Ju- 
lius Ogden. 

( I\' ) Alonzo IVnnett. third son of Serrajah 
and Elizabeth .S. (Avery) Hough, was born 
March 25, 1810. He resided in Ludlow, Ver- 
mont, Gardiner. Maine and later in Vincland, 
New Jersey, where he was engaged in the in- 
surance business. He married Rebecca Gil- 
bert, who died in Portland, at the home of her 
son, William Ogden, July i, i8g8, aged eighty- 
six years. Children: i. Franklin, died at 
about the age of four years. 2. William Og- 
den, see forward. 

(V) William Ogden, son of Alonzo Ben- 
nett and Rebecca (Gilbert) Hough, was born 
in Ludlow, Vermont, March 12, 1843, died in 
Portland, Maine, December 23, 1902. At ten 
years of age he went to Gardiner, Maine, with 
his parents, and there attended the public 
schools, graduating from the high school. He 
then entered Bowdoin College, which he at- 
tended two years. Entering the employ of the 
Berlin Mills Company of Portland, he became 
an expert accountant, and made bookkeeping 
his business the remainder of his active life. 
Mr. Hough was a man of very high moral 
ideas, and was of spotless character. He was 
a Republican and stood for all that was best 



in the platform of that party. His strong 
moral convictions early made Mr. Hough a 
Prohibitionist, in which faith he grew strong 
with advancing years. He was a most ex- 
emplary Christian and devoted church and 
Sunday-school worker. While in Portland he 
was a member of the Second Parish Church 
(Congregational). His devotion to his mother 
during her years of widowhood was a beauti- 
ful example of filial regard. For nearly forty 
years they lived in the house where his widow 
is now living. William Ogden Hough mar- 
ried, in Portland, Maine, June 6, 1900, Lucy 
Scribner, born in Otisfield, Maine, September 
6, 1853, daughter of William T. and Emaline 
(Haskell) Scribner the former of Otisfield 
and the latter of Poland. Children of Mr. and 
Mrs. Scribner: i. Mary Louise, born De- 
cember 14, 1845, died A^ay 28, 1880; married 
David L. Mayberry and had a son Frederic, 
who married Lizzie Eggleston. 2. Diana, 
born January 3, 1849, residing with Mrs. 
Hough. 3. Lucy, above mentioned as the 
wife of William Ogden Hough. 4. George 
W., born January 15, 1855, married (first) 
Rose J. Bonney; married (second) Sarah 
Rawson ; thev reside in Paris, Maine. 



The family of this name of 
TAYLOR which this article is written is 
traced to Scotland. The chris- 
tian name of the immigrant to America indi- 
cates his Scotch birth, and probably Scotch 
parentage. But the name Taylor, being an 
English name, suggests that those who bear it 
are descended more or less remotely from 
English forebears, and that this family began 
its existence under its present surname south 
of the Cheviots. 

( I ) Duncan Taylor, a native of Scotland, 
removed from Glasgow, Scotland, to Prince 
Edward Island, Canada, where he lived and 
died. His wife, Christena (Murray) Taylor, 
died in 1876, aged over ninety years. Ten 
children, three eldest born in Scotland, among 
whom were : Duncan, Neil, Donald and Will- 
iam, twins ; James, went to California ; John, 
Malcomb, Mary, Alexander. 

(H) Alexander, son of Duncan and Chris- 
tena (Murray) Taylor, was born in Prince 
Edward Island, April 17, 1830, died Novem- 
ber 29, 1878, aged forty-eight years. He was 
educated in the cotnmon schools and left 
Prince Edward Island when a boy of fifteen 
and came to Portland and worked with his 
brother William, who had come before him. 
He learned the trade of shipsmith, and worked 



STATE Ol' MAINE. 



1505 



at this business all his life, was an industrious, 
quiet, exemplary citizen, who set a good ex- 
ample in his daily life. He was inclined to be 
fraternal in his associations with his fellow- 
men, and was a member of Free and Accepted 
Masons lodge, chapter and commandery ; In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and St. An- 
drew's Society and Burns" Sdciety, Scotch .so- 
cieties. 

He married, in Portland, on January 1, 
1856, Mary Frances Harden, born in Dover, 
New Hampshire, January 9, 1830, died in 
Portland, January 21, 1906, aged seventy-six 
years. She was the daughter of Simon and 
Phoebe ( Lougee ) Marden, of Portsmouth. 
New Hampshire. Children: i. Addie I., 
born February 14, !8'7, married Jnhn S. Con- 
ley, of Portland; children: Walter, William, 
Arthur and Marion. 2. William Neil, men- 
tioned at length below. 3. Sarah C, born in 
Portland, November i, 1861 ; married (first) 
Benjamin L. Johnson: child. .Mary F., born 
February 6, 1888: married (second) Samuel 
O. Carruthers, and had one child Ruth, born 
August 25, 1893. 4. Walter M., born March 
3, 1866; married Henrietta Speight, and had 
child, Charles S., born November 24, 1900. 

(HI) William Neil, second child and elder 
of the two sons of Alexander and Mary Fran- 
ces (Marden) Taylor, was linrn in Portland, 
February 17, 1859, graduated from the Port- 
land high school in 1876, and then went with 
the firm of Loring, Short & Harmon to learn 
the stationery trade and the art of blank-book 
making. After a term of two years' service 
there he went west and was in various em- 
ployments for ten years. In 1888 he returned 
to Portland and became a traveling salesman 
for his former employers, and was on the 
road until 1891. He then took a position with 
Randall & ^IcAllister, coal dealers. On the 
death of Mr. Randall, Oakley C. Curtis, Henry 
T. Merrill and William N. Taylor were ap- 
pointed trustees of the estate and managed the 
business. Mr. Taylor is an active supporter 
of the principles of Lincoln and Roosevelt, and 
has long been a party worker. In 1907 he was 
elected to the city council from Ward i. In 
religious affiliations he is a Piaptist. He ha^^ 
membership in the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks, Portland Lodge, No. 188, and 
the Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. and A. M., 
of Portland. 

He married, on June 4, 1890, Maud 
Havens, daughter of John Freeman and El- 
vira Small (Sargent) Randall (see Randall, 
II), and they have one child, Neil Randall, 
born November 5, 1903. 



Thomas Low or Lowe, immigrant 
LOW ancestor, was born and came from 

the island of St. Michaels (an Eng- 
lish possession). He is believed to have been 
the son of Captain John Low, master of the 
ship "Ainbrose" and vice-admiral of the fleet 
that brought over Governor Winthrop's col- 
ony in 1630. The cane and Bible, said to have 
belonged to Captain John Low, have been 
handed down in the families of the Essex 
Lows and are now in the possession of Daniel 
W. Low, of Essex, Massachusetts, a descend- 
ant. The Bible was "Imprinted at London by 
Christopher Barker, Printer to -he Queen's 
most excellent Majestic, dwelling in Pater 
Noster Rowe at the signe of the Tigershead 
.Anno 1579." "The whole Book of Psalms by 
Sternhold Hopkins and others, printed by 
Derye over Aldergate 1578." "Susanna Low 
her book 1677, May 19." "Thomas Low his 
book." Thomas Low came early to America 
and was a resident of Ipswich as early as 1641. 
.According to his deposition made in 1660 he 
was born in 1605. He was a maltster by trade. 
He died September 8, 1677. His will, dated 
April 30, 1677, was proved November 6, 1677. 
His son John succeeded to his business as nnlt- 
ster and carried it on until 1696. Thoinas Low 
married Susanna , who died at Water- 
town, August 19, 1684, aged about eighty-six. 
Children : i. Margaret, born in England, mar- 
ried, April 8, 1657, Daniel Davidson, who was 
afterwards a major-general ; died July 8, 1668. 
2. Thomas, born in England, 1632, died April 
12, 1712. 3. Sarah, born 1637, if deposi;ion 
of father in 1660 is correct, married Joseph 
Safford. 4. John, mentioned below. 

(II) John, son of Thomas Low, was born 
about 1640 in Ipswich. He married, Decem- 
ber 10, 1661, Sarah, daughter of John and 
Elizabeth Thorndike, of Beverly, Massachu- 
setts. He married (second) Dorcas . 

He died intestate, and in 1705-06 Elizabeth, 
Daniel and Joseph Low, declining to admin- 
ister, the son Thorndike was appointed. Chil- 
dren born at Ipswich : i. John, April 24, 1665. 
2. Elizabeth, October 10, 1667. 3. Margaret, 
January 26, 1669. 4. Dorcas, November 3, 
1673. 5. Daniel, about 1675, mentioned be- 
low. 6. Joseph, about 1677. 7. Martha, Sep- 
tember, 1679. 8. Thorndike, about 1680, died 
1750; children : i. Nathaniel; ii. Joseph; iii. 
Sarah, married Abraham Alartin Jr. ; iv. De- 
borah, married Isaac R mdall ; v. Martha ; vi. 
Mary, married Nathaniel Foster ; vii. Eliza- 
beth, married Timothy Bragg Jr.; viii. Dor- 
othv, married Thomas Yorke ; ix. Daughter, 
married Jacob Clarke. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



(III) Daniel, son of John Low, was born 
about 1675, in Ipswich. His uncle, Thomas 
Low Sr., who settled in Gloucester and mar- 
ried Sarah, dau.2:hter of Harlaakenden Sym- 
onds, December 2, 1687, was a grantee with 
his son John Low Jr. and others who bought 
of Harlaakenden Symonds a tract of land 
called Coxhall, now Lyman, Maine, six by 
four miles. Most of the grantees and first 
settlers in this section of York county, Maine, 
were from Ipswich. Thomas and John appear 
to have lived always at Gloucester. Daniel 
Low went to York when a young man ; bought 
land in Wells, Maine, of Henry Maddocks, of 
York, June 19, 1721, and January 29, 1723-24. 
Sarah Low, widow of Thomas (3) Low, son 
of Thomas (2) Low, deeded land in Wells 
to her son, John Low, of Gloucester. There 
is no indication that either Thomas or John 
became permanent residents of Maine. Daniel 
was killed by the Indians at Wells in the 
spring of 1723. His property seems to have 
descended to Job, William, Jeremiah and Eph- 
raim ( i ) , doubtless his sons. Job had a house 
in Wells in 1735 and was an inhabitant and 
proprietor with William in 1726. Jeremiah 
Low may have returned to Ipswich ; his estate 
was divided February 28, 1758, among his 
widow, Elizabeth Low (now Raymond) ; chil- 
dren : Jeremiah, Mary, Lydia, Daniel and 
Jonathan. 

(IV) Job. son of Daniel Low, was born 
about 1700-10. He lived in Wells, Maine, and 
in 1735 appears to be the only one of the fam- 
ily living there. These appear to be his sons : 
I. Jcdediah, mentioned below. 2. John, mer- 
chant, had a ship built by Pelatiah Littlefield 
at Wells in 1792. 3. Jonathan, was soldier in 
the revolution frnm Wells. 4. Ephraim (2). 
born March 14, 1748, married Little- 
field, of Wells : he was a soldier in the revolu- 
tion. 5. Ebenezer, went with Ephraim ( i ) 
and Jedediah to settle in Sanford, Maine; 
Olive, daughter of Ephraim ( i ). born June 28, 
1742, was the first white girl born in Sanford, 
Maine. 

(V) Jedediah, son of Job Low, married 
Mary Stewart, of Wells, Maine. He came 
from Wells to Sanford, during or right after 
the revolution and settled on a farm in what 
is now the lower part of Sanford Village, 
Maine. A year or two previous to 1779, Jede- 
diah Low, taking with him his father, Job 
Low, moved and settled upon a farm about a 
mile north of Springvale Village, Maine, and 
upon it now lays the pond which supplies 
Springvale with water. He was granted this 
farm of one hundred acres from the agents of 



the state of Massachusetts during the revolu- 
tionary war, concerning which there had been 
a famous lawsuit. Alxnit 1785 he sold this 
farm, and, with his family, consisting of six 
children — Jeremiah, Moses, Stephen, Eunice, 
Hannah and Abbie — removed to Shapl^igh, 
Maine. He was a soldier in the revolution in 
the Wells company. Colonel Joshua Bragdon's 
regiment, April 9, 1775, and later in the year 
in Colonel Scammon's regiment (Thirtieth) 
Massachusetts. 

( \T ) Jeremiah, son of Jedediah Low, born 
in Sanford, IMaine, 1779, died in Shapleigh, 
1861. He married .\bigail Ham, by whom he 
had eleven children, and after her death mar- 
ried Patience Abbott, of Ossipee, New Hamp- 
shire. Children of Jeremiah and his wife 
Abigail: i. Thomas, died in 1819, aged nine- 
teen years. 2. Sarah Ann, married Thomas 
Ricker. 3. Hannah, born March 5, 1805, mar- 
ried Simon Wilson ; she died February i, 1882. 
4. Betsey, born September i, 1807, married 
Oliver Trafton ; died August 15. 1882. 5. 
Samuel, born 1809, married Lvdia Rhodes. 6. 
Darling, born 1812, married Phebe Rhodes 
(sister to Lydia); died October 4, 1874. 7. 
Eunice, born 1815, married James Nason ; died 
June I, 1890. 8. Asa, born 181 8, married 
Mary Getchell : resided in Springvale, a prom- 
inent citizen and lawyer. 9. Thomas, born 
1820, mentioned below. 10. Albion, married 
E^lizabeth Southwick. 11. Mary, married Dan- 
iel Brown for her first husband and Henry 
Wiggins for her second, both of Danvers, 
Massachusetts. Of these children Thomas, 
Haimah, Betsey remained in Sha]ileigh ; Eunice 
settled in Alfred ; Sarah in Waterboro ; Asa in 
Springvale, Maine ; Samuel, Darling, Albion 
and Mary settled in Danvers, and are buried 
there, as is Betsey, who went to Danvers many 
years afterwards. 

(\TI) Thomas, son of Jeremiah Low, born 
in Shapleigh. 1820, died in 1875. He mar- 
ried, 1847, Clara, born in Shapleigh, daughter 
of Samuel and Abigail (Trafton) Staples. 
Thomas Low was educated in the public 
schools of his native town, and worked on his 
father's farm during his minority, continuing 
afterward at farming in his native town all 
his life and on the same farm. He was a 
prominent citizen. He was for many years 
on the board of selectmen of the town. In 
politics he was a Republican of much influence 
and high standing. He was a member of the 
Baptist church of Shapleigh. Children: i. 
Abbie C. born November 26, 1858, married 
Closes ^.lorrison. of Springvale. 2. Jerry Al- 
bion, born Februarv 28, 1862, mentioned be- 





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STATE OF MAINE. 



1507 



low. 3. Lilla, born June 22, 1865, married 
Walter Russell, of Alfred, Maine. 4. Leslie 
T., born January 15, 1867, married Eldora 
Hanscome, of Lebanon, Maine ; he is a shoe- 
maker, residing at Whitman, Massachusetts. 

(VIII) Jerry Albion, son of Thomas Low, 
was born in Shapleigh, February 28, 1862. He 
worked on his father's farm from an early 
age until after he came of a.ge. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Shapleigh. In 
1887 he removed to Sanford and entered the 
employ of the Sanford Plush Manufacturing 
Company in the finishing department, and ten 
years later, in 1897, was placed in charge of 
the plush-finisliing department as overseer, and 
has held that postion to the present time. He 
is a Republican; was a selectman in 1894-95 
and again in 1906-07-08. when he was chair- 
man of the board. He has been a director of 
the Sanford Building and Loan Association 
since 1893 ; director of the Sanford Co-opera- 
tive Association since its organization in 1900. 
He is a member of Friendship Lodge of Odd 
Fellows of Springvale ; Morali Encampment 
of Sanford ; and Riverside Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias, Sanford. He attends the Baptist 
church with his family. Mr. Low is interested 
in all movements for the public welfare and 
the improvement of the town in which he lives. 
He is highly esteemed by his townsmen and 
a citizen of much influence for good in the 
community. He married, January 11, 1887, 
Lavinia, born May 10, 1862, daughter of Ste- 
phen P. and Phebe Jane Ham, of Shapleigh. 
Children: i. Elmer L., born June 7, i8yo. 2. 
Llewellyn J., April 29, 1902. 3. Thomas i\I., 
June 10, 1904. 



The family here under considera- 
LOW tion is of Danish extraction, mem- 
bers thereof being men of character 
and action in all that have contributed to the 
welfare of the communities in which they lo- 
cated. The race is an energetic one, and its 
members inclined rather to active than se- 
dentary employment. They are self-reliant 
and accumulate above the average amount of 
substance, this being particularly true of the 
present representative of the family. Frank 
M. Low, one of the leading \-oung business 
men of Portland, whose success is attributable 
to executive ability, business acumen and strict 
integrity. 

John William Low, the first of the family to 
come to the L'nited States, was born in Copen- 
hagen. Denmark, in 1824, son of Balthazar 
and Elizabeth Dorthea Maria Low. He was 
left an orphan at the age of si.x years. He ob- 



tained his education in the schools of his 
native land, and at the age of twenty, being 
ambitious and energetic, he left his home for 
the new v/orld, he having decided that the 
prospects for advancement there were better 
than in the old. After engaging in many busi- 
ness ventures in the south and middle west, he 
finally settled in Portland, Maine, at about the 
age of thirty, and there established a cloth- 
ing store, on a small scale, which line of busi- 
ness he followed throughout the remaining 
years of his life. He was one of the first Dan- 
ish settlers in the city of Portland. Before 
coming to Portland, in the fall of 1845, he 
shipped at Norfolk, X'irginia, as hailing from 
Pennsylvania, as a seaman aboard the "Cy- 
ane," a sloop of war belonging to the United 
States navy, and served three years and three 
months, or through the Mexican war. He 
was made a citizen of the United States in 
New York City, October 12, 1852, under the 
name of William Low. Changed or reaf- 
firmed it in Portland, November 23, 1891, as 
John William Low. He was made a Mason 
in Navigator Lodge, No. 232, New York 
City, May 22, 185 1. He married Jensine An- 
toinette Ibsen, born in Denmark, December 19, 
1830, died September 16, 1907. Children who 
grew to maturity are : John, Soren Frederick, 
George B.. Emma M., William Adolph, Frank 
Mathias, see forward. John W. Low died in 
Portland, February 13, 1904.. 

Frank Mathias, ei.ghth son and youngest 
child of John William and Jensine Antoinette 
(Ibsen) Low, was born in Portland, December 
18, 1872. He attended public schools until 
fifteen years of age, and then entered the em- 
ploy of a local clothing firm to obtain a knowl- 
edge of that business, serving between two 
and three years. In 1890. in partnership with 
an older brother, they established a clothing 
business, which was the foundation for the 
present extensive and profitable business 
known as Frank M. Low & Company, prob- 
ablv the largest of its kind in the state of 
Maine. The partnership above referred to 
was dissolved in 1895, since which time it has 
been conducted by Frank M., under whose 
competent management and administration it 
has increased to such large proportions ; the 
stock consists of a full line of all that is worn 
by men and boys, of different grades of qual- 
ity to suit the requirement of all classes, and 
is known as "The House of High Grade 
Clothing." His successful career as a mer- 
chant has won for him the confidence of his 
fellow citizens, and he was chosen as a direc- 
tor of the Fidelity Trust Company at its in- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



corporation, serving at the present time, and 
also as director of the Portland Board of 
Trade. In Free Masonry he has attained the 
thirty-second degree, and is a member of the 
following named organizations : Ancient 
Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Greenleaf Royal 
Arch Chapter, Portland Council, Royal and 
Select Masters, St. Alban Commandery, 
Knights Templar, the Scottish Rite, and Kora 
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership 
in the following clubs ; Portland, Athletic, 
Yacht and Country. He takes an active part 
in the politics of his native city, giving his al- 
legiance to the Republican party, and his in- 
fluence is always felt on the side of all that 
pertains to the welfare and advancement of 
the varied interests of Portland. Mr. Low 
married, in Portland, July 31, 1899, Anna 
Louise, born May 20, 1876. daughter of Mel- 
ville C. and Abigail Maria Hutchinson, of 
Portland. Children : Frank Mathias Jr., 
born 1900. John Hutchinson, 1902. 



Robert Low was born October 30, 
LOWE 1759, died in North Livermore, 

Maine, January 10, 1849. He was 
a Baptist preacher, lived in Waterville, Maine, 
where his children were born, and from 1821 
to 1838 was a trustee of Waterville College, 
Waterville. subsec|uently known as Colby Uni- 
versity. He married, December 9, 1779. Ju- 
dith Elwell, born March 23, 1759, died in East 
Livermore, Maine. January 26, 1839. Robert 
and Judith (Elwell) Low had nine children 
born as follows: i. Robert. March i, 1781. 

2. Samuel, November 20, 1782. 3. David 
(q. v.), December 23, 1784. 4. Moses, March 

3, 1788. 5. Sally, December 31, 1789. 6. 
Mary, November 7, 1791. 7. Betsey, Septem- 
ber 20. 1793. 8. Sylvania, October 26, 1796. 
9. John, November 17, 1799. 

(H) David, third son of Robert and Judith 
(Elwell) Low, was born in Waterville, Maine, 
December 22,. 1784. He was married to Han- 
nah Sweetser, by whom he had three chil- 
dren: William Granville (q. v.), Josephine, 

Laura. He married as his second wife 

Matthews, by whom he had two children : Ed- 
win and David. 

(HI) William Granville, first child and 
only son of David and Hannah ( Sweetser ) 
Low, was born in Waterville, Maine. His 
children changed the spelling of the name 
from Low to Lowe. He was married to 
Susan Moor, born in St. Albans, Maine, and 
he was a farmer and carpenter in Levant. 
Maine. 



(lY) Perley, 'son of William firanville and 
Susan (Moor) Low, was born in Levant, 
j\Iaine, November 6, 1845. He was brought 
up on his father's farm and attended the dis- 
trict schools. He enlisted in the L'nion army 
in 1864, and was in the First District of Co- 
lumbia Cavalry and later in First Maine Cav- 
alry (Army of the Potomac), .Major-General 
George Crooks; Third lirigade. Colonel 
Charles H. Smith, his regiment being imder 
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan 
P. Cilley and holding the right of the brigade 
in the Appomattox campaign, the cavalry be- 
ing in command of Major-General Philip 
Sheridan. On returning home at the close of 
the war, he taught school in Maine, and in 
1867 removed to Chicago, where he worked 
in lumber yards, which employment led to 
his becoming a member of the firm of Thomp- 
son Brothers & Lowe, lumber dealers, in 1S85. 
The firm became Kelle\-. Lowe & Company in 
1889 and Perley Lowe & Company from 
1893, his partner being William Templeton. 
He was a member of the Lumberman's Ex- 
change of which he was a director, vice-presi- 
dent in 1885 and president in 1886. The of- 
fices of Perlev Lowe & Company are at 1603 
Railway Exchange, Chicago. Illinois, and their 
principal mills at Peshtigo, Wisconsin. He is 
president of Mississippi Lumber Company. 
He had been all his life an active layman of 
the ]\Iethodist Episcopal church, and in Chi- 
cago became especially interested in the Hal- 
stead Street Mission. He served as a lay del- 
egate from the Rock River conference to the 
general conference at Los Angeles, California, 
in 1904. He was made president of Wesley 
Hospital. Chicago, and a trustee of the North- 
western University, Evanston, Illinois. His 
club affiliations included the Westward Ho! 
Club of Chicago. Chicago Golf Club and 
Union League. He was married in 1875 to 
Eliza, daughter of William and Annie Tem- 
pleton, of Glasgow, Scotland, and their chil- 
dren are: Agnes S.. Ella E., .Annie E. and 
Grace J. His home is on Washington Boule- 
vard, Chicago. 



Among the earliest records of 
ELWELL Massachusetts is to be found 

the name of Elwell. and it has 
ever stood for integrity, honesty and stead- 
fastness of ^lurpose. This familv furnished 
soldiers at the time of the revolution, and its 
members, in times of peace, have done their 
part as citizens of colony and state. 

(I) The name of Robert Elwell appears in 
the colony records of Gloucester, Massachu- 




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1509 



setts, in 1635, when he appeared as witness 
concerning the "outrageous conduct" of one 
Thomas Wannerton. No documentary evi- 
dence has been discovered to show his family 
connections, his social standing or even his 
nationality. He was admitted as a freeman 
in 1640, was a member of Salem church in 
1643, and was several times made selectman, 
the first time in 1649. There is a record of his 
buying land in 1642, and by further purchases, 
in addition to grants from the town, he became 
possessed of several lots, among which was 
a neck of land consisting of about thirtv acres, 
on the southeast side of the Harbor, known 
as "Stage Neck." His first residence was at 
the Harbor, but as most of his land was situ- 
ated at the Eastern Point, it is supposed he 
afterwards settled there. The term goodman 
was often given to him and he was worthy of 
this name in the best sense of the word. He 
died in 1683, leaving an estate worth two 
hundred pounds. His first wife, Joane. died 
in 1675; in 1676 he married Alice Leach, a 
widow, who survived him. His children were : 
Samuel, a second child (name unknown) who 
died young, John. Isaac, Josiah, Joseph, Sara 
(born and died in 1651), Sarah, Thomas, Ja- 
cob, Richard and Mary. 

(II) Samuel, the eldest son of Robert El- 
well, was born in 1635-36 and died about 
1697. He married Esther Dutch, who sur- 
vived him, and after his death is described as 
a "poor distressed widow," in consequence of 
sickness and poverty; she died in 1721, aged 
about eighty-two years. Their children were : 
Samuel, Jacob, Robert, Esther, Sarah, Eben- 
ezer, Hannah, Elizabeth and Thomas. 

(HI) Robert (2), son of Samuel and 
Esther (Dutch) Elwell, removed to Maine, 
and thereupon sold his property and rights in 
Gloucester to some of his children. He mar- 
ried, October 12, 1687, Sarah, daughter of 
James Gardner, and their children were : 
Robert, Sarah (died young). Hannah. Samuel, 
Benjamin, Sarah, Joseph, John and Jemimah. 

(iV) Joseph, fourth son of Robert (2) and 
Sarah (Gardner) Elwell, was born August 
II, 1705, in Gloucester, and died at Biddeford, 
Maine. His wife's name and the number of 
his children is not known. 

(V) Benjamin, son of Joseph Elwell, was 
born November 10, 1733, at Biddeford, Maine, 
and died July 4, 1801, at Buxton, Maine. 
With his eldest son John he enlisted in Captain 
Daniel Lane's company in the revolutionary 
war. He married, January 22, 1761, Abigail 
Ingraham. Record is found of only two of 



their children, John, mentioned above, and 
Theodore. 

(\'I) Theodore, son of Benjamin and Abi- 
gail (Ingraham) Elwell, was born September 
2. 1786, at Saco, Maine, and died June 10, 
1843. 2t Buxton, Maine. He married Anna 
Harmon. 

(\'II) Nathaniel H., son of Theodore and 
■\nna (Harmon) Elwell, was born May 23, 
1820, at Buxton, ]Maine. He married Martha 
P. Harmon. 

(VIII) Edward Harmon, son of Nathaniel 
H. and Martha P. (Harmon) Elwell, was 
born November 9, 1845, 3t Buxton, Maine. 
He received his education in the public schools 
and academy of his native town, and prepared 
for college, though he did not enter. He has 
been for more than twenty-five years con- 
nected with the Michigan Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company, being one of the directors of 
that company, and manager of the northwest- 
ern department of said company. He has been 
a resident of Chicago, Illinois, since 1885, and 
is one of that city's representative business 
men. Mr. Elwell belongs to the Union League 
Club and South Shore Country Club, and is a 
member of the order of Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons. He married, February i, 
1882, Nettie L., daughter of George and Mary 
F. (Lunt) Tuttle (see Tuttle, VIII). They 
had two children: i. Russel Tuttle, born Oc- 
tober 20. 1887, prepared for college at the 
Culver Military Academy ; entered Chicago 
Universitv 1906, will graduate 1910: while at 
Culver graduated as commissioned officer and 
stood high in his rank. 2. Grace Edna, born 
October 13. 1889, prepared for college at the 
Stevan School for Girls, and in 1908 entered 
Wellesley College. 



The name of Tuttle was com- 
TUTTLE mon in England for several 

hundred years before first heard 
of in America, and is generally supposed to 
come from the name of a place, "Toot-hill." 
The family here described is of Welsh origin, 
and is first heard of in New Hampshire, re- 
maining there for several generations. 

(I) John Tuttle was in Dover, New Hamp- 
shire, in 1640, his name appearing among the 
citizens who protest against the project of 
Underbill to place Dover under the jurisdic- 
tion of Massachusetts. He died in 1663, leav- 
ing a widow, Dorothy, and three children. One 
child was Elizabeth, who married Captain 
Philip Cromwell, and another was John. 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) and Dor- 



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othy Tuttle, won distinction in civil and mili- 
tary affairs. He filled every public office with- 
in the gift of the citizens of Dover, and in 
1695 was by appointment judge of their maj- 
esties' court of common picas under the ad- 
ministration of Lieutenant-Governor Usher. 
He held the office of selectman, town clerk and 
town treasurer. He was a member of the as- 
sembly, and was one of the six commissioners 
sent from Dover to the convention of 1689. 
He died in 1720. His wife's name was Mary. 
(HI) John (3), second son of John (2) 
and Mary Tuttle, was born in 1671, and was 
killed by Indians, May 17, 1712. He was 
known as "Ensign" Tuttle. He married Ju- 
dith, daughter of Richard and Rose ( Stough- 
ton) Otis. She and her brother. Sir Nicholas 
Stoughton, were the only children of Anthony 
Stoughton, of Stoughton in Surrey, England. 

(IV) Thomas, fourth son of John (3) and 
Judith (Otis) Tuttle, was born March 15, 
1699, and died about 1772. He married Mary 
Brackett, and they had eleven children. She 
died February 28, 1773. They were members 
of the Society of Friends, and most of their 
descendants are of that faith. 

(V) Reuben, son of Thomas and Mary 
(Brackett) Tuttle, was born March 26, 1737. 
He settled in Barrington, New Hampshire, 
and in 1785 removed to Durham, Maine, 
where he died in 1814. He married. May 26, 
1762, Elizabeth, daughter of Tobias and Ju- 
dith (Varney) Hanson, and they had eight 
children, born at Barrington, New Hampshire. 
In revolutionary times he, being a blacksmith 
as well as a farmer, was often called upon by 
the patriots of New Hampshire to use his skill 
to repair the locks of their muskets, to fit 
their bayonets, and to make them swords, and 
this was in direct oppostion to his convictions 
against war, as he was a Quaker. He was so 
annoyed by their demands that he sold out 
such of his possessions as he could not very 
well move, and with his family left on a 
coaster, from which they disembarked at Mast 
Landing. In 1785 he removed to Durham, 
Maine. His wife died January 28, 1828. 
Their children were : Elisha, Judith and six 
others. 

(VI) Elisha, son of Reuben and Elizabeth 
(Hanson) Tuttle, was born September 2-. 
1767, and died December 21, 1854. He mar- 
ried Sarah, daughter of Caleb and Lydia 
(Bishop) Estes, who was born March 4, 1772, 
and they had nine children. She died January 
15, 1857. Their children were: Lydia, To- 
bias, Esther, Thomas, Judith, Phiiena, Pa- 
tience, Sarah and Elias. 



(VII) Thomas (2), son of Elisha and 
Sarah (Estes) Tuttle, married Lydia, daugh- 
ter of Caleb Jones, of Brunswick, Maine, and 
they had four children. 

(VIII) George, the eldest son of Thomas 
(2) and Lydia (Jones) Tuttle, was born Sep- 
tember 18, 1823. He married Mary F. Lunt, 
born February 22, 1828, and they had seven 
children, as follows: i. May Etta, born in 
1858, died March 13, 1866. 2. Nettie L., 
married Edward H. Elwell, February i, 1882. 
(See Elwell, VIII.) 3. Thomas E. 4. Sarah 
J., born October 24. 1862, married Captain M, 
"D. Sprague; she died in 1888. 5. John H., 
born August 20, 1863, married Flora E. Jew- 
ett. 6. Harry W., born April 15, 1866, died 
in 1888, unmarried. 7. Fannie M., born Oc- 
tober 20, 1870, married Edward H. Jenkins. 



It is claimed that all of the older 
CHASE families of this name in New 

England are descended from 
Aquila Chase, one of the early settlers of 
Newbury, Massachusetts, and among the 
founders of Hampton, New Hampshire. Many 
prominent citizens in various parts of the 
nation have borne this name. 

(I) Jacob B., son of James Chase, was 
born August 27, 1829. He resided in New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, where he was en- 
gaged as ship master. He married Hannah 
J. Thurlow, who was born in Newburyport, 
daughter of James Thurlow, of Newburyport. 
They had seven children: i. Joseph. 2. 
Hannah, married John H. Bean, and has three 
children : Fred, Lillian and Alcena. 3. Jacob, 
married Myra Southwick, and they are the 
parents of four children. 4. Sarah, married 
John Bray and has three children : Grace, 
Edward and Joseph. 5. George W., men- 
tioned below. 6. Grace E., married Allan 
McKenzie and has one child, Harold. 7. 
William. 

(II) Dr. George Washington, third son of 
Jacob B. and Hannah J. (Thurlow) Chase, 
was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Au- 
gust 25, 1857. He was educated in the public 
schools, and in 1880 entered upon a course of 
mental therapeutics under the direction of Dr. 
E. J. Noyes, of Boston. He completed his 
course of medical instruction and graduated 
from the IMetaphysical College in 1879, and 
immediately engaged in the practice of mental 
medicine in Newburyport. He followed his 
vocation there until 1883, when he removed 
to Portland, where he has since practiced. He 
is a typical exponent of his school of medicine, 
and has a large clientage. He is a man of 



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1511 



quiet manners, a lover of his home, and a 
member of no secret order or society. The 
excitement of a political campaign has an at- 
traction for him which he likes to indulge, but 
he has never held or aspired to a city office. 
He is a staunch Republican. He married 
Carrie E. Williams, July 5, 1886. She is the 
daughter of Charles and Lydia (Davis) Will- 
iams, of Amesbury, ^Massachusetts. They have 
two children: i. Marion, born July 6, 1888. 
2. Evelyn, March 13, i8gi. 



The following account relative 
SPINXEY to the early history of the 

Spinneys on this side of the 
ocean is based partly upon f.^mily tradition, 
while some of the facts, particularly those con- 
cerning the arrival and settlement of the im- 
migrants, are to be found in existing records. 
James Spinney, a native of Plymouth, Eng- 
land, a young man of wealthy parents and 
therefore possessed of excellent prospects in 
life, accompanied a fishing expedition to the 
Bay of Fundy, and prompted by a spirit of 
independence which was a predominating fea- 
ture of his character, he decided to cast his 
lot with those of his countrymen who had 
preceded him as pioneers in .America. Making 
his way along the coast to Kittery he acquired 
possession of a large tract of wild land, and 
bringing into action a natural capacity for 
enterprise, he erected a sawmill on Sturgess 
creek, thus becoming the pioneer lumber 
manufacturer in that locality. Thomas Spin- 
ney, a brother of James, came to America in 
search of the latter, but being unable to find 
him he at last located himself at Eliot Point, a 
short distance from the scene of James' in- 
dustrial enterprise in Kittery, and ere long the 
brothers were reunited. The Spinneys of 
York county are the posterity of these immi- 
grants. In addition to felling and manufac- 
turing lumber, James Spinney engaged in fish- 
ing, and as fast as he cleared his land of the 
lumber he improved it for agricultural pur- 
poses. He married Mary Gouch and reared 
several children. His brother Thomas became 
a prosperous farmer and landholder, including 
among his possessions a large tract in North 
Berwick, which he divided and sold to good 
advantage. 

(I) Zina H. Spinney, who was born in 
1808, resided in Georgetown, Maine, and died 

there in 1866. He married , and had 

a family of five children: Mary E.. Palmer 
O., David, Alfred O. and Charles S. 

(II) Palmer O., second child of Zina H. 
Spinney, was born in Georgetown, March 18, 



1838. Having made good use of his educa- 
tional opportunities, which were confined solely 
to the public school system then in vogue, he 
taught school for a time and was considered 
an excellent instructor. He was, however, at- 
tracted to the sea. and entering the merchant 
marine service before the mast he worked his 
way aft to the quarterdeck, taking command 
of a vessel while still a young man. He soon 
became tired of battling with the elements, and 
abandoning the sea he was appointed by Presi- 
dent Lincoln keeper of the Sequin light, at 
the mouth of the Kennebec river. With a 
view of bettering his fortunes he relinquished 
that postion, and going to Lewiston took 
charge of two corporation boarding-houses, 
which he carried on for some time. He next 
engaged in the clothing business in that city, 
becoming a member of the firm of Pulverman 
& Spinney, and selling his interest in that con- 
cern some three years later, he purchased a 
farm in Brunswick, where he is now residing. 
He is a charter member of Mechanics' Lodge, 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also 
affiliates with the encampment and the canton, 
all of Lewiston. In politics he acts inde- 
pendently. About the year 1858 he married 
!Marv J. Todd, who was born in Georgetown 
in i8-|0. They were the parents of five chil- 
dren. Annie L., Elvington Palmer, Leon Les- 
lie (who graduated from Bowdoin College in 
1894), Inez P., Alfred. 

(Ill) Elvington Palmer, second child of 
Palmer O. and ]\Iary J. (Todd) Spinney, was 
born in Georgetown, June 30. 1868. He fitted 
for college in the schools of Lewiston and 
Brunswick, took his bachelor's degree at Bow- 
doin with the class of 1890, and as his health 
had become somewhat impaired, at the conclu- 
sion of his college course he went to Wiscon- 
sin to recuperate. During his year's residence 
in the west he taught school, and upon his re- 
turn to his native state devoted a similar pe- 
riod to teaching at the Paris Hill .A.ca<lemv. 
From the latter place he went to Alfred as 
principal of the high school, and taking up the 
study of law while residing in that town he 
was admitted to the bar in January, 1895. In 
the following February he established himself 
in practice at North Berwick, and has ever 
since resided there, making excellent profes- 
sional progress, and in addition to conducting 
a profitable general law business has served as 
attorney for the town for a period of six 
years, also acting in a similar capacity for 
South Berwick. Wells and York. In politics 
he is independent. He is a member of Eagle 
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Columbian Encampment, Canton Columbia 
and Ray of Hope Lodge of Rebeccas, all of 
North Berwick, and also of the local grange. 
At Bowiloin he affiliated with the Alpha Delta 
Phi fraternity. He attends the Free Will Bap- 
tist church. 

October 30, 1895, Mr. Spinney was joined 
in marriage with Grace E., daughter of Caleb 
U. and Susan P. Burbank, of Alfred. They 
have two children. Dorothy B., born Novem- 
ber 6, 1899, and Leon Leslie, born August 19, 
1903. 



The New England Waites have 
WAITE not been an especially prolific 

family, although during the sev- 
enteenth century no less than ten immigrants 
of the surname were settled in the several 
plantations east of the Hudson river previous 
to the year 1665 ; and if we may accept the 
conclusions of students of the history of the 
European branches of the family, the Waites 
and Waytes may be said to be one of the most 
ancient families in England, where it was 
found seated soon after the Norman conquest. 
Then the name appears to have been borne 
only by persons of rank, courtiers and retain- 
ers of the sovereign, princes, knights, and 
others who had won distinction in the wars. 
But in the generations following down 
through the centuries from the time of the 
Conqueror to the early years of the seven- 
teenth century, the surname passed through 
many changes in form of spelling, and those 
bearing it so increased in numbers that they 
became well scattered throughout the kingdom 
and were found in .some parts of W'ales. The 
several chroniclers of Waite family history 
have given us descriptions of its coat-of-arms : 
Argent, chevron gules between three bugle- 
horns stringed sable, but these arms are said 
to have been taken from those entitled to bear 
them on account of the part taken by Thomas 
Wayte, who, in 1649, ^* o"^ of the judges, 
signed the warrant for the execution of 
Charles L, and who himself was brought to 
the scafTold by Charles H. The earliest im- 
migrant ancestors of the Waite surname in 
America were Richard, Boston, 1634, marshal 
of the colony of Massachusetts Bay; Gamaliel, 
brother of Richard, Boston, 1634; Richard, 
Watertown, 1637, ancestor of the family, 
treated in these annals ; Thomas, Portsmouth, 
Rhode Island, 1639; John, Maiden, 1644: 
Alexander, Boston, 1637; Thomas, Ipswich, 
1658: John, Windsor, Connecticut, 1649: Ben- 
jamin, Hatfield, Massachusetts, 1663; George, 
Providence, Rhode Island, 1649. 



(I) Richard Waite, immigrant, born in 
England, 1608, came to New England in 1637, 
and settled in the plantation at W'atertown. 
He is first mentioned in that year, when he be- 
came one of the proprietors of Watertown by 
purchasing all the lands and rights of John 
Doggett, one of the original grantees of the 
town, including six acres in the West Plains, 
on which he built his homestead. His house 
stood at what is now the northwest corner of 
Lexington and Warren streets, Watertown 
In the same year also he received a grant of 
sixty acres, being the fourth lot in the seventh 
division of "Beaver Brook Farm Lands." He 
was made freeman of Watertown in March, 
1637-38, purchased additional lands there in 
1652, and died January 16, 1669, aged about 
si.xty years. He married in 1637, Mary 

, born 1606, died January i, 1678-79. 

Children: i. Stephen, born February, 1637- 
38, died nine days old. 2. John, May 6, 1639 
(see post). 3. Thomas, March 3, 1640-41, 
died January 3, 1722-23. 4. Joseph, 1643, 
died January 3, 1722-23: removed to Worces- 
ter, 1675, ^"d soon afterward to Marlborou'^h. 

(II) John, son of Richard and Mary Waite. 
was born in Watertown, May 6, 1639, and died 
August 24, 1691 : married June 13, 1663-64, 
Mary, daughter of George and Mary Wood- 
ward, of Watertown. She was born August 
12, 1641, died August 23, 1718, in that part of 
the town called Weston. Children: i. John, 
May 26, 1665, died October 12, 1665. 2. Mary, 
October 9, 1666, died November 24, 1690; 
married John Randall. 3. John, December 27, 
1669, died June 24, 1722. 4. Sarah, October 
26, 1672. 5. Amos, June 4, 1679-80 (see 
post). 6. Rebecca, married, 1706, John An- 
derson. 

(III) Amos, son of John and Mary (Wood- 
w^ard) Waite, was born in Watertown, Janu- 
ary 4. 1679-80. He removed to Framingham. 
and had his home in the north part of the 
town. He was constable there in 1728, and 
is mentioned at one time as of Natick. He 
married, in August, 1701, Elizabeth, daughter 
of John Cutting, locksmith, and granddaugh- 
ter of Richard Cutting, wheelwright, of Wa- 
tertown, who came from England in the 
"Elizabeth" in 1634 and settled at Watertown. 
Children: i. Elizabeth, born Jaiuiary 11, 
1701-02; married Moses Parker. 2. Susanna. 
October 20, 1704. 3. Amos, December 7, 
1727; was an alarm soldier of Grafton in Cap- 
tain Samuel \'arrin's company, 1757. 4. 
Ezekiel, September 11, 1710, died Wardsboro. 
\'ermont. 5. John, June 7, 1713 (see post). 
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STATE OT MAINE. 



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(IV) John (2), son of Amos and Elizabeth 
(Cutting) Waite, was born in Framingham, 
Massachusetts, June 7, 1713, and is men- 
tioned as of Framingham in 1757 and 1761, 
and of Worcester in 1764. In Framingham 
he had his home near his father's house. April 
26, 1757, he was enrolleyd in Colonel Joseph 
Buckniinster's regiment. Subsequently he re- 
moved to Mason. New Hampshire, and was 
one of the principal farmers of that town, and 
his name appears on the tax list there as late 
as 1779. He married (first) October 18, 
1739, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Graves. 
She died May 2~. 1796, and he married (sec- 
ond) October 5, 1796, Lucy Farmer. Chil- 
dren: I. Hannah, born in Framingham. July 
16, 1740. 2. Sarah, March 17, 1741. 3. John, 
November 15, 1744 (see post). 4. Daniel. 
May 28, 1748. died at Brandon, \^ermont, 
about 1826. 5. Elizabeth, baptized May 3. 
1752. 6. Ruth, baptized August 30, 1755. 7. 
Martha, baptized August 30. 1755. 

(V) John (3), son of John (2) and Han- 
nah (Graves) Waite, was born in Framing- 
ham, November 15, 1744. He removed to 
Spencer, Massachusetts. 10-1774, and in the 
following year enlisted as a soldier of the revo- 
lution, his service being as follows : Private 
Captain Ebenezer INIason's company of min- 
ute-men in Colonel Jonathan Warren's regi- 
ment, which marched on the Lexington alarm, 
April 19, 1775; service, ten days; private Cap- 
tain Joel Green's company. Colonel Ebenezer 
Leonard's regiment : muster roll dated Ar- 
giist I, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service 
three months five days ; private (Z'aptain Jo- 
siah Waite's company, Lieutenant Colonel 
Benjamin Flagg's division of Samuel Denney's 
Worcester county regiment ; marched August 
21, 1777, discharged August 23, 1777; service 
five days, including two days (forty miles) 
travel from home ; company marched to Had- 
ley on an alarm to the northward. After liv- 
ing for a time in Sutton and Worcester, Mas- 
sachusetts, John Waite removed to Mason, 
New Hampshire, and spent the remaining 
years of his life in that town. He married, in 
Worcester, December 24, 1772, Rachel, daugh- 
ter of Samuel Birch, of Sutton. He married 
(second) October 5, 1796, Lucy Farmer, who 
died at age of one hundred two years. His 
children: i. John. 2. Amos, born Mason, 
July 8, 1785, died Weston, Vermont, August 
25, 1852. 3. Daniel (see post). 4. James. 5. 
Sumner. 6. Sally. 

(VI) Daniel Waite, son of John and Rachel 
(Birch) Waite, was born in Mason, New 
Hampshire, March 16, 1789. and died August 



5, 1855. He was a soldier of the war of 1812- 
15, and held a commission as ensign; and after 
the war was made major-general of militia. 
Previous to the Morgan excitement and dis- 
appearance he was a prominent Mason. He 
married. May 28, 181 5, Cynthia Read, born in 
Rockingham, Vermont, July 29, 1788, died 
July 18, 1880, aged nearly ninety-two years. 
Children: i. Martha Elvira, born Chester, 
Vermont, September 8. 1816; married Janu- 
ary 4, 1841, Franklin C. Spaulding. 2. Otis 
Frederick Read. March 3, 1818 (see post). 3. 
Albert Scripture, born in Chester, April 14, 
1821 ; lawyer; married (first) at Acworth, 
New Hampshire. October 23, 1850, Caroline, 
daughter of Seth Arnold, (second) at Alstead, 
New Hampshire, June 2, 1854. Harriet E., 
daughter of Ahijah Kingsbury. 4. Sarah Au- 
gusta, April 22, 1823, died Boston, May 2, 
1856. 5. Daniel Harkness, born Chester, 1824, 
died April, 1837. 

(\TI) Major Otis Frederick Read Waite, 
son of Daniel and Cynthia (Read) Waite, was 
born in Chester, Windsor county. \'ermont, 
March 3, 1818, learned his trade as practical 
printer in New York city, then returned to 
New England and became foreman in the 
office of the Cheshire Republican, in Keene, 
New Hampshire, continuing in that capacity 
from 1838 to 1847. Here he laid the founda- 
tion of his future career as a successful news- 
paper man, and from the composing room of 
the Rcpublieau went to the higher position of 
editor and publisher of the Spirit of the Times. 
which soon afterward merged with the Amer- 
ican Vietv. Later on he was made associate 
editor of the Springfield Republican, one of 
the leading newspapers of New England, and 
perhaps the very first in point of literarv ex- 
cellence ; and still later he published the Berk- 
shire County Eagle, Pittsfield, ?ilassachusetts. 
In 1854 Mr. W'aite became owner and editor 
of the National Eagle. Claremont, and con- 
tinued its publication five years, until April, 
1859. For four years he was associated editor 
of the American Stock Journal, published in 
New York city, and he also compiled the X'ezc 
Hampshire Register during three vears. 

In course of his newspaper work Mr. ^^'aite 
had acquired an extensive acquaintance 
throughout the state, and in 1856 and 1837 he 
was engrossing clerk in the New Hampshire 
legislature, and state insurance commissioner 
for a term of three years, beginning in 1859. 
In April, 1861, he was appointed by Governor 
Goodwin recruiting officer for Sullivan county. 
New Hampshire, and soon afterward became 
military secretary to the war committee of the 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



governor's council, the duties of which office 
he performed tlirough Governor Berry's ad- 
ministration, and rendered efficient service to 
the state in the organization and equipment of 
regiments and companies and their prompt 
transportation to the front. Thus for many 
years Mr. Waite was a pubHc man in New 
Hampshire, and was regarded as one of the 
best practical newspaper men in the state. Soon 
after the war he was appointed to write and 
compile the work, "Claremont War History," 
following this with his "New Hampshire in 
the Great Rebellion," works which proved of 
much value, and which always have been re- 
garded standard authorities on the subject 
treated. Another of Mr. Waite's contributions 
to current literature of New England is "East- 
man's Standard Coast Guide Book," of which 
he was author, and still another, although 
local in character, is his "Early History of 
Claremont," a virtual reproduction of an ac- 
count read by him at the meeting of the New- 
Hampshire Historical Society in September, 
1891. He was actively and for a long time 
identified with the militia organizations of 
New Hampshire, a member of the famous 
Keene Light Infantry, later its quartermaster, 
and still later, by successive promotions, ad- 
jutant and major of the Twentieth regiment 
of New Hampshire militia. In 1845 he was 
brigade inspector. Originally he was a Whig 
in politics ; became a Free-Soiler, and was an 
original Republican. 

Major Waite married at Keene, New 
Hampshire, September 10, 1843, Mary E. 
Barker, born Auburn, New York, May, 1823, 
daughter of David Barker. Children: i. 
Mary Augusta, born Keene, November 2, 
1844, died November 29, 1844. 2. David Sim- 
mons (see post). 3. Clara Simmons, March 
16, 1848; married April 24, 1872, Luther M. 
Lovell, of Worcester, and had Hiram, Polly, 
Martha and Annie. 4. Ellen E., August 22, 
1849; married, November 25, 1875, Henry 
Sabin, of Boston. 5. Daniel, July 19, 1851 ; 
farmer; married. May 17, 1876, Sarah A. 
White, of Bridgewater, and has one son, David 
S., now of Portland, Maine. 6. Annie Eliza, 
December 22, 1855. 7. Caroline Long, born 
Claremont, New Hampshire, March 8, 1858, 
died May 28, 1858. 

(VIII) David Simmons Waite, son of IMa- 
jor Otis Frederick Read and Mary E. (Bar- 
ker) Waite, was born in 1846, and, like his 
distinguished father, learned the printer's 
trade, completing his apprenticeship when he 
was seventeen years old; hut later on, in 1867, 
after working for a time on the Boston Her- 



ald, and in the employ of Alfred Mudge & 
Son, he turned to mercantile pursuits, and 
three years afterward, in 1870, founded the 
business ever since carried on under the style 
of Bates Street Shirt Company, and which in 
its s])ecial manufactures has grown into one of 
the largest establishments of its kind in all 
New England. The company incorporated in 
1906, with Air. Waite as its president and 
treasurer. He is a director of the Manufac- 
turers' National Bank of Lewistown, a Tem- 
plar Mason, and in many other ways is closely 
identified with the business and social life of 
the city of Lewi,stown. 

On March 30, 1870, Mr. Waite married Jo- 
sephine Louisa, daughter of John Turner 
Stanton, of Norwich, Connecticut. Children : 
I. Parker, born May 27, 1876. 2. John Tur- 
ner, born August 12, 1877; married Inez Gil- 
man, daughter of A. W. Gilman, of New York 
city, and has two daughters, Virginia G. 
Waite, born February 18, 1898, and Josephine 
Louise Waite, born December 25, 1908. 



This name, of which there were 
CARLL not many representatives in the 

early colonial days, appears to be 
of German or Dutch origin. However this 
mav be, there were members of this family in 
Cumberland county, Maine, prior to the revo- 
lution, who showed great bravery in the de- 
fense of the rights of their adopted country. 

(I) Samuel Carll was a resident of Scnr- 
boro, Cumberland county, Maine, where he 
died May 13, 1785. He married Esther 

^ ^i**^ , who died Mav 17, 178s. Thev raised 
a large family. 

(II) Nathaniel, son of Samuel (i) and 
Esther Carll, was born in York, Maine, March 
II, 1747, died January 11, 1828. He served 
as a private in the Continental army during 
the revolution, participating in the battle of 
Bunker Hill. Some of his accoutrements, in- 
cluding his gun and powder-horn, are still in 
the possession of members of the family. Soon 
after the close of the struggle for indepen- 
dence he settled in Waterboro upon a large 
tract of wild land which he cleared for farm 
purposes, and the remainder of his life was 
spent in that town. He was one of the early 
pioneers in that section, and labored indus- 
triously to open and develop its natural ad- 
vantages as an agricultural district. He sup- 
ported the old Whig party in politics. He mar- 
ried, September 12, 1771. Sarah Burbank, born 
in Scarboro, March 10, 1749, died March 29, 
1820. They had seven children. Members of 
the Free Will Baptist church. 







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(III) Samuel (2), fourth child of Ka- 
'thaniel and Sarah (Burbank) Carll, was born 

in Scarboro, October 5, 1781, died in 1866. 
While he was yet an infant his parents re- 
moved to Waterboro. where he was reared to 
farm life and he followed that occupation 
throughout his active years. His natural in- 
telligence and sound judgment in all matters 
relating to public affairs led him into prom- 
inence. He not only served as a member of 
the board of selectmen, but acted as moder- 
ator at town meetings for twenty years in 
succession. In his younger days he united 
with the Whig element in politics, but joined 
the Republican movement at its organization 
and earnestly supported its principles during 
the remainder of his life. He married (first) 
Charity Hamilton and had children: i. Lou- 
ise, widow of Hosea Alerrifield. 2. Mercy, 
married Robert Huntress. 3. Olive, married 
Thomas Goodwin. 4. Nathaniel, married 
Clarissa Smith. 5. Mary, married Rufus Mc- 
Kenney. He married (second) Rhoda Hunt- 
ress, daughter of William Huntress, of Water- 
boro. Their children were: i. Seth S., see 
forward. 2. John S., born August 4, 1822, 
married Susan Roberts, of Waterboro, and 
had children : i. Ada P., married Dr. Walter 
J. Downs, has children : Joseph, Carll S. and 
Grover C. ; ii. Warren R., married Lucy 
Davis, of Massachusetts ; iii. Walter B., twin 
of Warren R.. married Dora Ricker, of Wa- 
terboro, and has children: Irving and Arthur 
C. ; iv. Everett C. ; v. Samuel J. ; vi. Eugene 
H. ; vii. John S. Jr. 3. Harriet C, born Au- 
gust 17, 1824, married Samuel Jameson, of 
Providence, Rhode Island, and has children : 
i. Mary B., married Bart Bragg, of Orange, 
Massachusetts ; ii. Carll S., married Linneth 
Clark, of Orange. Massachusetts, has two chil- 
dren : Ralph and Plorence ; iii. Harry, mar- 
ried Helen Pratt, of Braintree, ^.lassachusetts, 
iv. William C. ; v. Lulu, married Stephen 
Holmes, of Natick, Alassachusetts, and has 
children: Robert, Max and Marjorie. 4. 
Jason L., born July 16, 1826, married Me- 
linda Burnhani. of Waterboro. and has one 
child, Alice, who married Henry Lee, and has 
children : Harry, John and Richard. 5. 
Frances M., born May 27, 1829, married 
George W. Whipple, now deceased. 6. So- 
phronia, born August 11, 1832, married Rufus 
D. Chase, deceased, and has one daughter, 
Fanny. There were three other children. 

(IV) Seth S., eldest child of Samuel and 
Rhoda (Huntress) Carll, was born in Water- 
boro, Maine, January 22, 1820, died November 
19, 1901. He learned the trade of brick- 



laying when a young man and followed this 
occupation from 1841 until 1853. With the 
exception of these years he has always resided 
in Waterboro, and since 1853 has devoted his 
attention to cultivating the farm he owned 
and occupied. He enjoyed a long period of 
prosperity as the result of his untiring energy, 
and was regarded by his fellow townsmen as 
one of the leading and most successful farm- 
ers in the district. Politically he was a Re- 
publican, and as a member of the board of se- 
lectmen rendered much valuable service to the 
town. He married, November 20, 1853, Jo- 
anna Smith Roberts, born in Waterboro, 1837, 
daughter of Benjamin Roberts. Their chil- 
dren were: i. Sidney B., born April 28, 
1855, married, November 27, 1881, Joanna R. 
Thing, of Waterboro, and has children : Elwin 
S., Clarence T. and Arlene. 2. George W., 
born August 7, 1857, married, November 9, 
1886, N. Alice Libby, of Limerick, and has 
children: Francis W., l\Iadge M. and Earl C. 
3. Curtis S., born February 12, 1861, died 
November 17, 1895. He was a very success- 
ful merchant of South Waterboro, was post- 
master and county treasurer for four years, 
and was an intelligent, well conducted young 
man, esteemed and respected by all. He mar- 
ried, December 24, 1884, Jennie P. Sargent, of 
Portland, and left one daughter, Florence S., 
born May 22, 1890. 4. Lizzie E., born May 
15, 1864, married Willis Coffin. 5. Jason S., 
see forward. 6. Rhoda ]\I., born June 3, 1872. 
7. Herbert H.. see forward. 

(V) Jason Seth, fourth son and fifth child 
of Seth S. and Joanna Smith (Roberts) Carll, 
was born in Waterboro, July 7, 1868. He was 
educated in the district schools of his native 
town, and during the whole course of his busi- 
ness life has been associated witli his brother, 
Herbert H. For a time they worked in cul- 
tivating the farm, later owning a farm which 
they sold in 1900 and went into trade. They 
opened a general store in Waterboro Village 
nnd disposed of this in 1903 and bought out 
the grain business of James P. O'Brien, which 
they enlarged considerably and have carried on 
successfully since that time. In addition to 
this they have an extensive canning plant, ad- 
joining the grain mill, in which they can ap- 
ples, corn, baked beans, pumpkin, squashes and 
clam chowder. During the busy season they 
employ forty hands. They are also engaged in 
the lumber trade. They are members of En- 
terprise Lodse. Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows of Waterboro, and of the Grange at 
South Waterboro. They are attendants at 
the Baptist church and are Republican in poli- 



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STATE OF MAIXE. 



tics. Jason S. was town collector in 1893, 
town treasurer in 1894-95, and ajain in 
1906-07. He served as a member of the 
county coinmiltee during the unfinished term 
of his brother. Curtis S., mentioned above, and 
later two full terms. He married, May 24, 
1892, Annie C, daughter of Asa Libby, of 
Limerick, and has had children : Harold C, 
born August, 1894, died at the age of six 
months; Hazel B., May 25, 1896: Crete M., 
September 9, 1900; Belva C, December 24; 
1907. 

(V) Herbert Hobbs, youngest child of Seth' 
S. and Joanna Smith (Roberts) Carll, was 
born in Waterboro, September 14, 1875. For 
details of his career see Jason S. above. He 
married, February 10, 1904, Cora A., daughter 
of Arthur A. Brown, of Deering, Maine, and 
they have children : Wilmer E., born Febru- 
ary 19, 1905, and Marion E., June 24, 1907. 



Thomas Andrew Brewer was 
BREWER born in Boston, Massachusetts, 

June 15, 179,3. settled in the 
district of Maine, and died in Calais, Wash- 
ington county, Maine, September 5, 1861. He 
married, July 23, 1824. Eliza Todd, born in 
Cherryfield, Washington county, Maine, No- 
vember 30, 1796. died in Calais, Maine, in 
March, 186.3. Children, born in Calais: i. 
Thomas Child, April 30, 1825, died September 
17, 1826. 2. George James. November 7, 
1826; enlisted as a private in the First Maine 
Heavy Artillery, Company L, was promoted 
Jime 23, 1864, to second lieutenant and was 
honorably discharged : participated in the bat- 
tles before Petersburg, June 15 to 19, 1864, 
when the Union losses were 9,964 killed, 
wounded and missing; his regiment went into 
the battle 1,200 strong and cTme out with 400 
effective men ; he was twice wounded in the 
arm and chest by gunshots ; after the close of 
the war he was given a position in the post- 
ofiSce department in Washington, where he 
died September 3, 1899; married (first) Hat- 
tie H. Russell, November 21, 1872; she died 
childless, December 15, 1S73; married (sec- 
ond) Laura Finley, who died childless in 1892. 
3. Caroline Augusta. ]\Iay 31, 1828. died June 
26, 1905; married, June 13, 1848, Smith Tink- 
ham. 4. Susan Maria, January i, 1830. mar- 
ried, December 5, 185^, Frederick G. Balkam ; 
two children : .Smith T. and Fred G. Balkam ; 
'Mr. Balknm died April 20, 1858. and Mrs. 
Balkam died December 27, 1896. 5. John 
Stephen, see forward. 6. William Norton. 
John Stephen, son of Thomas Andrew and 



Eliza (Todd) Brewer, was born in Calais, 
Maine, December 12, 1831. He attended tlie» 
public schools at Calais and Robbinston, 
Maine. He was a clerk in a store in 
Robbinston. where he received a thorough 
business training, as it was a general store 
and dealt in all the commodities needed 
in a frontier town. He left Robbinston 
in 1849 to take a clerkshiji in a store 
in Eastport, Maine, and in 1852 located in 
Chicago, Illinois, where he was employed for 
a short time by John H. Kinzie, the second 
white man born in the future city of Chicago, 
who had literally grown up with the place. He 
became connected with the railroad business 
in 1852 in the office of the Galena & Chicago 
Union Railroad Company as assistant secre- 
tary of the corporation and purchasing agent 
for the road, which positions he held for 
twelve years, 1852-64. He was a member of 
the board of trade of Chicago, 1864-68, and in 
1868 established himself in the railway supply 
business and he w^as still in that business in 
1908, with fortv years of earnest work. In 
the prime of his life he was affiliated with the 
leading clubs of Chicago, but relinquished 
club life for the quiet found at home. He was 
instrumental in founding, with the co-opera- 
tion of Mr. W. H. Arnold, the organization 
known as "Sons of Maine" in Chicago ; the 
first meeting for the purpose being called by 
them at the Palmer House in Chicago in 1877, 
and the name first adopted "Sons of Maine" 
was subsequently changed so as to include the 
"Daughters of Maine." iKt the first meeting 
the Hon. Thomas Drummond, United States 
district judge, was elected president and Mr. 
Brewer the first secretary of the society. He 
served as a trustee and treasurer of the Lenity 
Church Society of Chicago for a number of 
years, he having united with the LTiiitarian 
church. His political preference was the Re- 
publican party, but he was not an office seeker 
or a political office holder. He married, De- 
cember II, 1855, Helen Maria, daughter of 
Leonard and Ann Shaw, of Eastport, Maine, 
and their children, all born in Chicago, Illi- 
nois, in the following order, were: i. Frank 
Endicott, born June 15, i860, died March 17, 
1870. 2. Robert Todd, June 13. 1863, mar- 
ried, in 1902, Paula F. Seckel, no children. 3, 
Helen Augusta, February i, 1867, married 
Dr, Randolph Brunson, of Hot Springs, Ar- 
kansas, May 8. 1897, and their children are: 
Catherine and Dorothy (twins) and Francis 
Atherton Brunson. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



1517 



People of this name were very 
SMART early in New Hampshire and 
Maine, but they seem to have been 
much more busily occupied in clearing away the 
forest and developing farms and workshops 
than in recording; their progress. A thorough 
search of the vital records of New Hampshire 
fails to reveal their abiding places or their 
births and deaths. The founder of the family 
in this state was a man of considerable ability 
and prominence, and his descendants, whose 
record of them can be found, seems to have 
partaken of his character and worth. 

John Smart, the ancestor of those in New 
Hampshire bearing the name, was a native of 
the county of Norfolk, England, whence he 
came to Massachusetts in 1635. He was ac- 
companied by his wife and two sons and set- 
tled in Hingham. where he drew a house lot 
in 1635. He soon removed to E.xeter, New 
Hampshire, and received an assignment of 
one acre and twenty-six poles of meadow 
"next the town," from which it would appear 
that he was the owner of cattle or goats. His 
homestead was on the east side of Exeter 
river, in what is now Stratham, but he re- 
moved thence to the northern part of Exeter, 
now Newmarket. His descendants still live 
in that town. He did not sign the "Combina- 
tion" for the government of Exeter, but was 
a public-spirited man and participated in the 
purchase of the Wheelwright house for a par- 
sonage. His name first appears on the town 
books January 16, 1645. On February 3, 
1698, he was chosen by the town meeting as 
a member of the committee for seating the 
people in the meeting-house. 

Robert Smart, probably a descendant of 
John Smart, the immigrant, was (according to 
tradition) a soldier in the French and Indian 
war. enlisting from New Hampshire. 

( I ) Levi Smart, the first of the line here 
to be treated of whom we have information, 
mav have been a son of Robert Smart, as his 
father was a soldier in the French and Indian 
war. Levi Smart settled in Vassalboro, 
Maine, about 1812, was a farmer, and died 
at the age of eighty years. He married a Miss 
Cowen, who bore him five children : Milton, 
Hendrick, see forward; Alfred, Ira and Bet- 
sey. Levi Smart married (second) Olive 

: four children : Lydia, Emily, John 

and Ann. 

(II) Hendrick, second son of Levi Smart, 
was presumably born in Augusta, Maine, and 
died January 7, 1905, in his ninety-fifth year. 
He was a farmer, lived on "Cross Hill" in Au- 
gusta, and for over seventy years resided on 



one farm. He was a deacon in the Freewill 
Baptist church, a Republican in politics, and 
highly respected in the community. He mar- 
ried (first), about 1838, Avis Ross, born in 
Sidney, Maine, died 1854, daughter of Hugh 
and Abigail (Sawtelle) Ross, by whom he had 
five children: i. Laura, died at the age of 
eighteen years. 2. Elvira, married Abner 
Haskell. 3. Orren P., see forward. 4. and 5. 
Alvah and Laura, twins. He married (sec- 
ond) Mrs. Rachel Halloway, nee Merrill, who 
bore him one child, Alice P.; Mrs. Smart died 
in 1858. He married (third) Mrs. Hannah 
(Hicks) Leighton, who bore him one child, 
George; Mrs. Smart died in 1907. 

(Ill) Orren P., son of Hendrick and Avis 
(Ross) Smart, was born in Augusta, Maine, 
September 18, 1844. He was reared on a 
farm, and acquired his education in the com- 
mon schools. On July 31, 1862, he enlisted 
in Company G, Nineteenth Maine Volunteer 
Infantry, and participated in the following 
battles : First and second battles of Fred- 
ericksburg; Chancellorsville ; Gettysburg, 
where he was wounded ; Wilderness ; North 
Anna, where he was wounded, May 29, 1864; 
first and second battles of Hatchers Run ; 
Petersburg; Farmville and High Bridge. He 
received an honorable discharge June 7, 1865. 
After the war he devoted his attention to farm- 
ing for two years, after which he worked at 
the granite business for twenty years, and then 
engaged in the same line of business on his 
own account, continuing for a period of five 
years. In 1891 he received the appointment of 
clerk in the newspaper department of the Au- 
gusta postofifice and now, 1908, is serving in 
the capacity of assistant chief clerk. He has 
served in the city council of Augusta as usher 
and as a special policeman. He is independent 
in politics, voting for the candidate best quali- 
fied for ofiice irrespective of party affiliations. 
He is a member of .Augusta Lodge, A. F. and 
A. M.; Cushnoc Chapter, R. A. M.; Trinity 
Commanderv, K. T. ; Augusta Lodge, B. P. 
O. E.: Seth' Williams Post, No. 13, G. A. R., 
and American Benefit Fraternal Order. He 
married, August 28, 1864, Lydia McFarland, 
born in Augusta, Maine, January 31, 1845, 
daughter of Elijah and Betsey (Dearborn) 
McFarland. Children: i. Edwin P., see for- 
ward. 2. Ernest L., born November 16, i868, 
a woodworker in Augusta. 3. Flora M., born 
February 21. 1876, married Scott Hewins, of 
Augusta. 

Tosiah McFarland, grandfather of Lydia 
(McFarland) Smart, was born October 31, 
1774, presumably in New Hampshire, died 



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March 7, 1833. He married Rebecca Springer, 
born January 9, 1785. died September 25, 
1867. Children: i. Pamelia, born April 28, 
1806, died January 19, 1876. 2. Bradford, 
October 9, 1807. 3. Sarah, August 12, 1809. 
4. Jared. July 25, 181 1. 5. Elijah, see for- 
ward. 6. Deborah, September 15, 1815. 7. 
and 8. Rebecca J. and Alary Ann, twins. 9. 
Stutley, August i, 1821. 10. Amy, October 
17, 1823, died September 17, 1827. 11. Ruel, 
May 7," 1826. 

Elijah, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Spring- 
er) McFarland, was born October 11, 1813, 
died August 30, 1893. He married Betsey 
Dearborn, April 17, 1844; she was born Feb- 
ruary 2, 1824, died July 7, 1894. Children: I. 
Lydia, born January 31, 1845, aforementioned 
as the wife of Orren P. Smart. 2. Elizabeth, 
April 21, 1846. 3. Millard F.. October 9, 
1848. 4. Benjamin F., February 21, 1831. 5. 
Maria J., May 28, 1854. 6. Elijah F., Decem- 
ber 14, 1856. 

(IV) Edwin P., son of Orren P. and Lydia 
(McFarland) Smart, was born in Augusta, 
Maine, April 28, 1866. He was educated in 
the public schools, and after completing his 
studies went into a woodworking shop, where 
he remained for some time. When about 
twenty-one years of age he began learning 
the drug business, and four years later en- 
gaged in business for himself in Augusta, 
with Joe Young, under the firm name of 
Young & Smart, which obtained for fifteen 
months, when Mr. Smart succeeded to the en- 
tire business and continued same for seven 
years. In 1900 he removed to Livermore Falls 
and opened a drug store, which he still con- 
ducts, and which has proved a profitable in- 
vestment. He is a thirty-second degree Ma- 
son, member of Aleppo Shrine, B. P. O. E., 
I. O .0. F., and K. P. He married. July 7, 
1 891, Margaret Isabelle, daughter of John 
and Elizabeth Martin. No children. 



Samuel Cook, immigrant ancestor, 
COOK was of English stock, but came to 

America from Dublin, Ireland, 
with Michael Bacon and John Smith. Alichael 
Bacon is the ancestor of many distinguished 
men and prominent families of New England. 
The three men settled in Dedham, Massachu- 
setts, and were evidently Puritans as well as 
Protestants when they came over. Samuel 
Cook became a proprietor of Dedham, July 6, 
1640. He was a partner of Smith, March 10, 
1639-40. It should be noted that Smith's 
taxes were remitted on account of great losses 
he suffered in Ireland, implying also that his 



companion and partner must have lost also. 
While we find no evidence of his son Daniel, 
the Quaker records at Windham, Maine, es- 
tablish his identity conclusively enough. Little 
else is known of the immigrant. 

(II) Daniel, doubtless son of Samuel Cook, 
was born in Ireland, according to the Quaker 
records, and settled in Dedham, Massachu- 
setts, perhaps after his father had made his 
home there. His family appears at Dover, 
New Hampshire, and he probably went there 
early in life. The W'indham records give us 
the record of but one child, John, mentioned 
below. 

(III) John, son of Daniel Cook, was born 
in Dover, New Hampshire, May 5. 1692. He 
married Lydia , born at Dover, Novem- 
ber 29, 1694. Children, born at Dover: i. 
Marcy, born June 21, 1716. 2. Hezekiah, born 
January i, 1717. 3. Mary, born April i, 
1720. 4. Ebenezer, born April 26, 1723. died 
in the military service in the French war on 
the return from the Cape Breton expedition, 
August 17, 1745. 5. John, born November 6, 
1725. 6. Richard, born December 21, 1727. 
7. Phebe, born March 17, 1729-30. 8. Daniel, 
mentioned below. 

(IV) Daniel (2), son of John Cook, was 
born at Dover, February 22, 1732. There 
were a number of enlistments in the revolu- 
tion credited to Daniel Cook, and some of 
them may belong to this man, though the fam- 
il}- belonged to the .Society of Friends. He 
lived in Dover, and later settled in Windham, 
Maine. He had ten children and one hun- 
dred grandchildren at the time of his death. 
Among his children was John, mentioned be- 
low. 

(V) John (2), son of Daniel (2) Cook, 
was born at Windham or Dover, May 25, 
1765. He was a thrifty and well-to-do farmer, 
and was proud of the fact that his farm 
yielded all the necessary breadstufTs for his 
family, he never having to buy material for 
bread. Once in 1817 he did swap some hack- 
matack knees for barley. He cleared the 
farm now known as the Lewis farm at East 
'/assalborough, Maine. He was a useful and 
honored citizen. He married Sarah Pope, 
born August 23, 1770, daughter of Elijah and 
Phebe (Winslow) Pope. Elijah Pope was 
^orn in Boston, December 23, 1742, and his 
vife in 1733, daughter of Nathan Winslow 
(4). James Winslow (3), father of Nathan 
Winslow, was born in Massachusetts, removed 
from Freetown on Cape Cod to Falmouth, 
now Portland, Maine, in 1728, and was the 
first Ouaker in Falmouth. He was the son of 



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1519 



Job Winslow (2), and grandson of Kenelm 
Winslow, founder of this branch of the Wins- 
low family in America. Kenelm Winslow was 
brother of Governor Edward Winslow, who 
came over nine years earlier on the "May- 
flower" to Plymouth. Kenelm was born at 
Droitwich, England, in 1599, son of Edward 
Winslow, of Droitwich, and grandson of Ken- 
elm Winslow. Kenelm Winslow (3) married, 
in 1634, Eleanor Newton, widow of John 
Adams, of Plymouth; settled in 1641 in 
Marshfield, Massachusetts. John Cook had 
by his wife, Sarah (Pope) Cook, sixteen chil- 
dren: I. Phebe, born in Freeport, July 27, 
1794, died November 20, 1795. 2. Robert, 
born in Freeport, November 4, 1795. died 
March 12, 179 — . 3. Daniel, Iwrn in Freeport. 
September 23, 1796. 4. Elijah, twin of Dan- 
iel, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, born in 
Freeport, January 17, 1799. 6. Robert, born 
in Freeport, May 13, iSoo, died October 20, 
1819. 7. Joseph, born in Freeport, March i, 
1S02. 8. Daniel, born in Vassalborough, Jan- 
uary 7, 1804. 9. Edward, born in Vassal- 
borough, May 25, 1805. 10. John Jr., born 
in \'assaIborough, January 2j, 1807. 11. John 
Jr., born in Vassalborough, August 24, 1808, 
died 1808. 12. Ebenezer, born in \^assilbor- 
ough, July 29, 1810, died Novemljer 24, 181 1. 
13. Marv Ann, born in Vassalborough, April 
25, 1812. 14. Sarah, born December 29, 181 5, 
died 1815. 15. Eliza, born in Vassalborough, 
May 29, 1818. 16. Charity, born in Vassal- 
borough, April 27, 1819. 

(VI) Elijah, son of John (2) Cook, was 
born in Freeport, Maine, Septemlier 23, 1796. 
He removed to Vassalborough with his 
father's family in 1803. He was educated in 
the district schools, and worked on his father's 
farm in his boyhood. He was an apt student 
and became a teacher. He continued, after the 
custom of the school-teachers of his day. to 
farm in summer and teach in winter in towns 
in vicinity of his home. He was for a time 
overseer in the mills of North Vassalborough, 
Maine. He died in Iowa in 1880. He was a 
member of the Society of Friends, as were 'his 
ancestors for many generations before him. 
In politics he was originally a Whig, later a 
Republican. He married Judith Meader, born 
December 31, 1801, died 1875, 'laughter of 
Micajah Meader. One of her ancestors was 
a soldier at Quebec under General Wolfe. 
Children: i. Albert, born February 17, 1827. 
2. Almira, born May 23, 1828. 3. Sarah J., 
born July 11, 1829. 4. Rachel, born March 
25, 1831, died August 12, 1869. 5. John M., 
born June 14, 1834. 6. Elijah Jr., born May 



6, 1839, cl'sd December 29, 1899. 7. George 
Dillwyn, born March 2, 1841, mentioned be- 
low. 8. Edward Hanson, born June 10, 1844, 
graduate of Haverford College in 1868, teach- 
er in the Oak Grove Seminary fifteen years, 
in Oakwood Seminary, Union Springs, New 
York, one year, at the Friends' Institute, East 
Hamburg, Erie county, New York, two years, 
and for seven years was principal of the Oak 
Grove Seminary at Vassalborough. He re- 
signed in 1883 and devoted his attention to his 
fruit orchards. He became an expert in apple 
culture, having fifty acres of apple trees, and 
was engaged in exporting apples for himself 
and neighbors many years ; was one of the 
board of managers of the Oak Grove Sem- 
inary : was representative to the state legisla- 
ture in 1901 : a Republican in politics and a 
Quaker in religion ; member of the Vassal- 
borough Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; mar- 
ried. 186S, Annie L. Hamblin, daughter of 
Zenas Hamblin, of Falmouth, Massachusetts; 
died 1899; children: Edward C, of York, 
Maine: Harriet H., Edith M., Anne E., grad- 
uate of Colby College. 

(VII) Dr. George Dillwyn, son of Elijah 
Cook, was born in Vassalborough, Maine, 
March 2, 1841. He was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of th'at town and at the Maine 
Medical School, graduating from the latter 
institution with the degree of M. D. in the 
class of 1866. After graduating he went west 
to accept an appointment as agencv doctor of 
the United States government in Indian Ter- 
ritory in what is now Oklahoma, and he served 
among the Indians three years, obtaining 
much valuable experience. When he returned 
to his native state he settled in Charleston, 
Maine, and w^as occupied with a general prac- 
tice there until 1892, when he came to Vassal- 
borough, where he is now living, having re- 
tired from active practice. In politics Dr. 
Cook is a Republican, and in 18S8 he was rep- 
resentative to the state legislature from 
Charleston district. In religion he has held to 
the faith of his fathers and is a member of 
the Society of Friends. He is a member of 
the Waterville Clinical Society, and Neguen- 
keag Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons. He married Helen M. Dunning, born 
in Charleston, daughter of Reuben and Lucy 
(Halclen) Dunning. Their only child is Har- 
old Elijah, mentioned below. 

{\TII) Harold Elijah, son of Dr. George 
Dillwyn Cook, was born in Charleston, Maine, 
October 26, 1869. he w^as educated in the 
public schools of his native town, at Charles- 
ton Academy, Higgins Classical Institute, and 



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the University of Maine Law School, wliere 
he graduated in the class of 1900 with the 
degree of LL.B. He was admitted to the 
bar March 8, 1900, and opened an office at 
Waterville, Maine, in partnership with Frank 
J. Small, under the firm name of Cook & 
Small. The firm has established an excellent 
general practice, and the partners stand high 
in their profession. In politics he is a Re- 
publican. In September, 1908, was elected 
judge of probate for Kennebec county, re- 
ceiving the largest vote and the largest ma- 
jority of any candidate on the ticket. He 
is a member of the Protestant Episco- 
pal church of Waterville. He is a mem- 
ber of Neguenkeag Lodge, Free Masons, 
of Vassalborough ; Dulap Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons, China, Maine; St. Omer Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar, of Waterville, and 
of the Waterville Masonic Club. He is past 
district deputy grand master of the Twelfth 
Masonic District, an office he has filled for 
three vears past. He is also a member of the 
Grand Lodge of the state. He is a member of 
the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Cook married, Sep- 
tember 16, 1895, Alberta Fayette Parks, born 
September 4, 1874, at Richmond, New Bruns- 
wick, daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Hay- 
den) Parks. Children: i. Hilliard D„ born 
October 17, 1896. 2. Harold, born July 26, 
1898. 3. Donald Parkhurst, born September 
10, 1908. 

The Cooks not only have the great 
COOK honor of being descended from 

Francis Cook of the "Mayflower," 
and from at least eight others who came on 
that historic vessel, such as Myles Standish, 
John Alden, Priscilla Mullens, Peregrine 
White, but their lines of history show a won- 
derful story of "true and illustrious ances- 
tors." "With the name of Cooke, wherever 
located the wide world over comes a strong 
following of military character. They carried 
arms in the Holy Wars, and the Courtois Col- 
lection gives them as : 'Walter Cok went to 
the Holy Land in 1191. Richard Cok went to 
the HolV Land in 1691." Add to these Will- 
iam Henry Cooke, Recorder of Oxford. Judge 
of County Courts, a Magistrate and Deputy 
Lieutenant of Herefordshire, who wrote three 
volumes of Collections toward the History 
and Antiquities of County Hereford, in con- 
tinuance of Duncombe's 'History' ; also that 
Sir Anthony Cooke, a learned man, was tutor 
of King Richard \T in 1543, and I lead up 
to the natural inheritance of the special gifts 
which the Cookes used for the benefit of Ply- 



mouth Colony. Cook record accumulates with 
great rapidity in England; in 1612 a Cooke 
was Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. Sir 
Richard Cooke Secretary for Foreign afifairs 
in the Cabinet of Charles I, in 1635 ; in 1462 a 
Cooke was Lord Mayor of London, an elec- 
tive postion, all remember, as for eight hun- 
dred years this office was filled by the votes 
of the various powerful guilds. Sir Thomas 
Cook of Worcestershire founded Worcester 
College at Oxford and Sir James Cook 
of Middlesex, to keep up the connection 
with the first comers to our country, was 
Governor of the East India Company. In the 
army, the navy, the church, in literature and 
the learned professions, in politics, in the pul- 
pit, in the mother country it would be asking 
little of them with such a backing to be much 
to the land of their adoption and birth, what- 
ever the demands it might make." 

Francis Cook, of the "Mayflower," was 
born in 1577, and following the unerring 
hand of Providence, fled to Holland with Pas- 
tor Robinson, and for some cause of affinity or 
favoritism became an inmate of his family — 
his personal charge. His wife Hester was one 
of the noblest, most religious and capable 
women of her day. "He was one of the Pil- 
grims who immediately occupied a very im- 
portant place, and while the conviction of his 
importance only dawns upon one as ^le reads 
continuously, the fact exists, his record ac- 
cumulates, and proves that he was behind the 
throne wielding immense influence. Pursuing 
the even tenor of his way, his strength grows 
day by day, until the consciousness comes that 
he is 'guiding the ship of State' with the rare 
judgment of his strong personality. Valuable 
as his record is, it seems so general and wide 
spreading that everything is taken as a matter 
of course, hardly requiring recognition. He 
and his descendants held firm grip on positions 
of weight and trust all through their life in 
Plymouth Colony and in the surrounding 
towns. There is the 'ring of true metal' about 
all the Cookes. They asked no favors, had 
no special pleading for preference in any re- 
spect, but they always drew the 'lucky num- 
ber' in the land divisions. Francis Cooke oc- 
cupied a house on Leyden street adjoining the 
residence of Edward Winslow and Isaac Al- 
lerton, a distinction of propinquity which 
places his social position on record. Had he 
not been acceptable to these magnates there 
would have been some means devised to pre- 
vent or remove his claim. Lentil 1640 this 
Pilgrim's name appears constantly in some 
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Government." Every line of his history that 
we trace causes us to be more and more justly 
proud of a Pilgrim ancestor like this. 

(I) Samuel Cook was probably born in one 
of the strong old towns of Connecticut whither 
some of the best of the people of Plymouth 
Colony removed, the date being October 25, 
1763, and the date of his death in \^ermont 
was October 25, 1838. Traditions in the fam- 
ilv indicate that he removed to Glover or 
Craftsbury, in Vermont, about 1783. Like 
his ancestor Francis, he made a very wise 
choice of lands, and his entire life was devoted 
to farming of a very careful and successful 
kind. He was one of the most public-spirited 
men of his day, and helped greatly in many 
towns beside the one where he dwelt for so 
many years. His wife bore the goodly name 
of Priscilla, and he had four children. 

(II) Calvin, son of Samuel and Priscilla 
Cook, was born in Venuont, March 30, 1787, 
died September 11, 181 8. Although his life 
was such a short one he was a very good 
farmer in Glover and Craftsbury, Vermont. 
His wife was named Amy, and their children 
were: i. Emery, born August 26. 1814. 2. 
Lucy Ann, born in Craftsbury, .A.pri! 20, 1816, 
died April 25, 1864. 3. Fannj', born in Crafts- 
bury, March 16, 1818, died May 8, 1849. 

( HI) Emery, son of Calvin and .'Vmy Cook, 
was born in Craftsbury, Vermont, August 26, 
1814, died in Glover, May 25, 1882. He was 
educated in the common schools, and moved to 
Glover, Vermont, in 1837. He was one of the 
most efficient members of the Methodist Epis- 
copal church, holding all the offices with great 
success, and his work in the Sunday-school 
and the Sunday-school conventions of the 
state was very helpful in manv ways. For 
many years he was an associate judge, being 
appointed to that office by the governor. He 
was a Master Mason, and was at one time 
the worshipful master of the Barton, Ver- 
mont, Lodge. He married (first) Julia Ann 
Reckard, born May 27, 1817, died September 
28, 1839. Married (second) Calista S. Reck- 
ard, a sister of his first wife, and bearing a 
very close resemblance to her in the nobility of 
her christian character. The children of the 
first marriage were: i. Amy Lemira, born 
in Craftsbury, Vermont, October 9, 1837, died 
June 19, 1837. 2. Cnlvin Eleazer, born in 
Craftsbury, Alay 30, 1839, died, in Glover, 
February i, 1865. He was a very worthy and 
active man. and one of the bravest soldiers in 
the civil war, enlisting in Company I of the 
Fifteenth \'ermont Infantrv, and was made a 



corporal after the battle of Gettysburg, in 
which he took a valiant part. Tlie children 
of the second marriage were : 3. Charles Wes- 
ley, born in Craftsbury, Aprif 7, 1843. enlist- 
ing with his half-brother Calvin in the same 
regiment and company, and served in the same 
important engagements. He is a very success- 
ful farmer at Glover. 4. Joseph Henry, born 
in Craftsbury, September 3, 1846, now resides 
at Irasburg, Vermont. 5. Justine Emery, born 
in Craftsbury. October 10, 1848, died March 
II, 1897. 6. Leone Reckard. 7. Edgar Ran- 
dall, born March 30, 1856, is a very successful 
business man in Barton. 8. Katherine Flor- 
ence, born May 6, 1838, married Lyman Bar- 
ber, of Glover. 9. Martha L., born .\pril 2, 
1862, died October 11, 1905; married Cortis 
Woodward. 

(IV) Leone Reckard, son of Emery and 
Calista S. (Reckard) Cook, was born in 
Craftsbury, September 23, 18-3. and is a 
highly esteemed resident of Yarmouthville, 
Maine. He was educated in the public schools 
and in Barton Academy. He worked on his 
father's farm until he was fifteen years old. 
After about a year he became a clerk in a 
drug store in Barton, remaining in that posi- 
tion nine months. For six years he resided in 
Island Pond, Vermont, working three years 
each as clerk for George S. Robinson and 
N. E. Bonney. After this he was clerk for 
si.x months for J. C. Walker, of Mechanic's 
Falls, Maine. In 1877 he removed to Yar- 
mouth and bought out the drug business of 
George E. Thoits, which he has conducted 
ever since. For the past twenty-six years he 
has been town clerk of Yarmouth. He was 
elected to the state legislature on the Demo- 
cratic ticket for the term of 1893-94. Since 
then he has been a very strong Prohibitionist. 
He was chairman of the Yarmouth board of 
selectmen in 1897-98. He is a justice of the 
peace, and has been a trial justice for the past 
four years. He has been for some time a 
very active member of the Baptist church and 
superintendent of its Sunday-school for some 
years. He is the Maine member of the Inter- 
national Sunday-school executive committee, 
president of the Maine Sunday-school .Asso- 
ciation. He is a Free Mason, a member of the 
Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias. 
He was worshipful mister of Casco Lodge for 
two years; high priest of Cumberland Royal 
Arch Chapter two years ; a Knight Templar 
and worthy patron of Eastern Star three 
years. He married, September 8, 1878, Clara 
J., daughter of Joseph Andrew, of Island 



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Pond, and they have had two children: i. 
Edith Lucinda. born Jnlv 30, 1881, died July 
16, igoo. 2. An infant dauo;hter who died 
April 20, 1887. 



William Averill, immigrant 
A\''ERILL ancestor, was born in Eng- 
land. He came to Ipswich, 
Massachusetts, and was an inhabitant as early 
as 1638. He died there in 1653. His will 
was dated June 3, 1652, and proved March 29, 
1652-53. He had one son, William, mentioned 
below. 

(II) William {2), son of William (i) Av- 
erill, was born about 1630, in England or Ips- 
wich. He settled in Topstield, Massachusetts, 
about 1662, and from that time until 1689 
was a protninent citizen there. He was a car- 
penter as well as a farmer. His sons John, 
Nathaniel, Job and Ebenezer were also useful 
and prominent citizens of Topsfield from 
about 1692 to 1727. Children: i. William. 
2. John. 3. Nathaniel, had sons Nathaniel, 
Jacob, Moses and Jeremiah. 4. Job, born 
January i, 1666-67, mentioned below. 5. Han- 
nah, December 18, 1667. 6. Ebenezer, Octo- 
ber 14, 1669. 7. Thomas, December 9, 1672. 
8. Abigail, March 8, 1673-74. 9. Paul, June 
21, 1677. 10. Isaac, November 10, 1680. u. 
Mary. 

(III) Job, son of William (2) Averill, was 
born in Topsfield, January i, 1666-67, mr- 
ried, February i, 1702-03, Susanna Brown. 
Children, born at Topsfield: i. Job, August 
II, 1707. 2. Judith, May i, 1710. 3. Israel, 
April 21, 1713. 4. Keziah, May 6, 1715.^ 5. 
Samuel, June 7, 1720. 6. Susanna, baptized 
September, 1722. 7. Stephen. 8. Joseph, men- 
tioned below. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Job Averill, was born 
at Topsfield. The history of Kennebunkport 
is authority for the statement that Job and 
Samuel, who were born as stated in Topsfield, 
came with their brothers Stephen and Joseph 
to Kennebunkport (Arundel) soon after the 
resettlement of 1714. They came from Kittery, 
but as there is no trace of them on the Kittery 
records, we believe that they must have been 
from Topsfield shortly before settling in Kenne- 
bunkport. Of these brothers, Job left no chil- 
dren ; Samuel was cast away on Mount Desert 
Island and drowned in 1747: married Ruth 
Watson ; children : Ruth, married James 
Huff ; Eunice, married Jesse Dorman ; Mary, 
married Joseph Bickford ; Samuel left no sons. 
Stephen seems to have left no sons ; children : 
Phebe, married Nicholas Weeks: Rebecca; 
Sarah, married Maddox ; Samuel, die 1 



young ; Son died. Joseph Averill married 
Jane McClellan ; seven of their children died 
of throat distemper in 1735. The surviving 
children were: i. Joseph, mentioned below. 
2. Jane, married Hugh McClellan. 3. Mar- 
garet, married Hodge. 4. Molly, mar- 
ried Clark. 

(\') Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Averill, 
was born about 1735-40. He married Jane 
McLellan. Children, born at Kennebunkport: 

1. Shadrach, married Hannah Smith. 2. 
Sarah, married David Boothby. 3. Joseph, 
married (first) Mary Stone; (second) Martha 
Tyler and (third) Polly Haley. 4. Samuel, 
lost at sea. 5. Stephen (non. comp. ). 6. 
William, married (first) Susan Boothby; (sec- 
ond) Mary Weeks. 7. Hannah, married Eb- 
enezer Hufif. 8. John, married Catherine 
Kimball. 

(VT) Moses, son or nephew of Joseph (2) 
Averill, was an earlv settler at what is now 
Old Town. Maine. He was the foremost citi- 
zen of the town of Orono, being for many years 
town clerk and sole selectman. He was with 
Richard Winslow on the first board of select- 
men in 1806 and served as selectman for six- 
teen years or more afterward. He was town 
clerk for ten years. He was one of the first 
justices of the peace of that section. He came 
to the Upper Stillwater with his father in 

181 7, and took a lot under the betterment act 
and built a house which was owned later by 
General Joseph Treat. The lot was known as 
Settlers Lot No. 26. He built a sawmill on 
the outside of the Dry Way on the head of the 
island, and though it was abandoned as early 
as 1825, the site of the structure is still to be 
found by the old mudsills, etc. He married 
. Among his children was Moses, men- 
tioned below. 

(ATI) Moses (2), son of Moses (i) Aver- 
ill, was born October 31, 1776, in Old Town, 
Maine, died January 3, 1862. He settled in 
Stillwater. He married (first) Margaret 
Lunt, May 18, 1804; she was born ^larch 19. 
1786. died December 28. 1834. Married (sec- 
ond) Mary Trask, October 25, 1S42; she was 
born .August 17, 1815, died January 28, 1859. 

Married (third) Averill. Childre i of 

first wife. i. Robert, born August 7, 1805. 

2. Harriet, December 12, 1806. 3. Seth, No- 
vember 14. 1808. 4. Abigail, April 12, 181 1. 
5. Hannah, March 3, 1813. 6. William, No- 
vember 5, 1814. 7. Maria, November 19, 

1818. 8. Luther H., November i, 1822. 9. 
Moses L., Tulv 31, 1825. 

(\TII) Moses^ L.. son of Moses (2) Av- 
erill. was born in Stillwater. July 31, 1825, 



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died in February, 1894, in Old Town. He 
was educated in the district schools. In his 
youth he learned the" art of photography and 
for some years followed that business. For 
several years he was station agent at Monson 
Station for the P.an,^or & Piscataquis Railroad 
Company. He finally took up lumber and sur- 
veying- for his profession and followed it dur- 
ing the remainder of his life. In politics he 
was a Republican. He married Albra E. 
Gatchell, born in Old Town in 1841, now Hv- 
ing (iqoS) in Old Town, daughter of David 
Gatchell. Children: i. Albra E., born 1861. 

2. Frank L., April 16, 1865, mentioned below. 

3. Gertrude E., March 7, 1867, in Old Town, 
educated in the common and Old Town high 
schools. She was for sixteen years teacher 
in the Old Town schools and is now assistant 
postmaster of Old Town, Maine. 

(IX) Frank Lincoln, son of Moses L. Av- 
erill, was born in Old Town, iMaine, April 16, 
1865, and was educated there in the public 
schools. He chose a commercial life and be- 
gan as clerk in a grocery store in his native 
town. He was then for fifteen years a sales- 
man in a retail shoe store of Old Town. He 
became interested in politics when a young 
man and has been active and prominent in the 
councils of the Republican party to the present 
time. He has been chosen delegate to various 
nominating conventions of his party and 
served on various committees. He was city 
treasurer for four years, and was appointed 
to his present position as postmaster of the 
citv of Old Town in 1903, reappointed in 
1907. IMr. Averill is unmarried. 



a Freeman of Cape Neddick, Maine. The 
children of John and Mary were : John ; Wil- 
son Eastman ; Ann, married Jenkins, 

and died in Scotland, Maine ; Justus ; Abbie, 
married — — — Norton ; Almira, married 
Laury, and died in Portsmouth, New 



James Averill married Dor- 
A\''ERILL othy Eastman. They had sev- 
eral children, among whom 
were two sons, John and Samuel. Samuel 
married Hannah Winn and had Sarah, who 
married Ivory Winn, of Methuen, Massachu- 
setts ; Philander, of Lawrence, Massachusetts ; 
and Lucy, who married Taylor, of Me- 
thuen. 

(II) John, eldest son of James and Dor- 
othy (Eastman) Averill, was a blacksmith. 
He owned land in York. Maine. He married 
Marv, daughter of George and Polly Moulton, 
of Wells, Maine, who was born May 18, 1810. 
The Moultons were from Ormsley county, 
Norfolk, England. Her brother, William 
Moulton, was a ship-builder of that town, and 
another brother, Justus, who died at Vineland, 
New Jersey, was evidently prosperous, as he 
left a legacy to the church of $40,000. Mrs. 
Averill had also a sister Maria, who married 



Hampshire; Benjamin; Joseph B. 

(HI) Joseph B., youngest son of John and 
Mary (Moulton) Averill, was born at Cape 
Neddick, Maine, October, 1841. He followed 
the business of his father, that of blacksmith. 
He married, 1871-72, Luella Frances, daugh- 
ter of Tracy P. and Ellen (Wallingford) 
Wales, of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, 
who was born 1852-53. Her father was a 
skilled machinist and in later years he followed 
the sea in some such capacity. When about 
fifty years of age he died of yellow fever at 
Liverpool, England. His wife, Ellen, was the 
daughter of Joshua Wallingford, of Lebanon, 
Maine, who had several sons and daughters 
residing there : Lewis. John, Hiram, Daniel, 
Salome. Mary, Hannah and Sarah Walling- 
ford. The children of Joseph B. and Luella 
F. Averill were: Frederic Benjamin, born 
May 31, 1872, and Everett John, April 5, 1874. 

(IV) Frederic Benjamin, eldest son of Jo- 
seph B. and Luella F. (Wales) Averill, was 
born at Somersworth, New Hampshire, ^lay 
31, 1872. His early education was commenced 
at the public schools of Berwick, Maine, and 
Dover, New Hampshire, ?nd later he attended 
the New Hampshire Conference Seminary at 
Tilton, New Hampshire, and Maine Wesleyan 
Seminary, Kent's Hill, Maine. In 1893 he 
engaged in the printing busine-s and in 1898 
purchased the business of James H. Goodall; 
in May, 1899, he purchased the Sanford 
Tyibnnc of George W. Hul¥, consolidating all 
three and extending to a large job-printing 
and book business. Mr. Averill in politics is a 
Republican and has served as town auditor for 
two years. He is a member of the Sanford 
Club and Sanford Social Club, and is also a 
member of the following secret societies : Pre- 
ble Lodge, No. 143, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted jMasons, of Sanford, Maine; White 
Rose Royal Arch Chapter, Sanford, Maine; 
Maine Council of Saco, Maine; St. Amand 
Commandery, Knights Templar, of Kenne- 
bunk, IMaine ; Kora Temple, Mystic Shrine, of 
Lewiston, Maine; Chapter No. 138, Order 
Eastern Star, Sanford, IMaine ; Friendship 
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
Springvale, Maine ; Moreh Encampment, No. 
57, Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Riv- 
erside Lodge, No. 12, Knights of Pythias, 
Sanford ; Sagamore Tribe, No. 33, Indepen- 



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dent Order of Red Men, Sanford ; Harmony 
Council, Junior Order United American Me- 
chanics, Sanford (he was also state treasurer 
of this organization) ; American Royal Circle, 
Augusta, of which he is a state trustee. Mr. 
Averill married (first), September 19, 1894, 
at Sanford, Ida May Lord, born in North 
Shapleigh, Maine, July 4, 1878, died at San- 
ford, May 9, 1903. He married (second), De- 
cember 26, 1904, Lilla Frances, daughter of 
Lewis Franklin and Lucy Merrow (Hull) 
Hayden, who was horn in River Falls, Wis- 
consin, July 7, 1885. Her father served as 
drummer-boy in the civil war : he was a mer- 
chant and died at Appleton, Wisconsin, July 
27, 1895; he was born in Monroe, Wisconsin, 
but his wife, Lucy Merrow (Hull) Hayden, 
was a native of Shapleigh, Maine. The two 
children of Frederic B. and Lilla F. Averill 
are: Ida Frances, born April 16, 1906, and 
Olive Dorothy, July 31, 1907. 



Deacon William White, immi- 
WHITE grant ancestor, was born in Eng- 
land in 1687. His father was a 
glover, and removed from England to Lon- 
donderry, Ireland, when William was an in- 
fant. He was wounded in the siege of that 
city in 1668-69. William White came early 
to Londonderry, New Hampshire, and settleil 
on the Double Range. In 1733 he removed to 
Chester, and settled on houselot No. 126, 
where Joseph Webster resided. He was a 
signer of the Presbyterian Protest, March 28, 
1735. He was a linen weaver by trade. His 
first wife died in Ireland, and he married 
(second) Jane, daughter of Robert Graham. 
Children of first wife: I. Henry, resided in 
Litchfield, New Hampshire; was a mariner 
and died at Halifax in 1755. 2. James, a 
mariner; unmarried. 3. Jane, married Patrick 
White and resided at Peterborough. Children 
of second wife : 4. Robert, resided at GofTs- 
town and New Boston. 5. David, married 
(first) Mary, daughter of Robert Gordon; 
(second) ]\Iary, daughter of Patrick Melvin ; 
resided in lot 71, "second P. 2nd. D." ; died 
1776; widow married Stephen Merrill and 
died July, 1833. 6. Thomas (twin), born 
March 4, 1740, in Chester, died unmarried. 
7. William (twin), mentioned below. 

(II) Colonel William (2), son of Deacon 
William ( i ) White, was born in Chester, 
March 4, 1740-41, died November 9, 1829. He 
resided on the homestead in Chester. He was 
in the revolution, serving as major in 1775; 
lieutenant-colonel in 1784; muster master in 
1777-78. He was justice of the peace in 1791 



and senator for District 3 in 1806-07-08. He 
married Mary, daughter of Robert Mills, Jan- 
uary 24, 1764. She died December 24, 1780, 
aged forty-three years, and he married (sec- 
ond), September 17, 1782, Elizabeth Mitchell, 
who died April 3, 1832, aged seventy-one 
years. Children of first wife: i. Jane. 2. 
Jonathan. 3. Susannah, born 1768, married, 
in 1790, Jonathan Quimby. 4. Robert, born 
1770, mentioned below. 5. Mary. 6. Eliza- 
beth. 7. Ann. Children of second wife: 8. 
William, born 1783, graduate of Dartmouth 
College in 1806; lawyer by profession. 9. 
Jonathan, born 1785. 10. Thomas, died un- 
married in 1830. II. Sarah, born June, 1790, 
died 1825. 12. James, born September 2,, 
1792, graduate of Dartmouth; lawyer. All 
the preceding children but Sarah went to 
Maine. 13. David M., born 1795, died in 
Chester. 14. Olive, born 1798, died July 22,. 
1826. 15. Lavinia, born 1800, died unmar- 
ried July 10, 1836, 16. Benjamin, born Au- 
gust 24, 1807, resided in Ballard Vale, I\Ias- 
sachusetts. 

(III) Robert, son of Colonel William (2) 
White, was born in Chester in 1770 and died 
in Belfast, Maine, July 30, 1840. He removed 
to Belfast in 1797 and bought a farm, on 
which there was a log house, in which he 
lived. In 1803 he erected a two-story house, 
which is still standing. At one time all his 
seven children resided with their families on 
the same street. He was a farmer. He mar- 
ried Susanna Patterson, born July 25, 1781, 
died April 11, 1867, daughter of James Pat- 
terson, of Belfast, I\Iaine. Children: i. Hon. 
James P., born in the log house in Belfast. 
2. Starritt, died young. 3. William Bloom- 
field. 4. Robert Jr., mentioned below. 5. 
John W. 6. George F. 7. Maria. 8. Ann. 
9. Susan. 

(IV) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) 
White, was born in Belfast, Maine, in 1807, 
died December 31, 1866. He received his 
education in the public schools of his native 
town. He became a trader and owned a gen- 
eral store at Belfast. He extended his busi- 
ness to ship-building in partnership with his 
brothers and Mr. Conner, under the firm 
name of White, Conner & Company, .\fter 
the death of Mr. Conner the name became 
White. McGilvrey & Company. Mr. White 
became a man of large means and much in- 
fluence in the community. He was one of 
the founders of the Republican Journal of 
Belfast. He was a Democrat in politics and 
prominent in public life as well as in business 
circles.- He was register of deeds from 1847 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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to 1857 and county treasurer at the same time. 
He was a member of Waldo Lodge, Odd Fel- 
lows, Belfast. He married (first) Lois Loth- 
rop, of Searsmont, born 1810, died 1842. He 
married (second) Eliza Simnnton, born in 
Camden, ]\Iaine, dautjhter of William and 
Elizabeth Simonton. Children of first wife : 
I. Augustus, unmarried. 2. Ansel L., born 
Tune 26, 1835. mentioned below. Children of 
second wife : 3. R. Frank, married Lizzie 
Sheldon; (second) Kate Armstrong; resides 
in Los Angeles, California ; merchant. 4. 
Frances E. (Mrs. Henry Norrington), of Bay 
City. Michigan. 5. Ellen (Mrs. John Mul- 
holiand). Bay City, Michigan. 6. Henry P., 
married Grace A. Gould; Farmington, Maine; 
merchant. 

(V) Major Ansel Lothrop, son of Robert 
(2) White, was born in Belfast, Maine, June 
26, 1835. He attended the public schoois in 
his native town, and began his business career 
there as clerk in the general store of Daniel 
Faunce. where he worked four years, then 
went to Boston as clerk in a wholesale hard- 
ware store for six years. He returned to Bel- 
fast to enlist in the civil war and was mustered 
in as private in Company D, of the Nineteenth 
Maine Regiment, August 23, 1862; he was 
mustered out May 3, 1865. He rose through 
the various grades ; commissioned officer to 
that of second lieutenant of Company D, No- 
vember 2, 1862; first lieutenant Company B, 
Janvary 22. 1864; captain Company F, Octo- 
ber 22, 1864 ; brevetted major United States 
Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and 
meritorious services." Served as aide to 
General Sully and other commanders. Ord- 
nance officer Second Division, Second Corps 
(Hancocks). From .August, 1862, he was in 
all the important battles of the Armv of the 
Potomac, in which the Nineteenth bore a gal- 
lant part, including Fredericksburg, Chancel- 
lorsville, Gettysburg, where he was injured 
by his horse falling on him, killed by a shot, 
the Wilderness, Petersburg, Appomattox, 
Lee's surrender, and the Grand Review at 
Washington. After the war Major White en- 
gaged in the drv goods business in New York 
City from 1866 to 1873. He bought an in- 
terest in a dry goods store in Belfast, Alaine, 
in 1873, and continued it four years. In 1877 
he again returned to New York and embarked 
in the ship-chandlery business, continuing with 
great success until he retired in 1902 from all 
active business. He spent a vear in Cal- 
ifornia for his health, and since then has di- 
vided his time between Belfast and New York. 
He is a member of the Loyal Legion, Com- 



mandery of New York, and of the Association 
of the Army of the Potomac. 

He married, November 24, 1869, Mary Al- 
den, daughter of Hiram O. and Emily (Bing- 
ham) Alden, of Belfast. Her father was born 
in Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1800, died 
in Belfast, 1882, a lawyer by profession, part- 
ner of Governor Crosby, son of Joseph Alden, 
a native of New Hampshire. Emily Bingham 
was born in Claremont, 1804, and died in Bel- 
fast, 1871. Children of Joseph and Lucy 
( Warner) Alden ; Hiram O., mentioned above ; 
Emily, Esther. Joseph, Lucy, Louisa, Caro- 
line, James. The Aldens were descendants of 
John and Priscilla Alden who came in the 
"Mayflower" in 1620. Child of Ansel L. and 
Mary (Alden) White: Emily Bingham, born 
at Belfast, 1872, died in New York City in 
1880. 



The \\'hite family of whom this 
WHITE sketch is written are of French 
ancestry. The pioneer anglicized 
his name after coming to ;\merica. 

(I) Charles White was born in France 
about 1790. He settled in Canada. Children: 
Joseph, Levi, Mary, Benjamin, Peter, men- 
tioned below. 

(II) Peter, son of Charles White, born in 
Canada in 1819, died in Millbury, August 11, 
1882. He removed to Millbury from his 
Canadian home when a young man. He was 
a tanner and stone mason by trade. He mar- 
ried, about 1839, Victoria Tebo, daughter of 
Francis Tebo, of St. Hyacinthe, Canada. 
Children : David, Nelson, Oliver, born March 
27, 1847 ; Joseph, Peter, Mary, born April 27, 
1849; Frank L., born October, 1852, men- 
tioned below ; Zebedee, Edward, James, Celia, 
Alfred Nathan, Ellen, William. 

(HI) Frank Levi, son of Peter White, was 
born in ]\Iillbury, Massachusetts, October 25, 
1852. He attended the public schools of Mill- 
bury, and though he began to work in the 
mills at an early age he continued his studies 
at night and acquired an excellent rudimentary 
education. He is largely self-educated, and 
the habits of study and industry formed in 
his youth in large measure account for his 
success and for his usefulness in his present 
position. He came to Saco, Maine, from Mill- 
bury, in July, 1876, and was employed in the 
York mills of Saco and became an expert 
dyer. In 1892 he took charge of the dye 
house of the Otis Company at Three Rivers, 
Palmer, Massachusetts. In February, 1896, 
he returned to Saco and took charge of the 
dye house of the York Manufacturing Com- 



1526 



STATE OF MAINE. 



pany, a position which he still holds, and in 
which he has achieved a marked success. Mr. 
White is a Republican in politics. He is a 
member of Saco Lodge of Free Masons and 
of Unity Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Saco. 
He married (first), February 3, 1873, Delia 
Gcrmaine, who died June 14, 1900, daughter 
of Frank Germaine, of St. Albans, Vermont. 
He married (second) September 16, 1901, 
Mary Louise (Germaine) Bursaw, daughter 
of Frank Germaine and sister of his first wife. 
Children of first wife: i. Mary Louise, born 
January 13, 1876, married Rev. Herbert A. 
Barker, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 2. 
Wilfred Henry, born November 13, 1877, re- 
sides in Charlotte, North Carolina. 3. Charles 
Edward, born June 19, 1879, now of Atlanta, 
Georgia. 4. Ida Estelle, born June 21, 1882, 
a trained nurse, residing in Waltham, Massa- 
chusetts. 



This is one of New Eng- 
HUTCHINSON land's celebrated, as well 

as world-wide known 
families. It produced the great family stock 
of Hutchinsons known as the "Tribes of Jesse 
and Asa," whose rare musical talent was for 
half a century appreciated by lovers of vocal 
music in nearly all the large towns and cities 
of this country and ir many lands beyond the 
sea. During the days of the agitation of the 
anti-slavery question, a large troupe made up 
entirely frnni members of the Hutchinson fam- 
ily accompanied such gifted advocates of abo- 
lition as Wendell Phillips and Joshua R. Gid- 
dings throughout the northern states singing 
anti-slave songs. The moral sentiment they 
created had a potent effect on the people and 
doubtless hastened tlie day of emancipation. 
Many people of the last generation and some 
of the present have been thrilled by hearing 
them sing one of the songs of their own com- 
position, "The Old Granite State," the echoes 
of which have been sounded in every state in 
the Union. 

(I) The New England branch of the 
Hutchinson family had for their common an- 
cestor Barnard Hutchinson, of Cowlam, Eng- 
land, who lived in the twelfth century, during 
the reign of King Edward I. He married a 
daughter of John Boyville. of England, and 
they were the parents of three children : John, 
Robert and Mary. 

(II) John, son of Barnard Hutchinson and 
wife, married Edith W'ouldbie, by whom four 
children were born as follows : James, Bar- 
bara, Julia and Margaret. 

(III) James, son of John and Edith 



(Wouldbie) Hutchinson, married Ursula 
Gregory and they reared to maturity W^illiam, 
John, Barbara and Eleanor. 

(IV) William, eldest child of James and 
Ursula (Gregory) Hutchinson, married Anna, 
daughter of William Bennett, of Theckley, 
and their children were : Anthony, Oliver, 
Mary and Alice. 

(V) Anthony, eldest child of W^illiam and 
Anna (Bennett) Hutchinson, married (first) 
Judith Crosland; (second) a daughter of 
Robert Harvie and wife. By this union the 
following children were born : W^illiam, Thom- 
as, John, Richard, Leonard, Edward, Francis 
and Andrew. 

(\T) Thomas, second son of Anthony 
Flutchinson and his second wife, married and 
became the father of three children : William, 
John and Lawrence. 

(\TI) Lawrence, youngest child of Thom- 
as Hutchinson and wife, of Owlthorpe, was 
living in 15 17, when his will was dated. He 
left five children : Root, Thomas, Agnes, 
Richard and William. 

(\TII) Thomas (2), second son of Law- 
rence Hutchinson and wife, resided at New- 
ark, England, and died 1598, leaving children: 
William, Thomas and Joan. 

(IX) Thomas (3), second son of Thomas 
(2) Hutchinson and wife, was buried at Ar- 
nold, England, August 17, 1648. The chris- 
tian name of his wife was Alice, who bore 
him seven children : John, Isabell, Humphret, 
Edith, Robert, Richard and Thomas. This 
brings the genealogical line down to the set- 
tlement of the family in New England. 

(X) Richard, sixth child of Thomas (3^ 
and Alice Hutchinson, of Arnold, England, 
was born in England, 1602, as is shown by a 
deposition on file in Essex county, Massachu- 
setts, at Salem, wherein he stated his age to 
be at that date fifty-eight years. He emi- 
grated to America in 1634, with his wife Alice 
and four children, settling in the village of 
Salem (Danvers) near Hawthorne Hill. It 
is believed that he had for a time resided in 
Salem proper. A record shows that "July 25, 
1639, one Dickerson was granted four poles 
of land neere Richard Hutchinson's house, to 
make tan pitts and dress goat skinnes and 
hides." In 1636 Mr. Hutchinson received a 
grant of land containing sixty acres from the 
town and soon afterwards twenty acres addi- 
tional. He was appointed a committee to sur- 
vey what is now Alauchester. April 17, 1637, 
it was voted that, "if Rich Hucheson shall 
sett up ploughing within two years, he may 
have twenty acres more land.*' This grew 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1527 



out of the fact that the colony needed more 
plow land, and as there were but thirty-seven 
plows in the settlement, and Hutchinson pos- 
sessed another, this gift was thought wise. 
He was a thorough agriculturist, and in time 
amassed a large landed estate. He was a 
strict church disciplinarian, and a man of great 
physical endurance. After the death of. his 
first wife he married, October, 1668, Susannah, 
widow of Samuel Archard, who died Novem- 
ber, 1674, after which he married Sarah, widow 
of James Standish. His third marriage oc- 
curred when he was about seventy-nine years 
of age. His will was signed January 19, 1679, 
and proved September 28, 1682. His widow 
survived him several years and married for 
her third husband Thomas Root, of Manches- 
ter, and was living in 1683. Richard Hutchin- 
son, the American progenitor, was the father 
of six children : Elizabeth, Reuben, Joseph, 
Abigail, Hannah and John. 

(XI) Joseph, third child of Richard and 
Alice Hutchinson, was born 1633, at North 
Muskham, England, and lived on the old 
homestead, acquiring most of the property by 
gift-deed from his father. May 10, 1666. This 
included meadow lands, house and barns on 
the Ipswich river, and three hundred acres at 
another place which contained a large apple 
orchard. His homestead, however, was situ- 
ated adjoining the Salem village meeting- 
house, which site the Hutchinsons gave to the 
church. The old church was taken down and 
moved about 1700, when the land reverted to 
the family again. This member of the family 
lived through the memorable witchcraft days 
at Salem, the climax of which was reached in 
1692. Like many another strong-minded man 
of his times, Mr. Hutchinson was among those 
who entered complaint against Titnba, an In- 
dian woman living in the family of Rev. Sam- 
uel Parris ; Sarah, wife of William Good, and 
Sarah, wife of Alexander Osborne. In 1658 
Mr. Hutchinson was chosen constable and tax- 
collector, and his name appears on the jury 
list in 1679. He was frequently chosen over- 
seer, administrator, deed witness, and had 
business connected with the making of wills. 
He married (first) a daughter of John Ged- 
ney; (second), February 28, 1677, Lydia, 
daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth Buxton. 
She was baptized April 27, i68g. Mr. Hutch- 
inson was the father of eleven children, as 
follows: By the first marriage: Abigail, 
Berthia (died single). Joseph, Benjamin. By 
the second marriage : Lydia B., Abigail, Rich- 
ard, Samuel, Ambrose, Lydia and Robert. 



(XII) Richard (2), son of Joseph and 
Lydia (Buxton) Hutchinson, was born at 
Salem village. May 10, 1681. His name does 
not appear on the tax list after 1738, when it 
is supposed he moved to Maine. December 8, 
1707, his father deeded to him thirty acres 
joining the old homestead. Between 1707 and 
1737 he had accumulated a large estate, some 
of which was situated in the town of Middle- 
town, in the vicinity of the meeting-house. 
He married, February 16, 1713, Rachel Bance, 
by whom six children were born : Stephen, 
Lydia. Rachel, Elizabeth, Daniel and Joseph. 

(XIII) Stephen, eldest child of Richard 
(2) and Rachel (Bance) Hutchinson, was 
baptized .August 14, 1715. In 1737 he moved 
to Penobscot, Maine, where he resided until 
the Indian outbreak in 1780, when he went 
to Windham, where he died October, 1788. 
He was a man of strong, self-reliant char- 
acter, and by occupation was a farmer. He 
married (first), February 22, 1737, Abigail 
Haskins, who died 1777; (second) Hannah, 
whose surname is not recorded; (third) Ann, 
widow of Joseph Legro. of Marblehead, born 
about 1728, died August, 1805. He was the 
father of seven children, all by his first wife : 
Stephen, Daniel, Richard, Lydia, Abigail, 
Samuel and Joseph. 

(XIV) Rev. Joseph (2), youngest child of 
Stephen and Abigail (Haskins) Hutchinson, 
was born 1775; removed to Windham and 
from there to Hebron, about 1794, and died 
there in February, 1800. He was a soldier in 
the revolutionary war and was present at the 
defeat of Burgoyne. He was an ordained 
minister and known far and wide as "the 
traveling minister." He preached in the wil- 
derness and solitary places, where the small 
settlements had not a stated pnstor. It is said 
that his zeal, overwork and exposure short- 
ened his days. In 1778 he married Rebecca, 
daughter of Joseph and Ann Legro, born at 
Marblehead. November, 1759, died at Buck- 
field, Maine, July, 1843 ; she was of Dutch de- 
scent. The children by this marriage were : 
Joseph, Samuel, Abigail, Lydia, Stephen, 
Henry H.. Daniel, Rebecca, Betsey, John and 
Benjamin R. 

(XV) John (2), tenth child of Rev. Joseph 
and Rebecca (Legro) Hutchinson, was born 
at Hebron, Maine, November 15, 1797, died at 
Buckfield, April 6, 1846. He was a farmer 
and moved with the family from Marblehead 
to Windham ; later settled at Buckfield, Maine. 
He married, .\pril 21, 1823, Hannah, daugh- 
ter of Edmund and Hannah (Sebra) Lander, 



1528 



STATE OF iMAIXE. 



by which union were born : John Colby, Jo- 
siah, James (who died in infancy), all born 
in Buck-field, Maine. 

(X\T) John Colby, eldest child of John 
(2) and Hannah (Lander) Hutchinson, was 
born in Hebron, ]\Iaine, December 30, 1824, 
died in 1894. He always resided near his 
birthplace. He married, about 1846, Emeline 
E. Doe, of Hebron, Maine, daughter of Ste- 
phen Doe. Children: i. James Preston, men- 
tioned below. 2. John Osgood, born June 23, 
1849, married Claribel Merrill, September 16, 
1884; one child, Helen M. Mrs. Hutchinson 
is an M. D. in Waltham, Massachusetts ; she 
graduated from Wellesley College, 1883, and 
from the Woman's Medical College of the New 
York Infirmary, 1887. 3. Laura Ellen, born 
1853, married Frank W. Bradford, who died 
in 1900; children; Ada. died May 30. 1886; 
John C, died September 10, 1886; Nellie, died 
May 12, 1886. 

(XVH) James Preston, eldest child of 
John Colby and Emeline E. (Doe) Hutchin- 
son, was bom at Buckfield, Maine, January 6, 
1848. He attended the public schools in 
Hebron and the academy. When but sixteen 
years of age he commenced teaching school, 
and when he cast his first vote, at his majority, 
he was elected member of the school commit- 
tee and one year later was made superinten- 
dent of the schools. He was fitted for this 
place of educational trust and responsibility 
and was re-elected. In 1872 he left Hebron 
and went to Auburn, remaining four years, 
then went to Portland, Maine, where he en- 
gaged in the milk business in April, 1876. In 
this new role he succeeded remarkably well 
and accumulated considerable property as a 
direct result of his painstaking care. In 1887 
he sold his milk business and went west, 
spending the following winter in , California. 
He returned from the Pacific coast in the 
spring of 1888, and in the following June 
purchased a part interest in the real estate 
business of Louis O'Brien, who, after five 
years, sold his share to D. W. Verrill, since 
which date the management of the business 
has fallen on Mr. Hutchinson. He began an 
aggressive policy which resulted in a steady 
growth and expansion of the interests of the 
well-known firm. Eight years later, 1901, at 
the death of Mr. Verrill, his heir's interests 
were transferred to his nephew, Leon D. Ver- 
rill, who remained in the firm until 1905, when 
his interests were sold to Murray B. Watson, 
who is still a member of the firm of J. P. 
Hutchinson & Company. Air. Hutchinson 



has always been interested in and identified 
with any movement tending to the enhance- 
ment of the public good. In 1887 he was a 
member of the Portland city government. In 
1892 he was one of the board of aldermen in 
Auburn, and in 1895 was elected to a seat in 
the Maine legislature from Auburn and re- 
elected in 1897. Among his varied business 
inte^ests may be mentioned that he is president 
of the Mechanics' Savings Bank ; director of 
the National Shoe & Leather Bank, and direc- 
tor of other corporations. He was a member 
of the public works commission a full term of 
four years and is a member of the Board of 
Trade ; a director of the Central Maine Gen- 
eral Hospital Association, and president of 
the Androscoggin County Board of Under- 
writers. He has interests in the Auburn 
Building and Loan Association, of which he 
is the present secretary. Notwithstanding his 
manifold business cares, he finds time to en- 
joy the benefits of several fraternal organiza- 
tions. He is the past master of Tranquil 
Blue Lodge, A. F. and A. M. ; past com- 
mander of Lewiston Commandery of Knights 
Templar ; military inspector of Grand Com- 
mandery ; trustee of Kora Temple, A. A. O. 
N. M. S., and was a Kora Teinple representa- 
tive to the Imperial Council in 1907 at Los 
Angeles, California. These, with various 
other official positions within the scope of 
Masonry, show him to have taken much in- 
terest in this great civic order. He is also 
prominent in the Auburn Commandery of 
Knights of the Golden Eagle, having served 
"nine years, nine months, nine hours and 
nine minutes" as captain, resigning to accept 
the higher ofifice of colonel in the same order. 
He is also a worthy patron of Pine Cone 
Chapter, No. 26, O. E. S., of Auburn, Maine. 
Aside from the societies and orders already 
named, I\[r. Hutchinson is identified with the 
Knights of Pythias. Politically he is a firm 
supporter and advocate of the principles of 
the Republican party. He was married, March 
4, 1873, to Maria, daughter of Seth and Nancy 
(Hutchinson) Loring. Their children were: 
I. Lucy Augusta, born April 30, 1874, mar- 
ried Rev. Fenwick L. Leavitt, April 12, 1887, 
of Auburn, Maine, who is now pastor of the 
Universalist church in Bellows Falls, Ver- 
mont ; their children are : James Preston 
Hutchinson, born May 8. 1899, and Mina 
Lucy, October 6. 1902. 2. Ruth, born De- 
cember 15, 1879, died June 8, 1880. 3. Mina 
Emeline, December 25, 1883. resides at home. 
Mrs. Maria Hutchinson died March 19, 1905. 





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STATE OF MAINE. 



1529 



The surname has an interesting 
TUPPER history. A Thuringan magis- 
trate, Conrad Treffwith, in 
1260 was hailed Von Toppherr or chief lord, 
as he was head of several septs of nearly the 
same name — Topfer, Toepfern, Tapfer, Top- 
hern ; and they had a castle at Gros Toopfer 
and Klein Topfer, near Weimar, and possibly 
several landed estates besides. Being a Protes- 
tant, and hostile to Charles V. and Philip as 
well as to Pope Innocent and others, they 
were marked for persecution and finally lost 
all their property for conscience sake. The 
family was at Hesse Cassel about 1520, 
whence three brothers of this Tupper family 
(as the name had come to be spelled) went 
to Sandwich, in England, to Guernsey and to 
Chichester, Enoland. Their names were Rob- 
•ert, Henry and William. Henry, second son 
•of the immigrant Peter, who went from Ger- 
many to England, had a son who was a clergy- 
man in the Piarbadoes in America, and from 
him it is thought by some that the American 
family given in this sketch is descended. 

The coat-of-arms of the family at Guern- 
sey : Azure on a fesse engrailed three wild 
toars passant or as many escallops on a canton 
ermine a medal suspended by a chain bearing 
the efifigy of William and Mary or. Crest: 
On a mound vert a greyhound resting its dex- 
ter forepaw on an escutcheon azure, therein 
the medal of William and Mary. The reverse 
of the medal bears the device of a sea-fight 
and the legend : "Nox nulla Sacuta est." The 
first John Tupper in 1692 conveyed to Ad- 
miral Russell at St. Helen's the information 
that the French fleet under Tourville was in 
the British channel. The celebrated battle of 
La Hogue was fought, and for his service 
Tupper received a massive gold medal and 
chain which his descendants were permitted 
to wear as honorable augmentation to their 
arms. 

( I ) Thomas Tupper was born in Sandwich, 
England, in 1578, and is believed by some 
investigators to be a grandson of Robert Tup- 
per, who came from Hesse Cassel, Upper Sax- 
ony. He was one of the ten founders of the 
town of Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1637, 
coming thither from Lynn, where he lived a 
short time. He was conspicuous in town 
aflfairs and as a religous teacher. He was 
greatly interested in the welfare of the In- 
dians. The fact that he was a sort of teacher 
and preacher tends to confirm the belief that 
he was the minister from the Barbadoes, or 
a son. He established the Indian church at 
Herring Pond. Sandwich, and spent much 



time "Gospelizing the Indians." He died 
March 28, 1676, aged ninety-seven years two 
months. He was selectman many years, mem- 
ber of the colonial council of war, deputy to 
the general court nineteen years, and held 
various other offices of trust and honor. His 
original house was still standing at last ac- 
counts. His wife Anne died June 4, 1686, 
aged ninety-seven years. 

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) Tup- 
per, was born at Sandwich, January 16, 1638, 
and died May, 1706. He was also prominent 
in missionarv work among the Indians, and 
was a man of influence and usefulness. He was 
selectman, town clerk and for eight years 
deputy to the general court. He married, Oc- 
tober 22, 1661. Martha Mayhew, daughter of 
Governor Thomas Mayhew, governor of 
Martha's Mneyard. Governor Mayhew. a 
prominent man, ancestor of many distin- 
guished men, had a grant of land from Lord 
Stirling in 1641. In i66fi he conveyed to his 
daughter, Mrs. Tupper, much valuable real 
estate at Chapaquiddock, half the island of 
Nunnemisset. bought of the Sachem of Mano- 
met, Isaac ; also a share of Cuttyhunck, given 
him by the same sachem. At the age of sev- 
enty years Governor Mayhew also began to 
teach the Indians. Mrs. Tupper, his widow, 
died November 15, 1717, at Sandwich. Chil- 
dren, born at Sandwich : I. Martha, 1662. 2. 
Thomas, August 11, 1664. married r^Iary 

, and had Jane, born 1688, and Thomas, 

July 25, 1693. 3- Israel, September 22, 1666, 
see forward. 4. Elisha, March 17, 1668, was 
in the expedition of 1690 to Canada. 5. Jane, 
1670. 6. Ichabod, .August i. 1673. 7- Eldad, 
May 31, 1674. 8. Medad. September 22, 1677. 
9. Anne, 1679. 10. Eliakim. December 29, 
1681, died 1760. II. Bertha, born 1683. 

(HI) Israel, son of Thomas (2) Tupper, 
was born in Sandwich, September 22, 1666. 
He married there Elizabeth Bacon. Children, 
born at Sandwich: i. Samuel, May 4, 1692 
(name originally Elisha, changed to Samuel 
according to the records), mentionerl below. 
2. Thankful. 1696, married. October 30, 1718, 
Josiah Clark, of Plymouth. 3. Meribah, 1699. 
4. Elizabeth, torn and died 1701. 3. Israel 
Jr., June 18. 1705, died youns:. 6. Sarah, 
May 6, 1707. 7. Israel Jr.. .\pril 28, 1710. 8. 
Nathaniel, December 7. 17 14. 9. Rowland, 
February 15, 171 7. 

(R') Samuel, son of Israel Tupper. was 
born May 4, 1692: married, at Sandwich, Au- 
gust 15, 1717, Rebecca Ellis; married (sec- 
ond), October 14, 1726, Hannah Fish. (Thild, 
Peleg, and probably others. 



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STATE OF .MAINE. 



(V) Pele;;, son of Samuel Tupper, was 
born in Sandwich, April i, 1731. He married, 
January 24, 1765, Deborah Fish. They had a 
large family born at Sandwich, and several 
children after removing to Maine. He bought 
the first settler's lot at Waterville, above the 
fort on the Fairfield road. He was a soldier 
in the revolution, from Sandwich, in Captain 
Jesse Sturtevant's company. Colonel John Ja- 
cob's regiment, in 1780. 

(VI) Peleg (2), son of Peleg (i) Tupper, 
was born at Sandwich, Massachusetts, or 
Waterville, jNlaine, 1790. He lived in Water- 
ville until 1850, when he removed to Stark, 
Maine, and died there March 24, 1871, at an 
advanced age. He was a farmer. He served 
as a private in the war of 1812, was wounded 
at the battle of Plattsburg and was left on the 
field, supposed to be dead, but the next day 
was found and taken care of. He married 
Lydia Hersom. a daughter of Philip Hersom, 
of Belgrade. Maine. The Hersom family 
came from Shapleigh. Philip Hersom's father 
and six older brothers fought in the revolu- 
tionary war. Children: i. Orrin, born July 
16, 1826. 2. Philip. March 29, 1828. 3. 
Charlotte, January 16, 1830. 4. Simon, De- 
cember 10, 1831. 4. Joshua, October 9, 1833. 
5. Peleg Jr. Several others died in infancy. 

(VII) Simon, son of Peleg {2) Tupper, 
was born in Waterville, December 10, 1831, 
and is now living at Stark, Maine. He was 
educated in the common schools and in Water- 
ville Academy. He then began to teach school 
in the winter, continuing to work on farms in 
the summer until his later years, which have 
been devoted exclusively to his farm. He 
taught more than fifty terms of school, how- 
ever, before he gave up teaching. In politics 
he is a Democrat, and was a member of the 
school committee for twentv-one years in 
Stark, and for six years was chairman of the 
board of selectmen of Stark. He is a member 
of the Alethodist Episcopal church. He mar- 
ried Diana T. Rogers, born in Stark, Maine, 
August 25, 1838, died November 19, 1893, 
daughter of Cyrus and Julia Rogers, of Stark, 
a descendant of the Rogers who came over in 
the "Mayflower." Children, born at Stark: i. 
Joshua Addison, October 14, 1858. 2. Cyrus 
Rogers, June 17, i860, mentioned below. 3. 
Newell P.. June 14, 1861. 4. Fred B., No- 
vember 13, 1863. 5. Levi S., June 8, 1868, 
resides in Waterville. 6. Ernest L., December 
II, 1870, an attorney-at-law. 7. Edwin A., 
July 18, 1876. 8. Julia R., September 8, 1881. 
9. Child, unnamed, died when three weeks old. 

(VIII) Cyrus Rogers, son of Simon Tup- 



per, was born in Stark, June 17, 1860. He 
was educated in the Eaton family school at 
Norridgewock, Elaine, and in the public 
schools of his native town. He worked on 
the farm of his father from early youth, and 
after he left school continued on the farm in 
summer, teaching school winters. He read 
law in the offices of Walton & Walton, Skow- 
hegan, Maine, and was admitted to the bar 
September 2. 1890. In the same year he 
opened an office and began the practice of his 
profession at Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where 
he has been located since. In connection with 
his law business he has a real estate business. 
He has been prominent in public life, and has 
been elected to many offices of trust and honor. 
In politics he is a Democrat. He was member 
of the school committee nine years, superinten- 
dent of schools for five years, collector of taxes 
one year, and chairman of the board of select- 
men one year. He was state senator from 
Lincoln county m 1904, and served his dis- 
trict with signal ability. He was on the com- 
mittee of education, on sea and shore fishing, 
and on roads and bridges. In 1906 he was 
elected county attorney of Lincoln county, 
Maine, an office he now fills with conspicuous 
ability, having been re-elected in 1908. Mr. 
Tupper is a citizen of strong character, great 
influence and vigorous public spirit. He is a 
member of Seaside Lodge of Free INIasons, of 
Boothbay Harbor ; of Boothbay Lodge, No. 
32, Knights of Pythias; of Mizpali Council, 
Rathbone Sisters ; and of Harbor Lodge, An- 
cient Order of L^nited Workmen. He is an 
active member and liberal supporter of the 
Methodist church. He married, July 20, 1891, 
Nellie C. Duley, of Stark, Elaine, daughter of 
Asa S. and Rose E. Duley. Their only child 
is Asa D., born in Boothbay Harbor, Febru- 
ary 26, 1898. 



Elder Edmund Frost, son of John 
FROST Frost, of Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng- 
land, was born about 1610, came 
to the ]\Iassachusetts Bay Colony in the ship 
"Great Hope" in 1635 and settled in the Newe 
Towne. He was admitted a freeman by taking 
the oath prescribed by the general court, 
^March 3, 1635, and he was made a ruling el- 
der in the church. Upon the establishment of 
the new town. September 8, 1636, he w-as one 
of the original proprietors. The name of the 
new town was changed to Cambridge, May 2, 
1638. He brought with him from England 
his wife Thomasine and his first born son 
John. He became the owner of land which 
he purchased from Thomas Blodgett about 



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1639, situated on what is now the westerly 
side of Dunston street, Cambridge, between 
Harvard square and Mount Auburn street. 
This estate he sold to Widow Catherine Had- 
don, and purchased about 1642 a house situ- 
ated on what is now the westerly side of Gor- 
don street, near Mason. This he sold in 1646 
to Richard Eecles. He then became the owner 
of an estate situated probably on the east side 
of the present Kirkland street, and extending 
from Divinity Hall avenue to beyond Francis 
street, and this property remained in the Frost 
family for over two hundred years. This fre- 
quent transfer of property did not result in 
accumulated wealth, but rather the reverse. 
It has been said of him, "He was rich in faith 
and enjoved the confidence of Shepherd and 
his church yet in hard trial of earthly poverty 
and owned litde beyond his homestead and 
his pressing wants were released by the church 
as indicated bv the following record of the 
Church of Cambridge" : "Elder Frost living 
a longe time weake with others of his family 
alsoe having the ague at the same time, the 
Church see meete to make a contribution for 
his relief e upon Tune 16, 1672. The sum gath- 
ered was in cash 7. 4. 9 and in other pay 2. 

5. 8." In July, 1660, the regicides Whalley 
and Gofife arrived in Boston and after a short 
stay in Cambridge they went for greater safety 
to New Haven. General Goffe, in his journal, 
records an accident of their stay in Cambridge 
as follows: "23 d. 6 m. — In ye evening wee 
vissited Elder Frost who received us with 
great kindness & love, esteeming it a favor yt 
we would come into yr mean habitation ; as- 
sured us of his fervent prayers to ye Lord for 
us : — A glorious saint makes a mean cottage a 
stately palace : were I to make my choice, I 
would rather abide with ye sainte in his poor 
cottage than with any one of ye princes yt I 
know of at ys day in ye world." Elder Fro.st 
by his wife Thomasine had children as fol- 
lows: I. John, born in England about 1634, 
married Rebecca Andrews and lived in .Salem : 
he was a Mason. 2. Thomas, born in Newe 
Towne, April, 1637, "^'^d young. 3. Samuel, 

born in February, 1638, married Mary 

and as his second wife Elizabeth Miller, and 
lived in Billerica. 4. Josepli, Januarv 13, 
1638-39, married Hannah Miller, and lived in 
Charlestown. 5. James (q. v.), April 9, 1640. 

6. Stephen, married Elizabeth Woodward and 
lived in Charlestown. 7. Mary, July 24, 1645. 

8. Ephraim, 1646, married Hepzibah 

and lived in Cambridge, on the homestead, 
1717-18. 9. Thomas, April, 1647, married 
Mary Goodridge and lived in Sudburv. 10. 



Sarah, 1653. Elder Frost lost his wife Thom- 
asine by death, and in i66g he married (sec- 
ond) Reana, widow successively of James, 
William, Andrew and Robert Daniel. Elder 
Edmund Frost died at the homestead in Cam- 
bridge, July 12, 1672, and his widow Reana 
and eight childrenJiy his first wife Thomasine 
survived him. He gave of his property, which 
was very limited, a small gift to Harvard 
College. 

(II) James, fifth son of Elder Edmund and 
Thomasine Frost, was born in Cambridge, 
April 9, 1640. He married, December 7, 1664, 
Rebecca, daughter of William Hamlet, the im- 
migrant. She died July 20, 1666, leaving one 
child, James, born July 7, 1666, who married 

(first) Hannah and (second) Mary, 

widow of Andrew Beard. James Frost mar- 
ried (second), Elizabeth, daughter of Thom- 
as Foster, the immigrant, and by her he 
had eleven children, all born in Billerica, as 
follows: I. Thomas. October 18, 1667, mar- 
ried (first) Rebecca Farley, (second) Han- 
nah Richardson and (third) Deborah . 

2. John, November 14, 1668, died March 3, 
1668-69. 3- Samuel, February 28, 1669-70, 

married Hannah and lived in Tewks- 

bury. 4. Elizabeth, November 6. 1672, mar- 
ried Peter Corneal. 5. Edmund, May 14, 1675, 
died r\Iay 18, 1675. 6. Mary, May 6, 1676, 
married John Walker. 7. Sarah, July 15, 
1678. married Nathaniel Howard. 8. Hannah, 
January 31, 1680-81. 9. Joseph (q. v.), 
March 21, 1682-83. 10. Abigail, August 23, 
1685, married Ephraim Kidder. 11. Benja- 
min, March 8. 1687-88. married (first) Mary 
Stearns, (second) Hannah, widow of Jona- 
than Richardson. James Frost, the father of 
these children, died in Billerica, Massachu- 
setts, August 12, 171 1, and his widow Eliza- 
beth (Foster) Frost, in 1726. 

(III) Joseph, fifth son and ninth child of 
James and Elizabeth (Foster) Frost, was born 
in Billerica, JMassachusetts, March 21, 1682-83. 
He married, .-Xpril 5. 1710, Sarah (French) 
Flint, of Charlestown, daughter of John 
French. They lived in Tewksbury, Massachu- 
setts, and had four children, as follows : i. 
Joseph (q. v.), January 22, 1711-12. 2. Sarah, 
May 31, 1716. 3. Benjamin, March 6, 1717- 
18. 4. Ephraim, June 9. 1721. 

(IV) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph 
(i) and Sarah (French) (Flint) Frost, was 
born in Tewksbury, Alassachusetts, January 
22. 1711-12. He married, October 25, 1731, 
.A.bi?ail. daughter of Daniel Kittridge. They 
lived in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, where 
eleven children were born to them, and after 



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his death, January 29, 1751, his widow mar- 
ried, March 21, 1755, Ebenezer Fisk. The 
children of Joseph and Abigail (Kittridge) 
Frost were: i. Ephraim (q. v.). May 13, 
1732. 2. Abigail, March 6, 1733-34, died 
April 30, 1749. 3- Mehitable, September 4, 
1736. 4. Joshua, April 3, 1737, married Ra- 
chel Saunders, January 3, 1764. 5. Joseph, 
February 20, 1738, married Austice Dunning, 
September 11, 1759, and resided in Marble- 
head, 1791. 6. Jonathan, February 20, 1740, 
married Hannah Saunders, and died Septem- 
ber 16, 181 1. 7. Benjamin, February 10, 
1742, married Sarah Baldwin, and died Janu- 
ary 5, 1806. 8. Sarah, February 10, 1742. 9. 
Mehitable, June 4, 1745. 10. Elizabeth, Au- 
gust 14, 1747. II. Daniel, Aun;ust 14, 1747. 
Daniel died before 1761 and Elizabeth, Mehit- 
able and Sarah were living at that time. 

(V) Ephraim, eldest child of Joseph (2) 
and Abigail (Kittridge) Frost, was born in 
Tewksbury, IMassachuselts, May 13, 1732. He 
married, December 5, 1754, Mary, daughter 
of Kendall and Sarah (Kittridge) Patten. 
Mary Patten was born February 11, 1732, died 
October 7, 1791. Her husband, Ephraim 
Frost, died in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, De- 
cember 10. 1800. The ten children in the or- 
der of their birth were: i. Joseph, June 25, 
1756. 2. Molly, July 25, 1757, died January 
3, 1808. 3. Joshua, June 24, 1759. 4. Dorcas, 
June 23, 1 761, died young. 5. Dorcas, Sep- 
tember 17, 1763, married Amos Saunders, 
April 21, 1789. 6. Rebecca, April 16, 1766. 
7. Ephraim (q. v.), September 25, 1768. 8. 
Rhoda, March 23, 1771, married Samuel 
Saunders, December 22, 1796. 9. Abial, Mav 
12, 1773, married Mary Foster, November 28, 
1799. 10. Nancy, April 16, 1776. 

{\T) Ephraim (2), third son and seventh 
child of Ephraim (i) and Mary (Patten) 
Frost, was born in Tewksbury, ^Massachusetts, 
September 25, 1768. He married, before 1805, 
Ruth, daughter of Joseph and Ruth ( French ) 
Phelps, who was born August 30, 1771. By 
this marriage five children were born, as fol- 
lows : I. Ephraim (q. v.). July 11, 180S. 2. 
Herman, February 22, 1807, married Sarah 

. 3. Jacob, September 19, 1808. 4. 

Abner, ]\Iay" 21, 1810, married Eliza Jane 
Saunders and resided in Lowell, Massachu- 
setts, in 1844. 5. Isaac, March 12, 1812. 
Ephraim Frost, the father of these children, 
died in Tewksbury, Massachusetts._ August 15, 
1826, and his widow was still living there in 
1843. 

(VII) Ephraim (i,). eldest child of Eph- 
riam (2) and Ruth (Phelps) Froi^t, was born 



in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, July 11, 1805. 
He married Rebecca Symms, born in Wobum, 
and died in Tewksbury, November 10, 1859, 
aged fifty-four years. The children of Eph- 
raim and Rebecca (Symms) Frost, born in 
Tewksbury. ^Middlesex county, Massachusetts, 
were as follows: i. Mary Elizabeth, April 
27, 1827, died September 8, 1847. 2. Ann 
IMaria, September 6, 1828, nnrried H. A. 
Marshall and died in Clinton, IVIassachusetts, 
in 1866. 3. Jacob Augustus, November 15, 
1831, died in Boston. 4. Ephraim Albert (q. 
v.). April 22, 1833. 5. Sarah, about 1835. 6. 
Abby Rebecca, May 25, 1837, was living in 
Lancaster, Massachusetts, igo6. Ephraim 
Frost, the father of these children, died in 
Tewksbury, ^lassachuselts, July 11, 1842. 

(VIII) Ephraim Albert, second son and 
fourth child of Ephraim (3) and Rebecca 
(Symms) Frost, was born in Tewksbury, 
Massachusetts. April 22, 1833. He married, 
about 1855, Eunice M., daughter of Orrin and 
Thirza (Adams) Jones, of Newport, Vermont. 
She was born February 7, 1831, and died in 
Lewiston, Maine, July 17, 1902. They re- 
moved to Lewiston, Elaine, immediately after 
their marriage, and their five children were 
born there, as follows: i. Charles Sumner 
(q. v.). May 31, 1856. 2. Frank Lester, July 
31, 1858, married (first), September 26, 1888, 
Helen M. Young, and had child Marion born 
1890; (second) April 4, 1900, Carrie Z. Lang, 
home Lewiston, Maine. 3. Walter Albert, De- 
cember ig, 1861, married, December 31, 1890, 
Julia, daughter of Chauncey Seaton, of Chi- 
cago, which city they made their home. 4. 
Woodbury Oilman, January 28, 1868, married, 
October 2, 1905, Edith Lillian de Grafif, of 
Athens, Pennsylvania, where they reside. 5. 
Wilfred Percy, February 12, 1875, made his 
home in Chicago, Illinois. Ephraim Frost, the 
father, died in Lewiston, March 7, 1897. 

(IX) Charles Sumner, eldest child of Eph- 
raim Albert and Eunice M. (Jones) Frost, 
w^as born in Lewiston, Maine, May 31, 1856. 
He was graduated at the Lewiston high 
school; was a student at an architect's office 
in Lewiston for three years and took a special 
course of study in architecture at the Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, followed by three years' practical 
application of the profession in the office of a 
Boston architect. He removed to Chicago, 
Illinois, in 1881, and January i, 1882, he, with 
a partner, commenced the practice of archi- 
tecture in that city. In 1889 the partnership 
was dissolved by mutual consent and Mr. 
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nary I, 1898, when he formed a bvisiness con- 
nection with Alfred H. Granger and the firm 
of Frost & Granger came into existence with 
offices at 806 Temple La Salle and Monroe 
streets, Chicago, which firm is still in active 
business in 1909. His skill as an architect is 
seen in the Chicago Home for the Friendless; 
George Smith Alemorial for St. Luke's Hos- 
pital ; Union Club House ; Calumet Club 
House ; Northern Trust Company, bank build- 
ing ; Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com- 
pany, general office building ; Terminal Station 
building for Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 
Railway Company and Terminal Station build- 
ing for Chicago & Northwestern Railway 
Company. Mr. Frost was elected a fellow of 
the American Institute of Architects, a mem- 
ber of the Union League Club and of the Cliff 
Dwellers' Club and an elder in the Presby- 
terian church. He married, January 7, 1885, 
Mary, daughter of Marvin and Belle (Bar- 
rett) Huehitt, of Chicago, Illinois, and they 
made their home in Chicago up to May 31, 
1897, when they established a suburban home 
at Lake Forest, Illinois. Children of Charles 
Sumner and Mary (Hughitt) Frost were born 
in Chicago and Lake Forest, as follows: i. 
Margaret, November 22, 1890. 2. Marvin 
Hughitt, January 12, 1893. 3. Virginia, Lake 
Forest, May 14, 1901. 



The origin of the 
FORBES— FOBES name Forbes, like 

that of most family 
names, is surrounded in mystery. It is of 
Scotch origin and has been spelled in the pub- 
lic records of New England Ffarrabas. Fere- 
bas, Farrowbush, Fforbus, Forbes, Forbus, 
Forbush, Furbush, Fforbes, Farabas, Fobes, 
Farebush, and Fawbush. It is stated in 
Burke's Heraldry that the surname Forbes 
was assumed from the lands of Forbes in the 
county Aberdeen, Scotland, granted by Alex- 
ander II (x\. D. 1249) to the progenitor of 
this noble family. John De Forbes, the first 
upon record, was a man of rank and impor- 
tance in the reign of King William the Lion 
(A. D. 1214). Following him was a long line 
of descendants of whom William Forbes, of 
Tullickerne, Scotland, wrote in A. D. 1580: 
"In all ages since our first aryse, we might 
compair with neighbors, for greater loyalty 
and valor for pietie (which we think truly 
ennobles all families) ; Witness the many 
bishops and doctors att home and renowned 
divines abroad. Like as the root has ever 
done, so the several branches of the house 
thought it their greatest honour to honour God 



in their generations. As to their loyaltie, it 
was never stained." 

(I) John Forbes, immigrant, whose name 
is often spelled Fobes and Vobes, a native of 
Scotland, was according to tradition a son of 
Rev. John Forbes, who was moderator in 
1605 at Aberdeen of the general assembly of 
the Church of Scotland. He came to Ply- 
mouth, Massachusetts, in 1636, and early in 
the same year was a resident of Duxbury, and 
had land at Powder Point in 1637. He was 
one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater 
where he settled, and there he died in 1661. 
He was a member of the Duxbury Military 
Company under Captain Myles Standish, 
1643. He made a nuncupative will before 
William Brett and Arthur Harris. He mar- 
ried Constant, sister of Experience Mitchell, 
who survived him, and married (second), 
1662, John Briggs, of Providence, Rhode 
Island. The children of John and Constant 
were: John, Edward, Mary, Caleb, William, 
Joshua and Elizabeth. 

(II) Deacon Edward, second son of John 
and Constant (Mitchell) Forbes, was born in 
Bridgewater, 1651, where he died about 1732. 
He was a leader among the people of the 
town, a deacon in the church, a magistrate, 
representative to the general court in 1702-08- 
11-15-22, and owner of large landed interests. 
He married, probably in 1676, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Lieutenant John and ]\Iartha 
(Hay ward) Howard, of Bridgewater. Lieu- 
tenant Howard was a prominent colonist, 
commander of military forces, and many years 
deputy to the general court. The children of 
Edward and Elizabeth were : Elizabeth, John, 
Mary, Bethiah, Hannah, Ephraim, Joshua, 
Benjamin and William. 

(III) Joshua, third son of Deacon Edward 
and Elizabeth (Howard) 'Fobes, was born in 
Bridgewater, in 1689, and died in 1767. He 
was a lifelong and respected resident of 
Bridgewater. He served in Captain Jonathan 
Howard's military company. He -married, 
171 1, Abigail Dunbar, daughter of Peter Dun- 
bar, and they had Bethiah, Hannah, Joshua, 
Mary, Leah, Betty and Abigail. It may be 
that Joshua married (second), 1754, Mercy 
Churchill. 

(RO Joshua (2), third son of Joshua (i) 
and Abigail (Dunbar) Fobes, was born in 
1715. He married, March 29, 1740, Esther 
Porter, born June 20, 1716, at Abington, Mas- 
sachusetts, daughter of Nicholas and Bath- 
sheba (Reed) Porter, the latter a daughter of 
William and Esther (Thompson)" Reed, 
granddaughter of Lieutenant John and Mary 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



(Cooke) Tliompson, and great-granddaurjliter 
of Francis Cooke of the "Mayflower," 1620. 
The children of Joshua and Esther (Porter) 
Fobes were: Azariah, Daniel, Ruth, Joshua, 
Caleb, Robert and Solomon. 

(V) Deacon Daniel, second son of Joshua 
(2) and Estlier (Porter) Fobes. was born in 
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, February 12, 
1742, and died in Paris, Maine, in 1814. He 
moved to Maine with his family, most of 
whom were grown up, in company with the 
family of Lazarus Hathaway, and reached 
Paris, where he settled November 2, 1802. He 
bought a large farm adjoining Elder Hoop- 
er's. In 1806 he was elected a deacon of the 
First Baptist Church. "He died leaving a 
good name and the example of a good and 
faithful life." He married, 1769, Hannah 
Standish, who was born at Captain's Hill, Dux- 
bury. Massachusetts, April 27, 1746, and died 
in Paris, Maine, January 10, 1839, daughter 
of Mvles and ]\teliitable (Robbins) Standish, 
granrldaughter of Myles and Experience 
(Sherman) Standish, great-granddaughter of 
Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish, and 
great-great-granddaughter of the famous Cap- 
tain Myles Standish and of Deputy-Governor 
John Alden, both of "Mayflower" fame. The 
children of Deacon Daniel and Hannah were : 
Azariah. Daniel, Sarah. Amasa. Seth. Hannah, 
Luin, Beza, Mehitable and Billings. 

(VI) Amasa, third son of Deacon Daniel 
and Hannah (Standish) Fobes. was born in 
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, September 21, 
1777, and died in Portland, Maine, February 
17, 1858. He came with his father's family to 
Paris, Maine, in 1802, bringing with him his 
bride of a year, and took an active and leading 
part in the town's aft'airs. \\'ith his father he 
moved all their goods in an ox team from 
Bridgewater to Paris. He was a blacksmith 
and had a shop at Paris Cape, now South 
Paris, where he continued until he moved to 
Allen's Corner, where he continued the same 
business and where he made a specialty of 
shoeing oxen. His substantial mansion at 
Allen's Corner, Deering district, is still stand- 
ing. He was a man of superior mentality, 
very active physically and an ardent politician. 
Many incidents are recalled of his activity 
and energy; and his advanced thought along 
religious lines is particularly well remembered. 
He married, in 1801, Anne Fames, born in 
Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1772. and died 
in Portland, September 5, 1862, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Katherine (Rice) Eames. of 
Framingham, and granddaughter of Nathan- 
iel Eames Sr., and of Jonathan Rice, both of 



whom served in the revolutionary war. For 
years after the death of her husband she was 
a beloved member of the family of her son 
Charles. The children of Amasa and Anne, 
all born in Paris were: i. Charles, mentioned 
below. 2. Horace, born February 18, 1804, 
was a master painter for the old Portland, 
Saco & Portsmouth railroad at Portland, 
when his health failed him and he moved to 
Boston about 1855. 3. Nancy, August 10, 
1806. married Josiah Field, of Portland. 4. 
Albert Gallatin. January 16. 1809, was cashier 
of the \\'estbrook Bank and later private sec- 
retary to Hon. Asa \V. H. Clapp, who repre- 
sented the Portland district in congress. He 
died in early manhood. 

(\TI) Charles, eldest child of Amasa and 
Anne (Eames) Fobes, was born in Paris, No- 
vember 26, 1802. and died in Portland, July 4, 
1889. He went to Allen's Corner, Westbrook, 
with his parents at ten years of age, and when 
seventeen years of age removed to Portland. 
In business, social and religious circles he 
became one of the best-known and most in- 
fluential citizens in the municipality. In early 
manhood he served his time as an apprentice 
to Marcus Quincy, who was engaged in the 
business of painter and dealer in paints, and 
soon became his employer's partner, and later 
sole proprietor of a flourishing business which 
he conducted with great success and profit till 
the holocaust of 1866, when his place of busi- 
ness was destroyed. Having acquired a hand- 
some competency lie made no attempt to con- 
tinue in trade, but gave his attention to vari- 
ous other business projects. He was largely 
interested in the Portland Steam Packet Com- 
pany, and was at the time of his death the 
last of the original proprietors. He was a di- 
rector of this coinpany from 1834 to 1889; 
president from 1850 to 1868: and treasurer 
from 1868 to 1874, when he resigned. For 
more than twenty years he was a director of 
the Merchants' National Bank and vice-presi- 
dent of the Maine Savings Bank. He was a 
director of the Portland Railroad Company, a 
trustee and treasurer of Westbrook Seminary, 
and a trustee of the Mechanics' Associa- 
tion. He was also president of the Franklin 
Wharf Company for many years and a mem- 
ber of its board of directors at the time of his 
death, having resigned the presidency on ac- 
count of advancing years. (Tharles Fobes was 
thoroughly identified with Free Masonrv and 
was alive to all that pertained to its welfare. 
For more than fifty years he was treasurer of 
Ancient Landmark Lodge; he was also treas- 
urer of Alt. \'ernon Royal Arch Chapter, Port- 



STATE OF :\IA1NE. 



1535 



land Council, Royal and Select Masters, Port- 
land Commandery, Knights Templar, the 
Grand Commandery and the Grand Council. 
He was a Universalist from childhood, and 
was a valued and prominent member of the 
Congress Square Church and did much for 
the society during his long and faithful con- 
nection with it. A beautiful window in the 
church, the gift of his sons to the memory of 
an honored father, speaks lovingly of him. 
Mr. Fobes' home was at No. 55 Chapel street, 
and is to-day a fine specimen of the dignified 
and substantial residences of over half a cen- 
tury ago, though the once attractive and well- 
kept grounds have been sacrificed to the de- 
mands of a growing commercial metropolis. 
Mr. Fobes was an old-school Democrat and 
was often urged to become a candidate for 
office, but he had no taste for political office- 
holding and refused absolutely. He was a 
most kindly gentleman, and possessing a hu- 
morous vein which made his society most 
charming. In his death Portland lost one of 
its most prominent and substantial citizens 
and an honest and chivalrous gentleman of 
the old school. Charles Fobes married (first), 
1832, Louisa Keating, daughter of Walter and 
Sally Keating, of Portland, by whom he had 
one daughter, Louisa, who nnrried Jacob 
Flagg. He married (second) December 25, 
1838, Hannah Webster, who was born in 1810, 
and died March 28, 1880. She was the daugh- 
ter of Captain Benjamin and Lydia (Soule) 
Webster, of Yarmouth. Captain Benjamin 
Webster, the father of the late Captain Ben- 
jamin Webster, of Portland, was the son of 
John Webster, who was liorn in Cold Kirby, 
England, September 15, 1749, and came to this 
country earlv in life, marrying, in Yarmouth, 
Patience Winslow, daughter of Dr. Gilbert 
and Patience (Seabury) Winslow, and a di- 
rect descendant of Kenelen Winslow and of 
Richard Warren of the "Mayflower." Cap- 
tain W^ebster's wife, Lydia (Sonle) Webster, 
was born in Yarmouth, Maine, September 24, 
1783; married, April 9, 1803. and died April 
26, 181 1. She was the daughter of Samuel 
and Eunice (Davis) Soule, and granddaughter 
of Barnabas and Jane (Bradbury) Soule. The 
children of Charles and Hannah who grew to 
maturity are : Charles Scott, George Clinton, 
Leander Webster and Lamirtine Julian. 

The Bradbury ancestry appears on another 
page. (IX) William, youngest child of Cap- 
tain Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, 
was born in Salisbury. Massachusetts, July 15, 
1649, 3"'^! fl'^d December 4, 1678. He mar- 
ried, March 12, 1671, Mrs. Rebecca (Wheel- 



wright) Maverick, widow of Samuel Maver- 
ick, daughter of the famous founder of Ex- 
eter, the Rev. John Wheelwright, A. M., and 
Marv Hutchinson Wheelwright, who was the 
daughter of Edward Hutchinson and grand- 
daughter of Hon. John Hutchinson, mayor of 
Lincoln, England. (X) Jacob, son of Will- 
iam and Reljecca (Wheelwright) (Maverick) 
Bradbury, was born at Salisbury, Massachu- 
setts, September i, 1677, and died May 4, 
1718. He married, July 26, 1698, Elizabeth, 
daughter of the Rev. John Stockman and 
Sarah his wife, daughter of the Worshipful 
Major Robert Pike. (XI) Jane, the young- 
est child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stockman) 
Bradbury, was born in 17 18. after the death 
of her father, and married, 1737, Barnabas 
Soule, of N^orth Yarmouth, ]\Iaine, born 1705, 
and died 1780. (See Fobes VII.) 

(VIII) Leander Webster, third son of 
Charles and Hannah (Webster) Fobes, was 
born in Portland, August 16, 1843, and edu- 
cated in the common schools and at West- 
brook Seminary. In 1863 he went to Shang- 
hai, China, where for three years he was a 
"Compradore." or commission merchant, 
where he dealt in exports from the United 
States. In 1866 he returned to Portland and 
soon after became a partner in the firm of 
Burgess, Fobes & Company, with which he 
has ever since been identified. As a mer- 
chant he has been very successful, and on ac- 
count of this success he has been ofifered very 
advantageous connections with leading enter- 
prises in Portland, some of which he has ac- 
cepted. He is president of the National 
Traders' Bank, vice-president of the Maine 
Savings Bank, a director of the Fidelity Trust 
Company, and president of the Consolidated 
Electric Light Company. In all of these his 
keen foresightedness and excellent business 
ability have helped in a marked degree to in- 
sure success and large profits. Mr. Fobes is 
a man of high character and his name is never 
connected with anything but square dealing. 
He is charitable, but his giving is never os- 
tentatious, and he assures himself of the 
worthiness of the object before making dona- 
tions. In politics he is a Democrat and in- 
fluential in the councils of the party. At the 
age of twenty-one years he was made a Mason 
in Ancient Landmark Lodge, of Shanghai, 
China, Free and Accepted Masons, and has 
since become a member of Mt. \''ernon Royal 
Arch Chapter. No. 4; Council, No. i. Royal 
and Select Masters ; Portland Commandery, 
No. 2, Knights Templar; and Maine Consis- 
tory. Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, and 



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of the Supreme Council of the United States, 
thirty-third degree. 

Leander W. Fobes married, in Freeport, 
October 23, 1867, E. Adelaide Melcher, who 
was born in Freeport, March 21, 1846, second 
daughter of Edward Harding Melcher, a 
much respected and well-known ship builder 
of Freeport, and granddaughter of the Hon. 
Rufus Soule, of Freeport, one of the most 
eminent shipping merchants and ship builders 
of Maine in his day, who built during his 
career eighty-five vessels. He was a gentle- 
man of wealth, and influence, often a repre- 
sentative in the Maine legislature, and a state 
senator in 1837-38. The Melcher family in 
Maine were early residents of Brunswick, and 
for generations were ship builders. The fam- 
ilv name, the true spelling of which is claimed 
to be Melchoir, meaning "the kinc;ly one," or 
"royal one," is of remote Hebrew origin and 
indicates a long ancestral line. Through her 
mother, Harriet Ellen (Soule) Melcher, 
daughter of Hon. Rufus Soule, Mrs. Fobes is 
descended from George Soule of the "May- 
flower" (see Soule), General Constant South- 
worth, Deputy-Governor John Alden, Hon. 
William Collier of Plymouth, the Rev. Robert 
Jordan of Maine (see Jordan), and other dis- 
tinguished colonial worthies. The children of 
Leander W. and E. Adelaide (Melcher) Fobes 
are Leon M. and H. Marion. Leon M., born 
March 29, 1869, graduated from Bowdoin in 
the class of 1892, and is now connected with 
the firm of Burgess, Fobes & Company. He 
married, August 15, 1894, Anne Prince, 
daughter of the late Henry H. Burgess, of 
Portland. They have had two children : Theo- 
dore Burgess, and Richard Standish, deceased. 



This family is of Scotch- 
GETCHELL Irish descent. Two brothers, 

John and Dennis Getchell, 
came from England to Cape Cod, Massachu- 
setts, and subsequently settled at Vassalbor- 
ough, Maine. One of these brothers is the 
ancestor of the family here described. His 
descendants have been progressive and enter- 
prising citizens. The name is sometimes 
spelled "Gatchell." 

(I) George Getchell, of New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, married Mercy, daughter of 
Joseph and Phebe (Taber) Howland. (See 
Howland. VI.) 

(II) Henry Franklin, son of George and 
Mercy (Howland) Getchell, was born in 
April, 1813, at Vassalborough, Maine. He 
married Fannie A. Burr, of Mercer, Maine, 
who was born in 1817. In 1858 he moved 



west with his family, going first to Alissouri. 
(Ill) Edwin Franklin, son of Henry 
Franklin and Fannie A. (Burr) Getchell, was 
born February 14, 1850, at North Anson, 
Somerset county, Maine. He came with his 
parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1858, and 
later thev settled at Des Moines, Iowa. He 
was educated at Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa. 
In 1872 he moved to Chicago, and he spent 
the year of 1873 in a tour of observation and 
pleasure through Europe. In 1874 he became 
a member of the firm of H. F. Getchell and 
Sons, lumber dealers, with headquarters in 
Chicago. This firm conducted an extensive 
system of lumber yards in Iowa, chiefly along 
the line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- 
cific railway. In 1877 the entire management 
of the Chicago branch was placed upon his 
shoulders by the death of his father. In 1880 
he organized the firm of Getchell, Armour & 
Company, wholesale lumber dealers, the firm 
comprising himself, his brother Charles H. 
Getchell, of Des Moines, Iowa, and the late 
William Armour, of Chicago. In addition to 
their Chicago yard, they established a branch 
yard at Fargo, Dakota, during the booming 
period of the great New Northwest. Upon 
the expiration of the co-partnership of Getch- 
ell, Armour & Company. INIav i, 1883, Mr. 
Getchell embarked in the real estate business, 
and has since been very successful in that 
line. He has negotiated many transactions 
which have been historic because of their mag- 
nitude, and his clients include the most prom- 
inent capitalists of his city. Mr. Getchell has 
filled many offices and served on many com- 
mittees of the Chicago real estate board, and 
is now its president. He is ex-president of 
the Sons and Daughters of Maine, and presi- 
dent of the New England Society of Chicago, 
of which he is a charter member. He served 
three years on the political action committee 
of the Union League Club. He is a member 
of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 
and during the pastorate of John Henry Bur- 
rows served as elder of the church. Mr. 
Getchell is a member of the Real Estate Com- 
mission of The Sanitary District of Chicago. 
He was one of the promoters of the merger of 
the Abstract Companies in Chicago, is also 
one of the promoters of the Chicago Subway, 
Arcade & Traction Company, which company 
now has an ordinance before the city council 
to construct a system of underground railways 
for the city, and is one of the chief promoters 
for the building of a railroad in Alberta, Can- 
ada, from the interboundary line of Montana,- 
through Medicine Hat and Edmonton, into 



STATE OF IMAINE. 



1537 



the Peace River valley ; a charter for this 
road has already been secured, and plans for 
financing and constructing same are in pro- 
cess of negotiation. At the time Mr. L. Z. 
Leiter negotiated loans on his Chicago real 
estate for the settlement of his son Joseph's 
losses in the famous wheat corner, Mr. Getch- 
ell and Colonel Luther H. Pierce, of Chicago, 
were employed by him as his exclusive bro- 
kers in the mntter ; they appraised the various 
real estate holdings of Mr. Leiter in the busi- 
ness center, and negotiated the sale of the fee 
to Marshall Field, of the southeast corner of 
State and Madison streets, which was one of 
the largest transactions ever made in Chicago 
by an individual owner to an individual buyer 
of one piece of property, the consideration 
being $2,135,000. Mr. Getchell married Metta 
May Barney, of Toledo, Ohio, September 8, 
1880, which union has been blessed with the 
birth of three children, two daughters and 
one son, the latter being deceased at the age 
of four years. The surviving children are 
Lucille Getchell Green, born January 18, 1883, 
Metta Mona Getchell, born June 7, li 



Among the early members 
ROWLAND of Plymouth Colony were 
John, Arthur and Henry 
Rowland, and it is supposed they were 
brothers. John came in the "Mayflower," and 
the others appeared in the colony soon after, 
although it has not been ascertained from 
what place. The name Rowland is a very old 
one in England. 

(I) Arthur Rowland, progenitor of the 
family here described, lived a few years in the 
Plymouth Colony, then became a settler and 
landholder at Marshfield, Massachusetts. In 
1647 he purchased three hundred acres of the 
land formerly belonging to John Alden and 
Myles Standish, for which he paid twenty-one 
pounds sterling, thirteen pounds in money and 
the remainder in "Corne and Cattle," the or- 
dinary pay of the colony at that time. This 
land lay on the north side of South river, 
bounded on the east by Beaver pond, and on 
the west by a brook. Arthur lived and died 
on his Marshfield estate, and five generations 
after him lived and were buried there. Re 
was greatly respected and loved for his good 
qualities and sterling worth. Ris house was 
the headquarters of the persecuted Friends, 
of which society he was an earnest member. 
Re married Margaret Reed, a widow, and 
their children were : Arthur, Deborah, ]\Iary, 
Martha and Elizabeth. 

(H) Arthur (2), eldest son of Arthur (i) 



and Margaret (Reed) Rowland, was born at 
Marshfield, September 12, 1667. Re married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Governor Thomas and 
Mary Prence. Their children were : A daugh- 
ter born 1668, Ebenezer, Thomas, Arthur and 
Prince. 

(RL) Thomas, second son of Arthur (2) 
and Elizabeth (Prence) Rowland, was born 
at Marshfield. The christian name of his first 
wife was Mary, and they had children as fol- 
lows : Mercy, Rebecca, Ebenezer, John, Re- 
becca, Thomas, William and Samuel. Ris 

second wife was Deborah , and they had 

children : Rannah and Prince. 

(IV) William, fourth son of Thomas and 
Mary Rowland, was born February 2, 1708. 
Ris wife's christian name was Mercy, and 
their children were : Rebecca and William. 

(V) William (2), son of William (i) and 
Mercy Rowland, was born February 11, 1742. 
Re married Dorothy Wing, and they had ten 
children : Thomas, Joseph, Mercy, Daniel, 
Elizabeth, Phebe, Ebenezer, Mary, Anna and 
Becca. 

(\T) Joseph, second son of William (2) 
and Dorothy (Wing) Rowland, was born 
September 5, 1765. It is related of him that 
when a young man he sold his silver knee- 
buckles and with the proceeds made his way 
to Kennebec county, Maine. Re was one of 
the early settlers of the town of Vassalbor- 
ough, and it appears from the Pembroke fam- 
ily record that his sister Phebe, also another 
sister, went to live with or near him. Re was 
an honored member of the Society of Friends. 
Re married (first) Phebe Taber, by whom he 
had children as follows : Phebe, Rebecca and 
Mercy. The last-named married George 
Getchell. (See Getchell, I.) Re married 
(second) Sarah Purrington, and thev had four 
children : Mary, Ann, William and David. 



This is probably one of the earli- 
HINDS est names used in England as a 

surname, and comes, according to 
some authorities, from the old English and 
Scotch words hyne or hine, meaning a tiller 
of the ground, or a farmer, and later this came 
to mean the yeomanry. Or, according to 
others, it may be from the Anglo-Saxon hind, 
the female of the red deer, as the first sur- 
names of England were often taken from 
some animal, plant, or the like, and the term 
hynd early came to have the meaning cour- 
teous or gentle. In the Colonial records this 
name is spelled in at least nine different ways, 
as Hinds, Rindes, Rynds, Rynes, Rines, 
Reines, Rains, Raynes, Reynes. 



1538 



STATK Ol' MAIXE. 



(I) James Hindes (also spelled in the rec- 
ords Heynes and ITaynes), the emigrant, came 
to this country, probably from England, landed 
in Salem, Massachusetts, vvlicre he was made 
freeman in 1637, married the next year, and 
early removed to Southold, Long Island, 
where he died March, 1652-53. His widow 
married, June, 1656, Ralph Dayton, of South- 
old. James Hindes was a cooper by profes- 
sion, was a member of the Congregational 
church of Salem. Massachusetts, as early as 
1637, and the baptism of his eight children is 
recorded there. His wife's name was Mary, 
and their children were: John, born August 
28, 1639; James, baptized August 2, 1641 ; 
Benjamin, August 26, 1643; Mary, February 
19, 1646; James, December 2^. 1647-48; Jon- 
athan, April II, 1648; Sarah, April 11, 1649; 
and Thomas, IMarch 4, 165 1. 

(H) John, who may have been the eldest 
son of James and Mary Hindes, and if so was 
born August 28, 1639, probably in Salem, 
Massachusetts, died in Lancaster, Massachu- 
setts, March, 1720. He settled in Lancaster 
May 25, 1710, in that part which later became 
Bolton, having spent a short time there in 
1676, removed to Brookfield, Massachusetts, 
and in 1710 made his permanent residence in 
Lancaster. By his first marriage, of which 
no record can be found, he had a son and 
probably other children, and on February 9, 
1681-82, he married (second), in Lancaster. 
Mary, widow of James Butler. By his second 
wife he had cbildren as follows : John, born 
January 19, 1683: Jacob, i68s; Hannah, De- 
borah, Enoch, Hopestill and Experience. -■ 

(HI) Jacob, second son of John and Mary 
(Butler) Hinds, was born in 1685, probably 
in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and died at West 
Boylston, Massachusetts. He was a farmer of 
Marlboro. Massachusetts, where his name on 
the public records is spelled Hins, and in 1717 
he was one of the Marlboro citizens who set- 
tled Shrewsbury. In 1720 he removed with 
his family to West Boylston, being probably 
the first white settler in that section. In 1729 
he lived on house lot number thirtv-tliree. and 
was on the muster roll of Captain .Asa Whit- 
comb, in whose company he was a corporal ; 
his will is daterl September 24. 1764. He mar- 
ried, December 6. 1716, at Marlboro, Grace, 
daughter of Joseph and Hester (Pierce) 
Morse, born June 7, 1694, at Watertown, Mas- 
sachusetts. Joseph Morse, at the age of 
twenty-four, embarked in Ipswich. England, 
in April, 1634, '" the ship "Elizabeth," with 
William Andrews master, and settled in Water- 
town, where he was one of the proprietors 



and admitted freeman May 6. 1635; he was 
the eldest son of Joseph and Deborah Morse, 
who came to America, probably a year or two 
later than he, and he married Hester, daughter 
of John and Elizabeth Pierce. Jacob and 
Grace (Morse) Hinds had eleven children, as 
follows: Tabitha, born 1718, died an infant; 
Sarah, 1719, died before 1771 ; Abigail, 1720, 
died before 1771 ; Daniel, June 21, 1722, died 
June 2, 17.^0; Joseph, January 20, 1724; Ben- 
jamin, July 7. 1725: Mary, August 18, 1726, 
died before 1771 ; Tabitha, November 14, 
1727, died before 1771 ; Jason, December 8, 
1728; Elizabeth, January 22, 1730; Jacob, 
January 22, 1731. 

(IV) Benjamin, third son of Jacob and 
Grace (Morse) Hinds, was born July 7, 1725, 
in Shrewsbury, and died October 29, 1794. 
He was a farmer of Shrewsbury, but in 1746 
he settled in West Boylston. He showed his 
patriotism by loaning to the Continental con- 
gress sixty thousand dollars, part of which 
was returned in colonial money. He married 
(first). 1747, in Shrewsbury. Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Isaac Temple, of Boylston, by whom he 
had ten children, and she died in middle life. 
He married (second) Tabitha, daughter of 
Ephraim Holland, born Alay j.. 17'?. d'cd 
June 4, 1826, and by her had seven children; 
his wives were cousins. Children by first 
wife, born in West Boylston, were as follows: 
Elizabeth, March 9, 1748; Daniel, April 27, 
1749: Jason. February 14, 1750; Abigail, July 
14, 1752; Benjamin, August 29. 1754; Abner, 
October 25, 1756: Nimrod, January 12, 1758; 
.Asher; Martha, Septembet 29, 1760; Tabitha, 
March 2. 1762. By his second wife he had, 
born in West Boylston: Jacob. July 21, 1767; 
Justin, March 28, 1770; Joseph, July 4, 1773; 
Tabitha. April 14. 1776: Abraham, August 23, 
1778; Ephriam. November 7, 1780; Elisha, 
February 7, 1784. 

(V) Asher, sixth son of Benjamin and 
Elizabeth (Temple) Hinds, was born Septem- 
ber II, 1759, at West Boylston. Massachu- 
setts, and died April ig, 1814, in that part of 
Clinton. Maine, now Benton. He removed to 
Clinton about 1780. where he was engaged in 
farming ; he represented the town of Winslow, 
Maine, at the general court of Alassachusetts, 
about 181 2. and two of his sons were members 
of the Maine legislature. He married, Sep- 
tember 6, 1788, in Winslow. now Benton, 
Maine, Rebecca, daughter of Joel and Hannah 
(Stevens) Crosby, born ]\Iay 18. 1772, died 
November 10. 1843, at Benton. Their first 
four children were born in Albion, the others 
in Clinton, Maine, and were : Betsey, Octo- 




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STATE OF ^JAIXE. 



1539 



ber 27, 1789; Asher; Benjamin, January 19, 
1794; r^Iartha, January 12, 1796; Ruby, July 
5, 1798; Thirza, July 24, 1800; Thomas Jef- 
ferson. August 8, 1805: Ulmer, March 15, 
1807; Temple. May 6, 1809; Crosby, Decem- 
ber 19. 181 1 ; Elvira, September 19, 1813. 

(VI) Asher (2), the eldest son of Asher 
(i) and Rebecca (Crosby) Hinds, was born 
May 2, 1792, at Albion, Maine, and died April 
2, i860. He served in the war' of 1812, and 
later became a prosperous farmer and mer- 
chant of Benton ; he was twice elected to the 
state senate from the Kennebec district, and 
served in 1829-30. During the administration 
of Governor Kent, in 1838, he was a member 
of the executive council, and at the time of 
his death was a member of the board of direc- 
tors of the Androscoggin & Kennebec rail- 
road, having been elected to that body nearly 
every year since its organization. He mar- 
ried (first), in Wrentham, Massachusetts, 
Susan Slocum Nelson, who had no children, 
and died November 2. 1825, at the age of 
twenty-seven years; he married (second), 
January 25, 1833, at Bath, Maine. Mrs. Lucy 
Harding (Turner) Lunt, born February 12, 
1801, at Bath, and died July 22, 1883. By his 
second marriage Mr. Hinds had five children : 
Amos Lunt, born November 12. 1833; Albert 
Dwelley; Susan Ann, November 15, 1837; 
Asher Crosby, January 7, 1840; Roswell Sis- 
son, April 27, 1844. 

(VH) Albert Dwelley, second son of Asher 
(2) and Lucy H. (Turner) (Lunt) Hinds, 
was born November 3, 1835. ^t Clinton, 
Maine, and died June 20. 1873, '^t Benton, 
Maine. After receiving his education at the 
Waterville College, he became a successful 
farmer, residing at Benton, and during the 
civil war he was elected a member of the 
Maine legislature. He married, December 26, 
1 861, at Waterville. Maine, Charlotte, daugh- 
ter of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Piper) Flagg, 
born August 5, 1839, at Benton, and died 
there November 3. 1874 ; they became the 
parents of two children : Asher Crosby, given 
further mention below, and Elizabeth Char- 
lotte, born I\Iarch 9, 1865, married John Reed, 
a civil engineer. 

(\''HI) Asher Crosby, only son of Albert 
Dwelley and Charlotte (Flagg) Hinds, was 
born February 6. 1863, at Benton. Maine, and 
after attending the public schools of his native 
town he entered Coburn Classical Institute at 
Waterville, Maine, graduating in 1879, after 
which he entered Colby College, graduated 
with degree Bachelor of Arts in 1883. and in 
1905 received from that institution the degree 



of Doctor of Laws. After his graduation 
from college he became engaged on the news- 
paper staff of the Daily Portland (Maine) Ad- 
vertiser, after two years changing to the Daily 
Portland Press, for which paper he continued 
to work until 1903. In 1S90 he became clerk 
to the speaker (Reed) in the fifty-first con- 
gress, and remained in that position till 1901, 
when he spent four years in newspaper work 
at Portland, Maine. In 1905 he became clerk 
at the speaker's table in the house of repre- 
sentatives, and with the last three speakers of 
the house has continued as parliamentary 
clerk. For the last twelve years Mr. Hinds 
has been the parliamentarian of the Republi- 
can national conventions, and is considered 
an authority on parliamentary law. He is au- 
thor, editor and compiler of a work entitled 
"Constitutional Digest and Alanual of the 
United States House of Representatives," 
published annually by the United States gov- 
ernment, and has recently completed Hind's 
"Precedents of the House of Representatives," 
in eight volumes. For the past five years he 
has been a trustee of Colby College; he is a 
member of the Maine Historical Society, and 
of the American Political Science Association. 
In his editorial and literary work Mr. Hinds 
has made his productions finished and authen- 
tic. September 3, 1891, he married Harriett 
Louise, daughter of Rev. Aaron Estey, a Bap- 
tist clergyman, and his wife Louise (Watson) 
Estey. They have had two children : Albert 
Estey, born June 12, 1892, died April 13, 1893, 
and Asher Estey, born May 17. 1894. 'Sir. 
Hinds is a resident of Portland. 



The name of Knight is very 
KNIGHT early found in the New Eng- 
land records, has been conspicu- 
ously identified with the early settlements in 
Massachusetts and Maine, and its representa- 
tives are still contributing a share toward the 
worthy development of the last named com- 
monwealth. 

(I) John (2), son of John Knight, a cooper 
bv trade, was at Charlestown, Massachusttts. 
in 1653. He was probably born in England. 
He was married April 25, 1634, in Charles- 
town, to Ruhamah Johnson, and they were 
the parents of Ruhamah (died young), Eliza- 
beth. John, Ruhamah and .Abigail. He was 
admitted to the church in Charlestown in 1667. 
In a record appearing in 1677 the name of his 
wife was given as Mary. He was married 
(third) June 22, 1668, to Mary Bridge, who 
died October, 1678, and he was married 
(fourth) December 19 of that year to Widow 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Mary Clenience, who died July 12, 1682. He 
died in 1714. 

(II) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and 
Ruhamah (Johnson) Knight, was born No- 
vember 4, 1657, in Charlestown, and resided 
in Beverly, Massachusetts, where the births of 
several of his children are recorded, the 
mother's name being given as Elizabeth. They 
included John and Joseph. 

(III) John (4), son of John (3) and Eliza- 
beth Knight, was born June 11, 1682, in Bev- 
erly, and died August 8, 1744, in that town. 
In the records of his children's births the name 
of the mother is given as "Liddeah" and the 
children recorded in Beverly are Benjamin, 
John Lidiah and Joseph. 

(IV) Joseph, son of John (4) and Liddeah 
Knight, was born December 10, 171 1, in Bev- 
erly, Massachusetts, and was baptized as an 
adult in Manchester, September 22, 1734. 
Soon after this he removed to Windham, 
Maine, and was there captured by Indians in 
1747, but was subsequently released. He was 
again captured the following year but escaped 
from his captors and warned the residents of 
North Yarmouth in time to enable them to es- 
cape from the savage raiders. He died in 
1797. He married Phoebe Libby, who was 
probably a daughter of John and Mary Miller 
Libby, natives respectively of Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, and Scarborough, Maine. 
Children : Lydia, Phoebe, Nathaniel, Daniel, 
Joseph (died young), Nabby, Joseph, Samuel, 
Morris, Winthrop and Benjamin. 

(V) Nathaniel, eldest son of Joseph and 
Phoebe (Libby) Knight, was born 1765 in 
Gorham, Maine, resided for a time in West- 
brook, where he was a merchant, and settled 
in Lincolnville, Maine. 

(\T) Nathan, son of Nathaniel Kni'::ht. 
was born in 1790, in Lincolnville, and died at 
Hallowell, Maine, in 1871. He had a common 
school education, and when a young man was 
a teamster. He established a general store in 
Lincolnville and became a successful and sub- 
stantial citizen. He was prominent in public 
affairs, a selectman for twenty-two years and 
for two years representative to the legislature. 
He was a member of the Hallowell Baptist 
Church. He married Lucy, born in Lincoln- 
ville, 1796, daughter of Samuel Dean. They 
had a son and a daughter : Austin Dean and 
Mary F. The latter married Captain E. Perry 
and resides in Hallowell, Maine. 

(VII) Austin Dean, only son of Nathan and 
Lucy (Dean) Knight, was born March 21, 
1823, in Lincolnville. He began his education 
in the district school of Lincolnville, and 



graduated from the high school of that town, 
but subsequently attended a private school, 
after which he took a two years' course of 
private instruction, being one of a class of 
thirteen boys placed under the tutorship of 
Rev. Edward Freeman, of Camden. These 
pupils were taken through a course of study so 
thorough that they were fitted to enter Water- 
ville College two years in advance. Instead 
of entering college, however, young Knight 
began the reading of law and prepared for a 
professional career. About this time the ac- 
tivities of the trade made the mercantile out- 
look more promising than that of the legal 
profession, and feeling that his general and 
special education were good business capital, 
he abandoned the law and became a merchant. 
Ship supplies were his specialty and to mer- 
cantile occupation he added that of shipbuild- 
ing. Quick lime was then shipped in vessels 
to many southern states and Mr. Knight be- 
came a large jobber in this article of com- 
merce. His first vessel sailed in 1849 ^or New 
Orleans, and after discharging her cargo was 
chartered to carry passengers to -San Fran- 
cisco, but the passengers proved to be Cuban 
revolutionists and the vessel was captured 
by a Spanish man-of-war and was converted 
into a man-of-war. The claim of the owners 
for $19,000 was never collected from Spain. 
For more than fifteen years he was profitably 
and honorably employed in this way and then 
disposed of his enterprise in Lincolnville and 
removed to Hallowell, in 1858. There he 
purchased a small farm and settled down to a 
period of rest from mercantile risks and ac- 
tivities, but his active organization and habits 
of work demanded occupation and he discov- 
ered that the conditions were favorable for a 
National bank at Hallowell. Among his 
friends who entertained the same view was 
John Graves, and their movements forthwith 
resulted in the organization of the .American 
National Bank. Mr. Knight was elected its 
first president and served from 1864 to 1871 ; 
from the last year until 1888 he was cashier, 
with the exception of a few months, and he 
became well known as an expert judge of 
money. Although nominally retired, he still 
retains his positions as president and director 
of the bank, whose interests have always been 
the subject of his special care and whose suc- 
cess and prosperity are largely results of his 
wise counsels. In 1876 he was elected judge 
of the municipal court of Hallowell, and his 
re-election, covering a period of twelve years, 
attests the public approval of the impartial 
manner in which he held the scales of jus- 



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tice and administered the duties of tliis diffi- 
cult, often thankless, but always important, 
judicial position. Judge Knight also served 
the city eleven years in its legislation councils, 
generally as alderman. For over sixty years 
he has been active and zealous in the ranks 
of Free Masonry, with an extended reputatKjn 
for knowledge and experience in its work and 
devotion to its beneficent teachings and pro- 
fessions. He was made a Master Mason in 
Camden Lodge in 1848 and since that time, 
by repeated and regular promotion, he has 
ascended the fascinating scale of ancient and 
mystic rites to the thirty-second degree, the 
highest honor but one. He is a past master of 
King David's Lodge of Lincolnville, and is 
now affiliated with Hallowell Lodge. He is 
past high priest of Jerusalem Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons, and has conferred the Royal 
Arch degree on more candidates than any 
other man in the state. He is a member of 
Hallow-ell Council, Royal and Select Masons, 
of which he was treasurer for many years. 
For a period of forty-seven years he has been 
a member of Trinity Commandery, Knights 
Templar, four years commander, a longer 
term than any other, and is affiliated with 
Maine Consistory, thirty-second degree. He 
has been a representative in the Grand Lodge 
since 1874. He belongs to the numerous and 
honorable order of Odd Fellows, and has been 
identified with the temperance movement al- 
most from boyhood, joining the Sons of Tem- 
perance in 1846. His influence along this line 
has been extended in a quiet way for a very 
long period and with good effect upon the 
morals of his home state. Judge Knight has 
been an extensive traveler; with characteristic 
good sense, he first became familiar with his 
own country, visiting every state but two, 
making prolonged stops in Colorado, Cali- 
fornia and New Mexico. Besides a thorough 
knowledge of the Canadas he has traveled 
leisurely through England, Ireland and Scot- 
land and extensively through seven nations of 
the European continent, Austria being the 
most easterly of these. Politically he was a 
Democrat until the formation of the Republi- 
can party, to whose interests he has since been 
devoted. His successful and honorable career 
has been marked by high aims, intelligent mind 
and strict integrity. He was married Novem- 
ber 20, 1851, by Rev. John G. Adams, to 
Julia Augusta, daughter of Henry and Susan 
Crehore, of Maiden, Massachusetts, who was 
born November 9, 182S, in Maiden, and died 
December — , 1904, in Hallowell. 



The name of Lewis, sometimes 
LEWIS spelled Lewes, has had many dis- 
tinguished representatives in this 
country. The family is numerous and ancient, 
both north and south. Robert Lewis, of Brad- 
mockshire, Wales, emigrated to Gloucester 
county, Virginia, in 1640. He had a large 
grant of land from the crown, and from him 
have sprung different families of Lewises all 
over the country. Samuel Gilford Lewis was 
a major on General Washington's staff, and 
distinguished himself at the battle of German- 
town, Pennsylvania. His descendants lived 
at Washington, D. C, and at St. Louis, where 
they were known as editors, judges and sur- 
geons. George Lewis, of Plymouth, after- 
wards at Scituate, Massachusetts, where he 
joined the church September 20, 1635, came 
from East Greenwich in Kent before 1633. 
Edmund Lewis, of Lynn. ^Massachusetts, was 
first at Watertown, and came over from Eng- 
land in 1634. John Lewis settled at Westerly, 
Rhode Island, as early as 1660. Dr. William 
Jerauld Lewis, president of the American So- 
ciety of Microscopists, is descended from the 
Connecticut and Rhode Island families. In 
1834 thirteen of the Lewis name had been 
graduated from Harvard, and thirty-four from 
other New England colleges. 

(I) John Lewis was an inhabitant of 
Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1634, when he 
is first found of record. He was admitted to 
the church there July 10, 1644, and soon after 
removed to Maiden where he was one of the 
first settlers in 1635-36. He had four acres 
of planting land and a ten acre lot on the 
Mystic side in 1637. I" ^^ he was the owner 
of six parcels of land. He must have been a 
man of some means. The name of his first 
wife was Marguerite, who was admitted to 
the church in Charlestown, July 7, 1638. She 
died April 10, 1649. He married (second), 
April 10, 1650, at Maiden, yiary Browne, 
daughter of Abraham Browne, of Watertown. 
Children : John, Joseph and ]\Iary, twins, 
Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Abraham, Jonathan, 
Mary, Hannah. Isaac and Trial. He died Sep- 
tember 16, 1657, ^t ]\Ialden. 

(II) Isaac, son (probably the only one) of 
John and Mary (Browne) Lewis, was born 
at Maiden, Massachusetts, about 1655. He 
married Mary Davis, and their children were : 
Mary, Isaac (2), mentioned below. Joseph, 
John and Abraham. 

(III) Isaac (2), eldest son of Isaac (i) and 
Mary (Davis) Lewis, was born about 1680, 
probably at Maiden, Massachusetts. He lived 



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at Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea. He mar- 
ried Hannah Hallctt ; children : Isaac, John, 
Hannah, William, Abijali, whose sketch fol- 
lows, Mary, Nathan, of Boston, and Joseph. 
Nathan Lewis, who married Mary Newhall, 
was the grandfather of Alonzo Lewis, the 
historian of Lynn, Massachusetts. 

(I\') Abijah, the fourth son of Isaac (2) 
and Hannah (Hallett) Lewis, was born prob- 
ably at Lynn, Massachusetts, about 1725, and 
died at seventy-two years of age in the town 
of Buxton, Maine. Early during his married 
life he moved from Lynn to the Saco valley 
township called Narragansett Number i, and 
settled near the Gorham line. His wife's name 
was Rebecca ; she died at seventy-four years 
of age: children, the first three of whom were 
probably born before they moved to Maine : 
I. Abijah. born in 1756, married Betsey El- 
dridge, of Buxton. 2. Thomas, married Sally 
Boston, of York. 3. Elizabeth, married, No- 
vember 30, 1780, Henry Flood, of Buxton. 

4. Ebenezer, baptized in Buxton, April 10, 
1777. married Lydia Thompson, of that town. 

5. Samuel, whose sketch follows. 6. Sarah, 
1776, married Benjamin Newcomb, of Buxton. 
7. Rebecca, August 29, 1779, married Elisha 
Newcomb, of Buxton. 8. Miriam, married 
Adam Cochran, of Newcastle, ?\Iaine, April 
9, 1781. 9. Ann, married Winthrop Eldridge, 
May 7, 1789. 10. Jane, married Aaron El- 
drids'e, May 6, 1794. Of the four sons of 
this family, Abijah, the eldest, served in the 
revolution in the company of Captain Hart 
Lewis, of Gorham, who was probably a rela- 
tive. The other three sons, Thomas, Ebenezer 
and Samuel, all became preachers of the Free 
Will Baptist denomination. Thomas Lewis 
lived at Bonny Eagle village in Hollis, and 
later moved to Clinton, Maine. Ridlon, in his 
"Saco Valley Settlements and Families," thus 
speaks of Ebenezer Lewis : "He was a primi- 
tive preacher who rode horseback to many of 
the early plantations in York county to sow 
gospel seed. He possessed a charming voice, 
and could sing the old 'pennyroyal' hvmns 
with great j^owcr. His advantages for educa- 
tion were limited, but his natural ability as 
a public speaker was good and his memory 
something phenomenal. He lived to the great 
age of ninety-eight. During his last days his 
mind became weak. He never forgot to pray, 
but sometimes prayed in his family a second 
time in consequence of having forgotten that 
he had prayed. His failings certainly 'leaned 
to virtue's side.' " 

(V) Samuel, fourth son of Abijah and Re- 
becca Lewis, was baptized at Buxton, Maine, 



April 10, 1777, and probably died at Spring- 
field, that state, September 4, 1850. He moved 
from his native town to Harrison, and settled 
in the south part of that town on the Pond 
road, where six children were born. He be- 
came a Free Will Baptist preacher, and after- 
wards moved to Springfield, Maine. On De- 
cember 4, 1800, Samuel Lewis married Phebe, 
daughter of General Irish, of Gorham, Maine. 
She (lied March 23, 1865, at eighty-one years 
of age. Children: i. William, born July 7, 
1801, married Abigail Newcomb. 2. Almon, 
June 6, 1803, married Lucy Harmon. 3. 
Hannah P., October 30, 1804, married Levi 
Watson. 4. IMary, October 11, 1806, married 
Abial Scribner. 5. Ebenezer. May 7, 1808. 
6. Melchcr, November 26, 1810. 7. Susan 
N., born 1812. 8. Samuel, born 1815. 9. 
Francis Dana, whose sketch follows. 10. Cle- 
ment P., born 1820. II. Sybil A., born 1824. 
12. Tohn D.. born 1828. All deceased except 
Sybi'l A.. 

(VI) Francis Dana, son of Rev. Samuel 
and Phebe (Irish) Lewis, was born at Harri- 
son, Alaine, in 1818. and died at Springfield, 
that state. In early life he moved with his 
people to Springfield, which became his per- 
manent home. He was a farmer and lumber- 
man by occupation. About 1838 Francis Dana 
married Mary, daughter of Lewis and Rebecca 
(Johnson) Hanscom, of Springfield. Chil- 
dren: I. Andrew Jackson, born March 12, 
1840, now living at Caribou, IMaine. 2. Henry 
B., August 13, 1843, of Springfield. 3. Ada- 
line, May 28, 1847, married Henry Clark ; she 
is now deceased. 4. Nora, November 29, 
1831. married James P. Coffin, of Springfield. 
5. Nina, born 1854, died in childhood. 6. C. 
L, whose sketch follows. 7. Susie, born 1861, 
married W. S. Pillsbury, of Waterville, Maitie. 

(\TI) C. J., son of Francis Dana and Mary 
(Hanscom) Lewis, was born at Springfield, 
Maine, April 16, 1858. He was educated in 
the schools of his native town, and farmed 
there till iSSt,. when he moved to Caribou, and 
contimicd in farming till 1905. In the latter 
vear he helped to organize the corporation of 
Hines and Smith, dealers in farm implements 
and hardware, of which firm he is now the sec- 
retary. Mr. Lewis is a Republican in politics. 
and has served as selectman on several oc- 
casions, and once as chairman =of the board. 
He has been a member of the school com- 
mittee, and also superintendent of schools. 
He is a Mason, belonging to Ciribou Lodge, 
No. 170. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; 
and he is also a member of Caribou Lodge, 
No. 138, Patrons of Husbandry. On Sep- 



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tember 4, 1880, C. J. Lewis married Alice M.. 
daughter of E. M. and Martha Flanders, of 
Carroll, Maine. Children: i. Susie E., born 
October 24, 1881, married D. S. Teague, of 
Caribou. 2. Lillian, May 28, 1883, married 
Charles F. Roberts, of Caribou. 3. Silas E.. 
October 19, 1884, died September 27, 1899. 
4. Jennie A., May 21. 1886, married Grover 
M. Hardison, of Caribou. 5. Nina E., De- 
cember 10, 1894. 



The surnames Doggett and 
DAGGETT Daggett are apparently inter- 
changeable, and may all be 
traced to the Doggett family of England. The 
patronymic is very ancient, and as no de has 
been found prefixed to it, it is probably not 
derived from the name of a place. There are 
many theories in regard to its origin, however 
many theories in regard to its origin. Lower, 
in his "Dictionarv of Names,'' London, i860, 
says : "Doggett is an old London name prob- 
ably corrupted from Dowgate, one of the Ro- 
man gateways of the city." Robert Ferguson 
in his "Teutonic Name System," London, 1864, 
says: "I think it belongs to the roots of 
.^nglo-Saxon diigan, to be of use or value." 
Various other origins have been suggested. 
but perhaps none is more credible than the ob- 
vious one, that Doggett is derived from man's 
most faithful friend in the brute creation. 
This supposition is strengthened by a glance 
at the coats-of-arms. Of the eleven heraldic 
devices borne by different branches of the 
Doggett and Daggett families, all but three 
have dogs prominently displayed. Four of 
these emblems have two greyhounds combat- 
ant ; another has two greyhounds in full 
course. Two of them have three talbots' heads 
on a bend sable ; and another has for a crest 
a demi-talbot, sable-collared. A talbot is a 
large hunting-dog, a kind of hound with thick, 
hanging ears. 

( I ) John Doggett, also spelled Doget and 
Doged, was born in England, and died at Ply- 
mouth, IMassachusetts, between May 17 and 
26, 1673. Of his early life we have no posi- 
tive knowledge, though it is possible he may 
have been John Doggett, of Boxford, baptized 
November 4, 1602, of whom the parish records 
give no further information. The first we 
reallv know of the .American pioneer is that h? 
joined the "Great Emigration," and came to 
New England with Governor Winthrop in 
1630. Seventeen emigrant ships left England 
in that year, of which fourteen sailed before 
the first of June. Four of these ships, the 
"Arbella," the "Jewell," the "Ambrose" and 



the "Talbot," sailed from the Isle of Wight on 
April 8, bringing the governor and others who 
afterwards held prominent places in the early 
history of the Colony. .Antiquarians agree 
that John Doggett came in the same fleet with 
Winthrop, arriving in Salem sometime be- 
tween June 12 and July 2, 1630, according 
to which of the four vessels brought him to^ 
New England. Many of the newcomers were 
not pleased with the location at Salem and 
removed to Cbarlestown. .Soon afterward, a 
large number of them with Sir Richard Sal- 
tonstall as their leader, moved four miles up 
the Charles river and began a settlement after- 
wards known as Watertown. John Doggett 
was one of these, and he had a lot next to the 
"homestall" of Sir Richard, which was in that 
strip of territory annexed to Cambridge in 
1754. On May 18, 1631, John Doggett took 
the freeman's oath, which shows that he must 
have been a member of Rev. George Phillips'' 
church. This, tjie first church of Watertown, 
was organized July 28, 1630, and ranks in age 
next to that of .S'alem, the oldest in Massa- 
chusetts bay. John Doggett gradually in- 
creased his landed possessions in \^'at■:rto^\n, 
but he did not remain a resident of that place 
more than thirteen or fourteen years. Soon 
after 1643 we find him among' the earliest 
settlers of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, which 
then included Seekonk, Pawtucket and a con- 
siderable portion of the adjoining country in 
Rhode Island. It is possible that John Dog- 
gett was drawn here by the fishing, but he 
had another motive for seeking the neighbor- 
hood. On Alarch 16, 1641, John Doggett and 
several others received from "the Thomas Mav- 
hews, father and son, a grant of land on Mar- 
tha's Vineyard, which afterwards became the 
site of Edgarton. Doggett moved to the latter 
place about 1650. .Although in Rehoboth but 
a short time Doggett's name appears frequent- 
ly upon the records. He was made a fence 
viewer in 1646, and with several others was 
given leave to set up a "weier" upon the cove 
before William Devill's house and also one 
upon Pawtucket river. The latter agreement 
specified that the men should sell their ale- 
wives at two shillings a thousind, and their 
other fish at reasonable rates. In 1648 John 
Doggett was chosen one of the two deputies 
for the town of Rehoboth ; and that same year 
he was appointed surveyor of the highvvays. 
and also exciseman. On March 29, 165 1, Tohn 
Doggett was chosen corporal at Edgarton on 
Martha's_ Vineyard, which indicates that he 
had previously moved there. In 1652, in com- 
pany with the elder Mr. Mayhew, "he was di- 



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reeled to lay out all the highways belonging 
to the town. After John Doggett's second 
marriage to a widow in Plymouth, Massachu- 
setts, which occurred six years before his 
death, it is probable that he spent most of his 
time there, because he is mentioned on the list 
of freemen, and his will is dated in that town. 
May 17, 1673. 

John Doggett's first wife lived in England, 
but her maiden name is unknown. It is prob- 
able that she and their eldest child came with 
him to Kew England. The children of whom 
we have record are: i. John, born in Eng- 
land, about 1626. 2. Thomas, whose sketch 
follows. 3. Joseph, born in Watertown, 
Massachusetts, about 1634. 4. Elizabeth, 
Watertown, about 1638, married Jeremiah 
Whitton. 5. Hepzibah, Watertown, about 
1643. John Doggett's second wife was Mrs.. 
Bathsheba Pratt, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 
to whom he was married August 29, 1667. 
There were no children by. this marriage. 
John Doggett's will disposes of considerable 
real estate, and says that the farm has already 
been divided betwixt his three sons. The 
first paragraph of the document is worth quot- 
ing for its quaint details : "I, John Doggett, 
finding the symptoms of Death upon me do 
make this my last will and testament hereby 
Revoking all former wills. I give to my Be- 
loved wife all my household goods and all my 
wearing clothes and all my debts in any part 
of Plymouth Colonies : also I give her one ox 
at Sacconesit in the hands of William Week 
Jr : also I give my said wife that five pounds 
in goods which I was to receive of John Edv 
as part of pay for the two oxen of mine he 
sold for 10 pounds : also I give her the hide 
and Tallow of an ox that is at the Vineyard 
to be sent to Boston, and the four quarters of 
the ox I give equally to my sons and daugh- 
ters at the \'ineyard." 

(II) Thomas, second son of John Doggett. 
was born at Watertown, Alassachusetts, about 
1630, and died, probably at Edgarton, Massa- 
chusetts, between March 18 and September 15, 
1691. In later years he spelled his name Dag- 
gett. Thomas Doggett probably moved to 
Edgartown on the Island of Martha's Vine- 
yard about the time that his father took pos- 
session of his property there, which was in 
the neighborhood of 1650. On November 11, 
1652, Thomas Dogeett and William \\^eeks 
are voted whale cutters for the year. The 
Plymouth Records, under dite of August 3, 
1670, say : "Thomas Doged was clarke to the 
court at the Vineyard." At one time he is 
said to have been magistrate of the island, 



which is quite probable, as he married the 
eldest daughter of Governor Mayhew, who 
was the most influential man in that region. 
The Mayhew family held themselves in con- 
siderable estimation, and on June 20, 1679, 
John Daggett promises whatever Thomas 
Mayhew shall give to his daughter Hannah 
(his wife), she shall be at liberty to dispose 
of as she likes. The Dukes and Bristol county 
deeds contain many transfers of land made 
both by Thomas and Hannah Daggett. There 
are no records to show the exact date of 
Thomas Daggett's death, and he left no will. 
About 1657 Thomas Doggett or Dag3;ett mar- 
ried Hannah, eldest daughter of Governor 
Thomas and Jane ]\Iayhew, of Edgar; own, 
Massachusetts. She was born at Watertown, 
Massachusetts, April 15, 1635, and died at 
Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, in 1722. Six 
children are recorded: i. Thomas (2), whose 
sketch follows. 2. Samuel, born about 1660. 
3. John, about 1662. 4. Joshua, about 1664. 
5. Israel, about 1672. 6. Alercy. All of these 
children were born at Edgartown, Alassachu- 
setts. Between September 12, 1695, and 1705, 
Mrs. Daggett married Captain Samuel Smith, 
of Edgartown, for her second husband. 

(Ill) Captain Thomas (2), eldest child of 
Thomas (i) and Hannah (Mayhew) Daggett, 
was born at Edgartown, Alassachusetts, about 
1658, and died there August 23, 1726. He 
moved to Bristol about 1685, and among the 
list of families recorded as belonging to the 
"Church of Christ in Bristol," February 11, 
1688-89, is Thomas Daggett, his wife, two 
children and two servants. Among the many 
transfers of land to which he was one of the 
parties, he is mentioned as Lieutenant Daggett 
until 1697, and then as Captain Daggett, be- 
ginning with a deed in 1705. The following 
item from the diary of Rev. William Homes, 
of Chilmark, is of interest: "Aug 28, 1726, 
On Thursday night last Capt. Thomas Dag- 
gett of oldtown (Edgartown) departed this 
life. He has been ill several weeks. He was 
a peaceable man and well inclined, and of good 
understanding." The will of Captain Dag- 
gett is dated July 8, 1726, only a few weeks 
before his death. The inventory is recorded 
May 12, 1727, and shows real estate valued at 
thirteen hundred and ninetx-three pounds, a 
handsome property for those times. About 
1685 Captain Thomas (2) Daggett married 
Elizabeth Hawes, who died at Edgartown, 
Massachusetts, between December 25, 1735, 
and February 15, 1733. Children: i. Sam- 
uel, whose sketch follows. 2. Hannah, bap- 
tized Bristol, Rhode Island, July 22, 1688. 3. 



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1545 



Timothy, born Edgartown, jNIassachusetts, 
about i6go. 4. Elizabeth, born Edgartown, 
about 1690, married John Butler (2). 5. 
Benjamin, about 1691. 6. Thomas, about 
1692. 7. Thankful. 8. Mary, August 8, 
1698. 9. Jemima. 10. Desire. 

(IV) Samuel, eldest child of Captain 
Thomas (2) and Elizabeth (Hawes) Daggett, 
was baptized at Bristol, now in Rhode Island, 
July 22, 1688, and died before 1726. He mar- 
ried when scarcely seventeen, and probably 
made his home in Tisbury. His wife was 
Mary (Pease) Daggett, daughter of Sergeant 
Thomas and Bathsheba Pease, of Edgartown, 
and the marriage took place July 11, 1705. 
Children: i. Samuel, born at Edgartown' 
about 1706. 2. Seth, whose sketch follows. 
3. Solomon. 4. Sylvanus. 5. Love, married 
Rev. John Lischer. 6. Elizabeth. 

(V) Seth, second son of Samuel (i) and 
Mary (Pease) Daggett, was born February 
5, 1713, and died at Tisbury, Massachusetts, 
April 14, 1779. He is said to have lived at 
Tashmoo Lake. Ten transfers of land were 
made in his name, and in these documents he 
is called "carpenter" and "housewright" of 
Tisbury. On December 23, 1734, Seth Dag- 
gett was united in marriage to Elizabeth, 
daughter of Abner and Jean (Cottle) West, 
who was born July 18, 1720, and died on her 
eighty-seventh birthday. Abner West. Mrs. 
Daggett's father, was the son of Thomas 
W'est, and grandson of Francis West, who 
settled in Mrginia in 1607. The latter was 
rear admiral in the British navy under the 
title of Sir Francis. His son Thomas came 
from Plymouth to ^lartha's \'ineyard in 1675, 
and settled in Chilmark. To Seth and Eliza- 
beth (West) Daggett were born ten children: 
I. William. 2 and 3. Peter and Samuel P. 
(twins), }vlay 4, 1738. 4. Samuel, whose 
sketch follows. 5. Nathan. 6. Seth, born in 
1755, died in 1761. 7. Silas, May 14, 1757. 
8. Mary, baptized in 1760. 9. West, bap- 
tized in 1764, died "from a fall at sea," 1779. 
10. Jane, baptized in 1765. 

(VI) Captain Samuel (2), fourth son of 
Seth and Elizabeth (West) Daggett, was born 
at Tisbury, ^Massachusetts, ]\Iay 9. 1745, and 
died at New Vineyard, Maine, May 30. 18^5. 
In 1794 Captain Daggett, accompanied by his 
only child, Samuel (3), move I from Martha's 
Mneyard to the district of ]\Iaine. then a part 
of Massachusetts, and settled in what was af- 
terwards New \'ineyard. now a part of Indus- 
trv. He is spoken of as a man of some 
property, careful and methodical in business 
transactions, precise in his use of lan;::;uage. 



and a moral, upright man. In 1781 he was in 
command of the ship "Mars," six guns, twenty 
men. About 1763 Captain Samuel (2) Dag- 
gett married at Tisbury, Massachusetts, Sarah 
Butler, born August 23, 1744. She was buried 
in the old Granary burying-ground at Boston, 
and the inscription on her stone reads : "In 
memory of RIrs Sarah Daggett the amiable 
consort of Capt Samuel Daggett died March 
27, 1789 aged 44 years 7 mos & 4 days. A 
kind companion & tender parent. 

In life the ways of truth she trod 
And now we trust she lives With God." 

Captain Samuel (2) and Sarah (Butler) Dag- 
gett had one child, Samuel (3), ment'oned in 
the next paragraph. Captain Daggett married 
for his second wife, at Holmes Hole, Massa- 
chusetts, Abigail, daughter of Elijah and Jedi- 
dah (Chase) Daggett, who was born in 1766, 
and died at Farmington, Maine, September 
30, 1846. 

(^TI) Captain Samuel (3), only child of 
Captain Samuel (2) and Sarah (Butler) Dag- 
gett, was born at Tisbury, Massachusetts, July 
II, 1764, and died in that place, September 23, 
i860. At the age of thirty. Captain Samuel 
(3) Daggett went to New Vineyard, now a 
part of Industry. Maine, and settled there in 
company with his father. Fourteen vears af- 
terward he returned to Martha's Vineyard, 
and resumed his former occupation of pilot at 
Holmes Hole. He saw some revolutionary 
service, and was chairman of the board of 
selectmen in New \'ineyard in 1803. In his 
ninety-sixth year Captain Daggett composed 
the following : 

"Universalist Creed. 
Upright in heart, in all our dealings just. 
In God's free grare we put our only trust : 
And in his boundless, universal love. 
We place our hope of Heaven and blijs above ; 
And when life's scene is drawing to a close, 
Calmly we sink into our lav I repose; 
/ nd as in Adam dapth o'er all doth reign 
Even so in Christ shall all Ire raised again." 

On October 3, 1790, Captain Samuel (3) 
Daggett married Rebecci, daughter of Isaac 
and Rebecca (Tobey) Dagrelt, who was born 
at Tisbury, ^Massachusetts, June 16, 1773, and 
died at Holmes Hole, Massachusetts, September 
23, 1832. Nine children were born of this 
marriage, seven of them at New Vineyard, 
Maine, and the eldest and youngest at Vine- 
yard Haven, ^Massachusetts. Children : i. 
Sarah, December 29, 1791. 2. Isaac, August 
;, 179J. 3. Rebecca, November 25, 1796. 4. 
Samuel (4). whose sketch follows. 5. Abi- 
gail. November 16, 1802, died October 27, 
1827. 6. Mary Merry, May 7, 1805, died 
January 28, 1821. 7. John Tobey, September 



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29, 1807. 8. IJradford Brush, April 15, 1812, 
lost on a whaling vessel. 9. Amanda Malvina, 
August 4, 181 5. 

(VIII) Samuel (4), second son of Captain 
Samuel (3) and Rebecca (Daggett) Daggett, 
was born at New Vineyard, Maine, December 
24, 1798, and died at Farmington. Maine. 
June 10, 1859. He carried on a large farm, 
was high sheriff of Franklin county from 1842 
to 1846, and was also a colonel in the militia. 
In his later years he moved to Farmington 
Falls. Colonel Samuel (4) Daggett married 
at New Vineyard, Maine, Julia, daughter of 
Ebenezer and Mary (Le Pallister) Jones, who 
was born at Farmington, Maine, June i, 1807, 
and died at Evansville, Illinois, July 17, 1887. 
Children: i. Bradford, born August 9, 1825, 
died July 15, 1841. 2. John Barnard, May 17, 
1827. 3. Mary Jones, December 26, 1830, 
died February 9, 1841. 4. Emily Jones, Janu- 
ary 10, 1837. 5. Charles Boardman, August 
31, 1842, served in the civil war, and was first 
sergeant of Compau}- L, Second Maine Cav- 
alry; he died at Chicago, Illinois, November 
6, 1875. 6. (3rrin, whose sketch follows. 
After the death of Colonel Samuel (4) Dag- 
gett his widow subsequently mirried Rev. 
George Webber. 

(IX) Orrin, son of Colonel Samuel (4) and 
Julia (Jones) Daggett, was born at New Vine- 
yard, Maine, died at Presque Isle, jNlaine, in 
1901. In early life he was a farmer at New 
Vineyard and Industry ; later he moved to 
Farmington, and subsequently to New Sharon. 
In 1864 he went to Kent's Hill, where he 
held the position of steward in the Maine 
Wesleyan Seminary and Female College. In 
1871 he went to Wilbraham, Massachusetts, 
where he was steward of Wesleyan Academy. 
In 1889 he moved to Presque Isle where he 
lived till his death. During his residence in 
Maine he was selectman and assessor, sheriff 
of the county for four years, and member of 
the state legislature. Mr. Daggett was a man 
of upright character, and a member of the 
Methodist church. On February 23, 1839, 
Orrin Daggett was united in marriage, at 
New Vineyard, Maine, to Mary Perkins, 
daughter of Levi H. and Bethia (Dunbar) 
Perkins, who was born at North Anson, 
Maine, January 11, 1820. Levi Perkins was a 
prominent attorney of New Vineyard, Maine. 
Children : i. Levi Hooper, born at Industry, 
Maine, February 21, 1840, now living at Som- 
erville, Massachusetts. 2. Fidelia W., New 
Vineyard. Maine, September 8. 1843, died at 
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, October 18, 
1872. 3. .Sanniel, Industry, Maine, May 29, 



1846, now living at Oakland, that state. 4. 
Emma A., New Sharon, Maine, April 23, 
1854, died at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, May 
4, 1877. 5. Charles F., whose sketch follows. 
(X) Charles Fremont, third and youngest 
son of Orrin and Mary (Perkins) Daggett, 
was born at New Sharon. Maine, September 
9, 1856. He was educated in the local schools 
at Kent's Hill, the Maine Wesleyan Seminary 
and the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, 
graduating from the latter institution in 1878. 
He then went to New York, and studied law 
in the offices of Nelson & Nelson, and after- 
wards in the offices of Powers & Powers, of 
Houlton, Maine. Mr. Daggett was admitted 
"to the bar in 1878, and for two years practiced 
his profession at Fort Fairfield, .Maine, re- 
moving in 1880 to Presque Isle, which he has 
made his permanent home. He is a Republi- 
can in politics, and held the position of county 
attorney from 1890 to 1895. Mr. Daggett 
served as a member of Governor Henry B. 
Cleave's executive council for one term, 1895- 
96; also as a member of Governor W. T. 
Cobb's council for one term, 1907-08, and is at 
present ( 1909) a member of Governor B. M. 
Fernald's executive council. For the la^t fif- 
teen years Mr. Daggett has been president of 
the Presque Isle National Bank, a position he 
still holds : and he is trustee and treasurer of 
the Unitarian church. On February 10, 1881, 
Charles Fremont Daggett married Alifair 
Dyer, daughter of John F. and Augusta 
(Stowers) Dyer, of Presque Isle, Maine. 
They have one child, Helen A., born at 
Presque Isle, November 13, 1883. 



The Hurds of New England are 

FIURD quite numerous, and trace their 

lineage in America to an early 

date in the Colonial period. Bearers of the 

name were pioneer settlers in Massachusetts, 

Connecticut. New Hampshire and Maine. 

(I) John Hurd, immigrant ancestor, located 
at what is now Dover, New Hampshire, in 
1636. Four years later the people of Dover 
met to establish a formal government, and the 
document known as the "Combination for 
Government'' was signed b}' forty-two men, 
among whom was John Hurd. In the same 
year there was a grant of six acres of land in 
Cocheco to John Hurd; February 26. 1656, 
there was a grant of forty acres to John Hurd ; 
in 1661 he with two others was chosen sur- 
veyors at a town meeting; the year following 
he was chosen constable for Cocheco, and in 
1665 he was chosen as a grand juror. He 
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possessed of soiind judgment, as he was fre- 
quently chosen to settle disputes, his counsel 
being ahvavs relied upon. Traditional his- 
tory says that he built a block house at Dover 
as a matter of protection against the hostile 
Indians. He married, about 1642, Elizabeth, 
daughter of the Rev. Joseph Hull, of York, 
Maine, and among- their children was a son 
Benjamin, see forward, and possibly a son 
John, as the father was often mentioned as 
John Hurd, .'^r., indicating that he had a son 
by that name. 

(II) Benjamin, son of John and Elizabeth 
(Hull) Hurd, was a native of Dover, New 
Hampshire. He was an early settler in North 
Berwick, York county, Maine. He married a 
Miss Andrews, and among their children was 
a son Benjamin. 

(III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i) 
Hurd, born in North Berwick. Maine, No- 
vember 4. 1777, died there June 8, 1858. He 
married Joanna Chadbourne, a native of 
North Berwick, born August 15, 1782, died 
October 15, 1842. They were the parents of 
eight children : Rufus, Alary. Olive, Sarah, 
Isaiah, see forward; Frances, Phebe, Fienja- 
min. 

(IV) Isaiah, fifth child of Benjamin (2) 
and Joanna (Chadbourne) Hurd, was born in 
North Berwick, Maine, in 1810. Adopting 
agriculture as a means of livelihood, he con- 
ducted general farming upon practical lines, 
thus reilizing prosperous results, and he also 
dealt in livestock. In his earlier years he was 
a Whig, and later acted with the Free Soil 
party. He married Mary Smith, born in 
North Berwick, 181 1. daughter of Moses and 
Susanna (Brackett) Smith. They were the 
parents of eight children, three of whom, Mir- 
anda E., Mrs. Olivia S. Abbott and Belle M., 
are no longer living. The survivors are : 
Moses S.. Mrs. Olive M. Hutchings. Daniel 
A., Mrs. Mary C. Johnson and Mrs. Rowena 
F. Wentworth. Mr. and Mrs. Hurd were 
members of the Free Will Baptist church. 
j\Ir. Hurd was accidentally drowned Decem- 
ber 13, 1849, while still young and vigorous, 
being but thirty-nine years old. thus depriving 
his family of a loving husband and father, 
and the comnmnity of one of its most useful 
and progressive members. !Mrs. Hurd sur- 
vived her husband many years, passing away 
September 11, 1888. 

(V) Hon. Daniel Almon. second son and 
fifth child of Isaiah and ]\Iary (Smith) Hurd, 
was born in North Berwick, Maine. November 
4, 1840. Having pursued the primarv 
branches of study in the district schools, he 



advanced his education at the academy of 
Lebanon, Maine. Since early manhood Mr. 
Hurd has given his attention to farming, 
which line of work he has continued in con- 
nection with his other business pursuits, and 
for several years has taken a special interest in 
raising fine stock, at the present time (1908) 
having on his farm about forty head of fine 
bred cattle. By adopting scientific methods, 
and living his personal supervision to the de- 
tails, he has made farming a most pronounced 
success. In 1894 he became interested in the 
North Berwick Bank as stockholder and di- 
rector ; the following year he was elected vice- 
president of the bank and served in that ca- 
pacity until January i, 1908. when he was 
elected president to succeed ]\Ir. F. O. Snow, 
and the duties of these varied positions has 
been performed by him in a highly creditable 
manner. He hns also been a stockholder and 
director of the North Berwick Building As- 
sociation since its organization, has served 
as director, vice-president and president of 
the North Berwick Agricultural Societv, and 
is now servintr the second term as president 
of the John Hurd Association. His brother, 
Moses S. Hurd, was the first president of the 
association. 

Mr. Hurd has always taken ^n active inter- 
est in politics. Becoming a Republican in 
early life, he cast his first vote for Abraham 
Lincoln, and has voted for every Republican 
president and every Republican governor .of 
the state of ]\Iaine since, never missing a Na- 
tional or State election. He has served as 
member of the Republican town committee for 
more than twenty-five years, and as chairman 
of the committee for a number of vears. He 
has served on the board of selectmen ; as town 
treasurer and collector ; as deputv-sherifif for 
fifteen years : as postmaster, having been ap- 
pointed by President Harrison, holding office 
from 1890 to 1894: represented his district in 
the lower branch of the state legislature from 
1890 to 189:1, during which time he was a 
member of the committee on banks and bank- 
ing, also member of the committee on manu- 
factures : a member of the state senate for the 
years 1897-98-90-7900, serving as chairman 
of committee on banks and banking, also com- 
inittee on reformed schools and federal rela- 
tions. He was a delegate to the Republican 
National convention at Philadelphia. Pennsyl- 
vania, in 1900, that nominated ^^^illiam Mc- 
Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He attends 
the Free Will Baptist church, contributing of 
his substance to the support of the same. He 
afiiliates with Yorkshire Lodge, Ancient Free 



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and Accepted Masons, of North Berwick; 
Unity Chapter, Royal Arch I\Iasons, of South 
Berwick ; Bradford Commandery, Knights 
Templar, of Saco ; also the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows (lodge and encampment at 
North Berwick). 

Mr. Hurd married, September 13, 1893, 
Mrs. Mary Rogers Hobbs, nee Hill, born in 
North Berwick, March 27, icS^Q, daughter of 
William and Elizabeth (Buffum) Hill (a 
sketch of whom follows this in the work). 
She was the widow of William Hobbs, for- 
merly agent and treasurer of the North Ber- 
wick Company. 



There are several distinct families 

HILL of this name in New England, the 

progeny of different immigrants, 

and the American progenitor of the Hills of 

York county was one of the latest of the name 

to arrive from the mother country. 

(I) John Hill, one of the early settlers in 
Eliot, was a native of England and a man of 
unusual energy and perseverance. He was 
accompanied to New England by a brother, 
and while the latter located in New Hamp- 
shire, John cast his lot with the sturdy pio- 
neers of York county, Maine, acquiring pos- 
session of a tract of wild land in Eliot, which 
he cleared and improved into a good farm. 
For a number of years he was. in common 
with his neio-hbors, obliged to keep a constant 
vigil against a sudden attack by the hostile 
savages, but in spite of the dangers and hard- 
ships which beset -our forefathers in their ef- 
forts in behalf of civilization, he succeeded in 
establishing a comfortable home. 

fll) John (2), son of John (i) Hill, the 
immia:rant. was a lifelong resident of Eliot, 
and having learned the tanner's trade he fol- 
lowed it in connection with farming. He mar- 
ried Eunice Libby and had a family of seven 
children : Daniel, Oliver, Alvin, John, William, 
Eliza and Martha. 

(Ill) William, fourth child of lohn ( 2) ^nl 
Eunice (Libby) Hill, was born in Eliot. Feb- 
ruary 28, 1799. Having pursued the regular 
course of instruction afforded by the public 
school system of his day. he proceeded to de- 
velop a capacity for mechanics, acquiring a 
good knowledge of wood-workina; at North 
Berwick, and going to Great Falls, New 
Hampshire, he constructed the first power- 
looms to be operated in that locality. Return- 
ing to North Berwick in 18^2. he turned his 
attention to the woolen manufacturing indus- 
try of that town, which he proceeded to de- 
velop, taking the initial step in that direction 



by purchasing an interest in the old Lang fac- 
tory, which up to that time had been devoted 
principally to custom carding. Lender the 
firm name of Lang & Hill the business was 
continued until 1837 or 1838, when a stock 
company was organized and incorporated as 
the North Berwick Company with Mr. Hill as 
its president. For over forty years he man- 
aged the affairs of this concern, enlarging its 
facilities, thereby supplying the means for a 
substantial increase in its output, and the en- 
terprise became useful as well as profitable, 
furnishing employment to a large number of 
operatives. The present commodious four-story 
structure was erected in 1866, and its ma- 
chinery and other equipments have been 
changed at different times in order to keep 
pace with the march of modern improvements. 
In i860 J\lr. Hill obtained the charter for the 
North Berwick Bank, which shortly after- 
ward became the North Berwick National 
Bank, and being chosen as its first president 
he retained that position for the remainder of 
his life. ^ In politics Mr. Hill was originally 
a Whig, but joined the present Republican 
party at its formation and from that time for- 
ward was a staunch supporter of its principles. 
His death occurred at his home in North Ber- 
wick, May 12, 1881, and that sad event was 
regarded by the entire community as an irre- 
trievable loss. He was a member of the So- 
ciety of Friends, and was married at the 
Friends' Meeting-house in North Berwick, 
January 25, 1823, to Elizabeth Buffum, daugh- 
ter of Samuel Buffum, and she died Sep- 
tember 26, 1859. He was again married. 
May 2. 1 86 1, to Sarah M. Wilbur, of North 
Dartmouth, IMassachusetts, and her death oc- 
curred November 27, 1872. He was the father 
of thirteen children, all of whom were of his 
first union, and eight of whom died in in- 
fancy. Those who lived to maturitv are : 
Charles E., born February 27. 1827, died Feb- 
ruary 4, 1894. William H., born June 6, 1832, 
died February 5. 1848. Elizabeth A., born 
April 21, 1838, died April 13. 1887. Mary 
Rogers, who will be again referred to. Ed- 
ward, born Mav 13, 1840 (see separate ar- 
ticle). 

( IV) Mary Rogers, fourth child and 
youngest daughter of William and Elizabeth 
(Buft'um) Hill, was bom in North Berwick, 
Maine, INIarch 2y, 1839. She was educated in 
her native town, and has always resided there. 
Early in life she displayed a capacity for self- 
reliance and progressive ideas. Her strongly 
defined character, however, was not fully man- 
ifested until later in life, when she was chosen 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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to fill a position of responsibility and trust. 
In 1 88 1, on the death of her father, she was 
elected president of the North Berwick Com- 
pany as his successor, he having served in that 
capacity over forty years. At the present 
time (1908) Mrs. Hurd has been president of 
the company for twenty-seven years, and dur- 
ing this long period of time she has proven the 
wisdom of the board of directors in their se- 
lection of president, and has conducted the af- 
fairs of the company with a sagacity which 
rivals her contemporaries. ]\Iary Rogers Hill 
married, January 12, -1870, William Hobbs, of 
North Berwick, son of Isaac M. Hobbs, and 
a descendant of Henry Hobbs, an immigrant 
from England, who settled in Dover, New 
Hampshire (see Hobbs, I). William Hobbs 
was for many years agent and treasurer of 
the North Berwick Company ; he was one of 
the most prominent residents of that town in 
his day, and represented his district in the 
state legislature. He had two daughters by a 
former marriage : Ellen H.. wife of Charles 
H. Prescott. publisher of the Bridgeport Jour- 
nal, and Margaret Hobbs. \\'illiam Hobbs 
died September 5, 1884. Mrs. Hobbs mar- 
ried for her second husband, September 13, 
1893, Hon. Daniel .\. Hurd, of Norlh Ber- 
wick (see Hurd sketch). 



This old Colonial family, 

CRESSEY though not a large one, is 

scattered over the most of the 

states of the Union, and has furnished manv 

men of energy, activity and courage. 

(I) Mighill Cressey landed in Salem with 
his brother \\'illiam, probably in the year 1649. 
He was thirty years old in 1658. He lived for 
a time in the family of Lieutenant Thomas 
Lathrop, afterwards Captain Lathrop, who 
with sixty of his soldiers fell in the battle of 
Bloody Brook, in Deerfield, September 18, 
1675. From June, 1652, to May, 1663, he 
lived in the family of Joshua Ray at "Royal 
Side," Salem, now Beverly. He married, 

1658, Mary Bachelder, born in Salem in 1640. 
daughter of John and Elizabeth Rachel ler, of 
"Royal Side." She was baptized at Salem, 
April 19, 1640. and died in childbed, August, 

1659. He then moved to Ipswich and mar- 
ried, April 6, 1660. ]\Iary Quiller, born in Ips- 
wich, May 2. 1641, daughter of Mark Quilter. 
He had by his first wife one child, John ; and 
by the second three children : Mighill, Will- 
iam and Mary. Mary, his widow, with her 
three children, moved to Rowley, Massachu- 
setts, .^pril. 1671. and died in that town. May 
7, 1707. This christian name is sometimes 



spelled "Michael" on old records, but Mighill 
Cressey, the immigrant, spelled his own name 
"Mighel Cresse." On various records the 
surname (Cressey) is spelled twenty-three 
dififerent ways. 

(II) John, only child of Mighill and Mary 
(Bachelder) Cressey, was born at "Royal 
Side," in Salem, August, 1659, and after the 
death of his father lived with his grandfather 
Bachelder. In 1675 he chose in court his 
uncle, Joseph Bachelder, to be his guardian. 
He was a tailor and resided in Salem on land 
at "Royal Side" formerly belonging to his 
grandfather Bachelder. He was a deacon of 
the Second Church of Beverly. His grave is 
marked by a slatestone, inscribed as follows : 
"Here lyeth the Body of Deacon John Cresy 
who died July ye 22d 1735 in ye 76th year of 
his age." His will was dated June 12, 1734, 
and proved August 18, 1735. He married 
Sarah Gaines, born in Ipswich, November 23, 
1665, daughter of John and Mary (Tredwell) 
Gaines, of Ipswich. She died at "Royal Side," 
April 4, 1 75 1. They had eleven children: 
Mary, John, died young: Sarah, John, Joseph, 
Daniel, Job, Benjamin, Hannah, Abigail, 
Noah. 

(Ill) Daniel, sixth child and third son of 
John and Sarah (Gaines) Cressey, was born 
in Salem, July 11, 1698, and was a yeoman. 
He married, October 20, 1720, Sarah Ingle- 
son (probably daughter of John and Mary In- 
gleson), of Salem. About 1740 he moved to 
Connecticut, and nothing further is as vet 
known of him. Their eleven children were: 
John, Ruth, died young; Mary, Ruth, Sarah, 
Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Richard, Ebenezer 
and Anna. 

(I\^) John (2), eldest son of Daniel and 
Sarah (Ingleson) Cressey, was born July 31, 
1721, and settled in Gorham, then Narragan- 
sett. No. 7, in the Province of ]\Iaine, when 
his son John was an infant. He married, about 
1747, Deborah, daughter of Captain Amos 
Wadley, of Boston. His first location was on 
the one hundred acre lot, 69 or 70, west of 
Little river, which he afterward exchanged 
with Charles McDonald for the thirty-acre lot, 
53, upon which he moved and lived a part of 
the time during the Indian war. This thirty- 
acre lot is still occupied by his descendants. 
.'\t the time John Cressey went to Gorham, 
1749 or 1750, the Indians, in consequence of 
their many defeats, had become less trouble- 
some, though they were often seen, singly or 
in small parties, but cominitted but few dep- 
redations, as the settlers were by that time 
better armed and better able to avenge in- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



juries. Nevcrtlielcss. many of the settlers who 
were near enough made the fort their house 
during the night. This was the case with Mr. 
Cressey. Although his name does not appear 
with those who made their residence within 
the fort during the Indian war, the fact is 
that he did so most of the time, working on 
his farm during the day and taking his fam- 
ily to the fort for protection each night. He 
had a road across lots direct to the fort, which 
was a short half-mile from his clearing. The 
first land he cleared was in front of his log 
house, on the thirty-acre lot, 53. There he 
worked, while his wife and son John sat on a 
stump or fallen tree with a loaded gun by her 
side to watch and give the alarm, should the 
Indians appear. At one time, while the hus- 
band and wife were thus situated, an Indian 
came upon them. Discovering Mr. Cressey 
at work, and not seeing his wife, he crept 
stealthily toward Mr. Cressey, with his toma- 
hawk raised and knife ready, not being armed 
with a gun. Mrs. Cressey sat with her gun 
in her hand, fearing and trembling. When the 
enemy got quite near her husband she could 
bear the suspense no longer, his danger over- 
came her fear. She arose and called to him, 
at the same time pointing her gun toward the 
Indian, who thought it prudent to beat a 
hasty retreat, for the savages had had sev- 
eral lessons which had taught them that the 
"white squaws" were not bad shots. Here 
the couple lived and toiled. Mrs. Cressey. al- 
though reared in the city of Boston, and 
never having known what hard work was. 
took hold resolutely with her husband, taking 
care of the house and aiding in the field, help- 
ing her husband in the toilsome work of cut- 
ting and piling up the partially burned logs in 
order to clear the land for crops, often not 
knowing whence victuals for the next meal 
would come. Sometimes there was no food in 
the house, nor did they know where they could 
obtain any. This was the case one day when 
they were at work on their land. The season 
was advancing; their crops must be planted, if 
they were to raise anything: they had no time 
to spare: they must work, and then hunt for 
food. While at their labor, nearly exhausted 
for want of food. Mrs. Cressey found a par- 
tridge's ne.st with thirteen eggs in it. This 
was good fortune, and when their day's work 
was done they had a good supper of partridge 
eggs to appease the cravings of hunger. Bread 
was hard to get. When they first settled in 
Gorham they occasionally took game when 
their work would allow them time for hunting, 
and when there was little or no fear of prowl- 



ing- Indians. ^Ir. Cressey died in 1785, and 
his wife in ijqb. Their children were: John, 
Joseph, lietsey, Mary, and Noah and Job 
( twins ). 

( \' ) James, a descendant of John and De- 
borah (\\'adley) Cressey, was born in Bux- 
ton, November 27, 1790, and died in Port- 
land. June 18, 1877. He was a farmer and 
lived on his own farm in Gorham, Maine. In 
politics he was a Democrat, and in religious 
affiliations an Adventist. He married, Febru- 
ary 27,. 1820, Hannah Hasty, who was born in 
Scarboro, August 11. 1796. and died in Port- 
land, December iq, 1870. Their children 
were: I. Susan N., born November 29, 1820, 
died November 24, 1902; she married William 
P. Sturgis, January 17, 1843, and had two 
children : Helen, who married Asa Legrow ; 
and Samuel. 2. Harriet, died young. 3. Har- 
riet L., May 16, 1825, died September 30, 
1895: she married Mark R. Came. 4. Cyrus, 
mentioned below. 5. Eliza A., May 21, 1831, 
married Leonard W. Twombley, of Portland 
(see Twombley, II). 

(VI) Cyrus, only son of James and Hannah 
(Hasty) Cressey, was born in Gorham, May 
29, 1827, and died in Portland, August 22, 
1897. He was born on a farm and educated 
in the district schools. After his marriage he 
was engaged in the grocery business at Bonny 
Eagle three years, and then in Gorham until 
1863, when he removed to Portland and en- 
gaged in erecting residences which he rented. 
In politics he was a Democrat. He married, 
in Biddeford, February 27, 1855. Olive Fran- 
ces Gove, of Saco, then a resident of Bidde- 
ford. She was born December 25, 1837, 
daughter of Chesley D. and Tryphena S. 
(Jackson) Gove, the latter the daughter of 
Zebediah Farnum and JMargaret (Clark) Jack- 
son : children of Mr. and Mrs. Gove: Albert 
Franklin, died at seventeen years, Olive F. and 
Ellen yi. Chesley D. Gove died in California 
in the sixties : he went there with his brother 
.^Ivin C. in 18=; I, crossing the Isthmus. His 
wife was born in 1813. died in Portland, Sep- 
tember 30. 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Cressey had 
no children. 

Olive Frances (Gove) Cressey traces her 
ancestry to John Gove, who came from Lon- 
don, England, to America about 1647, accom- 
panied by his wife Sarah, daughter Mary and 
sons John and Edward. It is claimed that he 
was a brass founder. The family settled in 
Charlestown. IMassachusetts, and one history 
savs the father died the following year, an- 
other that he lived several years. However 
that mav be, his home and lots mentioned in 





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the "Genealogy of Estates of Charlestown" 
would indicate that he survived long enough 
to become a citizen of that early town. 

John, the eldest son, settled in Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, where he married into the As- 
pinwall family, which has since become some- 
what famous from its wealth and success. 
John is spoken of in the histories of Cam- 
bridge as holding some of the town offices, and 
he was undoubtedly a citizen of some impor- 
tance. Many of his descendants resided in 
Massachusetts, and the streets in Melrose and 
East Boston bearing the name of Gove un- 
doubtedly inherited the name from this early 
settler and his descendants. 

Edward, the younger son. from whom the 
New Hampshire and JXIaine families take their 
descent, married Hannah, daughter of William 
Titcomb, who came from Newbury, England, 
to Boston in the ship "Hercules" in 1634 and 
settled in what is now Newbury and Newbury- 
port, ]\lassachusetts, and probably founded 
and gave the name to that old town. Edward 
Gove and wife first settled in Salisbury, where 
the births of their three elder children are 
recorded upon the old records. They removed 
to Hampton. Their daughters married into 
prominent families and became the mothers of 
many whose names are still familiar in New 
England, individual descendants having be- 
come distinguished in many departments and 
vocations of life, among whom may be men- 
tioned the Prescotts, Sanborns, Daltons, Cof- 
fins and Conners. 

This Edward Gove, Dow's History says, 
was a man of means, somewhat popular and 
represented his town in the assembly when 
Governor Cranfield's tyranny was such a har- 
assment to the settlers. Cranfield was sent 
over to establish the Mason claims, and boasted 
that he would make money out of the colonists 
even if he could not force them to recognize 
IMason's proprietorship. Mason, a London 
merchant, and Gorges, the military man, had 
spent much of their substance and used what 
influence they could command in colonizing 
Maine and New Hampshire, and as a reward 
had been granted large tracts of land from the 
council established for that purpose. Gorges, 
seeming satisfied, gave no particular trouble, 
but some of the Mason claims, being for lands 
already settled upon, and those lands having 
teen in most cases purchased directly from 
the original Indian proprietors, were a con- 
tinual source -of trouble, the culmination of 
which came during Cranfield's administration. 
Being unsuccessful in collecting rents, hoping 
thereby to establish Mason's proprietorship. 



the governor inaugurated a course of abuse 
which threw several of the most influential 
citizens into prison. It was then that Edward 
Gove, with perhaps more courage than discre- 
tion, came boldly forward, criticizing and at- 
tacking the governor's actions. Going from 
town to town and calling the people together 
with blast of trumpet, he with stirring speech 
summoned one and all to take up arms to 
defend the rights they had enjoyed for fifty 
years which were being wrested from them. 
The ever alert governor, being fully informed 
of these disloyal acts and fearing the wrath of 
the citizens when once aroused, arrested Gove 
with a few of his followers, threw him into 
prison, from whence he was brou2;ht forth to 
be sentenced by a manipulated court to death, 
and that death to be in the usual manner with 
traitors, of being "drawn and quartered," as a 
warning to all traitors to the king. Gove was 
returned to prison upon Great Island (now 
Newcastle. Portsmouth harbor) and there re- 
mained for months, the governor hardlv dar- 
ing to carry out the sentence and yet by word 
and letter professing his fearfulness "for his 
own life as long as Gove was living. The case 
being taken to the mother country, Gove's 
transportation was ordered, and upon arrival 
in 1683 he soon found himself behind the 
great gates of "London Tower." where he re- 
mained a prisoner three years. His estates 
were confiscated and he received the punish- 
ment meted out to a great enemy to the king. 
The repeated efiforts for Gove's pardon and 
his own petition were finally listened to and 
with influence brought to bear upon the Earl 
of Clarendon, then Lord Chamberlain, his 
pardon was obtained, the document being, it 
is said, an interesting old paper with the 
King's great seal attached. Upon his return 
home in 1686 his estates were restored to him, 
and history says that he was once more prom- 
inent in affairs and held ofiice within the gift 
of the people. 

Notwithstanding that the Quaker creed of 
peace seems to have been the universal faith 
of this early family, yet the revolutionary war 
brought forward a fair quota of patriots, all 
descending from Edward Gove, among them 
being Captain Winthrop Gove, Dr. Jonathan 
Gove, Eleazer Gove, who was instantly killed 
while beating his drum September 19, 1777, at 

the defeat of Burgoyne, and Gove, who 

served as a fifer until the close of the war, 
having enlisted while in his "teens." It would 
therefore seem that love of liberty has been a 
conspicuous trait of the family. At the close 
of the revolution the sons of Eleazer Gove 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



scattered to different sections, Jacob settling 
in Lubec, Maine ; Moses, who also served in 
the revolutionary war, locating in Otfego 
county, New York, and John in what is now 
York county, Maine, where he married Lois, 
daughter of Robert Bradeen. 



This name is found in various 
FREES records with not less than thir- 
teen different spellings, and that 
most used by the early generations of this 
country is Freese. It is believed that most 
of those bearing the name are descendants 
from a native of Friesia or Friesland. The 
Frisians (Latin Frisii) came of a Teutonic 
race and occupied the country about the Zuy- 
derzee. In the fifth century a band of the 
Frisii joined the Saxons and Angles in their 
invasion of England. Persons of the name of 
Frees were in New England soon after the 
arrival of Endicott and Winthrop, and scat- 
tered references are found in the early towns 
along the coast in what is now Massachusetts, 
New Hampshire and Maine. A James Frees, 
with coat-of-arms, was a merchant in London, 
England, in 1633, and probably the first found 
in this country was a descendant from or in 
some way related to him. 

(I) James Freese (or Frieze) was born 
about 1641-42 and resided in Amesbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, with wife Elizabeth. He was as- 
signed a seat in the meeting house in Ames- 
bury in 1667 and a possessor of common 
rights in that town two years later. He sub- 
scribed to the oath of allegiance December, 
1677, and was a builder of vessels at "Jamaco" 
about 1678. He was probably the James 
Freese killed by Indians in i6g8 at Casco, 
Maine. His children on record in Salisbury, 
Amesbury, Salem and old Norfolk records 
were : James, John, Catherine and Francis. 
There were probably several others who are 
not on the records. 

(II) James (2), son of James (i) and 
Elizabeth Freese. was born March 16, 1667 
(recorded in Salisbury), and married, June 2, 
1697, in Newbury, Mary, daughter of Nathan- 
iel (2) and Joanna (Kinney) Merrill, and 
granddaughter of Nathaniel (i) and Susan 
(Jordan) Merrill, pioneers of Newbury. She 
was born September 18, 1675. ^o record of 
their children appears. This Tames Freese is 
probably the James Freese of Newbury who 
was a witness at a trial in 1692. He was prob- 
ably the father of John and Jacob Freese, the 
latter of Hampton, New Hampshire. The lat- 
ter was called junior to distinguish h'm from 
others of the same name in that town. 



(III) John and Jacob Frees were settlers 
in the vicinity of Deer Isle, Maine. They came 
from Hampton to that place. The former 
settled on what is still known as Freese Island, 
and had children : George, John, Abraham, 
Isaac, Jacob and Return and Retire (twins). 

(IV) Abraham, third son of John Frees, 
was born 1749, probably in Hampton, and 
died in 1800 in Orono, Maine, whiflier he 
went from Bangor in 1790. The farm in 
Orono was on the right bank of the river, op- 
posite the present site of the University of 
Maine, said to be one of the best farms in 
Penobscot county, and on this he built the first 
frame liouse in the town. He married, June 
25, 1777, Hannah, daughter of Edward White- 
more, of Salem, Massachusetts, and they were 
the parents of John, Abner, Isaac, Retire W., 
Abraham, Hannah and Jonathan. 

(V) Retire Whitemore, fourth son of 
Abraham and Hannah (Whitemore) Frees, 
was born January 19, 1783, in Bangor, and 
died October 23, i860. He lived on the 
Freese Homestead for fifty years, having pur- 
chased it, and was one of the selectmen of 
Orono, Maine. He was elected as representa- 
tive to the state legislature in 1849. December 

23, 1810, he married Fanny, sister of Daniel 
White, of Orono, Maine. She was born Jan- 
uary 28, 1793. died July 14, 1870. Their chil- 
dren were all gifted in music, and were as 
follows: I. Samuel W., born October 12, 
1811, died June 15, 1861. 2. Jonathan, Sep- 
tember 17, 1812, was killed by accident at 
Eureka, California. 3. Fanny W., August 

24, 1814, died July 14, 1876. 4. Benjamin, 
January 18, 1816. 5. Hannah W.. February 
14, 1818, died February 7, 1865. 6. Abigail 
W., July 15, 1823, died November 29, 1897; 
married Benjamin Stewart, June 7, 1847. 7- 
Daniel W., June 23, 1824, died August 22, 
1825. 8. Daniel W., December 16, 1826, died 
in 1904. 9. Betsey W., August 5. 1828, died 
August 30, 1867, at Rockland, Maine. 10. 
Retire W., August 26, 1830. 11. John W., 
July 6, 1833, died September 18, 1892, at St. 
Helena, California. 12. Rebecca R., June 10, 
1837, died January 30, 1902, at Orono, Maine. 
She became the second wife of Richard Lord. 

(VT) Benjamin, third son of Retire W. and 
Fanny (White) Frees, was born January 18, 
1816, at Orono, Maine, where he became a 
successful teacher, and died in the prime of 
life, December 17, 1846. He married ^laria 
Foy, daughter of Colonel Samuel Buffum, of 
Orono, Maine : she was born July 3, 1819. died 
Tune 2S, 1888, at Whitewater. Wisconsin. 
They had only one child, Benjamin Marsh. 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1553 



(\TI) Benjamin ;\Jarsh, only son of Ben- 
jamin and RIaria F. (Buffum) Erees, was 
born August 3, 1846, at Orono, Maine. Until 
he was ten years of age he attended the 
schools of his native town, then removed with 
his parents to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he 
then attended school. In 1863 he completed 
a course at Bryant & Stratton Business Col- 
lege, of Chicago, Illinois. On his eighteenth 
birthday, August 3, 1864, he enlisted from 
Monroe, Green county, Wisconsin, as a private 
in Company H, Thirty-eighth Wisconsin In- 
fantry ; he was elected first Heutenant by the 
company, and before Petersburg, Virginia, 
was promoted to the rank of captain of Com- 
pany H. He spent six months at the siege 
of Petersburg, and was there at the time of its 
surrender. When his company was mustered 
out, at Washington, the regiment in which he 
served was the first to pass President John- 
son and General Grant at the Grand Review. 
At the close of the war he removed to White- 
water, Wisconsin, where he (in company with 
his step-father, N. H. Allen, also born in 
Maine ) engaged in the lumber business. The 
next year he went to California, but returned 
to Whitewater and engaged in business with 
the same firm, N. H. Allen & Company, until 
1872, when he came to Chicago, Illinois. He 
was first employed in that city by Kirby-Car- 
penter Company, which was one of the largest 
lumber firms of the country. Mr. Frees con- 
tinued in their employ twelve years, and in his 
travels through the states where they did busi- 
ness he established lumber yards, taking in as 
partners young men with whom he had been 
associated. He is vice-president of a number 
of lumber firms, and his firm established three 
national banks, also two state banks. He is 
connected with the First National banks of 
McCook, Nebraska, and Lisbon. North Da- 
kota. Mr. Frees is also largely interested in 
growing oranges in the state of California, 
his annual production being twenty thousand 
boxes. He is a Republican, and a member of 
the Congregational Society. He is a member 
of St. John's Lodge, No. 57. Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons, of Whitewater, Wis- 
consin, the Loyal Legion at ChicTgo. also U. 
S. Grant Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
Chicago. April 10, 1877, he married Ellie 
Rosine, daughter of Dr. Henry O. Adams; 
they have no children. 



Joseph P. Bass is a lineal descen- 

BASS dant of Deacon Samuel and Anne 

Bass and John and Priscilla (Mul- 

lins) Alden. Deacon Samuel Bass came to 



New England with his wife, Anne Bass, in 
1630, and settled in Roxbury, ^Massachusetts, 
where he lived until 1640, when he removed 
with his family to Braintree (now Quincy). 
Deacon Bass, according to Thayer's Gene- 
alogy, was a man of strong and vigorous mind, 
and was one of the leading men of the town 
for many years. He represented the town in 
the general court twelve years. 

Hon. John Alden was one of the Pilgrims 
of Leyden who came in the "Mayflower" to 
Plymouth, in 1620. 

(II) John, son of Deacon Samuel and Anne 
Bass, was born in Roxbury, in 1632, and was 
married to Ruth Alden, daughter of John 
and Priscilla (iMullins) .Alden, December 3, 

1657- 

(III) John (2), son of John (i) and Pris- 
cilla Alden Bass, married Abigail Adams, 
daughter of Joseph and Abigail Adams. Jo- 
seph Adams was a brother of the father of 
John Adams, president of the L^nited States. 

(IV) Samuel (2), son of John (2) and 
Abigail Adams Bass, married Sarah Savil, 
August 15, 1723, by whoin he had one son, 
Samuel, born September 29. 1724. 

(V) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) and 
Sarah Savil Bass, married Anna Rawson, Oc- 
tober 30, 1746. 

(VI) Samuel (4), son of Samuel (3) and 
Anna Rawson Bass, was bom August 22, 
1747, died February, 1840. He married Eliza- 
beth Brackett. September 29, 1772. 

(VII) Samuel (5), son of Samuel (4) and 
Elizabeth Brackett Bass, was born in Brain- 
tree, Massachusetts, in 1777, and died in Ran- 
dolph, Vermont, November 24, 1850. He was 
married to Polly Belcher, who was born in 
Randolph, ^Massachusetts, in 1786, and died 
in Randolph, Vermont, January 2, 1864. 

(\''III) Samuel (6), son of Samuel (5) and 
Polly (Belcher) Bass, was born in Braintree, 
November 15, 1805, and died in Randolph, 
Vermont, October 17, 1862. He married 
Margaret Parker, daughter of Joseph Parker, 
of Charlestown, Massachusetts, by whom he 
had two children — Samuel, born October 11, 
1833; and Joseph Parker (q. v.). 

(IX) Joseph Parker Bass, son of Samuel 
(6) and Margaret Parker Bass, was born in 
Randolph, \'ermont. September 24, 1835. He 
received his education in the common schools 
and academy at Randolph. In 1854 he com- 
menced work as clerk in a dry goods store in 
Lowell, Massachusetts. He engaged in the 
same business for himself in i860, removing 
to Bangor in 1863, where he continued in the 
dry goods business until 1870. He then en- 



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STATE OF .MAIXK. 



gaged quite extensively in buying and selling 
tiniberlands and city real estate, and has in- 
vested in both. 

In 1866 Mr. Bass was married to Mary L. 
March, of 15an3:or, who died in 1899. Kirs. 
Bass was the daughter of Leonard and Mar- 
tha Laighton March, both of whom were 
members of prominent families in Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, where they were born. Mr. 
and Mrs. March removed to Bangor in 1833. 
Mr. March was one of the prominent business 
men of eastern Maine, and was a member of 
the firm of Jewett & March, who carried on 
a large lumber business en the Penobscot and 
St. John rivers. 

Mr. Bass was a member of the Republican 
party until 1873, in which year he was elected 
mavor of Bangor by the Democrats. He has 
been a member of the city governmen: of 
Bangor, and represented the city in the legis- 
lature in 1876. He was a member of the 
Board of World's Fair Commissioners of 
Maine to the Chicago Exposition in 1893. and 
was also chairman of the executive committee 
of that board. He was president of the East- 
ern Maine State Fair Association for twelve 
years, and was a director of the Bangor Gas 
Light Com]?any for several years. He is a 
director of the Second National Bank of Ban- 
gor. 

Since 1879 Mr. Bass has given his principal 
attention to publishing the Baneor Daily and 
Weekly Commercial, and has been president 
and treasurer of the J. P. Bass Publishing 
Company since its incorporation in 1904, when 
it succeeded J. P- Bass & Company. The 
Commercial, in line with a great many other 
newspapers thirty years ago. was for some 
time published as a Democratic p'per, but for 
the last few years both the Daily and ^^"eekly 
Commercial have been conducted as Indepen- 
dent Democratic newspapers. 

Mr. Bass was very much interested in the 
building of a railroad into Arco:=took courty. 
and through the Commercial an 1 persoiially 
was active in impressing the public with the 
importance of having a road into this county 
built wholly in Maine. He was the first sub- 
scriber to tl-e stock of the Bangor & Aroos- 
took railroad, subscribing for $52,500 worth 
of the stock. He was a director in this com- 
panv and in the Bangor & Aroostook Con- 
struction Company for four vears, when he 
disposed of his stock to the other members of 
the syndicate. IMr. Bass has been a mem- 
ber of the Alaine Lumbermen & Land Owners' 
Association, and has also been chairman of 
the executive committee and of the committee 



on legislation of this association since its or- 
ganization. 

Mr. Bass is a member of the Society of 
Mayflower Descendants of Massachusetts, an.l 
of the Society of Mayflower Descendants of 
Maine. He is a member of the Tarratine 
Club of Bangor. He resides on High street, 
Bangor, passing the summer seasons at his 
cottage in Bar Harbor. 



General Russell Benjaaiin 
SHEPHERD Shepherd was born at Fair- 
field, Maine, September 14, 
1829, and for a periotl of something like Vntx 
years was one of the most prominent u'en in 
Maine history, civil, military and indus rial. 
His young life was spent oa his father's farm. 
\\here he was brought up to work, and where 
he attended the district school of the town and 
there laid the foundation of his later splendid 
classical education. His father was Job Shep- 
herd, a thorough-going and prosperous farmer 
of Fairfiel'. a man of considerable ])rom'nence 
in local afifairs and at one time a member of 
the lower house of the state legislature. He 
married Betsey, daughter of Captain Abi'thar 
Richmond, of revolutionary fame ; a fighting 
Quaker, who unlike the great majority of 
those of his religious faith had no conscien- 
tious scrucles against bearing arms, and he 
fought with true patriotic zeal and earned the 
rank and commission of captain. But after 
the return of peace he held fast to the teach- 
ings of his sect and even declined the pension 
which was offered him in consideration of his 
services as a soldier of the revolution. Job 
Shepherd, too, was a Friend and an honest 
follower of the teachings of that faith. 

Besides attending district school Genera! 
Shepherd was a student at Bloomfield Acad- 
emy, and graduated from there, then taught 
school several terms and at the same time kept 
up his own studies in private in order to pre- 
pare himself for college. He matriculated at 
Waterville (now Colby) College for the reg- 
ular corrse, and was graduated in 1857. eitni 
laude. During his course he identified himself 
with student Hfe in its best and true spirit, 
took an active part in all of the pastimes with 
which the student bodv then indulged itself, 
was prominent in social and literarv circles 
and appears to have enjoyed an especial popu- 
larity with students and faculty alike. After 
leaving college he again took up the work of 
teaching, not. however, with the intention of 
making a profession of pedagogy, but rather 
as a means of maintaining himself while pre- 
paring to enter the profession of law, upon 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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which he then was determined and already 
was n-aking preparations lo do by sys ematic 
study under competent direction. In 1858 he 
became a student in the office of a Bangor 
hwyer of repute, and in i860 became a mem- 
ber of the Penobscot bar. This was just 
in-evious to the outbreak of the civil war, and 
soon after passing the examina ion for ad- 
mission to the bar he gave up the idea of en- 
tering practice immediately and devoted his 
ntttnticn to recruiling and organizing the 
Eighteenth Regiment of M^iiie Volu'iteer In- 
fanlrv, of which he was elected adjutant w-ith 
the rank of lieutenant. When organized and 
equipped for service the regiment v\as ordered 
to the front and attached to the second corps 
under General Hancock, afterward under Gen- 
eral Humphries. In 1862 he was promoted 
major for gallantry in action and in 1864 was 
commissioned lieutenant-colonel and afterward 
colonel of First Maine Regiment of Heavy 
Artillerv. As colonel he coniinued until the 
close of the war, when he was made brigadier- 
general by brevet. 

During his army service General Shepherd 
participated in many hnrd-f ought battles, 
among the many of which mav be mentioned 
Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, To- 
topotomv Creek. Welden Railroad, Hatcher's 
Run, Sailor's Creek and Petersburg. After 
the general muster out following the fall of 
Richmond and Lee's surrender at Appomat- 
tox, Virginia, Colonel Shepherd's regiment 
was retained in service for some time on ac- 
count of troubles on the Mexican border, and 
it was not until September, 1863, that his com- 
mand was finally discharged and the men re- 
turned to their homes. However, in 1866 he 
again went south, but on this occasion with a 
more peaceful mission in hand. He then pur- 
chased a cotton plantation in Georgia, lived 
there until 187,^, then came b.nck to Maine and 
settled permanenllv in Skowhegan, where he 
afterward becnme one of the most prominent 
and influential fi-^ures in the induslrial and po- 
litical history of the town. The plantation in 
the south he retained until the time of his 
death, and always found that region a favorite 
resort, especially during the winter months. 
Soon after settling at Skowhegan, in company 
with Lewis Anderson, he built the afterward 
famous Coburn W^oolen Mills, one of the most 
completely appointed establishments of its 
kind in the state of iMaine. This business en- 
terprise proved highly successful to its foun- 
ders from a financial standpoint, and their 
partnership relation was continued until 1899, 
when General Shepherd retired from all ac- 



tive pursuits. But this is not the only large 
industrial or business undertaking with which 
he was identified and which ma le for the sub- 
stantial growth and permanent welfare of the 
locality in which he lived, for in 1896 he was 
one of the prime movers of the enterprise 
which led to the organization and operation of 
the Somerset Traction Company, of which he 
was the first president, a large stcckholde-r 
from the beginning and afterward owr.er of 
almost the entire stock of the corporation. For 
twenty-five years he was president of the Sec- 
ond National Bank of Skowhegan, and also 
was president of the Skowhegan Pu'p Com- 
pany, the Skowhegan Water Company, and 
otherwise was lareely interested in a financial 
way in other institutions and in'erests of the 
town and county. He was a member of the 
board of trustees of Colby L'niversity, the 
University of Maine, the Maine State Insane 
Hospital at Augusta and Bangor, and a mem- 
ber of the executive committee of the Maine 
State Agricultural Society. He served two 
years as a member of the lower house of the 
state legislature, two years in the state sen- 
ate, and in 1878 was a member of the gov- 
ernor's counc'l. In political preference Gen- 
eral Shepherd was a strong Republican and 
w^s counted among the most influential men 
of his party in the state. In 1876 he was a 
delegate to the National Republican conven- 
tion that nominated Mr. Hayes for the presi- 
dency. Not less prominent was his connec- 
tion with the Masonic order, holding mem- 
bership in the various subordinate bodies of 
the craft and frequently serving in an official 
capacity in each of them. He was a member 
of Somerset Lodge, F. and A. i\I.. Somerset 
Chapter, R. A. M., Mt. Moriah Council, R. 
and S. M., and of DeMolay Commandery, 
K. T. He also was a member of the Union 
\'eter3rs' Union, and alwavs took a deep inter- 
est in the work of the Grand .A.rmy of the 
Republic. 

General Sh.epherd married (first), June 23, 
1865, Helen M., born Bina:hnm, iMaine, ( )ctoher 
29, 1834, daughter of William and Lucinda 
Rowell. She died in January, 1891, and he 
married (second), January 11, 1892, Mrs. 
Edith S. Goodwin, daughter of Nathan D. and 
Emilv (Barrell) Stanwood. She was born in 
San Francisco, California, but her father was 
a native of Ipswich, iMassachusetts. By her 
first marriage iMrs. Shepherd had one daugh- 
ter, Margaret Stanwood Goodwin, now wife 
of Francis Wayland Briggs. General Shep- 
herd died without issue, but his memory is en- 
shrined in manv hearts. 



1556 



STATE OF MAINE. 



There are various immigrants 
BAXTER of the Baxter name in New 
England, which in England in 
remote times probably had a common ancestor, 
but a connection between them has not yet been 
established. The paternal ancestor of the 
Maine family appeared in Lebanon, Connecti- 
cut, just outside of New London, early in the 
eighteenth century. 

(I) Simon Baxter, in 1721, was a young 
man in the employ of Joseph Bradford, a 
leading man of New London, Connecticut, 
who had large holdings in the near towns. 
The tradition is that Simon Baxter was a 
kinsman of Rev. Richard Baxter, of "Saint's 
Rest" fame. Simon Baxter married, in Leba- 
non, April 6, 1721, Abigail, a daughter of 
Richard Mann. To them were born seven 
children. She died and he married (sec- 
ond) 1 74 1, Rebecca Burge, to whom were 
born four children, two of whom grew to 
maturity. In 1729 Joseph Bradford gave 
Simon Ba.xter a homestead of thirtx-six acres 
in Hebron, a town adjoining Lebanon, to 
which place he removed, and where he died, 
December 26, 1778, aged eighty-one years. 
Just when or where Simon Baxter was bom 
has not been determined, but the name is fre- 
quent in old London. He doubtless came to 
New London seeking a fortune of his own. 
No connection has been made between him 
and Gregory Baxter, of Braintree, Thomas 
Baxter, of Cape Cod, nor Thomas Baxter, of 
Westchester, New York. He added to his 
homestead many other acres, and in spite of 
the hard times of the wilderness and the In- 
dian wars accumulated and maintained a 
competency. 

Children of Simon Baxter: i. Abigail, 
born 1 72 1, married, 1743, Thomas Powse. 2. 
Richard, born 1723, married, 1751, Dorcas 
Tillotson ; had several children in Hebron, and 
finally removed to Thetford, Vermont, where 
the family name continued. 3. William, born 
August 15, 1725, see forward. 4. David, born 
1727, was living in 1749; probably died un- 
married. 5. Simon, born 1730, married, 1749, 
Prudence Fox ; resided in Hartford, Connecti- 
cut, Alstead, New Llampshire, and finally in 
Norton, Nova Scotia. His sympathies were 
with the King during the revolutionary war. 
He left a numerous family of like able men 
and women, who occupy positions of eminence 
in Canada and the States. 6. Margaret, born 
1732, married, 1770, John Nicholas Willireck, 
in Bolton, Connecticut, and soon removed to 
"Susquehanna" — probably Wyoming \'alley, 
Pennsylvania. 7. Elizabeth, twin of Margaret, 



died in infancy. 8. Aaron, a soldier in the rev- 
olutionary war. 9. Nathan, a soldier in the 
revolutionary war. Also two children died in 
infancy. 

(II) William, son of Simon Ba.xter, was 
born August 15, 1725. He was "captivated" 
in the illfated expedition against Havana, 
Cuba, in the summer of 1762. He was a sol- 
died in Captain (afterward Major) Hierley's 
company, of Middletown, Connecticut. The 
roll of this company is published by the Con- 
necticut Historical Society : "French and In- 
dian War Rolls," Vol. X, p. 308. The regi- 
ment of General Lyman sailed from New York 
about the middle of May, and William Baxter 
was reported with four weeks' service, so we 
may conclude that he was "captivated" soon 
after the arrival of the forces in Cuba. Had 
it not been for the destruction by fire of the 
Andover (Cnnecticut) church records, more 
information could have been obtained of him 
and his family. He married and had five chil- 
dren, who grew to maturity in the vicinity of 
Andover, Connecticut: i. Elihu, born Decem- 
ber 18, 1749, see forward. 2. William, mar- 
ried. May, 1786, Deborah, daughter of Peter 
Buell, of Coventry, Connecticut, and left a 
family; he died August 25, 1832, a pensioner 
of the American revolution. 3. John, married, 
November 2, 1778, Llannah Petty, of Alstead 
(Surrey), New Hampshire. 4. Hiram, a sol- 
dier in the revolutionary war, and died soon 
after. 5. Damaris, married, 1785, Jason Her- 
rick, of Pittsfield, and died 1838, aged seventy- 
six years. 

(III) Elihu, son of William Baxter, was 
born December 18, 1749. After a brief resi- 
dence in Lebanon, New Hampshire, he re- 
moved across the Connecticut river to Nor- 
wich, Vermont, where he spent his remaining 
days. He married, December 19, 1776, in 
Hanover, New Hampshire, Triphena, daugh- 
ter of Captain William Taylor, formerly of 
Coventry and Mansfield, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren: I. William, born 1778, married Lydia 
Ashley. 2. Ira, born 1779, married Arsena 
Sprague. 3. Elihu, born 1781, see forward. 

4. Triphena, born 1783, married Josiah Root. 

5. Chester, born 1785, married Hannah Root. 

6. Lavina, died young. 7. Erastus, born 1787, 
married Lucy Freeman. 8. and 9. Lavina and 
Climena, twins, died in youth. 10. James, 
married Caroline Baxter, a cousin. 11. John, 
born 1792. married Harriet Lothrop. 12. 
Zilpha, born 1797, married Dr. William Sweat. 
13. Harry, born 1799, married Sophronia 
Steel. 14. Statira, born 1803, married Horace 
Shepherd. 15. Hiram B., born 1807. 




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(IV) Dr. Elihu (2), son of Elihu (i) Bax- 
ter, born Norwich, Vermont, April 10, 1781, 
died Portland, Maine, January 3, 1863. He 
became an eminent physician, settling in Gor- 
ham, Maine. He married (first) Clarissa 
Simms, February. 1806, who was drowned 
while crossing the Connecticut river, on horse- 
back, on April first following. He married 
(second) August 17, 1807, Sarah, daughter of 
Jared Cone, of Bolton, Connecticut, and Co- 
lumbia, New Hampshire ; she died in Portland, 
Maine, June 27, 1873, aged eighty-five years. 
Children: i. Hiram, born 1808, a physician in 
Kenduskeag, Maine, where he died, 1894; 
married Maria J. Jones ; four children. 2. 
Hartley W., born 181 1, married, 1837, Jane 
Felch ; he was lost at sea, 1840, leaving a son, 
James Hartley, who married Emma Nash. 3. 
Elizabeth W., born 1813, married Henry Good- 
ing; she died 1842; four children. 4. William 
H., born 1817, married, 1859, Mary A. Jack- 
son; two children. 5. Sarah Adams, born 
1820, married, 1842, Joseph M. Barry; two 
children; married ( second) Thomas Radden ; 
three children. 6. James Phinney, born March 
23. 1831, see forward. 

(V) James Phinney, son of Dr. Elihu (2) 
Baxter, was born in Gorham, Maine, March 
23, 183 1. His school advantages were excel- 
lent, and, reared in a home where education 
and piety were regarded, a culture day by 
day came into his growing mind and charac- 
ter. These advantages were abundantly im- 
proved. His education was obtained in the 
public schools of Portland and the academy of 
Lynn, Massachusetts, then a famous school of 
learning, followed by a special course of study 
in languages and literature. The law was first 
selected as a profession, but there was a fas- 
cination about a business career which he was 
unable to resist and he became one of Alaine's 
"Captains of Industry," adding much to the 
prosperity of his native state. In spite of the 
engagements of a business career, he has ever 
been busy as a writer. In young manhood he 
was a contributor of both prose and poetry 
to the Home Journal, Shillaber's (Mrs. Part- 
ington) Carpet Bag, Godey's Lady's Book, 
and the Portland Transcript ; and, while never 
giving up writings of the lighter vein, he has 
acquired an international reputation as an his- 
torical investigator and writer. His bibliogra- 
phy is extended. The most notable work 
among several published in the Maine His- 
torical Society Collections is The Trelazvn\< 
Papers. These "Papers" refer to early settle- 
ments and aflfairs on the Maine coast. They 
were found in an English homestead many 



years ago, and after many vicissitudes found 
their way to the Maine Historical Society. 
These "Papers," with notes by Mr. Baxter, 
are most valuable to the student of New Eng- 
land history; other works are "The British In- 
vasion from the North," based upon the 
"Journal of Lieut. William Digby, 1776-1777," 
treating the campaigns of Generals Carleton 
and Burgoyne; "The Pioneers of New France 
in New- England" ; "Sir Ferdinand Gorges and 
his Province of Maine" ; and "A Memoir and 
Voyages of Jacques Cartier." Mr. Baxter, 
several years ago, in a European library, dis- 
covered in manuscript the narrations of the 
several voyages of Cartier to the St. Law- 
rence. These narratives were written in 1534. 
Mr. Baxter caused each individual page of the 
manuscript to be photographed and then trans- 
lated the same, and by his exhaustive study of 
the manuscript and the times of Cartier, has 
produced a noteworthy volume. The bibliogra- 
phy of the subject shows no stone unturned. 
The volume takes its place among the stand- 
ard works on early American history. In 
1885-86 he spent more than a year in English 
and French archives, searching for docu- 
ments relating mostly to Maine history of 
which he had transcripts made by copyists in 
his employ. At the same time he was making 
with his own hand a large collection of ex- 
tracts from documents partially relating to the 
same subject. The late Eben Pulsifer, of Bos- 
ton, was also for several years exclusively in 
his employ, making transcripts from the 
Massachusetts archives of documeirts relating 
to Maine. He had besides in his employ a 
copyist in the Provincial archives for addi- 
tional material. He has also had the old court 
records of York, now so dilapidated, copied 
and indexed. Flis collection of transcripts 
now number nearly forty large volumes, con- 
taining about twenty thousand pages of man- 
uscript. Of these seven volumes have been 
already published in the Maine Historical So- 
ciety's Documentary History of JMaine, and 
when completed the work will be a monu- 
mental one. Mr. Baxter is also an adminis- 
trator of historical institutions. He has been 
many years president of the Maine Historical 
Society, Portland ; also, of the New England 
Historic-Genealogic Society ; and an active 
councilman and contributor to the American 
Antiquarian Society, and American Historical 
Association, besides being an honorary mem- 
ber of many American and European literary 
and historical bodies. Mr. Baxter enjoys his- 
torical occasions, and is often invited to ad- 
dress them. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Mr. Baxter has known of honor in his own 
city, having been six times elected mayor of 
Portland. He bestows much attention upon 
beautifying the already beautiful city of Port- 
land, and especially in developing its park 
system. He is a man of affairs. His per- 
sonal interests are many, and he is associated 
with others in great corporations either as 
president or director. He is a member of the 
board of overseers of Bowdoin College, and is 
actively interested in other educational and 
benevolent institutions. He has been honored 
by Bowdoin College with the degree of M. A. 
and Litt. D. A few years since Mr. Baxter 
presented to the city of Portland a public 
library building; and also has purchased his 
father's homestead in Gorham, where he him- 
self was born, which he has converted into a 
museum, and has erected adjacent thereto a 
library building for its citizens. These bene- 
factions evidence his abiding interest in the 
betterment of the people. Mr. Baxter is a 
man of many interests, to which he devotes 
himself with untiring zeal. 

Through Sarah Cone, the mother of James 
Phinney Baxter, his ancestral lines run into 
some of the most notable families of Connecti- 
cut. The Cone ancestry itself makes him kin 
of the Loomis, Wright, Plungerford, Spencer, 
Chauncy, Rose and Goodrich families: and 
through the mother of Sarah Cone, in kinship 
with the Wells, Butler, Standish, Blackleach, 
Curtice and Edwards families. Among his 
notable ancestors was Governor Thomas 
Welles, whose fame was wide and deep in the 
hearts of his Puritan subjects. 

Mr. Baxter married (first) September i8, 
1854, Sarah K. Lewis, daughter of Ansel and 
lane M. (Campbell) Lewis, of Portland, 
Maine. She died January 12, 1872. He mar- 
ried (second) April 2, 1873, Mehetable Cum- 
mings Proctor, daughter of Abel and Lydia 
P. (Emerson) Proctor, of Peabody. Massa- 
chusetts. There were eight children by the 
first wife, and three by the second. Children : 
I. Florence Lewis, born July 20, 1855, died 
September 10, 1857. 2. Hartley Cone, born 
July 19. 1857, married, September 29, 18S6, 
Mary Lincoln. Children : Sarah Lewis, born 
February 9, 1890, Ellen Lincoln, August 22, 
1891 ; John Lincoln, May 28, 1896; Emily 
West, May 7, 1898. 3. Clinton Lewis, born 
Tune 29, 1859, married, February 8, 1882, 
Caroline Paulina Dana. She died April 21, 
1888. Married (second) October 14, 1891, 
Ethel Fox. Children : Cara Dana, born April 
21, 1888; .'\nna Fox, November 8, 1892, died 
August 12, 1894; Ellen Fessenden, May 7. 



1894. 4. Eugene Raddin, born January 12, 
1862, married, June 25. 1890, Anna E. Pike, 
San Francisco, California. 5. Mabel, born 
May 17, 1865, died October 22, 1865. 6. 
James Phinney, born February 27, 1867, mar- 
ried, October 8, i8go, Nelly Furbish Carpen- 
ter; children: James Phinney, born February 
15, 1893; Nelly Furbish, born May 19, 1906. 
7. Alba, born May 9, 1869, died February 12, 
1873. 8. Rupert H., born July 26, 1871, mar- 
ried, June 3, 1896, Kate Depuy Mussenden, 
Bath, Maine; children: Mary Lincoln, born 
April II, 1891 ; Lydia McLellan, February 7, 
1907. 9. Emily Poole, born July 15, 1874. 10. 
Percival Proctor, born November 22, 1876. 
II. Madeleine Cummings, born January 26, 
1879, married, October 9, 1907, Fenton Tom- 
linson ; child: James Baxter, born September 
2, igo8. 



Authorities on nomer.cla'ure 
GILSON state that the name Gillson or 
Gilson is derived from Gil or 
Giles. In his book on words Archbishop 
Trench states concerning the mme Gilson that 
some pronounced the G hard and others soft ; 
and he accounts for it by saying that those 
who pronounce their name with the G hard 
are the descendants of Gilbert, and the other 
class of Giles. The explanation is ingenious 
if not ingeneous. In the records of the towns 
where the Gilsons early settled, Attleboro and 
Dedham Gove, Massachusetts, through the ig- 
norance of the clerks the name Gilson came 
to be spelled Jelson and Jillson, and the latter 
form was permanently adopted by many in 
fhe later generations. William Gillson was 
the first of the name who settled in New Eng- 
land, later came Joseph and James Gihon. 
There is nothing to show that these men were 
in anv way related. All the descendants of 
Joseph write their name Gilson. 

(I) Joseph Gilson is not mentioned in any 
known county or town record previous to his 
marriafje, 1660. He was one of the original 
proprietors of Groton, whither he removed 
from Chelmsford previous to March 5, 1666. 
He located on what is now a part of Dun- 
stable, set off from Groton in 1793. At a town 
meeting held in Groton, ]\Iarch 5, 1666, the 
town contracted for the erection of a common 
pound with three of its citizens : Joseph Gil- 
son, Joseph Page and Daniel Pierce. In the 
time of King Philip's war, 1675-76, some of 
the inhabitants of Groton took their families 
into garrisons or block houses and others 
moved from the town to safer places. The 
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of those of the former class ; hence it is probable 
that he had removed in the fall of 1674 or the 
spring of 1675 to Concord, where he died in 
April or May, 1676. In the latter year an 
inventory of his estate returned from Concord 
was recorded in the Middlesex probate rec- 
ords at Cambridge. His widow and children 
probably resided for some time in Concord, 
or in that part of the town which was incor- 
porated as Stow in 1683. Joseph Gilson and 
Mary Caper were married in Chelmsford by 
Captain Johnson, of Woburn, November 18, 
1660. The date of her birth and death are 
unknown. Their children were : Mary, Tim- 
othy, Joseph, Sarah and John. 

(II) Joseph (2). third child and second son 
of Joseph (i) and Mary (Caper) Gilson, was 
born in Groton, January 8, 1667. and resided 
on a part of his father's estate in Groton. He 
was a good manager, thrifty, and left a good 
estate for those times. His will, dated August 
20, 1735, shows he had children whose births 
were not recorded. To his wife, Elizabeth, 
who was executor of his will, he left sixty 
pounds out of his estate, also the use and im- 
provement of all his estate, both real and per- 
sonal, so long as she remains a widow; to 
his children, various sums of money besides 
property he had helped them to before the 
execution of his will. To his son, Isaac, he 
left all his real estate and rights in common 
lands after the death of his wife — Isaac to pay 
the bequests to the other heirs. He married 
(first) Hepsibah , and (second) Eliza- 
beth . There is no record of either 

marriage extant, no marriage record being 
kept between 1686 and 1706. His children by 
the first wife were : Anne, Joseph, Eleazer, 
Jeremiah, Sarah ; and those by the second wife 
were: Elizabeth, Mary, Isaac, Jonas and 
Eunice. 

(III) Isaac, third child and eldest son of 
Joseph (2) and Elizabeth Gilson. He was a 
farmer, and as already stated succeeded to the 
homestead of his father and paid off the be- 
quests to the other heirs. His residence was 
probably in the east part of Groton in that 
part set off to Dunstable in 1793. He was 
more interested in making a good living and 
enjoying his possessions than in holding offices 
or filling public stations of any kind : conse- 
quently his name is not among those who took 
part in public life. On account of faulty rec- 
ords or the absence of any record at all noth- 
ing is known of the date oi his birth or death. 
He was' married, January 15, 1730, to Dor- 
othy Kemp. They had Isaac, Dorothy, Nehe- 
miah and Joseph, all born in Groton. 



(IV) Nehemiah. second son and third child 
of Isaac and Dorothy (Kemp) Gilson, was 
born in Groton, and resided there. He mar- 
ried Abigail, born June 21, 1739, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Dorothy (Chamberlain) Law- 
rence, of Groton. Their children were; Ne- 
hemiah, Nathaniel, Sybil, Jacob B., Oliver, 
Nabby, Ashabel, Isaac. 

(Y) Nehemiah (2), eldest child of Nehe- 
miah (i) and Abigail (Lawrence) Gilson, was 
born July 10, 1766. He married Esther Keyes. 
They had seven children : Joel, Sally, Nathan- 
iel, Luther, Calvin, Charles and Kendall. 

(YI) Calvin, fifth child and fourth son of 
Nehemiah (2) and Esther (Keyes) Gilson, 
was born March 4, 1799, and died in Portland, 
September 29, 1833. He was a farmer in 
Buckfield until well along in life, and then sold 
his farm and removed to Portland, where he 
is supposed to have established the livery busi- 
ness in which he w^as succeeded by his son. 
]\'Ir. Gilson was not ambitious and held no 
public office. In politics he was a Whig. He 
married Hannah C. Austin, born November 
14, 1800, died in Portland, June 9, 1874. They 
had Louisa A., Lydia I., Josephine S., Charles 
A., Caroline A., Luther C. and Charlotte E. 

(YII) Charles Augustus, fourth child and 
eldest son of Calvin and Hannah C. (Austin) 
Gilson, was born in Buckfield, June 25, 1826, 
died in Portland, July 7, 1880. He spent his 
youth on his father's farm and attended the 
common schools. He learned the drug busi- 
ness and was employed in that line until after 
his father removed to Portland, and then he 
engaged in the livery business. He was in 
this line until his death. He was like his 
father in many ways ; belonged to no secret 
orders or clubs, and took no prominent part 
in public affairs. He was a Republican, and 
was a member of the board of aldermen of 
Portland one year. He married, in Winthrop, 
Maine, March 11. 1852, Angie L., born in 
Turner. Maine, March 26, 1832, daughter of 
Thomas L. and Mary J. (Cole) Megquier, of 
Winthrop, Maine. Six children were born to 
them : Jennie Lewis, Arthur Scott, Henry 
Clinton, Anne May, Charles Philip and Mar- 
gery Lawrence. 

(YIII) Arthur Scott, second child and eld- 
est son of Charles A. and Angie L. (Meg- 
quier) Gilson, was born in Portland, March 
17, 1853. He obtained his literary education 
in the Portland public schools, and graduated 
from the high school in 1873. In the year 
1891 he matriculated at the Maine Medical 
School at Brunswick, where he completed the 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



Medicine in 18(54. After a year',? post-grad- 
uate work in the Maine General Hospital he 
opened an office in Portland (1895) and be- 
gan what has proved to be a very successful 
practice, and to-day he is one of the leading 
surgeons of the state. He is senior surgeon 
of the Maine General Hospital, and for ten 
years has been the surgeon of the Portland 
police department. He is a pleasant schol- 
arly gentleman, S}mpathetic in his work and 
inspiring in his manner, a physician whose 
presence infuses hope and courage in the 
hearts of his patients. He is a memlDer of the 
American ]\Iedical Society, the Cumberland 
County Medical Society, the Maine State 
Medical Society and the Portland Medical So- 
ciety. He has no affiliation with secret organ- 
izations or clubs. In religious faith he is a 
Unitarian. He is an unflinching supporter of 
the political doctrines of Hannibal Hamlin, 
James G. Blaine, Abraham Lincoln and Theo- 
dore Roosevelt. He married, in Winthrop, 
Maine. August 21, 1895, Mabel Whittemore, 
born in Brooklyn, New York, March 30, 1870, 
daughter of George O. and Ada Florer Pack- 
ard, of Winthrop, Maine. They have two 
children : Arthur Scott, Jr., born June 30, 
1896, and Charles Packard, September 3, 1899. 

This is an Irish name, derived 
TEAGUE from taiag, meaning a peasant. 

Uncle Remus has immortalized 
it in literature by one of his wonderful crea- 
tions, "At Teague Potts." 

"With Shinkin ap Morgan with blew cap or Teague^ 
We into no covenants enter nor league." 

— Ballads of John Bagtord. 

(I) Daniel Teague lived in Hingham, Mas- 
sachusetts, September 17, 1719, for in that 
year he married Sarah Pray, who died Sep- 
tember 14, 1768'. aged seventy, Mr. Teague 
dying two years before, aged eighty. He was 
a setwork cooper. His wife bore him: Daniel, 
Sarah, Elizabeth, Ruth, Grace, John, Jesse and 
Obed. 

(II) Daniel (2), eldest son and child of 
Daniel (i) and Sarah (Pray) Teague, was 
born in Hingham, Massachusetts, February 
22, 1 7 19, and married, February 26, 1741, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Hannah 
(Lincoln) Lane, who was born also in Hing- 
ham, November 21, 1717. They had: Bani, 
Elizabeth, Elkanah, Sarah and Daniel. 

(III) Bani, eldest son and child of Daniel 
(2) and Elizabeth (Lane) Teague, was born 
February 27. 1742, and married Lucy, daugh- 
ter of Ebenezer Lincoln. Several of her 
brothers removed to Maine, and with them 



probably went Bani, who settled in Turner, 
Androscoggin county, Maine. The town of 
Turner (then called Sylvestertown) w^s large- 
ly peopled with citizens from Plymouth 
county, Massachusetts. 

(IV) Bani (2), son of Bani (i) and Lucy 
(Lincoln) Teague, was born in Turner, 
Maine, and died in 1809, his death being 
caused by a carriage accident. He owned and 
operated a sawmill about 1800 at Chase's mills, 
and married, in 1796, Sarah Tuttle, of Buck- 
field, Maine. He had a son Bani. 

(V) Bani (3), son of Bani (2) and Sarah 
(Tuttle) Teague, was born in Turner, Maine, 
January 2, 1805, and died in 1894. After a com- 
mon school education he learned the trade of 
wood turner, and that and the carpenter's trade 
was his lifework. He married Salh'. daughter of 
John White, who died in 1864. Their children 
were : Henry, Horace, who went south and 
was supposed to have been drafted into the 
Confederate service, Greenleaf, Ellen, Sarah 
Jane, Emily, Laura, Calista and George. 

(YD Greenleaf, third child and son of 
Bani (3) and Sally (White) Teague, was born 
in Atkinson, November 19, 1835, and died 
January i, 1892. Receiving a common school 
education, he came to Lewiston, Maine, when 
nineteen years old, and learned the barber's 
trade, later becoming a carpenter. He was the 
first man to bring western horses into Lewis- 
ton, was for many years a successful horse 
dealer. He was a strong temperance worker 
in both the Good Temphrs and the Golden 
Cross, and was a Republican, devoting much 
of his time to the interests of the party. He 
married Rebecca Jane, daughter of Philip and 
Mahala (Smiley) Seymour. Her father was 
born in Rottery, Devonshire, England, Feb- 
ruary 14, 1802, and came to this country when 
nineteen years old. Children of the above 
union were : Howard A., Elmer C. and 
Grace L. 

(VII) Howard Abbott, eldest child and son 
of Greenleaf and Rebecca Jane (Seymour) 
Teague, was born December 4, 1866. in Lewis- 
ton, Maine, was educated in the public schools, 
and at the age of seventeen learned the car- 
riage-making business. In 1894 he estab- 
lished an undertaking business, in which he is 
now engaged. Although not an active poli- 
tician, he served in the city councils in 1895- 
96; he is a thirty-second degree Mason, an 
Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, a member 
of the Grand Lodge of the same and of the 
uniformed rank, holding the commission of 
captain. He is also a member of the Knights 
of Malta, the Improved Order of Red Alen, 



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Knights of the Golden Eagle, Sons of St. 
George, Order of American Mechanics, the 
Grange, B. P. O. E. and M. W. A. He mar- 
ried, August 25, 1897, Carrie, daughter of 
William and Frances (Wadleigh) Cole, of 
Old Town, where she was born in 1873. 



There is an old tradition 
BICKFORD which runs to the effect that 
the New England Bickfords 
are descended from three brothers, who came 
to this country probably from England in the 
ship supposed to have been the "Mayflower," 
tut not on the historic voyage of that vessel 
which brought over the Pilgrims ; and accord- 
ing to the tradition one of these brothers set- 
tled in one of the plantations in the colony 
of Massachusetts Bay, another in New Hamp- 
shire, and the third brother down in the colony 
of Maine. The genealogical references give 
a brief account of one John Beckford, or Bick- 
ford (the surname in earlier generations from 
the time of the immigrant was written both 
ways), who was born in 1612 and was settled 
in the locality called Darby Field in the an- 
cient town of Dover, New Hampshire, as 
early as the year 1645. ^^ '^'^ "Genealogical 
Dictionary" Savage mentions the same John 
Bickford, and all authorities incline to the 
opinion that he was the immigrant ancestor 
of the Bickford and Beckford families of New 
England. 

The earliest mention of the Maine Bickfords 
in any of the published accounts appears to be 
that found in Bradbury's "History of Kenne- 
bunk Port." 1837, where it is stated that Jeth- 
ro Bickford had a grant of land from the town 
in 1729, and that he probably lived in the 
town and may have removed thence to Bidde- 
ford. In the same work mention also is made 
of Eliakim Bickford, ship master, who came 
from Salem about 1740 and was licensed to 
keep tavern in Arundel in 1744; and it is 
stated that this Eliakim probably was a de- 
scendant of John Beckford, who lived in Dur- 
ham in 1659. Eliakim Bickford died suddenly 
March 22, 1748, and left at least two children, 
Abigail, who married John Cleaves, and Jo- 
seph, who married Mary Averill and by her 
had Eliakim, James, Thomas, Lucy, Abigail, 
Joseph, Hannah, Mary, John, George, William 
and Gideon. How many generations removed 
from John the ancestor Jethro and Eliakim 
may have been appears somewhat difficult to 
determine by records extant, and it is equally 
uncertain what may have been the relation of 
either of them to the familv whose record here 
must begin with Anson Wavne Bickford. 



(I) Anson Wayne Bickford is supposed to 
have been born in Pittsfield, Maine, and it is 
known that he became well educated and 
taught several terms of winter school before 
reaching the age of twenty-three years. He 
then determined to go to the gold fields of 
California in pursuit of a fortune, and whi'e 
he did succeed in gaining a fair competency 
in that region it was in other pursuits than 
gold mining. For ten or twelve years he 
was owner of an express business and made a 
success of it; but about 1880 he returned east, 
purchased a tannery in Readfield, and con- 
ducted it with good success for a few years, 
but had the serious misfortune to lose his en- 
tire investment in the property by a disastrous 
fire which burned the building to the ground. 
Mr. Bickford had toiled hard and patiently to 
establish himself in comfortable circumstances 
in his declining years, and the loss of so much 
of his propertv told heavily against him. While 
living in San Francisco he married twice, his 
first wife dying without issue. His second 
wife was Jennie (McGowan) Bickford, by 
whom he had eight children, all of whom ex- 
cept the last two were born in California. His 
children: I. Nettie F., born January 30, 1868. 
2. Ralph Watson, May 8, 1870. 3. Edwin 
Wayne, June 17, 1872. 4. Matilda Louise, 
September 9, 1875. 5. Everett x^nson, Octo- 
ber 31, 1876. 6. Estelle Adelaide, August 15, 
1880. 7. Maude Barbara, February 10, 1883. 
8. Erna Eliza, September, 1886. 

(II) Edwin Wayne, second son of Anson 
Wayne and Jennie (McGowan) Bickford, his 
second wife, was born in San Francisco, June 
17, 1872. He received his education in Kent's 
Hill Academy, but on account of his father's 
loss of his tannery building by fire it became 
necessary that young Bickford find some em- 
ployment for his own support while complet- 
ing his course in the academy. This he did 
by canvassing and doing whatever work a boy 
of twelve years could find to do outside of 
school hours. After graduating from the 
academy he went to Auburn and found work 
in a shoe factory in that city, and during the 
next six vears he had saved money enough to 
maintain himself and pay the tuition charges 
of a course in the Baltimore College of Dental 
Surgery, where he graduated with the degree 
of D. D. S. in 1893. On returning from Balti- 
more with his diploma and degree, Dr. Bick- 
ford opened an office in Lewiston and soon 
found himself engaged in successful and con- 
stantly increasing practice. The success he 
has since achieved has been fairly earned and 
fullv deserved, for since he was a boy he has 



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virtually mai'e his own way in life. He is 
a member of various professional organiza- 
tions, an Odd Fellow in excellent standing and 
making his way through the chairs, and a 
member of the Clan Campbell of the Society 
of Scotchmen of America. On November 14, 
1904, Dr. Bickford married Luella, daughter 
of Edgar Smith, of Belfast, Maine. 



The surname Wedgwood, 
WEDGWOOD which in church and town 
records is spelled some- 
what inconsistently both with and without the 
vowel e after the g, is of obvious origin. 
\Miile not a common surname, it has held its 
own in America better than its fellow Wedge, 
which a hundred years ago was met with more 
frequently. Though of Anglo-Saxon descent, 
the connection between the American family 
and the famous English fimily settled in Staf- 
fordshire has not yet been clearly traced. 

(I) The WedgAvoods of Maine are de- 
scended from John Wedgwood, planter and 
husbandman, at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 
1637. He displayed the martial spirit observed 
in succeeding generations, serving and being 
wounded in the Pequot war. As early as 1644 
he removed to Hampton,. New Hampshire, 
where he became a landowner, and in 1650 
bought "the Elder's Lot" of Rev. John Wheel- 
wright, so prominent in the early history of 
Maine and New Hampshire. Here he died 
December 9, 1654, leaving a wife Mary, who 
died August 24, 1670, and iive children, John, 
the eldest, who lived in Exeter, New Hamp- 
shire, Jonathan, Mary, Abigail and David. 

(II) David, youngest child of John and Alary 
Wedgwood, was born December 12, 1652, and 
married, January 4, 1683, Hannah, daughter 
of Morris and Sarah (Eastow) Hobbs, who 
was his junior by several vears. He served 
as a soldier in King William's war. Their 
children, born in Hampton, were John, and 
Mary, who married, January 31, 1712, Ezekiel 
Knowles. 

(HI) John, son of David and Hannah 
(Hobbs) Wedgwood, was born Au:::ust 8, 
1688, married, January 31. 1712, Hannah, 
daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Richard- 
son) Shaw, who was born July 23, 1690. and 
died August 9, 1755. His name occurs among 
those who did garrison duty at Fort William 
and jNIary in 1708. They lived at North 
Hampton, where he died July 31, 1755. Their 
children were David and Jonathan. 

(IV) Jonathan, second son of John and 
Hannah (Shaw-) M'edgwood, was born No- 
vember 9. 1 7 16. married, January 25, 1737, 



Mary, daughter of Ensign Samuel and Cath- 
erine (Carr) Marston, who was born March 
5, 1719, died June 29, 1790. He was for 
several years town clerk of North Hampton, 
residing upon the homestead. The later por- 
tion of his life was spent with his son James 
on Birch Plain. He died in his ninetieth year, 
June II, 1806. Of their children, three named 
for their father died in their infancy ; the 
others were Hannah, David, Samuel, Hepzi- 
bah, James, Mary, Catherine, Josiah, John. 

{V) Samuel, son of Jonathan and Mary 
(Marston) Wedgwood, was born at North 
Hampton, February 8, 1752. He enlisted at 
eighteen in Captain George March's company 
in the expedition against Canada, and was 
taken ill at Crown Point. In the revolution 
he served under Captain William Pre>cott, 
and was a sergeant-major in Colonel Drake's 
regiment in the campaign against Burgoyne 
in 1777. Three of his brothers were fellow 
soldiers and of these James was an officer and 
led a regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, 
-whose name repeatedly occurs in the New 
Hampshire archives. His children by his wife 
Deborah were Lydia, Mary, Sarah, Chase. 

(VI) Chase, son of Samuel and Deborah 
Wedgwood, married Martha Mitchell. He 
was an early settler in Lewiston, Maine, but 
removed to Tamworth in 1812. His children 
were Dana, Samuel, Curtis, Josiah, Martha, 
George and ^Melissa. 

(VII) Curtis, son of Ch-se and Martha 
(Mitchell) Wedgwood, was born March 29, 
1806, at Lewiston. He received an academic 
education at Fryeburg Academy and was en- 
gaged in teaching over half a century. He 
settled in 1837 ^^ Litchfield, Maine, where he 
was one of the founders of the Litchfield Lib- 
eral Institute, and where he served as mod- 
erator of town meetings for thirty years, and 
died in 1893. All of his sons served in the 
war of the rebellion. His wife, Hannah, 
daughter of David and Flannah (Smith) 
Springer, was born February 12, 1807, and 
died in 1877. Their children were Milton 
Curtis, Thomas S., John G.. Martha H., 
Georre S., Newton J. and Luella P. 

(A'TII) Milton Curtis, eldest son of Curtis 
and Hannah (Springer) Wedsiwood, was born 
December 27, 18^2, at Bowdoin, Maine. He 
was fitted for college at the Litchfield Liberal 
Institute and taught several years before he 
graduated from the Medical School of Maine 
in 1859. He began the practice of his profes- 
sion at Durham, Maine, and three years later 
entered the armv as assistant surgeon of the 
Eleventh Maine \'olunteers. On his return 




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from the south in 1864 he settled in Lewiston, 
where he met with marked success in his pro- 
fessional work, and which continued to be his 
home till his death. For the last twenty years 
of his life he was consulting physician at Po- 
land Springs Hotel, and became an expert in 
diseases of the kidneys. He died April 9, 
1906, from a lesion in the blood-vessels of the 
brain. Dr. Wedgwood was a member of the 
American Medical Association, served as 
president of the Androscoggin Medical So- 
ciety, of the Maine Medical Association in 
1879, and of the Maine Academy of Medicine 
and Science for three years. He was a mem- 
ber of the governor's council under both Gov- 
ernor Burleigh and Governor Hill, and of the 
state board of 'health from 1894 till his de- 
cease. He was prominent in the Masonic or- 
der, being a member of the Maine Consistory 
of the thirty-second degree. A member and 
friend of the Pine Street Congregational 
Church, he was a man of old-fashioned hon- 
esty and straightforwardness, sympathetic 
with his patients and loved by a wide circle of 
friends. 

Dr. Wedgwood married, December 2, 1861, 
Elizabeth J., daughter of Joseph and Lucinda 
(Williams) Webster, of Durham, Maine, who 
survives him. Mrs. Wedgwood, through her 
mother, is descended from Thomas Williams, 
a physician and teacher, who came to Boston 
in 1 71 7, and in 1729 became the first perma- 
nent settler in what is now Bath, Maine. His 
son, Samuel Williams, married Mercy, daugh- 
ter of Anthony Coombs, of Brunswick, settled 
in Harpswell and served in the revolutionary 
war. His grandson, George Williams, born 
August 3, 1777, at Harpswell, married Mabel, 
daughter of Noah and Mabel (Wade) Litch- 
field, of Lewiston, and settled in Durham, 
Maine, where he died February 8, 1867. Mrs. 
Lucinda (Williams) Webster was the seventh 
of his thirteen children, all save two of whom 
had families of their own. 

On her father's side, Mrs. Wedgwood is 
the great-great-granddaughter of James and 
Isabel Webster, of Cape Elizabeth. Their son 
William married, December 24, 1769, Mrs. 
Jane (Little) Yeaton, and moved to Gray, 
where he was a captain in the militia and one 
of the first board of selectmen. He died De- 
cember 19, 1808, aged sixty-eight. His son, 
William Webster, born April 30, 1774, at 
Cape Elizabeth, married Hannah, daughter of 
John and Elizabeth (Dunning) Stackpole, and 
was one of the original settlers in Durham. 
He was a farmer and a maker of plows and 
farming utensils. During the war of 1812 he 



was a captain in the militia. His seventh 
child was Joseph Webster, who lived the most 
of his life upon the old homestead in Durham, 
and is remembered as an honest, industrious 
and successful farmer. He was largely en- 
gaged in the purchase and sale of lumber and 
timber lands. An earnest and active Chris- 
tian, he gave generously for the support of 
the church in his native town. He died in 
Lewiston, August 24, 1877. 

By her paternal grandmother Mrs. Wedg- 
wood is descended through John 4, James 3, 
Philip 2, from James Stackpole, the emigrant, 
who was born in 1652 in Ireland. "He was a 
branch of the Pembrokeshire family, Wales; 
having the same coat-of-arms as the other 
family, and going from 'Stackpole Court' to 
Ireland, where a house and home were found- 
ed called 'Edenvale' at Ennis, county Clare." 
He came to Dover, New Hampshire, before 
1680, married Margaret, daughter of James 
and Margaret Warren, of South Berwick, 
Maine, and died in what is now Rollinsford, 
New Hampshire, in 1736. It is quite certain 
that he was connected with the Stackpole fam- 
ily of Limerick, Ireland. Between 1450 and 
1650 A. D. twenty-six persons named Stack- 
pole, or Stacpole as the surname was then 
written, appears as mayors, aldermen, and re- 
corders of Limerick. They were descended 
from the Stackpoles of Pembrokeshire, Wales, 
whose Norman ancestor built a castle, early in 
the twelfth century, on the site now occupied 
by Stackpole Court, the seat of the Earl of 
Cawdor. From this place Sir Elidyr Stack- 
pole, who was founder of the family, went on 
the crusade with Richard the Lion-hearted. 



This family traces descent 
KNIGHT from Walter Knight, who with 
Thomas Gray and John Gray 
settled at Nantasket, Massachusetts, in 1622. 
These names appear in original papers of 
Salem, among those who comprised the settle- 
ment when Endicott arrived. In 1629 Walter 
Knight's name appears on a patent obtained 
from Charles I, the patent reciting the grant 
of the Council of Plymouth. It is supposed 
that Walter Knight was a son of Isaac Knight, 
referred to by Annie Venn, daughter of Cap- 
tain John Venn, in a book written in London 
in 1658, in which she mentions Isaac Knight 
as a prominent divine. 

(I) Captain George Knight was born in 
Portland, Maine, December 3, 1796. For 
many years he was commander of vessels of 
the Portland Steam Packet Company. He 
married (first) Pamelia Dyer, born March 21, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



1800; (second) Judith, daughter of The- 
ophilus Dyer. Children: i. Judith S., born 
July 21, 1822. 2. George H., see forward. 3. 
Child, August 25, 1827. 

(II) George Henry, son of Captain George 
Knight, was born on Franklin street, Port- 
land, near where Lincoln Park now is, May 
22, 1826, and died September 18, 1899. He 
had such educational advantages as were avail- 
able in Portland at that time. He became a 
clerk in the wholesale dry goods store of John 
and Jeremiah Dow, and continued with them 
for some time. Later he was in the woolen 
business for himself. He then engaged in 
the dry goods business, being located on 
Middle street, where the Standard Clothing 
Company's store now stands. After several 
years Mr. Knight started the manufacture of 
bungs, in which he continued until about six 
years before his death, when he retired from 
business. He was a well known citizen of 
Portland, and died after a lingering illness, 
at his home on State street. He married 
(first). May 14, 1856, Helen Burnside, of 
Lancaster, New Hampshire, who died about 
i860, leaving one daughter Helen, who mar- 
ried Herbert Winslow, of Philadelphia, and 
had a son Burnside, who married Helen Car- 
rington. He married (second) October 11, 
1866, Harriet S. Moses, of Bath, who was 
born February 5, 1838, daughter of Oliver and 
Lydia Clapp Moses. Five children were born 
of this marriage: i. George M., born Octo- 
ber 13, 1867, died, unmarried, November 28, 
1962. 2. Marcia Bowman, bom October 11, 
1869, married Dr. William H. Bradford. (See 
Bradford.) 3-4, Lydia Clapp and Pamelia 
Dyer (twins), born July 31, 1871. Lydia 
Clapp died March, 1872. Pamelia Dyer mar- 
ried, October 6, 1897, Philip J. Deering, and 
had two children ; Margaret Knight, born Au- 
gust 22, 1898; and Philip Chilton, July 16, 
1902. 5. Annie Louise, born 1873, died 1874. 
6. Anna Putnam, born May 12, 1875 ; mar- 
ried, December 20, 1905, Lucius H. Bingham, 
of New York. 7. Dorothea Clapp, December 
10, 1883, married, September 8, 1906. Hay- 
ward Wilson. (See Wilson.) 



The Puritans of New England 
WILSON find in the name of John Wil- 
son (1588-1667) first minister 
of the First Church of Boston, a name that 
marks the laying of the corner stone of Puri- 
tan Congregationalism in America. Bom in 
Windsor, England, graduated at the Univer- 
sity of Cambridge in 1606, a fellow and stu- 



dent at law in that famous institution 1606-09, 
ordained a priest in the Church of England, 
chaplain to Lady Scadamore, rector at Moot- 
lake, Kenley, Bumsted Stoke and Candish rec- 
tor of the parish of Sudbury, Essex, suspended 
and finally dismissed by the Bishop's court by 
reason of his Puritan sympathies, he was 
passed through the fires of persecution and 
came out a full-fledged Puritan. He there- 
upon joined Governor John Winthrop in the 
project of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The 
two great minds having freed themselves from 
the tramals of the Established Church about 
the same time, and being of the same age, 
their sympathizers were coexistent and their 
partnership in the enterprise mutual. The 
London proprietors having determined to 
transfer the seat of government to the New 
World, the great lawyer and the great divine 
became leaders in the aflfairs of state and 
church as modified by the Puritan system of 
government decided upon. On October 30, 
1629, John Winthrop was elected governor of 
the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America, and 
by June 22, 1635, his fleet of eleven ships had 
reached Salem, then the favored New England 
port. They had fitted out at the Isle of Wight 
and had a propitious voyage, but not finding 
suitable conditions at Salem they proceeded 
to Charlestown, where on August 23, 1630, 
John Wilson organized a church and thence 
they proceeded to Tri-mountain in September 
and then on September 30, 1630, he estab- 
lished the church and town of Boston, of 
which church John Wilson became the first 
minister, and the church the first church of 
Boston. His ordination as teacher of this 
church was performed by the members them- 
selves, who laid their hands on the chosen 
leader and proclaimed him their pastor. This 
ceremony, however, was not performed until 
1632. In 1634 he visited England, returning 
in 1635 with his wife, and bringing as his 
assistant Hugh Peters, who had been com- 
pelled to leave England for non-conformity. 
Wilson, like Winthrop, opposed the doctrine 
taught by the Antinomians through their 
leader, Ann Hutchinson, and her brother-in- 
law, John Wheelwright. He went out as 
chaplain of the New England troop set against 
the Pequot Indians of Connecticut in 1636, and 
subsequently became associated with John 
Eliot in his missionary labors among the In- 
dians. He wrote a Latin poem to the memory 
of John Harrad in 1647, twenty years before 
his death, an account of his experience in 
teaching the Indians, under the title "The Day 



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Breaking if Not the Sun Rising of the Gos- 
pel." which was republished in New York in 
1865. 

The Pilgrims, the early martyrs who found 
refuge from the intolerance of the Church of 
England as early as 1608 on the farther shore 
of the North Sea at Leyden, Holland, so 
beautifully situated on the Old Rhine river, 
had their hero in another Wilson bearing the 
surname of Roger, who had much to do with 
the establishment of the Pilgrim band, im- 
mortalized by having been the first to land 
from the "Mayflower" on New England terri- 
tory, December 21, 1620. If he was not a pas- 
senger on that historic ship, he was the chief 
instigator and supporter of the movement 
that led to the undertaking of that eventful 
adventure and stood as bondsman for William 
Bradford, Isaac Allerton, and Digerie Priest. 
Thirty-one years after he was represented in 
the New England Colony, of which he was a 
founder and liberal promoter, but to whose 
shores he never came, in the person of his 
son John Rogers (1631-91) the immigrant of 
Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1651. It 
is of this son of the bondsman of Governor 
Bradford that the line of Wilsons now make 
this John Wilson their first American an- 
cestor. 

(I) Roger Wilson, the promoter of the en- 
terprise that laid the foundation of the Ply- 
mouth Colony, the cornerstone of the Ameri- 
can Republic, was bom in Scrooby, Notting- 
hamshire, England, about 1588. He was a 
member of Rev. John RolDinson's church, 
whose minister was suspended for non-con- 
formity in 1603 and became the pastoral care 
of his flock, driven from their church and their 
country, at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1608, and 
at Leyden, to which place they regathered in 
May, 1609. Roger Wilson was one of the 
three friends who provided a house for the 
comfort and convenience of the growing Sep- 
aratist congregation and co-operated with 
Cushman, Bradford, Brember and others in 
organizing the movement that led to the re- 
moval of the majority of the able-bodied mem- 
bers of his congregation to America in 1620. 
He was among the wealthier of the congrega- 
tion, was a prosperous woolen and silk draper 
in Leyden, and a member of the first stock 
company that fitted out the '"Mayflower." He 
remained in Leyden with tlie pastor, probably 
intending to join the colony at a later day, 
but in 1625, when John Robinson died, the 
congregation remaining at Leyden, including 
Roger Wilson, met a loss that it could not 
withstand, and persecution of the Separatists 



having subsided in England, the remainder re- 
turned home or became abandoned in the 
Dutch population. Roger Wilson's death is 
not recorded in Leyden. and he evidentlv re- 
turned to England and continued there his 
worship of God according to the faith of the 
Brownests, also known as Separatists, or Con- 
gregationalists, as they came to be called. His 
wife Mary was the daughter of Dr. Samuel 
Fuller, the physician and surgeon of the 
"Mayflower," 1620, who was a deacon of Mas- 
ter Robinson's church, and died in the Ply- 
mouth Colony, Massachusetts, in 1633, and 
John, their youngest child, was the only one 
to remove from England, or possibly from 
Leyden, Holland, to America. 

(II) John, youngest son of Roger and 
Mary (Fuller) Wilson, was born in Leyden, 
Holland, or in Scrooby, Nottingham, England 
(if his father returned to his old home after 
the death of the Rev. John Robinson in Ley- 
den in 1625, which is highly probable), in 
1 63 1, and he died in Woburn, Alassachusetts 
Bay Colony, July 2, 1687. Inheriting the 
spirit of liberty that cost his father banish- 
ment and great loss of property, he was true 
to his heritage, and when he arrived at the 
age of manhood he sought greater freedom 
in the New England colonies, the unreached 
Mecca of his father. He appears in Woburn, 
Massachusetts Bay Colony, after 1655, with 
his wife and two children — John Jr. and Dor- 
cas. The name of his wife (or possibly wives, 
if John Jr. and Dorcas were his children by 
a first wife) does not appear in any record of 
the early history of Woburn, and the only in- 
timation of a wife on the official records of 
the town give the birth of a son to John Wil- 
son and wife — Samuel, December 29, 1658. 
On the tax lists of Woburn, in the rate for the 
county of Middlesex, assessed August 26, 
1666, John Wilson Sr. is mentioned as among 
those who had right in the common lands of 
the town. He probably was one of the immi- 
grants in 1 65 1. He was a lieutenant in the 
Indian war. His children were bom in the 
order following: i. John, 1653. -■ Dorcas, 
1655 ; married Adam Cleveland, September 
26, 1775, then in Woburn. 3. Samuel, Decem- 
ber 29, 1658. 4. Abigail, August 8, 1666. 5. 
Elizabeth, August 6, 1668. 6. Benjamin (q. 
v.), October 15, 1670. 7. Hannah, May 31, 
1672; married Jonathan Pierce, 1689. 

(III) Benjamin, youngest son and sixth 
child of Lieutenant John Wilson, was born in 
Woburn, Massachusetts, October 15, 1670. He 
removed to Rehoboth after his father's death 
in 1687, and was a resident of the neighbor- 



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hood of Palmer's river, where a meeting-house 
was built in 1718 and seated December 23 of 
that year, when first dignity, second, age, 
third, public charge in building the house and 
in town affairs, was observed. Benjamin Wil- 
son's name appears as sixth on the list of 
persons who bound themselves to an agree- 
ment that if the town and community voted 
£50 towards the expense of the building, the 
subscribers would clear the town of all further 
expense in relation to their house. He had 
eighteen children by his two wives Elizabeth, 
but we find no record of their family names. 
His children: i. Jonathan, December 8, 1698. 
2. Rebeckah, January 20, 1701. 3. Hannah, 
October 7, 1702. 4. Frances, September 7, 
1704. 5. Elizabeth, July 8, 1706. 6. Samuel, 
January 5, 1707. 7. Ruth, April 7, 1710. 8. 
Bethiah, December 4, 171 1. 9. Abijah, Au- 
gust 30, 1 713. 10. Mary, October 17, 17 14. 
By a second wife Elizabeth: 11. Sarah, Feb- 
ruary 23, 1729-30. 12. John (q. v.), October 
19. 1733- 13- Lucas, August 10, 1735. 14. 
Annie, April 26, 1737. 15. Benjamin, April 
II, 1739. 16. Jonathan, April 7, 1741. 17. 
Ezekiel, May 11, 1744. 18. Chloe, June 23, 
1746. 

(IV) John (2), twelfth child and eldest 
son of Benjamin Wilson by the second wife, 
was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, October 
29, 1733. He was a soldier in the French and 
Indian war. and sergeant in the Rehoboth 
company. Captain Hix, enlisted for three 
years' service in the American revolution. He 
was a man of remarkable size and strength, 
and in local tests of these gifts and of athletic 
skill he is said never to have met his equal. 

He married jibigail , and their children 

were born in Kehoboth: i. Molly, December 
2, 1764. 2. Sarah, September 15, 1766, died 
young. 3. Joseph (q. v.); June 25, 1768. 4. 
Sarah, October 15, 1770. 5. John, January 
27, 1775. 6. Miles Shorey, January 27, 1775. 
7. Abigail, April 13, 1777. 8. Betsey, Sep- 
tember 23, 1779. 9. Benjamin, March 23, 
1783. 10. Lucretia, April 24, 1785. 

(V) Joseph, eldest son and third child of 
Sergeant John (2) and Abigail Wilson, was 
born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, January 25, 
1768. He removed from Rehoboth to Tliom- 
aston, Maine, and about 1795 married Lydia 
Major, and later in life removed to Bradford, 
Maine, where he was a farmer during his 
later days, and where he died. Joseph and 
Lydia (Major) Wilson had nine children, bom 
as follows: i. Mary, born 1796. 2. Miles S., 
born March 4. 1800. 3. John Hines (q. v.), 
born June 9, 1804. 4. Harvey S. 5. Joseph. 



6. Jemima, whose husband's name was Fletch- 
er. 7. Eliza, whose husband's name was 
Garey. 8. Daniel. 

(VI) John Hines, second son of Joseph and 
Lydia (Major) Wilson, was born in Thomas- 
ton, Maine, June 9, 1804. He was brought up 
on his father's farm in Bradford, Penobscot 
county, Maine, and attended school during the 
winter season. He was a Democrat, like a 
large majority of the voters of Maine at the 
time he reached his majority, and he remained 
an active worker in that party up to the for- 
mation of the Republican party in 1856, when 
he joined that party as expressing his views 
upon the question of slavery. He served un- 
der the Democratic rule as deputy sheriff of 
Penobscot county, and the Republican party 
elected him sheriff, and his term in the sher- 
iff's office in Penobscot county covered a pe- 
riod of forty years. His affiliations were 
with the Methodist church, and he was a 
member of the Masonic fraternity. He was 
married, at Bradford, Maine, December, 1831, 
to Rachel Rider Kingsbury, a native of 
Brewer, Maine, where she was born April 26, 
1807. Her husband died January 30, 1893, 
and she died on August 5, 1893, six months 
only intervening between their deaths. Chil- 
dren of John Hines and Rachel Rider (Kings- 
bury) Wilson: i. Franklin A. (q. v.), No- 
vember 6, 1832. 2. Walter Kingsbury, born 
in Orono, Maine, December 22, 1836, died 
March 16, 1837. 3. Lucinda B., born in 
Orono, October 15, 1838. 4. Amanda M., 
born in Orono, September 26. 1842. 5. Henry 
E., born in Bangor, December 18, 1849, died 
August 15, 1859. 

(VII) Franklin Augustus, eldest child of 
John Hines and Rachel Rider (Kingsbury) 
Wilson, was born in Bradford, Maine, No- 
vember 6, 1832. When he was four years of 
age his father moved to Orono, and when he 
was eleven the family moved to Bangor. He 
received his preparatory educational training 
in the public schools of Bangor. He was 
graduated at Bowdoin College A. B., 1854; 
A. M., 1857; studied law in the office of John 
A. Peters in Bangor, and was admitted to 
the Penobscot bar in 1857, and soon after 
was admitted to practice in the courts of 
Maine and in the United States circuit court. 
He became the law partner of his law precep- 
tor, John A. Peters, in 1867, and the law 
partnership of Peters & Wilson continued up 
to 1882, when Mr. Peters withdrew to accept 
the position of judge of the supreme judicial 
court of Maine, when Charles F. Woodward 
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Woodward, and so continued up to 1900, 
when Mr. Wilson retired from active practice 
after a period of forty-three years. He con- 
tinued to manage the various trust interests 
committed to his charge, and served as a 
director of the Maine Central railroad from 
December, 1892, and was elected president of 
the corporation in May, 1894, which position 
he resigned in 1899, but continued his direc- 
torship of the road. He was also chosen 
president of the Penobscot Savings Bank of 
Bangor in 1888, which position he still holds, 
and president of the European & North 
American Railroad from 1900. His director- 
ship in other corporations include : The Frank- 
lin Company of Waterville and Boston, deal- 
ing in real estate and water rights ; the Lock- 
wood Company, manufacturers of cotton 
goods, and the First National Bank of Bangor. 
He was also made a trustee of the Bangor 
Public Library, and overseer of Bowdoin Col- 
lege, which institution conferred upon him the 
honorary degree of LL. D. in 1900. His 
church affiliation is with the Unitarian denom- 
ination, and his club membership includes the 
University of Boston ; the Cumberland, of 
Portland ; the Tarratine of Bangor, and the 
Mount Desert Reading Room of Bar Harbor. 
His political affiliation was with the Demo- 
cratic party up to 1861 and has been with the 
Republican party from that time. He served 
his state as a representative from Bangor in 
the Maine legislature in 1875 and 1876. 

He was married, September 21, 1859, ^o 
Mary E., daughter of Joshua Wingate and 
Hannah (Pearson) Carr, of Bangor, and two 
children were born of the marriage: i. Mary 
Franklin, January 12, 1861 ; married, June 17, 
1886, to George C. Cutler ; five sons : John 
Cutler, May 12, 1887; Elliot Carr Cutler, July 
30, 1888 ; Roger Wilson Cutler, November 3, 
1889; George Chalmers Cutler Jr., May 8, 
1891, and Robert Cutler, June 12, 1895. 2. 
Elliot Carr Wilson, twin of Mary Franklin, 
died November 9, 1864, when three years old. 
The mother of these two children died Feb- 
ruary 9, 1867, and Mr. Wilson married (sec- 
ond), October 12, 1871, Caroline, daughter of 
Charles and Jane (Pierce) Stetson, of Ban- 
gor, Maine. Caroline Stetson was born May 
30, 1842, and by her marriage with Mr. Wil- 
son had three children: Charles Stetson (q. 
v.), John (q. v.), and Hayward (q. v.). Mr. 
Wilson found his recreation from his law 
practice and the care of his business interests 
as a director of corporations in travel, and he 
has visited and studied the historic countries 



of the Old World, including Egypt and the 
upper Nile, Greece, Rome, and the modern 
cities of the continent of Europe. 

(Vni) Charles Stetson, eldest son of 
Franklin Augustus and Caroline Pierce (Stet- 
son) Wilson, was born in Bangor, Maine, 
June 10, 1873. He was prepared for college 
at the Roxbury Latin School, and was grad- 
uated at Harvard A. B., 1897. He was clerk 
in a banking house in Boston for three years 
(1897-1900); was secretary of the United 
States legation at Athens, Greece, four years 
(1900-04) ; secretary of the United States le- 
gation at Havana, Cuba, one year (1904-05), 
and has held a similar position at Buenos 
Ayres, Argentine, S. A., since 1905. He is 
unmarried. 

(VHT) John (3), second son of Franklin 
Augustus and Caroline Pierce (Stetson) Wil- 
son, was born in Bangor, Maine, September 
26, 1878. He was prepared for college at the 
Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut, 
and the Roxbury Latin School, and was grad- 
uated at Harvard A. B., 1900, and at the 
Harvard University Law School LL. B., 1903. 
He began the practice of law in Bangor, 
Maine. 

Mr. Wilson married. December 4, 1903, 
Emma, daughter of John P. and Isabell 
(Stratton) Otis, of Worcester, Massachusetts, 
and their first child, Caroline, was born July 
26, 1905, their second, John Otis, December 4, 
1907. He is a member of the Tarratine, Ken- 
duskeag Canoe and Country, ^Meadow Brook 
Golf Clubs, and secretary of the Haward Club 
of Bangor. He is a member of the Indepen- 
dent Congregational (Unitarian) Society. 

(VIII) Hayward Wilson, third son and 
youngest child of Franklin Augustus and Car- 
oline Pierce (Stetson) Wilson, was born in 
Bangor, Maine, April 9, 1884. He prepared 
for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, Ex- 
eter, New Hampshire, and was graduated at 
Harvard A. B., 1905. He then engaged as 
a clerk in the banking house of Lee, Higgin- 
son & Company, of Boston, and was given a 
position in the Portland office of that firm. 
He attends the First Parish (Unitarian) 
Church of Portland ; is a member of the Cum- 
berland Club and the Country Club of that 
city and of the Harvard Union of Cambridge. 
He was married, September 8, 1906, to Dor- 
othea Clapp, daughter of George Henry and 
Harriet (Moses) Knight, of Portland, Maine. 
Dorothea Clapp was born December 10, 1883, 
and they have one son, born June 4, 1907, 
Franklin Augustus Wilson (2nd). 



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The surname Wilson is one of 
WILSON the most common and wide- 
spread in England, Scotland 
and Ireland. It is derived, of course, from 
Will and son, in the same way as Johnson, 
Jackson, Davidson, etc., and like those sur- 
names there were doubtless hundreds of pro- 
genitors of unrelated families that assumed the 
surname when the custom became general in the 
twelfth century or earlier. Many of this name 
have won distinction. There are numerous 
coats-of-arms borne by Wilsons of the higher 
classes. 

In Scotland the Wilsons were numerous in 
Renfrewshire, Elginshire, Fifeshire, Lanark- 
shire, and were found in other counties also 
at an early date. Durina: the frightful perse- 
cution of the Scotch Presbyterians, one of 
their familv suffered martyrdom. In 1685 
James II, an avowed Roman Catholic, became 
King of England, sworn to maintain the es- 
tablished church (Episcopal), but his acces- 
sion brought no relief to the persecuted Cov- 
enanters in Scotland and Ireland. An Episco- 
pal farmer named Gilbert Wilson had two 
daughters — Alargaret, aged eighteen, and Ag- 
nes, aged thirteen. These girls attended con- 
venticles and had become Presbyterians. Ar- 
rested and condemned to death, their father 
succeeded in procuring the pardon of the 
younger bv paving one hundred pounds ster- 
ling, iaut the eider and an old woman named 
Margaret MacLaughlin were bound to stakes 
on the seashore that they might be drowned 
by the rising tide. After the old woman was 
dead and the water had passed over Mar- 
garet's head, she was brought out, restored to 
consciousness and offered life if she would 
take the abjuration oath. But she said: "I 
am one of Christ's children, let me go." She 
was then once more placed in the sea and her 
sufferings ended by death. 

In the north of Ireland the Crown granted 
to William \\'illson. of Suffolk, England, two 
thousand acres of land in the precinct of Lif- 
fer (Barony of Raphoe), county Donegal, 
about 1610. In 161 1 Willson bought two 
thousand acres granted to Sir Henry Knight. 
His residence is given as Clarye, in Suffolk, 
and his Irish asent was Christopher Parmen- 
ter. He brought over some English settlers, 
but may never have lived there himself. In 
1689 one of the Scotch Wilsons living in En- 
niskillen became famous. July i. Lieutenant 
MacCarmick. in whose company James Wil- 
son was a soldier, made a stand against the 
Duke of Berwick, an illegitimate son of King 
James, at the head of a detachment of Irish, 



six hundred dragoons on foot and two troops 
of horse. Governor Hamilton, his superior 
officer, failed to keep his promise to support 
MacCarmick, and his little company was fairly 
cut to pieces ; his son slain at his side and 
he was taken prisoner. But thirty escaped. 
"Among them was a brave soldier named 
James Wilson. Surrounded by a number of 
dragoons, he was assailed by all at once. 
Some of them he stabbed, others he struck 
down with his musket, and several he threw 
under the feet of their own horses. At last, 
wounded in twelve places, his cheeks hanging 
over his chin, he fell into a bush. There a 
sergeant struck him through the thigh with a 
halbert ; but Wilson, exerting all his strength, 
pulled it out and ran it through the sergeant's 
heart. By the aid of this halbert he walked 
to Enniskillen. He was afterwards cured of 
his wounds and survived for thirty years." 
Whether descended from him or not, the Wil- 
son family, mentioned below, may well take 
pride in this exploit. 

(I) William Wilson, immigrant ancestor, 
came to this country from Tyrone, Ireland, in 
1737, with his wife, a daughter, and his son 
Robert, mentioned below. They spent the 
first winter in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and 
then removed to Townsend, where many 
Scotch-Irish families settled. 

(II) Major Robert, son of William Wil- 
son, was born about 17,34 in Tyrone, Ireland, 
and came to New England with his parents. 
He enlisted in the French war in 1755 and 
was among the company that was with Gen- 
eral Wolfe, September 12. 1759, at the Heights 
of Abraham, when Wolfe was killed. He re- 
turned to Massachusetts and settled in Peter- 
borough, New Hampshire, and resided on the 
farm now or lately occupied in part by his 
grandson, James Wilson, on what used to be 
called Main Street Road. He was a farmer, 
and kept a tavern. The house stood on the 
west side of the road, about seventy-five or 
eighty rods southwest of the house now occu- 
pied by James Wilson, and some forty rods 
north of the brick school house. The old 
cellar hole marks the spot. He was in the 
revolution. He was a lieutenant in the militia 
in 1771, a captain in 1775, when he answered 
the Lexington alarm, and a major in 1777. 
He was under General Stark and was present 
at the various engagements at Bennington, 
Saratoga, etc., and was appointed by General 
Stark to command a guard detailed to escort 
six hundred Hessian prisoners of war from 
Bennington to Boston. He was selectman in 
1765-71; treasurer in 1786-87-88, and one of 



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the committee of safety in 1776. He was a 
man of fine physique, six feet in height, and 
was industrious and prudent in his affairs. By 
his own hard work he was able to accumulate 
quite a fortune for those days. He died De- 
cember 25, 1790, suddenly, of strangulated 
hernia. He married, in 1761 or 1762, Mary 
Hodge, of West Cambridge. She married 
(second) September 16, 1803, Enos Knight, 
of New Ipswich, and died December 22, 1825, 
aged ninety years. Children: I. Anne, born 
March 28, 1764; died August 16, 1771, killed 
by a log falling ofT a fence upon her. 2. 
James, August 16, 1766; married (first) Eliz- 
abeth Steele; (second) Elizabeth Little. 3. 
Anne, born May 3, 1768, married Jeremiah 
Swan. 4. William, February 8, 1770, married 
Dotia Smith. 5. John, January 10, 1772, men- 
tioned below. 6. Mary, May 21, 1775, mar- 
ried General John Steele. 7. Sarah, 1777, 
married, November 6, 1803, Joseph Haynes 
Johnson. 8. Joseph, 1780, died April 24, 1794. 

(III) Hon. John, son of Robert Wilson, was 
born January 10, 1772, in Peterborough, New 
Hampshire. He settled in Belfast, Maine, 
studied law and became one of the leaders of 
the bar in his time. He was prominent in pub- 
lic life and represented his district in congress 
in 1813-14, when Maine was still part of Mas- 
sachusetts. He died at Belfast in 1848. He 
married Hannah Leach. Children, born at 
Belfast: i. Sarah, married Daniel Jewett, at- 
torney at law, Bangor ; removed to St. Louis, 
where he became a prominent citizen, and was 
mayor of that city. 2. John, born May 7, 
1810, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, married 
A. G. Jewett, a prominent lawyer of Belfast, 
active in public affairs and at one time minis- 
ter to Peru. 4. Mary, married William C. 
Crosby, a lawyer of Bangor. 5. Jane. 

(IV) John (2), son of Hon. John (i) Wil- 
son, was born in Belfast, May 7, 1810, died 
there February 10, 1874. He was educated in 
the public schools of his native town. He fol- 
lowed farming for his occupation all his life. 
He was a Republican in politics, after the 
party was organized, and at one time was a 
member of the common council of the city of 
Belfast. He married, June 23, 1830. Eliza A. 
Townsend, born at Taunton, Massachusetts, 
December 29, 1809, died August i, 1879. 
Children, born at Belfast: i. Sarah E., June 
19. 1831, died January 24, 1862; married 
David L. Hatch : one child : Charles L. 2. 
James A., April 14, 1833, clied January 30, 
1898: served in the civil war. 3. John O., 
May 9, 1835. died June 12, 1859. 4. Joseph 
B., April 19. 1837, served in the civil war. 5. 



Jefferson F., July 26, 1839, mentioned below. 
6. Julius A., August 20, 1841, served in the 
civil war. 7. Jesse A., April 2, 1843, killed 
at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. 8. 
Justus M., October 10, 1844. 9. Jones E., De- 
cember 5. 1846, killed at the battle of Port 
Hudson, June 14, 1863. 10. Annie A., April 
22,, 1848, married, January 31, 1875, Alfred 
Ginn Ellis. Five of the sons were in the 
Union service in the army and navy at the 
same time and two were killed. 

(V) Jefferson Franklin, son of John (2) 
Wilson, "was born in Belfast. July 26, 1839. 
He was educated in the public schools there 
and worked on his father's farm until he was 
nineteen years old, when he went to Aroos- 
took county, three miles from the nearest 
clearing, and settled. He cleared his farm, 
built a log house and barn, and conducted his 
farm there for seven years. Then he returned 
to Belfast and established a general trucking 
business which prospered and grew to large 
proportions. He was in this business for a 
period of thirty years. In 1896 he sold out, 
and since then has devoted his attention to con- 
tracting and the care of his real estate. Mr. 
Wilson is a Democrat in politics ; he has been 
street commissioner and member of the board 
of aldermen of the city of Belfast; in 1888-89 
he represented his district in the state legis- 
lature, serving on the important fish and game 
committee, was coroner of Waldo county four 
years ; was a delegate to the district convention 
to choose delegates to the Democratic National 
convenion in 1908. He is a charter member of 
Waldo Lodge of Odd Fellows, Belfast; of 
the New England Order of Protection, and of 
Seaside Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Bel- 
fast. He married. December, i860, Rosanna 
Blanchard, who died in 1863, daughter of Ben- 
jamin Blanchard. of Unity. He married (sec- 
ond), April 18, 1868. Lizzie F. Davis, bom 
July 6, 1847, daughter of Leander and Eliza 
(Cunningham) Davis, of Freedom, Maine. 
Child of first wife: Etta E., born in Mars Hill, 
Maine, 1862, married Ferd McKean, of Bel- 
fast. Children of second wife: Jesse E., see 
forward ; Frank P., see forward. Leander 
Davis, father of Mrs. Jefferson F. Wilson, was 
born August 23, 1818, in Sangerville, Maine, 
died at Belfast, July 15. 1870. He married, 
May 27, 1841, Eliza Cunningham, born at Bel- 
fast, July 18, 1821, died March 9, 1894, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin and Betsey (Stephenson) 
Cunningham, and granddaughter of Major 
William Cunningham, a native of Scotland, a 
noted ship-builder of his day, who built "The 
Fox," the first ship ever built at Belfast. Ben- 



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jamiii Cunningham was born in Edgecombe, 
Maine, married, September 29, 181 2, Betsey 
Stephenson, of Belfast. 

(VI) Jesse E., son of Jefferson Franklin 
Wilson, was born in Belfast, January 24, 1870. 
He was educated in the public schools of his 
native city, and after working with his father 
a short time in the teaming business, took a 
course at Gray's Commercial College, Port- 
land. For a time he was a bookkeeper for F. 
O. Bailey & Company, of Portland, and then 
returned to Belfast and purchased an interest 
in the furniture and undertaking business of 
the late Aubrey G. Spencer, at No. 81 Main 
street. Mr. Wilson was then but twenty-one 
years of age, being the youngest man in busi- 
ness for himself in the city. Two years later 
the firm had outgrown its quarters and was 
obliged to move to a larger store in the Coli- 
seum building, a few doors down the street. 
After ten years, during which time the business 
constantly increased, Mr. Wilson sold his in- 
terest to his partner and went west. He vis- 
ited many places in the middle west and on the 
Pacific coast, and finally purchased an interest 
in the business of J. B. Beals, of Fort Collins, 
Colorado, who had built up a good business as 
a men's outfitter. In the fall of 1904 Mr. Wil- 
son purchased his partner's interest in the 
business, and has since carried it on in his own 
name, advertising as "Wilson, My Clothier." 
He is a firm believer in newspaper advertising. 
He recently was obliged to lease additional 
floor space to accommodate his growing trade, 
and now has the largest business in his line in 
Colorado outside of Denver. Fort Collins is 
one of the most progressive cities in the west, 
and is rapidly growing in population and busi- 
ness importance. Mr. Wilson is taking the 
same interest in the material welfare of his 
adopted city that he did in the place of his 
nativity, being active in forwarding everything 
that looks to the benefit of the business of the 
community. Although one of the youngest 
men in business in Belfast, he was ever to be 
found among those who were striving for her 
best business interests. He was a member of 
the city council, and when there was work for 
the board of trade he was always at his post 
and was an efficient worker on the most active 
committees. He was one of the most active 
of the citizens of Belfast in readjusting the 
shoe factory difficulties, and in bringing to 
Belfast the firm of Leonard & Barrows. He 
was also largely instrumental in the settling of 
the Duplex Roller Bushing Company in Bel- 
fast, and several smaller concerns were ma- 
terially assisted in locating in Belfast by Mr. 



Wilson and his associates. He is a past chan- 
cellor of Silver Cross Lodge, Knights of Pyth- 
ias, and an Odd Fellow, and was for many 
years librarian of the Universalist Sunday- 
school. 

(VI) Frank P. Wilson, second son of Jef- 
ferson Franklin Wilson, was born in Belfast, 
October 3, 1878. He was educated in the 
schools of his native city, graduating from the 
high school ; then entered Comer's Commercial 
College, Boston, after which he matriculated 
in the University of Maine, graduating with 
the class of 1902. He read law in the office 
of Judge Johnson, of Belfast, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in Massachusetts, August 26, 
1902, and to the bar in Maine, April 21, 1903. 
He was admitted to practice in the L'nited 
States district courts of Maine and New York, 
February 17, 1904. For one year he had an 
office in Belfast, Maine, but at the present 
time (1908) is associated with the law firm of 
Rich, Woodford, Bovee & Butcher, No. 18 
Wall street, ^^ew York. 



The Wilsons are found in many 
WILSON branches of one family, and 

there are also many distinct 
families throughout this country. The one to 
which this article will refer was a Portland 
(Maine) sub-division of an old colonial line 
whose descendants may be found in all parts 
of the country now. 

(I) Isaac Wilson was born July 14, 1786, 
died April 24, 1861. He married, November 
II, 1811, Mehitable, daughter of Samuel Ho- 
vey ; her first husband was Jonathan Fair- 
banks. She was born September 8, 1786, died 
July 27, 1873. Children: i. Samuel Hovey 
mentioned below. 2. Willard, March 29, 1814 
3. Isaac Jr., born in Saco, June 6, 1816. 4 
Henry, in Portland, September 18, 1818. 5 
Ruth H., in Westbrook, December 17, 1820. 

6. Sarah A., in Falmouth, February 26, 1824 

7. Eunice M., in Danville, July 17, 1826. 

(II) Samuel Hovey, eldest child of Isaac 
and Mehitable (Hovey) (Fairbanks) Wilson, 
was born in the city of Portland, Maine, Au- 
gust 12, 181 2, and after obtaining a good com- 
mon school education began at the age of six- 
teen years to learn the carpenter's trade. Later 
he went to Boston, remained several years, 
then returned to Lewiston, Maine, where he 
was a well known contractor and builder. He 
married (first), November 5, 1837, Deborah 
Jewel Gould, born August 6, 1813. Child, 
Adolphus P., born in Lewiston, November 15, 
1842. Married (second), September 7, 1856, 
Caroline Frye, daughter of Ebenezer and Ju- 



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dith (Barker) Ham. Children: i. Edward 
Alton, born April 13, 1859. 2. John Stock- 
bridge Patten Ham, August g, i860. 3. Mar- 
garet Lenora, January i, 1862. 

(Ill) John Stockbridge Patten Ham, son 
of Samuel H. and Caroline Frye (Ham) Wil- 
son, was born August 9, i860. He was edu- 
cated at the public schools of Auburn and Tur- 
ner, Maine. He taught school twelve years, then 
entered the employ of J. B. Ham & Company, 
with whom he remained until 1900, when he 
purchased the business from his employers. 
This is an old and well established grain busi- 
ness, in which Mr. Wilson is still engaged. 
He is trustee of the Auburn Savings Bank. 
He is public-spirited, and has held numerous 
local offices including that of member of the 
school committee, while residing at Turner. 
Politically he is a Democrat, and by that party 
elected as mayor of Auburn in 1901-02. Being 
possessed of the fraternal spirit of the times, 
'he is found numbered among the active mem- 
bership of the Masonic order, having advanced 
to the thirty-second degree in Masonry. He 
is also identified with the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows. The family are attendants 
of the Universalist church. 



The Wilson family, which is 
WILSON the subject of this narrative, 
was long time resident in Cor- 
nish, Maine, and not improbably descended 
from Gowen Wilson, whose progeny is nu- 
merous in the state. 

(I) John Wilson lived in Cornish so long 
ago that record and tradition have preserved 
little of him but his name. 

(II) David, son of John Wilson, was a 
farmer in Cornish, where he resided many 
years, and died about the year 1854. He mar- 
ried Mary Emery, who died in 1871 at the 
age of eighty-five years, in Thomaston. 

(III) Hon. Edmund, son of David and 
Mary (Emery) Wilson, was born in Cornish, 
York county, Maine, March 4, 181 2, died in 
Thomaston, April 25, 1886. He studied law 
in the office of Judge Joseph Howard, then of 
Limerick, and was admitted to practice at the 
York county bar in October, 1837. Soon after 
admission he removed to Thomaston and en- 
tered upon the active practice of his profession. 
On first going to Thomaston he entered the 
law office of Jonathan Cilley, taking charge of 
it while Mr. Cilley was a member of the na- 
tional house of representatives, and up to the 
time of Mr. Cilley 's memorable duel with 
Graves, of Kentucky, in which the high- 
spirited representative of Maine lost his life. 



Mr. Wilson was county attorney for Lincoln 
county (before the formation of Knox county) 
from 1842 to 1847. In 1846 he was appointed 
by President Polk to the customs collectorship 
of the Wakloboro district, serving until 1849. 
He was again appointed by President Pierce 
in 1853 and served until 1857. In 1868 he 
was appointed special agent of the United 
States treasury under the administration of 
President Johnson, serving two years. He 
was a member of the Maine house of repre- 
sentatives in 1865-66-70-71-72-79. From 1876 
to the time of his death he was the member 
from Maine of the Democratic national com- 
mittee. He took great interest in the promo- 
tion of the Knox & Lincoln railroad, and for 
many years was one of its directors. Mr. Wil- 
son was one whose wide acquaintance with 
public men and -national politics brought him 
into close contact with public affairs. The 
breadth of his information and the geniality 
of his disposition made him hosts of friends 
even among his political opponents. For a 
long time he was a conspicuous figure in Maine 
politics. A Democrat by training and convic- 
tion, he was always loyal to the party of his 
first and only love, giving on every occasion a 
hearty support to its nominees. Perhaps one 
of the happiest moments of his life was when 
he received the news of the election of Grover 
Cleveland. 

Apparently strong and well, Mr. Wilson 
died from an attack of apoplexy. He was 
taken ill while at dinner, late Sunday after- 
noon, soon became unconscious, and so re- 
mained until death, which occurred about 
eleven o'clock. He died in the midst of his 
third term as a member of the National Dem- 
ocratic committee, and the following is an ex- 
tract from the tribute paid to his memory by 
his successor, Hon. William Henry Clifford : 
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : It has be- 
come my duty to announce to this committee 
the death, since their last session, of Hon. Ed- 
mund Wilson, former member from the state 
of Maine, and it is my apology for occupying 
a few moments of the present session, that the 
mere announcement would come short of the 
proprieties of the occasion, when that is made 
concerning so venerable a member and so 
marked and prominent a person, in the business 
affairs, at the bar, and in the political contests of 
the state of which he was a citizen. For many 
years Mr. Wilson had filled no inconsiderable 
place at the bar and in the party of which he 
was always an honored member. * * * As a 
member of the Democratic party of Maine he 
performed an important function in its coun- 



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sels, and was among the foremost in its con- 
tests with a strong and victorious foe. He had 
served as a young man in the ranks of the 
Democracy in the old days of its glory and 
predominance in Maine. He went down with 
it into the valley. But his devotion to its 
destinies was more especially exemplified dur- 
ing that long period during which it met only 
with reverses and defeats. I refer to the two 
decades subsequent to 1861, and during and 
following the outbreak and continuance of the 
civil war. Throughout this era of almost un- 
varied disaster, cheered by no victory, and 
illuminated by no hope, few, if any, in Maine 
contributed more than he towards maintain- 
ing some organization and coherency among 
the faithful few that, unfaltering, still mus- 
tered beneath the Democratic standard and 
maintained the Democratic faith. This is no 
small praise. In those days it required the 
firmness of an almost heroic spirit to profess 
the Democratic creed, and openly act in op- 
position to the haughty, domineering, uncom- 
promising, nay, almost persecuting spirit that 
inspired the forces of the overruling Republi- 
can power. To his honor, and in behalf of his 
memory, be it spoken that the subject of these 
remarks was by no means inconspicuous 
among the strong and steady men that calmly 
faced the noisy, exultant, contemptuous out- 
cries of triumphant Republicanism, without 
any approach toward faltering, and an impa- 
tient expectation of the coming of a brighter 
day. * * * Mr. Wilson was a type of the 
plain, unaflfected, self-reliant New England 
man. He was a product of her institutions, 
educated under her systems, with a character 
moulded and colored by the social and moral 
influences which New England life exerts. 
* * * A singularly kind and human nature 
was not at all concealed or distorted under a 
manner which, to the stranger, but little 
courted intimacy or advance. Indeed, I think, 
like many strong and rugged men averse to 
any exhibition of emotion, he assimied by 
habit a certain kind of bluntness as a mask ; 
but this was only the rough external rind of a 
ripe fruit, sweet, savory and pleasant to the 
taste — a heart soft and tender and open to 
every just appeal. He was a man of deep con- 
victions and followed without faltering wher- 
ever a sense of duty led. He derived his 
courage from the sincerity of his belief. Of 
thick-set, sturdy frame, of resolute counten- 
ance and mien, he exhibited what he really 
was — a man of energy and vigor and strength. 
He was a Democrat from conviction, and from 
real comprehension of the spirit and aim of 



our institutions." At the close of these re- 
marks Mr. Clifford introduced the following 
resolution, which was adopted : "'Resolved, 
That the members of the Democratic national 
committee learn with sorrow of the death of 
the late representative of the state of Maine, 
in this body, the Hon. Edmund Wilson. By 
the death of Mr. Wilson this committee has 
lost the counsel and co-operation of an experi- 
enced and judicious member, who by his cor- 
rect appreciation of the duties of his position, 
his earnestness in the cause of Democracy, his 
intelligent appreciation of its spirit and aims, 
his capacity, his manly and considerate bear- 
ing, had established himself in the respect 
and regard of his colleagues, who will continue 
to maintain of their late esteemed and honored 
associate, the most agreeable recollections." 
At a special meeting of the Kno.x county bar 
the following resolutions were passed ; and 
ordered placed on the records of the court: 
"Resolved, That we have with regret heard of 
the decease of the Hon. Edmund Wilson, a dis- 
tinguished member of this bar, who has 
adorned the profession by an upright and hon- 
orable life ; and we desire to mark the occasion 
by attempting to record our estimate of his 
manly life, his abilities and high character. 
Resolved — that the character and abilities of 
the Hon. Edmund Wilson, demand esteem ; 
that though he was not for several years en- 
gaged in the active practice of his profession, 
he has kept a constant social intercourse with 
the members of the bar, and attending nearly 
every term of our court — by them he will be 
seriously missed. Throughout his whole life 
he maintained a wide and varied intercourse 
with the public men of our state and nation, 
and took deep interest and a prominent part 
in public affairs ; he was by nature social, and 
had a large fund of information, and large ac- 
quaintance with the men and aft'airs of the 
day. Resolved — That the bar deeply sympa- 
thize with the family and friends of our de- 
ceased brother, and that a copy of these resolu- 
tions be forwarded to his widow and son. and 
if the presiding justice permits, be entered on 
the records of the court." .-Vfter the passage 
of these resolutions Chief Justice Peters spoke 
substantially as follows : "I am happy to con- 
cur with the body in the sentiments of the res- 
olutions offered and in the remarks. Mr. Wil- 
son was a conspicuous member of the bar, 
although for a good many years he could 
hardly be called a practitioner, certainly not 
an active one. I miss him here exceedingly. 
He was always in attendance more or less dur- 
ing the terms, and he took a personal interest 



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in the disposition of cases. He had a very 
high respect for the profession and a very high 
respect for the court. He was a man of strong 
friendships ; this was a marked trait of his 
character. He was a prominent man, a man 
known throughout the country. I regarded 
him as a man of integrity and character, and 
I think it very fitting that this tribute should 
be paid to his memory, and the request that 
the resolutions be entered on record is heartily 
granted." 

Edmund Wilson married, December i, 1842, 
Mary Sprague, born in Thomaston, November 
16, 1813, died in Portland, May i, 1902, 
daughter of John and Sarah D. (Sampson) 
Haskell, of Thomaston. Of this union was 
born an only child, Bion. 

(IV) Bion, only child of Edmund and Mary 
Sprague (Haskell) Wilson, was born in 
Thomaston, April 21, 1855. He was educated 
in the public schools of Thomaston, fitted for 
college by a private tutor, and entered Bow- 
doin College, July 12, 1872, from which he 
was graduated July 13, 1876. Subsequent to 
his graduation he read law in his father's of- 
fice at Thomaston, and for a short time in the 
office of Hon. Eben F. Pillsbury, of Augusta, 
and was admitted to the bar of Kennebec 
county at the March term of court, 1878. He 
immediately entered upon practice, and from 
May 10, 1878, till March i, 1879, was associ- 
ated with Hon. James W. Bradbury, ex-United 
States senator, a prominent attorney, and a 
graduate of the famous Bowdoin College, class 
of 1825. During the three years beginning 
March i, 1879, he was a law partner of Hon. 
Herbert M. Heath, a graduate of Bowdoin, 
class of 1872. January i, 1887, he removed to 
Portland and was appointed deputy surveyor 
of customs by the Hon. Bion Bradbury, sur- 
veyor of the port of Portland and Falmouth, 
and held that position until November, 1890, 
when he resigned. He was then engaged in 
business affairs until May 15, 1893, when he 
was appointed national bank examiner for 
Maine. He held that office until January 17, 
1898, when he was elected to his present po- 
sition of cashier of the Cumberland National 
Bank of Portland. He has been a member of 
the directorate of this bank since January, 
1905, and for twelve years he was a director 
of the Union Safe Deposit & Trust Company 
of Portland. Since January, 1907, he has 
been secretary of the Portland Clearing House 
Association. Mr. Wilson is a Democrat in 
politics, and was the candidate of his party for 
county attorney of Kennebec county in 1882, 
and an alternate delegate to the Democratic 



national convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 
1880, which nominated Hancock and English. 
He is a member of the Portland Country Qub. 
Mr. Wilson married, in Brunswick, June 4, 
1879, Jennie Morse, born August 28, 1854, 
daughter of Woodbury and Lydia (Owen) 
Sweat, granddaughter of John and Nancy 
(Parker) Sweat, great-granddaughter of Ja- 
cob Parker, and great-great-granddaughter of 
James McCobb. James McCobb was born in 
England in 17 10, and died in Phippsburg, 
Maine, in 1788. He commanded a company 
in the Colonial wars, and afterward held office 
under the King as special justice of the su- 
perior court of common pleas for the county 
of Lincoln. Two children have been born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson : Elise, born September 
30, 1886; and Edmund, born September 12, 
1890, a graduate of the Portland high school, 
and now a student at Bowdoin College. 



From Norman-French stock 
HASKELL and a companion of William 

the Conqueror, the Haskells 
of this line claim descent ; and in evidence of 
their claim adduce their coat-of-arms, which 
goes far to substantiate their claims. The es- 
cutcheon itself is Norman. Its field is (sais) 
or fur — Sais is derived from the fur with 
which the robes of only nobles or knights were 
lined. The colors, argent and sable, are those 
such as rendered the bearers noteworthy, the 
combination indicating unblemished reputa- 
tion. Argent compounded with sable means 
the yielding up of pleasure. Sable, the most 
ancient armory colors, compounded with ar- 
gent means famous. It is without device. An- 
ciently it was the opinion that such were of 
the highest honor. It bears the tesse or waist 
belt of honor, one of the insignia of knight- 
hood, it being of gold would imply that the 
bearer was a knight of no mean power or 
wealth. The legend of the crest is given 
thusly : At the battle of Hastings, William 
the Conqueror, being faint from lack of food, 
saw in the distance, near the lines of Harold, 
an apple tree in fruit : expressing his belief that 
one or two of the apples would revive him 
until the fortunes of the day should be decided, 
one of his attendants (a knight), Roget de 
Haskell by name, dashed forward amid a 
shower of the enemy's arrows, secured and 
brought to his sovereign a scarf filled with the 
fruit, whereupon the Conqueror bade him bear 
as his crest the fruit bearing apple tree pierced 
by a flying arrow. The impression is that the 
knight was mortally wounded. At the head of 
the coat-of-arms is the apple tree pierced by 



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the arrow. The motto, "Craygnez honte 
Aymez loyante." 

(I) Roger Haskell, brother of the immi- 
grant William, was born about 1613, died in 
1667. He was a resident of Salem, Massachu- 
setts, in 1637, and was of Beverly after the 
incorporation of that town. He married Eliza- 
beth, daughter of John Hardy, and had John, 
William, Mark and Elizabeth. 

(H) Mark, son of Roger and EHzabeth 
(Hardy) Haskell, died May 17, 1699. He 
married Mary Smith. 

(HI) Roger (2), son of Mark and Mary 
(Smith) Haskell, was born October 17, 1680, 
and married, January 25, 1708, Joanna Swift. 

(IV) Ephraim, son of Roger (2) and Jo- 
anna (Swift) Haskell, was born February 9, 
171 1, died February 25, 1774. His wife's bap- 
tismal name was Alehitable. 

( \' ) Elias, son of Ephraim and Mehitable 
Haskell, was born July 14, 1751, died October 
10, 1824. The revolutionary records of Mas- 
sachusetts state that Elias Haskel (probably), 
of Rochester, was a corporal in Captain Earl 
Clap's company of minute-men, Colonel The- 
ophilus Cotton's regiment, which marched in 
response to the alarm of April ig, 1775: serv- 
ice seven da}'s ; also Captain Joseph Parker's 
company. Colonel John Cushing's regiment ; 
entered service September 20, 1776; service 
two months, at Rhode Island. Elias Haskell, 
Rochester, corporal. Captain Joseph Parker's 
company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment ; 
service, fifteen days : mileage out home ( sev- 
enty miles ) allowed ; company marched to 
"foglon ferry. " Rhode Island, under command 
of Second Lieutenant John Doty on the alarm 
of December 8, 1776. Elias Haskell married 
Mary Tillson. born January 14, 1757, died De- 
cember 18, 1822. Children : Elias, John, Will- 
iam, Mercy. Perez and Ira. 

(VI) John, second son of Elias and Alary 
(Tillson) Haskell, resided in Thomaston, 
Maine, and married Sarah D. Sampson and 
had : Charles, Susan, ]\Iartha, John, Mary S., 
Sarah and Elias. 

(VH) Mary S., fifth child of John and 
Sarah D. (Sampson) Haskell, married Ed- 
mund Wilson (see Wilson, III). 



Anthony Bennett, immigrant 
BENNETT ancestor, was the nephew of 

Richard Bennett, of Salem. 
There is a tradition that the family was or- 
iginally Welsh. Richard Bennett was in Salem 
as early as 1635 ; removed to Boston, where 
his wife Sybil died September 13, 1653, and 
he married (second) Margaret Gurgefield, 



widow. His will, dated June 21 and July 6, 
was proved September 8, 1677, bequeathing to 
wife IMargaret, son Jonas Clark and Susanna 
his wife ; grandchildren Susanna, daughter of 
his son Peter; cousin (i. e. nephew) Anthony 
Bennett "of Bass River" ; frees his negro man 
Jethro and gives him a house lot. His son 
Peter was a legatee in the will of his mother's 
brother, Major Ralph Hooker, of Barbadoes, 
March 14, 1663, proved April 15, 1664. An- 
thony Bennett settled in Goose cove, Glou- 
cester, and as early as 1679 owned six acres of 
land. He also owned land on the east side of 
Mill river, Gloucester. He owned a sawmill 
near the outlet of Cape Pond brook, where 
his son John succeeded him in the mill busi- 
ness, the site at Cape Pond brook being still 
known as Bennett's Mills. He died by acci- 
dent in 1 714 and his inventory amounted to 
one hundred and three pounds. 

The will of Richard Windowe (Dindoe, 
Winder or Winde), of Gloucester, indicates 
that the father of Anthony was dead and his 
mother was the second wife of Windowe. 
Richard Window, or Windowe, was in Glou- 
cester in 1647 or earlier; was charged with 
living apart from his wife, but he showed that 
he sent for her and she would not come. He 
was a town officer in 1654. He married, 
March 30, 1659, Bridget Travis, widow of 
Henry Travis. Window's will was dated May 
2, 1665, proved June 7, 1665, bequeathed to 
his wife Bridget and her son James Travis; 
daughter Ann ; son-in-law ( used for step-son 
always) Anthony, committing him to the care 
of his uncle Bennett (his Uncle Richard prob- 
ably) ; to "daughter-in-law Elizabeth Bennett 
a Bible that was her father's." (She was 
evidently a sister of Anthony Bennett and 
step-daughter of Window ; her mother dy- 
ing before the third marriage to Widow 
Travis) ; also to Richard Coding. At the 
date of the will Anthony was probably a 
minor. It is conjectured that the name Win- 
throp is a modification of the name Window 
and perhaps the correct spelling of the sur- 
name. Winthrop is used as a christian name 
in several generations of the family. Anthony 
Bennett married Abigail , who died Oc- 
tober 26, 1733. Children: i. Anthony, born 
at Gloucester, November 12, 1679, nientioned 
below. 2. John, April 11, 1686, married Eliza- 
beth , and had sons Anthony and Jon- 
athan, born February 14, 1714, who removed 
to New Gloucester, Maine. 3. Abigail, Sep- 
tember 7, 1688. 4. Peter, married, February, 
1704, Hannah Eveluth. 3. Andrew, had a 
grant of land in 1706 adjoining Anthony's 




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farm ; married Rebecca Townsend, of Charles- 
town, and had JonaUian, Bethia and Lydia; 
died January 15, 1718. 

(II) Anthony (2), son of Anthony (i) 
Bennett, was born in Gloucester, November 
12, 1679. He married, July 13, 1704, Rebecca 

. Late in life his son John became his 

guardian, appointed February 9, 1735. Chil- 
dren: I. John, mentioned below. 2. David, 
died aged nineteen. 3. JNIoses. 4. Peter. 5. 
Stephen. 6. Nathaniel. 7. Jonatha,n, died 
aged six. 8. Job. 9. James. 

(III) John, son of Anthony (2) Bennett, 
was born at Gloucester about 1705, and mar- 
ried there, February 11, 1732. Children, born 
at Gloucester : John, mentioned below ; David, 
Jonathan, Patience, Experience, Elizabeth, 
Job. 

(IV) John (2), son of John (i) Bennett, 
was born in Gloucester about 1735. He seems 
to have settled in Portsmouth and Gilmanton, 

New Hampshire. He married Betsey . 

The census of 1790 shows that John Bennett 
Sr. and John Jr. and family were living in 
Gilmanton. Some of his children: i. John, 
had son John, probably born in New Durham 
in 1787, died at Portsmouth, August 10, 1872; 
son of John and Lydia (William P. Bennett, 
born 1820, died at Portsmouth, son of John 
and Jane Bennett). 2. Winthrop, mentioned 
below. 3. Andrew, married and had a family 
at Gilmanton. 

(V) Winthrop, son of John (2) Bennett, 
was born about 1760, died March 25, 1840. 
He was living in Portsmouth in 1790 and mar- 
ried Elizabeth — ■ — — , who died March 12, 
1819. He was a member of the Congrega- 
tional church. He was a soldier in the revolu- 
tion, a private in the field artillery under Cap- 
tain George Turner and in the same company 
later under Captain Hall Jackson, of Ports- 
mouth, in 1776. Fie probably moved to Gil- 
manton later. Children: i. Andrew (Will- 
iam J. Bennett, son of Andrew, died at Lon- 
donderry, New Hampshire, December 8, 1893, 
aged sixt3'-seven years, seven months; mother 
was Mary (Hall) Bennett). 2. John. 3. Jo- 
seph. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Jere- 
miah. 6. Deborah. 7. Nancy. 8. Mary. 9. 
Richard. 10. Gilman. 11. Polly. (Winthrop 
Bennett, related to this family, died March 31, 
1875, at Moultonborough, New Hampshire, 
aged eighty-two, and another Winthrop died 
there December 12, 1876, aged forty-eight, 
probably his son.) 

(VI) William, son of Winthrop Bennett, 
was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and 
settled in Bridgton, Maine, where he cleared a 



farm in the wilderness and lived upon it the 
remainder of his days. He married Lois Flint 
at Sweden, Maine. Children : Lois, Gilman, 
Nathaniel, William, Joseph, John, Reuben. 

(VII) Joseph, son of William Bennett, was 
born in Bridgton, Maine, in 1810 and died in 
1890. He was educated in the common 
schools, and during his youth helped his father 
on the farm. He learned the trade of cooper, 
and in connection with farming split staves and 
made shook. It was the custom in New Eng- 
lang for farmers to follow some trade in win- 
ter. Many were shoemakers, others were coop- 
ers, hatters, etc. He bought part of the home- 
stead and had a milk route in Bridgton, in 
connection with his farm, and until shortly 
before his death continued active in his busi- 
ness. At the age of seventy-eight he drove 
his own milk-cart on the delivery route. He 
was a member of the American (Know Noth- 
ing) party when a young man, later a Repub- 
lican. He was a faithful member of the Bap- 
tist church. He married, in 1833, Dolly Chap- 
lin, born in Waterford in 1804, died 1882. 
Children: i. William Marshall, lives on the 
homestead, formerly his father's. 2. Joseph 
Louville, mentioned below. 3. Daniel C., died 
in infancy. 

(VIII) Joseph Louville, son of Joseph Ben- 
nett, was born in Bridgton, August 6, 1842. 
He attended the public schools of his native 
town and entered Bovvdoin College in 1861. 
He left his studies to fight for his country in 
the civil war, enlisting, September 10, 1862, in 
Company B, Twenty-third Maine Regiment 
from Bridgton under Colonel William W. 
Virgin and served most of the time of his nine 
months' enlistment in the vicinity of Washing- 
ton and along the Potomac river. Discharged 
on account of disability, March 23, 1863, at 
Edwards Ferry, Maryland, with rank of cor- 
poral. At the end of his term of enlistment he 
returned to college, but in 1864 he again en- 
tered the service, enlisting in the Seventh 
Maine Battery and took part in the battle of 
Petersburg and in the final engagement of the 
war in front of Richmond. He did not return 
to college, but was honored with the degree of 
A. B. by Bowdoin College, in 1904. He studied 
medicine at the Medical School of Maine, and 
was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 
1869. He began the practice of his profes- 
sion in Fryeburg, Maine, directly after gradu- 
ating, and continued for a period of five years. 
After practiciiig a year in Massachusetts he 
located at Hiram, Maine, remaining nine 
years. In 1887-88 he was located at Peabody, 
Massachusetts, and since 1889 in Bridgton, 



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Maine. He has been in general practice and 
is an honored and successful member of his 
profession, and is member of Maine Medical, 
also the American Medical associations. Dr. 
Bennett is a Repul^lican in politics and has 
been especially useful in the towns in which he 
has lived on account of his interest in public 
education and his service on the school com- 
mittees and as superintendent of schools. He is 
a member of Oriental Lodge, Free Masons, of 
Bridgton ; Oriental Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- 
sons, of Bridgton; Oriental Commandery, 
Knights Templar, of Bridgton ; Norway Coun- 
cil, Royal and Select Masters, of Norway, 
Maine; charter member of Hiram Lodge, No. 
39, Knights of Pythias, of Hiram, Maine. He 
belongs to Farragut Post, Grand Army of the 
Republic, of Bridgton, and is an attendant of 
the Congregational church. He married, No- 
vember 20, 1886, Rosalia Larrabee, born at 
South Columbia, New Hampshire, daughter of 
Joshua and Grace Ann (Stevens) Larrabee, 
of South Columbia, New Hampshire. Chil- 
dren: I. Dolly Chaplin, born in Alfred, Maine, 
October 31, 1887, graduate of Bridgton high 
school, now a member of the class of 1910, 
Smith College. 2. Emma Louville, born in 
Bridgton, September 9, 1896. 



(For first generation see Anthony Bennett I.) 

(H) Peter, son of Anthony 
BENNETT Bennett, was born in Glou- 
cester about 1680; married, 
February, 1704, Hannah Eveluth. He re- 
moved to York county, Maine. He sold by 
deed dated June 26, 1728, rights as a proprietor 
in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine. He lived 
in Falmouth and York. He sold a lot in 
Georgetown, April 13, 1717, to John Cookson. 
His brother John .sold land east of Spruce 
creek to Benjamin Weeks, April 17, 1732. His 
brother Anthony and his wife sold land they 
bought of Sarah Jamison in Falmouth to John 
Smith, March 7, 1721-22; Sarah was the 
daughter of William Jamison. Anthony Ben- 
nett (2) married Rebecca . 

(Ill) Dr. David, son or nephew of Peter 
Bennett, was born about 1705, died in 1745. 
He lived in York, and though one of the 
original and first four grantees of the town of 
Sanford, Maine, did not remove thither. On 
one of his four house-lots he built the first 
"proper" (frame) house built in Sanford, 
Maine, and in company with others was owner 
of the first mill erected in the town. In 1743 
his house was occupied by Samuel Staples. 
He fenced lots 26, 127, 28 in 1742, about the 
same time that he built the house. The fact 



that one Staples, one Howard and others lived 
in it is proved by three depositions of persons 
whose memory extended back to a time earlier 
than 1743. His widow Alice married Joseph 
Simpson. She gave her lands to William and 
Nathaniel Bennett, her sons, by deed and will. 
Children : i William, sold half of lot 27 to 
his son William Jr. in 1790. 2. Hannah. 3. 
David. 4. Lieutenant Nathaniel, mentioned 
below. 5. John. 

(IV) Lieutenant Nathaniel, son of Dr. 
David Bennett, born in 1741 at York, died at 
Sanford, Maine, January 23, 1804, in his sixty- 
third year. He came to Sanford about 1770 
and settled in South Sanford and became one 
of the leading citizens of that village. He was 
a lieutenant in the revolution in Captain Dan- 
iel Butterfield's company. Colonel John Frost's 
regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign in 
1776. He was ensign in Captain Morgan 
Lewis's company on the Lexington alarm, 
April 19, i775. These were the minute-men 
of Sanford and New Gloucester. He was ser- 
geant later in 1775 in Captain Moses Merrill's 
company. Colonel Edmund Phinney's regi- 
ment (First), and later commissioned lieuten- 
ant in Captain Edward Harmon's company 
(Ninth of Sanford), Colonel Ebenezer Saw- 
yer's regiment (First York). He was in Cap- 
tain Samuel Nasson's company at one time 
also. He was a charter member of the Con- 
gregational church at Sanford ; was selectman 
in 1780-81. All the Bennett families of South 
Sanford are descended from him. Among his 
children were : i. Rufus, mentioned below. 2. 
Joseph, born February 11, 1786, died August, 
1846; married Abigail Batchelder, born April 
4, 1792, died 1875; removed to Hiram, March 
18, 1824, and thence to Denmark in December, 
1825. 

(V) Rufus, son of Lieutenant Nathaniel 
Bennett, was born about 1780 at South San- 
ford, Maine. He was a farmer at South San- 
ford. He married Annie Batchelder. Chil- 
dren, born there: i. Horace, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Mary. 3. Nahum, mentioned below. 
4. Nathaniel. 5. Son lost at sea when a young 
man, unmarried. 

(VI) Horace, son of Rufus Bennett, born 
in South Sanford, 1806, died in 1880. He mar- 
ried Sally C. Haslem, born in Waltham, Mas- 
sachusetts, 181 4, died in 1900. Children born 
at South Sanford : Nelson A., Walter E., 
Horace S., Ellen M., Mercy A., Bradford, 
mentioned below. 

(VII) Bradford, son of Horace Bennett, 
bom in South Sanford, 1844, died there in 
1880. He married, in Sanford, 1868, Flor- 



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ence M. Emory, born at South Sanford in 
1852. Bradford Bennett was educated in the 
public schools of Sanford. He learned the 
trade of shoemaking, which he followed all his 
active life. He was a Democrat in politics, a 
well known and useful citizen of his native 
town. Their only child, Elmer Dana, men- 
tioned below. 

(Vni) Elmer Dana, son of Bradford Ben- 
nett, was born in South Sanford. February 12, 
1869, and was educated there in the common 
schools. He began to work in the mills of 
the Sanford Manufacturing Company as a 
loom fixer, and afterward learned the trade of 
block-printer. In 1891 he left the mills to en- 
gage in the plumbing business, and for six- 
teen years has had charge of this line of work 
for the Sanford Water Company. In politics 
Mr. Bennett is a Republican. He belongs to 
Company F, First Regiment, Maine Volun- 
teer Militia, enlisting May 23, 1903. He is a 
member of Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pyth- 
ias, of Sanford. He married f first), in 1889, 
Mary A., daughter of F. J. Cousins, of Old 
Orchard, Maine. He married (second), No- 
vember, 1902, Georgie E.. daughter of George 
H. Clififord, of North Conway, New Hamp- 
shire. Child of first wife : Lena, born in , 
May, 1890. Child of second wife: Elmer, 
born August 12, 1906. 

(VI) Nahum. son of Rufus Bennett, born 
in South Sanford, May 4, 181 1, died February 
7, 1879. He was educated in the public schools 
of his native town, and learned the trade of 
blacksmith. At one time he worked at Quincy, 
Massachusetts, in the granite quarries, and ac- 
quired the trade of stone-cutter. He worked 
at blacksmithing for a time at Springvale, 
Maine. He conducted a farm during much of 
his active life. In politics he was a Democrat, 
a man highly esteemed and enjoying the fullest 
confidence of all men. He married Nancy 
Hanson, born in Waterborough, Maine, 1814, 
died in 1889. Children: Mary A., Benjamin, 
Frances, Justus B., Harriet N., Sarah W., 
Julia A., mentioned below. 

(VII) Julia A., daughter of Nahum Ben- 
nett, was born in South Sanford, January 28, 
1855. She married Frederick Amos Garnsey, 
born in Richmond, New Hampshire, January 
14, 1857, died May 29, 1899, son of Amos 
Garnsey. (See Garnsey family herewith). 



The surname Garnsey, Garn- 
GARNSEY sy, or Guernsey, as it was 

spelled interchangeably in the 
early records, is taken from the name of the 
isle, and the family undoubtedly originated in 



the Isle of Guernsey. Henry Garnsey settled 
at Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early as 1655, 
and was admitted a freeman in 1690. John 
and Joseph Garnsey settled in Milford, Con- 
necticut, about 1639. Both seem to have had 
sons Joseph. Joseph Garnsey removed to New 
Haven, where he was living in 1647, ^"^ 
finally to Stamford, where he and his descend- 
ants lived for many years. He or his son 
Joseph married. May 11, 1659, at Stamford, 
Rose Waterbury, and had Joseph, born June 
30, 1662, settled at Stamford. John, born 
May 23, 1697, resided in Waterbury. 

(I) John Garnsey, immigrant ancestor, 
came from the Isle of Guernsey and settled at 
Milford, Connecticut, where he probably died 
soon after 1639. 

(II) Joseph, son of John Garnsey, was 
born about 1640-49; married, at Milford, Han- 
nah Cooley, daughter of Samuel Cooley Sr., 
April ID, 1673. Children born at Milford: i. 
Joseph, born January 13, 1674, married Eliza- 
beth Disbrow, of Horseneck; and (second) 
Eleanor — ; removed to Woodbury, Con- 
necticut, where his wife died, September 15, 
I753> aged seventy-seven, and he died Sep- 
tember 15, 1764, aged eighty; children: i. 
Joseph, born 1700; ii. Ebenezer, born 1703; 
iii. Jonathan, had grandsons, Amos, Jonathan, 
et al. ; iv. Peter, born April 6, 1709; v. John 
(twin), born April 6, 1709; vi. Betsey, mar- 
ried Joshua Baldwin. 2. Hannah (also given 
Sarah), born March 4, 1678. 

(II) John (2), probably the son of John 
(i) Garnsey, and certainly of this family, born 
about 1660, died at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 
March 31, 1722. His wife Elizabeth died 
April II, 1714, at Rehoboth. He settled in 
Rehoboth, where he married (second), August 
16, 1716, Sarah Titus. Among his children 
were: i. John, mentioned below. 2. Eben- 
ezer, married, at Rehoboth, January 19, 1709- 
10, Mehitable West. 3. Elizabeth, married, 
May 6, 1703, James Bowen, at Rehoboth. 4. 
Mary, married, September 13, 1713, Samuel 
Hicks, at Rehoboth. 

(III) John (3), son of John (2) Garnsey 
(or Garnzey, as spelled in Rehoboth records), 
was born about 1690. He married (first), Oc- 
tober 14, 1714, at Rehoboth, Judith Ormsbee, 
who died August 27, 171 5. He married (sec- 
ond), at Rehoboth, June 6, 1717, Elizabeth 
Titus, who died April 11, 1771. Child born at 
Rehoboth, of first wife : i. Beriah, born Sep- 
tember, 1715. Children of second wife: 2. 
John, February 7, 1718-19, died February, 
1718-19. 3. John, January 4, 1719-20, men- 
tioned below. 4. Oliver, September 27, 1722. 



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5. Elizabeth, April 23, 1725. 6. Solomon, 
1727. 7. Mary, February 22, 1731. 8. Sarah, 
May 15, 1735. 

(IV) John (4), son of John (3) Garnsey, 
born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, January 4, 
1719-20, married, May 13, 1742, Lydia Healey. 
Children born at Rehoboth: i. Amos, March 
31, 1743, mentioned below. 2. Lydia, Septem- 
ber 25, 1745, died young. 3. Oliver, July 5, 
1746, removed to Westminster, Vermont. 4. 
Lydia, January 12, 1747-48. 5. William, Jan- 
nuary 11, 1749-50. 6. Hannah, December 30, 
1752. 7. Ruth, June 18, 1754. 8. Esther, 
May 22, 1756. 9. Lois, July 5, 1758. 10. 
John, May 7, 1760. 11. Samuel, October 3, 
1762. 12. David, March 30, 1764. 13. Jesse, 
April 9, 1766. 14. Mary, January 8, 1768. 

(V) Deacon Amos, son of John (4) Garn- 
sey, born in Rehoboth, March 31, 1743, died 
February 12, 1813, at Richmond, New Hamp- 
shire. He and his brothers removed to Rich- 
mond when young men. Although his son 
Amos was born in Rehoboth in 1768, Deacon 
Garnsey was located in Richmond in 1766, 
probably bringing his family to settle after 
1768. His lot was described as No. 113, range 

11. He was a soldier in the revolution from 
Richmond, a private in Captain William 
Humphrey's company in the continental army 
in 1776, with brothers John and Oliver. The 
name was spelled Guernsey in many cases. 
(New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, vol. i, 
p. 356.) He married, at Rehoboth, November 
15, 1763, Miriam Pike, who died December 

12, 1814. Children born in Rehoboth: i. 
Cyrel, April 30, 1764. 2. Amos, April 9, 1768, 
mentioned below. Children born at Richmond : 
3. Cyrus, February 20, 1773. 4. Lucy, No- 
vember 29, 1774, married Nehemiah Bennett. 
5. Moses, March 25, 1781. 6. Darius, De- 
cember 20, 1784. 

(VI) Amos (2), son of Amos (i) Garnsey, 
was bom in Rehoboth, April 9, 1768. His 
uncle, Oliver Garnsey, a veteran of the revolu- 
tion, settled in Westminster, Vermont, and 
died there January 30, 1737, aged eighty-five. 
Amos, John Jr. and Oliver were all in the 
same company in the revolution. Child born 
at Richmond : Amos, mentioned below. 

(VII) Amos (3), son of Amos (2) Garnsey, 
born at Richmond, New Hampshire, Septem- 
ber 6, 1803, died March g, 1886. He settled 
in his native town on the Benjamin Hewes's 
place, and removed to his late home in 1845. 
He was a farmer and well-known citizen. He 
married Clarissa Randall, born in Swanzey, 
New Hampshire, December 7, 1806, died April 
15, 1875. Children born at Richmond: i. 



Amos, born December 26, 1731, mentioned be- 
low. 2. William, September 27, 1739. 3. 
Watrous, September 6, 1742. 

(VIII) Amos (4), son of Amos (3) Garn- 
sey, born in Richmond, December 26, 1831, 
died in Sanford, Maine, March 9, 1898. He 
attended the public schools of his native town 
until he was seventeen years old, working be- 
tween terms on the farm. He learned the 
trade of wood-worker and blacksmith, and in 
1866 went to Sanford, Maine, to become mas- 
ter mechanic in the Sanford Mills. He held 
a position of responsibility in these mills for 
thirty years, excepting about ten years in the 
Mousam River Mills, of which he was a stock- 
holder. He was active in public affairs and 
a citizen of prominence. He also worked for 
a few years at Troy, New Hampshire. He 
married, June 15, 1854, Mary Jane, born at 
Rochester, New York, September 2, 1835, 
daughter of Ezra and Irena (Damals) Martin. 
Her father was born in Richmond, New 
Hampshire. Children: i. Frederick Amos, 
born January 14, 1857, mentioned below. 2. 
Alman Ezra, married (first) Minnie Stack- 
pole, had daughter Alice E., born March 9, 
1890. Married (second) Esther Lunt. 

(IX) Frederick Amos, son of Amos (4) 
Garnsey, born in Richmond, New Hampshire, 
January 14, 1857, died in Sanford, Maine, 
May 29, 1899. He was educated in the public 
schools of Troy, New Hampshire, the high 
school of Sanford, Maine, and Gray's Business 
College, Portland. He learned the trade of 
weaver in the Sanford Mills and rose to the 
position of boss weaver. He was taken into 
the counting-room and was connected with 
the management for a number of years. He 
engaged in business as superintendent for his 
father, and for Mr. Charles Frost, of the 
mills at Moultonville and later at Cordaville, 
Massachusetts, in the manufacture of blankets. 
He knew the business thoroughly and was a 
successful manager. Of upright character and 
gifted with great ability in some directions, 
his early death was a loss to the manufacturing 
world and to a large circle of friends. He had 
the esteem of employees as well as his associ- 
ates in business. In politics he was a Repub- 
lican. He married, December 9, 1876, Julia 
A., daughter of Nahum and Nancy (Hanson) 
Bennett. (See Bennett family herewith.) 
Their only child, Frederick Amos, was born 
in Cordaville, in the town of Southborough, 
Massachusetts, March 14, 1892, educated in 
the public schools of his native town and of 
Sanford, Maine, and now a student in the 
Sanford high school. 



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The name of Gibbs was well known 
GIBBS in England before the emigration 
of the Puritans to America. Will- 
iam Gibbs, of Lenharn. Yorkshire, England, 
for signal service received a grant from the 
King of England, embracing a tract of land, 
four miles square, in the center of the town. 
Tradition says that he had three sons, the 
eldest of whom inherited the paternal estate 
and remained thereon ; the younger sons 
learned the ship carpenter's trade and on ar- 
riving at majority received funds from their 
elder brother with which they came to Boston, 
Massachusetts, to establish themselves in life. 
One of these was undoubtedly Matthew Gibbs, 
whose descendants are treated in this article. 
The tradition says that one settled on the 
Cape and the other in Newport, Rhode Island. 

(I) Matthew Gibbs was a resident of 
Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1650, and for 
four years thereafter. In 1654 he sold his 
house and lands and removed to Sudbury, 
Massachusetts, where he received a grant of 
land in 1659. In 1670 he purchased from 
Thomas Reid a farm upon which he probably 
resided thereafter. He married Mary, daugh- 
ter oT Robert Bradish, of Sudbury, and their 
children were as follows: i. Mary, born 1652, 
married (first) John Goodridge, (second) 
Thomas Frost. 2. Hannah, 1654, married 
Samuel Winch. 3. Matthew, married (first) 
Mary Moore, (second) Elizabeth Moore, 
daughter of John Moore, of Sudbury. 4. John, 
mentioned below. 5. Samuel, lived in Fram- 
ingham, Massachusetts. 6. Joseph. 7. Eliza- 
beth. 8. Jonathan. 9. Josiah, of Framing- 
ham. 

(II) John, second son of Matthew and 
Mary (Bradish) Gibbs, was born about 1657, 
died in Sudbury, April 2, 1718. He married 
(first), in Sudbury, April 27, 1688, Anna, 
daughter of Thomas Gleason, who survived 
but a short time; he married (second), May 
31, 1694, Sarah Cutler. She survived him and 
died August 31, 1725. His children were: i. 
Thomas, who settled in Brookfield. 2. Mercy. 
3. John, of Framingham. 4. Nathaniel, men- 
tioned below. 5. Isaac, who lived in Sudbury. 
6. Sarah. 7. Jacob. 8. Israel. 9. Ephraim. 

(III) Nathaniel, third son of John Gibbs 
and child of his second wife, Sarah Cutler, was 
born 1695, in Sudbury, and lived in that town. 
He married. May 26, 1726, Bathsheba, daugh- 
ter of Joseph and Mary (Gibbs) Parmenter. 
She was born January 28, 1705, in Sudbury, 
and died there October 25, 1746. So far as 
record is found, their children were: i. Eu- 
nice, married Abijah Moore. 2. Sybel. 3. 



Bathsheba, died young. 4. William, mentioned 
below. 5. Jesse, married Ruth Hoyt and lived 
in Sudbury and in Greenwich, Massachusetts. 

(IV) William, eldest son of Nathaniel and 
Bathsheba (Parmenter) Gibbs, was bom 
March 18, 1740, in Sudbury, and resided in 
Princeton, Massachusetts, where he died 
April 25, 1770. He married, April 14, 1762, 
Joanna, daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth 
Gleason. She was born July 13, 1740, in 
Framingham, and died June 28, 1830. After 
the death of William Gibbs she married (sec- 
ond), in Princeton, April 27, 1783, Uriah 
Newton, and he died there April 25, 1805, and 
she survived him more than twenty-five years. 
The children of William Gibbs were: i. Ezra, 
born October 17, 1762, lived in Bridgton, 
Maine. 2. William, August 22, 1764, married, 
November 30, 1788, Martha Cobb. 3. Al- 
pheus, see forward. 4. Theodore, August i, 
1768, married, 1791, Lucy Kendall. 5. Jo- 
anna, June 27, 1770. 

(V) Alpheus, third son of William and 
Joanna (Gleason) Gibbs, was born June 20, 
1766, in Princeton, Massachusetts, and was a 
pioneer settler in the town of Bridgton, Cum- 
berland county, Maine, removing there in the 
spring of 1814. He was married in Princeton, 
January 25, 1790, to Abigail Wheeler, who 
survived him and died in the southern part of 
the town of Bridgton. 

(VI) Rufus, son of Alpheus and Abigail 
(Wheeler) Gibbs, was born August 26, 1800, 
in Bridgton, now Harrison, and attended the 
district schools during his boyhood. At the 
age of fourteen the death of his father com- 
pelled him to embark in active pursuits for 
his own maintenance, but though he was thus 
deprived largely of the benefit of schools, he 
attained to be a student, and by observation 
and reading became a well-informed man. For 
seven years he was employed by John Perley, 
being engaged chiefly in tanning, and the re- 
mainder of the time was employed upon the 
farm. On attaining his majority Mr. Gibbs 
established himself in business in the village 
of Bridgton as a tanner and leather merchant, 
and in this was quite successful. His profits 
were invested largely in land and he con- 
tinued in this business until about 1840. For 
the next fifteen years his entire attention was 
given to lumbering. In 1855 he commenced 
the construction of a large blanket, or woolen 
mill, which was completed and in operation in 
the spring of 1856. In the operation of this 
establishment he was aided by his sons, and 
continued in business successfully until 1877, 
when he retired. He died in 1892 at an ad- 



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vanced age. From the time of its organization, 
Mr. Gibbs was a supporter of the RepubHcan 
party, and never failed to vote on state and 
presidential elections, but never sought politi- 
cal honors for himself. He was frequently 
urged to serve in various ofificial capacities, but 
preferred to give his attention to his private 
business. In 1878, having retired from busi- 
ness, he accepted the nomination for repre- 
sentative and was elected by a large majority. 
He was an active member of the Congrega- 
tional church and contributed largely to its 
benevolent and missionary undertakings. He 
was married, in 1825, to Adeline, daughter of 
Joseph Sears, of Bridgton. She was born in 

1803 and died in 1874. Children: i. , 

died in early childhood. 2. Horace I., de- 
ceased. 3. Edward A., see forward. 4. Ma- 
jor John S., resides in Baltimore, Maryland. 
5. Ann Mariah, widow of William F. Perry, 
of Brookline, Massachusetts. 6. Charles E., 
see forward. 

(VII) Edward A., son of Rufus and Ade- 
line (Sears) Gibbs, was born October 29, 1830, 
in Harrison, and now resides in Bridgton, 
Maine, where he is interested in the insurance 
business. He married, in 1853, Augusta In- 
galls, of Bridgton, and they were the parents 
of three children: i. Annette, deceased. 2. 
Mary B., wife of George Chapman, of Brook- 
line, Massachusetts. 3. Edward Everett, re- 
sided in Baltimore, Maryland. 

(VII) Charles Edwin, son of Rufus and 
Adeline (Sears) Gibbs, was born August 7, 
1835, in Harrison, died in 1899. He was in- 
terested with his father in the operation of a 
woolen mill. He was the owner of the Sebago 
Steamboat line from 1870 to 1892, when he 
sold out to the S. D. Waren Company, of 
Westbrook. In 1882-83 he built the pleasant 
Mountain House, of which he was owner until 
his death. He was an active Republican in 
politics, was postmaster of Bridgton from 1871 
to 1885. He was a representative in the legis- 
lature in 1867 and a member of the state senate 
in 1869. He married, 1855, Augusta Bangs, 
of Bridgton, and they were the parents of a 
son and a daughter. The latter, Nellie, is the 
wife of J. Williams Dickens, residing in Rox- 
bury, Massachusetts. 

(VIII) Rudolph Rufus, only son of Charles 
E. and Augusta (Bangs) Gibbs, was born Au- 
gust 10, 1857, in Bridgton, and attended the 
public schools of his home town, Bridgeton 
Academy, and the Little Blue school. He was 
employed by his father in the steamboat opera- 
tion, after leaving school, and was assistant 
postmaster at Floral Park, Long Island, New 



York, whence he removed to Washington, D. 

C, in 1890. There he was first employed in 
the National capitol building, and in 1892 was 
appointed telegrapher in the United States 
treasury department, a position he still holds. 
Like his father and grandfather, he adheres 
to the Republican party. He has attained emi- 
nence in the Masonic order, being a member of 
Oriental Lodge, No. 13, A. F. and A. M., of 
Bridgton, and of Oriental Chapter, No. 30, 
R. A. M., of Bridgton. He is a sir knight of 
Columbia Commandery, K. T., of Washing- 
ton, and is a member of Kora Temple, Nobles 
of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine. Mr. 
Gibbs is also a member of Columbia Lodge, 
No. 30, I. O. O. F., of Bridgton. He is a 
liberal in religion and is not affiliated with any 
church organization. He married Alice, 
daughter of Everett Marean, of Washington, 

D. C. 



The tradition is that the now nu- 
HALL merous families of the Hall sur- 
name in New England are de- 
scended from three Hall brothers — John, 
Ralph and Richard — who came to this country 
from England and settled ; John in Dover and 
Ralph in Exeter, New Hampshire, and Rich- 
ard in the vicinity of Boston. But there were 
still other Halls in New England during the 
early colonial period, and among them in the 
first two or three generations were no less than 
twenty who bore the baptismal name of John. 
The progenitor of the family purposed to be 
considered in this place was John Hall, first 
of Charlestown. Massachusetts, and afterward 
of Dover, and he has been confused by vari- 
ous chroniclers with the John Hall, of Charles- 
town, who in 1640 removed to the plantation 
at Barnstable, Massachusetts. 

(I) John Hall, immigrant ancestor, was ac- 
cording to his own deposition born in 1617. 
He first appears in New England in Charles- 
town, where he was made a freeman May 6, 
1635. He removed to Dover, New Hampshire, 
where his name appears on the tax list from 
1648-49 until 1677, and often in land records. 
In 1652 he lived at Dover Neck, next to the 
meeting-house, the lot on the southwesterly 
side which reached to the river and embraced a 
spring, which is still flowing and is called 
Hall's spring. He was first deacon of the 
first church of Dover as early as 1655. He 
was lot layer as early as 1657 and as late as 
1674. In 1658-39 he was one of three to lay 
out the town bounds between Lamprey and 
Newichawannock rivers, and to run the north 
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lay out the highway from Lamprey river to 
the waterside. He was selectman in 1660 and 
was occasionally commissioner to end small 
causes; grand juror in 1663-66 and '68; "clerk 
of ye writs" for the court in 1663-68-69; town 
clerk in 1670-75-79 and other years. In 1677 
Deacon Hall received a lot of twenty acres on 
the west side of Back river, which had been 
laid out to George Webb in 1642. He gave 
to his son Ralph by deed, February i, 1685-86, 
one-half the house and land, and the other half 
at his death ; this deed was proved as his will 
May 4, 1692, and recorded in February, 1694- 

95. He married Elizabeth . Children : 

I. Sheba, baptized January 9, 1639-40. 2. 
John, born in Charlestown, September 21, 
1645, representative to the New Hampshire 
legislature in 1694-95-96; died 1697. 3. Eliza- 
beth, born September 4, 1647, died young. 4. 
Elizabeth, born November 2, 1648, died young. 
5. Nathaniel, taxed in 1680. 6. Ralph, men- 
tioned below. 7. Grace, born May 16, 1663-64. 
(II) Ralph, son of John Hall, was heir to 
his father's homestead at Dover Neck. He 
lost twenty acres of land July 11, 1694, at 
Fresh creek in a law suit with Richard Wal- 
dron. Richard and Elizabeth Pinkham gave 
him a quit claim deed to land in consideration 
of the sum of ten pounds. He was auditor 
in 1702 and constable in 1705. He died No- 
vember 13, 1706. He married (second), May 
26, 1 701, Mary, daughter of Philip Chesley. 
In 1713 she, with her sister Esther, wife of 
John Hall, quit-claimed their father's planta- 
tion at Oyster River. She married (second), 
February 25, 1717-18, John Fox, and quit- 
claimed her share in the estate of her first hus- 
band to John Hall, son of the first wife. 
Ralph, John and James Hall were administra- 
tors of the estate of their father Ralph, March 
4, 1706-07. The estate was divided between 
seven sons, the eldest receiving a double por- 
tion, and fifteen pounds to Jonathan, who was 
"weak and sick." Children of first wife: i. 
John, born about 1685, settled in Somersworth, 
New Hampshire; married, August 9, 1705, 
Esther Chesley, sister of his step-mother. 2. 
James, died before 1735. 3. Jonathan. 4. 
Isaac, removed to Massachusetts. Children of 
second wife: 5. Benjamin, born June, 1702. 
6. Ralph, mentioned below. 7. Joseph, born 
March 26, 1706, married, December 19, 1734, 
Peniel Bean; died November 14, 1782. 

(Ill) Ralph (2), son of Ralph (i) Hall, 
was born in Dover about 1704. He lived in 
Madbury until about 1753, when he removed 
to Barrington. He was one of the petitioners 
for the incorporation of Madbury in 1743. In 



the latter part of his life he went to live with 
his son Joseph. He married Elizabeth Willey, 
of Lee. He died in Strafford, New Hampshire, 
and he and his wife are buried in the old or- 
chard on the farm. Children: i. Elizabeth, 
married Joseph Daniels, of Barrington. 2. 
Frances, married Samuel Foss, of Barrington. 
3. Solomon, married Joanna Morrill. 4. 

Ralph, married Davis and settled in 

Jackson, New Hampshire. 5. Lois, died 
young. 6. Joseph, born December 11, 1741, 
mentioned below. 7. Deborah, born May i, 
1744, married John, son of Benjamin Hall. 8. 
Abigail, married Samuel Berry, of Barrington. 
9. Sobriety, married, June 19, 1777, Nicholas 
Brock, of Barrington. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Ralph (2) Hall, born 
December, 11, 1741, died in December, 1826. 
He resided in Strafford, New Hampshire, on a 
farm on Crown Point road, just below the 
Blue hill. The farm is or was lately owned by 
his great-great-grandson, John Hall. He was 
a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, and 
is remembered for his estimable qualities. He 
was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Jo- 
seph Parsons' company, October 12, 1775 ; also 
one year in the continental army from August 
19, 1779 (p. 570, vol. 3, N. H. Rev. Rolls) ; 
in Colonel Stephen Evans's regiment also (p. 
628, vol. XV). He married, April 4, 1764, 
Mary Foss, born March 25, 1745, died in May, 
1822, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Dowse) 
Foss, of Barrington. Children: i. Mary, 
born February 17, 1765, married, February 6, 
1783, Ephraim Holmes. 2. Joseph, born July 
8, 1767. 3. Solomon, born June 25, 1769, died 
October 24, 1852; married Lydia — ■ — — . 4. 
Betsey, born March 25, 1772, died September 
4, 1845 > married Samuel York. 5. Samuel, 
born August 8, 1774, mentioned below. 6. 
Abigail, born January 31, 1777, died unmar- 
ried. 7. Lois, born March 18, 1778, married 
William Sanders. 8. Sally, born December 
13, 1782, married William Berry; died Sep- 
tember 8, 1815. 9. Israel, born March 17, 
1785, married (first) Hannah Sanders; (sec- 
ond) Mary Sanders. 

(V) Samuel, son of Joseph Hall, was born 
August 8, 1774. Children: i. Polly, married 
Dow. 2. Mary, married — Han- 
son. 3. Ralph, born September 26, 1799. 4. 
Joseph, mentioned below. 5. Israel. 6. Sam- 
uel. 7. Tamsin, married Pierce. 8. 



Sally, married 



Pierce. 



(VI) Joseph (2), son of Samuel Hall, was 
born in Strafford, New Hampshire, about 
1800. He was educated there in the public 
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his youth. He succeeded his father on the 
farm at Strafiford and followed farming all his 
life. In politics he was a Democrat. In re- 
ligion he was a member of the Free Baptist 
church, of which for many years he was dea- 
con. He died aged seventy-two years. He 
married Betsey Brock, born in Barrington, 
New Hampshire. Children: Mary Dyer, 
Horace S., mentioned below ; Samuel D., Jo- 
seph, John. 

(\'II) Horace Stevens, son of Joseph (2) 
Hall, was born in Strafford, New Hampshire, 
January 15, 1833. He was educated in the 
public schools of his native town, and in his 
youth worked at farming and shoemaking un- 
til nineteen years old. He went to Saco, 
Maine, at the age of nineteen, to work for the 
York Manufacturing Company and is still em- 
ployed by the same concern. He has worked 
for this company for fifty-six years, beginning 
in the spinning room, rising in three years to 
the rank of overseer. In 1870 he was made 
superintendent of the corporation and has 
filled that office with ability and to the utmost 
satisfaction of all concerned to the present 
time. It is doubtful if any mill superintendent 
has a longer or more honorable and faithful 
record. He is well known in the textile indus- 
tries of the whole country. Mr. Hall is a Re- 
publican in politics. He is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church of Saco. He is a 
prominent Alason, a member of Dunlap 
Lodge of Biddeford, of York Royal Arch 
Chapter, and also of Unity Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias. He married, November 21, i860, 
Mary E., daughter of Jacob Huff, of Kenne- 
bunkport. They have one son, Frank, men- 
tioned below. 

(\TII) Frank, son of Horace Stevens Hall, 
was born March 29. 1862, in Saco, and edu- 
cated in the public schools of that town. He 
learned the trade of machinist in the York 
Manufacturing Company mills, where he 
worked about three years. He is now his 
father's assistant in the duties of his personal 
business. He married Harriet Rattell. His 
only child, Horace Herbert, lives with his 
erandfather. 



(For first generation see preceding sketch.) 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) 
HALL and Elizabeth Hall, was baptized 
in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 
1645, and was three years old when his father 
removed with his family to Dover. The rec- 
ords show that in 1683 he received a bounty 
with his father and thirteen other settlers for 
killing a wolf. In 1675 '^^ bought lands of 



the town committee and his name was still orr 
the tax lists in 1680, but in December, 1693, 
he lived on Dover Neck and in that year gave 
bonds as tavern keeper. He probably had 
lands from his father, received grants of other 
lands from the town, and also came into pos- 
session of still other tracts through his wife's 
father. He represented Dover in the legis- 
lature in 1694-95-96, and died while he was 
still incumbent of that office. Under date of 
April 28, 1697, Pike's Journal says "John 
Hall, Sen., was drowned coming up the river 
in a little float, near Green-point." The in- 
ventory of his property was made by Ralph 
Hall and John Tuttle, and the estate was ap- 
praised at one hundred and four pounds eight- 
een shillings. His widow declined administra- 
tion of the estate and the letters therefore was 
granted to her sons, Thomas and Joseph. On 
November 8, 1671, John Hall married Abigail, 
daughter of John and Abigail (Nutter) Rob- 
erts. John Roberts was a son of Thomas 
Roberts, immigrant, and his wife Abigail was 
a daughter of Hatevil Nutter. Abigail, widow 
of John Hall, married for her second hus- 
band, October 24, 1698, Thomas Down, of 
Cocheco, who was killed by Indians in 171 1. 
The children of John and Abigail (Roberts) 
Hall were John, Thomas, Joseph, Hatevil, 
Sarah and Mary. 

(III) Hatevil, fourth son of John (2) and 
Abigail (Roberts) Hall, was born in Dover, 
New Hampshire, and lived on the west side of 
Back river. The tradition among his de- 
scendants is that he was drowned in early 
manhood. He married, March 14, 1707, 
Mercy Cromwell, and left an only child, Hate- 
vil, whose Christian name, like that of his 
father, is written Hate Evil in some records, 
Hatevil being, it is supposed, a contraction of 
the original name. 

(IV) Hatevil (2), only son and child of 
Hatevil (i) and Mercy (Cromwell) Hall, 
was born in Dover, New Hampshire, Febru- 
ary 15, 1708 (one account says 1707) and 
died November 28, 1797. He was a member 
of the Society of Friends, commonly called 
Quakers, a man of upright character and or- 
derly in his walk. On November 17, 1733, he 
sold to John Ham all the right and interest his 
father had in and to a tract of one hundred 
and twenty acres of land which was formerly 
owned by his grandfather, John Hall ; and on 
April 20, 1734, Daniel Field, with the con- 
sent of his wife Sarah, sold and conveyed to 
Hatevil Hall, chairmaker, ten acres of land 
west of Back river "on the southward side of 
the country road from Dover to Durham." 




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On May 6, 1738, he sold to William Hus- 
sey, of Dover, for the consideration of twenty 
pounds ten acres of common lands, and March 
20, 1752, John Twombley conveyed to Hatevil 
Hall twenty-three and one-half acres on the 
east side of Salmon Falls River. About the 
time of this last conveyance Hatevil Hall re- 
moved from Dover to Falls River, and from 
thence, about 1753-54, to Falmouth, Maine, 
where he settled on a farm at the north end of 
the road called Shady Lane, which winds 
around the eastern base of Blackstrap hill. 
There he built his house and there he reared 
to maturity a goodly family of children, bring- 
ing them up in the way in which they should 
go, the way in which he himself had been 
taught to walk. He is remembered as a man 
of great physical and moral strength, and his 
influence in the community always was for 
good. He married, April i, 1733, Sarah Fur- 
bish, of Kittery, Maine, and by her had thir- 
teen children. At the time of his death he left 
four hundred and ninety-five descendants, 
who in turn became progenitors of some of 
the most thrifty, respectable and influential 
citizens of western Maine. His children: i. 
Dorothy, married George Leighton, and had 
eight children : Pelatiah, Jedediah, Sarah, 
Hate Evil (Hatevil), Abigail, David, Paul 
and Silas Leighton. 2. Daniel, married Lo- 
rana Winslow, and had eight children : Win- 
slow, Mercy, William, Stephen, Rachel, Anna, 
Betsey and Simeon. 3. Hatevil (Hate Evil), 
married (first) Ruth Winslow, (second) Ann 
Jenkins, and had thirteen children : Job, 
Ruth, Sarah, Hezekiah, Enoch, Submit, John, 
Hate Evil, Abigail, Nathan, Dorcas, Margaret 
and Shadrack. 4. Mercy, born October 6, 
1738, married Joseph Leighton, of Dover, 
New Hampshire (see Leighton), and had 
eleven children : Susannah, Hannah, Andrew, 
Stephen, Mary, Ezekiel, Lydia, Daniel, Bet- 
sey, Robert and Sarah Leighton. 5. Eben- 
ezer, married Hannah Anderson, and had 
seven children : Abraham, Isaac, Dorothy, 
Israel, Bethshua, Ebenezer and Daniel. 6. 
Abigail, bom February 12, 1740, died Febru- 
ary 12, 1825; she was a woman of much 
strength of character and was highly respected 
by all to whom she was known ; she married 
Isaac Allen and had seven children : Cathar- 
ine, Sarah, Robert, Davis, Mary, Dorcas and 
Isaac Allen. 7. William, married (first) Bet- 
sey Cox, (second) Elizabeth Wilson, and had 
nine children : Elijah, Timothy, Trial, Rob- 
ert, Isaiah. Jeremiah, Betsey, Sarah and Mary. 
8. John, married Grace Sprague, and had fif- 



teen children : Sarah, Love, Abigail, Sylvina, 
Hate Evil, Lucy, Charity, John, Dorothy, 
Anna, William, Daniel, Grace, Simeon and 
Joel. 9. Jedediah, born January 21, 1748. 10. 
Andrew, married Jane Alerrill, and had eight 
children : Jane, Edmund, Polly, Amos, 
George, Eunice, Josiah and Henry. 11. Nich- 
olas, married (first) Experience Stone, (sec- 
ond) Emma Sawyer, and had ten children: 
Esther, Miriam, Noah, Lot, Greenfield, Ex- 
perience, Comfort, Solomon, Ephraim and Os- 
ney. 12. Paul, married (first) Sarah Neal, 
(second) Keziah Hanson, and had ten chil- 
dren : Johnson, Olive, Daniel, Neal, William, 
Sarah, Hannah, Patience, Betsey and James. 
13. Silas, married (first) Mary Gould, (sec- 
ond) Hannah Neal, and had fifteen children : 
Samuel, Mary, Dorothy, James, Francis, 
Peace, Sarah, Andrew, John, Paul, Olive, 
Silas, Miltmore, Augusta and Hannah. 

(V) Jedediah, son of Hatevil (2) and 
Sarah (Furbish) Hall, was born January 21, 
1748, and moved down east. He married 
(first) March i, 1773, Hannah, daughter of 
Joseph and Elizabeth ( Hussey) Tibbetts, and 
married (second) Elizabeth Clough. He had 
eleven children : Peter, Joel, Elizabeth, Aaron, 
Mercy, Moses, Abigail, David, Jonathan, Ann 
and Dorcas. 

(VI) Peter, son of Jedediah and Hannah 
(Tibbetts) Hall, was born in 1774, and died 
in Portland, Maine, in 1853. He married 
Anna Hunnewell, who was born in Windham 
in 1784 and died in Portland in 1856. They 
had eleven children: i. Louisa Ann, born 
Portland, December 14, 1809, died November 
9, 1878; married Captain George B. Sturges, 
of Maryland, and had three children : i. 
George B., died single; ii. Henry B., married 
Emily Court, of New York, and had Emily 
L., Nellie D., Sidonie S., Ethel, Harry Louis 
and Martin V. H. ; iii. Ellen Elizabeth, mar- 
ried Alvin H. JacolDS, of Portland. 2. Aaron, 
1809, died at sea. 3. Stillman I., 1815, died 
young. 4. Harriet, 1815, died 1901 ; married 
Henry P. Drew, of Brunswick, Maine, and 
had George and Horace. 5. Joel, 1819, died 
at sea in 1837. 6. Stillman, 1821, died 1824. 
7. Sumner C, 1825, died 1826. 8. Elizabeth 
Wood, married Daniel H. Stone, of Bruns- 
wick, and had a daughter Annie W., who be- 
came wife of Thomas William Stanwood. 9. 
Mary Porter, married John Swett, of Wind- 
ham, Maine, and had three children : i. Mary 
Louisa, died single ; ii. Frank, married Eliza- 
beth Child; iii. Ellen M., married Rufus Stan- 
ley, of Portland, Maine, and Lawrence, Mas- 



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sachusetts, and had three children : Grace, 
Harry and Helen. 10. George W., went to 
sea and died in California. 11. Charles H. 

(VH) Charles H., youngest of the eleven 
children of Peter and Anna (Hunnewell) Hall, 
was born in Portland, Maine, and was a car- 
penter by trade and principal occupation. His 
first wife was Rachel Chase, who died in 1839, 
and he afterward married Caroline Page, who 
was born in Fryeburg, Maine, daughter of 
Philip Page, who moved from Conway, New 
Hampshire, to Burlington, Maine, and was 
one of the earliest settlers in the latter town. 
Charles H. and Caroline (Page) Hall had 
three children: Charles B., Edward Irving 
and Albert B. 

(VIII) Major General Charles B. Hall, U. 
S. A., eldest son of Charles H. and Caroline 
(Page) Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, 
April 29, 1844, and in 1862 was in the senior 
class in Portland high school. Master Han- 
son then was at the head of that school, and 
his first assistant was Thomas Benton Reed, 
who taught English, French, Latin and Greek, 
"and incidentally drummed into the boys a lot 
of practical truths that were not written in the 
text books." The following account of Gen- 
eral Hall's military career, for he is a soldier 
by profession, is taken from the August num- 
ber (1906) of "Pine Tree Magazine." 

"Young Hall had from early boyhood de- 
lighted in playing soldier. He was a natural 
leader among his fellows, and when he en- 
tered the high school he enlisted in the cadets. 
From private he passed through the grades 
until he was captain of one of the companies 
in the school battalion. It was no surprise to 
his schoolmates or to his parents when he an- 
nounced in 1862 his intention to enlist in the 
army and go to the front. Many a chum of 
his shared his patriotic zeal. The Twenty- 
fifth Maine regiment was being mustered for 
nine months' service. His knowledge of the 
tactics gained during his career in the high 
school made him eligible to election as an offi- 
cer in Company A, to which he was assigned, 
and he was chosen its second lieutenant. 
Company A was composed largely of Port- 
land young men of high social standing, mem- 
bers of the boat club and athletic organiza- 
tions. The regiment was under command of 
Colonel Francis Fessenden of Portland, son 
of William Pitt Fessenden. It was assigned 
to service around Washington 'and didn't get 
a smell of burnt powder,' but when its sol- 
diers returned home at the expiration of their 
nine months' enlistment, and were veteranized 
as the Thirtieth Maine Infantry, it was a dif- 



ferent story ahead of them. The regiment 
with Colonel Fessenden in command, and 
Thomas H. Hubbard as lieutenant colonel, 
headed for Louisiana and was presently in the 
thick of the Red river fighting, a hard and 
disastrous campaign. The Maine boys were 
assigned to what was known as the Metropoli- 
tan Brigade of New York, in the four regi- 
ments of which were enlisted many New York 
city policemen and a pick of other fighting 
men of that state. In the battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, the first in that expedition, 
Lieutenant Hall displayed such gallantry that 
he received a brevet rank of first lieutenant. 
In the battle of Pleasant Hill he again dis- 
tinguished himself and was brevetted captain. 
In the latter engagement the brigade com- 
mander. Colonel Benedict of New York, was 
killed and General Fessenden assumed com- 
mand ; and to Fessenden's staff as aide Cap- 
tain Hall was assigned. In the engagement at 
Cane River Crossing Fessenden's brigade was 
selected to cross and take the confederate en- 
trenchments on the other side of the river. 
While charging across a field Colonel Fessen- 
den was wounded, a minie ball shattering a 
bone in his right leg, necessitating amputa- 
tion. To Captain Hall, the only staff officer 
near him at the moment, Colonel Fessenden 
gave an order to turn over the brigade to 
Colonel Peck, the next officer in command. 
In the face of a melting cross-fire from be- 
hind the confederate trenches there was not 
time to locate Colonel Peck for a delivery of 
this order and Captain Hall commanded the 
brigade, in his gallant leader's name, until 
the close of the engagement. From Louisiana 
the brigade moved up to Cold Harbor, Vir- 
ginia, and thence into the Shenandoah valley. 
There General James D. Fessenden, a brother 
of the wounded colonel, was assigned to the 
command and Captain Hall served on his staff. 
The day before the battle of Cedar Creek Gen- 
eral Fessenden and staff met at Martinsburg 
General Phil Sheridan and staff, jiist returned 
from Washington, where that gallant fighter 
had been called for consultation with the presi- 
dent and secretary of war. The two generals 
and their staff's rode together to Winchester 
and stopped there over night. Early the next 
morning the sound of battle at Cedar Creek 
was heard and immediately all mounted and 
pulled out, Sheridan on his coal black charger, 
'Rienzi,' famed in war song and story. Sev- 
eral miles down the road they began to meet 
stragglers and wounded men, and from them 
learned how the federal troops were being 
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all the others galloping toward the front, an- 
swered to the spurs and soon distanced the 
field. Thus did Captain Hall, as a staff offi- 
cer of the brigade commander, have the honor 
of being a participant for a part of the way 
in 'Sheridan's Ride.' Fessenden's brigade re- 
mained in the Shenandoah valley until imme- 
diately after the assassination of President 
Lincoln, when it was ordered to Washington, 
and remained there for a time. Captain Hall 
next accompanied General J. D. Fessenden, as 
adjutant general, to the western district of 
South Carolina, and was there when the war 
ended. Not once during the war was he hit 
by confederate ammunition, although at Cane 
River Crossing his hat was shot off and in 
that and also in several other engagements he 
had very narrow escapes. 

"After the war he returned home and was 
appointed to a clerkship in the warehouse de- 
partment of the Portland custom house, but 
the 3'earning for military service got posses- 
sion of him and after a few months, on the 
recommendation of the two Fessendens, he 
received, much to his own surprise and pleas- 
ure, the appointment of second lieutenant in 
the regular army. As he never had requested 
the appointment nor been consulted in regard 
to it he considered it then, as he does now, a 
great compliment paid him by these distin- 
guished officers. After passing the required 
examinations he was assigned to the Twenty- 
eighth Infantry at Little Rock, Arkansas, (jn 
his way out he reported at Governor's Island, 
New York harbor, and was temporarily as- 
signed to his first command. Castle William. 
On arrival at Little Rock he reported for duty 
to the colonel of the regiment, Charles H. 
Smith, who also was a native of Maine. In 
the next twenty-five years the Portland soldier 
worked his way steadily through the various 
grades, skipping none, and at times being de- 
tailed to government duty outside the active 
post and field work. In 1895 he was selected 
on account of his recognized ability as a tac- 
tician to assist Major General Thomas H. 
Ruger, United States army, in the revision of 
the infantry drill regulations. Colonel Hall 
was the only officer of the army selected for 
this duty and was so employed for two years ; 
the manual of arms now in use in the army 
was written by Colonel Hall and was recom- 
mended by this board, and adopted by the war 
department. Within the above stated period 
he served largely in Louisiana, Texas, Ar- 
kansas and Kansas. During the early days in 
Arkansas he was engaged in the reconstruc- 
tion of that state, acting as inspector general 



of the bureau of refugees. In 1869 he was 
temporarily attached to the First Infantry and 
remained on duty with that regiment at De- 
troit for about ten months', and afterward was 
assigned to the Nineteenth Infantry, into 
which the Twenty-eighth had been merged. 
He remained in the Nineteenth Infantry until 
1899 and then became major of the Second 
Infantry. At the time of the outbreak of the 
Spanish-American war his regiment was at 
Sault St. Marie, but was ordered to Mobile, 
Alabama, and remained there until' the close 
of hostilities and then was sent to Porto Rico. 
While waiting at Mobile Major Hall was or- 
dered by the secretary of war to be assigned to 
duty as treasurer of the United States Military 
Academy, and quartermaster and commissary 
of cadets at West Point. In that capacity he 
was continued until January, 1902, when hav- 
ing been promoted to lieutenant colonel he 
was assigned to the Thirtieth Regulars, then 
on duty in the Philippines. General Jesse M. 
Lee had recently been assigned to duty as 
colonel of that regiment. Arriving at Manila, 
Colonel Hall was placed in command of the 
Thirtieth Infantry and also was given com- 
mand of the island of Mindoro, south of Lu- 
zon, a locality which on account of losses from 
malaria there had been given the name of 
'White Man's Graveyard' ; but Colonel Hall 
kept his men moving up and down the coast 
and engaged in regular drills, and hence lost 
only one or two men through that dreaded 
disease. Later on, however, he had a hard 
struggle with his men and the natives on ac- 
count of both malaria and cholera, but by 
strict measures and their enforcement regard- 
ing fumigation, cleanliness and care among 
the natives and insisting on strict observance 
of regulations the epidemic was finally con- 
quered. He next was ordered to Manila and 
placed in command of the post which com- 
prised all the forces in and about the city, a 
number sufficient to form a brigade. 

"In 1903 Colonel Hall was promoted colonel 
of the Eighteenth Infantry, with headquarters 
and one battalion of the regiment at Taclo- 
ban, on the island of Leyte. Another bat- 
talion was at Ormoc and a third at Cebu, on 
the island of the same name. His duties on 
the island were to suppress ladronism, main- 
tain order and protect telegraph lines. His 
regiment had considerable fighting around the 
southern islands and took part in the capture 
of Iloilo, Panay. In January, 1905, his regi- 
ment was ordered to return to America, and 
sailed from Cebu on the transport 'Logan,' 
via Manila, Nagasaki and Honolulu, arriving 



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at San Francisco about the middle of Febru- 
ary. Colonel Hall continued in command of 
his famous regiment until April ii, 1907, and 
on that day received" his promotion to the rank 
and commission of brigadier general, United 
States army, having been in active and almost 
continuous service for almost forty-five years, 
from September 29, 1862, to April 11, 1907. 
Retirement, however, did not immediately fol- 
low this promotion, for he was continued in 
service at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as com- 
mandant of the Infantry and Cavalry School 
and Staff College. In March, 1908, he was 
promoted to the rank of major general. United 
States army, and was retired April 29, 1908, 
having reached the age limit." In 1865 Gen- 
eral Hall married Lucretia F. Plummer, and 
had three children: Marion Clark, Gertrude 
Plummer and Annie Conley Hall, the latter of 
whom died young. 

(VIII) Edward Irving, second son and 
child of Charles H. and Caroline (Page) 
Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, April, 
1847, and died in that city in June, 1906. He 
married Georgianna Martin, and by her had 
six children: Edward Albert, Philip (dead), 
WilHam (dead), Ethel Page, Charles Ring 
and Sallie. Mr. Hall always lived in Portland 
and for many years was a leading clothing 
merchant in that city. 

(VIII) Albert Bradish, youngest son and 
child of Charles H. and Caroline (Page) 
Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, January 6, 
1857, and acquired his education in the public 
and high schools of that city, graduating from 
the high school in 1874. He began his busi- 
ness career in the capacity of clerk for the 
ship brokerage firm of Chase Leavitt & Com- 
pany, with whom he remained from 1870 until 
1885, and then became partner with C. O. 
Haskell, under the firm style of Hall & Has- 
kell, and carried on a ship brokerage busi- 
ness until 1887, when he became attorney for 
the Portland, Maine, Underwriters, with which 
he is now connected. He also is a member of 
the firm of Norton, Hall & Webster, general 
fire insurance agents, Portland. Mr. Hall is a 
Republican in politics, but not particularly 
active in that field, although for six years he 
has been a member of the city board of educa- 
tion. For more than thirty years he has been 
a member of the Baptist church ; and he also 
is a member of Unity Lodge, No. 3, Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Portland, and of 
the Portland Athletic Club. He married, Oc- 
tober 20, 1880, Clarissa Carruthers Webster, 
born Portland, February 15, 1858, daughter of 
Joseph H. and Harriet (Stevenson-Staples) 



Webster, of Portland. Children : \^ernon 
Webster, May 14, 1882, and Alfred Edgar 
Burton, November 13, 1892. 



There are several distinct families 
HALL of this name in New England, the 

posterity of different immigrants, 
and the family to which this article is devoted 
is descended from Richard Hall, of Bradford, 
Massachusetts. It has not as yet been ac- 
curately determined whether he was an immi- 
grant or not, but there is some reason for sup- 
posing that he was a son or a nephew of Rich- 
ard Hall, who came from England and settled 
in Dorchester, Massachusetts. 

(I) Richard Hall, who was born in 1649, 
first appears in the records as a resident of 
Bradford in 1673, and was admitted a free- 
man there in 1676. He died March 9, 1730. 
He was one of the deacons of the first church 
in Bradford. The christian name of his wife 
was Martha, and his children were : Joanna, 
Sarah, John, Richard, Joseph, Mary and Mar- 
tha. 

(II) Joseph, fifth child and youngest son 
of Richard and Martha Hall, was born in 
Bradford, February 19, 1680, died October 7, 
1750. He served as deacon of the church at 
West Bradford. October 24, 1706, he married 
Sarah Kimball, daughter of Henry Kimball, 
and his children were : Joseph, Benjamin, 
Jonathan, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Hannah, Ju- 
dith and Ephraim Famum. 

(HI) Ebenezer, fifth child of Deacon Jo- 
seph and Sarah (Kimball) Hall, was born in 
Bradford in 1721. He was an early settler in 
Concord, New Hampshire, and resided there 
for the remainder of his life, which terminated 
April 24, 1801. The christian name of his 
first wife, who died August 23, 1744, was 
Hepzibah, and of this union there was one 
son, Ebenezer. June 17, 1746, he married 
(second) Dorcas Abbott, born February 15, 
1723, died September 28, 1797. She became 
the mother of twelve children : Hepzibah, 
Obediah, Dorcas, Sarah, David, Timothy, 
Stephen, Abiel, Hannah, Lydia, Deborah and 
Moses. 

(IV) Dr. Abiel, fifth son and eighth child 
of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Abbott) Hall, was 
born in Concord, March i or 31, 1761. Prior 
to his majority he entered the struggle for 
national independence, marching from Con- 
cord, July 5, 1777, with Lieutenant-Colonel 
Gerrish's company to Ticonderoga, where he 
joined Captain Ebenezer Webster's companj. 
He also participated in the battle of Benning- 
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General Burgoyne at Saratoga the same year. 
He subsequently studied medicine, and locat- 
ing in Alfred, Maine, practised his profession 
there until his death, which occurred October 
13, 1829. Married (first) Mary Farnum, born 
August 26, 1764, daughter of Benjamin Far- 
num, of Concord, and she died November 22, 
1816. Married (second) Mrs. Grant (nee 
Francis), a sister of Ebenezer Francis, of Bos- 
ton. His children were : Julia, Mary, Ivory, 
Porter, John, David and Abiel. The latter 
succeeded to his father's practice in Alfred, 
and Dr. Jeremiah G. Hall, son of the second 
Dr. Abiel Hall, is now a well-known physician 
in Wells. 

(V) Porter, second son and fourth child of 
Dr. Abiel and Mary (Farnum) Hall, was born 
in Alfred, ]\Iarch 21, 1807, died June 18, 1853. 
He was reared and educated in his native 
town, and when a young man engaged in mer- 
cantile pursuits, establishing a general store 
in Kennebunk, which he carried on success- 
fully for the remainder of his life. He was an 
upright, conscientious man whose integrity 
was unimpeachable, and as an active member 
of the Congregational church he labored dili- 
gently in behalf of the moral and religious 
welfare of the community. Politically he 
afifiliated with the Whig party. July 2, 1834, 
he married (first) Mary Dane, born in Kenne- 
bunk, Maine, November 14, 1810, daughter of 
Joseph and Mary (Clark) Dane, and grand- 
daughter of Judge Clark of York county. Jo- 
seph Dane was a descendant of John Dane, of 
Berkhamsted and Bishop's Stortford, England, 
who came to New England, settling first at 
Ipswich and later at Roxbury, where he died 
in 1658. Joseph was a nephew of Hon. Na- 
than Dane, United States senator from Mas- 
sachusetts and founder of the Dane Law 
School of Harvard University. Mrs. Mary 
Hall died April 17, 1843, leaving one son, 
Frederick Porter. Mr. Hall married (sec- 
ond), March 26, 1844, Maria Perkins; chil- 
dren : Elizabeth Maria, born January 24, 
1849, died in Augusta, 1890. Porter, born 
August 2, 1853. 

(VI) Frederick Porter, only son of Porter 
and Mary (Dane) Hall, was born in Kenne- 
bunk, August 23, 1835. His preliminary 
studies in the Kennebunk public schools were 
augmented by advanced courses at the Lim- 
erick and South Berwick academies, and after 
completing his education he became a mariner, 
following the sea for a number of years. In 
1858 he engaged in general mercantile busi- 
ness at Kennebunk, and selling his establish- 
ment in 1865 he was for the succeeding four 



years a wholesale flour merchant in Portland. 
Returning to Kennebunk he established him- 
self in the grocery and coal business and con- 
ducted it without interruption for a period of 
thirty-five years, or until his retirement in 
1904. From 1886 to the present time Mr. 
Hall has served upon the board of directors 
of the Ocean National Bank. For the past 
thirty years he has labored assiduously and 
with beneficial results in behalf of the Kenne- 
bunk Public Library, has acted as clerk and 
treasurer of the Cemetery Association for 
twenty years and as treasurer of the Unitarian 
church for fifteen years. In politics he is a 
Republican. He married, January 26, 1866, 
Louise Augusta Smith, born in Groton, Mas- 
sachusetts, January i, or June 9, 1844, daugh- 
ter of Rev. Joseph C. and Augusta (Lord) 
Smith, and granddaughter of Ivory and Lou- 
isa (McCulloch) Lord. Mr. and Mrs. Hall 
have no children. 



Not in broad and massive states- 
HALL manship nor in daring and intrepid 
soldiery, nor in profound scholar- 
ship, nor in choice and abiding letters does the 
old Pine Tree State rest her glory alone, but 
in music, Nordica and Annie Louise Gary 
were Maine girls, and in art as well she is at 
the top of the list. The parent stem of this 
family, Lemuel Hall, came from Scotland in 
the latter part of the eighteenth century and 
became a farmer at Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc 
county, Maine. 

(II) Joseph, son of Lemuel Hall, was born 
in Bowdoinham, Maine, August 8, 1797. Af- 
ter receiving a common school education he 
became a sailor. He enlisted in the war of 
1812 in the regiment of his brother, Colonel 
John Hall. At the expiration of his term of 
enlistment he returned to Bowdoinham and 
engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits. 
He was postmaster of East Bowdoinham for 
thirty-one years, captain of a local military 
company, and belonged to the Methodist per- 
suasion. Mr. Hall married, April 6, 1818, 
Mary M. Toothaker, bom June i, 1798. Chil- 
dren, Mary Jane, John, James Monroe, Re- 
becca A., Joseph Nelson, Martin P., Jeremiah 
M., Eliza M., George J., Sarah R., William 
T. and Lemuel F. Mr. Hall died November 
26, 1886, and his wife, May 14, 1865. 

(III) Judge William T., seventh son of Jo- 
seph and Mary M. (Toothaker) Hall, was 
born in Bowdoinham, August 22, 1841. The 
schools of Bowdoinham and Richmond Acad- 
emy furnished his education. He studied law 
with Judge Cleaves in Bowdoinham, and in 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



the offices of Nathaniel Whitmore in Gardiner 
and James M. Hagar in Richmond. Mr. Hall 
was admitted to the bar August i8, 1863, and 
began the practice of his profession in Rich- 
mond. In 1874 he was elected county attor- 
ney, serving six years, followed by his eleva- 
tion to the probate judgeship of Sagadahoc 
county, holding this office for twenty-five 
years. He brought to the discharge of the 
varied duties of the bench the character and 
attainments necessary for sustaining its rigid 
requirements, all his decrees having been fully 
sustained. Since leaving the bench Judge 
Hall has practiced law. He has served in the 
capacity of chairman of the board of select- 
men of his town. He is a member and past 
master of Richmond Lodge, No. 63, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons, and the Knights 
of Pythias. He married Elvira Coburn, daugh- 
ter of Levi Parker, of Skowhegan. Children : 
William Toothaker, Elvira Carrie, Mary, 
Rachel Ann and Jennie Isabel. 

(IV) William Toothaker, only son of Hon. 
William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, 
was born in Richmond, Maine, July 4, 1866. 
His preparatory studies were pursued in the 
Richmond schools, and he matriculated at 
Bowdoin in 1888, graduating with honor four 
years later. He delved into the tomes of Coke 
and Blackstone with Hon. E. F. Webb, of 
Waterville, and Judge Hall, and from being 
associated with two lawyers of such rank and 
standing in the profession as his father and 
Mr. Webb, he was well grounded in the fun- 
damentals. Being admitted to the bar of Sa- 
gadahoc county, August 17, 1897, he began 
the practice of law in Bath, Maine, now makes " 
a specialty of probate law and has been ref- 
eree in bankruptcy for ten years. Mr. Hall is 
a Republican, and has been a member of the 
Bath school board for six years. He belongs 
to Theta Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa, Greek 
letter societies, and the Brunswick Club. 

(IV) Elvira Carrie, eldest daughter of Hon. 
William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, 
was born in Richmond, Maine, and educated 
in Waterville, at Colby College. To this 
daughter Judge Hall gives the credit for the 
success which his other three daughters have 
attained, for after the death of his wife, their 
mother, in 1891, she assumed charge of his 
home and of her three young sisters. 

(IV) Mary, second daughter of Hon. Wil- 
liam T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, 
whose painting of the beautiful Countess 
Vinci gained her much praise from the mem- 
bers of the nobility and of foreign artists, 
studied in Boston and New York for several 



years prior to her course in the foreign gal- 
leries. Boston painters of reputation who are 
acquainted with her work predict for her a 
brilliant future. Shortly after her graduation 
from Richmond high school, she went to Bos- 
ton and began work. She at first began to 
devote herself to miniature under the direction 
of Eric Pape, and in this school received sev- 
eral prizes for her excellent work. Following 
a course in New York under the best instruc- 
tors in that city she went abroad, touring Eng- 
land, France, Switzerland and Italy, visiting 
many famous art galleries, and finally settling 
in Florence, where she studied under the 
noted artist, Signor Calistri. Her canvases in 
the Italian city won her great praise, and the 
news of her fame reaching Count Vinci he 
requested her to paint a portrait of his wife, 
who was a rich English girl before her mar- 
riage, and is one of the most beautiful women 
in southern Italy. So pleased were the family 
with the portrait that several other commis- 
sions were given this Maine girl from rich and 
noble Florentians. 

(IV) Rachel Ann, third daughter of Hon. 
William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, 
is a teacher of physical culture, and has de- 
voted much time to perfecting herself in this 
art. 

(IV) Jennie Isabel, fourth daughter of 
Hon. William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) 
Hall, after graduating from the Richmond 
high school, made a special study of music, 
perfecting herself, and at the present time 
(1908) is one of the most talented pianists 
and teachers in the state. 



This name was not very 
BRIDGHAM common in the first records 
of New England, but has 
been well known since 1641 in Massachusetts, 
and the family were from the first prominent 
in the business and political life of the colony. 
The name frequently appears in the History of 
Boston, where the Bridgham family were held 
in high esteem as merchants, and were men of 
comparative wealth for those times. Some of 
them served in the Revolutionary War, and 
many of them had fine educations and asso- 
ciated with people of the highest culture. 

(I) Henry Bridgham, son of Henry Bridg- 
ham, of Flotham, England, was born in 1613, 
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Harding, 
of Boreham, Essex county, and in 1641 came 
to America, settling first in Dorchester, in two 
years removing to Boston, where his descend- 
ants became many. He owned a tan yard on 
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soutn aide of what is now Post Office Square. 
He was a constable in 1653, and was a cap- 
tain of artillery. His residence was also on 
Milk street on land now occupied by the west 
end of the present post office, where he was 
building a new house when he died, in 1670; 
this house was subsequently sold to a French- 
man called Julien, who conducted a restaurant, 
the same who invented the famous "Julien 
Soups," and this building became a landmark. 
Henry Bridgham's wife survived him two 
years, and when his will was probated in Suf- 
folk county 1670, the tan yard was divided by 
an agreement among his sons, Jonathan, John 
and Joseph, date being July 2, 1680. His 
children were: i. John, born July, 1645; 
graduated Harvard College, 1669; 'i physician; 
never married; died in Ipswich, May 22, 1721. 
2. Joseph, died October 14, 1646, eight 
days old. • 3. Jonathan, born October, 1648 
married Elizabeth Pounding; he died 1690 
4. Joseph. 5. Benjamin, born May 3, 1654 
6. Hopestill, July 29, 1658, died young. 7 
Nathaniel, December 8, 1659, died June i 
1660. 8. Samuel, January 17, 1661, died 1677 
9. Nathaniel, April 2, 1662, died young. 10 
James, May 12, 1664, died 1679. 

(II) Joseph, the fourth son of Henry and 
Elizabeth (Harding) Bridgham, was born 
January 17, 165 1, and died January 5, 1709. 
In 1674 was a member of the artillery com- 
pany, in 1678 was made freeman, was repre- 
sentative in 1697, also for Northampton in 
1690. He was deacon and ruling elder in the 
First Church of Christ, was often moderator 
of the Boston town meetings, and often on 
various town committees. His will, dated 
January 3, 1708-09, was probated in Sufifolk 
county, and provided a sum of twenty pounds 
to be spent by the deacons of the church for 
plate for the communion table. He was a 
tanner, probably carrying on his business in 
the same location as his father before him. His 
first wife was Sarah, and he married (second) 
April 17, 1700, Mercy Wensley, who survived 
him and married Thomas Cushman, between 
whom and the heirs of Joseph Bridgham there 
arose a dispute as to the settlement of the es- 
tate.- She died October 3, 1740. His children, 
mentioned in his will and the Boston town rec- 
ords, were : By first wife : Henry, born De- 
cember 16, 1676, married Abigail Walker, 
February 6, 1700, died April 14, 1720, and his 
widow married John Dixwell. By second 
wife : Joseph ; Elizabeth, born September 27. 
1702, baptized October, 1702, married Samuel 
Holyoke; Mercy, born November 11, 1704, 
married John Smith, December 5, 1728: John, 



born February 28, 1705, died young; James, 
June II, 1706, died young. 

(III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) and 
Mercy (Wensley) Bridgham, was born April 
16, 1701, and died in 1754, at Plympton, Mas- 
sachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Col- 
lege in 1 719, and became a physician and 
apothecary in Boston, but about 1737 moved 
to Plympton, where he was selectman in 1743 
and 1746. He married Abigail, daughter of 
Simeon and Elizabeth (Alden) Willard, a de- 
scendant of John Alden. Captain John, son 
of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, mar- 
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Wil- 
liam Phillips, and widow of Abiel Everill ; 
John and Elizabeth (Phillips-Everill) x\lden 
had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Sam- 
uel Willard, who officiated as vice-president of 
Harvard College from September 6, 1701, to 
his death, September 12, 1707. Alden has 
been used as a christian name by some of the 
Bridgham family. The children of Joseph 
and Abigail (Willard) Bridgham were: Jo- 
seph, born November 22, 1723 ; Abigail, No- 
vember 21, 1724; Mercy, December 27, 1725; 
John, August 27, 1729; Hannah, August 2, 
1730, married, February 28, 1754, Mr. Plymp- 
ton. 

(IV) John, second son of Joseph (2) and 
Abigail (Willard) Bridgham, was born Au- 
gust 27, 1729, and died at West Minot, Maine, 
July 31, 1840. He was a man of some promi- 
nence at Plympton, Massachusetts, and was a 
member of the committee sent to Boston be- 
fore the war, to consider the position of the 
colonists ; he was captain in the revolutionary 
war, his son John being corporal and his son 
Samuel fifer in the same company. He was a 
selectman, and in 1777 was representative to 
the general court. About 1781 he removed 
with his wife and children from Plympton to 
Shepardsfield, now Hebron, Maine, now in 
Oxford county, and became progenitor of a 
large number of descendants in that state. In 
1788 he and his associates were granted by 
the legislature of Massachusetts eighteen thou- 
sand acres of land in Poland, Maine; Poland 
then included the present town of Minot, the 
city of Auburn, and part of Mechanic Falls. 
He married, February 28, 1754, at Plympton, 
Joanna Comer; children: i. John, born May 
16, 1754; married Sibella Shaw. 2. Joseph. 
3. Willard, married Jemima Packard. 4. Dr. 
William; see forward. 5. Samuel, married 
Lucy Hammond. 6. Tom. 7. Alden, married 
Sarah Lane, in 1791. 8. Joanna. 9. Cyrus. 

(V) Joseph (3), second son of John and 
Joanna (Comer) Bridgham, was born April 8, 



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1761, at Plympton, Massachusetts, and died 
January 24, 1851. September i, 1789, he mar- 
ried Betsey, daughter of Benjamin Lane, born 
May 20, 1770, died 1840; children: i. Jo- 
seph. 2. Alvin, born April 15, 1792; married 
April 29, 1817, Jane Downs. 3. Alden, born 
April 9, 1795; married Margaret Downs. 4. 
Betsey. 5. Andrew, born January 5, 1798. 6. 
Sally, married Lewis Wilder. 7. Ellsworth, 
born April 25, 1803; married, March 17, 1831, 
Joan C. Pierce, and died in Charleston, Maine. 
8. Sullivan, born July 5, 1806; married Janu- 
ary 25, 1835, Eliza Willey, and died June 18, 
1888, at Charleston, Maine ; children : i. 
Vienna A., born December i, 1835, married, 
November 11, 1855, Ansell Dunning, who 
died January 26, 1867 ; ii. Daniel, born July 
22, 1838, was for over twenty years sergeant 
of police in Boston; married, August 9, 1868, 
Mary Lolie Cary, and had daughter Addie, 
who died young ; iii. Leland T., born February 
4, 1843, married Addie F. Mcintosh, resides 
at Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, and has 
seven children ; iv. Eliza, born January 28, 
1844; died January, 1845. 9- Olive, born Oc- 
tober 12, 1809; married C. Dunning. 10. 
Vienna, born January 30, 1813, married 
Charles B. Willey and lived in Cherryfield, 
Maine. 11. Levi, born July 4, 1814; was a 
farmer and apothecary; married Lucinda 
Libby ; lived and died in Dexter, Maine ; five 
children. 12. Willard. 13. Rhoda, married 
Isaac Dunning. 

(VI) Joseph (4), eldest son of Joseph (3) 
and Betsey (Lane) Bridgham, was born De- 
cember 25, 1789, at Minot, Maine, and died 
May 17, 1857, at Charleston, Maine. He was 
captain in the war of-* 1812, and as all his 
friends and neighbors called him colonel, it is 
probable he had that rank in the Maine Militia ; 
in 1834 he was a member of the state legisla- 
ture, and was for many years postmaster at 
West Charleston, ]\Iaine. He was prominent 
in all the affairs of his town, and when he died 
his funeral was attended by nearly all its resi- 
dents, many in carriages, but the majority of 
the men walking by twos, and the procession 
reached nearly half a mile. February 19, 1817, 
he was married, by Rev. Henry Hale, to Mar- 
garet, daughter of Levi and Mary Bradley, of 
Bangor, born March 2, 1793, at Brewer, 
Maine, died at Bangor, March 19, 1883. Levi 
Bradley was for several years sheriff of Pe- 
nobscot county, Maine. Children of Joseph 
and Margaret (Bradley) Bridgham: i. Wil- 
mot, born November 12, 1817; had wife Han- 
nah, and lived in Beddington, Maine ; he died 
April 17, 1882. 2. Albert. 3. Margaret, born 



January 25, 1823, died August 21, 1870, at 
Bangor; never married. 4. Joseph, bom July 
18, 1827, married Mary J. Scribner, and died 
in Y'assar, Michigan. 5. Zebulon, born Au- 
gust 2, 183 1 ; married Hannah E. Walker; 
lived and died in Ashland. 6. Mary, born De- 
cember I, 1834, died June 8, 1863, at Brewer, 
Maine ; never married. 7. Hannah Maria, 
born March 5, 1837; never married, and died 
in Bangor. 

(VII) Albert, second son of Joseph (4) and 
Margaret (Bradley) Bridgham, was born No- 
vember 3, 1819, at Charleston, Alaine, and 
died March 2, 1886, at East Eddington, 
Maine, greatly lamented and universally re- 
spected. For several years he served as post- 
master of West Charleston; he was a farmer 
and mechanic, making a specialty of oars. In 
November, 1859, he removed to Bangor, 
Maine, where he carried on a small farm and 
worked at his trade. In his views he was a 
Democrat, but as he could not conscientiously 
indorse his party during the civil war and 
would not go over to the Republican party, at 
this time he took no part in political affairs. 
The last of his life he spent with his daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Charles H. Ford, who lived at East 
Eddington. July 28, 1849, '""^ married Martha 
Campbell, daughter of Asa D. and Mary 
(Penny) Maddocks, of East Eddington, born 
Jaiuiary 12, 1829, died at Bangor, Maine, May 
14, 1868; children: i. Percy Albert. 2. Mar- 
tha Annette, born May 14, 1857, at Charles- 
ton, Maine, married, December 25, 1877, 
Charles H. Ford; lives in East Eddington; 
children : i. Leonard Harris Ford, born July 
28, 1878, graduated in class of 1900 from Uni- 
versity of Maine, studied medicine at Bowdoin 
Medical School, now practicing his profession 
at East Eddington; ii. Bernice, died young. 3. 
Frances Mabel, bom May 14, 1859, is unmar- 
ried and lives at Bangor, Maine. 

(VIII) Percy Albert, only son of Albert 
and Martha Campbell (Maddocks) Bridgham, 
was born November 5, 1850, at East Edding- 
ton, Maine ; he attended the common schools 
of Charleston and high school of Bangor, 
Maine, and prepared for Bowdoin College, 
though on account of the death of his mother 
he did not enter that institution. From April, 
1869, to April, 1872, he was assistant to the 
register of deeds of Penobscot county; in 
1871-72 was clerk of the common council of 
Bangor. In July, 1872, he removed to Boston, 
where he entered the office of Alphonso J. 
Robinson, for the purpose of studying law, 
and by diligent work he progressed so well 
that he was admitted to the bar at Boston, in 




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November, 1875, after which he was in part- 
nership with Mr. Robinson till 1880. Since 
June 8, 1887, he has been legal editor of the 
Boston Daily Globe, writing under the name 
of "People's Lawyer." Has published a book 
called "One Thousand Legal Questions An- 
swered by the People's Lawyer." In March, 
1893, he joined Prospect Hill Congregational 
Church, at Somerville, Massachusetts, and be- 
came interested in the work of the Boys' Bri- 
gade, a Sunday school military organization, 
with the result that he became commander of 
the division of Massachusetts and Maine, with 
rank of major-general, and later commander 
of the department of New England. He takes 
great interest in all public affairs, and is well 
informed on subjects outside his profession. 
In 1879 he was member of the common coun- 
cil of Somerville. He is an enthusiastic mem- 
ber of the Masonic order, being affiliated 
with Mount Olivet Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, of Cambridgeport, Cam- 
bridge Royal Arch Chapter ; Boston Council, 
Royal and Select Masters, and Cambridge 
Commandery, Knights Templar. September 
12, 1870, he married (first) Lydia M. Went- 
worth ; children: i. Albert Alphonso, born 
June 29, 1874, at East Boston,- Massachusetts. 
2. Gladys Ruth, born in December, 1882, at 
Somerville, Massachusetts, died March 5, 
1883. 3. Gladys Ruth, born March 5, 1884, at 
Somerville. He married (second), October 9. 
1901, Lillian Foster, daughter of John Paul 
and Charlotte Elizabeth Clisby, born at Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts, August 18, 1872, and 
they had one child, Alden Clisby, born March 
10, 1903, at Somerville, died March 28, 1903. 
They have one adopted child, Kenneth Camp- 
bell, bom March 28, 1904. 
^ (V) Dr. William, fourth son of John and 
Joanna (Comer) Bridgham, was born 1756. 
He removed to Shepardsville, Maine, with his 
father, and afterward went to New Glouces- 
ter, where he resided until his death, August 
4, 1837. He married (first) Anna, daughter 
of Roland Hammond, of Plympton, Massa- 
chusetts; (second) Lydia Smith, March, 1801. 
He had children: i. Dr. William Jr. 2. 
George, married Anna Nicholas, of Carlisle, 
Massachusetts. 3. Dr. Thomas W. 4. Lucy, 
became Mrs. Bennett. 5. Caroline, became 
Mrs. Buck. 6. Nancy, became Mrs. Clark. 7. 
Lydia. 8. Michael. 

(VI) George, second son of Doctor William 
and Anna (Hammond) Bridgham, married 
Anna Nicholas, of Carlisle, Massachusetts; 
children: i. Arville, married Ransom R. Bon- 
ney. 2. George, married Myrtilla Cole, of 



Falmouth, Maine. 3. Anna, married Miles 
Long, of Buckfield, Maine. 4. Eveline, mar- 
ried Caleb Gushing. 5. Elbridge, married 
Apphia Bonney, of South Paris, Maine. 6. 
Lucretia, married James Curtis, of South 
Paris. 7. Prescott, born January 31, 1823, 
married, June 20, 1850, Lucy A. Foster, and 
died August 31, 1903, at Newtonville, Massa- 
chusetts. 8. Rosctta. 

(\T) Dr. William (2), son of Dr. William 
(i) and Anna (Hammond) Bridgham, was 
born in New Gloucester, Maine, and married 
Hannah Bradbury. His children were : 
Thomas Sydenham, William P., Orville, 
Caroline, Hannah, Aurelia, and Mary Ann. 

(VII) Thomas Sydenham, son of Dr. Wil- 
Ham (2) and Hannah (Bradbury) Bridgham, 
was born at Buckfield, Maine, where he was a 
farmer, and for a time kept a tavern. He mar- 
ried Lucretia Bell Sheppard, of Skowhegan, 
and had children: i. Thomas S., married 
Martha Farnham ; children: Ada, died young; 
Harry ; Belle, married Henry Nulty ; Alice, 
died young. 2. Thomas. 3. Dr. Charles Burr; 
see forward. 4. Sarah, deceased. 5. Henry, 
deceased. 6. William Henry; see forward. 

(VIII) Dr. Charles Burr, son of Thomas 
Sydenham and Lucretia (Sheppard) Bridg- 
ham, was born in Buckfield, Maine, May i, 
1841. He studied for his profession under the 
instruction of his uncle. Dr. W. P. Bridgham, 
and in the Harvard Medical School. Before 
he could complete his course in the latter in- 
stitution he entered the army for civil war ser- 
vice, and was appointed hospital steward in 
Second Regiment Berdan Sharpshooters, be- 
came acting assistant surgeon, and while serv- 
ing in that capacity was taken prisoner at the 
second battle of Bull Run. He was paroled, 
and returning home completed his studies in 
the Bowdoin Medical School, and graduated 
in 1863. Haying been released from parole 
under an exchange of prisoners, he re-entered 
the army as assistant surgeon of the Fifty- 
fourth Massachusetts Regiment, and served 
until July, 1864, when he resigned on account 
of disability, and resumed practice in his na- 
tive town. In 1868 he removed to Livermore, 
where he practiced ten years; in 1878 returned 
to Buckfield, and resumed practice there, and 
in 1887 located at Cohasset, Massachusetts, 
his present home. He married, March 22, 
1864, Addie M. Williams, of Buckfield, daugh- 
ter of Charles and Lydia (Withington) Wil- 
liams; children: i. Mary Frances, married 
Henry Bates, and is now deceased. 2. Addie 
Ellen, married Herbert Withington. 3 and 4. 
Charles and Hattie Belle, twins, died 1880. 5. 



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Henry Sydenham, died 1880. 6. Dr. Paul 
Chester, married Gertrude Murray, and has 
daughter Pauline. All residing in Cohasset, 
Maine. 

(VIII) William Henry, son of Thomas Sy- 
denham and Lucretia (Sheppard) Bridgham, 
was born December 29, 1847, at Buckfield. 
He was reared in his native town, and there at- 
tended the public schools. At the age of four- 
teen he enlisted in the army, serving as a 
fifer. He afterward entered the employ of 
the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and 
later became connected with the Poland Spring 
Company, and is now engaged in the sale of 
spring water, with his residence at Lewiston. 
Maine. He married Georgietta Radcliffe ; 
children: i. Robert E., married Cassie Slat- 
tery ; four children : Ruth, Margaret, Angus 
and Myra. 2. Alice Maud. 3. Dexter Wil- 
liam : see forward. 4. Rebecca Lucretia, mar- 
ried Fred W. Record. 5. Grover Cleveland. 
6. Frances Margaret. 7. Radcliffe Sydney. 

(IX) Dexter William, second son of Wil- 
liam Henry and Georgietta (Radcliffe) Bridg- 
ham, was born in Buckfield, Maine, June 30, 
1879. He was reared in his native town, and 
was educated there and in Auburn, Maine. He 
was of an industrious disposition, and at an 
early age became associated with his father 
in business. In 1900 he removed to Boston, 
where he has built up a successful business, 
being now manager and treasurer of the 
Windsor Mineral Spring Water Company. 
He married, April 19, 1906, Elizabeth Fitz- 
gerald, and they have one child, William Til- 
den, born January 19, 1907, at Dorchester, 
Massachusetts, where they reside. Mrs. 
Bridgham was born in Boston, December 12, 
1883, daughter of James and Rose (Doherty) 
Fitzgerald. Her father was born in New 
York, son of Edward Fitzgerald, who was 
born in England, and came to New York, 
where he passed the remainder of his life. 
James, only son of Edward Fitzgerald, resided 
in New York, where he was engaged in a 
mercantile business ; he died when Mrs. 
Bridgham was only three months old. Mrs. 
Bridgham's mother was born in Boston, 
daughter of Charles Doherty, who was of Irisli 
descent, and a Mason in Boston. Mrs. Bridg- 
ham was the only child of her mother. 



Several members of the Hobbs 
HOBBS family came to Maine from 
Dover, New Hampshire, and pio- 
neers of this name have been identified with 
the settlement of several towns in York and 
other counties. Some of them were mill- 



wrights and as such became instrumental in 
establishing the lumber manufacturing indus- 
try. 

(I) Henry Hobbs, an energetic young Eng- 
lishman, arrived in New England about the 
middle of the seventeenth century and settled 
in Dover, New Hampshire, where he received 
a grant of land in 1657 and another in 1658. 
He was married in Dover prior to 1661 to 
Hannah Canney, daughter of Thomas Canney, 
one of the prominent men of the town. Henry 
Hobbs inherited a large part of his father-in- 
law's estate and resided in that part of Dover 
known as Sligo. He died before July 4, 1698, 
leaving but one son. 

(II) Henry (2), only surviving son of 
Henry (i) and Hannah (Canney) Hobbs, in- 
herited his parent's estate and was an e.xten- 
sive farmer. He was a lifelong resident of 
Dover and attained a ripe old age. The chris- 
tian name of his wife, whom he married prior 
to 1704, was Mary, but neither her maiden 
surname nor a list of their children appears in 
the records consulted. 

(III) Thomas, son of Henry (2) and Mary 
Hobbs, was born in Dover, and learned the 
millwright's trade. In 1735 he went to Ber- 
wick, now North Berwick, accompanied by 
his brother-in-law, Benjamin Weymouth, and 
together they purchased of Thomas Spinney 
of Kittery a tract of eighteen acres of land 
containing the water power privilege which is 
now occupied by the Hussey Plough Works. 
The title deed of this property, which was 
written by Sir William Pepperell and ac- 
knowledged by him as a justice of the peace, 
is still in the possession of the Hobbs family. 
Having erected a sawmill Thomas Hobbs 
manufactured lumber, engaged in general 
mercantile business and in farming. He lived 
to be over ninety years old. December 12, 
1721, while still residing in Dover, he mar- 
ried Elizabeth Morrell, born March 18, 1698, 
daughter of Nicholas Morrell, of Kittery, and 
a granddaughter of John ^lorrell. who was 
born in 1640. John Morrell, who was a 
mason by trade, was granted land in Kittery 
in 1668, and in 1676 removed to Cold Harbor 
(now Eliot), where in 1686 he was licensed 
to keep a ferry and a house of public entertain- 
ment. He was still living in 1720. He mar- 
ried Sarah, daughter of Nicholas and Eliza- 
beth Hodson. and was the father of Nicholas, 
Sarah, John. Edah, Hannah, Abraham, and 
Elizabeth. Nicholas Morrell, who was born 
in 1667, was a blacksmith. His children 
were: Sarah (who married Benjamin Wey- 
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(married Thomas Hobbs), John, Robert and 
Anne. Mrs. Elizabeth Hobbs became the 
mother of three sons, Thomas, Joseph and 
Henry. 

(IV) Captain Thomas (2), son of Thomas 
(i) and EHzabeth (Morrell) Hobbs, was 
born in Dover in 1726. He was a merchant 
and a farmer, and one of the most influential 
residents of North Berwick in his day, serving 
as a selectman in 1771-72-76-77. He served in 
the French and Indian war, and as a member 
of Captain Ichabod Goodwin's Berwick com- 
pany participated in the battle of Ticonderoga 
in July, 1759. His death occurred October 
18, 1818, at the age of ninety-two years. He 
married Mary Abbott, daughter of Joseph Ab- 
bott, of Berwick, and she died March 18, 1818, 
aged seventy-nine. Their children were : 
Sheldon, born in 1760; Stephen, 1761 ; Wil- 
liam, 1767; Nathaniel, see next paragraph; 
Theodore, 1771 ; Frances, 1776; and Mary, 
1779. Sheldon Hobbs entered the Continental 
army for service in the revolutionary war in 
1775, when fifteen years old, and in 1776 
marched with a company from Maine to the 
Hudson river, leaving Kittery December 17, 
and arriving at Peekskill, New York, January 

7. 1777- 

(V) Colonel Nathaniel, fourth child of 
Captain Thomas (2) and Mary (Abbott) 
Hobbs, was born in Berwick, September 22, 
1768. As a young man he engaged in farm- 
ing, lumbering and trading, and he eventually 
succeeded to the possession of the homestead. 
Erecting the noted N. Hobbs Inn he opened it 
to the public in 1804, and for many years this 
commodious antl comfortable hostelry was a 
desirable resting-place for travellers. Colonel 
Hobbs was a man of untiring energy and he 
continued in business until his death, which 
occurred November 12, 1850. For a number 
of years he was prominently identified with 
the state militia and held a colonel's commis- 
sion. He and his brother William were dele- 
gates to the convention which framed the state 
constitution. In his religious belief he was a 
Universalist. He married Patience Nowell, 
of North Berwick, daughter of Major Jona- 
than Nowell, a revolutionary soldier who 
served under General Washington. Patience 
died November 12, 1828, aged fifty-eight 
years. She was the mother of four children : 
Hiram H., Wilson. George and Sally, all of 
whom grew to maturity. 

(VI) George, third child and yoimgest son 
of Colonel Nathaniel and Patience (Nowell) 
Hobbs, was born in North Berwick, May, 
1800. In his youth he assisted his father in 



farming, but haviftg developed an aptitude for 
trade he engaged in mercantile pursuits and 
became well established as a general store- 
keeper in his native town. His business ca- 
reer, however, was of short duration, as he 
died in the prime of life. May 28, 1828. As a 
supporter of the Whig party he took a lively 
interest in political affairs, and he was active 
in the state militia, attaining the rank of lieu- 
tenant-colonel. In 1823 he married Nancy 
Kent, born in Rochester, New Hampshire, 
August I, 1798, daughter of John and Tem- 
perance (Lapish) Kent. Her grandfather, 
also named John Kent, who was of the New- 
buryport or Gloucester Kents, went from 
Massachusetts to Durham, New Hampshire, 
and resided there for the remainder of his life. 
He left two children : Nancy, who became the 
wife of Major William Cutts, of Kittery, and 
John. (N. B. The "Kent Genealogy," by 
Vernon Briggs, states that the ancestry of 
these Kents has not as yet been identified.) 
John Kent, son of John, was a native of Dur- 
ham. He went from Rochester to South Ber- 
wick, and thence to Somersworth, New Hamp- 
shire. He was drowned in the Piscataqua 
river, April 16, 1816, at the age of forty-five. 
Temperance, his wife, was a daughter of Cap- 
tain Robert Lapish, a shipbuilder of Durham, 
going there from Newcastle, New Hamp- 
shire. She bore him five children : Mehita- 
ble. Temperance, Nancy, John and Kinsman. 
Nancy Kent, third child of John and Temper- 
ance (Lapish) Kent, married Colonel George 
Hobbs, of North Berwick, as previously 
stated, and became the mother of two chil- 
dren : Nathaniel, see next paragraph, and 
Georgiana, who was accidentally burned to 
death at the age of four years. Mrs. Nancy 
Kent married for her second husband Daniel 
Hodsdon, M. D., and her death occurred Feb- 
ruary 27, 1 89 1. 

(VII) Judge Nathaniel (2), only son of 
Colonel George and Nancy (Kent) Hobbs, 
was born in North Berwick, September 10, 
1824. His preliminary studies in the com- 
mon schools were followed by a course of ad- 
vanced instruction at a private school. At the 
age of fourteen he went to reside with his 
grandparents, whom he assisted in farming for 
a number of years, and about 1850 he engaged 
in the leather business at Danvers, Massachu- 
setts, in company with Gilleon and Stackpole. 
He was also in business in Boston for some 
time. Returning to North Berwick in 1857 he 
spent the succeeding two years as a law stu- 
dent in the office of Abner Oakes, of South 
Berwick, and having completed his profes- 



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sional studies at the Harvard Law School was 
admitted to the bar in i860. He immediately 
began the practice of his profession in his na- 
tive town, where he rapidly obtained recogni- 
tion as an able attorney and a wise counsellor, 
and he has ever since transacted a profitable 
general law business in North Berwick, a 
period of nearly fifty years. For the past 
thirty-six years he has served continuously as 
judge of probate for York county, having been 
originally elected in 1873 and retaining office 
through subsequent re-elections and re-elected 
in November, 1908, for four more years. 
Aside from his public and private professional 
duties Judge Hobbs has found time to interest 
himself in other spheres of usefulness — po- 
litical, charitable, benevolent, etc. In politics 
he is a Republican and for the years 1866-67 
was a state senator. He is a Master Mason, 
affiliating with Yorkshire (Blue) Lodge of 
North Berwick, and he attends the Free Bap- 
tist church. Some years ago he became espe- 
cially interested in the welfare and develop- 
ment of Good Will Farm at Fairfield, Maine, 
an institution organized for the purpose of 
providing a comfortable home, practical edu- 
cation and a healthy moral atmosphere for im- 
perilled boys and girls, who through force of 
circumstances are in need of industrial en- 
couragement and christian example. In 1897 
he was chosen a member of its board of direc- 
tors and in 1903 was elected president to suc- 
ceed Moses Giddings, Esq., of Bangor. Good 
Will Farm has been in operation some twenty 
years, and the results already obtained cannot 
be too highly estimated. On September 29, 
1853, Judge Hobbs married Sarah Ann Pen- 
hallow Paine, daughter of John J. and Mary 
Paine, of Melrose, Massachusetts ; she died 
February 6, 1854. His second wife, whom he 
married February 5, i860, was Ellen Frances 
Eastman, daughter of Dr. Caleb Eastman, of 
York. Her death occurred May 3, 1901. 



Among the early families of 
HOBBS New England were three of the 

surname Hobbs, whose immigra- 
tion dated to the time of the Puritans of the 
first half of the seventeenth century. Tradi- 
tion says they were brothers, and that one re- 
turned to his mother country, while the other 
two — Maurice (or Morris) and Henry re- 
mained. Henry settled in Dover and his de- 
scendants removed to what is now North 
Berwick, where some of them still reside. 
Some of the descendants have adopted the 
spelling Hubbs, but this is not general and is 



found only in a few recent generations in iso- 
lated branches. 

(I) Maurice (or Morris) Hobbs was the 
progenitor of the New Hampshire and Maine 
families of that surname. He was born about 
161 5 and settled in the town of Hampton, 
New Hampshire, sometime between the years 
1640 and 1645, removing from thence in the 
latter named year to Rollinsford, where he 
settled on the Jjank of the river. He took the 
oath of allegiance to Massachusetts in the fall 
of 1648. There is an interesting tradition re- 
garding the immigration of Maurice Hobbs 
and the circumstances which impelled his ac- 
tion. The story is told by Dow in his valuable 
"History of Hampton" (New Hampshire) 
and can be best retold here in the words of 
that versatile writer: "He (Hobbs) has been 
paying his addresses to a young lady who for 
some cause not mentioned, turned him off, and 
thereupon he determined to emigrate to 
America. When the lady knew of it she re- 
lented, and knowing he would pass her resi- 
dence as he proceeded to embark, placed her- 
self in his view, hoping to bring about a 
reconciliation. To her grief, she found him 
inexorable ; and although she accosted him 
with the affectionate inquiry, 'Whither goest 
thou, Maurice?' yet he deigned not to turn 
his head or look back upon her ; and they 
never saw each other more." Maurice Hobbs 
married (first) Sarah Estaw, who died May 
5, 1686, and she bore him the following chil- 
dren : William, John, Sarah, Nehemiah, Mor- 
ris, James. Mary, Bethia, Hannah and Abi- 
gail. William Estaw, father of Sarah (Es- 
taw) Hobbs, was one of the grantees of 
Hampton and one of its first settlers. He was 
made freeman in 1638, and is said to have been 
a widower when he came to the town. He 
represented Hampton at the general assem- 
bly three years. His children were Sarah and 
Mary Estaw, the latter of whom married 
Thomas Marston. Maurice Hobbs married 
(second) Sarah Swett, June 13, 1678. daugh- 
ter of Captain Benjamin and Esther (Weare) 
Swett. She was born November 7, 1650, and 
died December 8, 1717. Captain Benjamin 
Swett was a noted character in early Hampton 
history and was killed by Indians, June 29, 
1677. One son was born of the second mar- 
riage of Maurice Hobbs, also Maurice by 
name. 

(II) Maurice (2), son of Maurice ( i) and 
Sarah (Swett) Hobbs, was born in Rollins- 
ford, New Hampshire, September 13, 1680, 
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daughter of Nathaniel (2) Batchelder, about 
the 3'ear 1700, and their children were: James, 
Mary, Sarah, Josiah, Theodate, Morris, Han- 
nah, Jonathan, Esther and Elizabeth. 

(III) James, elder son of Maurice (2) and 
Theodate (Batchelder) Hobbs, was born 
March 20, 1701, married Rebecca Hobbs, 
about the year 1719, and had a son James. 
(It is possible that the next mentioned was 
also their son.) 

(IV) A very rigid search has failed to dis- 
cover the birthplace of Obe (probably Oba- 
diah) Hobbs, who was born August 7, 1736. 
None of his descendants have been found who 
could tell anything about his native place or 
his residence or any particulars concerning 
him. 

(V) Obe (2), son of Obe (i) Hobbs, was 
born June 3, 1780, died December 18, 1836. 
Nothing can be found showing where he lived 
or died, and in fact the birthplace of his son, 
the next in the line, is unknown. He married, 
January i, 1807, Sally Huey, born June 5, 
1782, died June 22, 181 1, and they had one 
child, Charles Huey (q. v.), born July 11, 
1807, and a girl baby that died with its mother 
on the eve of its birth, June 22. 181 1. He 
married (second) Hannah Littlefield, Sep- 
tember 27, 1815, and they had children as 
follows: I. Samuel Littlefield, born June 8, 

1816, died May i, 1817. 2. Suel, August 18, 

1817, died November 21, 1818. 3. Samuel 
B., April 16, 1819. 4. George Littlefield, 
March 21, 1822. 5. Sally Huey, September 
23, 1824. Hannah Littlefield's sister, Rhodia 
Littlefield, born March 29, 1801, was drowned 
from falling in a well September 11, 1819. 

(VI) Charles Huey, son of Obe (2) and 
Sally (Huey) Hobbs, was born July 11, 
1807. He learned the trade of cabinet- 
maker, and carried it on in Sabattus, Lisbon 
township, Androscoggin county, Maine. He 
married Jemima, daughter of Mesach Pres- 
cott. They had only one child, born January 
10, 1830. The father died in Sabattas, Maine; 
November 19, 1830, after six weeks' illness, 
the result of typhoid fever. The only child of 
Charles Huey and Jemima (Prescott) Hobbs 
was James Bartlett (q. v.). The widowed 
mother, Hannah Hobbs, died September 23, 
1876, aged eighty-nine years and upwards. 

(VII) James Bartlett, son of Charles H. 
and Jemima (Prescott) Hobbs, was born in 
Sabattus, Lisbon township, Androscoggin 
county, Maine, January 10, 1830. He re- 
ceived a liberal school training in the local 
schools of his native town and at the Litch- 
field Institute, Litchfield Corners, and was ap- 



prenticed and learned the mason's trade at 
Portland, Maine. In 1853 became proprietor 
of a general merchandise store in Wales, 
Maine. He removed to Chicago, Illinois, in 
1856, and engaged in the produce commission 
business in 1857 and continued that business 
successfully for thirty years, retiring in 1887. 
During this time he was president of the Chi- 
cago board of trade for one year and an im- 
portant factor in building up the grain and 
produce market of Chicago. He was presi- 
dent of the North Waukegan Harbor and 
Dock Association, of the National Church In- 
surance Company, of the Commercial Loan 
& Trust Company and of the National Amer- 
ican Fire Insurance Company. His political 
affiliation was with the Prohibition party, as 
he consented to allow his name used as the 
candidate of the party for governor of Illi- 
nois in 1884, for the good of the cause of 
which he was a champion. His church affilia- 
tion was with the Methodist Episcopal church 
after he located in Chicago. He is a member 
of Grace Alethodist Episcopal Church and 
president of its board of trustees. He has 
served the denomination in all ways open to a 
layman. He has been class leader for many 
years; has been elected twice to attend the 
general conference of the church and once to 
attend the ecumenical conference. He is 
president of the Methodist Deaconess' Asso- 
ciation and of the Deaconess' Orphanage and 
Epworth Children's Home, at Lake Bluff, Illi- 
nois, president of the City Missionary and 
Church Extension Society; a trustee of the 
Northwestern University, which institute is 
under Methodist control. His native state has 
always received the devotion and attention of 
a loyal son and he joined the Maine Society 
of Chicago and the New England Society of 
Chicago and gave both liberal support. He 
married, March 20, 1853, at Litchfield, Maine, 
Mary Marrill, a daughter of the Rev. Con- 
stant Quinnam, a clergyman of the Free Bap- 
tist church, and by her he had one son, Frank 
Wallace, who was born in Chicago, where he 
was brought up and educated ; he died in New 
Mexico when thirty years of age; he married 
Margaret Blaisdell. of Chicago, and they had 
one child, James Blaisdell Hobbs, who en- 
gaged in the insurance business in Los An- 
geles, California. The wife of James Bart- 
lett Hobbs was brought up in the communion 
of the Free Baptist church and when she came 
to Chicago joined the Indiana Street Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, which church was 
merged later into the Grace Methodist Episco- 
pal church, where she entered into all the ac- 



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tivities of the society and later in life she be- 
came actively interested in the various char- 
itable and benevolent institutions of the city, 
and when her husband became interested in 
the work of the jMethodist Episcopal church 
she ably seconded him in the special work in 
which he was interested as an executive offi- 
cer. They were both persons of broad views, 
high ideals and determined industry, and bore 
a large part in quickening the march of spir- 
itual and humanitarian progress in the city 
of Chicago. 

(For first generation see Roger Eastman I.) 

(II) Philip, third son of 
EASTMAN Roger and Sarah (Smith) 
Eastman, was born in Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts, October 20, 1644. The 
name of his first wife is unknown; by her he 
had one daughter. He married (second) Au- 
gust 22, 1678, Mary Morse, born September 22, 
1645, widow of Anthony Morse, and daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Eleanor Barnard, of New- 
buryport, Massachusetts. He married (third) 

Margaret . His children were: i. 

Susannah, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, 
1673, died in the one hundredth year of her 
age. She was twice married, and twice cap- 
tured by Indians. 2. Hannah, Haverhill. No- 
vember 5, 1679. 3. Abigail, 1680. 4. Eben- 
ezer, see forward. 5. Philip, August 18, 1684. 
Philip Eastman first lived in Haverhill, Mas- 
sachusetts, where his house was burned by 
Indians, March 15, 1697, some of the family 
being captured and others dispersed. He also 
was captured at the same time, but finally es- 
caped. Later he settled in Connecticut, where 
his son had preceded him. A full record of 
the family has never been found. It is known, 
however, that he served in King Philip's war. 
On the town record of Woodstock, Connecti- 
cut, where he settled, mention is made of 
Philip Eastman as being represented by his 
heirs in the distribution of lands as laid out 
among the proprietors in 1715; mention is 
also made of his buying a piece of land in 
Ashford, a town adjoining Woodstock. He 
died prior to the year 1714. 

(HI) Ebenezer, son of Philip Eastman, was 
born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, February 
17, 1681. He married, March 4, 1710, Sarah 
Peaslee or Peasley, daughter of Colonel Na- 
thaniel and Judith (Kimball) Peaslee or Peas- 
ley. Captain Eastman was the first settler in 
Concord, New Hampshire. There are many 
interesting facts concerning the part Mr. East- 
man took in the settlement of the town that 
was to become the future capitol of the com- 



monwealth. The services he rendered, and 
the affairs of trust and honor committed to his 
charge were many, and always faithfully and 
honorably administered. Having considerable 
property, and coming as he did at the earliest 
period of settlement, with six sons, the eldest 
of whom was fifteen years of age and able to 
perform the work of a man, Captain Eastman 
became in a few years the strong man of the 
town. In 1 73 1 his house and home lot were in 
better order and he had more land under cul- 
tivation than any other person in the settle- 
ment. At the age of nine years his father's 
house was destroyed by Indians, and at nine- 
teen years of age he joined the regiment of 
Colonel Wainwright in the expedition against 
Port Royal, Nova Scotia. In 171 1, when 
about twenty-one years of age, he had com- 
mand of a company of infantry which em- 
barked on a transport forming a part of the 
fleet under Sir Howenden Walker in the expe- 
dition against Canada. In the ascent of the 
St. Lawrence river, tradition says, the weather 
was very rough and the fleet had orders to 
follow at night the great light at the admiral's 
masthead. To do so in doubling a certain 
rocky and dangerous cape would bring sure 
destruction to any ship so doing, but Captain 
Eastman, having previous knowledge of the 
state of things and supported by his men, by 
force, compelled the captain of the ship to 
deviate from the admiral's instructions and 
thus saved the ship and all on board, while 
eight or nine other vessels and about a thou- 
sand men perished by following the orders of 
the admiral. 

Captain Eastman went to Cape Breton 
twice, the first time, March 1, 1745, in com- 
mand of a company, and was present at the 
reduction of Louisburg, June 16, 1745. He 
returned November 10, 1745. Early in the 
next year he went again, and returned home 
July 9, 1746. He was also a captain in 
Colonel Sylvester Richmond's regiment of 
Massachusetts, February 6, 1744. On settling 
in Pennacook (Concord) his "house lot" was 
number 9, second range, on Main street. In 
the second survey, in 1727, he had lot No. 16, 
containing four and a half acres, on "Mill 
Brook Range," east side of the river, where 
he finally settled and had a garrison around 
his house. At the time of the massacre in 
Pennacook, August 11, 1746, Captain East- 
man and family were in a garrison on the east 
side of the river. Subsequently he erected on 
or near the spot a large two-story house, but 
before it was finished he died. "This house is 
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Pecker as a residence. Captain Eastman was 
an extensive farmer, and in 1729 took a lease 
of the farm land of Judge Sewall, containing 
five hundred acres, with the island, for a 
period of thirty years, for which he was to pay 
rent as well as to greatly improve the prop- 
erty. He died July 28, 1748, and the inventory 
of property he then left amounted to seven 
thousand nine hundred and twelve pounds, ten 
shillings and six pence. Children: Ebenezer, 
Philip, Joseph, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Obadiah, 
Ruth and Moses. 

(IV) Philip (2), second son of Ebenezer 
and Sarah (Peaslee or Peasley) Eastman, was 
born November 15, 1713, died in Concord, 
New Hampshire, September i, 1804. He was 
one of the most useful citizens of his genera- 
tion in the community where he lived, took a 
leading part in town affairs, and was known 
as a man of sterling integrity, great resolu- 
tion, moral strength and sound judgment. He 
married, in Concord, May 29, 1739, Abiah, 
daughter of Abraham and Abigail (Philbrick) 
Bradley. She was probably born in Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts. Children : Robert, Jona- 
than and Ruth. 

(V) Jonathan, second son of Philip (2) and 
Abiah (Bradley) Eastman, was born in Con- 
cord, New Hampshire, June 10, 1746, died 
there October 19, 1834. He is described as a 
man of robust frame, distinguished, daring, 
active and enterprising. He was an ardent 
patriot in the revolution ; was in Captain Jo- 
seph Abbott's company of volunteers which 
marched to reinforce the Northern Army, 
September, 1777, and was ready to fight for 
his country at any time afterwards. Squire 
Eastman, as he was usually called, lived on 
the east side of the Merrimack river in Con- 
cord, on the spot near where the old garrison 
house stood in which his grandfather had 
lived, and where all his children were born. 
He had but very little education, but learned 
to write on birch bark in the absence of pa- 
per, and in his mature years was well in- 
formed on political and local public affairs. 
As illustrative of his enterprise and force of 
character it is related that when a boy of fif- 
teen years he was sent by his father on foot 
to Conway, New Hampshire, driving two cows 
and two shoats the whole distance, and going 
by way of Saco, Maine. Near a solitary cabin 
in the woods about half way to the place 
where he was to stop, he met a bear in his 
path, which he faced, till old bruin, put out of 
countenance, fled. He lodged in the cabin 
alone at night, and reached Conway in safety 
the next day. He married (first), January 5, 



1769, Molly Chandler; and (second) July 12, 
1776, Esther Johnson, who died September 17, 
1834. She was the daughter of Francis John- 
son, son of Uriah, grandson of Major Wil- 
liam, and great-grandson of Captain Edward. 
The latter, the immigrant, came from Hern 
Hill, county of Kent, England, in 1630, and 
settled in Woburn, Massachusetts. He repre- 
sented Woburn in the general court twenty- 
eight years, and was speaker of the house. He 
published a history of New England in 1652 
and died at an advanced age, April 23, 1672. 
The children of Jonathan Eastman by his first 
wife were :• Asa and Philip. He had by the 
second wife: Molly (died young), Seth, Jon- 
athan, Robert, John Langdon, Molly and 
Susannah. 

(VI) Asa, eldest child of Jonathan and 
Molly (Chandler) Eastman, was born in 
Concord, December 5, 1770, died August 16, 
1818. About 1796 he removed to Chatham, 
New Hampshire, where he died. At the time 
of his going to Chatham, it was a wild place 
on the borders of civilization. There were no 
roads and the settlers traveled along paths on 
horseback, and in winter drew their supplies 
through the woods on sleds. He married, De- 
cember 31, 1795, Molly, born in Concord, 
May 15, 1775, died in Chatham, daughter of 
Phineas and Lucy (Pearl) Kimball. Children: 
Jonathan K., Philip, Susan, Eliza, Molly 
Chandler, Robert Kimball, Asa Parker, Lucy 
Eliza and Esther Johnson. 

(VII) Philip (3), second son of Asa and 
Molly (Kimball) Eastman, was born in Chat- 
ham, New Hampshire, February 5, 1799, died 
in Saco, Maine, August 7, 1869. He was 
graduated Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin 
College in 1820, and also received the degree 
of M. A. In 1823 he was admitted to the 
bar and commenced practice at North Yar- 
mouth, Maine, where he remained till 1836, 
when he removed to Harrison, and in 1847 to 
Saco. Here he formed a law partnership with 
his old classmate, Mr. Bradbury, and remained 
in the practice of his profession until his death. 
He was actively interested in town, county and 
state afifairs, and was often called to stations 
of honor and responsibility. In politics he 
was a Democrat. He was chairman of the 
county commissioners for Cumberland county 
from 1 83 1 to 1837, and was elected to the 
state senate in 1840-42, and in 1840 was chair- 
man of the committee on the revision of the 
statutes, and superintended their publication. 
In 1842 he was appointed chairman of the 
commission on the port of iMaine to locate 
grants in the territory which had been claimed 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



by Great Britain in the northern part of the 
second wife: Molly (died young), Seth, Jon- 
state. In 1849 he published a digest of the 
first twenty-six volumes of the Maine reports. 
He was a member of the I\Iaine Historical 
Society, and for several years a trustee of 
Bowdoin College. For six years prior to his 
death he was president of the old bank, now 
the Saco National. He was closely identified 
with the social and business interests of the 
city of his residence. He married, July 23, 
1827, Mary, born in Concord, New Hamp- 
shire, July 23, 1802, daughter of Stephen and 
Hannah (Eastman) Ambrose. Children: 
Ellen J., Ambrose, Edward and Mary Searle. 

(VIII) Edward, second son of Philip (3) 
and Mary (Ambrose) Eastman, was born 
April 3, 1837, died in Saco, July 5, 1882. He 
was educated in the common schools and at 
Bowdoin College, from which latter he was 
graduated in 1857. In 1876 he was elected 
to the state legislature as a Democrat; was 
trustee of the Saco Savings Bank, direc- 
tor of the Saco National Bank, and trus- 
tee of the Saco Academy. He married, in 
Baltimore, Maryland, June 18, 1868, Frances 
Ellen, born in Saco, August 23, 1843, daugh- 
ter of Amos and Mary Frances (Akerman) 
Chase. (See Chase, XI.) Children: Philip, 
born April 23, 1869, died August, 1869. 
Chase. 

(IX) Chase, second son of Edward and 
Frances Ellen (Chase) Eastman, born in Saco, 
September 12, 1874, was educated in the pub- 
lic schools, at Coburn Classical Institute, and 
at Bowdoin College, graduating from Bow- 
doin in 1896, with the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts. Subsequently he attended Harvard Law 
School, where he took the degree of L. C. B. 
in 1899. Two years later he began the prac- 
tice of his profession in Portland, Maine, 
where he has since continued in practice. He 
is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Delta 
Kappa Epsilon and Theta Nu Epsilon college 
fraternities, and the Cumberland and Country 
clubs of Portland. He married, June 18, 1903, 
Mary, born in Portland, September 30, 1871, 
daughter of Jonathan H. and Mary J. (West) 
Fletcher, of Portland. (See Fletcher, VII.) 
Mary, their only child, was born March 19, 
1904. 

(For first generaUon see Roger Eastman I.) 

(VI) Colonel Benjamin 

EASTMAN Franklin, ninth child and fifth 

son of Benjamin and Ann 

Carr (Barker) Eastman, born in Mt. Vernon, 

November 15, 1800, died in Portland, Febru- 



ary 10, 1894, in the ninety-fourth year of his 
age. He removed with his parents to Avon and 
afterwards lived in several other towns before 
he was twenty years old. He then became a 
clerk for his brother Samuel, who had a store 
at Strong, where he worked five months for 
five dollars a month and his board. In 1821 
he went to school at Farmington Academy for 
about ten months. Soon after he successfully 
taught the Freeman Ridge school of fifty or 
sixty pupils, and in the year that followed 
taught various other schools to the satisfac- 
tion of his constituency. For pay for his first 
term's work as a teacher he received eleven 
dollars a month for three months, and was 
paid in wheat at one dollar a bushel. In 1822 
he attended school at the academy at Bloom- 
field, now Showhegan, a short time. That fall 
he went to Ohio by wagon, being four or five 
weeks making the trip. He taught school in 
Liberty township in Butler county, and other 
places, and in 1825 returned to Strong, Maine. 
The return trip occupied thirty-seven days. In 
the year following he taught and attended 
school, bought and conducted a fulling mill, 
and worked on a farm. In 1828 he and his 
brother-in-law, James Dyar, formed a partner- 
ship and engaged in merchandising and carry- 
ing on a "potash" business in Strong. This 
partnership continued three years. Mr. East- 
man then bought Mr. Dyar's interest and car- 
ried on the business alone until 1836. In 1837 
he settled on the farm which for many years 
had been the homestead of his father-in-law, 
and there spent the following twenty-three 
years. In 1859 he sold this farm and in i860, 
forming a partnership with his son Briceno M., 
engaged in trade in Strong, under the firm 
name of B. F. Eastman & Company. They 
were in business together five years, and then 
B. F. Eastman retired from active business. 
In 1874 he removed to Portland, where he re- 
sided the remainder of his life. In politics Mr. 
Eastman was active, and a fellow laborer in 
the Republican party with Hamlin, Dow, 
Blaine and other noted leaders. He was a 
member of the celebrated Strong convention 
of 1855 or 1856, at which by a coaHtion of the 
Morrill Democrats, the Whigs and the Free- 
soil Democrats, the Republican party was 
formed. He was town clerk in Strong in 
1833-34, two years, selectman in 1834-35. 
While on the farm in Strong he served the 
town four or five years as selectman, most of 
the time as chairman. He was twice elected 
councilor to the governor, first in 1840, and 
second in 1857. He represented Franklin 
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was a member of that body, and thereafter 
a lifelong friendship existed between the two 
men. In military affairs he was also prom- 
inent and held offices as follows : July 3, 1827, 
elected ensign of the Strong Light Infantry ; 
March 29, 1828, promoted to lieutenant ; April 
2, 1829, elected major of the regiment; July 
31, 1832, elected colonel of the First Regiment, 
Second Brigade Eighth Division of the Mi- 
litia of Maine; January, 1833, he resigned his 
office as colonel. He became a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church in 1826, and was 
baptized in Sandy river in Strong, by Elder 
Elisha Streeter, in the summer of that year. 
He was steward or class leader of the church 
the greater part of the time of his church mem- 
bership, until incapacitated by age. His in- 
fluence was strong, in all church matters he 
was a leader, and in his contributions for the 
support of the church he was prompt and lib- 
eral. He was a staunch supporter of the tem- 
perance cause, and was the first merchant to 
refuse to sell rum in Strong. It hurt his trade 
to give up the traffic, but he would not handle 
what he knew to be a curse to the community. 
In 183 1 he built a house in Strong and the 
frame of that house was the first house frame 
in the village and perhaps in the town raised 
without rum. Colonel Eastman possessed 
many fine traits of character which won him 
the confidence and esteem of his fellow citi- 
zens. Some time before his death he wrote an 
extended account of his ancestry and of him- 
self which is highly prized by the members of 
his family, giving as it does many facts of 
interest which would otherwise have been lost. 

He married, March 4, 1826, Eliza Dyar, 
born in Maiden, Massachusetts, February 14, 
1806, died January 5, 1874. Their children 
were : Eliza Velzora, Briceno Mendez, James 
Fred, Imogene and Ermon Dwight. Eliza 
Dyar was the daughter of Joseph and Sally 
(Klerritt) Dyar, of Strong. Joseph Dyar was 
tlie son of Joseph Dyar, of Boston, a sea cap- 
tain, who was a member of the celebrated 
party which threw the tea into Boston harbor 
in revolutionary times. 

(VII) Briceno Mendez, second child and 
eldest son of Benjamin F. and Eliza (Dyar) 
Eastman, was born in Strong, February 17, 
1 83 1, and was educated in the public schools 
of Strong and Phillips. He remained with his 
father until 1865, and then came to Portland 
and with his brother, in 1865, started the firm 
of Eastman Brothers, dealers in dry goods, 
now one of the leading houses of its kind in 
the city of Portland. In 1866 the "Great Fire" 
swept away their entire stock ; but they were 



not discouraged, and started again, continuing 
under the firm name of Eastman Brothers 
until 1880, when Walter P. Bancroft was ad- 
mitted as a partner and the style of the firm 
was changed to Eastman Brothers & Bancroft, 
which it has ever since remained. Mr. East- 
man is a conservative Republican. In religious 
faith he is a Methodist, is a trustee and 
steward of his church and has been superin- 
tendent of its Sunday-school. He married, in 
Strong, August 4, 1864, Martha Russ, born in 
Strong, November 6, 1840, died June 16, 1904, 
daughter of Adam and INIary (Johnson) Clark. 
Their children are : Fred Ermon, Caroline 
Imogene Alice Clark, Lucina Theresa and Har- 
old Benjamin. Fred E. is mentioned below. 
Caroline Imogene, born in Portland, May 7, 
1868. married Herbert A. Richardson, mer- 
chant, of Portland. Alice Clark, Portland, 
October 30, 1871, is single. Lucina Theresa, 
Portland, January 8, 1873, died February 17, 
1893. Harold Benjamin, Portland, June 24, 
1878, married Elizabeth Clifford, and has one 
child, ]\Iartha. 

(VTII) Fred Ermon, eldest child of Briceno 
M. and ]\Iartha R. (Clark) Eastman, was born 
in Strong, July 17, 1865. At the age of one 
year he was brought by his parents to Port- 
land, where he has since resided. He went to 
school until eighteen years of age, and then 
became a clerk in the employ of the firm of 
Eastman Brothers & Bancroft. From that po- 
sition he advanced through dift'erent depart- 
ments in the store until 1902, when, upon the 
incorporation of the concern, he was made gen- 
eral manager, a position he has since held. 
He is a director of the Fidelity Trust Com- 
pany, vice-president of the Portland Board of 
Trade, director Associated Charities, director 
of Portland Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion, president of the Eastman Association of 
America, member of the Maine Genealogical 
Society, of the Civic Federation, the Portland 
Athletic and the Portland Country clubs. He 
is also a member of Portland Lodge, No. i. 
Free and Accepted Masons, of Portland, mem- 
ber and steward of Chestnut Street Methodist 
Episcopal church. He married, at Portland, 
September 10, 1890, Lilian Thomas, bom in 
New Bedford, August 3, 1869, daughter of 
Thomas and Mary Josephine (Pierce) Ed- 
wards. Her father, a son of John Crabtree 
Edwards, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsyl- 
vania. Her mother was born in New Bedford, 
Massachusetts. The children of Fred E. and 
Lilian T. (Edwards) Eastman are: Thomas 
Edwards, born March 7, 1892. Laurence Ed- 
wards, born October 4, 1894. 



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(For first generation see Roger Eastman I.) 

(II) Thomas, fourth son and 
EASTMAN child of Roger Eastman, was 
born in Salisbury, Massa- 
chusetts, September ii, 1646, married, Janu- 
ary 20, 1679, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, De- 
borah, daughter of George and Joannah 
(Davis) Corlis. He took the oath of allegiance 
in 1675. Thomas was a soldier in King 
Philip's war, and was killed by the Indians. 
The issue of this marriage was Jonathan, 
Sarah, Joanna (twins), and Joannah, 2d. 

(III) Jonathan, eldest son of Thomas East- 
man, was born on the shores of the musical 
Merrimack, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and 
took to wife Hannah Green, April 8, 1701. 
Having spent some years of married life in 
Haverhill, Jonathan is reported to have re- 
moved to Andover, Massachusetts, and thence 
to Concord, New Hampshire, then Rumford, 
and purchased the land whereon St. Paul's 
school now stands. Jonathan executed a will 
March 2, 1747, and appointed his son Amos 
executor, and the will was admitted to probate 
at Exeter, May 30, 1758. He was a man of 
powerful frame and stood six feet and four 
inches. In 1759 Amos removed with his 
mother to Hollis, New Hampshire. The dates 
of the deaths of Jonathan and Hannah are not 
given in the records. Hannah was taken in 
captivity by the Indians during Queen Anne's 
war. Haverhill was then a small town of 
thirty houses, and it was imperfectly protected 
from the ferocious assaults of the hidden, sav- 
age foe. The men went armed everywhere. 
At church the settlers carried their guns in 
one hand and the Bible in the other. The 
musket lay beside them when they worked in 
the field, and they slept within reach of it at 
night. During the absence of Jonathan the 
Indians appeared, dashed out the brains of 
his infant child, and carried Hannah a captive 
to Canada. She suffered immensely and en- 
dured incredible hardship. Weary from long 
marches, chilled from exposure, emaciated 
from fasting, grieved at being separated from 
her husband and the loss of her child, expect- 
ing everv moment to be tomahawked, she at 
length reached the end of the perilous journey 
through the wilderness. After three years of 
imprisonment, Jonathan, who had followed in 
search of her, luckily one day passed the house 
of a friendly French woman, in whose home 
she had sought shelter from the Indians. Thus 
were husband and wife again reunited. The 
story reads more like a romance than of actual 
reality. 

(IV) Richard, fifth child and third son of 



Jonathan and Hannah (Green) Eastman, was^ 
born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, August 9,. 
1 712, died in Lovell, Maine, December, 1807. 
Married, in Andover, Massachusetts, by Rev. 
Mr. Philips, November 15, 1737, Molly Love- 
joy, born December 17, 171 8, baptized Decem- 
ber 24, 1718, daughter of Henry and Sarah 
(Farnum) Lovejoy. She died in Pembroke, 
New Hampshire, June 14, 1764. He married 
(second) Sarah Abbott, daughter of James 
and Abigail (Farnum) Abbott, of West Par- 
ish, Concord, New Hampshire, born August 
17, 1730. Sarah was the widow of Job Ab- 
bott. Richard set up his lares and penates in 
Pembroke, New Hampshire. Like the custom 
of the day, he followed the river in seeking a 
new home. In 1768 he is recorded as living 
in Conway, New Hampshire. He took title 
to the mill property of Thomas Chadbourne 
there. He next removed to Lovell, Maine, 
and ran a ferry across the Saco river, and later 
was toll gatherer at the bridge thrown across 
the stream. He was the first man to hold the 
office of selectman in Fryeburg, and was a pil- 
lar in the church. His descendants abound 
very numerously in the Saco valley. The 
children of Richard and Molly (Lovejoy) 
Eastman, all born in Pembroke, New Hamp- 
shire, were Caleb, Jonathan (2), Mary, Ab- 
iathar, Richard (2), Sarah, Job, Noah, Han- 
nah, Martha, Abiah, Esther. Children by the 
second wife were Daniel, Cyrus, Susannah, 
Jeremy and Jonas. 

(V) Daniel, child of Richard and Sarah 
(Abbott) Eastman, was born in Pembroke, 
New Hampshire, April 21, 1766, died in Lov- 
ell, Maine, January 16, 1844. Married Sarah 
Whiting; she died January 19, 1806. He was 
town clerk of Lovell, and a very fine penman. 
He served in the revolutionary war under 
Lieutenant Farrington, of Fryeburg. ;\Iaine. 
The last years of his eminently useful life 
were clouded with the misfortune of blindness. 
He had issue born to him as follows : Phineas, 
James, Sally, Solomon, Cyrus, Asa, Daniel 
(2), Jonas and Isaac. 

(VI) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) and 
Sarah (Whiting) Eastman, was born in Lov- 
ell, Maine. 1799, died 1878. He was educated 
in the public schools, was a farmer, speculated 
in timber and timber lots, was justice of the 
peace and trial justice. A Republican in poli- 
tics, and a member of the Congegational 
church. He married (first) Lucy Walker. 
Their children were James W., Hall C, Ho- 
race, Abigail and Mary Ann. He married 
(second) Rebecca Smart, of Prospect. Maine, 
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Andrew J., Seth S., Lucy W., Tobias Lord, 
Susan L and Emma J. 

(VII) Tobias Lord, fourth child of Daniel 
(2) and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, was born 
in Stowe, Maine, December 30, 1844. He was 
educated in the schools of Lovell. When thir- 
teen years old he clerked in store and attended 
school until seventeen years of age. He joined 
the army when seventeen years old, but on 
account of youth was not permitted to enlist. 
He followed the company to New Orleans and 
was enlisted there Rlay i, 1862, in Company 
E, Twelfth Maine Regiment, and was there 
mustered out August 20, 1865. He served 
under Generals Butler, Banks, and Phil Sheri- 
dan, was orderly and did clerical work when 
not in the field. He saw a great deal of active 
service, was one of the volunteers to go into 
the action of Ponchatula, Mississippi, July, 
1862, was at Port Hudson, and at the stubborn 
siege at Petersburg, was in Washington in 
1864, and was in the engagements at Cedar 
Creek and Fisher's Hill. At the close of the 
war he returned to Lovell, Maine, and worked 
in the store of A. H. Price as clerk, remained 
one year, went to East Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts, where he was employed in the store of 
J. M. Price, brother of A. H. Price, of Lovell, 
remained there one year, went then to Steep 
Falls, Maine, and was engaged as clerk in a 
country store, remained there four years, went 
into the railway mail service in 1874, running 
from Portland, Maine, to Swanton, Vermont, 
continuing in the service for six years, health 
failed him and he laid off duty for six months ; 
was appointed postmaster of Fryeburg, Maine, 
by President Garfield, which position he held 
four years. He then embarked in the corn 
packing business in Fryeburg in 1886, and 
continued in the same until 1902. He did a 
sixty-thousand-dollar-a-year business. In 1902 
a corporation was formed of the business, and 
it is now known as The Eastman Canning 
Company, of which Mr. Eastman is president. 
In igo2 the Eastman and Warren Company, 
general store, of Fryeburg, was incorporated, 
in which Mr. Eastman is a stockholder, and 
is manager and assistant treasurer. Mr. East- 
man is interested in the lumber business, and 
is a director in the United States Trust Com- 
pany of Portland, Maine, with a branch office 
in Fryeburg. He is also a trustee of Frye- 
burg Academy, and a member of the Eastman 
Association of New Hampshire. He is a lead- 
ing Republican, and represented his town in 
the legislature in 1891-02. While in the house 
he served on the agricultural, military, and 
other committees, on which he acted as secre- 



tary. He is a member of the Pythagorean 
Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Fryeburg; Aurora 
Chapter, R. A. M., Cornish; Portland Council, 
of Portland ; Portland Commandery, Kora 
Temple, of Lewiston ; the Consistory of Port- 
land, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. 
He is a member of Pequawket Lodge, K. of 
P., of Fryeburg ; of Pequawket Lodge, I. O. 
O. F., of Brownfield, Maine ; Kezar Valley 
Encampment, of Lovell, Maine ; of Grover 
Post, No. 126, G. A. R., of Fryeburg, Maine; 
and of the Pilgrim Fathers. He is active in 
the Congregational church, moderator and 
chairman of the prudential committee. 

He married (first), in 1876, Mary M., 
daughter of Rev. P. M. Hobson, of Standish, 
Maine. Their children were: i. James W., 
born April 11, 1878, educated at Fryeburg 
Academy, and is now treasurer of the East- 
man and Warren Company, general store, 
Fryeburg. Since the formation of the com- 
pany, in 1902, Mr. Warren has retired, and 
the store is now owned by Tobias, Lord, and 
James W. Eastman. James W. married Ina 
W. Sawtelle, and has three children : Tobias 
Clifford, Harold and Robert. 2. Reba, born 
1880, was educated in the schools of Standish, 
New Gloucester, Maine, and the Conservatory 
of Music, Boston, also in a private school in 
Portland. She was stenographer to Mr. Brad- 
ley, of Portland, and subsequently to Mr. 
Hastings, attorney, in Fryeburg. She married 
Dr. Joseph RL Thompson, of New Gloucester, 
Maine, now located in Walpole, New Hamp- 
shire. Tobias L. Eastman's wife died Febru- 
ary 28, 1880. He married (second). May 20, 
1884, Adelia S., daughter of Henry Walker, 
of Fryeburg. They have one daughter Edna, 
born 1888; she graduated from Fryeburg 
Academy in 1906, and is now a student at 
Simmons College. 



Edmund Bridges, the im- 
BRIDGES migrant ancestor, was born in 

England in 1612. He came in 
the ship "James," in July, 1635, giving his age 
as twenty-three. He settled at Lynn and fol- 
lowed his trade as blacksmith. He was ad- 
mitted a freeman September 7, 1639, and was 
one of the proprietors of the town. He re- 
moved to Rowley, and was living there in 
1641, when he had a suit at law at Ipswich. 
He was a proprietor of Rowley. The general 
court. May 26, 1647, ordered him "to answer 
at Essex Court for neglect to further public 
service by delaying to shoe Mr. Symond's 
horse when he was about to come to the Gen- 
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labor unions and strikes in America. He de- 
posed in 1658 that he was aged about forty- 
six years. He removed to Ipswich, Massachu- 
setts. He was a subscriber to the Denison 
fund in 1648; was a commoner of Ipswich as 
early as 1664, and a voter in 1679. He ad- 
ministered the estate of his third wife's son, 
John Littlehale, November 25, 1675. He re- 
moved finally to Topsfield. He died January 
13, 1684. His will is dated January 6, 1694, 
and proved March 31, 1695. The inventory 
amounts to 235 pounds. He married (first) 

Alice ; (second) Elizabeth , who 

died December, 1664, and (third) April 6, 
1665, Mary Littlehale, who died October 21, 
1691, widow of Richard Littlehale. Children: 
I. Edmund Jr., born 1637; died 1682; lived at 
Topsfield and Salem; married, January 11, 
1659-60, Sarah Towne, daughter of William ; 
she married (second) Peter Clayes. 2. 
Hachaliah, lost at sea, 1671-2. 3. Obadiah, 
born about 1646; died about 1677; married, 
October 25, 1671, Mary Smith; (second) 
Elizabeth , who married (second) Jo- 
seph Parker. 4. John, married Sarah How, 
daughter of James and Elizabeth; (second) 
Mary Post, widow, March i, 1677-8. 5. 
Josiah, mentioned below. 6. Mehitable, born 
at Rowley, March 26, 1641-2. 7. Faith, mar- 
ried Daniel Black, who settled at York, Maine. 
8. Bethia, married, October 26, 1663, Joseph 
Peabody. 9. Mary. 

(II) Josiah, fifth son of Edmund (i) 
Bridges, was born about 1650. He lived at 
Ipswich, Boxford and Topsfield, Massachu- 
setts. He married (first), November 13, 1676, 
Elizabeth Norton, and (second), September 
19, 1677, Ruth Greenslip. Children, born at 
Topsfield: i. Josiah Jr., born May 29, 1680; 
mentioned below. 2. Daughter born May, 
1695-6. Perhaps others. 

(III) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) Bridges, 
was born at Topsfield, May 29, 1680. He re- 
moved to York, Maine, where his father's 
sister settled (Mrs. Daniel Black), and prob- 
ably other neighbors and relatives from Box- 
ford and Topsfield. He was in York before 
1719. He bought a quarter-interest in the 
lands of John Hoy (Hoyt?), of York, eighty- 
four acres, in the section called Brickson, or 
Bricksum, September 6, 1719. He bought an- 
other quarter of the same land August 14, 
1723. He bought of John and Tabitha Lins- 
cott, in exchange for some of his York prop- 
erty, a small house and land, March 23, 1719, 
showing that he had land at York by grant 
or inheritance not mentioned in York Deeds. 
Bridges sold land to Linscott December 15, 



1719, located at Bricksum, York; also to 
Peter Nowell, on the highway to York Bridge, 
March 3, 1721, and to Joseph Moulton thir- 
teen acres on the highway at the southeast 
end of York Bridge, January 10, 1721. He 
bought land also of David Robertson, mariner, 
of Boston, and September 18, 1732, sixty 
acres in Kittery, Maine, of Charles Frost. He 
sold land near the bridge in York, September 
19, 1732, to Charles Mclntire. The will of 
Josiah Bridges was dated January 10, 1753, 
and proved January 6, 1755. He died, there- 
fore, in 1754. He bequeathed all his movables, 
except money at interest, to his widow Eliza- 
beth ; to his granddaughter, Ruth Hamilton 
(Hambelton), to his four sons — Josiah, John, 
Edmund and Daniel — two-thirds of his money 
at interest, the remainder to be divided after 
his wife's death. He seems to have divided 
his property by deed. His son John was 
executor. Children: i. Edmund, baptized at 
Boxford, June, 1703; mentioned below. 2. 
Hepzibah. 3. Mercy. 4. Josiah. 5. John. 6. 
Daniel. 

(IV) Edmund (2), son of Josiah (2) 
Bridges, was born at Boxford, and baptized 
there June 17, 1703. He married Sarah 
Beede, daughter of Henry Beede, of York, 
Maine. He settled in York, Maine, probably 
on the homestead. Children, born at York. i. 
Daniel, born November 24, 1735. 2. Ruth, 
born November 17, 1737. 3. Edmund, born 
November 17, 1739. 4. Sarah, born May 17, 
1744-5. 5. Martha, born January 17, 1744-5. 
6. Thomas, born October 19, 1747. 7. Joshua, 
born March 7, 1749-50, mentioned below. 

(V) Joshua, son of Edmund (2) Bridges, 
was born March 7, 1749-50, at York, and 
died there August 25, 1826. He settled in 
York, and married there, in 1777, Elizabeth 
Grant, who died January 17, 1831. He was a 
soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain 
Johnson Moulton's company of minute-men on 
"the Lexington call, April 19, 1775; also in 
Captain Samuel Darby's company. Colonel 
James Scammon's regiment, in August, 1775, 
at Cambridge, Massachusetts ; also in Captain 
Philip Hubbard's company at Kittery Point 
and York in 1776. Children, bom at York: 
I. Stephen, born January i, 1778; died Au- 
gust, 1778. 2. Lucy, born August i, 1779, 
died February, 1825 ; married Samuel Par- 
sons. 3. Stephen, born October 20, 1781, mar- 
"ried Mary Donnell. 4. John, born May 25, 

1783, mentioned below. 5. Daniel, born June 
3, 1787, married Hannah Seavey; children: 
i. Mary Jane, born August 5, 1814, married, 
June 3, 1839, William Preble; ii. Eliakim, born 




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May 5, 1816; iii. Abigail, born July 23, 1818, 
married, February 10, 1741, Theodore Don- 
rtell, and she died April 2, 1845 J iv. William, 
born March 22, 1841, married Theda Jellison ; 
V. Lucy Ann, born August 12, 1827, married. 
February 2, 1846, Theodore Donnell; vi. 
George, born November 27, 1832, married, 
January 28, 1855, Martha Jellison. 

(VI) John, son of Joshua Bridges, was 
born in York, IMay 25, 1783. He settled in 
York, and married Betsey Winn, of Wells, 
Maine. Children: i. Aurilla. 2. x\nn. 3. 
Benjamin, mentioned below. 4. John. 5. Sally. 
6. Edmund. 7. Jeremiah. 

(VII) Benjamin, son of John Bridges, was 
born in York, October 19, 181 1, and died 
there July 6, 1864. He was educated in the 
public schools of York, and for many years 
was head light-keeper for the government at 
the Boon Island lighthouse, York. He mar- 
ried, December i, 1836, Clarissa Philbrook, 
born August 22, 1816, died April 2, 1877, 
daughter of Daniel and Mary (Todd) Phil- 
brook, of Rye, New Hampshire. (See Phil- 
brook below.) Children, born at York: i. 
George, born March 16, 1838, died March 13, 
1839. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born February 3, 
1841, married, December 21, 1862, John 
Glenn; children: i. Abbie E. Glenn, born Jan- 
uary 15, 1866; ii. Elsie M. Glenn, born Sep- 
tember 24, 1867. 3. George E., born May 16, 
1844; died September 26, 1870. 4. Mary C, 
born October 30, 1846, died June 4, 1850. 5. 
Benjamin F., born June 5, 1850, married, Feb- 
ruary II, 1867; children: i. Rosealtha, born 
September 24, 1867; ii. Bernice C, born May 
12, 1870; iii. George E., born February 5, 
1872. 6. Joseph Coburn, born October 15, 
1852, mentioned below. 7. Mary S., born 
May 18. 1856, married, December 31. 1885, 
George N. Thompson ; no children. 

(VIII) Joseph Coburn, son of Benjamin 
Bridges, was born in York, October 15, 1852. 
He was educated in the public schools of 
York, and learned the mason's trade. He 
worked for some years as journeyman in Bos- 
ton, Providence and elsewhere. He then en- 
gaged in business as a contractor and house- 
painter for a number of years. For the past 
twenty-five years he has been in the real estate 
business in York. Mr. Bridges is a Republican 
in politics. He is a member of Riverside 
Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Kittery, Maine ; of 
St. Aspinquid Lodge of Free Masons, of 
York; of Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, 
of South Berwick: of Bradford Command- 
ery. Knights Templar, Biddeford ; of Maine 
Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Saco; 



of Kora Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, 
Lewiston, Maine ; of the Consistory, Scottish 
Rite iMasonry, Portland. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Knights of Constantine. He mar- 
ried, January 26, 1897, Lillian Armine Moul- 
ton, born January 8, 1866, daughter of Charles 
and Theodosia "jenette (Langton) Moulton, 
granddaughter of John Moulton and great- 
granddaughter of John Moulton. 

Clarissa (Philbrook) Bridges, wife of Ben- 
jamin Bridges (\TI), was a descendant of 
Thomas Philbrick (I), through James (II), 
and Joseph (HI), which see elsewhere in this 
work. 

(IV) Joses, son of Joseph Philbrook (Phil- 
brick), was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, 
November 5, 1703, and died at Rye, New 
Hampshire, March 24, 1757. He moved to 
Rye with his parents when a child. He was a 
blacksmith by trade, an active and useful citizen 
and large land owner. He married, January 4, 
1727, Abigail, daughter of William Locke. 
Children, born in Rye: i. Hannah, November 
27, 1727; married Reuben Moulton. 2. Tri- 
phena, April 24, 1729; married, 1760, John 
Sanders; (second) Jonathan Berry. 3. Abi- 
gail, November 11, 1730. 4. Sarah, November 
9, 1732; married Robert Aloulton. 5. Joseph, 
August 10, 1735; lived at Hampton and Rye; 
married, December 2, 1760, Ann Towle. 6. 
Deacon Reuben, February 27, 1737 ; married 
Hannah Locke; (second) Mary Wedgwood, 
widow; (third) Mary Dalton ; (fourth) Mary 
Bell. 7. Daniel, February 2, 1740; married 
Abigail Marden. 8. Jonathan (see forward). 

9. Alary, born April 12, 1749; died November 

15. 1834- 

(y) Jonathan, son of Joses Philbrook, was 
born in Rye, New Hampshire, November 26, 
1745; died April 2, 1822. He was a black- 
smith by trade. There was a Jonathan Phil- 
brook in the revolution, but the writer lacks 
positive proof that he was this Jonathan. He 
married, December 8, 1768, Mary, born Feb- 
ruary 12, 1749, daughter of Ebenezer Marden. 
Children, born in Rye: i. Daniel, July, 1769; 
mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, September 29, 
1772; married June i, 1797, Sarah Wells. 3. 
Abigail, October 30, 1776; married December 

10, 1801, James Chapman. 4. Elder Ephraim, 
September 9, 1780; married Sally Webster. 
5. Elizabeth, November 2, 1783 ; married Lieu- 
tenant Joseph Jenness. 6. Joseph, May 27, 
1788; married Betsey Page. 

(VI) Daniel Philbrook, son of Jonathan 
Philbrook, born in Rye, 1769; died in York, 
May 14, 1840. He married (first) Betsey 
Wells; (second) IMary Todd, of Kitterv, De- 



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cember 25, 1795. She was born November 28, 
1776; died August 30, 1867. Children: i. 
John, born 1797 (no record of death). 2. 
Mary, born 1799; died November, 1870; mar- 
ried William Taylor, of Gloucester, Massa- 
chusetts. 3. George, born 1801 ; died 1857. 4. 
Daniel, born 1805; died January 14, 1852; 
married Almira Leach, of York. 5. Sally, 
born 1807; died 1838. 6. William, born 1810; 
died July 30, 1879; married Olivia Varrell, of 
York. 7. James, born 1812; died November 
23, 1891 ; married Eliza Ayers, of York. 8. 
Clarissa, born August 22, 1816; died April 2, 
1877; married Benjamin Bridges, of York. 9. 
Samuel, born February 8, 1822; died August 
27, 1874 ; married Rosalthea Peters, of Alton, 
Illinois. 



(For first generation see preceding sketch.) 

(II) John, son of Edmund ( i ) 
BRIDGES Bridges, resided in Andover, 
Massachusetts. He married 
(first) Sarah, daughter of James and Eliza- 
beth How, December 6, 1666. He married 
(second), March i, 1677-78, Mary Post, 
widowf. Children of first wife : i. James, men- 
tioned below. 2. Sarah, married (first), 
April 2, 1694, Samuel Preston; (second) 
William Price, of Ashford, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren of second wife: 3. Mary, born January 
27, 1678-79. 4. Samuel, July 19, 1861. 5. 
Elizabeth, June 5, 1683. 6. Mehitable, April 
29, 1688. 

(III) James (i), son of John Bridges, was 
born in 1671 and died April 24, 1739. He 
married. May 24, 1692, Sarah, who died Sep- 
tember 18, 1736, daughter of John and Martha 
Marston. Children: i. Sarah, born February 
25, 1693-94, married Nathan Frye. 2. James, 
February 16, 1695-96, mentioned below. 3. 
Bertha, August 9, 1696, married, July 15, 
1720, Philemon Dalton ; married (second) 
Samuel Morse. 4. Hannah, married, April, 
1728, Samuel Preston. 

(IV) James (2), son of James (i) Bridges, 
was born February 16, 1695-96, died July 17, 
1747. He married (first), December 28, 1721, 
Eleanor, born October 17, 1700, died May 5, 
1736, daughter of Caleb Moody. He married 
(second) Mary Abbot, born March 24, 1700, 
died 1774. Children, born at Andover: i. 
Moody, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born Oc- 
tober 29, 1724. 3. James, June 2, 1729, mar- 
ried, September 4, 1755, Mary Twitchell. 4. 
Sarah, March 4, 1733, died October i, 1738. 
5. Abigail. 6. Eleanor. 7. Sarah, December 
21, 1739. 8. John, September 5, 1741. 9. 
Chloe, December 28, 1743. 



(V) Moody, son of James (2) Bridges, was 
a grantee of Bridgeton, Maine, which is said 
to have been named for him. He married, 
November 5, 1747, Naomi, daughter of Isaac 
Frye, of Andover. Children, born at An- 
dover: I. Naomi, September 7, 1748, married 
Jedediah Sweet, of Pittston. 2. Sarah, June 
14, 1750, died February 16, 1754. 3. James, 
November 4, 1751, died November 22, 1789. 

4. Isaac, February 3, 1753, mentioned below. 

5. Sarah, 1754, died at Readfield, Maine, 
March 6, 1809; married John Dean, of Exe- 
ter, New Hampshire. 6. Abigail, September 
25. 1756. 7. Eleanor, October 8, 175 — , died 
February 22, 1801 ; married James \'arnum. 
8. Susanna, May 3, 1760. 9. Enoch, August 
23, 1762, died June 7, 1764. 10. Hannah, 
September 17, 1764, died 1843. 11. Martha, 
April 30, 1767, died young. 12. Dorcas, May 
23, 1769, died August 26, 1839; married 
James Tyler. 13. Ruby, April 30, 1771, mar- 
ried James Jewett. 

(\'I) Isaac, son of Moody Bridges, was 
born February 3, 1753, and is thought to be 
the Isaac Bridges who settled at Penobscot, 
Maine. Children, born at Penobscot: Bizer, 
February 5, 1786, mentioned below; Molly, 
Isaac, Aaron, Jesse, Hannah, John. 

(VII) Bizer, son of Isaac Bridges, was 
born in Penobscot, Maine, February 5, 1786, 
died in 1869. He married Deborah Stover. ' 
Children : Otis, Robert, Jeremiah, mentioned 
below ; Phebe, Willis, Lucy, George, William, 
Eliza, Infant, died young. 

(VIII) Jeremiah, son of Bizer Bridges, was 
born in Penobscot, Maine, about 1815, died in 
Newport, Maine. He was a blacksmith by 
trade. He was fond of music, and had a fine 
voice. He had a singing-school in Stetson, 
Maine, and also made carriages there. He 
married Lucinda Snow. Children : Humphrey 
Atkins, Otis, Willis, Robert Adams, mentioned 
below ; Charles. 

(IX) Robert Adams, son of Jeremiah 
Bridges, was born in Stetson, Maine, October 
18, 1854, died May 10, 1901. He was edu- 
cated in the district schools of his native town. 
At the age of about sixteen he went to Bangor, 
Maine, and began his business career as clerk 
in the hardware store of Rice & Skinner. He 
became the junior partner of the firm which 
succeeded his employers, under the firm name 
of Fogg & Bridges. The business was sold 
several years later to the firm of Rice & Mil- 
ler, and from that time to his death he was 
associated with the firm of Haynes & Chalm- 
ers, hardware dealers. He was a member of 
the Odd Fellows. He married Mary E., 



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daughter of William Holden. Children: i. 
Harry, living in St. John, New Brunswick. 
2. Grace S., living at Bangor, Maine. 3. 
Ralph Emerson, mentioned below. 4. Mabel 
L., married Jones and lives at Portland, Maine. 
(X) Ralph Emerson, son of Robert Adams 
Bridges, was born in Bangor, May 29, 1879. 
He was educated in the public schools of 
Bangor, and graduated from the high school 
in that city. He began February i, 1898, as 
clerk for the Eastern Trust and Banking 
Company, and continued until March i, 1905, 
when he became treasurer of the Merchants 
Trust and Banking Company, a position he 
filled with ability and credit until June i. 1907, 
when he became the treasurer of the Carter- 
Corey Company, wholesale dealers in potatoes 
and fertilizers, his present position. He and 
his wife attend the Protestant Episcopal 
church. He married, June 5, 1905, Edith 
Gordon, daughter of Edward B. and Willa 
(Gordon) Cummings. They have no chil- 
dren. 



CHASE 



The annals of North America are 

frequently embellished by this 

name, which has been borne by 

statesmen, jurists, soldiers, clergymen and 

others honored in the various walks of life. 

For many years the earliest known ancestor 
of the American family of this name was 
Aquila Chase, who was among the founders 
of Hampton, New Hampshire, and said to be 
from Cornwall, England, by several antiquar- 
ians on the authority of tradition. A long 
search has established, beyond a reasonable 
doubt, that he was from Chesham in Bucking- 
hamshire, some thirty miles northwest of Lon- 
don. The family is said to have been of Nor- 
man origin, and it has been suggested that 
the name was formerly La Chasse. In the old 
English records it is spelled Chaace and 
Chaase, and in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen- 
turies it was modified to the form now most in 
use — Chase. 

(I) Matthew Chase, of Hundritche, parish 
of Chesham, gives his father's name as John, 
and the father of the latter as Thomas. As 
the name of Matthew's wife is the first female 
found in the line, this article will number Mat- 
thew as the first. His wife was Elizabeth, 
daughter of Richard Bould. 

(II) Richard, son of Matthew and Eliza- 
beth (Bould) Chase, married Mary Roberts, 
of Welsden, in Middlesex. He had brothers, 
Francis, John, Matthew, Thornas, Ralph and 
William, and a sister Bridget. 

(III) Richard (2), son of Richard and 



Mary (Roberts) Chase, was baptized August 
23, 1542, and was married September 16, 1564, 
to Joan (or Anne) Bishop. Their children 
were : Robert, Henry, Lydia, Ezekiel, Dorcas, 
Aquila, Jason, Thomas, Abigail and Mordecai. 

(IV) Aquila, son of Richard (2) and Joan 
or Anne (Bishop) Chase, was baptized Au- 
gust 14, 1580, and died December 24, 1670. 
The unique name of Aquila is found nowhere 
in England, before or since, coupled with the 
name of Chase, which makes it reasonably cer- 
tain that this Aquila was the ancestor of the 
American family. One tradition gives the 
name of his wife as Sarah, and another as 
Martha Jellison. Record is found of two sons, 
Thomas and Aquila, the latter born in 1618. 
It is generally believed that William Chase, 
the first of the name in America, was an elder 
son, and that the others came with him or fol- 
lowed later. The fact of their being minors 
would lead to their absence from the records 
of the earliest days of William in this country. 
Some authorities intimate that Thomas and 
Aquila were employed by their uncle, Thomas 
Chase, who was part owner of the ship "John 
and Francis," and thus became navigators and 
so found their way to America. This theory 
is borne out by the fact that Aquila was 
granted a house lot and six acres of marsh by 
the inhabitants of Newbury, Massachusetts, 
"on condition that he do go to sea and do 
service in the Towne with a boat for foure 
years." 

(V) Aquila (2), son of Aquila (i) Chase, 
settled in Newbury, Massachusetts (that part 
now Newburyport), about 1646. He was for- 
merly in Hampton (now part of New Hamp- 
shire), where he and his brother Thomas re- 
ceived grants of land in June, 1640, along 
with fifty-five others. There, as owner of a 
house lot, he was listed among those entitled 
to a share in the common lands, December 2},, 
1645. This he subsequently sold to his brother, 
as shown by town records after his removal 
to Newbury. His eldest child is said to have 
been born in • Hampton. His wife, Anne 
(Wheeler) Chase, was a daughter of John 
Wheeler, who came from Salisbury, England. 
In September, 1646, according to the county 
records, Aquila Chase and his wife, with her 
brother, David Wheeler, were presented and 
fined "for gathering pease on the Sabbath." 
They were admonished by the court, after 
which their fines were remitted. Mr. Chase 
died December 27, 1670, aged fifty-two years. 
His widow married again, and died April 21, 
1687. Aquila Chase's children were named: 
Sarah and Anne (twins), Priscilla, Mary, 



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Aquila, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Ruth, Dan- 
iel and Moses. 

(VI) Moses, eleventh and youngest child of 
Aquila (2) and Anne (Wheeler) Chase, was 
born December 24, 1663, in Newbury. He was 
married November 10, 1682 or 1684, to Anna 
FoUansbee, and settled in West Newbury, on 
the main road, about one hundred rods above 
Bridge street (present). A large majority of 
the Chases in the United States are said to 
be his descendants. He died September 6, 
1743. His children were: Moses (died 
young) and Daniel (twins), Moses, Samuel, 
Elizabeth, Stephen, Hannah, Joseph and Ben- 
oni. 

(VII) Samuel, fourth son and child of 
Moses and Anna (FoUansbee) Chase, was 
born May 13, 1690, and married, December 8, 
1713, Hannah Emery. Their children were: 
Francis, Amos, Hannah, Mary (died young), 
Anne, Samuel, Mary, Betsey, Benjamin, John. 

(VIII) Deacon Amos, second son and child 
of Samuel and Hannah (Emery) Chase, was 
born in Newbury, January 15, 1718. He emi- 
grated to Saco, Maine, then called Pepperell- 
borough, in honor of Sir William Pepperell, 
Baronet, who owned a large tract of land, a 
portion of which was granted for a "towne 
settlement" about 1740. "Mr. Chase was with- 
out doubt one of the fruits of the great re- 
ligious revival beginning in 1735 in Newbury, 
Massachusetts, under Jonathan Edwards, con- 
tinued by Whitefield, Tennant, and others, the 
account of which would fill a volume." Mr. 
Chase attempted a settlement in Buxton, on a 
right belonging to his father. Tradition says 
"he was the first person to drive a team into 
the town; and that his daughter Rebecca was 
the first white child born m Buxton." The 
war of 1^4 caused him to return to Newbury, 
from which place he returned to Saco, and 
settled at "the Ferry" at the mouth of the Saco 
river. In 1760 he removed to the estate two 
miles above, where he spent the remainder of 
his long and active life. "The stately elms 
which overshadowed the residence of the good 
deacon" he carried to the spot and set out with 
his own hands about the time of his removal. 
No one knows their size or age at the time 
they were transplanted, but they have already 
stood one hundred and fifty years in their pres- 
ent environment. The first meeting held in 
Pepperellborough was in July, 1762, when 
Amos Chase, Tristam Jordan, and Robert Pat- 
terson were chosen selectmen. October 13, 
1762 (a day set apart for fasting and prayer), 
a church was organized consisting of eleven 
members. Rev. John Fairfield was chosen for 



first pastor, and Amos Chase for first deacon. 
Mr. Chase was ordained April 21, 1763. The 
first committee of correspondence selected to 
prepare the way for the Revolution, was chosen 
in Pepperellborough, November 9, 1774, and 
was composed of Deacon Amos Chase, Tris- 
tram Jordan, James Scammon, and James 
Foss. A separate committee of inspection was 
chosen consisting of the same persons with 
two others, to see thaf the several "Resolves 
of the County Congresses be complied with." 
Deacon Amos Chase was "Stately and com- 
manding in figure, six feet in height, vigorous 
and erect even in old age, eloquent in conver- 
sation and pre-eminently so in prayer." On 
July 17, 1817, the deacon, then ninety-nine 
years old, rode three miles on horseback to 
the rural seat of George Thatcher, where he 
met President Monroe and suite returning 
from Portland to Biddeford, and extended to 
him an eloquent welcome, concluding with the 
invocation of a blessing on the illustrious chief 
magistrate'. Deacon Chase died I\Iarch 2, 18 18, 
having overlapped his century one month and 
eighteen days. The record of that time states 
that "He had been hopefully converted to 
Christianity 85 years, has had 14 children, 81 
grandchildren, 188 great-grandchildren, and 
19 great-great-grandchildren, 195 of whom 
are now living." He married, November, 
1741, soon after settling in Saco, Sarah, 
daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Cole. Their 
children were : Samuel, Rebecca, Hannah, 
Betsey, IMoses, Sarah, Amos, Joseph, Anna, 
John, Olive, Daniel, Mary and Abner. 

(IX) Daniel, twelfth child and sixth son of 
Deacon Amos and Sarah (Cole) Chase, was 
born August 28, 1762, and inherited his 
father's homestead, then and since known as 
'the Elms." There he spent his life and died 
September i, 1827, surviving his father, on 
whose estate he administered, nine years. He 
is described as "a man of sterling integrity, an 
honored citizen, modest and unassuming in 
manner, kind and generous, beloved by all his 
neighbors and acquaintances." He married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Tap- 
pan, of Huguenot descent, who spent the en- 
tire period of his sacerdotal life as pastor of 
the Congregational church in Manchester, 
Massachusetts. One of her descendants thus 
speaks of her: "My grandmother, Elizabeth 
Tappan Chase, spent her married life at 'The ' 
Elms.' She was a woman of great strength of 
character, strong religious convictions inher- 
ited froin her Huguenot ancestry, which were 
impressed on her children. She outlived her 
husband seven years, and died June 26,, 1834, 



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after an illness of a few hours only." The 
children of this union were : Benjamin Tap- 
pan, Sarah, Daniel, Amos, David, Eliza and 
Mary. 

(X) Amos (2), fourth child and third son 
of Daniel and Elizabeth (Tappan) Chase, was 
born in Saco, January 14, 1799, and succeeded 
his father in the possession of the ancestral 
seat, '.'The Elms." One who knew him well 
in the varied relations of life wrote of him : 
"Mr. Chase was the grandson of the remark- 
able centenarian whose name he bore, and 
with him died the name so long identified with 
the interests of Saco. Born at the old home- 
stead on the 'Ferry Road,' occupied by the 
family more than one hundred years, he spent 
almost his entire life in Saco. At an early age 
he ernbarked in mercantile business which he 
pursued for some time, then engaged in lum- 
bering in which for years he was the leading 
operator in this market. Subsequently he was 
extensively engaged in navigation, but for sev- 
eral years has retired from active' business. 
Mr. Chase was a fine illustration of New Eng- 
land energy and capacity. With but a limited 
early education he achieved success by careful 
use of his opportunities, strict integrity, shrewd 
foresight, and prompt attention to business. 
Beginning without other capital than his own 
ability he raised himself to be a power in the 
business community. In his domestic and so- 
cial relations he was beloved for his gentle 
courtesy and thought fulness for others. Nat- 
urally reserved, he seldom gave expression in 
words to his feelings, but generous and con- 
siderate deeds showed the spirit which actu- 
ated him." His daughter thus writes of him : 
"My father, Amos Chase, was one of the most 
lovable men I ever knew. He was respected 
as a citizen, valued as a friend, honored as a 
man of integrity, and endeared in all the re- 
lations of family and kindred. 'Uncle Amos' 
was a household name in the homes of two 
generations." He possessed a commanding 
figure, very erect, and in countenance, it was 
said, he strongly resembled Hon. Edward Ev- 
erett, for whom he was often taken. He died 
in Saco, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. 
Eastman, August 12, 1873, aged seventy-four. 
He married, about 1833, Mary Frances Aker- 
man, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who 
was born October 15, 1817, and died August 
10, 1887. She was considered very beautiful 
in her youth both in face and figure, and re- 
tained her beauty through life. She was a 
woman of superior endowments and good 
judgment, was a consistent Christian, with all 
the essential qualities of a good wife, mother 



and grandmother. She died during a visit to 
the summer home of her daughter, Elizabeth 
Chase Palmer, in Kennebunkport, August 10, 
1887, having survived her husband fourteen 
years. Two children were born to Amos and 
Mary F. (Akerman) Chase: Mary Elizabeth 
and Frances Ellen. 

(XI) Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Amos 
and Mary Frances (Akerman) Chase, was 
born in Saco, June 22, 1834, and married, De- 
cember 12, 1855, Bartlett Palmer, of Boston, 
Massachusetts, by whom she had six children : 
Chase, Bartlett, Nelson, Lillian, CHnton and 
Francis. 

(XI) Frances Ellen, second daughter of 
Amos and Mary Frances (Akerman) Chase, 
was born in Saco, August 23, 1843; married, 
in BaUimore, ]\Iaryland, June 18, 1868, Ed- 
ward Eastman, of Saco. (See Eastman, 
VIII.) 



This name is exceedingly numer- 
WOOD ous, both in England and Amer- 
ica. Add to those born Wood or 
Woods the foreigners who have acquired the 
patronymic by translating their original names, 
the French DuBois and the German Wald, to 
their English equivalent, and it will be readily 
seen how the tribe increases. Happily the fam- 
ily are noted for their respectability as well as 
their multiplicity ; so there can hardly be too 
many of them. In England, Wood is the fam- 
ily name of the Viscount Halifax. A historical 
magazine, published at Newbury, New York, 
would associate the patronymic with another 
noble family, for it says that Israel Wood, only 
son of Israel Wood, Earl of Warwick, came 
to New Amsterdam with the Duke of York 
and purchased a tract six miles square in the 
township of Brookhaven, Long Island. He 
married his wife in this country, and left three 
son, Israel, Cornelius and Alexander. There 
is evidently some mistake here, for the family 
name of the present Earl of Warwick is 
Brooke. But American Woods have no need 
to search for distinguished relatives bearing 
foreign titles. There are plenty of the Ameri- 
can branch who have won distinction on their 
own merits. Among them may be mentioned 
Dr. Alphonso Wood, the eminent botanist, 
born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, whose 
first manual was put forth in 1845. Com- 
mander Edward Barker Wood, of Ohio, won 
distinction at the battle of Manilla by silenc- 
ing the Spanish forts from the little gunboat 
"Petrel." Miss Frances A. Wood, the hon- 
ored librarian of Vassar College, has been con- 
nected with the institution from its foundation 



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in 1865. Of the fame of General Leonard 
Wood, the original colonel of the Rough 
Riders, it is not necessary to speak in detail. 

It is difficult to say who was the first Ameri- 
can immigrant bearing the name of Wood, be- 
cause so many came here in the early days ; 
among them, no less than nine under the given 
name of William. William Wood, a husband- 
man, came over in the "Hopewell" in 1635. 
There was a William Wood at Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, who married Martha Earle. 
We find a William Wood at Marblehead in 
1668; one at Ipswich who took the oath of 
fidelity in 1678; one at Newton, Long Island, 
in 1640, who may have come from Stamford, 
Connecticut ; one who was a freeman at Salem 
in 1670; and one at Burlington, New Jersey, 
in 1677. This leaves out of account the Will- 
iam Wood, of Concord, Massachusetts, the 
ancestor of the following line ; and the Williani 
Wood who wrote "New England's Prospects." 
This book was published in England in 1634, 
and there is some doubt as to which William 
wrote it. The volume has been erroneously 
attributed to the founder of the clan whose 
history is traced below ; but the probabilities 
are that the William who wrote the book did 
not become a permanent settler. He came to 
this country in 1629, going first to Salem, 
Massachusetts, and the next year to Lynn, 
and remaining there till his return to England, 
August 15, 1633. ^ , , . 

(I) William Wood was born m England m 
1582 and died in Concord, Massachusetts, May 
14, 1671. He emigrated from Matlock, Derby- 
shire, with his wife and family in 1638, being 
fifty-six years old at the time. His ancestry is 
unknown, though there has been an effort to 
trace him to James Wood, a cornet of dra- 
goons under Cromwell, who was a Yorkshire 
man and finally settled in the county of Sligo, 
Ireland. All that we surely know is that Will- 
iam Wood and his wife Rlargaret with their 
two children, Michael, who had a wife Mary, 
and Ruth, an unmarried daughter, came to this 
country in 1638. They were accompanied by 
William Wood's nephew, Thomas Flint, who 
was probably married at the time. Ruth Wood 
afterwards married Captain Thomas Wheeler, 
noted in Indian warfare. William Wood 
seems to have stood well with his fellow set- 
tlers in Concord, Massachusetts, and held 
many town offices. His will was made Sep- 
tember 15, 1670, and an inventory of the es- 
tate was returned the following June, about a 
month after his decease. Among the other 
items one notes "putre," sixteen shillings; 



^'napkins and pillow coates," ten shillings. The 
total inventory amounted to seventy-seven 
pounds, six shillings and two pence ; but the 
testator explains that he has already given 
half of his movable estate to his daughter, 
Ruth Wheeler, at the time of her marriage. 
In addition he bequeaths her "two brown 
cowes, also a great Brass kettle and a brass 
pot, and Mr. Bulklyes Books upon the Cove- 
nant and all the Augors that my son Wheeler 
hath in his hands, except the bigest." The 
rest of the property, except a brindled cow 
given to his grandchild, Abigail Hosmer, is 
bequeathed unreservedly to his son Michael, 
as his wife Margaret's death had taken place 
eleven years before, on September i, 1659. 

(II) Michael, only son of William and 
Margaret Wood, was born in England, prob- 
ably at Matlock in Derbyshire, and died at 
Concord, Massachusetts, May 13, 1674, only 
three years after his father. He migrated to 
this country with his father in 1638, and on 
the first settlement of Concord had a house 
and lot near the common. Later he moved to 
a farm farther away ; and it is said that he 
was also heavily interested in the iron-works 
in that township. It is thought that his death 
must have been sudden, as he left no will. 
Michael Wood had a wife Mary, whom he 
married in England, but no further facts are 
known about her. There were eight children, 
all born in Concord, Massachusetts : Abigail, 
April 10, 1642; John, whose sketch follows; 
Nathaniel; Mary; Thomson; Abraham; Isaac; 
and Jacob, March 3, 1662. The order of the 
children is conjectural, as the births of two 
only, probably the eldest and youngest, are 
recorded. Two of the children died before 
their father, Nathaniel Wood on March 7, 
1662, and Mary Wood on April 24, 1663. 

(III) John, son of jNIichael and iVIary Wood, 
was born at Concord, Massachusetts, some- 
where about 1650, and died there January 3, 
1728. On November 13, 1677, he married 
Elizabeth Vinton, of Concord, and they had 
five children: Elizabeth, born July 15, 1678; 
John (2), whose sketch follows; Abraham, 
August 17, 1682; William, March 4, 1687; 
and Ruth, February 11, 1692. Mrs. Elizabeth 
(Vinton) Wood died April 8, 1728, three 
months and five days after her husband. Their 
youngest child, Ruth, died at the age of 
twenty-three years. 

(IV) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and 
Elizabeth (Vinton) Wood, was bom at Con- 
cord, Massachusetts, November 13, 1680, died 
July 12, 1746. On May 22, 1707, he married 






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Mary Lee, daughter of Joseph Lee, and they 
had eight children : Mary, born February 16, 
1708, died September 26, 1728; Millicent, Oc- 
tober 23, 1710; Eunice, March 8, 1712; EHza- 
beth, February 22, 1714; John (3), whose 
sketch follows: Martha, March 23, 1718; 
Michael, August 28, 1721, died September 
18, 1721 ; and Zepheniah, January 12, 1725, 
died November 6, 1794, leaving a wife Abigail, 
but no children. Out of this large family John 
(3), mentioned in the next paragraph, was the 
only one to continue the name. 

(V) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and 
Mary (Lee) Wood, was born at Concord, 
Massachusetts, March i, 1716, and died at 
Mason, New Hampshire, November 9, 1785. 
In 1778, only seven years before his death, he 
left his native town and moved to Mason, be- 
ing the first of his line to migrate from their 
original dwelling-place in Concord. About 
1744 he married Elizabeth Boutelle, born in 
1719, died November 13, 1794. Children: 
John, born February 27, 1745; James, born 
and died April 18, 175 1 ; James, November 4, 
1755; Nathan, whose sketch follows; and Bet- 
sey, who died young. 

(VI) Nathan, fourth and youngest son of 
John (3) and Elizabeth (Boutelle) Wood, 
was born August 16, 1758, at Concord, Mas- 
sachusetts, and died March 26, 1830, at Starke, 
Maine. He married Susannah Dunton, born 
January 5, 1761, at New Ipswich, New Hamp- 
shire, and died June 25, 1844, at New Sharon, 
Maine. Among their children was Nathan 
(2), mentioned below. 

(VII) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (i) and 
Susannah (Dunton) Wood, was born July 4, 
1788, at Starke, and died July 4, 1887, at 
Mercer, Maine, having just passed his ninety- 
ninth birthday. He was instructed to mow 
with a scythe when he was ten years old, and 
as it is the custom in Maine to commence har- 
vesting about the Fourth of July, he followed 
this each and every year until his death. The 
last he mowed was a strip about one hundred 
feet long, when he was ninety-nine years old. 
The feat was always performed on his birth- 
day. Married (first) Rebecca Gault. Chil- 
dren : Nancy, Sabrina, Ann, Olive, John N., 
whose sketch follows, William, Susan, Betsey. 
Nathan (2) Wood married (second) Annie 
Hallway, and they had one son, Charles. 

(VIII) John Nathan, son of Nathan (2) 
and Rebecca (Gault) Wood, was bom Sep- 
tember 29, 1825, at Norridgewock, Maine, and 
attended the common schools of his native 
town till the age of fourteen. Being one of a 
large family he was obliged to go to work, 



and he went to Augusta, where he found em- 
ployment in a hotel. At the age of eighteen 
he went to Waterville, and for four years he 
drove the stage between that place and Skow- 
hegan. About that time came rumors of the 
wealth to be had in California merely by wash- 
ing the sands, and Mr. Wood, like so many 
others of the Argonauts, was attracted by these 
alluring dreams of gold. Being a sober and 
thrifty young man, he had saved enough of 
his earnings to pay his passage by way of 
the Isthmus of Panama, which cost three hun- 
dred and seventy-five dollars. The voyage 
took thirty-one days, and when he landed at 
San Francisco, California, he had only one 
ten-dollar gold piece left, and it was a walk of 
sixty miles to get to the "placer diggings." 
With several others, all from the same locality 
in Maine, he began the long tramp to the long- 
sought El Dorado. When they started, each 
was carrying a heavy valise, but they had 
gone but little way when they began to find 
many valises by the roadside, which had been 
emptied of the absolutely necessary articles, 
and abandoned with the rest of their contents. 
A short distance farther on, the valises of the 
newcomers were added to those already left. 
During Mr. Wood's stay of four years in the 
placer fields, he, with nine other Yankees, all 
from Maine, who in fact were the only other 
New Englanders or Yankees in that district, 
walked nine miles to cast their presidential vote 
for Fremont. After his return from California, 
where he was very successful, Mr. Wood came 
to Lewiston, Maine, and purchased a quarter 
interest in a stave mill, later known as the 
Wood mill, and had charge of this for several 
years. In 1865 he founded what is now one 
of the largest coal and wood yards in central 
Maine. Mr. Wood is a Republican in politics, 
and served in the common council of the city 
government in 1865 3"^ again in 1869. Mr. 
Wood has been a director of the First Na- 
tional Bank of Lewiston for over thirty years, 
and was vice-president of the bank for five 
years. He is a member of Lewiston Board of 
Trade, also a member of Ashler Lodge, Free 
and Accepted Masons, King Hiram Chapter, 
R. A. M., Lewiston Commandery, No. 6, K. 
T., and Portland Consistory, thirty-second de- 
gree, and Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of 
Lewiston, Maine, of which he was treasurer 
for four years and one of the sixteen charter 
members. In religious preferences he is a 
Universalist. 

On September 4, 1849, John Nathan Wood 
married Mary J. Pratt, daughter of Collins 
and Nancy (Coffin) Pratt, of Damariscotta, 



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Maine. Children : Helen Aug^usta, born Jan- 
uary 21, 1852, married Frank N. Kincaid, July 
5, 1882; they had one child. John Everett, 
born September 21, 1883. Mary Ella, Decem- 
ber 14, 1861, died April 6, 1865. George, De- 
cember 21, 1862, died April 7, 1865. George 
Everett, August 31, 1866, married Mary Ma- 
rion Straw, daughter of J. B. Straw, October 
20, 1887; he died June 29, 1888. 



The history of this Mat- 
MATTHEWS thews family, of which 

some account follows, be- 
gins, so far as definitely proven, in Boothbay, 
although it is almost certainly established that 
the next preceding four generations were of 
Dover, New Hampshire, and the surrounding 
towns, where the name is often spelled Mathes. 
The earliest ancestor at Boothbay was John 
Matthews, whose origin is somewhat conjec- 
tural, though probably derived from one of 
the four sources. First, but not most probable : 
A Scotchman named Thomas Matthews was 
among the early settlers of Pemaquid who 
were killed or driven away by the Indians in 
the last quarter of the seventeenth century to 
Massachusetts and other sections further west. 
One, William Matthews, appears in 1743 as 
one of some twenty-five petitioners to Governor 
Shirley, they being settlers on the shore of 
the Damariscotta river, where they had re- 
sided twelve years. This William may have 
been a son or grandson of Thomas Matthews, 
of Pemaquid, and had probably settled there 
with Dunbar settlers, 1729-31. William Mat- 
thews was of the right age to have been the 
father of John Matthews, of Boothbay, who 
could not have been born later than 1735, and 
the location is near by. Second : A John 
Matthews came from Massachusetts with 
those who settled Merryconeag, then a part 
of North Yarmouth, now Harpswell, and was 
there as early as 1740, when he appears among 
the thirty petitioners. He appears again in 
1743 and 1748, and is there as late as 1768. 
It is possible that John Matthews, of Booth- 
bay, was one of his sons by his first marriage, 
born before he went to Harpswell. Third : 
A John Matthews, said to have come from 
York, Maine, was a petitioner among those 
living on the Kennebec in 1752 and again in 
1755. Fourth: The last and altogether most 
probable supposition leads to the same immi- 
grant ancestor as the third ; that is : that John 
Matthews of Boothbay came from Dover, New 
Hampshire, or one of the surrounding towns, 



along with some forty families from that sec- 
tion, who settled what is known as the "Dover 
District," at North Boothbay, close to where 
he lived, and in that immeditae vicinity-, some 
time between 1749 and 1760. (For further 
facts see Greene's "History of Boothbay," 
page 465 and following.) 

(I) Francis Matthews, immigrant ancestor, 
was sent over by Mason. He was of Ports- 
mouth in 1631, of Oyster River in 1633, and 
at Exeter, 1639-46. He removed to Dover, 
probably in 1647, having purchased the estate 
of William Beard in 1640 (see Savage Gen. 
Index). He bought the William Hilton prem- 
ises at Oyster River, July 7, 1645, and died 
in 1648. He married, as early as 1630, Thom- 

asine , who died on the homestead at 

Durham Point, in 1662. Their children were: 
Benjamin, Walter, see forward; and Martha, 

who married (first) Snell, (second) 

■ — • Browne. 

(II) Walter, son of Francis and Thomasine 
Matthews, lived on the Isle of Shoals, "Smut- 
ty Nose," in 1661. Pie was constable of the 
Isle of Shoals in 1658, and died in 1678. His 
will was dated April 15, 1678, and probated 
June 25, 1678, as shown by the Exeter county 
records. New Hampshire. He married Mary 
■ — , who outlived him, and they had chil- 
dren : Samuel, see forward ; Susanna, mar- 
ried Young ; Mary,who married 



Senter ; and there is a Johanna mentioned as 
a sister by Samuel in his will, but it is fair to 
presume that this refers to his sister-in-law, 
Johanna Raynes. 

(Ill) Samuel, son of Walter and Mary 
Matthews, was of the Isle of Shoals in 1683, 
and died in 1720. He was fined forty shillings 
for abusing a constable, as the records show. 
He was also known as Samuel of Newcastle, 

New Hampshire. He married Raynes, 

daughter of Francis Raynes who, in his will 
dated 1693, recorded in 1706, bequeathed to 
"Sam'l Matthews' wife" and "Sam'l Matthews' 
children," without mentioning names. The 
will of Samuel Matthews, dated 1719, probated 
1720, mentions the following children: Walter, 
settled in York, Maine, deeded land in "Smut- 
ty Nose" to Stephen and John Minott, of 
Marblehead, in 1727; Francis, possibly the 
ancestor of John Matthews of Boothbay; 
Samuel, see forward. 

(IV) Samuel Jr., son of Samuel and 

(Raynes) Matthews, was married, by Rev. 
Hugh Adams, November 21, 1728, to Mary 
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Samuel, who was baptized February 15, 1729- 
30, and other children, among them probably 
being John Matthews, of Boothbay. 

(V) John, probably son of Samuel and 

(Raynes) Matthews, but possibly son 

of Walter or Francis Matthews, was born 
about 1730 or 1735, and is known by a plan 
made in 1757 and recorded in Lincoln county 
registry of deeds, to have been the owner of 
a farm of two hundred acres of land on the 
shore of Back river, opposite Barter's island, 
in Townsend, now Boothbay. He married, 
probably at Georgetown, as the record is in 
that town, August 29, 1764, Janette Barter, 
who, with her two brothers, Samuel and Jo- 
seph, and a sister, Elizabeth, children of Sam- 
uel Barter, of Dover, New Hampshire, later 
of Boothbay or Townsend, had settled Barter's 
Island, Boothbay, about 1755. These Barters 
were descendants of Henry Barter, of Dover, 
New Hampshire, the original immigrant of 
that name, who came from England with Will- 
iam Pepperell in 1675 and settled at Crockett's 
Neck in Kittery, Maine. The children of John 
and Janette (Barter) Matthews were: Mary, 
married Nathan Dole, of Pownalborough ; 
Elizabeth, married (first) Frederick S. Arnold, 
(second) Edward Cooper, of Kennebec; Will- 
iam, had eleven children; Joseph, married 
Sarah Lamson ; John Jr., see forward. 

(VI) Captain John (2), youngest child of 
John (i) and Janette (Barter) Matthews, was 
born in Boothbay, May 20, 1779, and was lost 
at sea, July iq, 1848. He was a seafaring 
man, master of a vessel during the early part 
of the nineteenth century, and visited every 
quarter of the globe ; some of his voyages e.x- 
tended over several years. He married (first), 
April 15, 1804. Rebecca Southard, of Booth- 
bay, bom March 17, 1786, died October 31, 
181 7, the second of the twelve children of 
John and Sarah (Lewis) Southard, of Booth- 
bay, and a granddaughter of John Serrotte, 
whose children changed the name to Southard. 
John Serrotte, pioneer, lived on the place ne.xt 
adjoining John Matthews', where he died. He 
went to Boothbay prior to 1757, from the set- 
tlement of French Huguenots who had come 
from the vicinity of Marseilles, France, and 
had settled at Dresden on the Kennebec in 
1752. He was a prominent man in Boothbay, 
a member of the First Congregational church, 
and served in the coast defence militia during 
the revolution. John Southard married Sarah, 
born 1752, daughter of Joseph and Sarah 
(Dexter) Lewis, of York, Maine, who moved 
to the Dover district, Boothbay, and soon 
afterward, but prior 10,1757, to Back river. 



Joseph Lewis, of Boothbay, born at Chelsea 
(Rumery Marsh), Massachusetts, January 11, 
1723-24, was a great-grandson of John and 
Mary (Brown) Lewis, of Charlestown and 
Maiden, Massachusetts, grandson of Isaac and 
Mary (Davis) Lewis, and son of Isaac and 
Hannah (Hallett) Lewis, of Chelsea (Rumery 
Marsh), later of York, Maine. John Lewis 
was in Charlestown as early as 1634, joined 
the church there in 1644, but soon moved to 
Maiden. He married (first) Marguerite, who 
died April 10, 1649; married (second) Mary 
Brown, and died, September 16, 1657. The 
children of Captain John and Rebecca (South- 
ard) Matthews were : Alfred, see forward ; 
Edmund ; Elbridge, settled in Massachusetts, 
and became well known as an inventor of 
agricultural implements ; Daniel, settled in 
Southport. Maine; Caroline; Julia; and Ar- 
thur. Captain John married (second), about 
1820, Mary Barter, bom in 1788, and died in 
1861. They had children: Frances L., mar- 
ried Jason Tibbetts ; Stillman B., married An- 
nabelle N. Tibbetts, and was lost at sea with 
his wife in 1853; Mary C, married Allen 
Pinkham. 

(VII) Alfred, eldest child of Captain John 
and Rebecca (Southard) Matthews, was born 
in Boothbay, August 3, 1806, and died Jan- 
uary 26, 1879. He was a carpenter, much re- 
spected in business, and always lived at Booth- 
bay, although he made occasional sea voyages 
and was well acquainted with the New Eng- 
land coast. He was a deacon in the Free Will 
Baptist church. He married (first) Charlotte 
Dunton, who was born September 22, 1805, 
and died April 11, 1845. She was grand- 
daughter of Timothy Dunton, Jr., an English- 
man, who with his brother and sister settled 
in wdiat is now Westport, Maine, prior to 
1749. and there he died. His wife, Mary 
Elizabeth, lived to a great age, tradition says 
one hundred and eight years, and died in 
Westport in 1819. Their children were: Jo- 
seph, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Abner, 
Timothy and Daniel. Timothy, son of Timo- 
thy and Mary Elizabeth Dunton, and father 
of Mrs. IMatthews, was born in 1752. and died 
at an advanced age in Boothbay. He bought 
a farm in Westport, October 31, 1777, which 
he later sold. He then settled in Boothbay 
in 1795. and purchased another farm at the 
head of Campbell's pond, on which his son-in- 
law, Alfred Matthews, subsequently lived. 
Timothy Dunton died and is buried on his 
homestead farm at Boothbay. He married 
(first). September 5. 1776. Nancy Smith, of 
Westport, who died at Boothbay, June 4, 1804. 



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Their children were: Timothy, Nancy, Wil- 
liam and Israel. He married (second), Jan- 
uary 15, 1805, Margaret Pinkham, born at 
Boothbay, March 30, 1781, and had children: 
Charlotte, married Mr. Matthews; Maria, 
married his brother, Edmund Matthews ; and 

Lucinda, married ■ — Boynton. Margaret 

(Pinkham) Dunlon's line of descent is as 
follows: (I) Richard Pinkham, immigrant, 
settled in Dover, New Hampshire, prior to 
1642. (II) Richard Pinkham, Jr., son of pre- 
ceding, married Elizabeth, daughter of 
Thomas Jr., and Elizabeth (Nutter) Leigh- 
ton, the latter a daughter of Elder Hatevil 
and Ann Nutter. Elizabeth (Leighton) Pink- 
ham was a granddaughter of Thomas Leigh- 
ton, immigrant, who was a selectman of Dover 
in 1647-48, having been one of the forty-two 
petitioners in 1640 for the establishment of a 
town. (Ill) John, son of Richard, Jr., and 
Elizabeth (Leighton) Pinkham. (IV) Ben- 
jamin, son of John Pinkham, born in Dover, 
New Hampshire, 1717. He, with two of his 
brothers, Ebcnezer and Solomon, removed to 
Merryconeag (now Harpswell), Maine, and 
in 1759 Benjamin moved to Townsend, now 
Boothbay, where he died, 3ilarch 2, 1792. He 

married Judith . (V) Solomon, son 

of Benjamin and Judith Pinkham, married, 
in 1767, Mary Perry, and lived in Boothbay. 
They had a number of children, among them 
being Margaret, mentioned above. Alfred and 
Charlotte (Dunton) Matthews had children: 
Edward, born November 16, 1830, was lost at 
sea in 1851 ; Rebecca, born December 26, 1832, 
married Sewall Wylie ; Georgianna, born Sep- 
tember I, 1837, married Llewellyn Baker; El- 
bridge, see forw-ard : Byron C, born March 
31, 1845. Alfred Matthews married (second), 
1850, Martha L. Wentworth. By this mar- 
riage there were no children. 

(VIII) Captain Elbridge, fourth child and 
second son of Alfred and Charlotte (Dunton) 
IVIatthews, was born in Boothbay, Maine, Oc- 
tober 24, 1840. He inherited from his grand- 
father, Captain John jMatthews, a love for the 
sea, which was fostered in his earlier years 
by the old man's tales of adventure and per- 
sonal experience, and so, when a mere lad, he 
went as cabin boy on a brig, after which he 
rapidly worked his way upward until at the 
age of twenty-two years he took charge of a 
vessel. He sailed as a master mariner con- 
tinuously for twenty-four years, never having 
the misfortune to be wrecked, although pass- 
ing through many trying experiences, includ- 
ing fire and steamship collision, until he re- 
tired from seafaring in 1886 to enter upon a 



business career on shore. He at once estab- 
lished himself in the grain and food business 
at Knightville, South Portland, where he re- 
built his place of business after it was de- 
stroyed by fire in the spring of 1894. He 
opened a second store on Kennebec street, 
Portland, in 1892, and a third at Woodfords 
about the same year. In 1899 he retired per- 
manently from business, having built a resi- 
dence on Pleasant avenue, Portland, the pre- 
ceding year. He served two years as alder- 
man of his ward in Deering. His fraternal 
affiliations are with: Fraternity Lodge of 
Deering, and Machigonne Encampment, Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows ; Lincoln 
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Wis- 
casset ; and the Improved Order of Red i\Ien. 
He married (first) at Boothbay, Lovesta 
Hodgdon, born November- 19, 1839, died 
March g, 1883, and is buried in Evergreen 
Cemetery. She was the twelfth child of Tim- 
othy and Frances (Tibbetts) Hodgdon. (See 
Hodgdon.) Their children were: Fred 
Vivian, see forward; Chester, born Novem- 
ber 8, 1866; Genevieve, born August 4, 1870; 
Leslie Mitchell, died in infancy ; Florence Lo- 
vesta, born February 27, 1883, was adopted in 
infancy by her cousins, Dr. Roscoe G. and 
Laura (Hodgdon) Blanchard, of Dover, New 
Hampshire. Captain Elbridge Matthews mar- 
ried (second), October 20, 1884, Florence D., 
niece of his first wife, and daughter of Zina 
H. and Rhinda (Reed) Hodgdon, of Booth- 
bay. They have had one child : Marion 
Laura, born June 11, 1886; married, October 
4, 1907, Lester M. Hart, of Portland. 

(IX) Fred Vivian, eldest child of Captain 
Elbridge and Lovesta (Hodgdon) Matthews, 
was born in Boothbay, September 2, 1865. He 
went to Deering with his parents, January i, 
1874, and has since that time resided there. 
He was graduated from the Deering high 
school in 1883, from Hebron Academy the 
following year, and after spending a season 
in South America he became a member of the 
class of 1889 of Colby University, where he 
was at once elected president of his class, 
taking the first prize for declamation in the 
sophomore year, and being a member of Xi 
Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fratern- 
ity. Leaving college at the end of the sopho- 
more year, he read law with Drummond & 
Drummond. of Portland, and was admitted to 
the Cumberland bar in October, 1889. He at 
once entered upon the practice of his profes- 
sion and has met with markerl success. While 
strictly devoted to his legal profession, he has 
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matters, being several years secretary of the 
Republican city committee, and frequently a 
delegate to the conventions of his party. For 
four years, 1888-91, he was collector of Deer- 
ing ; for two years, at the time of the organiza- 
tion of the city of Deering, when the change 
from the town to the city form of government 
was made in 1892, he served as Republican 
member of the board of registration, and for 
the following two years as city solicitor, hold- 
ing several minor offices in addition to those 
responsibilities. In 1897 and i8g8 he was the 
prime mover in the campaign for the annexa- 
tion of Deering to Portland ; he was the chair- 
man of the annexation committee in Deering, 
and successfully conducted an active campaign 
to that end, presenting the matter before the 
legislative committee at the session of 1899, 
when the measure received its final passage 
and the annexation was consummated. Mr. 
Matthews is a member of the American Bar 
Association. Socially and fraternally he is as- 
sociated with : Deering Lodge, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons ; Fraternity Lodge and 
Una Encampment, of Portland, Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows; Portland Club: Con- 
gregational Club, of which he was secretary 
for several years ; Maine Historical Society 
and Maine Genealogical Society. In 1883 he 
became a member of the Woodfords Congre- 
gational Church of Portland, with which he 
still affiliates. 

He married, June 25, 1890, Annie B., 
daughter of Trueman and Harriet (Files) 
Harmon. (See Harmon, Files, Phinney.) Mrs. 
Matthews is a member of the Woodfords 
Congregational Church, of the Elizabeth 
Wadsworth Chapter of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution, and is prominent in lit- 
erary, musical and social circles. Mr. and 
Mrs. IMatthews have one child : Vivian Har- 
mon, born August 14, 1895. 



The Files family now numerous 
FILES in Southwestern ^Nlaine, was es- 
tablished in this state by the Eng- 
lish immigrant ancestor who, after seeing 
arduous service in the wars, removed hither to 
spend his declining j'ears. 

(I) William Files was born in England in 
1728. When nine years of age his dislike for 
his stepfather led him to run away from home 
and go on board a vessel bound for America, 
where he hid himself until the vessel was well 
out to sea ; was brought to Massachusetts and 
sold to pay his passage. He was in the Eng- 
lish army at the capture of Fort William 
Henry on Lake George : was taken prisoner 



by the Indians along with Zephaniah Harding, 
of Gorham, but by superior strength, he over- 
powered his captors, and hiding in a hollow 
log, he escaped. After his marriage he lived 
several years in York, Maine, where his first 
two children were born. About 1760 he 
moved to Gorham, where he died March 21, 
1823, aged ninety-five years. He first built a 
log cabin, and later a two-story house which 
was afterward occupied by his great-grandson, 
the late David F. Files. The log cabin was 
just south of this house on the opposite side of 
the road. He married Joanna Gordon, of 
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, who died January, 
1816, aged seventy-five years. Their children 
were : Ebenezer, Samuel. William, Robert, 
George, Joseph. Polly, Joanna and Betsey. 

(II) Samuel, second son of William and 
Joanna (Gordon) Files, was born at York, 
Maine, August 4, 1759, but soon went with his 
father to Gorham. He entered the revolu- 
tionary army at sixteen years of age, and is 
one of the four mentioned in the Massachu- 
setts Revolutionary Rolls under the name of 
Files, or File. His record is as follows : "Pri- 
vate, Captain Hart Williams' company. 
Colonel Edmund Phimiey's regiment ; muster 
roll dated Garrison at Fort George, December 
8, 1776; enlisted December 11, 1775; also 
corporal, Captain Alexander McClellan's com- 
pany. Colonel Jonathan Mitchel's regiment; 
entered service July 7, 1779, discharged Sep- 
tember 25, 1779; service two months eighteen 
days, on Penobscot expedition : roll dated 
"Gorham." He lived on his father's place be- 
tween West Gorham and Fort Hill, where he 
died April 7, 1835, aged seventy-five years. 
He married September 28, 1780, Esther 
Thomes, who died at Gorham, JMarch i, 1844, 
aged eighty-one years. She was the daughter 
of Joseph (2) and Sarah (Pickering) Thomes, 
of Gorham, a granddaughter of Joseph and 
Mary Thomes, first of Falmouth and later of 
Gorham, and a great-granddaughter of 
Thomas and Elizabeth Thomes. who lived at 
Clay Cove, Falmouth (now Portland) in 1718 
and united with Parson Smith's church. Chil- 
dren of Samuel and Esther Files : Samuel, 
Thomas, Joseph, Robert, Abigail, Eunice, 
George, Ebenezer Scott Thomes, Stephen, and 
Sarah. 

(Ill) Ebenezer Scott Thomes, sixth son of 
Samuel and Esther (Thomes) Files, was born 
in 1795. After marriage he removed from 
Gorham to Thorndike, where he and his wife 
died. He married, May 14, 1818, Patience, 
daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Crockett) 
Phinney, of Gorham. Their children who 



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married were : Albert H., Mary Ann, Ade- 
line, Harriett, Robert, Joseph, Esther and 
Ebenezer. Harriett married Trueman Har- 
mon (see Harmon, VH.) The Phinneys, a 
prominent family in the settlement of Maine, 
from whom Patience descended were of the 
race of John Phinney. 

(I) John Phinney was of Plymouth, Mas- 
sachusetts and later of Barnstable. His first 
wife, Christian, died September 9, 1649. He 
married (second) June 10, 1650, Abigail, wife 
of Henry Coggin, who died May 6, 1653 ; and 
(third) June 26, 1654, Elizabeth Bayley. By 
the first wife. Christian, he had a son John, 
and perhaps others, by third wife, Elizabeth, 
he had Jonathan, Robert, Hannah, Elizabeth, 
Josiah, Jeremiah and Joshua. 

(H) John (2), son of John (i) and Chris- 
tian Phinney, was born December 24, 1638, 
and baptized at Barnstable, July 31, 1653. He 
was a soldier in the swamp fight in King 
Philip's war in 1675. He married, August 10, 
1664, Mary Rogers, whose father. Lieutenant 
Joseph Rogers, and his father, Thomas 
Rogers, had come to Plymouth in the "May- 
flower," 1620. John and Mary (Rogers) 
Phinney had children : John, Meletiah, Jo- 
seph, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, Mary, 
Mercy, Reliance, Benjamin, Jonathan, Han- 
nah and Elizabeth. 

(HI) Deacon John (3), son of John (2) 
and Mary Rogers, was born in Barnstable, 
May 5, 1665, and died November 27, 1746. 
He married Sarah Lombard, May 30, 1689. 

(IV) Captain John (4), son of Deacon 
John (3) and Sarah (Lombard) Phinney, 
was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, April 
8, 1693, ^"d died in Gorham, Maine, Decem- 
ber 29, 1780. aged eighty-seven. He settled 
in that part of Old Falmouth then called Pre- 
sumpscot on the river of that name. In May, 
1736, he and his son Edmund pushed up river 
several miles and up Little River and made a 
clearing and built a camp on what is now 
called Fort Hill. There he brought his fam- 
ily, and they were the first settlers of the Gor- 
ham of to-day. He worked much in the ship 
yards at Presumpscot and Stroudwater. He 
was the leading citizen in his neighborhood, a 
brave, energetic, sagacious man, and looked 
after the interests of the little colony which 
soon grew up around him, with the afifection 
and discretion of a father. Beloved and re- 
spected, he lived to see the forest give way 
and a flourishing little hamlet stand in its 
place. He married, September 25, 1718, Mar- 
tha, daughter of James and Patience Coleman, 



of Barnstable. She died at Gorham, Decem- 
ber 16, 1784, aged eighty-seven. Their chil- 
dren were : Elizabeth, Edmund, Stephen, 
Martha, Patience, John, Sarah, Mary G., Cole- 
man and James. 

(V) Colonel Edmund, eldest son of Cap- 
tain John (4) and Martha (Coleman) Phin- 
ney, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, 
July 27, 1723, and died in Gorham, Decem- 
ber 15, 1808. He came with his father to 
Narragansett No. 7 (Gorham) and felled the 
first tree cut in the town for purposes of set- 
tlement. He was a man of great activity and 
energy, and all his life held a prominent place 
in the business affairs of the town, serving in 
many public capacities. He was selectman, 
one of the committee of safety, member of the 
provincial congress, and representative to the 
general court of Massachusetts. He was a 
soldier in the French and Indian wars, serv- 
ing as a sergeant in both Captain Berry's and 
Captain Hill's companies ; was a captain in the 
regiment of Captain Samuel Waldo Jr. about 
1764. and in 1772 held a captain's commis- 
sion in the militia. His love for his country 
and his devotion to the cause of liberty were 
intense. In 1775 he received a colonel's com- 
mission, and was placed in command of the 
Thirty-first Massachusetts Regiment, which 
was composed entirely of citizens of Gorham 
and adjoining towns. This regiment he 
marched to Cambridge in July, 1775, and 
when the British evacuated Boston, in March, 
1776, it entered the city and was stationed 
near Fort Hill. January i, 1776, he was com- 
missioned colonel of the Eighteenth regiment, 
in which his former command was merged. 
In the autumn of 1776 he marched his regi- 
ment to Ticonderoga, and during the follow- 
ing year he took an active part in the move- 
ments of the northern army until the surren- 
der of Bnrgoyne, when being out of health, 
he returned to his home to live again in re- 
tirement with his family. In 1781 he was 
colonel of the Third regiment of militia of 
Cumberland county. He joined the church in 
Windham, February 14. 1748, but was dis- 
missed December 23. 1750, to unite with the 
Gorham church, and became one of its first 
three ruling elders. He married (first) Betty, 
daughter of Clement and Sarah (Decker) 
Meserve, who lived at Portsmouth, Gor- 
ham and Bristol. She was born at Scar- 
borough, September 2, 1730, and died August 
6. 1795, aged sixty-five. Colonel Phinney 
married (second) November 21, 1796, Sarah 
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children by the first marriage were : Patience, 
Decker, Sarah, Joseph, Betty, Edmund, 
Stephen, James and Nathaniel. 

(VI) Joseph, second son of Colonel Ed- 
mund and Betty (Meserve) Phinney, was 
born March 14, 1757, and died September 10, 
1825. He was a farmer and plow-maker. He 
married, June 18, 1780, Susanna Crockett, 
daughter of Peletiah and Mary. She was born 
in Stratham, New Hampshire, May 14, 1761, 
and died January 15, 1838, aged seventy- 
seven. Their children were : Mary, Eunice, 
Hannah, Stephen, Nathaniel, Rebecca, Phebe 
and Patience, who married Ebenezer Scott 
Thomes Files (see Files HI). 



Nathaniel and John Harmon, 
HARMON brothers, were in Massachu- 
setts in the second decade of 
its colonization. From the former have sprung 
the principal subjects of this sketch, while 
John settled at Springfield, and from him have 
come the Harmons of Vermont, Connecticut 
and New York. 

(I) Nathaniel Harmon settled at Mount 
Wollaston (Braintree), Massachusetts, in 
1640, and was made a freeman May 10, 1643. 
He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Bliss, 
of Rehoboth, and had children : Nathaniel, 
Mary, John, Sarah, Jonathan and Ephraim. 

(II) John, son of Nathaniel and Mary 
(Bliss) Harmon, removed from Mount Wol- 
laston, Massachusetts, to Wells, Maine, in 
1677. He had been a soldier in King Philip's 
war, 1675-76, and fought in the decisive con- 
test of that struggle. He had land in a grant 
to the soldiers who took part in that war, 
made by the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth 
colonies, and in 1677 took up that portion of 
the grant to which he was entitled, on the 
river in Wells. His wife, whom he married 
about 1679, was named Sarah. They had 
children : John, Sarah, Samuel, Mary, Wil- 
liam and Nathaniel. 

(III) Samuel, second son and third child of 
John and Sarah Harmon, was born in Wells, 
Maine, June 15, 1686. He purchased several 
large tracts of land at Scottaway Hill, after- 
ward known as Harmon's Hill, in Scarbor- 
ough, Maine, built a mill on the river there, 
known as Harmon's mill, and settled at the 
place in 1728. He became a comfortable land 
owner and a representative man of the sec- 
tion, and resided there until his death. He 
married, March 19, 1707, Mercy Stinson; 
children: Mercy, Sarah, Samuel, Jr., John, 
William, James and George. 

(IV) John (2), second son and fourth 



child of Samuel and Mercy (Stinson) Har- 
mon, was born in Wells, Maine, about 1718, 
and died in Standish, where he had lived for 
some years prior to his death. After the close 
of the Indian wars he removed with his pa- 
rents to Scarborough about 1728. He was 
married (first) December 2, 1742, to Mary 
Hasty, who died December 10, 1753. Their 
children were: Abigail, Mary, died young; 
Daniel, John and Mary. He married (sec- 
ond) Widow Abigail (Hoyt) Foss and had 
children : William, Josiah, Elliot, Rufus, 
Benjamin and Anna. 

(V) Josiah, second son and child of John 
(2) and Abigail (Hoyt) (Foss) Harmon, 
was born in Scarborough, November 5, 1759, 
and died in Corinna, about 1845. He pur- 
chased from Thomas Morton, July 3, 1805, a 
farm in Standish, to which he removed and 
on which he lived until May 4, 1827, when he 
sold it to his son Josiah, of Thorndike. He 
then removed to Thorndike and later to 
Corinna, where he ended his days. He was a 
veteran of the revolutionary war, having 
served as a fifer, with his brother William as a 
drummer, while both were still lads. He mar- 
ried Anna, born March 16, 1764, second child 
of Peter and Joanna (Shaw) Moulton, and 
great-great-granddaughter of Henry Moulton, 
one of the grantees of Hampton, New Hamp- 
shire. They had children : Peter, Luther, Jo- 
siah and Elias. 

(VI) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) and 
Anna (Moulton) Harmon, was born in Scar- 
borough, Maine. He established himself as a 
general trader in business at Thorndike about 
1820, and was later succeeded by his son, True- 
man. He married Betsey, daughter of John 
and Betsey (Knowles) Gordon, first of Mount 
Vernon and later of Thorndike, Maine. Their 
children were : Abigail, died young ; Trueman, 
see forward ; Frank ; Daniel ; Lydia, married 

Tabor; Ralph; Elizabeth, married Dr. 

Albert Lincoln, of Gorham, Maine; Josiah 
Wesley, of Old Town, Maine, recently de- 
ceased. 

(VII) Trueman, eldest son and second 
child of Josiah- (2) and Betsey (Gordon) 
Harmon, was born in Thorndike, Maine, Sep- 
tember 18, 1825, and died in Deering, Maine, 
May 15, 1886. Upon the completion of his 
education in the common schools and the 
academy, he entered upon a career as a trader 
in Thorndike, and proved very successful in 
his business ventures. He took an active part 
in politics and became well known throughout 
that section of the state of Maine. He was 
appointed collector of the port of Belfast by 



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President Lincoln, in 1861, holding the office 
for ten years, when he removed with his 
family to Deering, Maine, now a part of Port- 
land. He was married at Thorndike, Maine, 
December 15, 1850, by Rev. Gould F. Elliott, 
to Harriett, born December 5, 1825, died No- 
vember 8, 1903, daughter of Ebenezer Scott 
Thomes and Patience (Phinney) Files (see 
Files). They had children: Charles S., born 
August 18, 1854; Annie B., born June 22, 
1865, married Fred Vivian Matthews (see 
Matthews) ; Harry True, born May 17, 1869, 
now all residents of Portland (1909). 



This second line of the 
HODGDON Hodgdon family were resi- 
dents of Maine, living in or 
about Boothbay, and descended from progeni- 
tors already mentioned. 

(V) Captain Thomas Hodgdon, tradition 
says, was a son, but dates of record indicate 
that it is more probable that he was a grand- 
son of Alexander and Jane (Shackford) 
Hodgdon, a great-grandson of Jeremiah and 
Ann (Thwaits) Hodgdon, of Kittery, Maine, 
and a great-great-grandson of Nicholas and 
Esther (Wines) Hodgdon. He was born 
about 1735, in Boston or Kittery, and about 
1757, with an elder brother, Calelj, went from 
there and settled on Jeremy Squam Island, 
now Westport, Maine. Joseph, undoubtedly 
another brother, settled for a time in Town- 
send, the adjoining town, at about this time, 
and was there in 1764, a petitioner for the in- 
corporation of the town of Boothbay ; and 
Benjamin, probably another brother, was in 
Edgecomb, another adjoining town, in 1777. 
Thomas Hodgdon was a prominent man, cap- 
tain of a company in Colonel William Jones's 
regiment in the revolution, under a commis- 
sion dated May 8, 1776. His son John's fath- 
er-in-law, John Dunton, a man of great stat- 
ure, strength and endurance, was lieutenant in 
Captain Hodgdon's company. They also par- 
ticipated in the expedition against Majorbaga- 
duce (Castine, Maine), in 1779, and in other 
important service during . the revolution. 
Thomas Hodgdon was the progenitor of a nu- 
merous race. His children were : Thomas, 
Jr., Benjamin, John, see forward, Joseph, Ca- 
leb, Prudence, Rebecca, Abigail and Mercy. 

(VI) John, third son of Captain Thomas 
Hodgdon, was born at Jeremy Squam Island, 
February 10, 1769. He married (first) De- 
borah Dunton, born June 10, 1774, died Feb- 
ruary 6, 1812, sixth child of Lieutenant John 
and Abigail (Walker) Dunton, and grand- 
daughter of Andrew and Mary (Grant) 



Walker, of Woolwich, Maine. Mr. Hodgdon 
married (second) Lucy, daughter of Zebe- 
diah Farnham, of Westport, and she was the 
mother of six children. The seventeen chil- 
dren of John Hodgdon were : Emerson, John, 
Timothy, see forward, Lowell, Abigail, Alfred, 
Rebecca, Elvira, Edwin, Ira, Samuel, Warren, 
Rufus, Cyrus, Lucy, Ann and Mary. 

(VII) Timothy, third son of John and De- 
borah (Dunton) Hodgdon, was born at West- 
port, near Boothbay, March 13, 1798, and died 
at Boothbay, October 19, 1881. Prior to his 
marriage he settled on a large farm on Saw- 
yer's Island, Boothbay, where the remainder 
of his life was spent. In the war of 1812 he 
served as a boy in the militia for coast guard 
at j\Viscasset, Maine. He married, July 20, 
1820, Frances Tibbetts, of Boothbay, born De- 
cember 2, 1801, died January 28, 1875, ^nd 
whose ancestry will be found below. Of their 
children, four died in infancy, nine married 
and had children. Those who lived to marry 
were: Zina H., Mary E., George F., James 
Payson, Angelia F., Roxanna S., Alonzo K., 
Lovesta, who married Captain Elbridge 
Matthews (see Matthews VIII), and Roscoe 
G. 

Henry Tibbetts (I)' and Jeremiah Tibbetts 
(II) are written of elsewhere in this work. 

(HI) Samuel, sixth child of Jeremiah and 
Mary (Canny) Tibbetts, was born in 1666, 
and died in 1738. He was a tanner and far- 
mer by occupation, and a captain in the colon- 
ial army. He was married, by Rev. John Pike, 
September 2, 1686, to Dorothy Tuttle, of 
Dover, and they had nine children. 

(IV) Ichabod, fifth son of Samuel and 
Dorothy (Tuttle) Tibbetts, was born in 1690, 
and died February 25, 1746. He was a far- 
mer and tanner, also a captain in the colonial 
army, and saw active service during the early 
wars. He married his cousin, Abigail Tib- 
betts, by whom he had eight children. 

(V) Nathaniel, fourth child of Ichabod and 
Abigail (Tibbetts) Tibbetts, was born at 
Dover, August 30, 1727. He settled at Booth- 
bay, Maine, about 1759, with the members of 
his wife's family, lauilt a log house in the 
Dover district, but shortly afterward built far- 
ther north in the same district. He married 
Elizabeth Giles, born in Dover in 1729, died 
in Boothbay, June i, 1822, daughter of IMark 
and Lydia Elizabeth (Tibbetts) Giles, of 
Dover. Their children were : Ichabod, Na- 
thaniel, John, Giles, Abigail, Mark, Judith, 
Rebecca, James, Sarah and Polly. 

(VI) James, ninth child and youngest son 
of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Giles) Tibbetts. 



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was born at Boothbay, December g, 1768, and 
died December 15, 1858. He married (pub- 
lished January 23, 1790) Abigail, daughter of 
Joseph and Sarah (Dexter) Lewis, and they 
had children : William, Isaac, Lois, Nathaniel, 
Eunice, Frances, who married Timothy Hodg- 
don, as mentioned above, James, Mary Carl- 
ton, Payson, Sarah A., Eliza A., and Abigail. 



John Coggan, the first of the 
COGGAN name in New England, ap- 
pears first in Dorchester in 
1632, and took the freeman's oath November 
5, 1633. The surname in the various parish 
and town records is written Cogan, Coggen, 
Coggin and Coggan. John Coggan was a 
merchant in Boston, became possessed of con- 
siderable wealth and appears, according to 
Washburn's "Judicial History of Massachu- 
setts," to have acted as one of the attorneys 
under the old charter of the colony of Mas- 
sachusetts Bay. His first wife Ann joined the 
church in Boston, and had her daughter Ann 
recorded to have been born November 9, 1636, 
baptized November, 1636, and another daugh- 
ter, Lydia, born and baptized July 14, 1639. 

John Coggan's second wife was Mary , 

who died January 14, 1652; and his third 
wife, whom he married March 16, 1652, was 
Martha, daughter of Captain William Rain- 
borow, and wadow first of Thomas Coytemore, 
and second of Governor John Winthrop. By 
his third wife he had one child, Caleb, born 
December 15, 1652, baptized December 26, 
1652. He had also as members of his house- 
hold three children of his brother Humphrey, 
who did not come to New England. These 
children were : Mary, born in England ; Eliz- 
abeth, probably was born in Dorchester, as 
the mother doubtless came with either one or 
both children in company with her brother-in- 
law, John Coggan. The third child of John 
Coggan was John Jr., so called to distinguish 
him from his uncle of the same baptismal 
name. The younger John Coggan was admit- 
ted freeman of Boston, May 18, 1642, mar- 
ried and had a daughter Sarah, born Decem- 
ber 25, 1637, died 1674. Mary Coggan mar- 
ried (first) John Moody, of Roxbury, and 
(second) Thomas Robinson, of Scituat'e, and 
had three children. Her sister Elizabeth mar- 
ried Joseph Rock. John Coggan, the immi- 
grant, died in Boston in April, 1658, and in 
1660 his widow Martha administered his will, 
made December 16, 1657, and in it he mentions 
his wife Martha, son Caleb, Mary Robinson, 
Elizabeth Rock, and John, son of his brother 



Humphrey, to whom he bequeathed a gold 
ring, and twenty pounds to the children of 
Windsor. A letter from Rev. John Daven- 
port, printed in "Massachusetts Historical 
Collections," (v. 45), contains a story of un- 
usual interest of the widow of John Coggan. 
The property of John Coggan, immigrant, 
mentioned in his will, included besides houses 
and a shop in the town of Boston, a farm at 
Rumney Marsh, a corn mill at Mystic Side 
(Maiden), and five hundred acres of land 
in the town of Woburn. 

(I) Henry Coggan, another immigrant, was 
of Boston in 1634, removed thence to Scituate, 
and in 1639 to Barnstable, Massachusetts, and 
died in England while on a visit there, in 
June, 1649. The baptismal name of his wife 
was Abigail; children: i. Abigail, born prob- 
ably before her father settled in Boston. 2. 
Thomas, baptized March i, 1640, died Jan- 
uary 26, 1659. 3- John, born February 12, 
1643. 4- Mary, born April 20, 1645, died 
soon. 5. Henry, born October 11, 1646. Af- 
ter the death of her husband Abigail Coggan 
married June 10, 1650, John Phinney, and 
died May 6, 1653. Her daughter Abigail 
married June 21, 1659, .loh" French, of Bil- 
lerica, and died soon afterward. We have 
here three brothers, John, of Boston, who set- 
tled in Dorchester, 1632; Humphrey, of Eng- 
land, whose son John was brought up in the 
family of John, of Boston; and Henry, of 
Barnstable, 1639, who had a son John bap- 
tized February 12, 1643. 

(II) John, son of Humphrey Coggan, of 
England, and nephew of John Coggan, of 
Dorchester, and probably a nephew of Henry 
Coggan, of Dunstable, immigrants, was made 
freeman in Boston, May 18, 1642. He mar- 
ried and had a daughter Sarah, born Decem- 
ber 25,' 1657, died 1674. 

(II) John Coggan, son of Henry and Abi- 
gail Coggan, was born February 12, 1643, 
and was of Charlestown, Massachusetts. He 
married December 22, 1664, Mary, daughter 
of Michael Long, and died in Charlestown 
May 7, 1681. John and Mary (Long) Cog- 
gan had three children : i. John, born August 
27, 1666. 2. Henry, April 13, 1669. 3- Abi- 
gail, 1671, married 1702, John Teal, school- 
master. 

(III) John (2), son of John (i) and Mary 
(Long) Coggan, was born in Charlestown, 
August 2j, 1666, and removed to Bristol, 
Maine. 

(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Coggan. 
was a farmer and lived in Bristol, Maine. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



(V) John (4), son of John (3) Coggan, 
of Bristol, Maine, was born in Bristol, in 
May, 1790. 

(VI) Taber, son of John (4) Coggan, was 
born in Bristol, Maine, and married March 19, 

1812, Betsey, daughter of Kingsbury, 

stepdaughter of Leach, and widow of 

Lemuel Bryant. Taber Coggan died in Bris- 
tol, Lincoln county, Maine, June 2, 1863. 

(VII) Leonard Chamberlain, son of Taber 
and Betsey (Kingsbury-Bryant) Coggan, was 
born in Bristol, Maine, September 24, 1898. 
He was reared in Bristol, on a farm, and was 
a farmer all his life. He married Betsey Mar- 
tin Webber, born 1825, died February 24, 
1894, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret 
(Farrar) Webber, of Bremen, Lincoln county, 
Maine (see Webber). His children: i. Al- 
den, was a merchant in Boston, where he mar- 
ried Anna Dow, of Quincy, now deceased; 
they had daughter Lizzie F., who married 
Frank Webber; resides in Bremen, Maine. 
2. Marcellus, see forward. 3. James W., a 
brick manufacturer, in Kansas. 4. Annie, 
married James McGuire, of Webster, Massa- 
chusetts, where they reside. 5. Lizzie F., died 
young. 

(VIII) Marcellus, son of Leonard Cham- 
berlain and Betsey Martin (Webber) Cog- 
gan, was born in Bristol, Maine, September 6, 
1847, and prepared for college at Lincoln 
Academy, New Castle, Maine. He graduated 
from Bowdoin College, A. B., with the class 
of '72, and was principal of Nichols Academy, 
Dudley, Massachusetts, from 1872 until 1879, 
during which time also he was chairman of 
the school board of the town. He then re- 
moved to Maiden, Massachusetts, and took 
up the study of law in the office of Child & 
Powers, Boston, and was admitted to the Suf- 
folk bar in 1881. Having come to the bar he 
practiced in Maiden and Boston, and in 1886 
formed a law partnership with William Scho- 
field, under the style of Coggan & Schofield, a 
relation which was continued until 1896, after 
which Mr. Coggan practiced without a part- 
ner until 1904, when his son, Marcellus Sum- 
ner Coggan, who was admitted to the bar in 
1900, became his law partner. Marcellus 
Coggan married, November 28, 1872, Luella 
Blanche, daughter of Calvin Chandler and 
Lucinda Boothby (Butterfield) Robbins. 
Three children were born of this marriage: 
I. Marcellus Sumner, born Dudley, Massa- 
chusetts, November 14, 1873 ; prepared for 
college in Boston Latin School; graduated 



from Bowdoin College, A. B., 1897, and from 
Boston University Law School, LL. B., 1900. 
In the same year he was admitted to practice 
in the courts of Massachusetts, and at once 
became a member of the Suffolk bar. In 1904 
he became partner in law practice with his 
father, with principal offices in Boston. He 
married, January 4, 1899, Mattie M. Hanson, 
daughter of Luther L. and Alice (Rogers) 
Hanson, of Maiden. Their son, Marcellus 
Sumner Coggan, Jr., was born December 22, 
1905. 2. Linus Child, born ^Maiden, June 
10, 1884; graduated from Maiden high school, 
1903, and from Tufts College, A. B., 1907. 
3. Florence Betsey, born April 26, 1886 ; grad- 
uated from Winchester high school, 1906. 

In Maiden, Marcellus Coggan was a mem- 
ber of the school committee, one year acting 
as chairman, and always took an active in- 
terest in the welfare of the city in every re- 
spect. He is a strong Republican, and as 
the candidate of that party was mayor of 
Maiden in 1886-87. Both he and the several 
members of his family are members of the 
Universalist church. He is a member also of 
Converse Lodge, F. and A. M., of Maiden, 
and of Maiden Lodge No. 201, I. O. O. F. 
During his residence in that city he also was 
associated with various other organizations, 
including those of social and professional char- 
acter. 



The earliest Webber (or Web- 
WEBBER er) ancestors came to America 
from Holland in the early part 
of the seventeenth century, and nearly all 
who bear that surname in New York and 
New England claim descent from one Wolfert 
Webber, who was born in Amsterdam, Hol- 
land, about 1600, and came to New Amster- 
dam, now New York City, about 1633, in 
company with the Dutch Governor Van Twil- 
ler. Wolfert Webber had a grant of land 
in New Amsterdam of about sLxty-two acres, 
lying between Broadway and the Hudson 
river and between Duane and Chambers 
streets. Something like a generation ago an 
attempt was made by some of the heirs of 
Wolfert Webber to claim this property, on the 
ground that the lease under which it was .held 
had expired, and also to enforce a claim to a 
share in the estate of Wolfert's parents in 
Holland, which was said to have been placed 
in trust in 1645 for the heirs of the third gen- 
eration, and that distribution never had been 
made according to the provisions of the trust. 
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their contention, which was stimulated by 
scheming parties, was groundless from the be- 
ginning. 

(I) Thomas Webber, with whom this nar- 
rative begins, lived at the mouth of the river 
Kennebec, Maine, as early as the year 1649. 
He married Mary, daughter of John Parker, 
Sr., and had five sons and one daughter. 

(II) Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary 
(Parker) Webber, lived for a time at Glouces- 
ter, Massachusetts, and died in York, Maine, 



m 1716. 



(III) Waitt, son of Samuel Webber, re- 
moved from York to Harpswell, Maine, in 

1738. 

(IV) Benjamin, son of Waitt Webber, and 
great-grandfather of Betsey Martin Webber, 

married Polly , and lived in Harpswell, 

Maine. 

(V) Joshua, son of Benjamin and Polly 
Webber, was born in 1761, and died March 3, 
1819; married January 26, 1791, Elizabeth, 
born 1776, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth 
Martin, of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She 
died November 12, 1841. 

(VI) Benjamin, son of Joshua and Eliza- 
beth (Martin) Webber, was born in Bristol, 
Maine, November 4, 1792, and died in Brem- 
en, Maine, September 27, 1851. He married, 
December 27, 1818, Margaret Farrar, born 
Bristol, Maine, April 18, 1792, daughter of 
John (1756-1847) and Hannah (Burns) Far- 
rar, and great-granddaughter of John and 
Hannah Farrar. John Farrar died in 1809. 
His wife Hannah was a daughter of Deacon 
William and Jane (McClintock) Burns. 
Deacon Burns, born 1733, died 1827, was a 
native of Cornwall, England, and is said to 
have been of noble blood. John Farrar, born 
171 1, died 1809, had seven sons, all of whom 
served in the American army during the revo- 
lution, and their mother fitted out these sons 
with all the clothing they wore and carried, 
except shoes. She spun, wove, cut out and 
made all these garments with her own hands, 
and sent out her boys as well equipped as any 
other soldiers in the ranks. They all returned 
to her except Thomas, who died in the service. 
The children of Benjamin and Margaret (Far- 
rar) Webber were: Betsey M., Hannah H., 
John F., Betsey M. (2d), Margaret M., James 
F. and Samuel (twins), Charles M., Cynthia 
and Benjamin. 

(VII) Betsey Martin Webber, daughter of 
Benjamin and Margaret (Farrar) Webber, 
married Leonard Chamberlain Coggan, farm- 
er of Bristol, Lincoln county, Maine (see Cog- 
gan). 



Like many other York county 
TITCOMB families the Titcombs are de- 
scended from an immigrant 
from England who located on the eastern 
shore of Massachusetts, and one of his de- 
scendants followed the coast line north, es- 
tablishing himself in Kennebunk. 

(I) William Titcomb, of Newbury, Berk- 
shire, England, came in the ship "Hercules" 
to Massachusetts Bay in 1634, and settled at 
Quascacumquen, which, in the following year, 
was renamed Newbury in remembrance of the 
old English town. He was one of the origi- 
nal proprietors, and during the early years of 
the town's history was a prominent man in its 
political and religious affairs. He was ad- 
mitted a freeman in 1642; was a selectman 
for the first time in 1646; was representative 
to the general court in 1655 and was assigned 
by both the colonial and town governments to 
several important committees. In the long 
controversy between the Rev. Thomas Parker 
and a portion of the church he was in oppo- 
sition to the pastor, and when the matter was 
at length submitted to the court at Ipswich 
for a decision he, with his associates, were 
declared by that body to be guilty of grave 
misdemeanors. (N. B. As lack of space pre- 
vents the giving a detailed account of this 
controversy, it is here stated for the benefit of 
the readers of this work who are unfamiliar 
with its origin that the trouble was not of 
an ecclesiastical or doctrinal nature, but re- 
lated wholly to the question of church govern- 
ment.) William Titcomb died September 24, 
1676, of a severe attack of fever and ague. 
He married (first) Joanna Bartlett, daugh- 
ter of Richard Bartlett Sr., of Newbury, and 
she died June 28, 1653, immediately after 
childbirth. On March 3, 1654, he married 
(second) Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, presumably 
the widow of William Stevens, and she sur- 
vived him. The children of first union were : 
Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Mellicent, William 
(died young) Penuel and Benaiah. Those of 
second marriage were : Elizabeth, Rebecca, 
Tirzah, William, Thomas, Lydia and Ann. 

(II) Penuel, second son and sixth child of 
William and Joanna (Bartlett) Titcomb, was 
born in Newbury, December 16, 1650. He re- 
sided in that part of the town which is now 
Newburyport and was one of the founders of 
a new church in that locality. Residing a con- 
siderable distance from the mother church in 
Newbury, more than three hundred people 
desired permission to establish a church of 
their own to be located on Pipe-stave hill, and 
the town having refused to accede to their 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



request they proceeded to erect a meeting- 
house and called a pastor upon their own re- 
sponsibility. This act on their part led to 
serious consequences, as they were prosecuted 
and some of the seceders sought and obtained 
protection from the established Church of 
England. The trouble was ultimately adjusted 
to the satisfaction of all concerned. Among 
the leaders of the new church people was 
Penuel Titcomb, and he was one of the six 
who were served with a process forbidding the 
building of their meeting-house. He did not, 
however, become an Episcopalian. January 8, 
1684, he married Lydia Poore, daughter of 
John Poore, of Newbury. Their children 
were: Sarah (died young), Sarah, William, 
John and Joseph. 

(III) Joseph, youngest child of Penuel and 
Lydia (Poore) Titcomb, born in Newbury, 
July 27, 1700, died in 1722. He married 
Sarah Batchelder, daughter of John Batchel- 
der, of Reading, Massachusetts, and was the 
father of but two children, Abigail and 
Stephen. His widow married (second) Sam- 
uel Sewall, son of John and Hannah (Fes- 
senden) Sewall, and went to reside in York, 
Maine. 

(IV) Captain Stephen, only son of Joseph 
and Sarah (Batchelder) Titcomb, was born 
in Newbury, December 27, 1721. When a 
young man he developed a capacity for busi- 
ness which he found impossible to exercise in 
his native town, and coming to Kennebunk 
about 1740 he displayed a spirit of enterprise 
which was quite unknown in the locality at 
that time. Having erected a garrison house 
as a means of protection from the Indians, who 
were still troublesome, he engaged extensively 
in trade, also in shipbuilding, owning several 
vessels employed in the coastwise trade, and 
built a sawmill on Middle river in Arundel, 
where he manufactured lumber. During the 
agitation which preceded the American revo- 
lution he strongly supported the cause of 
national independence, and upon receiving 
news of the battle of Lexington he immediately 
set out at the head of twenty-two patriots for 
the scene of hostilities. Arriving at Ports- 
mouth he was informed that his little company 
would not then be needed and they accord- 
ingly returned. He acted as agent for the 
town in the prosecution of all persons inimical 
to the state or federal governments; served 
as selectman and as captain of the local militia 
company; was one of the founders of the 
Second Congregational Church at Kennebunk 
and officially connected with it for many 
years. After the close of Indian hostilities 



he remodelled his old garrison house into a 
more pretentious and comfortable residence, in 
which he passed the sunset of his life enjoy- 
ing the fruits of his business enterprises. He 
died May 23, 181 5, after witnessing the tri- 
umph of the United States in the second con- 
flict with Great Britain. He married Abigail 
Stone and had a family of seven children : 
Joseph, who died at the age of twenty-one; 
Benjamin, who will be again referred to; 
Stephen, Sarah, who married Daniel Mitchell ; 
Abigail, Samuel and John. 

(V) Benjamin, second child of Captain 
Stephen and Abigail (Stone) Titcomb, was 
born in Kennebunk, j\Iay 21, 1751. He settled 
upon a large farm in Alewife, where he be- 
came a prosperous tiller of the soil, and for 
a period of thirty years was a member of the 
board of selectmen. He lived to be seventy- 
six years old and went to his final rest De- 
cember 26, 1827. He was a prominent mem- 
ber of the Christian church. He married (first) 
Mary Burnham, and they were the parents 
of five children-: Benjamin, who married Mary 
Waterhouse ; Hannah, who died young ; James, 
Joseph, and a second Hannah, who married 
John Perkins. He married (second) Hannah 
Bragdon, who bore him four children : Sam- 
uel, David, Abigail and Lydia. He married 
(third) Mrs. Nancy Gates (nee Hemingway), 
daughter of Rev. Moses Hemingway, D. D., 
of Wells, and widow of Dr. Gates. 

(VI) James, second son and third child 
of Benjamin and Mary (Burnham) Titcomb, 
was born in Kennebunk, March 14, 1783. He 
resided in his native town and died there Oc- 
tober 14, 1844. He married Abigail Durrell 
and she became the mother of seven children : 
Joseph, Lucy Wildes, who died in infancy ; 
George Payson, William, Lucy Wildes, who 
became the wife of James M. Stone; James 
W. and Abby. 

(VII) Hon. Joseph, eldest child of James 
and Abigail (Durrell) Titcomb, was born in 
Kennebunk, January 8, 1822. He began his 
education in the public schools, continued it 
at Dumner Academy, Byfield, Massachusetts, 
and completed it at Bowdoin College. He 
became one of the leading business men of 
York county and a famous shipbuilder of his 
day, devoting much time and capital to the 
construction of merchantmen, and among the 
notable ships which he gave to the merchant 
service were the "St. John Smith," and the "J. 
B. Brown," of Portland. During the civil 
war he built vessels for the government, and 
from 1870 to 1880 was in partnership with 
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TitCOmb & Thompson. In his latter 3"ears he (For preceding generations see William Titcomb I.) 



was engaged in the fire and life insurance 
business. He was instrumental in organizing 
the Kennebunk Savings Bank, also the Ocean 
National Bank, and was president of the latter 
for some years. In addition to serving as a 
selectman and as a member of the school board 
for many years, he served with such marked 
ability in both branches of the Maine legis- 
lature as to place him among the leading 
Democrats of the state, and he was twice 
nominated by his party for the governorship. 
His sterling integrity, knowledge of finance 
and the principles of banking caused Gov- 
ernor Garcelon to appoint him bank examiner 
in 1879, and he held other positions of honor 
and trust. He was a deacon of the Con- 
gregational church. Hon. Joseph Titcomb 
died December 25, 1891. During his leisure 
moments he collected much valuable genea- 
logical matter relative to the Titcomb family 
from the time of the immigrant ancestors. 

December 23, 1852, he married Mary 
Anna Wise, who was born in Kennebunk, 
October 17, 1824, daughter of William W. 
Wise. Her death occurred November 25, 
1883. She was the mother of four children : 
I. Agnes, born August 19, i860, married 
Charles H. Cole, who succeeded her father 
in the insurance business. 2. Alice, died in 
infancy. 3. William, see succeeding para- 
graph. 4. Frederick, died in infancy. 

(VIII) William, third child and eldest son 
of Hon. Joseph and Mary A. (Wise) Tit- 
comb, was born in Kennebunk, July 21, 1862. 
He was educated in the Kennebunk public 
schools, and at the age of twenty years en- 
tered the service of the Boston and Maine 
railway as a baggage master. He has ever 
since remained in the employ of that corpora- 
tion, and for the past sixteen years has acted 
as a passenger conductor. He is a Master 
Mason, affiliating with York Lodge, and is 
also a member of Myrtle Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias, of Kennebunk. He is a member of 
the Congregational church. At the present 
time he is serving upon the financial committee 
of the board of trustees of the Kennebunk 
Public Library. In politics he is a Democrat. 
On January i, 1889, Mr. Titcomb married 
Maria Stone, daughter of Edward and Olive 
B. (Kilham) Stone, of Kennebunk. Mr. and 
Mrs. Titcomb have three children : Edward 
S., born January 21, 1890, is now attending 
Thornton Academy, Saco. William Sewall, 
October 16, 1895. Agnes Elizabeth, Novem- 
ber 4, 1901. 



(V) Stephen, third child of 
TITCOMB Captain Stephen and Abigail 

(Stone) Titcomb, was born in 
Kennebunk, Maine, October 3, 1752. When a 
young man he removed to Topsham, Maine, 
where he married, in 1776, Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of James and Hannah Henry. She was 
born in Johnston, Rhode Island, August 19, 
1749 (O. S.). The same year he began ex- 
ploring the valley of the Sandy river in search 
of desirable land, and there found a small 
tribe of Indians at Messee Contee (herring 
place), which became Farmington Falls. At 
the time he came there the tribe consisted of 
two familes, that of Pierpole and that of 
Phillips, sole representatives of their power- 
ful forefathers. Phillips left soon after the 
settlers came in 1781, but Pierpole remained 
for years and became the helper and friend 
of the white settlers. Stephen Titcomb led a 
party from Topsham including Robert Gower, 
Thomas Wilson, James Henry, Robert Alex- 
ander, and James M'Donnell in 1776, with 
a view of making a settlement. They came up 
the Kennebec river in canoes as far as Hallo- 
well, and from there proceeded on foot to the 
house of Rumford Smith, who had settled a 
little east of what is now Readfield Corner, 
then Winthrop. They then took a west- 
northwest course by compass, but lost the trail 
they had hoped to strike, and continued along 
the northern bank of the river to the boundary 
of the Tufts farm, where they built a camp 
and with a strip of basswood bark as a chain 
laid out six lots of one hundred rods in width 
each. After dividing the land so surveyed by 
lot, they returned to Topsham and prepared 
for actual settlement. Their example was 
soon followed by the eager land hunters of 
the times, and the wild country was rapidly 
populated. Between 1776 and 1780 Mr. Tit- 
comb journeyed every season to the settle- 
ment, cleared and prepared six acres for corn 
and potatoes, and built the first log house on 
the river. In 1780 he made a rude sled road 
to Winthrop with the assistance of the other 
pioneers, and about December 20, 1780, be- 
gan the journey of seventy miles with a yoke 
of oxen and a sled heavily laden with pro- 
visions for the winter. He was accompanied 
by his wife's brother, who drove a horse sled 
laden with furniture and bedding, and with 
comfortable seats for Mrs. Titcomb and two 
children, the youngest five weeks old. A 
snowstorm came up and they found refuge for 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



Readfield Corner in a small log cabin, while 
Mr. Titcomb proceeded to Sandy River and 
spent the winter and early spring there alone, 
making a few journeys on snowshoes with such 
provisions as he could convey on a hand sled, 
thus keeping the poor wife and little children 
as comfortable as possible. When the snow 
allowed, they continued the journey and took 
possession of the log house at Sandy River, 
and despite this perilous journey and its at- 
tendant hardships, Mrs. Titcomb lived to be 
ninety-two years old and the five weeks old 
infant lived' to the age of seventy-nine and 
was the mother of a large family. He built 
a framed barn in 1785, and a framed house 
in 1788, which is still standing, and which 
was at the time the finest house in the sec- 
tion. There was no church in the place, but 
Mr. Titcomb was a Methodist, and the first 
preaching service in the township was held in 
his log house by Rev. Ezekiah Emerson, a 
Congregational minister, who came at Mrs. 
Titcomb's request to baptize the first child born 
in this wilderness, her fourth child 'Stephen, 
born in Farmington, November 14, 1782. In 
1799 the settlers built the first meeting-house, 
and Mr. Titcomb was foremost in the labor 
and bore a large share in the expenses. He 
represented his town in the general court in 
1800; was a selectman 1815 and 1816, and a 
candidate for lieutenant-governor of Massa- 
chusetts in 1795, receiving twenty three votes 
for the nomination. Mrs. Titcomb died No- 
vember 6, 1839, and in 1840 Mr. Titcomb sold 
his farm, removed to the village then and 
now known as Farmington, and lived with his 
two daughters Lydia and Nancy. He died on 
Christmas Day, 1847, at the advanced age of 
ninety-five years. The children of Stephen 
and Elizabeth (Henry) Titcomb were: i. Jo- 
seph (q. v.), born December 18, 1776. 2. 
Henry, December 20, 1778, married Ann 
Buckminster, daughter of Rev. Timothy and 
Sarah (Williams) Fuller, and died August 
19, 1864. 3. Hannah, November 15, 1780, re- 
moved from Topsham, Maine, in December, 
1780, with her mother and two brothers to 
Sandy River after a journey that consumed 
three months ; married William Allen and died 
March 26, 1859. 4- Stephen, November 14, 
1782, the first white child born at Sanciy 
River, afterward Farmington, Maine.. 5. Ly- 
dia, May 26, 1785, died March 31, 1881, un- 
married. 6. Nancy, May 24, 1787, died Feb- 
ruary 28, 1857, unmarried. 7. Betsey, April 
25, 1789, married Samuel Belcher; died July 
31, 1813. 8. John, February 24, 1794, died 
October i, 1861. 



(VI) Joseph, eldest son of Stephen and 
Elizabeth (Henry) Titcomb, was . born in 
Topsham, Maine, December 18, 1776. He was 
a pupil at Hallowell Academy, where he was 
graduated, and he began life as a merchant in 
Farmington, then known as Centre Village, in 
1803, and continued in trade up to 1820, 
when his youngest brother John purchased 
his store and stock and he returned to his farm, 
afterwards occupied by his son John. He con- 
nected himself with the Congregational church 
not long after its formation and was one of its 
most constant supporters during the remainder 
of his life. He was town treasurer for seven 
years, 1822-28, and was a man of strict in- 
tegrity, trained to habits of thrift and industry, 
and successful in all his undertakings. He 
married, December 13, 1808, I\Iehitable, daugh- 
ter of Supply Belcher, and they had children : 

1. Stephen, born September 16, 1809. 2. 
Henry Belcher, August 6, 181 1. 3. John, July 

2, 1813. 4. Joseph, May 25, 1816 (q. v.). 5. 
Benjamin More, October 16, 1818. 6. Hiram 
B., August 27, 1822. The mother died Feb- 
ruary 16, 1838, and the father March 21, 
1858. 

(VII) Joseph, fourth son of Joseph and 
Mehitable (Belcher) Titcomb, was born in 
Farmington, Maine, May 25, 1816. He was 
educated in his native town, and settled as a 
farmer on a part of the old homestead, and 
was greatly esteemed as a citizen. For many 
years he was a faithful member of the Congre- 
gational church. He married, November 26, 
1844, Elisabeth Eaton, daughter of Thomas 
Jr. and Susan (Lyon) Wendell, and a direct 
descendant of Evert Jansen Wendell, born in 
Embden, Hanover, in 161 5, came to New 
Amsterdam (New York) in 1640, went up 
the Hudson river and settled in Albany. By 
this marriage Joseph and Elisabeth Eaton 
(Wendell) Titcomb had children as follows: 
Hiram (q. v.), August 2, 1846, and an infant 
son. His wife died March 15, 1849, and he 
married (second) September 20, 1854, Lois 
Nelson, daughter of Moses Craig, and by this 
marriage had three children : William; Eliza- 
beth Wendell and Henry Augustus. 

(VIII) Hiram, eldest son of Joseph and 
Elisabeth Eaton (Wendell) Titcomb, was born 
in Farmington, Maine, August 2, 1846. He 
began his education in the public schools of his 
native town, and pursued advanced branches in 
the Farmington Academy. For a time he 
taught school, acquitting himself most credit- 
ably. Meanwhile he had purchased and was 
successfully carrying on a farm. He aban- 
doned teaching to learn cheesemaking and 




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became the manager of a cheese factory a few 
miles from his home. Later he established 
near his farm a factory for the canning of 
sweet corn, which he operated for a consider- 
able number of years. In 1889 he removed 
to the village, to give his children better edu- 
cational advantages, and engaged in a general 
grocery, grain and coal business, selling a por- 
tion of his farm and gradually abandoning the 
canning industry, except for occasional ven- 
tures. The general store was disposed of in 
1899, but the coal business Mr. Titcomb re- 
tained until his death. Mr. Titcomb never lost 
his interest in farming, and at no time did 
he fail to have fields and orchards under cul- 
tivation. He was a wise and thrifty farmer, 
keeping his land in good condition and early 
giving intelligent and farsighted attention to 
the propagation and care of apple orchards. 
He was highly regarded for his industry, busi- 
ness capability and integrity, and was active 
and efficient in promoting the educational and 
material interests of the community. He was 
a member of the school committee for thirteen 
years, and for several years served as a select- 
man of Farmington. At the age of sixteen 
he became a member of the Congregational 
church and throughout his life was a constant 
attendant at its services. He served it as 
Sunday school superintendant and teacher, and 
was for years an efficient member of its busi- 
ness committee. He married, April 5, 1875, 
Hannah Jane, daughter of Andrew W. and 
Hannah (Emery) Gould, and granddaughter 
of Samuel and Lydia (Walker) Gould, whose 
family consisted of ten children, as follows : 
I. Damaris, born February 25, 1797. 2. Elias, 
February 12, 1799. 3. Lydia, July 5, 1801. 
4. Samuel, July 6, 1803. 5. Mary, January 5, 
1806. 6. Lucy, March 12, 1808. 7. Elbridge, 
May 2, 1810. 8. Maria, January 11, 1813. 
9. Andrew W., April 10, 1815. 10. Lydia, 
February 25, 1819. Mrs. Titcomb was born 
in New Portland, Maine, May 30, 1853. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Titcomb were born: i. Grace, 
born December 23, 1877, graduated at Tufts 
College, 1904. 2. Olive Emery, September 8, 
1881. 3. Frank Elmer (q. v.), March 17, 
1884. 4. Flora Stevens, August 5, 1886. 5. 
Harold, March 7, 1894. Hiram Titcomb died 
December 16, 1906. Mrs. Titcomb died April 
24, 1908. 

(VIII) Frank Elmer, son of Hiram and 
Hannah Jane (Gould) Titcomb, was born in 
Farmington, Maine, March 17, 1884. He at- 
tended the public grammar and high school of 
Farmington, and was a student at Dartmouth 
College, but had to leave college before gradu- 



ating, on account of the death of his father, 
which occurred December 16, 1906. This 
event made him, as the oldest son, the business 
head of the family, and proprietor of the coal 
business. He carried it on successfully until 
his death, July 21, 1908, which resulted from 
an operation for appendicitis. He was uni- 
versally loved and respected, had taken a deep 
interest in the business and social life of his 
town, and was rapidly coming to occupy a 
trusted and important place in the conduct of 
its affairs. 



This name is found in New Eng- 
SNOW land almost from the time of the 

landing of the "Mayflower" Pil- 
grims. Among the pioneer Snows, that is, 
those who came over before 1650, are An- 
thony, who was at Plymouth, 1638; Nicho- 
las, 1623; Richard, of Woburn, 1645; Thom- 
as, Boston, 1636; and William, of Plymouth, 
1643, who probably came over 1635. An- 
thony had no male descendants in the third 
generation. 

(I) Nicholas Snow, who came in the 
"Ann" in 1623, had a share in the land in 
Plymouth, 1624, settled at Eastham in 1644, 
and was a man of much note. He was a free- 
man in 1633. He with six others, seven fami- 
lies of forty-nine persons, began the settlement 
of Eastham, first called Nauset, in April, 1644. 
See Freeman's Cape Cod, vol. 2, p. 356. He 
was elected town clerk in 1646 and held the 
office sixteen years ; was deputy from 1648, 
three years; was selectman from 1663, seven 
years. He and his son Mark signed the call 
to Rev. John Mayo to settle as their minister 
in 1655. He was one of Governor Prence's 
associates. He died at Eastham, November 5, 
1676. His will was executed November 14, 
1676 (O. S.). He married, in Plymouth, Con- 
stance Hopkins, daughter of Stephen Hopkins, 
the "Mayflower" Pilgrim, by a former wife. 
She died in October, 1677. The twelve chil- 
dren of this union were : Mark, Alary, Sarah, 
Joseph, Stephen, John, Elizabeth, Jabez, Ruth, 
Hannah, Rebecca, and one other. 

(II) John, sixth child and fourth son ot 
Nicholas and Constance (Hopkins) Snow, 
born about 1638, died Eastham, 1692. There 
is one record of a will of John Snow. He left 
lands and housing, which at the settlement of 
his estate, April 19, 1692, went to his sons 
"according to law." He married, September 
19, 1667, in Eastham, Mary Smalley, born 
Barnstable, December 11, 1647, daughter of 
John and Ann (Walden) Smalley. She was 
baptized in Barnstable church, February 22, 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



1648, died Eastham, 1703. She married (sec- 
ond) Ephraim Doane. The children of John 
and Mary were : Hannah, Mary, Abigail, Re- 
becca, John, Isaac, Lydia, Elisha and Phebc. 

(III) John (2), fifth child and eldest son 
of John (i) and Mary (Smalley) Snow, was 
born in Eastham, May 3, 1678. John Snow, 
father of John (2), was one of the oldest pro- 
prietors of Truro in 1639. In the division of 
land John Snow had the eighth lot, bounded 
on the northerly side by Lieutenant Joseph 
Snow, deceased, and on the south by the lot 
of Thomas Paine. In 1703 he was one to 
decide boundaries, and from 1709 for eleven 
years was town clerk. In the act of propri- 
etors in 1730 his name does not appear. He 
had pew No. 2, £5, on the left hand in the 
church. He was one of four to call Rev. 
John Avery in 171 1. He married, February 
25, 1701, Elizabeth Ridley, born May 13, 
1678. They had eleven children : Joshua, 
1701 ; Anna, 1703; Elizabeth, 1705; John, 
1706; Anthony, 1709; Elisha, 1711; Isaac, 
1713-14; Alary, 1716; Ambrose, 1718-19; 
Amasa, 1720-21 ; David, 1722-23. Truro was 
incorporated July 16, 1709. All these children 
born before that date are found upon the 
Eastham record. 

(IV) Anthony, fifth child and third son of 
John (2) and Elizabeth (Ridley) Snow, born 
in Truro, July 28, 1709, died July 14, 1796. 
He married, March 2, 1732, Sarah Paine, born 
Truro, June 17, 1714, died June 4, 1769, 
daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Mayo) 
Paine. Their children were : David, born 
1732; Daniel, 1733-34; Elisha, 1736; John, 
1738; Jonathan, 1740; Sylvanus, 1741-42; An- 
thony, 1744-45; Sarah, 1746; Elizabeth, 1748- 
49; Anna, 1750-51; Mary, 1753; Jesse, 1759. 

(V) Jonathan, fifth son of Anthony and 
Sarah (Paine) Snow, born Truro, June 6, 
1740, died Truro, November 13, 1801. He 
married, in Truro, November 27, 1766, De- 
liverance Atkins, born Truro, July 20, 1747, 
died there February 19, 1817, daughter of 
Isaiah and Ruth (Hinckley) Atkins. They 
had: Isaiah, born 1767; Jonathan, 1770; John, 
1772; Shubael, 1775; Daniel, 1779. 

(VI) Shubael, fourth son of Jonathan and 
Deliverance (Atkins) Snow, born Truro, July 
io> 1775. died there July 3, 1844. He mar- 
ried, in Truro, January 6, 1801, Betsey 
(Snow) Lombard, daughter of Anthony, Jr., 
and Tamsin (Harding) Snow. Their children 
were : Anthony, Jonathan, Shubael, Isaac, 
Isaiah, Reuben, Edwin, Ephraim and Paulina. 

(VII) Ephraim, eighth son of Shubael and 
Betsey (Snow) (Lombard) Snow, born 



Truro, October 19, 1810, died Truro, Septem- 
ber 22, 1895. He married, in Truro, Novem- 
ber 28, 1833, Jemima Knowles, born Truro, 
May 7, 1814, died Quincy, April 14, 1897, 
daughter of Zaccheus and Sarah (Lombard) 
Knowles. They had : Orlando Partridge, 
Ephraim Anthony, Sarah Elizabeth, Isaiah, 
Reuben, John Collins, Rebecca Jane, George 
Washington, Charles William Grey. 

(VIII) Ephraim Anthony, second son of 
Ephraim and Jemima (Knowles) Snow, born 
Truro, September i, 1837, died 'Quincy, Massa- 
chusetts, August 2, 1908. He married, in 
Truro, February 21, i860, Amelia Johnson 
Rich, born Truro, September 11, 1840, daugh- 
ter of Ephraim and Reliance (Snow) Rich. 
Reliance (Snow) Rich was born in Brewster, 
October 22, 1806, died Truro, August 13, 
1874. Her line of descent on the paternal 
side is as follows : (I) Nicholas and Constance 
(Hopkins) Snow. (II) Jabez Snow. (HI) 
Edward Snow. (IV) Nathaniel Snow. (V') 
Reuben, born May 20, 1748, died November 
16, 1769, and his wife Reliance (Wing) Snow. 
(VI) John, born in Harwich, March 22, 1778, 
died in Brewster, February 4, 1856; and his 
wife Abial (Pepper) Snow. (VII) Reliance, 
mentioned above. The children of Ephraim A. 
and Amelia J. Snow are Eva May and Herbert 
A. Eva May was born August 2;^, 1861, mar- 
ried Arthur E. Linnell, of Wollaston, Massa- 
chusetts. They have three children : Harry 
Leslie, Amelia Adeline and Lisabelle. Her- 
bert A. is the subject of the next paragraph. 

(IX) Herbert Austin, only son of Ephraim 
A. and Amelia Johnson (Rich) Snow, was 
born in Truro, Massachusetts, April 8, 1870. 
At an early age he was taken to Boston by 
his parents on their removal to that place, and 
there he took the usual courses in the Dudley 
street grammar and English high schools. He 
was graduated from the high school in 1886. 
He was then for a short time in the employ 
of R. S. Tubman, of Roxbury, merchant, and 
in 1886 was employed a year in the auditing 
department of the old Boston & Lowell rail- 
road. The following year he went into the 
auditing department of the Fitchburg railroad, 
where he was employed until 1894, and then 
became an accountant of the Boston & Alaine 
railroad at its ticket office in the Union Sta- 
tion, Boston. His employment at that place 
continued until June 12, 1903, when he was 
transferred to Portland, Maine, and made 
general ticket agent of the Boston & Maine 
and Maine Central railroads at that place, and 
has since filled that position. Mr. Snow has 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



1625 



first prepared for the duties he would have to 
perform as a business man, and has attended 
strictly to business all these years, performing 
his duties with dispatch and precision thai 
have won the approbation of his superiors. He 
is a Republican in political sentiinent, and a 
Congregationalist in religious faith. He is a 
member of Lodge No. 220, Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows, of Cambridgeport, Massa- 
chusetts, of which he is a past grand. Her- 
bert A. Snow married, in Walertown, Massa- 
chusetts, January 23, 1895, Emma Belle Strat- 
ton, born in Brooklyn, New York, May 9, 
1868, daughter of Homer R., of Hancock, 
Maine, and Esther (Macomber) Stratton, of 
Augusta, maine. They have two children : 
Marjorie Lillian and Lucile. 



(For first generation see Nicholas Snow I.) 

(II) Jabez, son of Nicholas Snow, 
SXOW was born in 1642, and died at 
Eastham, Mas.Nachusetts, Decem- 
ber 20, 1690. He was a lieutenant in Captain 
John Gorham's company in the expedition to 
Canada under Phipps in 1690, and was a 
prominent citizen of Eastham. He married, 

about 1670, Elizabeth . Children, born 

at Eastham: i. Jabez, September 6, 1670; 
mentioned below. 2. Edward, March 26, 
1672. 3. Sarah, February 26, 1673. 4. Grace, 
February I, 1674-75. 5. Thomas, April 2, 
1677; died same day. 6. Elizabeth, born 
before i6go. 7. Deborah, born before i6go. 8. 
Rachel, born 1685, probably. 

(III) Jabez (2), son of Jabez (i) Snow, 
was born September 6, 1670, in Eastham, and 
died there October 14, 1750; his will, dated 
October 7 or 12, 1743, proved January 23, 
1750, mentions sons Jabez, Sylvanus and Sam- 
uel; daughters Elizabeth Knowles, Tabitha 
Mayo and Phebe Smith. He married Eliza- 
beth Treati born July 24, 1675, died March 3, 
1765, daughter of Rev. Sainuel and Elizabeth 
(Mayo) Treat. Her gravestone is in the 
Eastham burying ground, near the railroad 
station. Children, born in Eastham: i. Jabez, 
July 22, 1696. 2. Joshua, March 12, 1700; 
died young. 3. Elizabeth, October 8, 1703; 
married Thomas Knowles. 4. Sylvanus, Feb- 
ruary 16, 1704-5; mentioned below. 5. Ta- 
bitha, March 11, 1707; married John Mayo. 
6. Samuel, January 22, 1708-9. 7. Edward, 
May 18, 171 1 ; died young. 8. Phebe, married 
David Smith. 

(IV) Sylvanus, son of Jabez (2) Snow, 
was born February 16, 1704-5, in Eastham, 
Massachusetts. He married Flannah Cole. 



Among his children was Edward, mentioned 
below. 

(V) Edward, son of Sylvanus Snow, was 
born in Eastham, and married Betsey Myrick. 
In 1785, with his wife and six children, he' 
removed to Orrington, Maine, where he set- 
tled. He died about 1790, and his estate, 
which was settled in 1794, amounted to 123 
pounds 9 shillings 11 pence. Children: i. 
Edward, born October 6, 1770; mentioned be- 
low. 2. Daniel, born March 21, 1773; mar- 
ried October 13, 1793, Betsey Brooks. 3. Me- 
hitable, born April, 1775. 4. Betsey (twin), 
born April, 1775. 5. Mary, born September 
6, 1777. 6. Statira, born October 29, 1779. 7. 
Sylvanus, born May 21, 1782. 8. William, 
born August 21, 1784; married Lydia Doane, 
1809. 9. Sarah, born March 26, 1786; mar- 
ried, June 16, 1806, Manning Wood. 10. 
Jabez, born Mai'ch 15, 1788; died March 18, 
1861 ; married Laura Goodale. 11. Colier, 
born JMarch 11, 1791 ; died August 21, 1875; 
married Polly or iVIercy Swett. 

(VI) Edward (2), son of Edward (i) 
Snow, was born probably in Eastham, Massa- 
chusetts, October 6, 1770, and removed to 
Orrington, Maine, with liis father. He mar- 
ried, September 6, 1795, Hannah, daughter of 
William Doane. He had a son Edward, men- 
tioned below. 

(VII) Edward (3), son of Edward (2) 
Snow, was born about 1797, in Penobscot, 
Maine. He was educated in the public schools, 
and settled in Frankfort, Maine, where he 
followed farming during his active life. He 
married Mary Twining, born October 29, 
1794, died September 23, 1864, daughter of 
Abner Twining, and a descendant of Nich- 
olas Twining. Children: i. Williamson 
Twining, born June i, 1820, died June 29, 
1886. 2. George Weston, born August 5, 
1822, mentioned below. 3. Elvira W., born 
June 14, 1824. 4. Henry Otis, boi-n January, 
1830. 5. James, born January 24, 1834, died 
October 23, 1900. 6. Albert, died yoimg. 

(VIII) George Weston, son of Edward 
(3) Snow, was born in Frankfort, Maine, Au- 
gust 5, 1822, and died August 7, 1876. He 
had a common school education, and early in 
life went to sea, rising to the rank of master 
mariner. He married, in 1847, Elizabeth Dut- 
ton Savage, born 1822, died 1879, daughter of 
George and ]\Iary (Holt) Savage, of Bangor, 
Maine. Mary Holt's father, William Holt, of 
Fryeburg, later Hermon, Maine, was a soldier 
in the revolution. He married Lucy Hutch- 
ings, of Montville, Maine. Children of George 



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Weston Snow, born at Banjjor : i. Albert 
Francis, August 17, 1850. 2. George Freder- 
ick, May I, 1852. 3. Charles La Forest, Sep- 
tember 24. 1855; married Minnie I. Bolton; 
daughter Elizatieth May. 4. Mary Sophia, 
mentioned below. 

(IX) Mary Sophia, daughter of George 
Weston Snow, was born in Bangor, Maine, 
April 15, 1857. She was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of her native city, and entered upon 
the profession of teaching. From 1879 to 
1889 she was principal of the Union Square 
grammar school of Bangor. During: the next 
ten years she was principal of the City Train- 
ing School for Teachers at Bangor, and at 
the same time superintendent of schools of 
that city. Since 1900 she has been supervisor 
of practice teaching in the Pratt Institute of 
Brooklyn, New York. She was president of 
the New England Association of School Su- 
perintendents in 1898-9, and has been vice- 
president of the American Institute of In- 
struction. She received the honorarv degree 
of Ph. M. from the University of Maine. 
Miss Snow is a member of the American 
Science Association ; the Eastern Manual 
Training Association ; the Maine Audubon So- 
ciety ; the Society of New England Women of 
Brooklyn ; the Maine Women's Club of New 
York ; the New England Association of 
School Superintendents. She is on the board 
of management of the American Home Eco- 
nomics Association, and secretary-treasurer of 
the Home Economics Association of Greater 
New York. 



(For preceding generations see Nicholas Snow I.) 

(IV) Deacon Isaac, fifth son of 
SNOW John (2) and Elizabeth (Ridley) 

Snow, was born March 21, 1714, 
in Truro, and was a pioneer settler in Harps- 
well, whence he removed to Brunswick, 
Maine ; in his old age he removed to Thomas- 
ton, in that state, where most of his children 
lived, and died in 1799, at the home of his 
daughter, Hannah Hall, in St. George, Maine. 
The baptismal name of his wife is given in 
the Thomaston records as "Affier" (Aphia), 
and their children were : John, Isaac, Rev. 
Elisha, Joseph, Ambrose, Elizabeth, Polly, 
Samuel, Mercy and Hannah. 

(V) Rev. Elisha, third son of Deacon Isaac 
and Aphia Snow, was born March 26, 1740, in 
Brunswick, and was educated for the ministry, 
becoming a clergyman of the Baptist church. 
In 1767 he settled at South Thomaston, Maine, 
where he died January 31, 1832, near the close 
of his ninety-second year. Few or no attempts 



had been made to settle at Wessaweskeag (the 
Indian name for South Thomaston), prior to 
1767. In that year elder Snow visited the 
place and was impressed with its water privi- 
leges and fine growth of timber. He induced 
John Matthews, of Plainfield, Connecticut, to 
join him, and they purchased the claim of a 
lieutenant in the British army, then in Boston, 
to three hundred acres of land, on which they 
erected a sawmill and began cutting up the 
timber to secure means to pay for the land. 
They were quickly successful in this, and Mr. 
Snow went to Boston to procure a deed. By 
a very favorable ofifer, he was there induced to 
purchase the entire tract, covering one thou- 
sand seven hundred and fifty acres, and he 
immediately returned to Thomaston and went 
to work with his associate to complete the pay- 
ment for the entire property. The holder of 
the notes and mortgage soon after sailed for 
England in a ship that was never afterward 
heard from, and so the holders of the land 
were never called upon for the final payment. 
However, on November 18, 1773, they pur- 
chased the right to the soil for the sum of 
six hundred and sixty-four pounds, ten shil- 
lings. Other settlers were soon attracted to 
the region and the dwelling house of elder 
Snow, the first in the settlement, was soon 
surrounded by the habitations of other pion- 
eers. He removed his family to South Thom- 
aston after 1771, and subsequently built a 
grist mill which was successfully operated for 
many years and was ultimately consumed by 
fire. He also engaged at an early date in 
building ships. His land was located on the 
north or northeast side of the Wessaweskeag 
river, and most of this passed into the hands 
of his seven sons, all of whom became active 
and enterprising business men, and most of 
them masters of vessels. ]\Ir. Snow was mar- 
ried at Cape Elizabeth, December .6, 1759, to 
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Jordan of that 
place. She died in August, 1835. They were 
the parents of: Ephraim, Robert, Ambrose, 
Joanna, Elisha, Israel, Isaac, Polly and Larkin. 
All of the sons except Elisha bore the title 
of "Captain" and he was also a master mariner. 
He was called Elisha "Esquire." 

(VI) Captain Ambrose, third son of Rev. 
Elisha and Elizabeth (Jordan) Snow, was 
born March 2, 1765, in Harpswell, and settled 
at South Thomaston. He followed the sea 
throughout most of his active life and died 
at sea April 11, 1802. He was married about 
1787 to Fanny (Campbell) Archibald, who 
was probably a widow. She was born in 1759 
and died December 24, 1842. Their children 




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were: Robert, Jenny, Campbell (died young), 
William, Mary, Ambrose and Thomas A. Sev- 
eral of them were also sea captains. 

(VII) Captain Robert, eldest child of Cap- 
tain Ambrose and Fanny (Campbell) (Archi- 
bald) Snow, was born in 1788, in Thomaston, 
where he lived and where he died, August 28, 
1848. He married (first) about 1810 Han- 
nah Thorndike, of South Thomaston, daughter 
of Joshua Thorndike, who died before 1828, 
and he married (second) August 12, of the 
last-named year, Sarah P. Washburn. There 
were three children of the first wife and three 
of the second, namely : Captain Ambrose, 
Mary Jane, who became the wife of John 
Bailey ; Bethia C, wife of William Oliver 
Fuller; Captain Robert R., Henry A. and 
William R. The last died in infancy and the 
one preceeding in his twenty-sixth year. The 
other two sons were master mariners. 

'^Vni) Captain Ambrose (2), eldest child 
of Robert and Hannah (Thorndike) Snow, 
'vas born January 28, 1813, in Thomaston, and 
received a common school education in that 
town. At an early age he went to sea with 
his father and rose to the command of ships, 
most of them sailing from Thomaston. Dur- 
ing the busy days of the American merchant 
marine, he commanded in succession the ships 
"John Holland," "Leopard," "Leonidas," 
"John Hancock," "Carack," "Telamon" and 
"Southampton." The last-named sailed from 
New York, and Captain Snow was quarter- 
owner of the vessel, his partner in the owner- 
ship being James O. Ward, of New York. In 
1852 he retired from the sea and the next 
year established a shipping firm in New York, 
under the title of Snow & Burgess. He was 
a very active and well-known citizen of the 
metropolis, and was elected president of the 
marine society in 1869, being repeatedly 
elected to the same position. For many terms 
he was president of the board of pilot com- 
missioners and upon his twelfth successive 
election to the presidency of the New York 
Board of Trade and Transportation in 1890, 
he was presented with a magnificent chro- 
nometer and diamond compass. For seventeen 
years he was president of the board of trustees 
of the Sailors' Snug Harbor. Upon the fail- 
ure of Grant and Ward in 1884, the marine 
bank, of which Captain Snow was vice-presi- 
dent, was also drawn into failure, and his 
testimony was a potent factor in uncovering 
the illegitimate transactions of Ferdinand 
Ward. After this Mr. Snow retired from 
active business. He was coxswain of a barge 
manned by a crew of ship-masters from the 



Marine Society, which rowed President Har- 
rison ashore at the Washington Centennial 
Celebration in New York. Considerable his- 
torical significance attaches to this incident, 
from the fact that a crew from the same so- 
ciety rowed General Washington from Eliza- 
bethport to New York at the time of his in- 
auguration as first president. Captain Snow 
passed away at the home of his son in Brook- 
lyn, June 27, 1895, at the good old age of 
eighty-two years and six months, and his 
body was conveyed to Thomaston for burial. 
He had enjoyed excellent health up till a day 
previous to his demise. The cause of his 
death was a paralytic stroke. His funeral at 
Thomaston was attended by a large number of 
citizens. On July 8, 1905, the Marine Society 
of New York adopted a fitting memorial which 
was beautifully engrossed and presented to his 
family. On the occasion of his twelfth elec- 
tion as president of the New York Board of 
Trade and Transportation he was presented 
with a finely engrossed testimonial. The sig- 
natures on these documents constitute a direc- 
tory of the leading business men of the city 
at that time. He married, March 16, 1836, 
Mary Robinson, of Thomaston, who was born 
January 28, 1813. Their children were: 
Adelia, Alfred, Dunstan, Louis Thorndike, 
Richard and William. The daughter died at 
the age of three years. The last two are de- 
ceased. Louis T. resides in Alameda, Cali- 
fornia. 

(IX) Alfred Dunstan, eldest son of Cap- 
tain Ambrose and Mary (Robinson) Snow, 
was born September 26, 1840, in Thomaston 
and has been a resident of Brooklyn, New 
York, since 1851. He received his education 
in the public schools of the two places and 
since May, 1857, has been identified with the 
shipping interests of the port of New York. 
He is now associated with W. R. Grace & 
Company, located at Hanover Square, in that 
city. He was a member of the Twenty-second 
Regiment, National Guard, State of New 
York, from January, 1862, to January, 1869, 
and with that regiment performed service in 
Virginia and Maryland in the first-named 
year, and in Pennsylvania in the following 
year. Mr. Snow is a supporter of the political 
principles of the Democratic party, but has 
never participated in the official conduct of 
affairs. He married, in Rockland, Maine, Oc- 
tober 16, 1866, Lucy B. Berry, daughter of 
Major Hiram G. Berry, who was killed at the 
battle of Chanccllorsville, while in command 
of the second division, third corps, Army of 
the Potomac, in the civil war. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



" (For precdlng generation, see Nlchol.s Snow 1.) 

(V) David, son of Anthony 
SNOW Snow, was born in Truro, in 1732, 

and died there May 25, 179-^. "^ 
his sixtieth year. He married Sarah— —,who 
died October 13, 1758, in her twentieth yea 

He married second, • He hved n 

Truro. Children, born there: i. Sarah, bap- 
tized March 27, 1703- 2. John, mentioned be- 

low 

(VI) John (3), son of David Snow, was 
baptized it Truro, July 28, 1765- He married 
Mary Atwood, sister of Bangs Atvvood ot an 
Old Plymouth family. He was caUed the 
first," to distinguish him froin John ^""^ J^^ 
son of his uncle, Jonathaii Snow. Children 
of John and Mary Snow, born in T-Juro: 1. 
Enoch, bom September 19, I79i. baptized No- 
vembe'r 27, 1791 ; ^-^.^hde at ^^a jJec^-^e 
14 1810, in his twentieth year, while on Ins 
home voyage from Goltenburg, Sweden. 2. 
Sy. bo'r/ December 3, 179^. died Septern- 
ber 10, 1817; married beorge Lewis. Z-D^n- 
felbom Apr'il 25, I795- 4- John, born March 
10 I70Q. 5- Infant died October 21, 1800. 
6 Azubah, married Nathaniel Lewis, father 
of Bangs A. Lewis, now living at Province- 
town, Massachusetts. 7- Melinda, married 
Ebenezer Lombard. 8. Sophronia, married 
Isaac Baker. 9- Sally, married Job Seavy. 
10. Enoch, the youngest son, born November 
I 18m; mentioned below. 
' (VII Enoch, son of John (3) Snow, was 
born in Truro, Massachusetts, November i 
i8m He lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 
removed to Scarborough Maine, and a^ter sev- 
eral years returned to Cape Cod and built a 
house in Provincetown. After his wife died 
he returned to Scarborough, where he died. 
He married at Provinctown, May 9, i«37. 
Eliza Ann Swift, of Provincetown (by Rev. 
Frederick Upham-Town records). Chil- 
dren of Enoch and Eliza A. Snow, as recorded 
at Provincetown (certified copy) : i. John b., 
born August 8, 1838; inentioned below 2. 
Enoch F, born January 8, 1841. 3- Ehza A., 
leptembe'r 5. 1842. 4- B- A Noven.ber 
1 1843. And also: 5- Josiah S. 6. Free- 
man A 7. Lydia S. 8. Laura Evelyn. 9. 
Susan. 10. Rebecca. 

(VIII) John Swift, son of Enoch Snow, 
was born in Provincetown, August 8, 1838 
and died May 23, 1881^ He was educated in 
the public schools of Provmcetown. He re- 
moved with his parents and the fami y to 
Scarborough, Maine, and there was employed 
in the canning business, which in various ca- 
pacities he followed during most of his active 



life. He was a Republican in politics, and a 
citizen of influence and prominence. He was 
for several years the United States collector 
of customs at Scarborough. He was a mem- 
ber of Saco Lodge of Free Masons, and of 
Old Orchard Lodge of Odd Fellows. He was 
an active and consistent member of the Chris- 
tian church. He married Anna Abigail Leav- 
itt, born in Scarborough, daughter of Mark 
and Hannah Leavitt. Children: i. Rebecca 
A., born December 20, 1868. 2. John Al- 
bert, mentioned below. 

(IX) John Albert, son of John Swift Snow, 
was born in Scarborough, Maine, September 
16, 1871. He attended the public schools of 
his native town, the Biddeford high school one 
year, and the Portland Latin school three 
years, entering Williams College at the age of 
sixteen years. After one year he changed to 
Bates College, teaching school between terms. 
He had to abandon his course at college before 
graduating, on account of typhoid fever. He 
began the study of law in tlie office of Ben- 
jamin F. Hamilton, and was admitted to the 
bar in October, 1895. He became associated 
with John M. Goodwin, of Biddeford, Maine, 
in the practice of law, and continued until Mr. 
Goodwin's death. Since then he has occupied 
the office alone, having enjoyed a flourishing 
business. In politics he is a Republican, and 
has been a superintendent of schools of his 
native town, Scarborough, two years. He was 
the candidate of his party for representative 
to the legislature, but was defeated, the dis- 
trict being Democratic. He married, August 
4, 1896, Ella Kelsey Litchfield, of Portland, 
Maine, born June 28, 1870, daughter of 
Charles L. and Mary W. Litchfield, of Free- 
port, Maine. Children : i. Kathleen Swift, 
born June 12, 1897. 2. Octavia Leavitt, Sep- 
tember 24, 1899. 3. John Albert Jr., August 
10, 1902. 4. Annabelle Kelsey, August 31, 
1904. 5. Clarence Lewis, March 10, igo6. 
6. Clara Ella, March 18, 1907. 



(For preceding generaUons see Edmund Greenleaf I.) 

(IV) Stephen (3), second 
GREENLEAF son and seventh child of 

Captain Stephen (2) and 
Elizabeth (Gerrish) Greenleaf, was born Oc- 
tober 21, 1690, at Newbury, Massachusetts. 
He removed from Newbury to York about 
1720-21, then to Falmouth about 1731. He 
married, October 7, 1712, Mary Mackres, born 
1691, died 1771, in Woolwich. His children: 
I. Enoch, born June 23, 1713. 2. Richard, bom 
November 2, 1715 (see post). 3. Samuel, 
born June 12, 1718, died 1792; married 



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Hepzibah Peeble. 4. Ebenezer, born April 
23, 1720, married February 16, 1767, Mary 
Peeble. 5. Lydia, born May 3, 1722. 6. 
Stephen, born February 27, 1724-5, died 1772; 
married about 1752 Dorcas Gray. 7. Mary, 
born February 17, 1730-1. 

(V) Richard, second son and child of 
Stephen (3) and Mary (Mackres) Greenleaf, 
was born November 2, 1715. He was a sol- 
dier in the revolutionary war. He married. 
May 19, 1747, Mary Boucher; children: i. 
Joseph, born about 1748 (see post). 2. Eliza- 
beth, born 1756, died 1835; married Sampson 
Sherff. 3. Child, date of birth unknown. 4. 

Child, date of birth unknown, married 

Groves. 

(VI) Joseph, oldest son and child of Rich- 
ard and Mary ( Boucher) Greenleaf, was born 
about 1748. He married Margaret Nason 
(marriage intention filed November 5, 1782), 
of Pownalboro, Maine. He served in the war 
of the revolution. His children: i. Abigail, 
born April 12, 1783 ; married Jonathan Lovell. 
2. Mercy, born August 15, 1784. 3. Sarah, 
born January 12, 1786; married James Daly. 
4.- Abraham, born September 2, 1787, died 

January 15, 1818; married Emma . 5. 

Lydia, born September 17, 1792. 6. Thomas, 
born February 5, 1794 (see post). 7. Betsey, 
born February 23, 1796, married Rev. Stephen 
Williamson. 8. Joseph, born October i, 1797, 
died unmarried. 9. Anna, born May 3, 1799; 
married John Bean. 10. Nason, born Septem- 
ber 5, 1802. II. Margaret, born May 3, 1804. 
12. Patience, born June 16, 1806. 13. Eme- 
line, married Crawford. 

(VII) Captain Thomas, son of Joseph and 
Margaret (Nason) Greenleaf, was born Feb- 
ruary 5, 1794, and died April 30, 1874. He 
lived in Norridgewock, Maine. He was cap- 
tain of a company in the war of 1812, sta- 
tioned at Castine, Maine. He married. May 
14, 1818, Mary Young, born September 11, 
1793, died November 17, 1874, a few months 
after her husband. Children: i. Harriet K., 
born February 25, 1819; married, October 3, 
1847, Robert D. Ela. 2. Abraham, born Sep- 
tember 22, 1820, died 1903. 3. Joseph War- 
ren, April 16, 1822; see forward. 4. Cyrus 
Stetson, September 28, 1825, died September, 

5. Lydia Works, August 9, 1826; died 



Mary E., born July 30, 1857; married E. T. 
Hescock; two sons: Fred M. and Roy M., a 
druggist, at Monson, Maine, where the family 
reside. 2. Charlotte M., born March 19, 1854, 
died 1865. 3. James Batchelder, born Septem- 
ber 6, 1856 ; is a merchant, living at Abbot, 
Maine; married, August 17, 1877, Sarah 
Ladd ; children : Adelbert F., born October 2, 
1878, a printer and publisher in Fairfield, 
Maine, married ; and Archie W., born Novem- 
ber 2, 1891. 4. Ernest Warren, born June 8, 
1858, died 1865. 5. John Cyrus, born July 
19, 1862; married Annie Bassett; children: 
Ralph, Stanley, Emmett, and another son ; re- 
sides in Arkansas City, Kansas. 6. Luther 
Carroll, born December 27, 1866; see forward. 
7. Charles Thomas, born January 3, 1869. 

(IX) Luther Carroll, sixth child of Joseph 
Warren and Melissa E. (Morton) Greenleaf, 
was born December 27, 1866. He was edu- 
cated in the common schools and high school 
of Abbot, and Dirigo Commercial College at 
Augusta. He then became apprenticed to a 
builder, and followed that business as journey- 
man, foreman and superintendent, having a 
thorough practical knowledge of every de- 
partment of building construction. During 
these years he devoted his spare time to the 
study of architecture, finally entering the Bos- 
ton Architectural School, from which he 
graduated in 1893, and at once began the 
practice of his profession in Boston, where he 
has since continued, designing many buildings 
in that city and throughout the New England 
states. He is a member of Farmington Lodge, 
No. 20, of Farmington, Maine ; Dorchester 
Chapter, R. A. M. ; the Colonade Club of 
Dorchester, the Boston Architectural Club, the 
Appalachian Mountain Club and the Republi- 
can Club of JMassachusetts. In November, 
1908, he was elected a member of the legis- 
lature, and is serving on the committees on 
public charitable institutions, and constitu- 
tional amendments. He married (first) July 
12, 1893, Alice H. MacCabe, born October 27, 
1865, died January 21, 1905, leaving one child, 
Dorothy Augusta, born November 23, 1894. 
He married (second) Lena Frances Morrill, 
of Dorchester, born in Middletown, Connecti- 
cut, July 10, 1872. 



unmarried. 6. William Allen, June 9, 1832, 
died 1907. 7. Thomas, May 8, 1839, died 
young. 

(VIII) Joseph Warren, son of Thomas and 
Mary (Young) Greenleaf, was born April 16, 
1822, and died in 1880. He married, Septem- 
ber 15, 1850, Melissa E. Morton; children: i. 



The name, variously written 
KILBORN Kilbom, Kilbon, Kilburn, Kil- 

bourn and Kilbourne, appears 
in American records from earliest to the pres- 
ent time. It has been the patronymic of art- 
ists, soldiers, divines and leaders, as well as 
workers, in every line of endeavor. Many of 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



its representatives have been content to pursue 
quietly their several avocations and have not 
sought any part in public notice. Most of 
them have shown evidence of ability and cul- 
ture, though living in comparative obscurity. 

(I) The progenitor of this family in Amer- 
ica was Thomas Kilbourn, who was baptized 
May 8, 1578, and was warden of the church 
at Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, in 
1632. His wife's name was Frances and they 
had a large family of children born in the par- 
ish of Wood Ditton, eight of the children set- 
tling in New England. Their second son and 
third child, George, probably proceeded to 
America and settled first in Roxbury and about 
1640 in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
He came with his wife and younger children 
to New England in the ship "Increase," in 
1635, having embarked at London, England, 
April 15, 1635. He settled in VVethersfield, 
New Haven Colony, and died in that town 
before 1639, and his widows in 1650. The 
ship's register describes the immigrant pas- 
sengers of the "Increase" as : "Thomas, aged 
fifty-five; Frances, fifty; Margaret, twenty- 
three; Lydia, twenty-two; Maria, sixteen; 
Frances, twelve." Of these children, Mar- 
garet was baptized in the church at Wood Dit- 
ton, September 23, 1707; was married to Rich- 
ard Law, of Wethersfield, who served the New 
Haven Colony as representative in the general 
court, as magistrate, and as commissioner, and 
after the union of the Hartford and New 
Haven Colonies as the Connecticut Colony, he 
held the same offices for many years. He was 
the pioneer settler of Stamford, Connecticut. 
The other children were : Thomas, George, 
Elizabeth, Lydia, Mary, Frances, and John, 
who is known in the history of Connecticut as 
Sergeant John Kilbourn. 

(II) George, second son of Thomas and 
Frances Kilbourn, was baptized in Wood Dit- 
ton, England, February 12, 1612. He came 
to New England before 1638 and settled in 
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where 
he was a member of the church founded by 
John Eliot in Roxbury. In 1640 he was ad- 
mitted a freeman of the town of Rowley, 
Essex county, where he lived with his wife 
Elizabeth and their six children: Mary, Jo- 
seph, Jacob, Samuel, Isaac and Elizabeth. 
They had sons : Isaac, Joseph and Jacob. 

(III) Samuel, fourth child and third son of 
George and Elizabeth Kilborn, was born in 
Rowley, Massachusetts, 9 mo. 11, 1656. He 
married November 12, 1682, Mary Foster, and 
they had six children, all born in Rowley : 
Samuel, David, Maria, Jedediah and Eliphalet. 



He died in Rowley, April 22, 1722, and his 
will is on record in the probate office in Ips- 
wich. 

(IV) Jedediah, son of Samuel and Mary 
(Foster) Kilborn, was born April 20, 1699, in 
Rowley. He was married, March 22, 1724, to 
Susannah Fiske, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 
He was known as Cornet Kilbourne by reason 
of his rank in the militia, and the records state 
as follows : "Cornet Jedediah Kilbourne died 
February 4, 1759, aged sixty." His widow, 
Susannah Kilbourne, died September 27, 1764. 
Their children, all born in Rowley, were: i. 
Jedediah, married Hannah Platts, of Rowley, 
November 4, 1749, removed to Boscawen, 
New Hampshire, then to Henniker, where he 
died in 1820. His children were : Nathan, 
Eliphalet, Lucy, JMercy, Hannah, Jedediah, 
Nathaniel and Susan. 2. Sampson (q. v.) 3. 
Abigail, married Jonathan Smith, Esq., of 
Danvers, Massachusetts, and her son, Jedediah 
Kilbourne Smith, was a senator and councillor 
in the New Hampshire legislature for many 
years, and served from 1807 to 1809 ^* ^ 
representative from New Hampshire in the 
United States congress. 4. Hannah, born 
1734, died 1737. 

(V) Sampson, son of Jedediah and Susan- 
nah (Fiske) Kilbourne, was born about 1723, 
in Rowley, and was married, April 15, 1749, 
to Rebecca Pickard. He settled in Rowley, 
where their four children were born : Paul, 
John, Rebecca and Huldah. He died May 28, 
1 75 1, aged thirty-three. 

(VI) Captain John, second son of Sampson 
and Rebecca (Pickard) Kilbourne, was born 
June 28, 1750, in Rowley. ' He was twenty 
years of age when the Lexington alarm 
sounded through the countryside and called 
to arms the patriot yeomen of Middlesex and 
Essex counties, and he responded and is said 
to have been among those who marched to- 
ward Concord and Lexington on that event- 
ful April day, 1775. As there were three or 
four of the name credited with this honor, it 
is likely that some doubt has been the result of 
a confusion of names. The "Official Records 
of the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of 
the Revolution," however, name him as sec- 
ond sergeant in Captain Enos Parker's com- 
pany. Colonel Benjamin Simonds' regiment, 
engaged August 14, 1777, discharged August 
19, 1777, service six days. Regiment de- 
tached from the Berkshire county militia to 
reinforce the Continental army at Bennington ; 
also lieutenant in command of a company. 
Colonel Simonds' (Berkshire county) regi- 
ment, engaged October 13, 1780, discharged 



STATE OF MAINE. 



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October 18, 1780, service seven days, includ- 
ing two days' (forty miles) travel home. Com- 
pany marched to Vermont by order of Gen- 
eral Fellows, on an alarm. He is semi-offi- 
cially credited with having been present at 
the storming of Stony Point, on the Hudson 
river, at Ticonderoga, receiving promotion to 
sergeant December, 1777, and captain 1780. 
That he was a gallant soldier and after the 
war was a pensioner as late as 1840, is a mat- 
ter of history in the local annals of Bridgton, 
Maine, to which place he removed in 1794, and 
where he died September 8, 1842. He was 
married in January, 1780, to Mary Howe, of 
Ipswich, New Hampshire, and lirst settled at 
Northwood in that state, remaining a few 
years, then settling in Bridgton, Maine. The 
children of Captain John and Mary (Howe) 
Kilborn were: i. Rebecca, born in Northwood, 
New Hampshire, February 25, 1781 ; married, 
July 21, 1801, Stephen Ingalls, of Harrison, 
Maine, by whom she had six children. 2. 
John, born in Northwood, New Hampshire, 
November 16, 1785; settled in Bridgton, 
Maine, where he is called Colonel John Kil- 
born. He received his title of colonel for 
service in the militia in the state of Maine. 
3. Mary, died young. 4. Enos, January i, 
1785 ; was a seaman, and last heard from in 
1809. 5. William, mentioned below. 6. Ja- 
cob, born April 5, 1789, died July 2, 1820. 7. 
Lieutenant Ebenezer, born December 20, 1791, 
married Lydia G. Ingalls, in 1818, and had 
six children. 8. Huldah, born 1794, married 
Alfred Ingalls, in 1818, and had five children. 
9. Paul, April 5, 1797, died the next year. 

(VII) Captain William, son of Captain 
John Kilborn, was born January 16, 1787, in 
Northwood, New Hampshire, and died in 
Bridgton, in 1873. His homestead was on a lot 
between the residence of Albert C. Buck and 
the home of the late Thomas Leighton, of 
Harrison. The site of the homestead has 
long been obliterated by time. He married 
(first) Elizabeth Senter, born in Rowley, Jan- 
uary 19, 1786, died in Bridgton, January, 
1840; (second) February 10, 1848, Hannah 
Martin, of Bridgton, died 1875. Children by 
first wife, all born in Harrison : 

1. Helena, born April 8, 1805; died unmar- 
ried. 

2. Enos L. W., born June 30, 1808, died 
October 18, 1846; married Rhoda Shaw, of 
Standish ; children : i. Harriette Favoretta, 
born June 5, 1834; she was a successful 
teacher in the public schools and a contributor 
to the periodical press; is also author and 
compiler of a notable work published in 1904, 



entitled "Shaw Records," a genealogical mem- 
orial of Roger Shaw, the pioneer of Hampton, 
New Hampshire (1638) and of his numerous 
descendants. Her poetical productions have 
been widely known through the columns of the 
Boston Cultivator, Zlon's Herald, Bridgton 
Ncivs, Bethel Neui\s, Oxford Democrat, Word 
and Work, and other leading publications. She 
wrote the "Centennial Ode" sung at the cele- 
bration of the one hundredth anniversary of 
the incorporation of Harrison, on August 3, 
1905. She is a resident of West Bethel, at 
the age of seventy-four years. She married, 
January 6, 1855, Charles W. Farwell, of West 
Bethel, where they resided several years, finally 
settling on a farm in North Bridgton, thence 
removing in 1896 to Bethel, where Mr. Far- 
well died, on the last day of the year. ii. Helen 
Ann, born June 17, 1835, died April 15, 1843. 
iii. William Henry, born May 25, 1838; mar- 
ried (first) Sarah Jane Bryant, of Boland. He 
removed to Putnam, Connecticut, and is the 
father of a large family. His wife died in 
1882, and he married (second) Agnes Hen- 
nesey. He lives in East Hartford, Connecti- 
cut; is a carpenter in railroad employ, and 
noted for his mechanical skill. iv. Mary 
Elizabeth, born September 15, 1842, died Sep- 
tember 20, 1848. V. Eben Shaw, born July i, 
1846; married, February 10, 1904, Joan, 
daughter of S. Porter Stearns, of South Paris. 
Mr. Kilborn is a resident of Bethel, extensively 
engaged in milling, lumbering and real estate 
operations. He served five consecutive years 
in the board of selectmen, and sat in the legis- 
lature in 1898. He is a trustee of Gould's 
Academy, a director of the Bethel Savings 
Bank, is far advanced in Masonry and promi- 
nent in Odd Fellowship, and is a liberal bene- 
factor of churches and other institutions. He 
has traveled much in his own country and in 
Europe. Mrs. Rhoda Kilborn married (sec- 
ond) Jonathan Peabody, of Gilead, who died 
in November, 1853. She married (third) Mel- 
vin Farwell, of West Bethel, who died Au- 
gust 20, 1866. She removed to Harrison, 
where she lived nearly twenty years. Her last 
days were spent with her daughter at North 
Bridgton, where she died, August 20, 1886, 
twenty years to a day after the death of Mr. 
Farwell, and at the same hour, aged eighty- 
one years. 

3. Thomas D., born June 18, 1810; mar- 
ried Richardson, and settled in Swe- 
den. 

4. Jacob V. R., born August 4, 1812, died 
in Oakland, California, July i, 1907; mar- 
ried November 13, 1845, Esther H., daughter 



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of Rev. Joseph H. Phinney, of Harrison ; she 
was born July 16, 1813, and died in Harri- 
son, April 28, 1862. Children: i. Sarah E., 
born March 5, 1836, died February 9, 1902; 
married Charles Glines ; two children, ii. 
Frances E., born April 17, 1838; married 
Isaac Burkett ; lives in Thomaston ; five chil- 
dren, iii. Emily P., born January 23, 1843, 
died September 12, 1858. iv. Eliza A., born 
May 31, 1846, died January 15, 1891. v. 
Rensselaer C., born January 24, 1853; mar- 
ried a Libby, of Windham ; resides at Morrill's 
Corner, Portland. 

5. William T., born December 20, 1814, died 
November 22, 1818. 

6. Jesse G., born May 8, 1817; no further 
record. 

7. William Thomes, born May 17, 1819; see 
forward. 

8. Samuel Farnsworth, born June 2, 182 1 ; 
see forward. 

9. Eliza A., born February 25, 1824 ; mar- 
ried Theophilus Towne; resided in Lawrence, 
Massachusetts. 

10. Deborah S., born April 21, 1826, died 
March 25, 182Q. 

11. Benjamin F., born April 20, 1828, died 
August 15, 1828. 

12. Deborah S., born July 25, 1829, died 
August 20, 1829. 

(\'III) William Thomes, son of Captain 
William and Elizabeth (Senter) Kilborn, was 
born in Harrison, May 17, 1819, and was 
twelve years old when his parents removed 
to Bridgton. At an early age he apprenticed 
himself to Deacon Nathaniel Potter, to learn 
the trade of carpenter, with the understanding 
that he might attend Bridgton Academy. He 
is now, at the age of eighty-nine, one of the 
oldest alumni of that school. After completing 
his trade he was for many vears a leading 
builder in Bridgton. He was also proprietor 
of a furniture store and had a well-equipped 
mill for manufacturing the wares for his own 
trade.. About i84(j be built a handsome resi- 
dence opposite the Cumberland House, but 
sold out subsec|uently and removed to Port- 
land, corner Brackett and Pine street. There 
he engaged in the mercantile business, and in 
1858 had a flourishing trade in flour on Com- 
mercial street. This he sold out in i860 and 
purchased the Bergen Carpet business on Free 
street. Six years later, in the great fire, he 
was burned out and removed to the store built 
by W. T. Kilburn, now occupied by his busi- 
ness at No. 24, same street. His is the only 
strictly carpet store in Maine, in which is car- 
ried on a very large trade, requiring the ser- 



vice of sixteen people as salesmen and clerks. 
Despite his advanced age, Mr. Kilborn is still 
active in promoting and managing his busi- 
ness interests, which have built up by steady 
application and sound business intelligence. 

Mr. Kilborn married, December 4, 1846, 
Mary Foster Walker, born in Westbrook, 
March 17, 1823, died in Portland, September 

30, 1863, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah 
Walker, of Bridgton. He married (second) 
October 4, 1864, Lucietta Svveetser, born July 
26, 1842, daughter of Alvah and Eunice Burn- 
ham (Stuart) Libby; her father was born in 
Parsonfield, Maine, November 6, 1805, and 
her mother was born in Scarboro, Maine, 
March 5, 1806. Children of William T. and 
Mary (Foster) Kilborn: 

1. Ann Walker, born in Bridgton, May 

31, 1849; married June 21, 1868, William 
Henry Jewett, born in Sweden, Maine, Sep- 
tember 8, 1845, died in Portland, Feb- 
ruary 22, 1903. Children: i. William 
Walker Jewett, born in Bridgton, March 30, 
1869; married, January 30, 1891, Mary Jane 
McGowen, born June 27, i86g, in St. Johns, 
Newfoundland ; children born in Portland : 
Annie Mat, February 15, 1892; Caroline 
Walker, February 8, 1895 ; William Kilborn, 
June 8, 1900; ii. Frederick Joseph Jewett, 
born in Bridgton, September 9, 1893, married 
Etta Breitten, born March 12, 1868; child 
born in Portland; Fred Lewis, July 5, 1894; 
Alice K., March 31, 1899. Philip Henry Jew- 
ett, born in Portland, November 27, 1882; 
married January 25, 1906, Florence Mation 
Leith, born in England, December 12, 1886; 
children, born in Portland : Annie Frances, 
May 31, 1907; Gladys Shootall, February i, 
1908. 

2. Lilla May, born in Bridgton, September 3, 
1856; married, June 30, 1878, Walter Weston 
Sabin, born in Putnam, \'ermont, November 
28, 1853, son of George P. and Harriet 
(Shaw) Sabin, the father born in Putnam, 
Vermont, 1 82 1, the mother born in Lyons, 
New York, March, 1819. Child, born in 
Portlanil : George Shaw Sabin. born Octo- 
ber 9, 1881 ; married, January 8, 1907, Tulla 
Ellis Bowman, born in Springfield, Massachu- 
setts, October 30, 1879, daughter of Henry 
Hubbard and Gertrude (Ellis) Bowman, the 
father born in Sunderland, Massachusetts, 
1849, s"*^! the mother in South Hadley Falls, 
1853; child: Henry Bowman, born in Port- 
land, January 28, 1908. 

Children of William T. and Lucietta Sweet- 
ser (Libby) Kilborn: 

I. Carrie Harward Kilborn, born in Port- 



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land, August 21, 1865; married, in Portland, 
February 23, 1888, Augustus Champlin, born in 
Waterville, Maine, March 8, 1842, died in 
Portland, September 12, 1897, son of Dr. 
James Tuft and Mary Ann (Pierce) Champ- 
lin ; child : Mary, born in Portland, April 
23, 1889. 

2-3. William Senter and Alvah Stuart, 
twins, born September i, 1867. The first 
named died September 19, 1868. Alvah Stuart 
married, April 5, 1901, May Seavey, born in 
Bangor, March 17, 1877. 

4. Philip Carlisle, born April 7, 1869; mar- 
ried, June 5, 1898, Alice Dillingham Clark, 
born in Bangor, January 22, 1877, daughter of 
Charles Davis and Catherine (Dillingham) 
Clark, the former born in Bangor, February 
25, 1842, and the latter in Freeport, July 5, 
1848; children, born in Portland: i. John 
Barstow Kilborn, June 3, 1899; ii. Edna 
Webb Kilborn, December 31, 1900, died 
May 8, 1901 ; iii. Helen Kilborn, February 19, 
1902; iv. Ruth Kilborn, September 27, 1906. 

5. James Edward Kilborn, born in Portland, 
August 13, 1871 ; married, October 4, 1893, 
Carrie May Goss, born in Marblehead, Massa- 
chusetts, May I, 1872, daughter of William 
Pierrepont and Annie Augusta (Bartlett) 
Goss, both born in Marblehead, the fonner 
July 7, 1850, and the latter October 26, 1853; 
children: William Themes Kilborn (2d), 
born in Portland, September 23, 1897. 

6. Gertrude Libby Kilborn, born in Port- 
land, September 21, 1873; married, September 
10, 1895, Harry Badger Coe, born March 11, 
1866, son of Henry Hersey and Frances Ellen 
(Todd) Coe, the former born December 15, 
1835, the latter April 9, 1839 '< children, born 
in Portland : i. Philip Kilborn Coe. September 
3, 1896; ii. Kilborn Bray Coe, March 25, 1898. 

7. Joseph Walker Kilborn, born in Port- 
land, November 26, 1875; married, December 
19, 1900, Mary Liscomb, born in Boston, 
October 10, 1876, daughter of John F. and 
Plenrietta (Ingram) Liscomb, both born in 
Portland, the former December 10, 1841, the 
latter August same year; children, born in 
Portland : i. Henrietta Kilborn, November 
29, '1901 ; ii. Mary Kilborn, April 10, 1904. 

8. William Thomes Kilborn Jr., born in 
Portland, September 19, 1879; married. May 
29, 1907, Carlotta MacKinnon, born in Port- 
land, September 24, 1882, daughter of Roder- 
ick and Rosella (Stiles) iMacKinnon, the for- 
mer born in Glasgow, Scotland, February 2, 
1845, the latter in Elgin, New Brunswick, 
October 31, 1847. 

9. Karl Bray Kilborn, born in Portland, 



April 16, 1886; graduated from Bowdoin Col- 
lege, June, 1908; entered Boston School of 
Technology, October, 1908. 

(VIII) Samuel Farnsworth, seventh son of 
Captain William and Elizabeth (Senter) Kil- 
born, was born in Harrison, Maine, June 2, 
1821. He learned the trade of carpenter, and 
also carried on a farm. He married Mary 
Thompson, and after her death Mary Strout, 
of Casco, Maine. His son George F. is a far- 
mer in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire; his 
daughter Helen M. married Mr. Allen Glenn, 
of Lawrence, Massachusetts; son Silas V. is 
in the express business in Winthrop, Massa- 
chusetts, and son, Charles H., a sales agent 
in New York. Samuel Farnsworth Kilborn 
now resides in Bridgton, Maine. Children of 
Samuel Kilborn, all born in Bridgton, Maine : 
Jane Elizabeth, Franklin and Andrew W., in 
service in the civil war; Helen, Silas V., 
George F., and Charles H. 

(IX) Charles Henry, son of Samuel Farns- 
worth and Mary (Strout) Kilborn, was born 
in Bridgton, JMaine, January i, 1864. He was 
educated in the public and high school of 
Bridgton, and from 1880 to 1901 engaged in 
the publishing business in Boston, Massachu- 
setts. In 1901 he removed to New York 
City. He was married, February 17, 1886, in 
Boston, to Rebecca (Cobb), daughter of 
Ebenezer and Joanna (Staples) Jordan, of 
Cape Elizabeth, ]\Iaine, and their son, Robert 
Charles, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, 
February 13, 1894. 

This is one of the early £am- 
ROBERTS ilies of New Hampshire and 

Maine, having been located 
from the earliest pioneer period within the 
present limits of the former state. The de- 
scendants bearing the name are very numer- 
ous throughout the commonwealth, and have 
spread to many other states. It was con- 
spicuously identified with the revolution, and 
has borne its part in developing the arts of 
peace. 

(I) Thomas Roberts was a settler on Dover 
Neck at a very early period, but there is now 
no positive information as to the exact date. 
The uniform tradition of the family states that 
he settled at the point, in company with Ed- 
ward and William Hilton, in 1623. Land 
which he occupied was retained in the Rob- 
erts family in uninterrupted succession for 
more than two centuries. In 1638 the people 
of Dover chose "Mr. Roberts" "president of 
the court" in place of Captain John Under- 
bill, whom they had expelled for his various 



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crimes. Mr. Roberts was elected to various 
minor offices in the town and received several 
grants of land at diflferent times, although his 
possessions are said to have been compara- 
tively small. He owned land on the east side 
of Dover Neck, and also on the west side of 
Buck river. Sewell's "History of the 
Quakers" speaks of him rebuking his sons, 
Thomas and John, who were constables, for 
the excessive virulence with which they en- 
forced the laws against the Quakers in 1662. 
This shows that Mr. Roberts, whose title 
proves him to have been a much respected man 
in his time, exercised greater tolerance than 
did many of his contemporaries. He had been 
at the date above named more than twenty 
years a member of the church. He died be- 
tween September 27, 1673, and June 30, 1674, 
the respective dates of making and proving his 
will. The bulk of his property was bequeathed 
to Richard Rich, husband of his daughter, 
Sarah, but legacies were given the three of 
the children mentioned below. He was buried 
in the northeast corner of the old burying 
ground on Dover Neck, where many of his 
descendants were also interred. His children 
included John, Thomas, Hester, wife of John 
Martin. 

(H) John, eldest son of Thomas Roberts, 
was born in 1629 in Dover, and died January 
21, 1695, in that town. He is described in 
old records as a "planter," and is found re- 
ferred to as "Sargent John." He owned land 
near his father and was a man of importance 
in the community. He served several years as 
constable, then an important office, was select- 
man in 1664-65-68-74-76-77, and was ap- 
pointed marshal of the province in 1679, when 
New Hampshire became separated as a prov- 
ince from Massachusetts. In 1689 he was one 
of the commissioners from Dover to the con- 
vention which met at Portsmouth to confer 
about methods of government. He resided at 
Dover Neck and also owned land west of the 
Buck river as well as marsh adjoining the 
Great Bay. He married .\bigail, flaughter of 
Elder Hatevil Nutter, one of the pioneers of 
Dover. She was living in 1674, when she was 
mentioned in the will of her father. Their 
children were: Joseph, Hatevil, Thomas, Abi- 
gail, John, Mary and Sarah. 

(Ill) Joseph, eldest son of John and Abi- 
gail (Nutter) Roberts, was born about 1660 
and died before 1742. The house in which he 
lived was situated sixty rods north-easterly 
from the homestead of his great-grandson, 
Hanson Roberts, subsequently occupied by the 
sons of the latter, John and Howard Roberts. 



He was surveyor in 1705-06-07, assessor in 
1708 and fence viewer in 1709, and selectman 
in 1711-12-13-14. He was called "Ensign" 
in 1712 and "Lieutenant" in 1713. He dealt 
much in lands and gave a site for a Quaker 
meeting house and burial place. This lot was 
six rods long on the road from Hilton Point 
to Cocheco. The baptismal name of his wife 
was Elizabeth, but no record appears to show 
her family cognomen. Their children were : 
Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Abigail, Stephen, 
Ebenezer, Benjamin, Samuel and Lydia 
(twins), Mary. 

(IV) Ebenezer, fourth son of Joseph and 
Elizabeth Roberts, was born February 24, 
1705, on Dover Neck, and died in 1754 in 
Somersworth, where he lived thirty-seven 
years from 171 7. He went to Somersworth as 
a lad of twelve years and found employment 
as a farmer's boy in due time, but took up 
land in Somersworth about one and one-half 
miles from the present village of South Ber- 
wick, Maine. He lived in a log cabin until 
1 73 1, when he built a house of solid oak 
frame which is still standing. He was mar- 
ried in 1733 to Mary, daughter of Jeremiah 
and Elizabeth (Ham) Rollins, granddaughter 
of Ichabod, who was a son of James Rollins, 
the pioneer ancestor of the family in America. 
She was born January 23, 1714, in Somers- 
worth, and survived her husband, being ap- 
pointed executrix of his will, June 25, 1755. 
Their children were : Moses, James, Aaron, 
John, Ebenezer, Ichabod, Samuel, Jeremiah 
and a daughter, who died unnamed. After the 
death of the father his estate was divided 
among the eight sons, who became scattered 
through New Hampshire and Maine. The 
second and fourth remained on the homestead. 
The eldest was killed by exposure in war. 
With this exception, they all lived until Jere- 
miah, the youngest, was more than sixty years 
of age. He was the last survivor and lived to 
be ninety-four years old. 

(V) Ichabod, sixth son of Ebenezer and 
Mary (Rollins) Roberts, was born September 
17, 1748, in Somersworth, died December 15, 
1833, in Waterboro, Maine, where he settled 
and cleared up a farm. He married, Decem- 
ber 21, 1722, Susannah Roberts born May 27, 
1750, died July 20, 1843, having attained the 
great age of ninety-three years. She was the 
daughter of Joseph and Susannah (Goodwin) 
Roberts, whose ancestry does not seem to be 
discoverable at this time. They had the fol- 
lowing children : Job, Jeremiah, Molly, An- 
drew, Susanna, Joanna and Rachel. 

(VI) Jeremiah, second son of Ichabod and 




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Susannah (Roberts) Roberts, was born May 
17, 1775, in Waterboro, died January 2, 1854, 
in that town, where he passed his life. He 
married, January 18, 1799, Elizabeth Lord, 
born Tune 25, 1780, in Kennebunkport, Maine, 
died May i, 1850, in Waterboro, daughter of 
John and Charity (Curtis) Lord, of Kenne- 
bunkport. Their children were: Eliza, Icha- 
bod, Phoebe, Mary, John, Charity and Jere- 
miah. 

(VII) Jeremiah (2), youngest child of 
Jeremiah (i) and Elizabeth (Lord) Roberts, 
was born April 22, 1817, in Waterboro, died 
May 8, 1890, in Buffalo, New York. He mar- 
ried, October 28, 1838, Alma Roberts, of Ly- 
man, Maine, daughter of James H. Roberts, 
who receives further mention in this article. 
Three of their children died in infancy. The 
survivors are : Franklin Kimball and James 
Arthur. The former resides at Buffalo, New 
York. Jeremiah Roberts and his wife lived 
for forty years on the farm where he was 
born, and he served the town as selectman in 
1842-43 and 1861, and was town clerk in 1844. 
About 1882 they removed to Buffalo, New 
York, where they resided with their youngest 
son. The wife died there November 22, 1897, 
having survived her husband more than seven 
years. 

(VIII) James Arthur, second son of Jere- 
miah (2) and Alma (Roberts) Roberts, was 
born March 8, 1847, in Waterborough, York 
county, Maine, and spent his boyhood in that 
town where he attended the public schools, 
fitted for college at the Edward Little Insti- 
tute in Auburn, Maine, and entered Bowdoin 
College, from which he was graduated with 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1870. Three 
years later he received from his alma mater 
the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1897 was 
further honored with the degree of Doctor of 
Laws. Immediately after graduation he en- 
gaged in teaching and continued in this occu- 
pation for one year in the Academy at Cherry- 
field, Maine. For four years succeeding he 
was principal of one of the public schools of 
Buffalo, New York. In the meantime he pur- 
sued a course in the study of law, and was 
admitted to the bar in 1875, in Rochester, 
New York. He engaged in the practice of his 
profession from 1876 to 1893, at Buffalo, and 
during this time served two terms as assem- 
blyman from his district in that city, and was 
four years a member of the Buffalo park 
board. As was natural with a man of his tal- 
ents and energy, Mr. Roberts took an active 
part in political movements, acting with the 
Republican party. In 1893 he was elected 



comptroller of the state of New York and was 
re-elected in 1895, holding the office from 1899 
to 1902. He engaged in business in Buffalo, 
being a director, president and treasurer of 
many different corporations, giving his entire 
time to their management. At the present 
time he is active in the management of an ex- 
tensive real estate business with headquarters 
on Broadway in New York City. During the 
years 1864-65 Mr. Roberts was a soldier of 
the civil war, serving, in the Seventh Maine 
Battery of Light Artillery. In the winter of 
these years his battery lay before Petersburg, 
and in the spring he saw very active service 
until the final surrender of the confederacy. 
He is president of the New York State Histor- 
ical Association, and is actively identified with 
the Alumni Association of Bowdoin College in 
New York. He is also a member of the Maine 
Society of New York and of the L^nion 
League Club of that city. He married, in 
Tune, 1871. Minnie Pineo, of Calais, Maine, 
and after her death, which took place October 
I, 1883. he married, December 11. 1884, Mar- 
tha Dresser, of Auburn. Maine, daughter of 
Richard and Mary A. Dresser, of that town. 
Two children were born of the first union : 
Joseph Banks and Amelia. The latter is now 
the wife of Frank St. John Sidway, of Buffalo, 
New York. The former is engaged in the 
practice of law in New York City and is also 
interested in real estate matters. He married 
Mary Ferris, of New York, and their children 
are:' Dorothy Douw, Morris Ferris and Mary 
Livingston Dresser. 

(V) James, son of Ebenezer and Mary 
(Rollins) Roberts, married Ehzabeth Roberts, 
whose parentage does not seem to have been 
discovered. 

(VI) Joseph, son of James and Elizabeth 
(Roberts) Roberts, married Mercy Hobbs. 

(VII) James H., son of Joseph and Mercy 
(Hobbs) Roberts, was born August 22, 1789, 
in Lyman, Maine, died November 3, 1858, in 
Lyman. He married, October 3, 181 5, Olive 
Banks, born July 30, 1793, in Buxton, Maine, 
died April 18, 1865, in Lyman, Maine, a 
daughter of Joseph and Olive (Cole) Banks. 

(VIII) Alma, daughter of James H. and 
Olive (Banks) Roberts, became the wife of 
Jeremiah (2) Roberts, who is mentioned 
above. 



(For preceding generations sea Thomas Roberts I.) 

(IV) Joseph (2), eldest child 

ROBERTS of Joseph (i) and Elizabeth 

Roberts, was born October 27, 

1692, in Dover, New Hampshire, and resided 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



in that town. His wife's baptismal name was 
the same as that of his mother, but the only 
record afforded by the archives of the state, 
gives this as her name in announcing the 
births of his children. These were: Ephraim, 
Joseph, Betty, Mary, Abigail and Lydia. 

(V) Joseph (3), second son of Joseph (2) 
and Elizabeth Roberts, was born February 7, 
1729, in Dover, and passed his early life in that 
town. He is probably the Joseph Roberts, of 
Brentwood, who removed from that town to 
Windham, Maine, as related hereinafter. Jo- 
seph Roberts was of Brentwood, New Hamp- 
shire, in 1756, and subsequently removed to 
Windham, Maine, where his brother Jonathan 
was also an early settler. Joseph Roberts was 
residing in Windham at the breaking out of 
the revolutionary war, and when his son Jo- 
seph, who while a minor ran away from home 
to enter the army, he went to Cape Elizabeth 
for the purpose of bringing him home. His 
own patriotism got the better of him, however, 
and instead of asserting his parental authority, 
he, too, enlisted and both served at Bunker 
Hill. He owned and occupied a farm of one 
hundred acres located on Standish Neck, ac- 
cording to the Windham town records, and his 
death occurred in Buckfield at about the be- 
ginning of the last century. He married 
(probably in Brentwood) Hannah Young, and 
she died in Buckfield at the home of her 
daughter Elizabeth in 1815. They were the 
parents of seven children : i. Joseph. 2. Han- 
nah, married, in 1780, James Jordan, a son 
of James and Phebe (Philbrick) Jordan, of 
Standish. 3. Sarah, born in Windham, 1764, 
married Jotham Shaw, a native of Weymouth, 
Massachusetts. 4. Jonathan, married, in 
Windham, January, 1781, Prudence Wil'lard. 

5. Elizabeth, born in Windham in 1769, be- 
came the wife of Thomas Irish of that town. 

6. Mary, born in Windham in 1773, and be- 
came the wife of Richard Taylor. 7. John, 
born in Windham in 1777, and married 
Miriam Irish. All settled in Buckfield and 
reared families. Joseph, Jonathan and John 
afterward removed to Brooks, Maine, "and 
Hannah settled in Monroe, this state. (N. B. 
Mrs. Grant mentions a family tradition, as- 
serting that Joseph Roberts came from VVales 
to New Hampshire. This is probably errone- 
ous.) 

(VI) Joseph (4), eldest child of Joseph (3) 
and Hannah (Young) Roberts, was born in 
Brentwood, February 6, 1756, and accom- 
panied his parents to Windham in early boy- 
hood. As has already been stated he partici- 
pated in the struggle for national independ- 



ence, enlisting prior to his majority, and 
the Massachusetts revolutionary rolls contain 
the following record relative to his services : 

"i. Appears with rank of private on mus- 
ter roll of Captain Samuel Dunn's company, 
Colonel Edmund Phinney's Thirty-first Regi- 
ment of Foot, dated July 11, 1775. He en- 
listed May 15, 177s, from Cape Elizabeth, 
Maine, for one month and twenty-seven days. 
2. Appears on return of Captain Dunn's com- 
pany (October returns) 1775. 3. Appears in 
an order for bounty coat, or its equivalent in 
money, dated Cambridge, November, 1775. 
For service in Captain Dunn's company. 4. 
Appears on muster roll of Captain Jonathan 
Sawyer's company, Colonel Phinney's regi- 
ment, dated at Garrison Fort George, Decem- 
ber 8, 1776. He enlisted January i, 1776. 5. 
Service at Dorchester Heights, August 31, 
1776. Residence, Windham, Maine. 6. Travel 
from home, Windham to Bennington, January 
6, 1777- 7- Travel from Fort Edward to 
Windham, January 15, 1777. 8. Appears on 
muster and pay roll of Captain Robert Per- 
kins' company of Light Horse, raised by re- 
solve of September 22, 1777, for guarding 
Burgoyne's troops to Prospect Hill. He en- 
listed September 27, discharged November 7, 
'^777- 9- Appears on muster and pay roll 
Samuel Waterhouse's company, Colonel Jacob 
Gerrish's regiment of guards at Winter Hill. 
He enlisted April 3, 1778. 10. Appears on 
muster and pay roll of Captain John Dodge's 
company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of 
guards. He enlisted July 19, 1778, discharged 
December 16, 1778. 11. Appears on muster 
and pay roll of Captain Nathan Merrill's com- 
pany, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's regiment. 
He was detached for Penobscot Expedition, 
and allowed pay for mileage. He enlisted 
July 8, 1779, discharged September 25, 1779. 
12. Appears among a list of men moved from 
Cape Elizabeth since 1776, dated Cape Eliza- 
beth, January 17, 1782. A pension was 
granted of $8 a month, from April 9, 1818. 
This was dropped under Act of May i, 1820, 
but restored by Act of June 7, 1832, at $76.66 
per year. It was allowed April 10, 1834. The 
second pension commenced from March 4, 
1831." 

After residing in Standish for a time Jo- 
seph Roberts removed to Buckfield, and about 
the year 1799 became the first settler in 
Brooks, Waldo county, Maine, residing there 
for the remainder of his life, which termi- 
nated January 10, 1843. In addition to clear- 
ing two farms, in which he was aided by his 
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the first gristmill, and being a natural me- 
chanic engaged quite extensively in the manu- 
facture of wooden ware, chiefly household 
utensils. He was patriotic, industrious and 
frugal, morally sound and fervent in his re- 
ligious duties. November 28, 1777, he mar- 
ried (first) Esther Hamlin, born in Gorham, 
Maine, June 30, 1758, daughter of Joseph 
Hamlin. H. T. Andrews, in his "History of 
the Hamlin Family," states that the Hamlins 
are of remote German ancestry, and that the 
founder of the family in England was a fol- 
lower of William the Conqueror. The emi- 
grant ancestor of whom Esther was of the 
fifth generation in descent, was James Hamlin, 
who came over in 1639 and settled in Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts. He was also the an- 
cestor of the late Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, vice- 
president of the United States during the civil 
war, and several others of his posterity ac- 
quired national distinction. Israel Hamlin, 
son of James, resided in Barnstable, and the 
latter's son Jacob, who was born there in 1702, 
went to Gorham about 1743 and died there in 
1774. In 1 73 1 he married his cousin. Con- 
tent Hamlin, who died about the year 1800, 
and their only surviving child, Joseph, born 
prior to 1740, died June 17, 1763, shortly after 
his return from the French war. April 15, 
1755, he married Hannah Whitney, whose 
parents were of YoTk, Maine, and she died in 
1797. Their children were: Jacob, Esther, 
Joseph and Sarah. Esther Hamlin, who be- 
came the first wife of Joseph Roberts, died in 
Buckfield in 1800. Joseph Roberts' second 
wife, whom he married in 1801, was Margaret 
Hall, who was born in Buckfield in 1777, 
daughter of Hatevil and Ruth (Winslow) 
Hall. She was a descendant in the sixth gen- 
eration of Deacon John Hall, who was born 
in England in 1617, and settled in Dover, New 
Hampshire, about the year 1650. Hatevil 
(3) Hall, a grandson of the emigrant, settled 
in Falmouth, Maine, in 1750, and the latter's 
son, also named Hatevil, who was born in 
Dover in 1736, married Ruth Winslow and 
went from Falmouth to Windham, thence to 
Buckfield and finally to Brooks. Hatevil Hall 
died in Brooks in 1804 and Ruth, his wife, 
died there in 1808. They were survived by 
thirteen children, the twelfth of whom was 
Margaret, who became the second wife of 
Joseph Roberts. Through her mother, Ruth 
(Winslow) Hall, she was of the fifth genera- 
tion in descent from Kenelm Winslow, a 
brother of Edward Winslow, who came in 
the "Mayflower" in 1620 and was twice chosen 
governor of the Plymouth colony (1633 and 



1636). Kenelm Winslow, who was born in 
England in 1599 and emigrated to Plymouth 
in 1629, married the widow of John Adams in 
1634 and settled in Marshfield, Massachu- 
setts. From Kenelm the line of descent is 
through Job (2) Winslow, and the latter's son 
James (3), who was born in 1687, settled in 
Falmouth, Maine, in 1728, and was the first 
Quaker in that town. Job (4) Winslow, son 
of James, was born in 1715, and accompanied 
his parents to Falmouth. Ifis daughter Ruth 
married Hatevil Hall, as previously stated. 

Joseph Roberts had twenty-four children 
and one hundred and fifty-seven grandchil- 
dren. The children of his union with Esther 
Hamlin, his first wife, were : i. Hannah, born 
February 20, 1778, married John Young in 
1799, died in 1844; had thirteen children. 2. 
Tabitha, born January 11, 1780, married 
James Roberts, a distant relative, in 1799; died 
November 26, 1868; had four children. 3. 
Sarah, born May 6, 1782, died in November, 
1859. She married Shadrach Hall, a younger 
brother of her father's second wife, and had 
ten children. 4. Isaac, born May 10. 1784, 
married (first) Abigail Merrill, 1810; (sec- 
ond) Sarah Cobb, 1836; died 1862, had nine 
children. 5. Jacob, who will be again re- 
ferred to. 6. Elizabeth, born February 2, 
1786, married John Gates, 1804, died June, 
1832; had nine children. 7. Gilman, born Oc- 
tober 28, 1788, married (first) Ann Leathers; 
(second) Susan Batchelder, 1830; died May 
4, 1877; had twelve children. 8. Enoch, born 
March 27, 1791, married (first) Eleanor 
Leathers; (second) Eliza Aborn ; died July 
25, 1858; had eleven children. 9. An infant, 
born 1793, died 1793. 10. Esther, born March 
20, 1795, married Daniel Hamilton, 1813; 
died 1877; had thirteen children. 11. Lovina, 
born August, 1797, married Levi Bowen, 
1818; died October, 1856; had twelve chil- 
dren. 12. Joseph, born November 2, 1799, 
married Lydia Knight, 1823 ; died October 26, 
1885 ; had three children. The children of Jo- 
seph and Margaret (Hall) Roberts were: 13. 
Nathan, born February 5, 1802, died young. 
14. Benjamin, born February, 1804, married 
Nancy Cilley, 1843; died November 23, 1864; 
had five children. 15. John, born January, 
1806, married Harriet Jackson, 1834; died 
May, 1886; had eight children. 16. Alfred, 
born October 21, 1807, married (first) Caro- 
line Davis, 1831; (second) Sarah Roberts, 
i860; died October 15, 1868; had fourteen 
children. 17. Ruth, born 1809, died young. 
18. Mary, born 181 1, died young. 19. Timo- 
thy, born July 31, 1812, married Nancy Gard- 



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ner, 1835; died March 19, 1868; had four 
children. 20. Charles, born January, 1814, 
married Clarinda Havener; died January 6, 
1840. 21. Nathan, born June 9, 1815, mar- 
ried (first) Elvira Irish; (second) Mary 
Langham ; died September 9, 1892 ; had five 
children. 22. Mary, born 1818, married Cal- 
vin Fogg; died December, 1893; had four 
children. 23. Winslow, born March 8, 1821, 
married (first) Amelia Putnam; (second) 
Cornelia Rand; (third) Maria Bangs; died 
June 17, 1879; had seven children. 24. Rufus, 
born April 14, 1823, married Adeline Files, 
1844; died May, 1900; had si.x children. 

(VII) Dr. Jacob, one of the twins who were 
the eldest sons of Joseph and Esther (Ham- 
lin) Roberts, was born in Buckfield, May 10, 
1784. Although having no educational ad- 
vantages prior to his fifteenth year, he subse- 
quently sought and obtained through his own 
efforts opportunities for study and profes- 
sional training, of which he availed himself to 
the fullest extent, ultimately becoming one of 
the most skillful physicians and surgeons east 
of Portland. He received his medical diploma 
at the age of twenty-five, having defrayed the 
expenses of his professional preparations by 
working upon his father's farm and by teach- 
ing district schools, and in 1810 he located in 
Brooks. His practice, which became very ex- 
tensive, necessarily covered a wide area, and 
for years he travelled on horseback, carrying 
his medicines and surgical instruments in sad- 
dlebags and exposing himself to the severity 
of the climate in the pursuit of his useful call- 
ing. Possessing a broad and liberal mind, and 
alwavs a student, instead of opposing the in- 
troduction of the Hahnemann system of medi- 
cine he studied it carefully, and having, 
through close observation, been fully con- 
vinced of its soundness and efficacy he eventu- 
ally adopted it, becoming the pioneer homoeo- 
pathic practitioner in his section of the state. 
He afterward succeeded in converting several 
other old school physicians to the Hahnemann 
theory. In addition to his practice he culti- 
vated a farm and speculated quite extensively 
in timber lands. His benevolence caused a 
considerable portion of his practice to be un- 
remunerative, indeed, it is said that his charity 
patients far outnumbered those who con- 
tributed to his financial support, but he never- 
theless accumulated a good fortune. The last 
years of his life were spent in North Vassal- 
boro, Maine, where he died March 15, 1856, 
and he was succeeded in practice by his son- 
in-law, Dr. Barrows, and later by his grand- 
son, Dr. Francis Alton Roberts. He early 



adopted the Quaker faith, also the broad- 
brimmed hat and plain garb of that sect. In 
politics he was originally a Whig, and later an 
Abolitionist. In 1810 Dr. Roberts married 
Huldah Moulton Myrick, of Hebron, Maine, 
born in North Yarmouth, this state, in 1793, 
daughter of Bezaleel and Huldah (Moulton) 
Myrick. She died April 6, 1845, and in 
March, 1852, he married (second) Abby Jen- 
kins, of Vassalboro, who died in August of 
the same year. His first wife bore him eleven 
children: i. Hamlin Myrick, who is referred 
hereinafter to. 2. Jacob Wellington, born No- 
vember 21, 1813, concluded his education at 
the Friends School in Providence, Rhode Is- 
land, and became a noted educator in Waldo 
and Knox counties; died December 18, 1849. 
Married (first) May 22, 1836, Phebe Susan, 
daughter of Isaac and Chloe Abbott, of Jack- 
son, Maine, who was born May 24, 1818, died 
in Brooks, December 26, 1844. Married 
(second) in June, 1849, Jane Lippencott, of 
South China, Maine. His children, all of first 
union, are : i. Edward Junius, who died in 
infancy ; ii. Edward Junius, a prominent 
dentist of Augusta ; iii. Freeman Myrick, a 
resident of Newport, Maine, and a veteran of 
the civil war; iv. Amorena, widow of Lemuel 
C. Grant. Mrs. Grant, who is residing in 
Boston, is the author of "The Roberts Fam- 
ily," from which much di the data for this 
article was obtained. 3. Amorena Deborah 
Theresa, born September 2, 181 5, married Dr. 
Ezra Manter; died June 20, 1852. 4. Barna- 
bas Myrick, born October 17, 1818, died in 
Stockton, Maine, December 20, 1896. Was a 
successful merchant and a member of the 
Maine senate during the civil war, and at one 
time collector of customs at Belfast. He mar- 
ried Emeline Rich, daughter of Joseph and a 
sister of Mary Ann Rich, who will be again 
referred to. 5. Charles Linneus, born April 
14, 182 1, became a prominent resident of Yates 
City, Illinois, where he served as postmaster 
for twelve years, and died there May 20, 1896. 
In 1855 he married Caroline P. Metcalf, of 
North Vassalboro, and she died in 1877. 6. 
Forteus Bezaleel, born July 27, 1823, taught 
school in New York and later in Illinois, 
where he subsequently engaged in railway con- 
struction ; became a real estate owner and cap- 
italist in Chicago; died in Brooklyn, New 
York, March 4, 1888. June 17, 1848, he was 
married in New York to Mary Ann Preckett, 
of Lansingburg, New York, who was born in 
Feresham, Kent, England, April 22, 1833. 7. 
Emily Esther, born in 1825, died in 1834. 8. 
Phebe Young, born April 5, 1828, became the 



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wife of William Payson Miller in 1847 ^"^ 
died in September, 1849. 9- Huldah Jane, 
born December 19, 1830, married, March 25, 
1852, Dr. Joseph Henry Barrows, a skillful 
homoeopathic physician who was born in Ox- 
ford, Maine, April 26, 1828, and died June 20, 
1870, in Gardiner, Maine. She is now resid- 
ing in Boston. 10. Ellen Celilia, born May 
27, 1833, was married in December, 1852, to 
Dr. Ezra Manter ; was subsequently matron 
of the Home for Boys at Newton, Massachu- 
setts, and still later of the Girls' Industrial 
School at Hallowell, Maine ; died August 10, 
1901, in Augusta. 11. William Pinkney, born 
January 25, 1836, graduated from the Hahne- 
mann Medical College, Chicago, and became a 
successful homoeopathic physician. His oppo- 
sition to Dr. Koch's theories regarding tuber- 
culosis has given him a national reputation 
and he is still engaged in philanthropic medi- 
cal work. He originated the American In- 
valid Aid Society organized in Boston. In 
1859 he married (first) Susan A. Weeks, of 
Vassalboro, and on April 14, 1888, married 
(second) Cora B. Ferris, of Janesville, Wis- 
consin, where he now resides. 

(VIII) Hamlin Myrick, son of Dr. Jacob 
Roberts, was born in Buckfield in 181 1. After 
concluding his attendance at the common 
schools he turned his attention to agriculture, 
and became an industrious tiller of the soil, 
owning a good farm in South Jackson. He 
was a Quaker and therefore an Abolitionist, 
but steadfastly refused to accept nominations 
to town offices, which were frequently offered 
him by his fellow-townsmen. He finally sold 
his South Jackson property and returning to 
the homestead of his father in Brooks, he died 
there in June, 1856. He was a charter mem- 
ber of the Waldo County Agricultural So- 
ciety, and took an active interest in its annual 
fair and cattle show, which was held at Bel- 
fast, the county seat. In 1835 he married 
Mary Ann Rich, daughter of Joseph Rich. She 
survived him, marrying for her second hus- 
band, in 1859, Rev. Dexter Waterman, and she 
died in East Dixfield in 1877. Hamlin M. and 
Mary A. (Rich) Roberts were the parents of 
five children, all of whom were born in Jack- 
son. I. Allen Hamlin, born February 22, 
1836, taught school in Maine, Massachusetts 
and Rhode Island; went to Elmwood, Illi- 
nois, in 1857, becoming local agent for the 
Peoria and Oquawka railroad, now a part of 
the Burlington system ; later became a live- 
stock dealer at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Chi- 
cago, and is now residing in the last-named 
city. In 1863 he married Kate Weatherhead, 



of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and their only 
child, Katie, died in Chicago at the age of 
nine years. 2. Francis Alton, M. D., born Au- 
gust 9, 1838, graduated from the Hahnemann 
Homoeopathic College in Philadelphia, in 
1861 ; practiced medicine in China, Maine, 
Taunton, Massachusetts, Gardiner, North Vas- 
salboro and Waterville, Maine ; died in the 
last-named place May 26, 1892. In December, 
1861, he was married in China, Maine, to 
Alary F. Huzzy, and had one daughter, Emily, 
who died in 1873, at the age of three years. 3. 
Emily, born in 1840, died in 1848. 4. Nelson, 
born in 1842, died in 1848. 5. Cassius Clay, 
mentioned below. 

(IX) Cassius Clay, youngest child of 
Hamlin Myrick and Mary Ann (Rich) Rob- 
erts, was born March 5, 1845, '" Jackson, 
Maine, and passed his early life in that town. 
At the age of sixteen years, in August, 1861, 
he enlisted as a soldier in the Tenth Maine In- 
fantry, and served two years as a private, par- 
ticipating in the campaigns of General N. P. 
Banks in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, with 
General Pope and General McClellan at An- 
tietam. In 1863 he was commissioned as first 
lieutenant of United States troops and served 
six months in General Ulman's brigade in 
Louisiana, and the siege of Port Hudson. He 
then returned to Maine and enlisted as a pri- 
vate in the First Maine Heavy Artillery and 
was promoted successively to sergeant, second 
lieutenant, first lieutenant and captain, and 
served until the close of the war, being mus- 
tered out September 11, 1865. He was pres- 
ent at the surrender at Appomatto.x. His 
entire service covered a period of four years 
and one month. At the battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, August 9, 1862, he received a wound in 
the leg, and was again shot (in the left side) 
at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, 
May 19, 1864. On account of these injuries 
and his faithful and brave service, he is now 
the recipient of a pension from a grateful na- 
tion. After peace returned. Captain Roberts 
entered Eastman's Business College at Pough- 
keepsie. New York, from which he was grad- 
uated and subsequently was for two years a 
student at Bethany College, West Virginia. 
Returning to Maine he engaged in shipbuild- 
ing at Stockton, in partnership with others 
under the firm name of Colcord, Berry & 
Company. This partnership continued two 
years. For several years thereafter he con- 
ducted a general store at Stockton, and was 
chairman of the board of selectmen of the town 
for three years, and in 1878 was elected to the 
state senate from Waldo county. For some 



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time subsequent to this he was engaged in the 
commission business at Boston, Massachusetts, 
and was three years of that time, 1880-1883, 
poHtical reporter for the Boston Globe from 
state of Maine. In 1884 Captain Roberts re- 
moved to Chicago and for two years was en- 
gaged in the grocery business there. During 
a period of fourteen years he was publisher 
and editor of the Chicago Opinion, was two 
years city press reporter, and is at present and 
has been for six years superintendent of sev- 
eral branch postoffice stations in that city. He 
is an active member of George H. Thomas 
Post, G. A. R., of Chicago, and the Illinois 
Loyal Legion and of the Christian Science 
church in that city. He is affiliated with Riv- 
erside Lodge, No. 12, A. F. and A. M., and 
with Corinthian Chapter, R. A. M. of Belfast, 
Maine. He is also a member of the Royal 
League, a beneiicent fraternal organization, 
and of Central Gi^duate Association of Chi- 
cago National College, Theta Delta Chi As- 
sociation. Captain Roberts married (first) 
Paulina E. Colcord, daughter of Josiah and 
Jane (Berry) Colcord, of Stockton, and she 
was the mother of two daughters, Parepa Col- 
cord, born August 7, 1869, now the wife of 
William I. Bennett, of Chicago, and Paulina 
E., wife of James J. Lawler, of Chicago. 
Paulina E. Roberts died November 30, 1875, 
and Captain Roberts married (second) Mar- 
garet, daughter of James J. Bennett, of Clyde, 
Illinois. She died in July, 1900, and Mr. Rob- 
erts married (third) January 5, 1904, at Lou- 
isville, Kentucky, Katherine T. Harlan, of that 
place, and they are the parents of a son Cas- 
sius Harlan, born March 13, 1905. 

It is impossible to speak of 
ROBERTS Bar Harbor, and of its phe- 
nomenal rise from a small 
fishing village in the sixties to the queen of 
American summer resorts and not to mention 
the name of Tobias Roberts. Giles Roberts 
was about Scarboro, Maine, as far back as 
1675. He made his will January 25, 1666, and 
left five children. He is the beginning of the 
strong and capable Roberts family in Maine, 
though the connection has never been worked 
out. 

(I) Tobias Roberts was born in Lyman, 
Maine, came to Bar Harbor in 1839, and was 
a school teacher, postmaster, a justice of the 
peace, town clerk and enrolled in the Maine 
state militia, surveyor of lumber and conducted 
a general store. He wrought at many things 
and won out in them all. He was the first to 
cater to summer travel, and built the first land- 



ing at the Harbor at which the steamer "Lew- 
iston" touched. His first guests were artists 
and explorers. In 1855 ^^ built the "Aga- 
mont," the first hotel opened for the reception 
of summer people, and was largely instru- 
mental in the erection of L'nion Chapel, Bar 
Harbor's initiative movement in ecclesiastical 
history. Mr. Roberts married ^lary Whit- 
tington, who was born in Cohasset, Massachu- 
setts. He died in 1879; she in 1887. Chil- 
dren : Tobias L., Irene O., married Fred J. 
Alley; Iqua S.. John L., and William Mar- 
tin, see forward. 

(II) William M., youngest son of Tobias 
and Mary ( Whittington) Roberts, was born 
in Bar Harbor, Maine, February 27, 1848, and 
sought his rudimentary learning in the public 
schools of his native village. Before he was 
out of his teens he embarked in the hotel busi- 
ness, following in the footsteps of his father, 
and built the "Newport House," to which he 
has made several annexes. He is a director 
and vice-president of the Bar Harbor Na- 
tional Bank, and is recognized as one of the 
most public-spirited men among the perma- 
nent residents of the famed resort. Mr. Rob- 
erts is a Democrat in political faith ; he is a 
member of the Bar Harbor board of trade. 
Mr. Roberts married Miriam H. Ash, a na- 
tive of Bar Harbor, Maine, and had one son, 
John W., born August 22, 1870, died in No- 
vember, 1904. He was educated at Water- 
ville and at a Portland business college and 
was of great help to his father and a likely and 
promising young man, whose early taking off 
is to be deplored. 



This name is of French extrac- 
PINEO tion and is among the many who 
joined the Puritans in New Eng- 
land because of the religious liberty here en- 
joyed. The number of people of this class is 
much greater than is generally supposed. One 
of the first of these was Philip de la Noye, 
who came over in 1621 in the ship "Fortune" 
and settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. The 
prosecution and execution of Protestants in 
France drove many people out of that un- 
happy country, about the close of the seven- 
teenth century. 

(I) The first record of this family now 
known gives an account of a young Hugue- 
not named Jacques Pineo, probably of a Wal- 
densian family and was naturalized in London 
in 1690. It appears from this record that he 
had moved from France to England about 
1688. He had escaped from Lyons, France, 
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STATE OF MAINE. 



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his contemporaries. Leaving England, he ar- 
rived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and very 
shortly afterward settled in Lebanon, Con- 
necticut. He was there married, in 1706, to 
Dorothy Babcock, and undoubtedly passed the 
remainder of his life there, where nine chil- 
dren are recorded as follows: James (died 
young), James, Sarah, Submit, Elizabeth, 
Daniel, Joseph, Peter and Dorothy. 

(II) Peter, fifth son of Jacques and Doro- 
thy (Babcock) Pineo, was reared in Lebanon, 
and removed in 1763 to Cornwallis, Nova Sco- 
tia, where the English government was mak- 
ing liberal grants of land to settlers. He had 
previously lived for a time in New Hampshire, 
where two of the six sons who accompanied 
him to Nova Scotia were born. His wife, 
Elizabeth (Sampson) Pineo, was a great- 
granddaughter of Henry Sampson, one of the 
Pilgrims, who settled at Plymouth, Massachu- 
setts. They had seven children, the second 
and third being twins, namely : Peter, David, 
Jonathan, John, Betsy, Daniel and William. 

(III) Jonathan, third son of Peter and 
Elizabeth (Sampson) Pineo, twin of David, 
was born September 8, 1747, in the north 
parish of Lebanon, Connecticut, and died at 
Cooper, Maine, at the home of his son, Otis, 
June 10, 1 82 1. One authority says that he re- 
sided for a short time in New Haven, Con- 
necticut, whither he removed to Alachias, 
Maine ; another authority says that he went to 
Nova Scotia, with his father, and removed 
from there to Machias. At any rate he set- 
tled in the last-named place about 1770. In 
1774 he was among the subscribers to a fund 
for the construction of the first meeting- 
house in Machias, and four years later was 
among the subscribers in support of the min- 
ister. Rev. James Lyon. A record made July 
19, 1784, shows him to have been at that 
time chairman of the board of assessors. He 
was a prominent citizen in Machias, as were 
his sons after him. He joined the church 
there on profession of faith in April, 1796, at 
the age of forty-nine years. It is probable 
that this occurred about the time of the death 
of bis first wife, Esther (Libby) Pineo, 
daughter of Timothy and Sarah (Stone) 
Libby, of Machias, born in that place in May, 
1750, and died there January 10, 1796. She 
was the mother of eight sons and three daugh- 
ters. In 1787 they resided in Cooper, Maine, 
where he was for some time confined to the 
house with a broken leg. During this en- 
forced idleness he made a powder-horn, upon 
which he carved moose, ducks, Indians with 
pipes in their mouths, a canoe, paddles, fish. 



birds and snakes, with his name and the date, 
April 24, 1787. This horn is still in the pos- 
session of the family, and highly prized as a 
relic of his time. His second wife, whose 
maiden name was Bridget Byron, was born in 
the city of Dublin, Ireland, daughter of an 
admiral in the English navy and lived in New 
York City at the close of the revolutionary 
war. Her first husband was a sea captain, 
named Doty, of St. Andrews, New Bruns- 
wick. One of his ships was captured by the 
French in the French and Indian war, and he 
died at sea while on a voyage. His wife 
safely navigated the vessel after his death to 
the United States. She was a woman of great 
intelligence, highly educated and possessing a 
remarkable memory. She had a wide knowl- 
edge of the world derived from her voyages 
with her first husband. She had a genial na- 
ture, her society was much sought after, and 
she was always a welcome visitor at the homes 
of rich and poor alike. Her daughter, Mary 
Ann, became the wife of Otis Pineo, son of 
her second husband, who was the first 
child born in St. Andrews, New Bruns- 
wick, in September, 1783. The British 
crown granted a large tract of land to her first 
male child, where the village of St. Andrews 
now stands. By his second marriage, Jona- 
than Pineo had five children. After his death 
his widow lived among them. She visited her 
granddaughters at Sag Harbor, New York, in 
1844, and died at Cherryfield, Maine, at the 
age of ninety-nine years. Jonathan Pineo's 
children were : Jonathan, Otis, David, George, 
Elizabeth, Timothy, Esther, Peter, Daniel, 
Gamaliel, Mary, James Doty, John R., Ruby 
VV., Charles Byron and Rufus Patten. 

(IV) David, third son of Jonathan and 
Esther (Libby) Pineo, was born February 17, 
1774, in Machias, Maine, and died January 24, 
1863, in Calais, Maine. He was a farmer and 
lived between Machias and East Machias and 
subsequently resided for a time in St. Steph- 
ens, New Brunswick, where his wife died. 
He married, December 13, 1796, Pricilla Hill, 
of Machias, who was born there July 28, 
1780, died September 13, 1850, in St. Steph- 
ens. Their children were : Eliza C, Mary 
Ann, Jane, David, Hannah Hill, Amelia, 
Stephen Hill and John Smith. 

(V) David (2), second son of David (i) 
and Pricilla (Hill) Pineo, was born Septem- 
ber 25, 1803, in Machias, died October 5, 
1862. He was a lumberman, a manufacturer 
and trader in lumber, and lived in that part 
of Calais known as Milltown. He was mar- 
ried in St. Stephens by Rev. Dr. Thompson, 



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to Mrs. Amelia Sedgley, daughter of John 
Hall, and widow of Stephen Sedgley. She 
was born March 9, 1807, at St. Stephens, and 
survived her husband nearly twenty-eight 
years, dying May 2, 1890, at Milltown. They 
had eight children : Julia Ann, Josiah Hill, 
George Washington, Eben Libby, Minnie, 
Amelia, David and Stephen Sedgley. 

(VI) Minnie, second daughter of David (2) 
and Amelia (Hall) (Sedgley) Pineo, was 
born November 27, 1843, in Calais, Maine, 
and died October i, 1883, in Bufifalo, New 
York. She was married to James Arthur 
Roberts. (See Roberts VIII.) 

Through Elizabeth Sampson, wife of Peter 
Pineo, this family takes in something of the 
Alden and Standish blood. (See Alden and 
Standish.) The name was originally spelled 
Samson, and it is found thus written in the 
early Colonial records. The Sampsons of 
New England are mostly if not all descend- 
ants of two English immigrants, Henry and 
Abraham, who were probably brothers, but 
this fact has never been fully verified. De- 
scendants of both participated in the various 
wars under the colonial and federal govern- 
ments, distinguishing themselves on land and 
sea, and the famous Deborah Sampson, who, 
disguised as a man, served in the revolution- 
ary war, was descended from Abraham. She 
drew a pension for this service, and after her 
death it was continued to her husband, to 
whom she was married after leaving the army. 
(I) Henry Sampson, the American pro- 
genitor of the Maine family, a brief outline 
of whose history is now in hand, was among 
the company of Pilgrims who came in the 
"Mayflower" in 1620, and was included in the 
family of his uncle, Edward Tilley. Being a 
minor he did not sign the famous compact, 
formulated November 11 of that year, while 
the vessel was at anchor in Princeton harbor, 
but he shared in the allotment of land at 
Plymouth in 1623, and in the division of cattle 
in 1627, and in 1637 was made a freeman of 
the colony. With Captain Myles Standish, 
John Alden, and others he settled in Dux- 
bury, and although his name appears among 
the original grantees of the town of Bridge- 
water, Massachusetts, in 1645, he did not go 
there to reside. In 1661 he served as con- 
stable at Duxbury and his death occurred 
there December 24, 1684. He was married, in 
1635-36, to Ann Plummer, and those of his 
children who survived him were : Elizabeth, 
Hannah, a daughter who became the wife of 
John Hammond, John, Mary, wife of John 
Summers ; Dorcas, James, Stephen and Caleb. 



(II) Caleb, son of Henry and Ann (Plum- 
mer) Sampson, married Mercy (or Mary) 
Standish, daughter of Alexander and Sarah 
(Alden) Standish. 

(III) David, son of Caleb and Mercy 
(Standish) Sampson, married Mary Chaffin 
and they were the parents of Elizabeth Samp- 
son, wife of Peter Pineo. 



The history of this 
FAIRBROTHER Maine family begins 
with the closing years 
of the eighteenth century, and probably does 
not antedate the period of the revolution ; and 
while that particular family here under con- 
sideration has not at any time been a prolific 
one, its several generations from the time of 
the ancestor have produced men of character, 
education and sterling worth. 

(I) Isaac Fairbrother, with whom our pres- 
ent narrative begins, was born in Wales, and 
according to genealogical calculation the date 
of his birth was about 1765-70. The year in 
which he came to this country is not definitely 
known, and little else concerning him, except 
that he is remembered as having been a man 
of superior educational attainments, himself 
a school teacher, as also was his wife in her 
earlier years. Her name before marriage was 
Margaret Wippond, and they married pre- 
vious to the time of their immigration to 
America. So near as can be determined, they 
settled at Getchel's Corners, in the town of 
Vassalboro, Maine, and at some time after- 
ward removed to China, Maine. 

(II) Joseph, son of Isaac and Margaret 
(Wippond) Fairbrother, was born in China, 
Maine, in 1802, and married Susanna Gifford, 
who was born in Fairfield, Maine, in 1805. 

(III) Isaac (2), son of Joseph and Susanna 
(Gifford) Fairbrother, was born in St. Al- 
bans, Maine, November 4, 1840, and acquired 
his early education in public schools in his 
native town and his secondary education at 
Oak Grove Seminary, at Hartford, Maine, 
where he fitted for college, but did not make 
the collegiate course. After leaving the semi- 
nary he turned his attention to pedagogical 
work and taught in academic and high schools 
at St. Albans, Cambridge, Ripley, China and 
other towns in Maine, and at St. Albans he 
was supervisor of town schools for a period 
of four years. In 1870 he went to Washing- 
ton, District of Columbia, and in 1876 was 
appointed principal of the Jefferson school, 
in which capacity he proved himself an en- 
tirely capable and acceptable teacher and 
executive officer, hence in October, 1884, he 



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was advanced to the more responsible office 
of supervising principal, the duties of which 
gave him supervision of eight pubhc schools 
of the city and the direction of about ninety 
regular and a less number of special teachers. 
Since it was organized Mr. Fairbrother has 
been president of the Supervising Principals' 
Association of Washington. He holds mem- 
berships in the several subordinate Masonic 
bodies of the city, Federal Lodge, No. i, F. 
and A. M., Eureka Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M., 
Washington Commandery, No. i, R. and S. 
M., and also has taken fifteen of the degrees 
of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. March 
4, 1867, Isaac Fairbrother married Drucilla, 
daughter of William Oakes, of Orland, Han- 
cock countv, Maine. 



This Boyd family is from New 
BOYD Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, 
and was first represented by Rich- 
ard Boyd, of whom but little is known. The 
name indicates that he was of Scotch descent, 
and his family has preserved the virtues pe- 
culiar to the "land of the heather." 

(II) Dr. Robert, son of Richard Boyd, was 
born June i, 1837, in Richmond, New Bruns- 
wick, received a good education and taught 
school during his earlier years, in the vicinity 
of his birthplace, for twelve years. At the 
end of that period he entered Harvard College 
(medical department), from which he gradu- 
ated in 1868. He settled at Linneus, Maine, 
where he has enjoyed a lucrative practice for 
almost forty years. He married Eliza Jane 
Savage, born 1836, in Williamstown, New 
Brunswick. The children by this union were : 
Linette I., married Dr. W. N. Hand, of 
Woodstock, New Brunswick; Wendell C. and 
Byron. 

(HI) Byron, son of Robert and Eliza Jane 
(Savage) Boyd, was born August 31, 1864, 
at Victoria Corner, Carlton county. New 
Brunswick. He was educated in the common 
schools of Linneus and Houlton Academy, 
and graduated from Colby University in 1886. 
After his leaving college, he taught the high 
school of Bar Harbor, Maine, one year, and 
later became interested in the grain business 
with Ralph Hamer, in Bar Harbor. Subse- 
quently he was employed as a clerk for the 
Green Mountain Railroad Company at Bar 
Harbor, where he remained one and a half 
years. In 1889 he went to Augusta, Maine, 
and entered the office of the secretary of state, 
where he was a clerk for six years ; later was 
deputy secretary of state for two years. Hav- 
ing made an almost enviable public record as 



an officer and clerk in state affairs, he was 
elected secretary of the state of Maine, taking 
his office January, 1897, continuing in that im- 
portant position for ten years. Since 1906 he 
has been engaged in the lumber trade, under 
the firm name of Boyd & Harvey. Politically 
Mr. Boyd is a supporter of the principles of 
the Republican party. He is an ex-member 
of the Augusta city council ; and has been a 
member of the state Republican committee for 
the past eight years and served as the com- 
mittee's secretary. Like so many of the ad- 
vanced business men of his times, he is iden- 
tified with fraternities as follows: Bethlehem 
Lodge, A. F. and A. M.; Cushnoc Chapter, 
R. A. M.; Trinity Commandery, Knights 
Templar; is noble of Cora Temple of Mystic 
Shriners, Lewiston, Maine. He is also affili- 
ated with the Knights of Pythias /and Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Augusta. He 
is a charter member of Augusta Lodge, 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks ; member 
of Modern Woodmen of America, Ancient 
Order of United Workmen and is connected 
with several clubs. He is a trustee of the Au- 
gusta Trust Company, and has been a mem- 
ber of the executive board since the organiza- 
tion of the company. He was married Janu- 
ary 9, 1895, to Lucy E. Burleigh, born Feb- 
ruary 9, 1874. Their children are: i. Doro- 
thy, born November 12, 1895, in Augusta. 2. 
Robert, June 25, 1902. 3. Mary, December 
10, 1903. 4. Richard, December 12, 1904. 5. 
Burleigh, December 11, 1905. 

This name is derived from 
DEVEREUX the town of Evereux, Nor- 
mandy, and several came 
over with William the Conqueror, in 1066, 
from the town of Dives. The earldom of Es- 
sex was held by the Devereux family, and 
Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex, 
was a great favorite with Queen Elizabeth. 
There was a John Devereux came to Salem, 
Massachusetts, with Winthrop's fleet in 1620, 
a youth of sixteen. He was living in Salem, 
Massachusetts, in 1694. He had a son John. 

(I) Richard Devereux, either a direct emi- 
grant from England or a descendant of the 
Salem line, was taxed in Parsonsfield, Maine, 
in 1796. 

(II) Thomas, son of Richard Devereux, 
was born in Parsonsfield, Maine, August 4, 
1790, married, July 31, 1818, Phoebe True- 
worthy, and departed this life February i, 
1865. His wife died December 25, 1880. 
Their children were John, Jonathan, Mary, 
Thomas, Phoebe. 



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(III) John, son of Thomas and Phoebe 
(Tnieworthy) Dcvereux, was born in Parsons- 
field, Maine, February 6, 1820, and died at 
Kezar Falls, Maine, July 9, 1906. His educa- 
tion was obtained in the schools of Parsons- 
field, and he went when a young man to Ban- 
gor, Maine, entering the employment of John 
Goddard of that place, for whom he worked 
seven years, in the lumber business. He was 
the first man in the state to operate gang 
saws. He went to Boston and engaged in 
the teaming business, where he remained fif- 
teen years. In 1870 he returned to Kezar 
Falls, Maine, and built a grist mill, which he 
conducted successfully until his death. He 
owned the water power at Kezar Falls, and 
gave the site where the Kezar Falls woolen 
mill now stands. He was one of the first to 
start the mills, and invested money in the en- 
terprise. He also has large farming interests, 
and was active up to the last of his life. He 
was a Republican, and was honored by his 
party associates with the nomination of rep- 
resentative to the legislature. He was en- 
rolled as a member of Greenlief Lodge, A. 
F. A. M., of Cornish, for over fifty years. He 
gave liberally to the church. Eliza M. Patten, 
of China, Maine, became his wife. She was 
born October 22, 1830, and died February 23, 
1899. They had one child, Frank Guy. 

(IV) Frank Guy, son of John and Eliza 
M. (Patten) Devereux, dates his career from 
Boston, Massachusetts, November 10, 1858. 
The Brimmer School in Boston and West- 
brook Seminary was the book route he fol- 
lowed. He entered the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons at Columbia College, New York, 
graduating in 1880, though he had previously 
studied at Bowdoin College, and with Dr. M. 
E. Sweat. He had also been connected with 
Bellevue Hospital in New York. At Kezar 
Falls he located in the practice of his pro- 
fession, and has a very large and lucrative 
practice. He is a Republican, belongs to 
Greenlief Lodge, A. F. A. M., Cornish, 
Maine; Aurora Chapter, R. A. M. ; Bridgeton 
Commandery, Kora Temple, Lewiston ; Cos- 
tello Tribe of Red Men, Kezar Falls. He is 
a director in the Kezar Falls woolen mill. He 
was united in marriage to S. Evelyn, daugh- 
ter of William and Ruth (Taylor) Ridlon, of 
Porter, Maine. 



of age he established himself in business as a 
carpenter in Hallowell. He had a shop for 
manufacturing builders' finish and conducted 
this business all his active life. He was a Re- 
I^ublican in politics. He was a member of the 
Ancient Orcler of United Workmen. He mar- 
ried Harriet . Children : Bertha, Will- 
iam G., Fitz Morris, mentioned below ; 
George A. 

(11) Fitz Morris, son of William George 
Fish, was born April 17, 1873, in Hallowell, 
Maine. He was educated in the public schools 
of his native town and at the Capen Business 
College. Lie entered the employ of C. .\. Cole, 
retail grocer in Hallowell, and continued for 
twelve years. He was appointed deputy sher- 
iff of Kennebec county in 1901 and city mar- 
shal of Hallowell. He has been postmaster 
of Hallowell since May ig, 1904. He is a 
prominent Free Mason, a member of Kennebec 
Lodge ; of Jerusalem Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons; of Alpha Council, Royal and Select 
Masters ; of Trinity Commandery. He is past 
master of the lodge and has filled all the chairs 
in the chapter and of Kora Temple, Mystic 
Shrine, Lewiston, except that of high priest. 
He is also a member of the Augusta Lodge, 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 
964; of the Knights of Pythias of Hallowell 
and of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men. 



WilHam George Fish, son of 

FISH Fish, was born 1836 and died 

1887, in Hallowell, Maine. He 

was educated in the public schools, and 

learned the trade of carpenter. When he came 



This name, which may be found 
ALLEN in the early annals of New Eng- 
land, was evidently brought from 

England, and its bearers are now scattered 

throughout the LInited States. 

(I) Jotham Allen was a pioneer in the town 
of Alfred, Maine, settling there at a very early 
period of its history and taking up his resi- 
dence in a rude log cabin. 

(II) John, son of Jotham Allen, born in 
Alfred, Maine, i8i7,-died in September, 1895. 
He was for many years engaged in farming 
and lumbering. He was a stanch supporter 
of the Democratic party, and an attendant at 
the Congregational church. He married Caro- 
line P. Hill, and among their children were : 
Fred John, see forward ; Lizzie M., married 
Tristrim Russell, a resident of Alfred ; Charles 
H., who resides in Gorham, Maine. 

(III) Fred Jolin, son of John and Caroline 
P. (Flill) Allen, was born in Alfred, York 
county, Maine, July 27, 1865. He attended 
the public schools of Alfred, the Alfred high 
school, was graduated from the Nichols Latin 
school of Lewiston, Maine, in 1886, and from 
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1645 



in teaching for some years, at the same time 
taking up the study of law. Under the pre- 
ceptorship of Samuel M. Crane, of Alfred, he 
made rapid progress, and was admitted to the 
bar of York county in May, 1893. He imme- 
diately engaged in the active practice of his 
profession and has been devoted to it since 
that time. His political affiliations are with 
the Republican party, and he has served it in 
various offices. He was superintendent of 
schools in 1897; elected representative to the 
legislature in 1900 and 1903; chairman of the 
judiciary committee in 1903-05; elected state 
senator 1905-07; president of the senate in 
1907. He attends the Congregational church. 
He is a member of Friendship Lodge, Free 
and Accepted Masons, of Alfred ; White Rose 
Royal Arch Chapter, of Sanford; St. Amord 
Commandcry, of Kennebunk; and Kora 
Temple, of Lewiston. He married, June 8, 
1892, Ida S., daughter of Alonzo Leavitt, of 
Sanford, and they have children: Frederick 
A., born July 9, 1897; Lawrence C, August 5, 
1899. 

The name "Bunker" came 
BUNKER from Bon Coeur, a good heart. 

They were originally Hugue- 
nots, and as such bore that name. They came 
over with William the Conqueror into Eng- 
land from Normandy. It is glory enough for 
one family to bear the name of the once owner 
of Bunker Hill. 

(I) George, of Ipswich and Topsfield, was 
the son of William Bunker, of England, and 
settled first in Ipswich, and subsequently in 
Topsfield, Massachusetts. He married Jane 
Godfrey. He was drowned ]\Iay 26, 1658. 
His wife died in 1662. They had Elizabeth, 
William, Mary, Ann and Martha. 

(II) William, eldest son and second child 
of George and Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, was 
born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1648, re- 
moved to Nantucket, Massachusetts, with his 
mother in 1712. He married, April 11, 1669, 
Mary, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hop- 
cot) Macy. He was one of the first settlers 
on the island. Children : Daniel, George, 
John, Jonathan, Peleg, Jabez, Thomas, Ben- 
jamin, Ann, Abigail, Mary Ann and Jane. 

(HI) Jabez, sixth child and son of William 
and Mary (Macy) Bunker, was born Novem- 
ber 7, 1678. He married Hannah, daughter 
of Nathaniel and Abigail (Coffin) Gardner. 
Children: Naomi, Samuel, Paul, Silas, Lydia, 
Abner, Benjamin, Hannah, Peter and Peleg. 
He died in 1712. 

(V) Peter, son of one of the above sons of 
Jabez and Hannah (Gardner) Bunker, served 



in the revolutionary war; was taken prisoner 
by the British and confined in English pris- 
ons. After his release he returned to his 
native state, and later removed to South West 
Harbor, Hancock county, Maine. He married 
and had a son, Dudley Peter. 

(VI) Dudley Peter, son of Peter Bunker, 
was born in South West Harbor, Maine. He 
married Arabella Grow, and moved to West 
Trenton, Maine, where his son John E. was 
born. 

(VII) John Edward, son of Dudley Peter 
and Arabella (Grow) Bunker, was born in 
1820 in West Trenton, Maine. That burgh 
he called home all his life. He married Mary 
Ann Alley, of West Trenton. Children: 
David W., Arabella G., Margery H., Hannah 
Alice, Georgia A., Angle, John E. Jr. and 
Luther Grow. He was a farmer and lumber- 
man. The old homestead farm is still owned 
by the Bunker family. He was a Democrat, 
and that party elected him to the office of se- 
lectman and road commissioner for several 
years. He followed the tenets of Hosea Bal- 
lou, the apostle of Universalism. He died in 
West Trenton, Maine, April, 1906, Mrs. 
Bunker having died in 1883. 

(VIII) The Hon. Luther Grow, youngest 
child and son of John Edward and Mary A. 
(Alley) Bunker, was born March 19, 1868, 
in West Trenton, Maine. He attended Blue 
Hill Academy, and graduated with the de- 
gree of M. D. from the Bowdoin Medical 
School in 1892. Dr. Bunker immediately took 
up the practice of his profession at Sanford, 
Maine, thence at North Berwick, Maine, mov- 
ing to Waterville in 1895. He was city physi- 
cian of Waterville from 1898 to 1901, and was 
secretary of the board of health from 1896 to 
1902, and chairman of the Republican city 
committee of Waterville, 1906-07-08. Dr. 
Bunker is a member of Maine Medical Society, 
American Medical Society, York County Med- 
ical Society, Kemiebec County Medical So- 
ciety, which he has served as president, 
Waterville Clinical Society, which he has 
also served as president. He was elected 
mayor of his adopted city in March, 1907 
and 1908, as a Republican. Mayor Bunker is 
a member of Waterville Lodge, A. F. and A. 
M.; Teconnet Chapter, No. 50, Knights of 
Pythias, holding therein the office of surgeon 
of Third Regiment of the uniformed rank ; 
of Modern Woodmen, and a charter member 
of Waterville Lodge, No. 905, B. P. O. E., 
and is an Odd Fellow. Mayor Bunker married 
Emilv R., daughter of Aaron and Emily 
(Heath) Plaisted. 



1646 



STATE OF MAINE. 



The Halfords developed in 
HALFORD the EngHsh midlands, 

Worcestershire. It is a 
county noted for its salt works, its needle 
manufactories, its carpet industries, and glass 
making. It is not known to which trade the 
Halfords belonged only that they were ar- 
tisans. 

(I) John Halford lived and died in Worces- 
tershire. 

(II) "John (2) Halford married and was 
the father of a son John. 

(III) John (3), son of John (2) Halford, 
was born in the parish of Lynton Ross, 
Worcestershire, in 1819, and died October 6, 
1899. He was educated in the common 
schools, and enlisted in the English army Au- 
gust 24, 1837, serving eighteen years and 
forty-one days. He was through the whole of 
the Skye war in India, was in four general 
actions, and was wounded twice. He was pro- 
moted to sergeant of his company, and won 
three good conduct badges for meritorious 
service. He was discharged on account of 
disability, and was eligible to the Chelsea Pen- 
sions, a special home for soldiers. After the 
war he opened a training school for young 
ladies, where physical training and military 
drills were taught. He spent his later years 
in retirement. In politics he was a Liberal, 
and was a member of the Episcopal church. 
He married Harriet Mitchell, of Oxford, 
England, born 1820, and died in Yorkshire in 
1875. Their children were : Robert, Jane H. 
(deceased), and John, who is a foreman for 
an excavating contractor in Scotland. 

(IV) Robert, son of John (3) and Harriet 
(Mitchell) Halford, was born in the parish of 
Chances Pitch, Hereford Beacon, Hereford- 
shire, England, October 21, 1862. He was 
educated in the schools in the village of Shelf, 
Yorkshire, England. When eight years of 
age he was employed in a worsted factory, 
going to school half of each day. In 1879 he 
came to America and went into the Providence 
Worsted Mills, Rhode Island, as a journey- 
man. He also worked in the coal fields of 
Kansas for a time, and then returned to Eng- 
land, to a suburb of Bradford, and was em- 
ployed in the worsted mills there for four 
years. Returning to Providence, Rhode Is- 
land, he was there employed in the Providence 
worsted mills, went to Oswego Falls, New 
York, worsted niilb, as overseer, coming to 
Providence again for a short stay. We next 
find him in Lowell, Massachusetts, working for 
the United States Bunting Company,'as over- 
seer of spinning and twisting. He came to San- 



ford, Maine, from Lowell, and was the first 
person employed by the Goodall Worsted 
Company, remaining with them for seventeen 
years in the charge of the yarn finishing de- 
partment. In 1905 he moved to Limerick, 
Maine, as agent and superintendent in the 
Limerick mills, and is financially interested 
in the corporation. A Republican in politics, 
he takes a deep interest in political affairs. He 
is affiliated with Friendship Lodge, I. O. O. 
F., No. 67, of Springvale, Sagamore Tribe of 
Red Men of Sanford, Thomas Goodall Lodge, 
No. 51, A. O. U. W., of Sanford, Freedom 
Lodge, F. A. and A. M. of Limerick. He was 
an active member of the Congregational 
church when in Sanford. He was married, 
in 1 88 1, to Sarah, daughter of Moses and 
Mary Hillowill, of Buttershaw, Yorkshire, 
England. Their children are: i. John H., 
born in Great Horton, a suburb of Bradford, 
England, September 25, 1885, attended 
Hebron Academy and Bowdoin College. He 
is now assistant superintendent under his 
father in Limerick mills. Pie is a member of 
the Zeta Psi, a college fraternity; of Lim- 
erick Grange; of Highland Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
No. 48, of Limerick; of Fairview Rebekah 
Lodge, of Limerick ; of Freedom Lodge, A. 
F. and A. M., of Limerick; of Aurora R. A. 
C, of Cornish ; of Maine Council, Saco ; of 
Portland Commandery ; of Kora Temple, Lew- 
iston ; of the Sokokis Chapter, Eastern Star ; 
of Sokokis Lodge, K. of P., of Limerick. 2. 
Minnie M., born July 22, 1887, in Great Hor- 
ton, a suburb of Bradford, England, married, 
July 3, 1907, Professor Burton W. Sander- 
son, of Waterford, Maine, now of Mendon, 
Massachusetts, where he is principal of the 
high school. 



The narrative here written 
OVEREND relates to a Maine family 
whose part in the history of 
this state is to be included among the events 
of the last score and a half years, yet is en- 
titled to a place in these annals by reason of 
the thrift, progressive spirit and known in- 
tegrity of its members. The family name 
Overend has been known in various parts of 
England for many years and for several gen- 
erations previous to the immigration of its 
first representative in New England it had 
produced men skillful in trades and mechani- 
cal arts, many of them having qualified them- 
selves for higher positions in the guild schools 
of the mother country. 

(I) Jonas Overend was a native of Brad- 
ford, England, a city famous for its manu- 



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1647 



factures and the quality of the workmen em- 
ployed in its diversified mill products. He 
married his wife in the equally noted industrial 
city of Leeds, and they had children. 

(II) Benjamin, son of Jonas Overend, was 
born in Bradford in 1845, was educated there, 
served out his apprenticeship at his trade, and 
came over to this country in 187 1 to take the 
responsible position of overseer or superin- 
tendent in a woolen mill in iVIystic, Connecti- 
cut. At the end of one year he came to this 
state and was appointed to a position as clerk 
in the office of his father-in-law, William Tay- 
lor, who was proprietor of the mills at Harri- 
son. Not long afterward the mills were de- 
stroyed by fire, and Mr. Overend then went 
to Bridgton and had charge of the dressing 
department of a mill there for the next four 
years. At the end of that time he went to 
Lowell, Massachusetts, and became overseer 
of dressing in the Merrimac woolen mills in 
that city, remained there about four years and 
afterward did similar work in the Maynard 
mills in Maynard, Massachusetts, returning 
thence to Lowell and worked two years more 
in that city. In 1880 Mr. Overend returned 
to this state and lived about nine years in 
Bridgton, then removed to Lawrence, Massa- 
chusetts, and was dresser tender in the Wash- 
ington mills until his retirement from active 
pursuits. His life has been one of constant 
and useful employment, not perhaps without 
its vicissitudes and embarrassments, but taken 
as a whole it has been one of gratifying suc- 
cess. While living in Connecticut he became 
a member of the Masonic lodge in Broadbrook, • 
and so far as he has taken an interest in politi- 
cal affairs his preference has been for the Re- 
publican party. His wife, Sarah (Taylor) 
Overend, was born in England in 1855, a 
daughter of William Taylor, who was his em- 
ployer when he first came to Maine. Six 
children were born of this marriage : George 
William, Lizzie, Annie, Martha, Josephine, 
James, who died in infancy. 

(III) George William, eldest child- of Ben- 
jamin and Sarah (Taylor) Overend, was born 
in Mystic, Connecticut, February 23, 1872, and 
was educated in public schools in Lowell and 
Maynard in Massachusetts, and Bridgton, 
Maine. After leaving school he began work 
in the mills where his father was employed, 
starting when he was only fifteen years old, 
and in the course of a few years became him- 
self a practical workman, capable of doing any 
kind of work in his special line and competent 
to take charge and direct the work of other 
men. His first responsible position was that 



of assistant superintendent and designer in a 
mill at Goffs Falls, New Hampshire, and from 
there he went to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 
and was designer in a mill in that city. In 
1897 he went to Vassalborough, Maine, to 
take charge of the " Vassalborough mills, 
worked there about three years and then be- 
came equal partner with Thomas Sampson, 
an Englishman by birth and a skillful woolen 
worker by trade, in starting a worsted goods 
mill in Waterville, Maine. This was in 1900, 
and he engaged in business in that city until 
1904, then removed to Bridgton to take the su- 
perintendency of the Pondcherry and Forest 
mills, which position he still retains. In every 
capacity in which he has been employed Mr. 
Overend has proved himself a thoroughly 
competent workman and efficient superintend- 
ent, and as such he is well known among 
woolen mill proprietors in this state. He is 
well known, top, in social and fraternal cir- 
cles, being a member of Waterville Lodge, No. 
25, F. and A. M., Taconic Chapter, R. A. M., 
St. Omar Commandery, K. T., Kora Temple, 
A. A. O. N. M. S., of Lewiston, Maine, and 
of Waterville Lodge, No. 915, B. P. O. E. In 
politics he is a Republican. Mr. Overend 
married, March 14, 1894, Emma C, daughter 
of Theophilus Coupe, of Lawrence, Massachu- 
setts, by whom he has two children: i. Ber- 
nice, born February 29, 1896. 2. Doris, Octo- 
ber 18, 1901. 



The ancient Anglo-Saxon name 
TODD Todd denotes fox ; and may have 
been put upon some Briton in the 
early times of name taking on account of his 
sly and shrewd ways or he may have used the 
emblem of the fox as a sign over his place 
of business and been known as "of the Todd," 
that is, the man who does business under the 
sign of the Todd, and finally have taken Todd 
for his surname. 

Percy R. Todd was born in Toronto, On- 
tario, December 4, 1859, and received his edu- 
cation in the Collegiate Institute at Ottawa, 
Ontario. In 1872 he entered the railway ser- 
vice as a clerk and telegraph operator in the 
general office of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa 
railway, now a part of the Canadian Pacific 
railway, at Ottawa, and held those positions 
until 1875. Subsequently he was Canadian 
agent of the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain 
road to 1882; from that date to 1885 general 
traveling agent of the National Despatch line 
at Chicago, Illinois; July to December, 1885, 
commercial agent of the New York, West 
Shore & Buffalo railroad, at Albany ; Decem- 



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ber, 1885, to October, 1886, chief clerk of the 
general freight department of that road at 
New York City; October, 1886, to December, 
1889, general freight and passenger agent of 
the Canada Atlantic road at Ottawa, Ontario ; 
December, 1889, to December, 1892, general 
freight agent of the West Shore road ; De- 
cember, 1892, to February i, 1901, traffic man- 
ager of the same road; February i, 1901, to 
November i, 1903, second vice-president of 
the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail- 
road ; November i, 1903, to January i, 1907, 
first vice-president of the same road. About 
the latter date he was offered and accepted 
the office of vice-president of the Bangor & 
Aroostook railroad, which he accepted and has 
since filled. Mr. Todd is a genial gentleman 
of unimpeachable character as a citizen, and 
an energetic and successful railroad man and 
officer. He is a member of the Union League 
and the Transportation clubs of New York, 
and of the Tarratine and Golf clubs of Ban- 
gor. 

He married (first) Estelie Du Charme, who 
died in 1886. One child, Erminie, born in 
1886. He married (second) in December, 
1897, Frances, daughter of D. M. and Susan 
Fackler, of New York. One child, Stella, born 
in 1899. 



In the north of Ireland this an- 
BYRNES cient cognomen is one of the 

best known, and many of this 
prolific family of Byrnes are men of substance 
and excellent business ability. 

(I) Roger Byrnes was born in Western 
Kerry, Ireland. He was a farmer, and lived 
to the advanced age of eighty years. 

(II) Joseph R., son of Roger Byrnes, was 
born in Ireland, in 1834, and died there in 
January, 1898. He carried on contracting on 
an extensive scale, and built hundreds of 
houses for the non-resident landlords who 
borrowed money from the crown to erect 
dwellings for their tenantry on their estates. 
He married Ann O'Shea; children: i. Dan- 
iel, who cultivates the Irish homestead. 2. 
John, shoe merchant of Lewiston, Maine. 3. 
Patrick J., see forward. 4. Joseph, engaged 
on the police force in Somerville, Massachu- 
setts. 5. Michael, member of Royal Irish con- 
stabulary stationed at Cork, Ireland. 6. Tim- 
othy, member of Royal Irish constabulary 
stationed at Dublin, Ireland. 7. Mary (Mrs. 
O'Connor), lives in Ireland. 8. Bridget, lives 
in Lewiston, Maine, g. Ellen (Mrs. Harkins), 
lives in Lewiston, Maine. 10. Abigail, lives in 



Boston, Massachusetts, ii. Ann (Mrs. O'Sul- 
livan), lives in Ireland. 

(Ill) Patrick Joseph, son of Joseph R. 
Byrnes, was born in Ireland, June 18, 1870. 
He was educated in the common schools, and 
at the ]\Ionks' school, at the head of which 
was General Griffin. When about to come of 
age, in 1890, he came to the United States, 
first locating in Boston, Massachusetts. He 
subsequently went to Lewiston, Maine, and 
worked in the cotton mills for a time, after- 
ward taking up the insurance business in that 
city. In 1896 he settled in Bangor, Maine, 
where he has since resided. He conducts an 
extensive and prosperous general insurance 
business, representing various companies, be- 
sides acting in the capacity of manager for the 
New England Real Estate Company, a cor- 
poration which transacts a large business, 
having all New England for its field. He 
takes an active interest in community affairs, 
and takes a real enjoyment in an exciting 
political campaign. He is of affable and com- 
panionable disposition, and has drawn to him- 
self many friends, who thoroughly appreciate 
his admirable qualities of head and heart. He 
is an active member of the Knights of Colum- 
bus, of which body he is financial secretary. 
Mr. Byrnes married, in 1905, Julia, daughter 
of Robert and Julia Hickson ; children : Anna 
Beatrice and Eleanor. 



Sweet is descriptive of the dis- 
SWEET position of a person. There were 

a good many Sweets came over 
in the infancy of the old Bay Colony, and John 
Sweet was in Boston in 1645. I" ^'^^ Book 
of Possessions his name appears as an owner 
of land, and in 1648 he owned a wharf at 
which Governor Bellingham had the privilege 
of mooring. His wife's name was Temper- 
ance, and she joined the church in 1648. John 
Sweet, son of the above, was born in 1647, 
and had for wife Susannah. He left no male 
issue, but the original John undoubtedly had 
other sons, and from some of them our Sweet 
has come down. 

(I) Charles Sweet was born in Boston about 
1800. He was a jeweler and optician in Ban- 
gor, Maine, coming there in 1852, and mar- 
ried Mary Ann Whitten, of Newburyport, 
Massachusetts. They had four children, of 
whom Charles F. is the only survivor. 

(II) Charles F., son of Charles and Mary 
Ann (Whitten) Sweet, was born in Bangor, 
January 30, 1855, and educated in the Bangor 
public schools. During early life he worked 



STATE OF MAINE. 



with his father as a jeweler, and also in Bos- 
ton in the same occupation. In 1874 he was 
employed in the office of the clerk of court of 
Penobscot county, and on the first of Septem- 
ber, 1882, was elected to that office, which he 
now holds. He is an Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Reason of St. Andrew's Lodee No 8^ 
Mount Moriah Royal Arch Chapter" No 6 
Bangor Council, Royal and Select Masters' 
St John's Commandery, Knights Templar' 
and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 
ot Bangor, thirty-second degree, and the Mys- 
tic Shrine of Lewiston. In Odd Fellowship 
he is identified with Penobscot Lod<^e No 7 
as trustee for twenty years, is also a member 
of Bangor Lodge, No. 244, B P O E He 
IS a Republican. Mr. Sweet is very popular 
among the members of the bar, and those who 
have to do with the courts. He is courteous 
accommodating, and perfectly familiar with 
the details of his office. He married Flora E 
Haynes, January i, 1879. 

r-ATiTT r ^^"^ ^^*^"' ^ member of a re- 
LAIELL spected family of Italy, who 
was born at Lucca, that coun- 
try m 1820, and died in 1893, was a brick 
and stone mason by occupation. He married 
Teresa Satolli; four children, of whom two 
are now living, Francois in Italy, and Charles 
K. 

. ir^^'! ,f' '°\°^ P^"' ^"d Teresa (Sa- 
tolli) Catell, was born in Lucca, Italy Octo- 
ber 14, 1852, and came to America 'in 1872 
His opportunities for obtaining a good educa- 
tion were limited, and for two years he worked 
as a laborer on the Boston & Albany railroad 
He saw there was very little prospect of ad- 
vancement in this direction, and accordingly 
decided to adopt some other line of business 
in which he could be independent and ad- 
vance more rapidly. He went to New Hamp- 
shire, there purchased a horse and wagon and 
engaged in the peddling of fruit in Rochester 
Manchester and other places for about ei-h- 
een months; he then went to Maine, where 
he carried on the same business, and in 1870 
in Bangor, opened a store where he sold fruits' 
and nuts. His industry and good manage- 
ment were not without results, as his business 
increased rapidly and he now employs five 
clerks. He has also taken an interest in real 
estate matters, having built seventeen houses 
owning eight at the present time, in addition 
to a large tenement flat, the first to be built 
in Bangor, and other real property Mr 



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Catell IS a fine example of a self-made man 
in the true sense of the word, coming to this 
coumr)- vy.thout means, and owing everything 
to his individual efforts. He is I thirty-sec 
ond degree Mason and connected with The fol- 
bwing organizations: Rising Virtue £dg, 
Mr:-?'nu^^ ^""^ Accepted Masons; Moun 
Moriah Chapter, Royal Arch Masons BanZ 
Council, Royal and Select Masters; S John^s 
Commandery, No. 3, Scottish Rite bodies 
Perfection Lodge, Eastern Star; Pales ine 
Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Bangor Sap! 
er Rose Croix; Maine Consistory^ of Por^ 
land; Kora Temple, Nobles of tU My° c 

^■o?akV7eS^"'^^'^^^"^^^^^^ 

Hn^f'nr'""'^; '^' '^^^' ^^"i^' daughter of 
Holt Davis, of Bangor; children: i Robert 
Charles, who was educated in the local schools 
of r.a„gor, and then took a course of sevSl 
3 ears m a Boston conservatory of music 
La er he expressed a desire to study dentistry' 
and became a student at the University of 
Pennsylvania; after the completion of his 
studies at this institution he returned to his 
home, and died there shortly after, October 
^AU^^h^^u''^- ^^"^ °^ twenty-four years. 2. 

Tud hth •' ^^""C^ ^,^1'^"^ ^''™"&'^ the common 
and high schools of Bangor, is now preparing 
for Harvard College at Dean Academy, Frank^ 
hn, Massachusetts. 3. Sadie, married H. 
Kenn^^on, of Portland. 4. Charles. 5. Doris 



SPELLMAN 



This family is variously 
called O'Spealin, Spellan, 
,„ , c .„ Splaine, Spollen, Spellman 

and Spillman, and is descended from Mahon 
son of Kennedy, the brother of Brian 
Boroimhe, who is No. 105 on the "O'Brien 
Kings of Thomas" Stem. The O'Hanrahan 
family IS also descended from this Mahon or 
Mahoun. The tribe-name of the O'Spellan 
Sept was Hy-Leughaidh, a name subsequently 
given to the lands of which they were pos- 
sessed in the baroncy of Eliogarty, county of 
lipperary; and a name derived from Leug- 
haidh, a remote ancestor of the family 
O Heerin says: "The chief of Hy-Leughaidli 
of swords, IS O'Spellan of the bright spurs ■ 
Majestic is the march of the Warrior'' A 
branch of the house of Hy-Leughaidh in early 
times settled in the baroncy of Galmoy in the 
county of Kilkenny, and gave name to "Ballv- 
spellane, celebrated for its mineral waters 
Another branch settled in the baroncy of Bar- 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



rvmore, county of Cork, and gave name to 
'STvspillane;- a parish in that barony. 
(I) Daniel Spellman, a native of LorK, ire- 

npterl in Baneor about i84»' ana uicu i 
catea 111 ij'>;'& ^^_ , ^, uiaA-fimithins: in 



1888?' He learned blacksmithini 



SiSaiS ^'^'^wa^alt^^^^^d "fdiowcd thal^ oc 

P,ucklev, si>^ children. He marrieu 

7;;^dr in Ban,or, Bridget Kelley, born in 

STwh^ i^ slill living at the age of seventy- 

w?;-ears Children- I. Daniel J who lives 

rpCdence, Rhode I«}and. .^ James F.. 

next mentioned. 3- Fannie J., of Bangor. 

(II) Tames Francis, second son of Daniel 
and Briiget (Kelley) SpeHman was bo- - 
Rancor November 12, 1862. He recened n s 
TdSon in the P-ochial and public schcg^^s 
of Bangor, and then started m ^^^ driving 
locrs on the Penobscot river. In 1880 he en 
e?ed "he employ of Matthew Savage con- 
ractor whose specialty was wharf building 
In 1800 Mr. Spellman started in business for 
hLse?f as a contractor, constructing house 
docks and so forth; and has done work in all 
nar s of the state. One of his largest con- 
fracts was the construction of the docks a 
Stockto", Waldo county, near the mouth of 

*^^ ^0? *e S toSr r^' a^d^Seaport 
^aZad^ Th re he completed in 1907 for tl^ 
railroad company the largest docks men- 
tioned. . , 

There are four of them having the 
foUowiig dimensions: One forty feet by 
w nTy-one hundred feet; one t^^■o hundred by 
one thousand feet; one one h"nd':ed and fi y 
bv eieht hundred feet; and one eighty by six 
hiiSS feet. He also erected -nous budd- 
ings for the company a^d^has ^-•".e o^^^^^^^ 

two sons have been his partners and the fi. 

name is James F. Spellman & Sons. Mn SpeU 

, ;c c crpnial whole-souled man wno nas 

'ris n from Ae rU<s to a leading place m his 

neo business by reason of his energy, Me^ 

tv industry and pleasing personality. He is 



Catholic church, and acts independently in 

^° Tames F. Spellman and Mary Kavanaugh 
were married in Bangor, October 23, 1882, by 
Rev Edward McSweeney. She vvas born 
January 12, 1861, daughter of Michael and 
Mary Kavanaugh, natives of Ireland. Chil- 
dren: I. Child, died young. 2. James Frank, 
born May II, 1884. 3- Michael James, born 
June II, 1886. 



One of the noblest and most 
HOWARD ancient families in England is 
that of the Howards, many of 
whose members are titled persons and have 
filled various exalted offices. The various 
lines of Howard in America have produced 
numerous prominent citizens. 

(I) Jeremiah Howard was born in Dover, 
New Hampshire, 1801, died in Bangor, Maine 
1867 He left Dover when a youth and went 
to Exeter, Maine, where he later earned on 
a farm for several years. In 1859 he removed 
to Bangor and engaged m the business of 
tnickini which he carried on till a short time 
before his death. He married Sarah Brown, 
born in Dover, New Hampshire, i^X^S,]?^' 
died April 25. 1898, in her one hundredth 
yS Children :'^ Adeline, David, Joseph, 
Alvi's Jane, Maria, Edwin and Emma, twms, 
Sophronia, Sarah and Charles H. 

(ID Charles Henry, youngest son and 
tenth child of Jeremiah and Sarah (Brown) 
Howard, was born in Bangor, March 6, 1842, 
fnd educated in the public sc.iools of Bangon 
At twelve years of age he began work with his 
father and assisted him m the business o 
trucking. He continued in that employment 
until 1868, when he became foreman of the 
switchyard of the European and North Amer- 
can railroad. In 1883 he left that occupa- 
t on to become night watchman for the nine 
banks of Bangor and followed that business 
until 1^3, a period of twenty years, and then 
reUreH?om the employ of others to attend 
o his own affairs. Mr. Howard mher ted 
some property and by careful management o 
Sr and prudently saving from his earnings 
and propedy investing he has acquired a com- 
petency He is an attendant of the Freewill 
Baptist church, and has always been a siip- 
porter of the Republican party He married 
Fn Bangor, October i. 1886, E la daughter of 
Tames and Barbara Smith, of Brewer. She 
laT L?n in 1854. died March 5> 1905. No 
children. 



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